That's life, the universe and everything, as someone once said (can't remember who
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That's just the 21st century version of the traditional habit of going upstairs to get/do something specific, being sidetracked into several other things, and coming downstairs again only to realise when you're back down that you hadn't done the one thing you went up for originally. It's good for the daily step count.
I tend to remember @ 4 in the morning & then can't get back to sleep.
M&S seem bad at this, i have various pairs of their jeans (same type, size) but all slightly different in actual size.
Just bought some new wellies off Amazon. I take size 9 in boots & shoes so after reading the reviews which said they come large, I sent for both size 8 & size 9. I would keep the ones which fit and send the other pair back.
Try being in Wales when this happens. Did to me this morning, may as well have been kph as they were doing 14mph! Ridiculous. Wasn't a case of bicycles keeping up, they could easily overtake!
Customers in pubs who order a pint, take one sip then leave. Who the hell does that…?
And, just as importantly, where are these pubs? I'll be there - sounds like I've got a free pint there
Conflating those two, maybe they're undercover cops in the pub?
UK police drama where the main character is over 70 (Vera and A Touch of Frost come to mind).
Maybe they are having to keep to a 20mph limit.
And then attempt to pay using some payment card, which may or may not work first time, whilst they are stood at the only self service checkout till that also takes cash.
And then there's attempting to pay using some payment card which does not work first time and locks the checkout, requiring it to be unlocked by a harrassed staff member, which then does not work a second time, requiring it to be unlocked again by a harrassed staff member, which then does not work a third time, despite an entirely different card being used, requiring it to be unlocked by a by now totally cheesed off staff member, all goods packed back in the trolley and frogmarched to a manned checkout ......
Why would that lock the checkout?
Maybe a technical fault with the system?
Same here with Waitrose handheld scanners, occasionally the fail in use but generally the only problems at the Quick Check tills are the Windows XP based screens that occasionally fail. The most irritating thing with them is that all but one of the four is also available to Self-Scan (which is at the till), if there's a single person there wilth a large trolley full of the weeks shopping, it takes more time than 5 or more Quick Check shoppers to pass through the till.
That is a very good description of what went down!
All sorts of incomprehensible error code messages came up on the display.
