Pet Peeves IV

Those clickbait hooks that promise stuff and it doesn’t even display what he bait was promising to reveal.

Also the articles with ads on the Scotsman, EEN and EmbraLive that initiate popups and refreshes/ shuffling of items on the screen than makes it unreadable.

Hyped up fights usually involving McGregor or some aged boxer making a return to fight a YouTuber with phoney, staged “fights” at the weigh ins.

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Originally Posted by Just_Jimmy

Here's how I'd do it.

Go round the place, room by room, inside and outside and make a list. List everything, no matter how small.

Then sit with your list and rank each space in terms of use - use the kitchen, livingroom, bedroom and bathroom most probably so rank everything in each of those rooms in order of importance, but also consider easy wins.

Then go room by room and tick it off.

People make the mistake of jumping around and taking on too much and it becomes over whelming.

Do what you can yourself, what you can't, pay someone to do it properly - it's value in the long run. Also consider how much easier it makes your life if someone just does it well.

When it comes to kitchens, bathrooms - spend the money on things you touch (hoi... stop s******ing at the back)... taps, switches etc.

Importantly, on your list, take a few easy tasks and do them so you feel like you've started. Tidying really helps too, it's easy to mistake clutter or untidiness as much more work when actually you'll clear your mind by clearly the floor or counter etc.

Don't underestimate how much relaying a cheapish floor, or a fresh paint job can make a whole room feel fresh.

I'm sure there's plenty trades on here that can give you proper advice about specific tasks. I'm just a diy person, the only thing I don't do is anything past basic electrics or basic plumbing.


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What a terrific and positive post :aok:

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Originally Posted by Mon Dieu4

Depends on what you are eating, guy that sits next to me at work once came back from Morrisons with an actual rotisserie chicken and sat and wired into it at his desk

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I don’t know the guy who sits next to you at work but he’s my hero and I want to be his mate.

Did he finish the whole chicken?


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Originally Posted by Just_Jimmy

Here's how I'd do it.

Go round the place, room by room, inside and outside and make a list. List everything, no matter how small.

Then sit with your list and rank each space in terms of use - use the kitchen, livingroom, bedroom and bathroom most probably so rank everything in each of those rooms in order of importance, but also consider easy wins.

Then go room by room and tick it off.

People make the mistake of jumping around and taking on too much and it becomes over whelming.

Do what you can yourself, what you can't, pay someone to do it properly - it's value in the long run. Also consider how much easier it makes your life if someone just does it well.

When it comes to kitchens, bathrooms - spend the money on things you touch (hoi... stop s******ing at the back)... taps, switches etc.

Importantly, on your list, take a few easy tasks and do them so you feel like you've started. Tidying really helps too, it's easy to mistake clutter or untidiness as much more work when actually you'll clear your mind by clearly the floor or counter etc.

Don't underestimate how much relaying a cheapish floor, or a fresh paint job can make a whole room feel fresh.

I'm sure there's plenty trades on here that can give you proper advice about specific tasks. I'm just a diy person, the only thing I don't do is anything past basic electrics or basic plumbing.


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Thanks Jimmy that’s a really helpful post.

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Originally Posted by Jones28

Thanks Jimmy that’s a really helpful post.

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Check in if you need encouragement, advice or just a moan. It's not easy but its worth the effort.

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Originally Posted by Just_Jimmy

Check in if you need encouragement, advice or just a moan. It's not easy but its worth the effort.

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Cheers mate I appreciate that.

How far down the DIY rabbit hole have you gone?

I’m seriously considering doing my guttering, fascia boards and soffits after seeing quotes for £10-12k. It looks doable if I can get the help and do it sections so we aren’t fighting too hard against time and weather.

My driveway too, that was quoted £6k, and we are looking at resin bound driveways and you can buy kits to do it yourself.

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Originally Posted by Jones28

Cheers mate I appreciate that.

How far down the DIY rabbit hole have you gone?

I’m seriously considering doing my guttering, fascia boards and soffits after seeing quotes for £10-12k. It looks doable if I can get the help and do it sections so we aren’t fighting too hard against time and weather.

My driveway too, that was quoted £6k, and we are looking at resin bound driveways and you can buy kits to do it yourself.

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Never done a driveway. I've laid patios etc as most people have. Reckon it would be easy enough if you plan it and prepare it well. Time consuming probably.

Your guttering and facia should be okay. I'm very much of the opinion if you read up and watch you tube you can tackle most things. Make sure you've got a good ladder and someone holding it. Is that price 3 quotes? I've not idea what it would cost tbh.

