What cheeses me off

[Pushka]

Australia Day peace and quiet shattered by back neighbour with circular saw.

Our next door neighbours did a commercial renovation and commercial builders are not allowed to work on Sundays or PH. One Aus Day long weekend they worked Saturday and Sunday and then started up on Aus Day PH. They'd already overstepped the Sunday so the PH was not going to happen. So neighbours builders were told to stop. They did but they were not happy Jan. Tough Luck as they'd pretty much trashed our Sunday anyway.

 

[Lynda2475]

WCMO yesterday was the selfish smoker who booked a room at a non smoking property and was too lazy to go outside onto streetfor a ciggy, instead lighting up in their room, setting off the smoke alarm which then required whole hotel to evacuate.

Walking down the firestairs wasn't too hard for most BUT one elderly lady was really struggling. Two fire trucks showed up and cleared the building pretty quickly.

The gossipy bar tender told me it was a smoker, I know there are fines for extra cleaning but hopefully also eviction of the offending guest. Zero excuse given the signage and propert status.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Very tempted to report the neighbour. Serial offender.

“If noise from building work can be heard from within the affected building during the following times, the person carrying out the building work may be issued with a fine. any time on Sunday or public holidays (normal Saturday restrictions apply for Saturday public holidays).”

 

[Dmac59]

The gossipy bar tender told me it was a smoker, I know there are fines for extra cleaning but hopefully also eviction of the offending guest. Zero excuse given the signage and property status.

I agree @Lynda2475. Eviction sounds appropriate especially given the inconvenience to other guests.

 

[Gladstone Tim]

WCMO is the forced (or attempted forced) use of online services or self-serve machines. Human interaction, even if only transactional, is important for social and emotional health. For some, the exercise of getting moving to go to Australia Post, motor registries, etc, is motivating for physical health. I also appreciate people being kept in customer-facing roles which, for many industries, becomes the first experience of employment for young people. If a queue has formed it is not the fault of the customer that the business is not properly staffed. My local supermarket has removed the express 12 items or less lanes and expanded the self-serve machines. If the staffed checkouts have too long queues, I just go to the service desk and politely give them the choice: serve me or be left with a basket of products to reshelve. I always explain why and have provided on-line feedback.

 

[Pushka]

I agree @Lynda2475. Eviction sounds appropriate especially given the inconvenience to other guests.

The opening of a door that has been recently vacated by a smoker is horrible. We experienced this in the Novotel in Paris. We'd booked a non smokers room. The stench when we opened the door - we didn't go in but went downstairs and insisted on a change. It's pathetic that the smell would have been obvious to the cleaners but simply ignored.

 

[TheRealTMA]

The opening of a door that has been recently vacated by a smoker is horrible. We experienced this in the Novotel in Paris. We'd booked a non smokers room. The stench when we opened the door - we didn't go in but went downstairs and insisted on a change. It's pathetic that the smell would have been obvious to the cleaners but simply ignored.

Paris. Often the signs mean “Non smokers accepted”

 

[Julesmac]

In 'the old days' when you purchased a new appliance for cooking there would be a nice thick recipe guide. Now? A two page instruction written in tiny size font in multiple languages. Meaningless. Yes I know we can get instructions on the internet but gosh we've reduced consumer satisfaction.

I actually bought a magnifying glass the other day because I couldn't read the instructions on the back of a food packet. I also needed it for the Melways.
Turning 76 ain't for sissies!!

 

[TheRealTMA]

I actually bought a magnifying glass the other day because I couldn't read the instructions on the back of a food packet. I also needed it for the Melways.
Turning 76 ain't for sissies!!

MrsTMA has a number. This one is excellent for portable.

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[RB001]

I actually bought a magnifying glass the other day because I couldn't read the instructions on the back of a food packet. I also needed it for the Melways.
Turning 76 ain't for sissies!!

Maybe it's time...
Although the magnifying glass is definitely cheaper!

