I hate

Just get the bus to Oxford and go to the smaller quieter natural history museum with the added bonus of the Pitt Rivers instead.

And the Ashmolean just over the road, love that place.

It isn't a proper museum if it doesn't have a badly stuffed walrus.

They are total cunts. I parked 'normally' close to a car in a car park in Plymouth that had grass parking bays with small brick markings and when I returned the parking bellend was putting a ticket on me because I was straddling two bays. When we arrived there were around 10 cars and one of them must have been parked off slightly and when I returned my car was the only one left!

My dashcam showed how everyone was parked when I turned up and the ticket said I had every right to appeal..... The way they get you is if you pay now it is £25 but if you appeal and they rule against you the minimum is £60, so most people just pay the £25. It is set low enough to make you think 'fuck it' I'll just pay it, but you really want to appeal.

Wonderlab

Amazing place but usually sponsored by some PetroChemicalCo wanting to try and greenwash themselves.

Ah. Currently https://www.equinor.com/where-we-are/united-kingdom

Pitt Rivers has tech waterproof hoodies made from seal intestines…expect some walrus in there too

Some stock you can press and hold the button and it will activate as soon as the light turns on. I can’t remember which trains that works with these days but in London I think it was most that aren’t the new new London Overground carriages maybe.

DLR does this.

My old boss presses the door button on the jubilee line even though the doors open automatically. Every commute.

I think I've read that the psychological imperative for this is not the hope that the door will open early, but signalling to your fellow travellers that you are on it and aware of your role 🤷🏻‍♀️

I definitely get that if I'm in position at the train doors. Yes I'm ready! You won't need to tut silently at my tardiness! I am aware your time is very important!

I used to love it there but it’s bloody awful since the makeover it’s had for the new Dinosaur Mania that is Jurassic Park.
The corridor containing the marine reptile exhibits was a place you could sit, occasionally peacefully, and be bowled over by the sheer wonder of the things but now it’s six-deep with jostling bodies and shouting kids all the time.
Oh and, on the face of it, free entry is a Good Thing (TM) but the merchandising space is way over the top and is only exceeded by the mark-up on the soft drinks in the canteens.

I'll eat most things. Still not mushrooms though, horrible soil tasting squishy shite

I'm with you man. I mean, they're basically the same as Athletes Foot, right?

Yes! I hate being by the doors. What if the button fails and everyone thinks it’s my fault? So I press and press and press so they can see I’m trying my very best for them.

Do I want some Thrush in my dinner? NO THANK YOU

Do you eat bread or drink alcohol, if so I've got some bad news for you.

If it's small enough that I don't have to chew it, it gets a pass.

Title of your sex tape

Whilst I personally disagree, this seems like a life rule that I can get behind.

DPD.
First scheduled delivery failed to show up.
Second scheduled delivery (when I was due elsewhere and had to be late) failed to show up - but here’s the real salt-in-the-wound;
Five minutes before the end of the delivery window I had opened up the email notification link to their tracking info (for the second time - more on that in a bit) and it told me it was ‘running a little behind’. This was a total lie designed to placate me and keep me in for a bit longer, and a bit longer, and …..
How do I know? Well, the first time I opened it was 15 mins before the end of the delivery window where the message read ‘you are drop No 75 and the driver is on drop No 32. Estimate with you in 2h 15mins’ !!
So DPD, a bit of honesty right at the time where people look at their watches wouldn’t go amiss, eh? Crossing my fingers now for a successful third delivery.

Hey now this is an Evri hating forum, leave DPD be.

I think I've read that the psychological imperative for this is not the hope that the door will open early, but signalling to your fellow travellers that you are on it and aware of your role

Christ, that’s depressing.

The hero we don't deserve

I love doing the fake finger bend/flex and making a subtle clicking sound to make people think it's broken.

But, yes, it's depressing the number of people that have leant past me to press the button I'm already pressing because they think I'm not pressing it. A lot of the SWR trains have the indicator light around the button (and a *ding* noise) to let you know when you can press it.

Mostly they don't know that the door doesn't automatically open when the train comes to a stop, but only when the guard has got out, looked along the platform and then pressed their door release button.

Fucking YouTube adverts. I am so sick of hearing a synthesised voice telling me that a British/American/NASA doctor/engineer/scientist has developed this "99 poundS" widget that is disrupting the whatever industry and will somehow heat my house for free/whiten my teeth/cure my IBS. I can only imagine what kind of shite will come through the letterbox if you do order whatever it is they're selling.

Youtube is pretty aggressive with ads these days. I tend to have my gaming headset on and mute it when they play.
There are still channels/shows I watch with almost no ads so I guess some of it is still under the control of uploaders.

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