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Originally Posted by Jones28

Cheers mate I appreciate that.

How far down the DIY rabbit hole have you gone?

I’m seriously considering doing my guttering, fascia boards and soffits after seeing quotes for £10-12k. It looks doable if I can get the help and do it sections so we aren’t fighting too hard against time and weather.

My driveway too, that was quoted £6k, and we are looking at resin bound driveways and you can buy kits to do it yourself.

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Resin driveways should be banned along with artificial 'turf' :greengrin

The footprint in manufacturing this stuff is disgusting and does more harm than good!

Builders pimping themselves out for work will no doubt tell you resin driveways are 'good for the environment', it's utter codswallop - but if you must then prepare a place in hell for yourself :wink:

ps Resin jobs are very expensive and it's very very easy to screw it up, some jobs are worth paying folk to do and in experience this is one of them.

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Never done a driveway. I've laid patios etc as most people have. Reckon it would be easy enough if you plan it and prepare it well. Time consuming probably.

Your guttering and facia should be okay. I'm very much of the opinion if you read up and watch you tube you can tackle most things. Make sure you've got a good ladder and someone holding it. Is that price 3 quotes? I've not idea what it would cost tbh.

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One of the neighbours was doing his own driveway last year. Not resin but monoblock. Seemed to take him months. Not sure if it was lack of available time to do, weather, etc.

My wife's constant reorganising of the kitchen cupboards and the lack of consultation about it. I wouldn't mind if she either consulted (told) me first or if the kitchen was her domain. It isn't. I probably do more of the cooking. You go to get something and it isn't there. Appreciate this isn't directly a cooking thing given my last comment but I came in from the gym last night and went to get a glass of water. Opened the cupboard where the glasses are and they weren't there. She had moved them which means that cooking implements have probably moved too.

Transfer windows. Some folk really lose their **** during them

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Originally Posted by Wembley67

Resin driveways should be banned along with artificial 'turf' :greengrin

The footprint in manufacturing this stuff is disgusting and does more harm than good!

Builders pimping themselves out for work will no doubt tell you resin driveways are 'good for the environment', it's utter codswallop - but if you must then prepare a place in hell for yourself :wink:

ps Resin jobs are very expensive and it's very very easy to screw it up, some jobs are worth paying folk to do and in experience this is one of them.

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Artificial turf is the work of satan, no doubt about that.

Is an artificial driveway worse than, say, tarmac or concrete? I don't fancy mono-block with the upkeep etc.

I did think about doing pavers with spaces for grass to grow through but again it's just another thing to upkeep and I want something that is going to be low maintenance.

What is it about resin driveways that make them so bad? AFAIK the material is aggregate but I haven't looked in to that side of it.

Are their any eco-friendly options?

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Originally Posted by Jones28

Artificial turf is the work of satan, no doubt about that.

Is an artificial driveway worse than, say, tarmac or concrete? I don't fancy mono-block with the upkeep etc.

I did think about doing pavers with spaces for grass to grow through but again it's just another thing to upkeep and I want something that is going to be low maintenance.

What is it about resin driveways that make them so bad? AFAIK the material is aggregate but I haven't looked in to that side of it.

Are their any eco-friendly options?

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It's just me with my eco-head on. Masses of chemicals get used to produce them generally and also once down there isn't anywhere for wee beasties etc to live 😁

If monoblock is done properly all you vae to is put in kiln sand once a year (maybe an hour's job on a sunny day) and the upkeep is minimal.

It's all about weighing up what you want and if you have any morals 🤣 If you want zero upkeep then yeah go for resin, any other option will require slight maintenance but like anything keep on top of it and you'll be grand.

My grandad always said to me if you see a weed just pull it out of its unsightly and that way big jobs never get on top of you 😁

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Artificial turf is the work of satan, no doubt about that.

Is an artificial driveway worse than, say, tarmac or concrete? I don't fancy mono-block with the upkeep etc.

I did think about doing pavers with spaces for grass to grow through but again it's just another thing to upkeep and I want something that is going to be low maintenance.

What is it about resin driveways that make them so bad? AFAIK the material is aggregate but I haven't looked in to that side of it.

Are their any eco-friendly options?