 

[Lynda2475]

Or you could get and wear reading glasses

 

[Julesmac]

Or you could get and wear reading glasses

Got 'em already......they've stopped working so well!

Post automatically merged: Yesterday at 2:33 PM

Maybe it's time...
Although the magnifying glass is definitely cheaper!

I had no trouble reading the price. Blimey!

 

[prozac]

I actually bought a magnifying glass the other day because I couldn't read the instructions on the back of a food packet. I also needed it for the Melways.
Turning 76 ain't for sissies!!

That's what I use my mobile phone for. Very helpful at the supermarket.

 

[Pushka]

I actually bought a magnifying glass the other day because I couldn't read the instructions on the back of a food packet. I also needed it for the Melways.
Turning 76 ain't for sissies!!

Yep. I take a photo and enlarge that. Or use magnifier app on the phone.

Post automatically merged: Yesterday at 3:24 PM

Or you could get and wear reading glasses

I don't wear glasses anymore as eyesight is now restored to full sight and so can read the legal size font. But many fonts are much smaller or are printed in a colour that makes them illegible.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Or you could get and wear reading glasses

Silly comment for ages vision issues. May you never grow old. Useless if you have various aged eye diseases such as MD etc.

 

[Lynda2475]

Silly comment for ages vision issues. May you never grow old. Useless if you have various aged eye diseases such as MD etc.

Nope that is why they make multi-focals (3 prescriptions in 1 pair of glasses) or why you have different pairs for different purposes.

A magnifying glass is after all just another lense; albeit far less practical as it ties up the use of one of your hands.

And of course if you are getting surgery on any cataracts they can also replace your lenses, but you still may need glasses for smaller fonts especially if the new lenses you chose was for distance or mid range as the artificial ones aren't as flexible as natural ones.

No such thing as legal size font, companies are permitted to use size 2 font on packaging, is it annoying sure, but if you need a magnifying glass to read it you need reading glasses.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Nope that is why they make multi-focals (3 prescriptions in 1 pair of glasses) or why you have different pairs for different purposes.

A magnifying glass is after all just another lense; albeit far less practical as it ties up the use of one of your hands.

And of course if you are getting surgery on any cataracts they can also replace your lenses, but you still may need glasses for smaller fonts.

No such thing as legal size font, companies are permitted to use size 2 font on packaging, is it annoying sure, but if you need a magnifying glass to read it you need reading glasses.

Just a naive comment showing how little you understand about eye diseases of the aged.

 

[Lynda2475]

Just a naive comment showing how little you understand about eye diseases of the aged.

And are you an optometrist or opthomologist?

Cause I'm sitting with one right now who agrees wholeheartedly with my post. Old age doesn't defy physics, if a magnifying glass helps so will the correct pair of glasses.

 

[love_the_life]

Maybe it's time...
Although the magnifying glass is definitely cheaper!

Not the one that RTMA shared

 

[serfty]

WCMO are subtle enhancements changes to the EG fuels RACV discount benefit.

This was 5¢ per litre which could be stacked with Every Day Rewards 4¢ to give 9¢ on a refuel. (You could get 13¢ all up by spending $5 instore.)

Yesterday I filled up and as the two discounts were applied, a strange debit line briefly appeared on the customer facing monitor before being wiped as the screen changed. I paid, took the receipt and, after getting home, examined it.

The RACV discount was just 2¢ a litre!

I dug up the terms and, yes, stand alone it is still 5¢ per litre but when stacked with an EDR discount it is now only 2¢ per litre.

Fuel discount at EG Ampol | RACV Members

RACV Members enjoy discounts on fuel everyday at EG Ampol service stations.

www.racv.com.au

I did not recall any notification of this change - I guess I can go back through my RACV emails, but I am cheesed off as I could have spent a nett 2¢ per litre less at a different service station.

It not "sheep stations", but the is real.