things that annoy us

This I have never heard of. Fly tipping? All as I can picture is flicking a fly over on its back and it spins around and around while it tries to fly away. 

The problem with that is when people buy things second hand like of ebay, or from someone local. They likely dump their old one as there is no exchange. It is obviously possible for many to get to the council dump but lots of these places have been closed. It can be a long way to get to one now. Our nearest is actually in the city itself. Not always the most trouble free place to get to, even if you have transport.

It is also reasonable to take or pay to have taken something like a cooker or a fridge but if you have a toaster or similar sized thing the rules on bin waste state that you cannot put them in and they must be disposed of like other electrical waste. I doubt many people pay money to have a toaster collected or make a journey to the recycling centre with it. It just gooes in the bin. That said, if you buy something like a fridge or similar big item many firms do say they will collect the old one and any other small electrical items at the same time. You have to watch them though as I found when I bought a new fitted cooker once. The delivery guys were refusing to take away my old one which had been uninstalled and I almost had to go online to the company site to show them their collection policy.

Thats disgusting and I hate to say that a big problem in the US too.

You're living in a good economy, Cassie: your government seems to be doing a good job.

I used to live in a small village, and every month, the parish council would pay for  large skip. It was usually full pretty quickly, and I don't remember seeing any fly tipping.

Annoying, being seated at a restaurant and then being forgotten. No one comes to take your order and you have to go looking for someone.

Years agoI used to get that so often I got a complex about it but nowaday I make sure they know I'm there. There is one place we have been before though that I avoid like the plague as their service has been poor every time we have visited, even when ownership changed.

I remember pretty much the opposite in most cases. Most seemed to go out of their way to be helpful. Nowadays it's more like they have no time for anyone although when I ask for help they are mostly very helpful. A sign of the times as they have to rush around and they appear worse than they are.

ATB bikes...

In the woods there is an area where dogs are allowed off lead and area where there are bridle paths and an area for ATB's.... then there is the nature area. Thats where we walk with onlead dogs, but some people obviously cant see the sign posts ( sarcasm) and we get faced with paths like this... Honestly sometimes I feel a right idiot for obeyng the rules when its quite clear no one else does.
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Yes, those areas are tricky to walk through / around. I was thinking that they may be one great disadvantage in a country with a huge cycling population such as yours. Here, at least locally, it's not so much cyclists as 4x4's but I think the farmers get more annoyed at them and take prompt action.

Scales, especially on Monday mornings after a lot of eating over the weekend.

I am preparing to get rid of my alexa.

honestly it's just getting worse

The letter box I ordered which wasnt the right size, ( they quoted the box size not the actual letter box! Duh..

I asked to send it back and they said GLS will collect from you, what day is good .I said Friday thinking Id get a time slot as you normally do and GLS said it will be between 9am and 5pm..Well ok I was having a home day anyway but even o 9-5 is a bit vague..

Worse is that they didnt turn up at all..

So Ive emailed the company and told them. I havent paid for the darn thing so no skin off my nose but I dont want it cluttering up my hall any longer than it has to.

having no one wish you a happy birthday

on your actual birthday