nlogax
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I'll keep wearing these and my smaller Pixel Buds, cheers. Indoors and out.
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Comedic "things you would ban": minor things that irritate you
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gg1
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When in cities I've taken to wearing them even when I'm not actually listening to anything.
It definitely seems to reduce the likelihood of being pestered by chuggers/canvassers/sales people etc.
gg1
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Have you been into a city centre recently? The only conversation or human interaction you're likely to receive from strangers is from people attempting to squeeze money out of you one way or another.
This makes me wonder - and it's a genuine question as I wasn't around at the time - but did people think the same/similar things about people wandering around with cassette Walkman devices with headphones? (Though maybe this is something for a new thread.) A lot of the people I know who wear headphones out-and-about now do it so they can have their music on and take their headphones off when talking to people or other situations where the need arises.
-Peter
The headphone wearing craze is ridiculous. A guy in front of me who was wearing headphones dropped his wallet once and I picked it up and called out to him about it. He didn't hear me because of his headphones. I ran up beside him, waving his wallet and told him he'd dropped it. He looked at me sideways, clearly didn't see the wallet I was waving at him, and increased his pace. He then got into a taxi and disappeared. I ended up having to post the wallet to him using the address I found on his driving licence. The next day whilst browsing Facebook I came across a post in one of my groups in which that very same guy was trying to find his wallet. If he hadn't have been wearing his headphones, and had actually looked at me properly rather than askance, he would have had it back the moment he dropped it!
CaptainHaddock
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I was around at the dawn of the walkman era and, although it was at first a novelty to be able to listen to music when outdoors, the novelty soon wore off, not least because carrying a bundle of cassettes and spare batteries was very cumbersome, so you ended up only listening to your walkman on long train or car journeys.This makes me wonder - and it's a genuine question as I wasn't around at the time - but did people think the same/similar things about people wandering around with cassette Walkman devices with headphones? (Though maybe this is something for a new thread.) A lot of the people I know who wear headphones out-and-about now do it so they can have their music on and take their headphones off when talking to people or other situations where the need arises.
-Peter
Although I love music as much as the next consumer, seeing people with headphones on outdoors these days makes me wonder; what's this music that's so absolutely wonderful that you simply have to spend every waking minute of your day listening to it?
I use a Sansa Clip MP3 player where the battery lasts ~ 30 hours before it needs charging with a USB lead for an hour.
I listen to podcasts. This is from yesterday and so far today:
desertislanddiscs-20190526-derrenbrownillusionist.mp3
Janey_Godley_The_C_Bomb_Series_2_-_2._It_Was_Acceptable_in_the_70s_m001x53c_original.mp3
Egyptian Mummies 14-02-24.mp3
howl.mp3
Alice Loxton 17-03-24.mp3
09 gone (new mix).mp3
463 Manipulierte Tagesthemen 05-03-24.mp3
Ep 229 Sam Campbell (Live in Nottingham) 02-03-24.mp3
Anna Keay Q&A 13-03-24.mp3
Artemis Goddess of the Hunt 17-03-24.mp3
Wedgie_Diplomacy_Bugle_4083.mp3
03 kashmir.mp3
07. kate bush - between a man and a woman.mp3
Punching Piñatas 06-02-24.mp3
Ep. 365 - Jess Conrad 04-03-24.mp3
Episode 10 23-01-24.mp3
Rochdale, “From the River to the Sea” and Race Rows in British Politics 29-02-24.mp3
Eras_The_Beatles_-_06._Episode_6_-_Now_and_Then_m001rzkp_podcast.mp3
427. Titanic The Tragedy Begins (Part 1) 11-03-24.mp3
Rick_Wakemans_Key_to_Keys_-_02._Episode_2_b085gwtw_online.mp3
Wilders tactical retreat 16-03-24.mp3
AAG 1643-1646 The First Civil War 17-03-24.mp3
278 The Bones of Spying with Ava Glass 07-02-24.mp3
The_Skewer_Series_11_-_05._Episode_5_m001x54r_original.mp3
33. Back to Common Ground 15-12-23.mp3
394. JFK Death in Dallas (Part 3) 30-11-23.mp3
isihac_s24e04_highland_film_club.mp3
jam - 1988.05.05 - fashionable bed atire.mp3
nlogax
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On mine I've usually got podcasts, music or - best of all - nothing at all. Enjoying the silence (outside of when I listen to Depeche Mode).
