[Technology] Things designed specifically to annoy and frustrate people.

[Brightonfan1983]

Offside Rule

You goalhanger

 

[giveusfalmerplease]

UNCLICKABLE LINKS ON A WEBSITE..eg CLick HERE for further info and when you do nothing happens.

 

[Coach_Carter_92]

Taps that need to be held down to run, absolute nightmare when trying to wash your hands

 

[Reagulls]

Taps that need to be held down to run, absolute nightmare when trying to wash your hands

I've actually videod this in a garden centre I was working at...****ing ridiculous situation!
Anyone know how I put a video from my iPhone on here easily?

 

[Juan Albion]

I looked this up to get a flavour of what you're talking about https://www.cnet.com/news/hdcp-2-2-what-you-need-to-know/ and still not sure I understand it all. What's the blockage in your chain? Or rather, what 2.2 has been introduced into your setup that's causing the problem?

The problem is that every part of your chain of components has to be HDCP2.2 compatible. My brand new Samsung 4k monitor isn't. When I bought it 6 weeks ago I wasn't planning to view 4k blurays on it, although I assumed you could if you wanted. What's really annoying is that looking at many store's listings of 4k monitors, they don't even say whether they are compatible or not. Basically it's a copy protection system that not many people know about, which isn't well understood by those who do, and which renders brand new equipment useless for certain tasks.

At the end of the day, I have 4k equipment that will only play in 1080p and it is highly annoying.

 

[spence]

The problem is that every part of your chain of components has to be HDCP2.2 compatible. My brand new Samsung 4k monitor isn't. When I bought it 6 weeks ago I wasn't planning to view 4k blurays on it, although I assumed you could if you wanted. What's really annoying is that looking at many store's listings of 4k monitors, they don't even say whether they are compatible or not. Basically it's a copy protection system that not many people know about, which isn't well understood by those who do, and which renders brand new equipment useless for certain tasks.

At the end of the day, I have 4k equipment that will only play in 1080p and it is highly annoying.

Go to bed Juan

 

[BadFish]

Tough to find things which aren't just the result of cost cutting or badly thought out design..... But my vote goes to.call centre systems.

They're made to infuriate you into hanging up rather than getting you to the person you need to speak to.

Once you get to speak to someone "I am afraid we can't do that sir"

This drives me crazy what they really mean is "Our company has put blocks in place to stop us doing that, of course we could if we wanted to but we don't want to"

bollocks

 

[KingKev]

On a less technical point: Corned Beef tins. Even if the key works, the stuff doesn’t come out unless you use a tin opener.

Edit. Too late!

Put it in the fridge for a couple of hours before opening.

 

[golddene]

I’ve paid the odd patio and moved my fair share of washing machines but don’t have to do it for a living thankfully . I get that they have to be solid and stable, concrete blocks in them etc but surely a couple of grips on them would help come moving days?

Basically if you had to design the most awkward thing to shift, you’d come up with the Washing machine ( or Theresa May). Boxy, heavy and nothing to grip onto and if you’re lucky it’ll drip a lovely dribble of grey water on you as you go up the stairs

Washing machines though bulky are fairly easy to slide if your floor is flat or even especially if you've got laminate or such like to slide over ! My problem is paving slabs, not in general but I have to re-lay my front path as over time the existing slabs have become somewhat a trip hazard ! The problem is they are of the old council variety i.e. 900 x 600 mm heavy as f**k, still a couple of bags of sharp sand plus a few shovels of cement should rectify the problem obviously with a couple of scrazed crushed fingers/knuckles. If I could be bothered I'd block pave it, then I'd have the problem and now, since the authorities decision to start charging for household rubble (£4) a bag expense of desposing of them ? Life eh !

