What things are worse than your go-to supermarket having a layout change?

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pinkdaisylemon@reddit

Does my head in! Local Tesco recently had a refurb with new style freezers etc. Still had the shop open so it was a bit of a moveable feast while they juggled everything! However, even now it's finished it still doesn't feel right. They have toiletries in the same isle as food! Nothing makes sense with the new layout. It doesn't feel right looking at a tube of Anusol then turning your head to see a loaf of bread!

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nathderbyshire@reddit

I went shopping at one of the stores I used to work at and they had brand new fridges, thick fuckers with black borders and I can't explain why but they felt really tight and claustrophobic when I don't usually get that feeling. Felt more like walking through a data centre than a supermarket The fridges did used to go down yearly though, apparently the generator was on the roof which is common as it's cheaper than digging or buying more space to have it level 🤷 so hopefully the new ones are more robust and don't trip off, doubt it though

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pinkdaisylemon@reddit

Yes they are all upright black fridges. All the fridge items are now also behind glass doors. I think it's supposed to combat shoplifting. Also got TV screens in the aisles. Doesn't feel right at all. Yes, just like a data centre you're right.

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neilm1000@reddit

What do they show on the TV screens? This is a new one on me.

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pinkdaisylemon@reddit

The shoppers!

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neilm1000@reddit

That's...odd. I assumed it was adverts. Are they like the ones on self service checkouts?

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pinkdaisylemon@reddit

Every time I've been in there it's literally just showing the aisle that it's on. It's a big screen up above the aisle. Weird.

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neilm1000@reddit

That's weird. Thanks.

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phatboi23@reddit

> All the fridge items are now also behind glass doors. I think it's supposed to combat shoplifting. makes them more efficient as they're not just cooling the whole building 24/7. might mean the generator for them isn't dying each year too haha

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pinkdaisylemon@reddit

True!

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nathderbyshire@reddit

The fridges without doors never made sense anyway it seemed like a massive waste of energy, I suspect the new ones are far more efficient as well, while conveniently being slightly more annoying for shoplifting. But from working there, people don't tend to do it in the middle of the aisle, they either shop as normal and do a runner with the basket - sometimes through the emergency doors which aren't manned by security, or they go to more congested area like clothing where cameras have a trickier time or can't go at all like changing rooms

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InternationalRide5@reddit

"This new flavour of primula is a bit odd"

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pinkdaisylemon@reddit

Indeed🤣

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GnaphaliumUliginosum@reddit

It's a reminder to stock up on high-fibre foods, subliminal marketing for their wholewheat bread.

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pinkdaisylemon@reddit

Haha you're probably right! Although nowadays I prefer to make my own as I know what's going in it

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Brexit-Broke-Britain@reddit

What are the ingredients of home made anal haemorrhoid cream ?

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pinkdaisylemon@reddit

You know, as soon as I posted it I knew this was coming! 🤣

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Gadget100@reddit

Well, for pickle fans, there was that time that Mrs Elswood pickles changed their label: https://www.brilliantagency.co.uk/blog/creative/mrs-elswood-rebrand/

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neilm1000@reddit

I was not impressed by this and didn't buy them for some time after. This year in fact.

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Gadget100@reddit

It was almost the last straw. But I can never say no to Mrs Elswood, whatever she might look like.

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WitShortage@reddit

Email "Exciting news about your National Lottery ticket!" You've received £2.60

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neilm1000@reddit

The National Lottery emails are the biggest lie in the world, followed by the washing machine timer.

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Beary-Cute-Gamer@reddit

Death, I would imagine.

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sockeyejo@reddit

Or cake

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catschimeras@reddit

as a rule, a person doesn't usually experience death every week tho. the supermarket thing repeats, which makes it worse.

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Hamsternoir@reddit

That generally only happens once, supermarket changes are more frequent.

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matmah@reddit

Supermarkets offering great deals on meals for two. Just makes you realise how tragic you life is, while crying over your overpriced microwave lasagne for one!

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Polz34@reddit

When the council take out a roundabout and put in four way traffic lights. Bloody nightmare

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ceehred@reddit

Or if they take the best part of a year to replace a 2-lane roundabout with a poorly designed 4-lane one to "reduce queues". More chaos, anger and minor accidents - leading to more queues.

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messedup73@reddit

Waiting in for a parcel all day and then getting an email saying it will be delivered tomorrow instead.

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ceehred@reddit

Or if it says it's been delivered and I don't have it, after searches around back gate, hiding places, back garden, utility boxes, bins, street - and then have to go pester the neighbours.

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LegoVRS@reddit

Or ordering on Amazon and you've got 2 items that can arrive tomorrow before 1 and then you add another item that can arrive tomorrow but the app decides than the next delivery time is a week on Thursday.

