Trivial Things that annoy you - Mod Note in OP

May have been posted already but just heard another newsreader mis-pronounce the Nike brand name.

It’s not ‘Nike’ the same as Bike.

I thought most people knew at this stage that the pronunciation sounds like Nigh-key.

From an article in the Guardian about famous brand names:

“Nike rhymes with "bike", doesn't it? Well, no, actually it rhymes with "spiky". Nike chairman Philip Knight has confirmed the correct way to pronounce the brand's name, after two men sent him a letter asking him to circle either "Ni-ke" or "Ni-key" …..".

https://www.theguardian.com/media/shortcuts/2014/jun/03/nike-how-to-pronounce-correctly-brand-names-audi-adidas-porsche-yvessaintlaurent

making a purchase online when very tired bout an hour ago. Somehow maybe by a technical glitch or a Strumms glitch ..selected was..‘click and collect’, the shop is 18 kms away. Not going 18 kms each way to purchase a cheapish kitchen accessory..I couldn’t amend / edit the order but the TH is I could cancel for free, have confirmation of cancellation too now, but dunno wtf happened.🤦🏻‍♂️ 👀

My TA is "they" never add in the re turn charge so you always have to account for it yourself. Its printed there in the shelf ticket but never that I have seen a total of the Sale Price + Re turn deposit.

People who's families depend on them. People who's lives could be ruined. People who will cost the tax payer a lot of money if an accident happens.

But they choose not to wear simple cheap eye and ear protection when they are using drills, angle grinders, phenumatic drills ...

It's so embedded in the psyche, that the people who do choose to wear safety gear look odd. People are embarrassed to wear safety gear. Mad !

I see it on council workers and fly by nights. Amateurs and professionals.

I was in the eye hospital one day and there was a young roofer with metal shards slivers embedded in his eye. I said why don't you wear eye protection. And be laughed and said this was the second time it happened.

Mad !

Would depend on what you want it for. Obviously its for drinking but I've never seen anyone out jogging carrying a 5l bottle :-)

Simple reason - safety gear is for "sissies"

an attitude as old as time

I'd be cross if that was how I had to get fit

No sooner I think I've finally switched off ALL notifications on my phone Google find a new way of notifying me of something I have no interest in.

Trying to fill a plastic bank money bag and spilling the whole lot on a hard floor.

In UK atm and over several trips had collected a massive load of small change. Sorted it all out this morning so I can drop all the 1,2,5,10 and 20 pence coins in a local charity collection box before I drive back to Ireland. Of course as I try and tip a hand full of coins into the bag half miss and I drop the bag trying to catch them. Hard floor and I've been crawling all over to pick them up again.

Thx, the -reddit worked better than NOT reddit as I just did another query and the first 8 responses were from reddit? WTF, when did that start, very annoying

Back from shops, OH is baking banana bread (nice).

TA is no warning, could have texted me… get more bananas to replace the ones I just used.

Nothing to declare. If it's really that much of a threat to smuggle in high risk, restricted food items 'that could potentially have a devastating impact on the Australian agricultural system', surely that would have happened a gazillion times by now. The amount of asian folk who get caught bringing in all sorts of bizarre delicacies and creepy crawlies in their luggage is off the charts, but they can't check everyone's bags.

When your laces go into a knot when you open them.