Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little

[Noggin]

This lingering cold. I'm sick of intermittently not being able to breathe properly

What can I bagsy?

Wait, don't you have a Katoom, I'm not that bothered.

Fraid so. I'll just have to pull through

It's ok, as you prefer, but I'm happy to dibs the Katoom

(although I'd prefer you to pull through and we can go ride together sometime when I'm over one day )

[Cousin Jack]

Rip off prices for spectacle frames!

After years of paying anywhere between £50 and £500 for frames for myself and the wife, I have had my cataracts done and my long distance vision is now good. I do need reading glasses though.

I have just bought a cheap pair of off the shelf reading glasses for £15. As far as I can tell they are of similar quality to the frames I have been paying a fortune for for years.

[Mussels]

Rip off prices for spectacle frames!

After years of paying anywhere between £50 and £500 for frames for myself and the wife, I have had my cataracts done and my long distance vision is now good. I do need reading glasses though.

I have just bought a cheap pair of off the shelf reading glasses for £15. As far as I can tell they are of similar quality to the frames I have been paying a fortune for for years.

I found that as well, my wife's first frames were over £100 from the optician and were a poor fit, since then we've bought all glasses by mail order for less than £20 and the frames have all been better.
I only stretch to £15 as I have varifocal reading lenses.

[Horse]

After years of paying ... £500 for frames

Just for frames?

I've paid that level for glazed frames - but with: (wide view) varifocal, photo chromic, thinned anti-scratch Zeiss lenses.

And then kept the same prescription for three or four years

[Noggin]

Rip off prices for spectacle frames!

After years of paying anywhere between £50 and £500 for frames for myself and the wife, I have had my cataracts done and my long distance vision is now good. I do need reading glasses though.

I have just bought a cheap pair of off the shelf reading glasses for £15. As far as I can tell they are of similar quality to the frames I have been paying a fortune for for years.

It's one of very few things that bug me here - glasses are barely covered under the system, and bloody hell they are expensive !! I got a quote a few years ago for two pairs of glasses that was 1500€ I didn't buy them as the contribution/insurance was less than 5€ (Was very sad cos one pair was the nicest frames I've ever found! but couldn't afford them at the time)

Even now, with a not very complicated prescription, a pair of classes cost me almost 300€ back in January

Sux really but then I did find that my favourite sunglasses company does prescription lenses and they are cheaper!! (The varifocal option wasn't set up great so I'll just get standard!!)


It's glasses stuff (the actual eye test is pretty well covered) and dentist that is is not covered even close to how you'd want - probably why the driving standard is so shit (they can't see where they are going!) and the Fronch have bad teeth !!!

[Cousin Jack]

After years of paying ... £500 for frames

Just for frames?

I've paid that level for glazed frames - but with: (wide view) varifocal, photo chromic, thinned anti-scratch Zeiss lenses.

And then kept the same prescription for three or four years

I refuse to pay that much, but wife has. Daughter recently bought a pair for £800! 🫨

[Horse]

After years of paying ... £500 for frames

Just for frames?

I've paid that level for glazed frames - but with: (wide view) varifocal, photo chromic, thinned anti-scratch Zeiss lenses.

And then kept the same prescription for three or four years

I refuse to pay that much, but wife has. Daughter recently bought a pair for £800! 🫨

Probably one of my few extravagances, then.

Out of idle curiosity, and bearing in mind I wear them from dawn to dusk (and beyond), they cost me about 2.5 pence per hour

[Trinity765]

Sainsbury's own brand squeezy tomato ketchup. Such excessive force is needed to initiate the squirt that it blasts food off the plate but its accuracy isn't good enough to use as a weapon.

Get this stuff. Its in a jar type bottle! I don't like tomato ketchup as its too sweet, but I like this stuff!

Available in Sainsbury's so bought some - very nice indeed

[Silly Car]

Sainsbury's own brand squeezy tomato ketchup. Such excessive force is needed to initiate the squirt that it blasts food off the plate but its accuracy isn't good enough to use as a weapon.

Get this stuff. Its in a jar type bottle! I don't like tomato ketchup as its too sweet, but I like this stuff!

Available in Sainsbury's so bought some - very nice indeed

That’s good to hear, I normally get mine from the local Italian wholesalers but I always get upsold when in there and for some stuff they are more expensive than supermarkets unless buying in restaurant quantities.

[gremlin]

When you're holding the self-checkout queue up by repeatedly trying to scan the Waitrose loyalty card on your phone to get 40p off some eggs until you give up, walk out and suddenly remember you're in Tesco, not Waitrose...

[Jody]

Ketchup and mayo on chips! I know norverners have gravy, but where did this abomination spring from!

This is what you have on chips!

I was trying to explain this to a French I was talking to - I failed!!

