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Things that annoy

Trainspotter

Doing my shopping today got me thinking of the things that annoy me (and not just with shopping!)

Here's three to start with:

Constant rearranging of which aisle things are in at the supermarket.  It means the shopping takes a lot longer than usual, takes many visits before I know where things are (as need different things each time) and makes me go home without things I had gone for (I even manage to forget things that are on the list as they are in order as I go up and down the aisles).

Customers at the till who wait until everything has been scanned before thinking of packing them up, then packing them into bags before putting them in their trolley.  And only after all that do they get their money/card out.  (I always have my money at the till ready before they start scanning, then pack as they are going through the register, pay immediately when they have finished and continue packing.  Then by the time it hs all gone through I have finished packing and am ready to go.  And I usually add up the prices as I'm going along so I know how much it will be).

Too much choice.  For example, why can't there be one price for electricity, it all comes through the same wires.  I know once when confronted by one of the salesman for an electric company I asked how I would know what electricity was coming through my wires as I was sure sometimes I would be getting someone elses electricity, and how could I be sure theirs was as strong as the other company.  I was told it was all the same, so I said if it was all the same, why should I change?  Life is too short to keep changing over from one company to another and worrying about whether you have the best 'deal' or not.

Anyway, what are other peoples top annoyances of modern life?

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    I think an even bigger problem than not wanting to live there is not being able to afford it, or as is often the case, requiring two incomes from different direction and equally often the kids' school in a third.

    Then there's the notorious office relocation game, as large companies inevitably have too many managers with too little to do, so they play "let's reorganise the peons!" constantly.  I remember a bunch of co-workers who eventually relocated typically sixty miles after much grumbling (the company offset a small proportion of the expense) and once they'd moved away from friends, family and schools the employer promptly closed the office they'd moved to and told them to either go back to where they came from (entirely at their own expense this time, IIRC) or work in London.  That's when the working-from-home thing finally happened: I actually did quite well out of it as I lived pretty much equidistant between the three sites but decided I'd be happier sacrificing my spare bedroom anyway.

    I just hate travelling altogether though.  Public transport is prohibitively expensive, crowded, dirty and unreliable and I can't really deal with being around other people, I find driving to be very stressful (and the roads are so often totally congested anyway), I can't ride a bike and walking only gets you so far.

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    I think an even bigger problem than not wanting to live there is not being able to afford it, or as is often the case, requiring two incomes from different direction and equally often the kids' school in a third.

    Then there's the notorious office relocation game, as large companies inevitably have too many managers with too little to do, so they play "let's reorganise the peons!" constantly.  I remember a bunch of co-workers who eventually relocated typically sixty miles after much grumbling (the company offset a small proportion of the expense) and once they'd moved away from friends, family and schools the employer promptly closed the office they'd moved to and told them to either go back to where they came from (entirely at their own expense this time, IIRC) or work in London.  That's when the working-from-home thing finally happened: I actually did quite well out of it as I lived pretty much equidistant between the three sites but decided I'd be happier sacrificing my spare bedroom anyway.

    I just hate travelling altogether though.  Public transport is prohibitively expensive, crowded, dirty and unreliable and I can't really deal with being around other people, I find driving to be very stressful (and the roads are so often totally congested anyway), I can't ride a bike and walking only gets you so far.

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