What cheeses me off

Forg said:
^ 15 slaves are beaten at DXB for each F check-in, to ensure Sir feels important enough.
At ATH the hamster turning the wheel which runs the luggage-conveyor at the check-in counter was on smoko ...
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Wasn't about feeling important. But interesting narrative.
Imagine if slavery ever found its way to Greece. In the future I can picture a whole new tourist economy based on the output from forced labour of enslaved foreigners.
 
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Guvner said:
Wasn't about feeling important. But interesting narrative.
Imagine if slavery ever found its way to Greece. In the future I can picture a whole new tourist economy based on the output from forced labour of enslaved foreigners.
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Was entirely a comment on the cess-pit that is Dubai (or Doha or Abu Dabi or etc etc etc - take your pick). Plus the … lackadaisical … nature of Greece.
 
We just received SMS on my wife's phone they have successfully recharged her 365 day plan.

- No reminder SMS
- No reminder email
- SMS/email sent on successful recharge.

FFS. I know these things are relatively cheap but for crying out loud send a reminder. I've got dozens of subscriptions and bills and I'm not going to keep a record when each is due to expire/renew.

$150 for 120GB is OK but they were just offering a $31 discount for new customers for the same plan. Also I could have bought a voucher from Coles and that spend is included in Flybuys promotions for $cashback for certain spend promotions.

Why is everything businesses do a trap? My fault for having auto recharge and risk having credit card details stolen. Auto recharge now switched off. Feel good. I wonder how many reminders I will get in 12 months time?
 
If you are dining in and drinking out of a glass why do you even need a straw? I decline them at the pub/resturants (even pre plastic straw ban) as unecessary.

For a take-away drinks for kids I get it can be useful to have a straw to stop spills, but then again you can just buy a reusable plastic cup (sippy or with its own washable plastic/silcone straw) and pour the drink into that if you are on the move.

The paper straws offered rarely maintain intgerity for the duration it takes to drink a beverage, take the lip off and sip from the cup.
 
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VPS said:
I get this is they way that sinks were but mixer taps have been around for a long time and there is no reason to install separate taps in new places in England. Grrrr

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Also really hard for little kids to use, they can basically only wash hands with cold water. And you have to make sure they don't accidentally use the hot.
 
Mum (who had severe dementia) found the silicone bendy straws the best
Metal , she would damage her mouth
Paper ones, would just become too soggy
Even the old plain plastic ones she struggled with .
Drinking straight from a glass wasn't appropriate (she couldn't do ) for her
 
Lynda2475 said:
For a take-away drinks for kids I get it can be useful to have a straw to stop spills
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They're resourceful, they'll work their way around it ... nephew brought his 18 month old daughter to Christmas lunch, she somehow managed to use an "empty" juice-box to distribute droplets of juice via the straw quite liberally throughout the lounge/dining area. :)

I'm not a straw user either. If I don't have my own mug, I also ask for my coffees without a lid too, sipping through that little hole in the top may's well be sipping your coffee through a straw.
 
mrsterryn said:
Mum (who had severe dementia) found the silicone bendy straws the best
Metal , she would damage her mouth
Paper ones, would just become too soggy
Even the old plain plastic ones she struggled with .
Drinking straight from a glass wasn't appropriate (she couldn't do ) for her
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In the state of SA, as in South Aust, not South Africa, all straws now have to be paper based.
Its an illegal import to be brought into the state, not sure how that is "policed" so to speak, but if a person eats out, ie, take away, its all paper based straw, or wooden cutlery.
Silicone straws might be a good thing, but have to remember to wash them, and also always have a mini brush available.
Not sure if silicone straws can be bought in SA or not, now adays, haven't checked.
 
I think the rules about paper straws are for WHEN they are single-use.
I doubt that washable re-usable straws are banninated, mostly because the rule was about reducing plastic waste & not relating to the chances of people getting sick from straws that weren't cleaned properly ... that's a "doubt", I don't know that for sure, but in searching for it I can only find "single use plastic straws, stirrers and cutlery banned" rather than "all straws must now be paper" ... after all when cleaned properly metal straws would be better (environmentally) than throwing away waxed paper ones.
 
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