I hate

It's my own fault for using a fountain pen

Yup.
It’s like they think libraries belong in the same grave as Blockbuster Video shops.
Well, durr.
Have they not seen how many book shops are still out there while the rest of the high street is decaying?
People want books!

In case no-one reads the books thread - I own a bookshop, so I get a lot of this. People expect the option to buy a paperback at the same time as the HB is released. And depending on how successful/mainstream the author is, it can sometimes be up to a year between the two pub dates.
HBs aren't getting any cheaper either - cheapest you're likely to find now is about £15rrp, all the way up to around £30 for the likes of Britney/Prince Harry etc.
We don't sell any of that sort of shit though (and not least because you can usually get it half price in Tesco on the day of release anyway. Fuck them too).

Anyway, in conclusion - fuck hardbacks, mostly. Too expensive, hardly anyone wants them, and they're a pain in the arse to read.

and they're a pain in the arse to read.
They are, I am reading one at the moment and it is annoying the hell out of me.

I am reading one at the moment and it is annoying the hell out of me.

+1

Plus they have that stupid sleeve that just slips all over the place and gets crinkled.

That isn't acceptable in most workplaces today.

It's not? Fuck.

Close passed by "C30 CEO" last night. Cunts gonna cunt.

They call them wanker plates for a reason

Fuck people, man.

ftfy

We stopped doing cards. It's just more landfill (or if you're a hoarder like me, more storage space required)

People

Hate.

https://www.instagram.com/numberplateking_/

Enjoy!

True I spose

Aww... I've been reading mostly hardbacks recently. I bought lots and they've sat unloved for ages because I'd usually take a paperback when traveling and that was the only time I'd read. But I thought "I know, I'll read the hefty tomes in bed at night"

Bonus bicep workout.

I take the sleeve off, read it, put the sleeve back on.

#prohardbackreader

That is a bit of a rabbit hole!

Cars really do bring out the worst traits in people don't they.

I'm pretty sure there was a "Cunt Plate" account or similar on Twitter.

I am surprised there isn't a dedicated thread on here.

If it's anything a bit niche I worry that it will never come out in paperback, so sometimes I buy it hardback but I'd rather not. I also think most people who buy a lot of books don't like hardback - so are first print hardback sales even a helpful predictor of sales? (I assumed that was part of their role but maybe entirely wrong on that.)

My main riding buddy and I play a game of spotting the cunty numberplates and shouting them at each other.
It means my photo reel is also littered with photos of peoples numberplates

Tasks requests that start with “can you just…. ?”

Inevitably they will be tasks which are best done with two people but you are expected to accomplish them on your own and the person requesting is not willing to help.

It often feels that the “just” is meant to diminish the task and how long it’ll take. As if the time it takes to utter the sentence is the time it takes to do the job.

I just had to move a bird feeder pole. It’s in a muddy bird shit covered location so had to change clothes, take the bird feeders off the pole and yank it out of the ground.

When it was previously installed one person held a bit of wood on top of the post to stop the soft metal deforming. while the other used a sledge hammer to whack it in place. Of course without the second pair of hands the top of the post distorted, flared out and the feeder hangers couldn’t fit back on. So needed to dig out the angle grinder to remove the top of the post.

Agreed.

A close relation of the "can you just..." is the work email tha begins "Dear /Hi [ ] I hope you are well"
The hate bit here is reserved for the "I hope you are well" as it is the pre cursor to the ball of shit task that is written beneath usually encompassing an impossible time frame or sitting on top of a ridiculously long email chain whereby the author of the email is too lazy to precis the requirement and just points you in the direction of a discourse the length of a bog roll.

Usually I think they are, yes, but I've found that even people who do buy hardbacks buy them reluctantly, just like you've assumed.
Unfortunately I just think it's a money thing. If publishers can get people to buy a £20+ hardback over a -£10 paperback, then they're going to do that and squeeze as much out of people as they can, I guess.

Having said that - one of our most successful and steadiest selling book series are the Penguin clothbound classics, which you can pick up paperback copies of for peanuts but people can't get enough of the fancy ones - and to be fair they do look amazing on a shelf. So people will buy hardbacks gladly - if they're getting something good for their money.

take the sleeve off, read it, put the sleeve back on

This is the way

#spotted just now (I'm passenger)

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