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Depends how you define eco-friendly. If you're concerned about good water management and encouraging pollinating insects, consider planting wildflower meadow around the pavers you'll drive up. It will grow on any rubbish soil, and the only maintenance you'll need to do is a cut back and remove in late autumn. And rainwater will have somewhere to run off to when theres heavy rainfall. Crushed concrete is recycled and its also permeable so it drains, so thats a decent option.

The most eco-friendly option is not to have a driveway at all, although thats not an option for everyone.

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Originally Posted by Wembley67

It's just me with my eco-head on. Masses of chemicals get used to produce them generally and also once down there isn't anywhere for wee beasties etc to live 😁

If monoblock is done properly all you vae to is put in kiln sand once a year (maybe an hour's job on a sunny day) and the upkeep is minimal.

It's all about weighing up what you want and if you have any morals 🤣 If you want zero upkeep then yeah go for resin, any other option will require slight maintenance but like anything keep on top of it and you'll be grand.

My grandad always said to me if you see a weed just pull it out of its unsightly and that way big jobs never get on top of you 😁

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Depends how you define eco-friendly. If you're concerned about good water management and encouraging pollinating insects, consider planting wildflower meadow around the pavers you'll drive up. It will grow on any rubbish soil, and the only maintenance you'll need to do is a cut back and remove in late autumn. And rainwater will have somewhere to run off to when theres heavy rainfall. Crushed concrete is recycled and its also permeable so it drains, so thats a decent option.

The most eco-friendly option is not to have a driveway at all, although thats not an option for everyone.

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Fair do's guys, we are both environmentally conscious and like doing things to encourage wildlife in the garden - we've planted a heap of hedging this year along the front to replace a fence that probably only has 3 or 4 good storms left before it gives up on us.

I'd prefer to avoid something that is going to need continuous upkeep throughout the year but something made from recycled materials like the recycled concrete could be a good shout.

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Originally Posted by Just_Jimmy

Never done a driveway. I've laid patios etc as most people have. Reckon it would be easy enough if you plan it and prepare it well. Time consuming probably.

Your guttering and facia should be okay. I'm very much of the opinion if you read up and watch you tube you can tackle most things. Make sure you've got a good ladder and someone holding it. Is that price 3 quotes? I've not idea what it would cost tbh.

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Thanks Jim, I had a quote a few years ago for soffits etc for £6k which will no doubt have increased, we are asking them for a new price.

I had one guy working across the street who came over and wandered about for 5 minutes, he came back with £12k, having seen the amount of work my in-laws had done on their much bigger, higher and dormer windowed house a few miles away I have confirmed he was an absolute rip off merchant as they paid £12k for theirs.

I have looked at a few Youtube videos and it looks fairly straightforward. Material prices I reckon would be around the £1500 mark from some fag packet calculations, so there's a hellish difference between £1500 and my own time vs anything from £6-10k - no disrespect intended whatsoever to any roofers reading this, if I had the money I'd get someone in to do it.

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Originally Posted by Jones28

Thanks Jim, I had a quote a few years ago for soffits etc for £6k which will no doubt have increased, we are asking them for a new price.

I had one guy working across the street who came over and wandered about for 5 minutes, he came back with £12k, having seen the amount of work my in-laws had done on their much bigger, higher and dormer windowed house a few miles away I have confirmed he was an absolute rip off merchant as they paid £12k for theirs.

I have looked at a few Youtube videos and it looks fairly straightforward. Material prices I reckon would be around the £1500 mark from some fag packet calculations, so there's a hellish difference between £1500 and my own time vs anything from £6-10k - no disrespect intended whatsoever to any roofers reading this, if I had the money I'd get someone in to do it.

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If you can do it, safely! (Remember, good ladder, and someone footing the ladder) then crack on. The money you save can be spent somewhere else in time. It's all about balance, budget and work load.

Keep us updated.

Ps maybe start a diy thread?

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Originally Posted by overdrive

My wife's constant reorganising of the kitchen cupboards and the lack of consultation about it. I wouldn't mind if she either consulted (told) me first or if the kitchen was her domain. It isn't. I probably do more of the cooking. You go to get something and it isn't there. Appreciate this isn't directly a cooking thing given my last comment but I came in from the gym last night and went to get a glass of water. Opened the cupboard where the glasses are and they weren't there. She had moved them which means that cooking implements have probably moved too.

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Tidying up. "Putting things away".

Nothing guarantees that I'll be ****ing scratching my head having to ask her "where's the....." even more than usual than the phrase "I've sorted the place out a bit" which means "I've put loads of stuff in different cupboards and drawers and you'll only find out when you have to ask me in 3 weeks"

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Tidying up. "Putting things away".