Ah thank you! That makes sense. Though I'd rather have my phone with Spotify than all those tapes!
To extrapolate from my own experiences, I wonder if it's just because the people going round with headphones are used to having music on all/almost all the time at home so it seems logical to take that out-and-about? None of the music I listen to is particularly special but I like having it on (even when I don't pay that much attention to it), sort of in a similar way to having the radio on at home in the background I suppose?
-Peter
61653 HTAFC
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Moaning about people actually using headphones?
Usually it's those who don't use them, but should, that get the ire!
Usually it's those who don't use them, but should, that get the ire!
The wallet dropping post above is a good example. He didn't want anything to do with anyone and any attempt to communicate was met with fear. Whole generations are heading down this road to wilful isolation. Again, the increase in mental problems is partly down to this isolation.
Gloster
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Businesses, particularly ones that might be selling to rushed-for-time passing custom, that put up a notice suggesting that they have only popped out for a few seconds, and then aren’t back in anything like that. I arrived on a station this morning, saw that I had over twenty minutes to wait and there was a kiosk, so I reckoned that I had enough time to get a tea and allow it to cool, should it be scalding, before I had to board the train. The door had a notice saying Open, but it was locked and there was a bit of paper saying ‘Back in 5 minutes’. The door was still locked and the notice unmoved nearly twenty-five minutes later when the train arrived a few minutes late.
(Why not do as a friend who ran a train bar near a bus station for a while: put ‘Back at 11.30’, so customers know. She would always give a bit of leeway: if she put 11.30, she would expect to be back several minutes earlier.)
(Yes, this is trivial and there may have an unexpected problem, but it was quite an overrrun.)
(Why not do as a friend who ran a train bar near a bus station for a while: put ‘Back at 11.30’, so customers know. She would always give a bit of leeway: if she put 11.30, she would expect to be back several minutes earlier.)
(Yes, this is trivial and there may have an unexpected problem, but it was quite an overrrun.)
dangie
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Will put this here as I don’t want to hijack the Princess of Wales cancer thread.
From the BBC website:
The outburst of rumour-mongering has been a bruising time for Catherine and Prince William - and the disclosure about her cancer diagnosis rewrites what's happened in the past few weeks.
It all looks very different in retrospect. That creaking is the sound of a lot of necks being wound back in.
I hope that winding of necks being wound back in begins with the BBC themselves.
From the BBC website:
The outburst of rumour-mongering has been a bruising time for Catherine and Prince William - and the disclosure about her cancer diagnosis rewrites what's happened in the past few weeks.
It all looks very different in retrospect. That creaking is the sound of a lot of necks being wound back in.
I hope that winding of necks being wound back in begins with the BBC themselves.
Gloster
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Those ridiculous deal offers. I bought a tea and a sandwich in Portsmouth at lunchtime: the cashier pointed out that if I bought a packet of crisps as well the total cost would be 10p. less. I presume that there is a deep psychological reason as to how the reduction results in more profits despite reduced margins. I just think it is daft.
Seconded ! I'm allergic to stuff of this kind: am apt to tell the cashier or other salesperson -- I hope, politely -- that what I'm intending and presenting to buy, is what I want, in the form and quantities which suit me: I'd find it intensely annoying to get things which I don't want or need, and getting which would likely inconvenience me, just to achieve a perceived small financial advantage. "Deep psychological ..." there would seem to be many people for whom saving money, in however trivial amounts, is highly important and overrides nearly all and any attendant "downsides". If that's the way they are, fine; but I happen not to be made that way -- it would seem that nor are you.
CaptainHaddock
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Pointless app updates on mobile phones. Just about every time I visit Google Play on my Android phone it tells me I have several updates pending and then spends a tedious amount of time installing them yet they never make a blind bit of difference to the speed, functionality or ease of use of the app. What's the point?
Busaholic
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It can be even more ridiculous than that. I bought a Co-op steak pie reduced from £4.20 to £3.70 for members, but I didn't get the discount at the till. The cashier pointed out I had to put an unwanted (by me) pack of chips in my basket too to get this price, so obviously I then did!
nlogax
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Fixing security holes and inefficient code, improving battery consumption, reducing crashes, changing underlying app behaviour to align with OS changes. Not every app update is aimed at directly or immediately benefiting your experience.
