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MrBen Wrote:

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> Those drop down menus on websites to select your

> country. That require you to scroll all the way

> down past the Democratic of Congo, Ethiopia etc to

> get to United Kingdom.

>

> Why not have it at the top as a default choice?


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Because unless it's a UK website, why should the UK be a default choice?


We're a f-ing tiny island, FFS :))

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'unnecessary use of red ink' is a great entry to this thread.



anyway, you're queuing for the loos as both are occupied and by god, you've waited bloody AGES then someone pops in just like that and insouciantly joins the queue. Then both occupants of the loos finish at the same time giving the person behind IMMEDIATE access to a loo that you've had to wait ages for.


Oh, and you've chosen the one without any tissue left and a faulty lock on the door.

The express self checkout thing


I'm fine with it, i've developed near ninja skills


But, fuk bones with a purse, mobile and a child to ignore takes ONE hand to scan & put the stuff on the packing shelf. Not in the bags provided, but on the packing shelf, then tries to pay, then calls someone, then answers their phone, then wankily packs the stuff in a bag at sub zero speed


All the while ignoring the child who's been leaning on the shelf fekkin up the scale thing in the first place. Lastly your child doesn't need to wear an oversized puffa coat, or eat a jumbo packet of Haribo's at 10 am, whilst you're still in your pyjamas but wearing massive false eyelashes (unstuck at the corner)


I'm sure it's not exclusively a Sydenham thing

womanofdulwich Wrote:

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> Oh dear netty. I think a small drink and a lie

> down are required.


You'd think so, tho only if the STUPID people over the road DIDN'T let their horrible fat dog bark in the garden at 4 am.

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