Random things you hate

[9unfold]

People that wear their sunglasses in a supermarket or other buildings open to the public.

 

[Angela Channing]

....and make it clear to the company that you want(ed) to buy from them, but backed out of the purchase because of the company they hire to handle the delivery. Whether you say it plainly or just imply it, their choice of delivery service is losing them business, and they need to recognize it. Telling the delivery company that they suck feels good but it doesn't really encourage them to improve, since they likely already know they suck. But if retailer-partners learn they suck and lose customers like you as a result, one or both parties will be inclined to make changes that will benefit the consumer.

That's exactly my intention. I will ask what delivery service they plan to use and if they say Evri, I'll inform them why I'm avoiding any company that use them. I'm just really surprised that so many companies continue to use them because I carried out a quick search on social media and there is massive discontent about their performance.

 

[Seaviewer]

People that wear their sunglasses in a supermarket or other buildings open to the public.

I recently got the ones that go dark in the sun but clear inside. They were not too expensive and solve that problem for people who wear glasses all the time. I wonder if they make them with plain non-prescription lenses.

 

[Mel O'Drama]

It's not really a random thing but I hate the courier company Evri

The last package they did this for they falsely claimed they had delivered it (no attempt was made) and changed parcel's status to say it was completed which prevented me from asking for a refund.

@Angels Chanting, this morning I saw this article/video and thought of your comments. I don't know if you've seen it already.

 

[Angela Channing]

@Angels Chanting, this morning I saw this article/video and thought of your comments. I don't know if you've seen it already.

I saw the BBC Panorama this evening from which that clip was taken. The show mainly focussed on how appallingly Evri treat and pay their couriers which kind of explains why so many of them provide such a lousy service for their customers.

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

Reaction videos. Where money-hungry people watch old movies or listen to old songs and pretend to be amazed.

 

[Willie Oleson]

Reaction videos

I have enjoyed some of these first-time-hearing-X-song videos.

 

[Willie Oleson]

Does anyone know that feeling when you grab a retractable ballpoint and start writing, assuming that the ink part is still in pushed-out mode but it isn't?
Does anyone know that horrible, nightmarish, scrape-y feeling when the retracted part touches the surface of the paper, usually with a bit of force because you're writing? (even more so, left-handed).
How can such an insignifcant, harmless action cause such tremendous discomfort? Just thinking about it upsets me.

 

[Rove]

Does anyone know that feeling when you grab a retractable ballpoint and start writing

People still use pens? I think the last time I used one was when I arrived at the dental surgery and the lovely receptionist said they require personal details to be updated. I froze, like a kangaroo blinded by high-beam headlights. Oh no, not that dreaded clipboard with attached pen...you know the one where the pen is attached by a piece of string. And there must be a world-wide shortage of string because how often has that horrid thing not allowed you to reach question 24.

 

[Willie Oleson]

People still use pens?

How else am I going to write down the stuff I need to remember or want to buy or whatever?
And it's an upgrade from the old-fashioned pencil, isn't it?
Not a day goes by without writing something, at home or at work.

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

I don't mind A.I. narration all that much, I guess, but when a video blend A.I. narration with a bad A.I. quasi-person speaking and gesturing to match the words, I can't watch it.

 

[Crimson]

How else am I going to write down the stuff

I use a pen so seldom now I usually can't read my own handwriting.

 

[Willie Oleson]

I use a pen so seldom now I usually can't read my own handwriting.

Cool, now you can become your own doctor.

 

[bmasters9]

Another thing about EBay (and I don't know if I said this)-- being that I shop for vintage newspapers there often (sometimes even books or DVDs; I've bought those there from time to time), I strongly dislike when sellers only take one picture of what they're purveying, usually just the front page of the paper they're selling, and worse, when there is no real description, outside of the AI-generated one of that this is a newspaper by this name and of this date (I need to know all the details, like, for instance, with newspapers, what sections are included, outside of the front).

The reason that detail is important to me is because a time back, I was burnt bad (in a manner of speaking) by a Rocky Mountain News 1984 Sunday paper that wasn't. Specifically, the listing showed several parts of it (main part, magazine, special section, etc.), so after several failed attempts to get more info on what was being purveyed (I even tried to have my nephew contact 'em and find out more), I bit on it, thinking I would be getting all that. Big mistake on my part, because when my nephew's purchase of it for me came, it was nowhere near what I expected; all it was was the special section on the history of the Rocky Mountain News to that time (it was at its 125th anniversary, having started in 1859). I was fuming, because they said absolutely nothing about selling only that special section, and not everything pictured (I thought to myself, if they were selling only that special part, they should have said something like, "Rocky Mountain News, Sunday, Apr. 22, 1984-- Special Section Only", and just put a picture or two of that special section).

Fortunately, that has been one of just a handful of misfires, with most coming out as I expected, and some better.