Nothing guarantees that I'll be ****ing scratching my head having to ask her "where's the....." even more than usual than the phrase "I've sorted the place out a bit" which means "I've put loads of stuff in different cupboards and drawers and you'll only find out when you have to ask me in 3 weeks"

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Been married for 13 years, together for 16, and have said the same thing for the whole time. She’s tidier, I’m more organised. I know where everything in the house is, until she tidies, then no one knows where it is until it’s stumbled across months later when no one needs it

Unsustainable businesses blaming having to pay their staff a better wage for their woes.

I saw a social media post from a 'wacky' southside cafe/bakery in Glasgow, one of those places that only exist in the southside of Glasgow or nouveau Leith or the like. At first I felt a bit bad for them but then they dropped the line 'and the rise in minimum wage is the final straw'.

A bit digging suggests this places has a USP of selling cookies shaped like a *****. That's their business, they sell cookies hilariously shaped like male sexual organs with swear words on them. They also sell coffee and like everywhere that sells coffee that isn't Costa or Starbucks there is a big story about how it's the best coffee and a whole load of other hyperbole that Trump would be proud of. Then I found out they charge £9 for one cookie. And they don't open until 10am thus missing that period between 7 and 9 when people might grab a coffee on the way to work. And sometimes they don't open at all because of 'other commitments'. And their cookies are totally inappropriate for kids, you know the demographic most likely to want to buy sickly sweet cookies.

So basically they open when they fancy. Produce a product that they can't sell at a price people are willing to pay day to day. Have a product that is pretty niche to start with and is most likely a one time purchase for most people. A quick glance on Google suggests they have at least 2 competitors within about 5 doors either who are cheaper, have a wider product range and open for longer. One is a donut place that seems to be able to sell donuts for about the half the price of a willy cookie. Amazing.

But in spite of all it's the staffs fault for not being willing to work for £3 and hour. That is basically what it boils down to: if we could pay less then we would. Not that they have created a totally unsustainable business. Also how many people do they think will be able to pay £9 for a wacky cookie if wages don't go up? The answer is even less than now. I make it a point to avoid any business that actively complains publicly about having to pay a fair wage (that isn't really a fair wage but it's what we have).

Rant over.

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Unsustainable businesses blaming having to pay their staff a better wage for their woes.

I saw a social media post from a 'wacky' southside cafe/bakery in Glasgow, one of those places that only exist in the southside of Glasgow or nouveau Leith or the like. At first I felt a bit bad for them but then they dropped the line 'and the rise in minimum wage is the final straw'.

A bit digging suggests this places has a USP of selling cookies shaped like a *****. That's their business, they sell cookies hilariously shaped like male sexual organs with swear words on them. They also sell coffee and like everywhere that sells coffee that isn't Costa or Starbucks there is a big story about how it's the best coffee and a whole load of other hyperbole that Trump would be proud of. Then I found out they charge £9 for one cookie. And they don't open until 10am thus missing that period between 7 and 9 when people might grab a coffee on the way to work. And sometimes they don't open at all because of 'other commitments'. And their cookies are totally inappropriate for kids, you know the demographic most likely to want to buy sickly sweet cookies.

So basically they open when they fancy. Produce a product that they can't sell at a price people are willing to pay day to day. Have a product that is pretty niche to start with and is most likely a one time purchase for most people. A quick glance on Google suggests they have at least 2 competitors within about 5 doors either who are cheaper, have a wider product range and open for longer. One is a donut place that seems to be able to sell donuts for about the half the price of a willy cookie. Amazing.

But in spite of all it's the staffs fault for not being willing to work for £3 and hour. That is basically what it boils down to: if we could pay less then we would. Not that they have created a totally unsustainable business. Also how many people do they think will be able to pay £9 for a wacky cookie if wages don't go up? The answer is even less than now. I make it a point to avoid any business that actively complains publicly about having to pay a fair wage (that isn't really a fair wage but it's what we have).

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They pay £3 an hour ?

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Originally Posted by pollution

They pay £3 an hour ?

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No, more that if they could (get away with paying that), they would

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Originally Posted by Pretty Boy

Unsustainable businesses blaming having to pay their staff a better wage for their woes.

I saw a social media post from a 'wacky' southside cafe/bakery in Glasgow, one of those places that only exist in the southside of Glasgow or nouveau Leith or the like. At first I felt a bit bad for them but then they dropped the line 'and the rise in minimum wage is the final straw'.