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ceehred@reddit

Your favourite take-out, when they post the notice about new management/owner or (worse) a new chef. Rarely ends well.

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yoloswaggins92@reddit

When you order a Just Eat and it's been two hours with no update, no way to contact the takeaway, and the Just Eat app saying it'll charge you the full amount if you cancel the order.

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ceehred@reddit

Or if the update kept saying 30 minutes, then another 30, then another 30, and on beyond the close-time of the restaurant. IIRC, I wasn't aware of the charge until *after* the cancellation... but I had had a few more beers in my starving stomach by this point. Had this recently, and even after a spirited conversation with their customer support (who I guess is a bot), no refund was possible. Closed my account and will never use those scammers again.

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nathderbyshire@reddit

Or ordering a taxi with taxi and watching it drive away for you and take 3x longer than the estimated time which you placed the order based on it. Apparently it's such an issue now Uber are rolling out free cancellations now if they drive away for more than 2 minutes or something, probably to reduce call complaints about it. They also used to drive off and refuse to cancel the ride when I was taking my cat to the vet, when it's their fault for not reading my message saying 'i have a cat which will sit on a blanket in a carrier'. It doesn't happen a lot but when it does I'm fighting outside the vets with some guy in his fancy car and another 15 minutes fighting with Uber to get my refund.

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highrouleur@reddit

A while ago I ordered a kebab from a new place, took ages, tried phoning, no answer, so cancelled through Just eat. Within minutes the place phoned me and said you can't cancel, we've made the food. I replied it's been an hour it's too long and hung up. They phoned back immediately I just hung up. A couple of weeks later the place was raided by police, my mate was hair cut next door at the time. Apparently it's run by an Albanian drug family. And I've pissed them off

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yoloswaggins92@reddit

WHOOPSIES

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cherrycocoakoala@reddit

Once ordered a pizza on just eat, it was 2 hours late and when it turned up, not only was it stone cold, but it was completely the wrong pizza. Requested a refund, sent evidence that showed it was the wrong pizza, talked to multiple cs agents, they denied a refund. Deleted my account and never used them again, what a scam.

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vegan_voorhees@reddit

Rail replacement buses. There is no greater evil.

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ceehred@reddit

Yeah, and finding the boarding stop can be a challenge for the busier stations when travelling through London. Rail replacement buses at provincial locations happens a fair amount round here. Like when there's an issue in London and they close the *whole* line to S/SW in response.

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No-Photograph3463@reddit

Even worse when you could of just got the coach for far less, but chose the train as it was faster but is now slower than the coach and you paid more

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CactusCastrator@reddit

literally. Coach - 4hrs 15 mins, £12. Train, 2 hrs, £52. Rail replacement bus, 6hrs 30mins, £52.

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ALA02@reddit

Rail replacement bus? Guess I’ll just pay for the ticket with my replacement money then

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pajamakitten@reddit

I have only had good experiences myself. One even managed to get me home quicker (Southampton Airport Parkway to Bournemouth) and that was during rush hour traffic.

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ARobertNotABob@reddit

The bus having last been used for a school run and has not been cleaned since.

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KayMaTrixx@reddit

I am a train choo choo 🚅

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-Incubation-@reddit

Almost an art form how they can make a 15 minute train journey into a 45+ minute bus journey.

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Wutanghang@reddit

Its almost like trains move faster than buses or something

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VioletsSoul@reddit

Was in York the other day and there were so many replacement buses. My god it was lawless. Brother turned on brother. Mothers turned on daughters. Dogs turned on masters. It was a dark time (so about 4.30pm).

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LegoVRS@reddit

Charity muggers knocking on the door and asking those scripted one right answer questions like "do you think kids with cancer deserve to die in screaming agony" so they cam follow up by requesting you give money to their charity and earn commission.

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Islingtonian@reddit

When the cellophane doesn't peel off your ready meal neatly

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ALA02@reddit

Cellophane? Yank spotted

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Islingtonian@reddit

I can assure you that I'm English. I can't think of what else to call it. Plastic film, maybe.

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Particular_Tune7990@reddit

Wait. Do they not still make stuff out of cellophane on Blue Peter?

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MiskyWisky2791@reddit

Adverts popping up on your favourite ad free website or app

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CactusCastrator@reddit

Seeing someone use the same teabag for two cups of tea. Or genocide. But probably the tea.

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Raisinsandfairywings@reddit

I used to do that until my colleagues started laughing at me saying “rationing’s over you know, we’re not in a war”. And it made me question why I’ve always felt so unbelievably guilty about having more than one teabag per day (not just at work but in my own home too!). Now I live my life freely and if I want a cuppa I have a cuppa, fresh teabag and all.