 

[Icy Gull]

Washing machines though bulky are fairly easy to slide if your floor is flat or even especially if you've got laminate or such like to slide over ! My problem is paving slabs, not in general but I have to re-lay my front path as over time the existing slabs have become somewhat a trip hazard ! The problem is they are of the old council variety i.e. 900 x 600 mm heavy as f**k, still a couple of bags of sharp sand plus a few shovels of cement should rectify the problem obviously with a couple of scrazed crushed fingers/knuckles. If I could be bothered I'd block pave it, then I'd have the problem and now, since the authorities decision to start charging for household rubble (£4) a bag expense of desposing of them ? Life eh !

No surprise that fly tipping is on the increase either

 

[golddene]

No surprise that fly tipping is on the increase either

Absofu*kinglutely, you couldn't make it up could you ?

Edit ( f**king Brexit)

 

[Brightonfan1983]

No surprise that fly tipping is on the increase either

My London council used to collect a small amount of household waste for free, every three months. Old fridges, mattresses, broken TVs, that kind of thing. From April they started to charge £30 for that service - fair enough you'd think, but I bet it costs them a whole lot more now to collect the old fridges, mattresses, broken TVs, that are now being regularly dumped on pavements and in alleys round here.

 

[maltaseagull]

Put it in the fridge for a couple of hours before opening.

It's usually kept there for at least a week

 

[darkwolf666]

I shit you not, there was a sticker on my brand new toilet that only said 'do not remove this label'. Of course I tried to remove it as it was the most pointless sticker ever, now left with a feckin yellow square on my toilet.

You obviously missed the small print below the “don’t remove this sticker” that said,”as there is a fecking yellow square underneath it”...

 

[Curious Orange]

No surprise that fly tipping is on the increase either

Quite, I made a couple of trips to dispose of old wooden items over the last couple of weeks as the berks are charging to take that to the tip now! Still it did persuade us to finally purchase some new dining room chairs, and I feel a lot safer sitting down on those than the rickety old ones I just chucked!

 

[Brightonfan1983]

The problem is that every part of your chain of components has to be HDCP2.2 compatible. My brand new Samsung 4k monitor isn't. When I bought it 6 weeks ago I wasn't planning to view 4k blurays on it, although I assumed you could if you wanted. What's really annoying is that looking at many store's listings of 4k monitors, they don't even say whether they are compatible or not. Basically it's a copy protection system that not many people know about, which isn't well understood by those who do, and which renders brand new equipment useless for certain tasks.

At the end of the day, I have 4k equipment that will only play in 1080p and it is highly annoying.

Thoughts and prayers. Seriously, sounds like you're in the midst of a very frustrating moment of technological f*ckwittery.

 

[Barry Izbak]

Traffic light on roundabouts.
Drives me F ing nuts
We have round abouts
We have traffic lights
The two have no business in the same place.
Since this idiotic idea was invented I have wasted 2 months, 5 weeks, 3 days, 7 hours and 19 minutes sitting waiting at traffic lights on roundabouts for absolutely no effing reason whatsoever.

Please, just five minutes with the to55er who came up with this idea

 

[Jaxie]

The windowsills on trains that are just too narrow and sloped to enable you to comfortably lean your elbow on them !

 

[Juan Albion]

Thoughts and prayers. Seriously, sounds like you're in the midst of a very frustrating moment of technological f*ckwittery.

I was until I went out and bought another 4K monitor. It took the specialist store more than 20 minutes to work out whether one of the two Samsung monitors I'd chosen was HDCP2.2 compatible. It wasn't listed in the specs on any website but we finally found a review that said one of them was. It's a joke that something so fundamental is totally hidden. I'm not sure how they can get away with it. Anyway, I then bought the first series of Game of Thrones in 4K, which looks great at that resolution, and then found out no other series are yet available in 4K. More WhatsThatAboutery.

 

[TheJasperCo]

Stickers and price tags on gifts. Some retailers are wise to this problem and have easy-peel labels, or hide them on the underside of the product. But it's still often the case where you end up hacking away fruitlessly for ages, trying to rub off every trace of the damn sticker. Especially if you have short fingernails, but even if you have longer nails you get sticky bits of plastic wedged under your nails and it's a right faff.

TK Maxx is among the worst for this.