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Gggrrrm arrgh

TheCatWoman

It's done it again, I start a search on Amazon and find it's taken me back to a previous but related search WHY, WHY, does it do this? How dare this supposedly unthinking pile of offal, think that it knows what I want, when I've told it something different? It's like an abusive relationship! I feel like it's gaslighting me.

A major supermarket tried to rip me off earlier too, it had an alleged special offer 4 for £5, and despite having lables confirming this on the shelf, it didnt' at the till, so I challenged them and a supervisor had to go and check and she came back equally confused, but put my stuff through at 4 for £5 as the signage was so unclear and confusing. It feels like a deliberate attempt to get people to buy more than they would if it wasn't on offer, this supermarket has form for this, which is why I always check to make sure. Ggggrrrrr.

I did buy a pretty bush half price in another shop, about the same as the money I saved on the other stuff.

What's made you Ggrr and arrgh lately?

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  • Things which no longer come with step by step instructions and if you can't work it out have to look it up on the internet. It was so much easier to have a drawer with instruction booklets.

  • in reply to Homebird

    Elfilis, Could you ask her what there is to like about him? Stick your fingers in your ears and sing la-la-la loudly when she replies!

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    I'm not a fan of instruction booklets or "the destructions" as they're called in this house. It would be alright if they were written by people with a good understanding of the language they were originally written in and the one they're translating it too. Often, it seems that what you have is a translation of a translation and all real meaning is lost. 

    I think this goes along with the "extra screw" that seems to come with every flatpack!

  • in reply to TheCatWoman
    TheCatWoman said:
    Elfilis, Could you ask her what there is to like about him? Stick your fingers in your ears and sing la-la-la loudly when she replies!

    Probably my only option now lol! Think she’s FaceTiming me later so I can always turn my phone down. Will defo ask what she sees in him too. I think it’s safe to say the mum and daughter roles have somehow swapped around! I thought I was bad when I had a crush in my teens but I don’t think I was as bad as what my mum is with this celebrity. 

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman
    TheCatWoman said:
    Elfilis, Could you ask her what there is to like about him? Stick your fingers in your ears and sing la-la-la loudly when she replies!

    Probably my only option now lol! Think she’s FaceTiming me later so I can always turn my phone down. Will defo ask what she sees in him too. I think it’s safe to say the mum and daughter roles have somehow swapped around! I thought I was bad when I had a crush in my teens but I don’t think I was as bad as what my mum is with this celebrity. 

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    I can try my best. She probably won’t take me seriously but it’s defo worth a shot! I mean I’ve had stronger crushes on cartoon characters but I’ve managed to keep it under control. I honestly don’t know why she thinks I also have a crush on this celebrity but my mission is to get it through that I don’t! 

    Seriously though one time when I was traumatised by this creep at work, my mum tried to tell me to imagine this celebrity twerking at me or imagine that I’m tussling my fingers on the curly hairs on his chest! Umm yeah now I’m frightened of saying about my trauma with the work creep in case my mum repeats herself again. I wouldn’t mind stroking fluffy dogs because they are fluffy (curse my allergies though) but yeah. What can beat this celebrity when it comes to hotness, umm like a volcano or even a frozen wasteland 

    Thank you for taking the time to read all my messages though and offering me advice! I’ll try these tips when mum face times me. 

  • in reply to Elfilis

    Could you repeat back to her the things she said to you when you where a teenager?