Things you hate IV

You probably didn't win, he just convinced you to think you did.

 

American gun laws:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-us-canada-61573831

This was another 18 year old kid, couldn’t buy a beer until he was 21 though. You can’t drink while watching music at Coachella in case you pass a drink to someone aged under 21, heaven forbid.

 

WFC ticket office.... Their phone system is terrible and cannot cope with people calling to move seats.

I either get "cannot connect" or recorded message saying they are busy and try calling later

 

Likewise, customers who rush to do something within the first half hour of a two day window and are shocked demand exceeds capacity

 

I take your point, and I am not surprised they are busy.

I am surprised the message says you can email them or call back later.
1. the club info says you cannot email them for seat movements you have to call or visit the ticket office.
2. usually phone systems have a que system, you can then choose to stay on the line or call back later.

I knew they would be busy, but it seems to be a surprise to WFC and they have nothing in place to cope with it.

 

The new BBC website header, what are the random shapes supposed to be/show?

 

No little house for home?, The bell is a different style. Is it a rocket or a fish for news? Sport is a bar chart, Why? Surely that would be finance or business. Weather I get although the sun is generally yellow not blue. iplayer?, would have made more sense to have an i or a play symbol. Sounds I suppose is a speaker but surely that's part of iplayer? Bitesize appers to be books?

All a bit random and to be honest if you're using a logo it should be self explanatory and not need a prompt next to it.

Sub par and likely expensive, like most of what the BBC does these days. OH and i;ts optimised for mobile devices and looks **** on a proper computer.

 

Having your flight cancelled by British Airways while trying to check in.
The best they can offer is a replacement flight in two days at a more inconvenient time. Investigating compensation…

 

Seem straightforward to me.

News - available on multiple devices.
Sport - stats
Weather - weather symbols
IPlayer - rotating and forward symbol, a bit analogue in a way, but ok.
Sounds - volume
Bite size - books

 

Yeah, why does anything change? Imagine how much money could have been saved if it still looked like this.

 

Your rights include them having to pay you back whatever it may cost if you managed to book on another airline to get you to your destination on the original day & definitely earlier than 2 days away.

 

Thanks, but it was actually impossible. We were going to Seville and EasyJet had already cancelled their flights. I’m looking at a travel insurance claim as well as the statutory BA compensation, including for a pointless trip all the way to Gatwick and back. Fortunately, we know the hotel owners very well so no penalty there, but there is a charge for cancelling the car hire and re-booking for different dates.

 

The phrase 'lived experience' seems to be creeping in. Is there such a thing as an unlived experience? And what's this 'my truth' bo11ox all about?

 

I reckon there is. A round the world cruise could be marketed as 'the experience of a lifetime' even if you haven't yet been on it.

 

Exactly. Marketed as the 'experience of a lifetime' - not the 'lived experience of a lifetime'.

 

OK, I will try again. A 'lived experience' is one you have undergone. An 'experience' can be something you have undergone or something which you haven't yet, ahem, experienced. The former is a narrower category than the latter.

 

I'm not sure that's right. I think an experience is, by definition, something that someone has actually done or lived through - not something that may happen in the future.

 

https://www.virginexperiencedays.co.uk/

(?)

 

‘Lived experience’ refers to the state of mind and knowledge of an individual as created by their experiences, education, choices etc. It’s an existential notion, as it will change over time and be fashioned by the outside forces that work on a person.

It can definitely be used in a w@nky way, but may be helpful, for example in therapy, to help people understand how they come to views and choices that may help or hinder them.

Not to be confused with my Livid Experience, which is just me getting cross about everything.

 

This is selling the promise of an ‘experience’. You won’t have actually had the experience of, say, flying in a Spitfire, until you’ve flown in one.

That's most people's understanding of 'experience'. The addition of 'lived' is completely unnecessary and, as you rightly say, 'w@nky'

 

Johnny Depp. Isn’t he clearly a **** of massive proportions?

 

Amber Turd

 

You need to get a mega pint down you.

 

I fail to see how people that pretend for a living, something most of us gave up by the age of 6, seem to command multi million pound salaries and are deemed "important" by a large section of the public.

It's fairly obvious both are not 100% right and as usual it's the lawyers that will be the biggest beneficiaries.

 

Same reason as why people who kick a ball for a living do.

 

Everyone is an influencer.

 

Influencers and the term influencer.

...and anyone that follows them.

 

I wonder how many of those were people sat on the toilet.

I think a huge amount of the population have got into mindlessly scrolling through social media out of habit.

 

Kim says I should ignore people who post suggestions like this.

 

Tell Kim to put her effin seatbelt on while driving.

 

Already got fitted front and rear airbags, she'll be fine.

 

Theme parks.

I've never really engaged with them tbh, but the kids are at an age now, where we thought they'd enjoy Legoland.

Despite charging about 150 quid for us to get in, that alone doesn't really get you anything, because most rides have queues of 40 minutes minimum, with the top rides taking up to 1 and a half hours.

That means you have to pay extra for a virtual queuing bot, so you can physically queue for one ride, whilst virtually queuing for another. That's another 100 quid. "Premium' parking - 16 quid. Happy to walk a bit from your space (we were) that's 8 quid. How do they think people are getting to this place in the middle of nowhere?

Food, drink, extortionate (we brought a packed lunch). Someone takes a pic of you on and before all the rides. I never bothered to find out how much they want for those.

Shops everywhere to buy lego. Lego, which costs a ridiculous sum these days. Fair enough I suppose.

It pissed with rain so we were thankful to have taken our rain proofs. Others weren't so prepared and so forked out 5.50 each for ponchos, ie. Bin bags with sleeves and hoods.

We had gone in relatively organised. Used clubcard vouchers and took our own food, bought queue jump passes for 5 rides etc. But I can reasonably believe that other people spent an easy 500 quid for the day to spend about 25 minutes in total on some rides.

How on earth did we allow theme Parks to get like this? To allow so many people in, for a not insignificant entrance fee, that you realistically are spending 95% of your precious time, queuing for their rides, which last about 3 minutes each.