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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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  • I'm trying to rewatch Fargo on Amazon Prime but the adverts are really spoiling my experience.

    I find myself feeling so irritated and by the time the show starts again I'm still irritated and I can't fully enjoy the show because my irritation just starts to settle and guess what?

    Another flipping advert comes on.ಠ⁠︵⁠ಠ

  • in reply to Lonehare12

    I can watch streaming services through my Humax box, but the button for skipping ads isn't there, so I don't bother, the same as I don't bother to watch commercial channels on demand either.

    I think it's when I do watch an advert that I realise how different my life is from those being portrayed, it can be quite alienating as everyones using gadgets that I don't have and wouldn't have a clue what they're for let alone why I'd use them.

    Amazon is really annoying, I was trying to compile a list of books to send to my son, for my Mums xmas present, I asked for the books by a couple f authors to be in order, they weren't and there were loads of pages to search through mostly filed with sponsered ads. Then the next day amazons internet services went down and I experienced a pang of guilt, given my ability to mess up computers at long range and without knowing how, was I responsible? Rationally I know I wasn't, but the fear of my crashing abilities is so great that I did wonder.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman
    TheCatWoman said:
    I think it's when I do watch an advert that I realise how different my life is from those being portrayed,

    This is so true, maybe this is part of the reason I hate the ads. I can barely watch them I have to look away it makes me so depressed. Why didn't I realize this?

    Thank you for highlighting this  

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