Trivial Things that annoy you - Mod Note in OP

Made dinner, other person not a fan of spicy food so I made it very very not spicy. Then they decided they didn't want any after all. I love spicy food. 😡

There is an incredibly strong smell of onions in my van and I am not sure why. It's eye watering, but thankfully I do like onions.

I wonder could you sue for false advertising when your 'bag for life' falls apart in less than a year? It sounds like a case Lionel Hutz would take.

They will in their hoot. Bloody 70c for a bleeding bag.

How did that happen?

Hey Maxol!!

If you're gonna advertise as having bags of value then have the decency to actually apply the price at the till.

Stopped in one today and saw the still expensive but cheaper than the other mega rip off bottles of water, ballygowan flavoured, two euro for 1.5 litre. Not mad on flavour water but was the cheapest and it was warm outside.

Brought to cashier and it scans at 2.79, so I politely say, sorry, that's meant to be two euro. Conversation was.

1. No, it's not, you're mistaken.

A. No, it's written on a big promo label under it.

2. Oh that's a maxol app only promo.

A. No, you got me with that before, the promo price tag says nothing about app only.

3. Well that's the price in the till so nothing I can do about it, like it or lump it.

A. Okay, I'll lump it, take it off the bill, I'm not buying it.

4. Rolly eyes, fine, I'll deduct it and enter it manually at the price we're actually advertising as being an amazing special offer.

Maxol, bags more value, but only after you've had a public argument with a stroppy assistant in front of a queue of people giving you evils for pulling them up on an app 40% overcharge.

Grumpy old man that I am, I've posted similar before but this seems faaaaar too common to be accidental. I can't imagine how many people they scam every day with this kind of crap.

No .

It's easier if they just say the age !

I can see the pros and cons.

There's an interesting reddit discussion on it here... basically for a schoolkid their grade is more important than their age. It affects who they hang out with, their school, schedule etc.

An 18 / 19 year old in the States, their age is less important than whether they are in high school or college (which TA they also call school!)

https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/1bf8a44/why_do_americans_use_the_grade_that_they_are_in/

They might... we'd need a lot of popular school set film or TV series... which - TA - we dont really have.

Also, for the best we dont - lots of schoolkids caught up in serious crimes, shootings, murders etc that would spawn true crime docs.

You will have to rewatch it and note if any references to 5th / 6th year / Leaving Cert etc.

Have that smell from an old pencil case belonging to one of mine ...last used in Leaving Cert ( @odyssey06 !) and he's 23 now 🤢 said it was a mate's but knew there was a waft when he should have been studying !

Why are phones super-fragile yet also made from the slipperiest, least grippable substance known to man?

Is it the same bus stop every day? They are now deferring to you as 'the person who hails down the bus' as if they do not wish to deprive you of your privilege :)

My TA is the tourists who don't realise you have to put the hand out… I try to make a big show of doing so in front of them so they get the message for next time.

Oh I do have a TA, though: I bruise like a peach and am currently rocking two massive bruises on one thigh from the dog jumping up on me and another doozey on the other thigh from walking into the corner of the table. Shorts weather, and I currently look like complete and utter white trash, and/or a junkie.