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minor things that make you fume

This is starting to really drive me crazy - password complexity for everything.

Like, I get it that anything where my bank account is involved there should be a complex password with symbols and 10 digits, but I just cannot take it when the password requirements for some totally irrelevant app can't just be a simple password.

While we're at it, every time you're asked for your password, for anything, the site should list what the requirements are, so I know what I'm dealing with and can come up with it

Bah
 
Kurt. said:
Long story short, got a fine for alleged unpaid parking ticket couple of weeks ago, I eventually was able to get in touch with the company Parkingeye after spending hours trying to find a working email address to appeal and I provided proof that I had paid, I didn’t have the ticket as I’d binned it the day after I parked there…. Anyway, I provided a bank statement which showed I’d purchased the ticket on the day and at the correct time and paid sufficient amount for the duration. Anyhow, got a letter yesterday from the company saying they are not accepting my grounds for appeal and have given me 28 days to pay the fine… I ain’t bothering contacting them again, I will happily go to court and cost them even more money.
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At our last house the previous tenant was still getting letters from ParkingEye or someone similar. I started reading them as they continued to arrive and it was just an endless cycle of deadlines to pay, threats of court action, and then another chance to pay and a new deadline once their original deadline had come and gone.

Parasites.
 

Kurt. said:
Long story short, got a fine for alleged unpaid parking ticket couple of weeks ago, I eventually was able to get in touch with the company Parkingeye after spending hours trying to find a working email address to appeal and I provided proof that I had paid, I didn’t have the ticket as I’d binned it the day after I parked there…. Anyway, I provided a bank statement which showed I’d purchased the ticket on the day and at the correct time and paid sufficient amount for the duration. Anyhow, got a letter yesterday from the company saying they are not accepting my grounds for appeal and have given me 28 days to pay the fine… I ain’t bothering contacting them again, I will happily go to court and cost them even more money.
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I'd never condone someone using expanding sealant to erm, 'tamper' with one of their machines, not me, ever....
 
GrimbolandBlue said:
Gonna sound like a right brexiteer here but I always appreciate pubs when I go abroad as you can NEVER get a proper pint unless you're in Belgium or Germany. Other countries just do not do casual beer culture as well as the UK. It's about one of the only things we still do well, but still
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Italy, Tennants export, honest, it's a thing.
 
GrimbolandBlue said:
Gonna sound like a right brexiteer here but I always appreciate pubs when I go abroad as you can NEVER get a proper pint unless you're in Belgium or Germany. Other countries just do not do casual beer culture as well as the UK. It's about one of the only things we still do well, but still
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My minor fume is how British people still judge other places by how good it is for a night on the turps
 
Baines' left foot said:
Another one for today. Working anywhere near a primary school is sheer torture.

The endless screams cut right through me.
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Damn, you need to put up with that? 😅

Now I'm not totally against having children in the future, but there are so many things that put me off having the little scrotes and I don't think I could be selfless enough for 18 years while they grow old enough to fend for themselves.

I've seen it all too well with my nieces from the screaming kid phase up to the stroppy teenager phase now - trying to figure out where the joy is in that for a parent?

You have to go on poo child-friendly holidays, all your spare cash goes to buying them clothes as they don't stop growing, you have to do the school run / join in with their crap after-school activities and pretend to be mates with their mates' parents even if they are bells.

Actually, no kin chance I have any kids, seems like the family name dies with me. 😂
 
GoldenToffee said:
Damn, you need to put up with that? 😅

Now I'm not totally against having children in the future, but there are so many things that put me off having the little scrotes and I don't think I could be selfless enough for 18 years while they grow old enough to fend for themselves.

I've seen it all too well with my nieces from the screaming kid phase up to the stroppy teenager phase now - trying to figure out where the joy is in that for a parent?

You have to go on poo child-friendly holidays, all your spare cash goes to buying them clothes as they don't stop growing, you have to do the school run / join in with their crap after-school activities and pretend to be mates with their mates' parents even if they are bells.

Actually, no kin chance I have any kids, seems like the family name dies with me. 😂
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These were my thoughts exactly. Plus the planet is overrun / infested with humans - why add to it. So many breed either because they don't think / society expects them to / rewards them / self indulgence or to have a fashion accessory.

Now I like kids, many are creative, funny, optimistic, inquisitive. So I was a teacher. I could interact with them, help them, kick a ball about with them, take them on adventures - then deliver them home to be fed, watered and clothed, kept overnight and repeat the next day. Plus my holidays were my own. 😁
 

chrismpw said:
These were my thoughts exactly. Plus the planet is overrun / infested with humans - why add to it. So many breed either because they don't think / society expects them to / rewards them / self indulgence or to have a fashion accessory.

Now I like kids, many are creative, funny, optimistic, inquisitive. So I was a teacher. I could interact with them, help them, kick a ball about with them, take them on adventures - then deliver them home to be fed, watered and clothed, kept overnight and repeat the next day. Plus my holidays were my own. 😁
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Yeah! Well this is the thing with me too, I love kids, I get on well with them, I'm my nieces' favourite uncle from four, my Mrs works at a primary school and whenever we see kids outside of school somewhere and she talks to them and their parents, I always take time to talk to the kids. But right now I'm absolutely against having them of my own as I don't want to sacrifice my own life for 18 years to bring up the ungrateful little gets.
 
Pittsburgh Footy said:
This is starting to really drive me crazy - password complexity for everything.

Like, I get it that anything where my bank account is involved there should be a complex password with symbols and 10 digits, but I just cannot take it when the password requirements for some totally irrelevant app can't just be a simple password.

While we're at it, every time you're asked for your password, for anything, the site should list what the requirements are, so I know what I'm dealing with and can come up with it

Bah
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I agree and I will add that in these places, if you happen to forget your password or get locked out then it sends you round in circles to try and get back in. Send a text code here, send an email verification there, what is the answer to this and then when it comes up with the kicker. So, you want to change your password as you forgot it, if you could just put your password in to verify, that would be great.

My wife recently went to change her phone number on an account, it wanted her to verify the security code sent to her current phone number. Sometimes it is just endless circles of pain.
 
degsy said:
Culture 9 til 5...not in Brisbane obviously
Then it's beer o'clock...right, what's this place like for bars?
Don't see a problem
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that I have no issue with.

When I see people on here asking for advice about a city, and others respond focussing solely on the alcohol options, it makes me sad 😔
 

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