All the buttons on the bottom of duvet covers ... I mean, really.
Things that make you say "What a Faff'
Unopenable packaging which requires a thermo lance at minimum to get into (and i'm not a pensioner with arthritis. God only knows how the olds get into some of these things).
Ok, maybe a bit more than a faff.
Ok, maybe a bit more than a faff.
Cottage pie at the moment. Been going to make one for the last 4 or 5 days but keep deciding I can't be bothered and I end up having something else to eat instead.
Originally Posted by droogiefret:
“All the buttons on the bottom of duvet covers ... I mean, really.”
“All the buttons on the bottom of duvet covers ... I mean, really.”
Buy the zipped ones.
Originally Posted by droogiefret:
“All the buttons on the bottom of duvet covers ... I mean, really.”
“All the buttons on the bottom of duvet covers ... I mean, really.”
Agreed. And mine come undone all the time as the buttonholes are too big 😠
Ringing any company that has an automated messaging "menu". Most companies i've had to ring keep you in the menu for at least 2 or 3 minutes before you get to speak to an actual person, who is highly likely to be in the same room as everyone else anyway.
Originally Posted by Babe Rainbow:
“Hand soap bottles that are impossible to unlock the pump nozzle. Pain in the arse.”
“Hand soap bottles that are impossible to unlock the pump nozzle. Pain in the arse.”
How the hell do these things work! I break them everytime withouty fail.
Discussing things on DS. 
Putting my new wing mirror on the other day was a real faff. In the end I got my mechanic to do it.
Putting my new wing mirror on the other day was a real faff. In the end I got my mechanic to do it.
Originally Posted by JasonWatkins:
“Ringing any company that has an automated messaging "menu". Most companies i've had to ring keep you in the menu for at least 2 or 3 minutes before you get to speak to an actual person, who is highly likely to be in the same room as everyone else anyway.”
“Ringing any company that has an automated messaging "menu". Most companies i've had to ring keep you in the menu for at least 2 or 3 minutes before you get to speak to an actual person, who is highly likely to be in the same room as everyone else anyway.”
This. I especially hate the systems that leave you on hold listening to 'music' (term used very loosely) for ten minutes plus, occasionally punctuated by a robotic voice saying 'Thank you for holding'. As if I were doing it as a favour to them, and not because it's the only way I'm ever going to get to speak to a human being at the company.
Having said that, getting through to a human being can be more trouble than it's worth sometimes too. You don't just have to show evidence of illness for the receptionists at our local surgery to grant you an appointment with a doctor, you have to be able to show your own death certificate.
My pet 'what a faff' though is parcel delivery. I should probably be grateful to have witnessed personal bests that Usain Bolt would have been proud of as couriers leg it from the van to my front door with 'sorry you were out' cards and back again, but I'd really rather not have to wait in for yet another day.
