Petty Things That Get On Your Nerves...

[Robin.Hood]

Decided to cancel my holiday in October  ( get refund within in 28 days).

Just don't know whether it was a good decision or not as now not going anywhere this year.

Baws

[Stellaboz]

Anyone else got flights booked with Eurowings that are being changed almost on a daily basis?

[bennett]

1 hour ago, philpy said:

A new flash advert?

[tamthebam]

4 hours ago, Snafu said:

Again, Moths.

Made the mistake of putting a spider out at night time therefore used the hall and the doorstep lights and a crowd of them obviously hanging about near the door, barged past me as if it was the Black Friday sales in Currys/PC World to get a closer look at lightbulbs and wallpaper.

Maybe I shouldn't be evicting all the spiders.

There's a reason why they're called house spiders. 

Harmless enough, they're not exactly black widows, I'd rather have them in the house than flies and they can be a plaything for cats if they're unlucky enough to stray across their path 

See how you like being thrown out the house! Gaun the arachnids!

[Bert Raccoon]

2 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkey said:

Been a while, but...

Oh Philpy!

About two weeks but your point stands.

[GordonD]

3 hours ago, philpy said:

I've now just discovered my £300 camera is broken and not working after somehow being dropped.  I genuinely wish i hadn't fucking got up this morning.

^^^^ Tried to change the focus with one hand while holding onto the neighbour's drainpipe with the other.

[microdave]

I've now just discovered my £300 camera is broken and not working after somehow being dropped.  I genuinely wish i hadn't fucking got up this morning. [emoji34][emoji34]

Were you trying to fry your camera?

[philpy]

Nope, pic was taken with my phone. 

[DA Baracus]

The 1950s American diner floor look is certainly a daring one

[Melanius Mullarkey]

9 hours ago, G_Man1985 said:

Decided to cancel my holiday in October  ( get refund within in 28 days).

Just don't know whether it was a good decision or not as now not going anywhere this year.

Baws

It will probably be cancelled anyway. My Portugal flights went down the tube for early October the other day.

[Melanius Mullarkey]

6 hours ago, GordonD said:

^^^^ Tried to change the focus with one hand while holding onto a hot frying pan.

FTFY 

[BFTD]

On 14/08/2020 at 19:00, Snafu said:

Most clothes shops if not all only stock t-shirts up to size xxl.

Similarly, it's standard for high-street shops to cut off at size 12 in shoes.

When I was a kid, and still naive enough to look for shoes in shops, I've literally had sales assistants tell me that it isn't possible to have feet my size. On more than one occasion. Like God lets your feet grow to a certain width/length, then pulls the plug.

f**k knows what they'd make of American shoe shops. They go up past size 20.

14 hours ago, Snafu said:

Again, Moths.

Made the mistake of putting a spider out at night time therefore used the hall and the doorstep lights and a crowd of them obviously hanging about near the door, barged past me as if it was the Black Friday sales in Currys/PC World to get a closer look at lightbulbs and wallpaper.

Maybe I shouldn't be evicting all the spiders.

They're useful. Despite being an arachnophobe, I hang on to them until they get big enough that I worry they might evict me.

Found a monster in bed with me last night. I'd been there for about an hour. Check your sheets before lying down, people.

[Aidan]

Possibly should be in the "Calling cards of morons" thread but I've had 4 separate people walk up to the quite obviously closed hotel that I'm on site at asking if there's any rooms available. Either they're scoping the place out to rob it or the people visiting the area this evening are thick.

[Theroadlesstravelled]

13 hours ago, philpy said:

Revenge.

 

 

 

 

 

[Thistle_do_nicely]

maybe not the most petty thing but considering ive f**k all to do today anyway it might be a wee bit, but i woke up about half an hour ago and i think theres no chance i can get back to sleep now.

Reason: fucking sweltering. Even with the fan full blast. Going to run a nice bath once there's some light outside. No continuous cough at least (of course I coughed a couple of times literally while I typed that, bah)

Also ended up rattling through a couple of different ice cream lolly things out the freezer to cool me down, which was braw.

Finding the nights unbearably warm at the minute, hope I'm not just imagining it and there's something else at play...

[Derry Alli]

I was going to go out on the bike and cycle to Arbroath but the pissing rain has started and I don't fancy the possibility of developing a cough at this particular point in time tbh. 

Edited August 16, 2020 by Mr. Alli

[Silvio Tattiescone]

Watching highlights of games involving teams I don't give a shite about is only worthwhile when I don't know the score, so yesterday I avoided the telly and social media all day before switching the box on at 22.20 precisely to watch Sportscene.

 

Only to find things are running late and an incredibly smug woman on the Scottish news was saying "and there were wins for St Mirren, St Johnstone and Dundee Utd too..."

 

Fukkit. 

[DA Baracus]

5 hours ago, Thistle_do_nicely said:

maybe not the most petty thing but considering ive f**k all to do today anyway it might be a wee bit, but i woke up about half an hour ago and i think theres no chance i can get back to sleep now.

Reason: fucking sweltering. Even with the fan full blast. Going to run a nice bath once there's some light outside. No continuous cough at least (of course I coughed a couple of times literally while I typed that, bah)

Also ended up rattling through a couple of different ice cream lolly things out the freezer to cool me down, which was braw.

Finding the nights unbearably warm at the minute, hope I'm not just imagining it and there's something else at play...

Nah, it's been really hot at night the last week. Last night was fine and Friday was ok but on the other nights I had the summer duvet out.

[Todd_is_God]

23 hours ago, G_Man1985 said:

Decided to cancel my holiday in October  ( get refund within in 28 days).

Just don't know whether it was a good decision or not as now not going anywhere this year.

Baws

 

14 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkey said:

It will probably be cancelled anyway. My Portugal flights went down the tube for early October the other day.

I've had to deal with this scenario a couple of times this year. Both times cancelling ourselves rather than wait for it to be cancelled would have been the wrong choice.

The first instance was back in Feb where our hotel in Mexico was behind schedule on being built, so TUI sorted out a switch to an upgraded hotel at no extra cost to us, and then allowed an additional upgrade to a different part of said hotel at a very nomimal cost.

Then, with covid, waiting for them to cancel allowed us to move to next year, and fly from glasgow instead of newcastle, for about £65pp extra.

In total, cancelling ourselves both times and booking the new trips ourselves would have added about £900pp onto the trip booked for next year, which would have been out of our price range, especially if there is any chance of grabbing something last minute next month.

Edited August 16, 2020 by Todd_is_God

[Jacksgranda]

13 hours ago, BigFatTabbyDave said:

Similarly, it's standard for high-street shops to cut off at size 12 in shoes.

When I was a kid, and still naive enough to look for shoes in shops, I've literally had sales assistants tell me that it isn't possible to have feet my size. On more than one occasion. Like God lets your feet grow to a certain width/length, then pulls the plug.

f**k knows what they'd make of American shoe shops. They go up past size 20.

They're useful. Despite being an arachnophobe, I hang on to them until they get big enough that I worry they might evict me.

Found a monster in bed with me last night. I'd been there for about an hour. Check your sheets before lying down, people.