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nathderbyshire@reddit

My god my burger almost came back up after reading that. Why would you say such things

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SpudFire@reddit

One would probably lead to the other tbf

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ncminns@reddit

Having to move desks at work 😬

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Phoenyx_wilson@reddit

Shrinkflation of butter.

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pajamakitten@reddit

A limited edition product finally ending its run.

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Islingtonian@reddit

Having your favourite telly programme cancelled for the football/snooker

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Pixiebel81@reddit

But the repeat of the 15 year old episode of The Simpsons that's on after it is still broadcast

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pajamakitten@reddit

Still kind of annoyed it was cancelled for 9/11, on BBC2 and Sky One at that.

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DoctorOctagonapus@reddit

Didn't used to be like that. The Simpsons used to be the first thing Channel 4 would cut if something overran. The worst one was one time the cricket overran by an hour so everything got cancelled. The next day they cancelled it again so they could air a Hollyoaks double bill. That was the point I wrote in and complained.

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Pixiebel81@reddit

Not in the Buffy days 😭

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Islingtonian@reddit

And when they did air it, they would cut it to shreds because it was pre-watershed!

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FantasticWeasel@reddit

'Great new recipe' on your favourite food.

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pajamakitten@reddit

Adding milk powder to a food previously suitable for vegans and milk allergy sufferers.

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Chamerlee@reddit

There was a microwave chicken, pesto pasta in a plastic oval tub that Morrisons did circa 2008. They changed the recipe before removing it completely and I still miss it.

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ohbuggerit@reddit

Translation: "We've added your migraine triggers to one of the few things you could still eat!" Every fucking time

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RoutineCloud5993@reddit

Doritos' new "crunchier" recipe just made them taste like shit. I won't buy them anymore

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mattcannon2@reddit

"new improved formula" is another way of saying "we've replaced your favourite ingredients with more palm oil!"

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ToadInTheHole7181@reddit

The cleaners move all your stuff and don't put it back in the original place.

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this-guy-@reddit

The council introducing a new road layout because their previous attempt at a road layout actually was worse than before so now they are shuffling the bus lanes and cycle lanes and one way system at great expense because this will totally work this time. According to the theories they currently hold.

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Apricot_Oasis@reddit

Something containing less sugar.

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GabberZZ@reddit

Murder.

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jeanettem67@reddit

When after months of your train leaving from same platform, the train company all the sudden switches to another platform.

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J_Cross_@reddit

The road being dug up for the return journey when it was fine when you left earlier, now there is traffic, lights, cones, and a 10 minute queue when it usually only takes 2 minutes to drive the entire road - and no-one actually doing anything!!! Oh there may be a couple of lads standing round the hole talking and maybe one old geezer on the mini digger drinking a mug of tea but that's all. It makes you wonder how the road was dug up so quickly if they are just talking about it...

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emmjaybeeyoukay@reddit

Xmas music in the shops llus the xmas gifts monopolising three aisles WHILE you have to work out where they've moved the yogurts to.

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Peg_leg_J@reddit

Having to use a VPN now for everything.....

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mordhoshogh@reddit

Forgetting to turn your vpn off and getting a grilling from it about why you logged into teams from Portugal

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mattcannon2@reddit

"everything" ;)

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Peg_leg_J@reddit

EVERYTHING

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Unlikely_Egg@reddit

My go-to supermarket no longer selling lots of things I like to buy. Looking at you Aldi with the sandwich thins and sugar free jelly crystals.

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yearsofpractice@reddit

Three things: - Catching your pocket on a door handle - Seeing a colleague on the bus/train to work - Cholera

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catschimeras@reddit

\#2 is fine as long as everyone involved is a civilised person who knows not to talk to your coworkers on the journey in and save it til we're on the clock. but when you get a chatty miscreant in the mix... the horror.

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yearsofpractice@reddit

I’m actually having a little LOL at “chatty miscreant”. Such a perfect description. I live in Newcastle and often had to travel to London by train. A colleague was KING of the chatty miscreants and would actively seek out other people taking similar trips so he could bend their ear the entire trip. I - and I can’t believe I’m saying this - would hide in a shop on the platform until the train was pulling in then jump on at the last minute pretending to be on a phone call. I could then feign “Sorry, on a call, will catch up later” if I DID see the chatty man… then hide from him at the other end of the train. He was a ***fucking menace***

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Sarrebas89@reddit

When someone makes you a cup of tea and they put the milk in first...

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catschimeras@reddit

the gasp i gosped.

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iAlice@reddit

Freddos went up in price AGAIN.

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catschimeras@reddit

pressing the bell for the wrong stop on your bus hourney and now there is literally no other option than for you to get off and walk the rest of the way.