If in doubt, consult a changelog.
GatwickDepress
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When you work in a shop, you realise many people don't realise what's even in a Meal Deal and are often grateful for you pointing it out.
Where available. Often containing phrases such as 'Other enhancements'.
dangie
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Global Warming
I don’t think it’s reached my town yet
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Not an irritation or annoyance, just don’t really understand it.
Made a purchase from Amazon. Received an email saying as it was a high value item a One Time Password would be emailed to me to give to the delivery driver.
I’ve absolutely no problem with this, if it was an iPhone for example I’d understand, but it’s a Bread Maker
I don’t think it’s reached my town yet
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Not an irritation or annoyance, just don’t really understand it.
Made a purchase from Amazon. Received an email saying as it was a high value item a One Time Password would be emailed to me to give to the delivery driver.
I’ve absolutely no problem with this, if it was an iPhone for example I’d understand, but it’s a Bread Maker
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MerlinRail 804
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Arriva
TikTok
Arriva
Smoking
Arriva
Vaping
Arriva
Homework (especially due for the next day and with no form of clear instruction)
Arriva
The whole mysterious vocabulary of Gen Alpha that no one past the age of 15 understands or can comprehend
Arriva
WMR TTS announcements
Arriva
School buses with ppl standing because they sold too many places
Arriva
The uncomfortable school uniforms - let us wear something comfy
Arriva
Roadworks with no one working
Arriva
Incorrect grammar
Arriva
Approximating figures (especially time)
Arriva
YouTube giving SEVEN unskippable ads on my tv
Arriva
People who have issues with the fact that some people like trains, forgetting that they were obessed with Thomas when they were 3
Arriva
People who use emojis after every word they type
Arriva
The departure boards for P1-12 at Manchester Piccadilly
Arriva
Hold music (or a voice saying to “please hold” every 0.45 seconds
Arriva
Bus departure boards with no real-time information
Arriva
People driving over a mini roundabout when there’s space to go round
Arriva
TikTok
Arriva
Smoking
Arriva
Vaping
Arriva
Homework (especially due for the next day and with no form of clear instruction)
Arriva
The whole mysterious vocabulary of Gen Alpha that no one past the age of 15 understands or can comprehend
Arriva
WMR TTS announcements
Arriva
School buses with ppl standing because they sold too many places
Arriva
The uncomfortable school uniforms - let us wear something comfy
Arriva
Roadworks with no one working
Arriva
Incorrect grammar
Arriva
Approximating figures (especially time)
Arriva
YouTube giving SEVEN unskippable ads on my tv
Arriva
People who have issues with the fact that some people like trains, forgetting that they were obessed with Thomas when they were 3
Arriva
People who use emojis after every word they type
Arriva
The departure boards for P1-12 at Manchester Piccadilly
Arriva
Hold music (or a voice saying to “please hold” every 0.45 seconds
Arriva
Bus departure boards with no real-time information
Arriva
People driving over a mini roundabout when there’s space to go round
Arriva
Richard Scott
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Ok on most but nothing wrong with school uniform, why is formal wear uncomfortable? We've all had to wear formal clothing (some if us still do) and nothing wrong with it.
Also tidy person has a tidy attitude!
dangie
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People with so much time on their hands they keep repeating themselves. One Arriva would do.
CaptainHaddock
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Pull down window blinds on scenic rail routes. Why should we be denied wonderful views just because some prat in a suit in the seat in front wants to play with his laptop?
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It's only you being denied because you didn't get the right seat.
birchesgreen
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I pushed the blind back up once, that caused some tutting.
75A
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What someone might think is scenic, might not be to someone who's seen it twice a day, 5 days a week for the last 30 years.It's only you being denied because you didn't get the right seat.
Think about where you sit
gg1
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Dudley Council's tip booking system - more specifically the fact you have to book two days in advance. I can accept there may be technical reasons preventing booking the same day (ie ensuring the tip staff have revised bookings to hand) but see no logical reason why I can't book a slot for tomorrow, and no it's not because all the slots are fully booked up.