A bit digging suggests this places has a USP of selling cookies shaped like a *****. That's their business, they sell cookies hilariously shaped like male sexual organs with swear words on them. They also sell coffee and like everywhere that sells coffee that isn't Costa or Starbucks there is a big story about how it's the best coffee and a whole load of other hyperbole that Trump would be proud of. Then I found out they charge £9 for one cookie. And they don't open until 10am thus missing that period between 7 and 9 when people might grab a coffee on the way to work. And sometimes they don't open at all because of 'other commitments'. And their cookies are totally inappropriate for kids, you know the demographic most likely to want to buy sickly sweet cookies.

So basically they open when they fancy. Produce a product that they can't sell at a price people are willing to pay day to day. Have a product that is pretty niche to start with and is most likely a one time purchase for most people. A quick glance on Google suggests they have at least 2 competitors within about 5 doors either who are cheaper, have a wider product range and open for longer. One is a donut place that seems to be able to sell donuts for about the half the price of a willy cookie. Amazing.

But in spite of all it's the staffs fault for not being willing to work for £3 and hour. That is basically what it boils down to: if we could pay less then we would. Not that they have created a totally unsustainable business. Also how many people do they think will be able to pay £9 for a wacky cookie if wages don't go up? The answer is even less than now. I make it a point to avoid any business that actively complains publicly about having to pay a fair wage (that isn't really a fair wage but it's what we have).

Rant over.

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If you are referring to Rude Cookies then this is their post from 4 days ago.


https://www.instagram.com/p/DFtMHVNq_2I/?igsh=MW5iN2E3ODE3dG16Zw==


Customers bringing coffee from other shops into their shop!!

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If you are referring to Rude Cookies then this is their post from 4 days ago.


https://www.instagram.com/p/DFtMHVNq_2I/?igsh=MW5iN2E3ODE3dG16Zw==


Customers bringing coffee from other shops into their shop!!

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That's them and that bit isn't on.

But then neither is dropping a complaint about having to pay an increased minimum wage to the staff they supposedly '****ing love' into their rant. Running a business is hard graft and if your opening hours are inconsistent and limited then you can't blame that on minimum wage, even partially.

Their business is in a saturated market, everywhere is doing '****ing badass coffee bitches' that is better than the big boys and a cookie telling someone to 'make me squirt' or other vulgarities doesn't change that. It's a niche online business that was doing well, apparently still is in that capacity, that is totally unsuited to a high street presence. Accept that and go back to what was successful rather than apportioning any blame to minimum wage because you have made a bad business move.

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If you are referring to Rude Cookies then this is their post from 4 days ago.


https://www.instagram.com/p/DFtMHVNq_2I/?igsh=MW5iN2E3ODE3dG16Zw==


Customers bringing coffee from other shops into their shop!!

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Thing is - I’ve bought a cookie from there for my partner. A novelty, silly gift and yes, there was a cafe in there.


I didn’t buy my coffee from there as its purpose to me was a gift shop. Ended up spending about £23 on assorted things, and to read that I should have been buying a coffee from them too and I’m using their shop wrong isn’t exactly wonderful.

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That's them and that bit isn't on.

But then neither is dropping a complaint about having to pay an increased minimum wage to the staff they supposedly '****ing love' into their rant. Running a business is hard graft and if your opening hours are inconsistent and limited then you can't blame that on minimum wage, even partially.

Their business is in a saturated market, everywhere is doing '****ing badass coffee bitches' that is better than the big boys and a cookie telling someone to 'make me squirt' or other vulgarities doesn't change that. It's a niche online business that was doing well, apparently still is in that capacity, that is totally unsuited to a high street presence. Accept that and go back to what was successful rather than apportioning any blame to minimum wage because you have made a bad business move.

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Allegedly false accusations.


https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1GzCUZrvc1/

The way plastic bottles/cartons now have the lid attached. I appreciate it's an environmental thing but it can be fiddly. Mind you, I remember when ring pulls started being attached to cans and I got used to that.

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The way plastic bottles/cartons now have the lid attached. I appreciate it's an environmental thing but it can be fiddly. Mind you, I remember when ring pulls started being attached to cans and I got used to that.

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Yes. But they're impractical on a bottle. The lid is in the way when you're trying to drink from it. I rip them off anyway. You lose a bit of your drink but at least the lid is off. Pointless.

Perhaps it would have been better just to do away with plastic bottles and have us get used to the idea of that!