The Fronch do NOT understand vinegar on chips, or that I do not mean vinagrette

I learnt to love Mayo on chips when my BDad took us to Belgium and Holland when I was about 7 or 8 !!! Still like ketchup sometimes but the french mayo with dijon mustard wins hands down

There 'might' be a bottle of that in my snowboarding bag for no reason at all.......

[Jody]

I ordered some oil from Amazon.

i got an email from "Collisimo" to tell me it had been delivered to my post box

I checked the postbox, it was empty

I raised a complaint with colissimo, here's what they came back (translated by google)

...no-reciept of shipment... after speaking with the postman it appears your package was successfully delivered to your mailbox.... the postal may have put it in the wrong box, we will investigate.... La Poste cannot guarantee this security beyond the act of delivery..... if you haven't found it in your mailbox, contact the sender.... with this letter as supporting evidence


succinctly

We delivered it, well probably, we'll look into it, but ultimately, suck it up or have the retailer you bought from suck it up.

[weeksy]

I ordered some oil from Amazon.

i got an email from "Collisimo" to tell me it had been delivered to my post box

I checked the postbox, it was empty

I raised a complaint with colissimo, here's what they came back (translated by google)

...no-reciept of shipment... after speaking with the postman it appears your package was successfully delivered to your mailbox.... the postal may have put it in the wrong box, we will investigate.... La Poste cannot guarantee this security beyond the act of delivery..... if you haven't found it in your mailbox, contact the sender.... with this letter as supporting evidence


succinctly

We delivered it, well probably, we'll look into it, but ultimately, suck it up or have the retailer you bought from suck it up.

Does anyone really believe they asked the actual postman and he remembered it either way ?

[Jody]

Would you believe it, i've just had another email to tell me the parcel has been delivered to the mailbox

Mailbox was empty
Parcel left on the floor near the mailbox
Parcel easily fits in the mailbox

To me this suggests that posty left the last parcel on the floor and someone nicked it !

[Jody]

I ordered some oil from Amazon.

i got an email from "Collisimo" to tell me it had been delivered to my post box

I checked the postbox, it was empty

I raised a complaint with colissimo, here's what they came back (translated by google)

...no-reciept of shipment... after speaking with the postman it appears your package was successfully delivered to your mailbox.... the postal may have put it in the wrong box, we will investigate.... La Poste cannot guarantee this security beyond the act of delivery..... if you haven't found it in your mailbox, contact the sender.... with this letter as supporting evidence


succinctly

We delivered it, well probably, we'll look into it, but ultimately, suck it up or have the retailer you bought from suck it up.

Does anyone really believe they asked the actual postman and he remembered it either way ?

I think they asked him/her, But they wouldn't remember so would just say they did put it in the box. I also don't believe they are going to investigate if it may have been put in the wrong box !

[McNab]

Would you believe it, i've just had another email to tell me the parcel has been delivered to the mailbox

Mailbox was empty
Parcel left on the floor near the mailbox
Parcel easily fits in the mailbox

To me this suggests that posty left the last parcel on the floor and someone nicked it !

I'm confused, do you have it or not?

I've had parcels 'delivered' only to find nothing there. When I complain I'm told to check with my neighbours (which I didn't do). And the next day the parcel is delivered. Clearly the postie decided to knock off early but didn't want the bosses to know, so marked it as delivered.

[Silly Car]

When you're holding the self-checkout queue up by repeatedly trying to scan the Waitrose loyalty card on your phone to get 40p off some eggs until you give up, walk out and suddenly remember you're in Tesco, not Waitrose...

Imagine my frustration when attempting to provide my order code at the Burger King drive through kiosk with a KFC order last year…

…which turned into anger when KFC said they didn’t have any original chicken ready, nor were they cooking any more that day so they’d refund that part (the majority) and would I just ‘park over there’ while they waited for the chips to be cooked, 7- 10 mins… I cancelled the lot and went into BK to order

[MrLongbeard]

Arse hole companies that send text messages out at 06:00
I really don't give a shit that you've arranged delivery for me next Monday, I know that's when I booked it for, and if there's a problem you could try being civilised and get in touch with me during working hours not when I'm enjoying myself in the land of nod

[Count Steer]

Arse hole companies that send text messages out at 06:00
I really don't give a shit that you've arranged delivery for me next Monday, I know that's when I booked it for, and if there's a problem you could try being civilised and get in touch with me during working hours not when I'm enjoying myself in the land of nod

Err...why leave your phone switched on if you want to sleep? Alarm needed? Get a .

[MrLongbeard]

Arse hole companies that send text messages out at 06:00
I really don't give a shit that you've arranged delivery for me next Monday, I know that's when I booked it for, and if there's a problem you could try being civilised and get in touch with me during working hours not when I'm enjoying myself in the land of nod

Err...why leave your phone switched on if you want to sleep? Alarm needed? Get a .

Erm... because it is my alarm clock, and so I may be contacted by my family should the need / emergency arise.