Trivial Things that annoy you - Mod Note in OP

everlast75

Mobile phones.

Specifically, their design.

What's the point in companies spending a fortune designing?

What's the point choosing a different colour or size.

They are all going to be encased in a big black ugly plastic case to protect them and all will look the same.

And if you do play russian roulette by carrying it about without the case, why do they make them with the slipperiest possible substance too, so that they will slide out of your hand?

Bogey Lowenstein

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123253439#Comment_123253439

Ha ha. Well she was actually giving out because she had to give up her morning to go and do an interview she thought they should have just hired her unseen. Major entitlement.

SuperBowserWorld

When you've tens of thousands of digital photos since early 2000s randomly scattered across hard drives and duplicated in some random backup strategy.

And your other half does too.

And you never look at the photos.

The Continental Op

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123253523#Comment_123253523

A neighbors husband with hundreds of thousands of digital photos died recently and I got the job of backing them all up.

Took ages but I managed to cut the amount of data down massively by using software to find duplicates. Because of previous random backup strategies I managed to reduce the over 10TB I started with down to less than 2TB. 2TB that will never ever be looked at again.

SuperBowserWorld

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123253910#Comment_123253910

Yep.

My laptop has enough space for all the photos, I think, if not I'll get a large external hard drive. So, I'm going to copy them all on there and run a script to sort them by date in different folders and also remove duplicates. There are various free tools online, and failing that I'll write it myself.

z80CPU

Went into another Centra to get hot cup of cappuccino.

BOTH machines in their cleaning cycle with red notices covering the buttons. 1.45pm.

I mean I could have gone to Tesco for large coffee ( at 3.50 for large this is still good value )

No Tesco nearby and I was shopping there half an hour earlier

Strumms

I have a weird sinus thing going on, like extreme hay fever symptoms as opposed to a sinus infection.. But the pollen count is reported as ‘low’… im not especially near any trees, plants or flowers…. Ok, as I’m typing this I remembered, I had two bars of chocolate yesterday…, so I’m thinking overindulging maybe the most logical explanation. Not doing that again….

cj maxx

That my Internet stopped working just before the Liverpool game . Its the third or more times its been down since storm funny name

The Continental Op

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123254385#Comment_123254385

On a rational note? Any chance you have mold anywhere in the house? Mold spores would be a major cause of hay fever like symptoms.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/mold-allergy/symptoms-causes/syc-20351519

Strumms

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123256143#Comment_123256143

none at all, well insulated and the heating is great. Think it might have been an allergy, I still have slight allergy to dairy. Feeling better the last few hours, I drank loads.

freshpopcorn

When somebody says they are immigrating due to loads of hardship but in reality they are just going travelling for a few years.

z80CPU

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123256807#Comment_123256807

They just want their pre departure Pity Party

cj maxx

That despite being a glasses wearer for 4 years or so I keep forgetting to take them off when drinking coffee

thereiver

Mcdonalds have brought in irish language menus, on the self service kiosk,s .Great for the 7 people who live in ireland that dont understand english but speak irish .could they not give money to an irish charity.this is a total waste of money .It would be more useful to offer a polish menu or ukrainian menu for people who are immigrants .this is just pointless virtue signalling.

thereiver

tech bros rushing to see trump at mara lago .Be nice to trump for ten minutes make a large donation to the republican party.Its alot cheaper than having to deal with regulation or employ moderators to screen out trolls and racist content .

Rocket_GD

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123258116#Comment_123258116

A company putting the national language of the country in their stores is not a bad thing, it's a choice for people. Just because you don't understand Irish, or English grammar it seems by your use of punctuation, doesn't mean it's a waste of money.

It's not taxpayers money, it's a global trillion dollar company paying for it.

thereiver

I doubt anyone who doe,s not understand english but is fluent in irish is ever going to go to mac,donalds ,

if they put a polish menu option it would be more useful to immigrants who go to mc,donalds. They could donate to an irish charity or the local Gaa club if they want to support irish culture .

Rocket_GD

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123258272#Comment_123258272

You're just purposely taking the piss with your punctuation now. We'll leave it there.

iamstop

It's quite annoying when I go to take a nap or get a full sleep and all of a sudden one or both of my feet decide - now is a great time to cramp up inside my arches. Have to keep flexing and moving them until they calm down enough to get some kip.

iamstop

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123258116#Comment_123258116

Just one more of many reasons to Boycott McD's.

Rocket_GD

TA - Reading and liking a post and then you realise that you recognise the posters name and disagree with the poster on pretty much everything else but they made you chuckle.

z80CPU

The uptick in spelling / grammar Nazism on the site coming up to and around bank holiday weekends

Bogey Lowenstein

I think I am going batty! I was hunting around for my phone whilst holding it in my hand.

SuperBowserWorld

See, concerned tech bro. With arms open pose. That's my TA, that ******** arms opened ****. Where the **** did that ever come from.

The Continental Op

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123258569#Comment_123258569

I'm always looking for where I put my glasses when I'm wearing them :-(

Baba Yaga

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123258626#Comment_123258626

i used to laugh at my father god rest him…he'd be rummaging around looking for either his reading glasses or his telly glasses or whichever ones he'd be wanting(he had about 10 different pairs,one for near every thing) and the ones he was looking for would be on top of his head…now i wear glasses i'm doing the same…as they say karma's a beech!

Dial Hard

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123251739#Comment_123251739

Lousy, not stupid.

Sorry! 🙈

cj maxx

I have been trying for2 years to renew my licences , butt every time I ring DVLA they saying they'll post the relevant form to me , and each time they say the address they have on record is one I lived in 4/5 years ago . Youd think one upate wouldbeenough ..

Poochie05

Companies trying to force you to give an online review, sending an email or text pretending they are looking for feedback, only to suddenly push to publish your comments online and get you to waiver any data protection rights. Stop sending me surveys!

castletownman

Sitting minding my own business in a bar on holiday.

No-one:.....

Random American, shouting, finishing his drink: Where are you from sir?

Me: 'Ireland'.

American: 'You look like your from Ireland'.

Me, internally: 'And you look like a fat, dumb American, but at least I don't loudly ask questions'.