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Mysterious_County154@reddit

The smell of the nasty toilets at the entrance. It's been like a year now of it just smelling so bad everytime you walk in It used to smell like the bakery but I guess not anymore, thanks Morrisons. So wish we had an asda here

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underwater-sunlight@reddit

Knowing that the reason they move things around is to put the prices up and hope that it is missed

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Comfortable-mouse05@reddit

I still weap for the Heinz pudding in a can :( RIP

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Comfortable-mouse05@reddit

Running out of milk just as I'm about to make a tea

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BaldGinger82@reddit

Having either teabags or milk, but not both.

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nightfire_83@reddit

Getting your balls caught between 2 bricks

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AnonymousTimewaster@reddit

Stepping on the pointy side of a plug

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Fyonella@reddit

Which is not as bad as kneeling on said plug!

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Weary_Brain9482@reddit

Trying to open a packet of bacon How is that resealable???

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Sudden_Hovercraft_56@reddit

Temporary Traffic lights. - 4 way control.

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Boring_Bastard_72@reddit

AIDS.

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Perfect_Hyena8148@reddit

Discontinuing the sour cream and honey pretzels from M & S

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atsevoN@reddit

Atleast you aren’t the people changing the aisles 🫠

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secret_side_quest@reddit

Going the wrong way out of a service station and ending up having to drive 15 minutes in the wrong direction before you can turn around. Happened to me on the m4 at chieveley services when I had a screaming baby in the car after an already horrendous 5 hour drive with a baby who would not stop crying. Realising I had gone the wrong way out of the services is the only moment so far I have fully lost my shit as a parent. I was crying and screaming louder than the baby.

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Jip_Jaap_Stam@reddit

Temporary traffic lights on a road that's already busier than average

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secret_side_quest@reddit

This grinds my gears!!! I know logically they need to do roadworks on busy roads too but I always find myself cursing and blaming them for doing roadworks on a pinch point, as though they chose to be deliberately obstructive with it. There's a terrible pinch point on my way to work at a 6 way crossroad near a school and they decided to do roadworks on it, leading to my 45 minute commute becoming a 75 minute commute. Fuming.

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33backagain@reddit

Many years ago my student job was helping to refit (“modernise”) various Sainsbury’s stores. I can tell you from experience that getting cancer is worse.

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menegerie5@reddit

Getting on a full train just in time and as you are just settling in for a long journey then announcing the train isn't going and you all have to get off again.... Happens to me every time I go south these days 🙄🤣 Though to be fair I was super traumatised when our supermarket changed layout so is a close run thing....

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FamSender@reddit

Getting stabbed, worse if you and your colleagues both get stabbed and you have to keep each other company at the hospital for hours.

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EnvironmentalCap5156@reddit

items not priced, drives me nuts.

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Comfortable_Ad_4267@reddit

Standing for the entire train journeys. Even though you've paid premium prices.

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surgicalcoder@reddit

Roadworks on a road you use frequently, but not frequently enough to remember the roadworks there.

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Used_Expert_5968@reddit

Allergen update

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Winter_Parsley8706@reddit

Running out of teabags and the shop is closed

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SceneDifferent1041@reddit

Cancer

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TheKnightsRider@reddit

Thinking you've won when you spot a free pump at the station, losing your place and finding it out of service.

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ans-myonul@reddit

The supermarket discontinuing my favourite foods. It's happened so many times it's like they're trying to mess with me

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CrowsEatCheese@reddit

Coriander in food but not on the ingredients list. Ebola.

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PavlovaToes@reddit

The weather, obviously! Everyone will be complaining if it rains... but god forbid it's hot and sunny when we have no aircon.

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TobblyWobbly@reddit

When you sit down to watch Celebrity Traitors finale and discover it's not on until the next night.

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SnooObjections3103@reddit

Hitler.

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Herne_KZN@reddit

The holocaust?

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PavlovaToes@reddit

look into what "flippant" means

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blainy-o@reddit

Having to suffer nearly 13 weeks of Cadent roadworks, only for them to finish, then start more a week later on the same stretch of road.

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Infamous-Pomelo9674@reddit

Sepsis

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WestLondonWoman73@reddit

Putting your washing out on the line and monsoon like weather appears over your garden

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Rubberfootman@reddit

“25% less salt!”

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Active-Strawberry-37@reddit

“New recipe!”

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Henno212@reddit

B/M’s no longer stocking tomato Pringles It was a good three weeks while it lasted

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Upset_Accident_8435@reddit

The quality of the fresh produce they give you when you order a click and collect/ delivery. Those hollow, bruised avocados haunt my nightmares.

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zophzz@reddit

All 3 of my local supermarkets deciding to do a layout change within the same year

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Cyanopicacooki@reddit

Having your nipples wired to the mains and then get beaten with a barbed wire lash? I does piss me off a tad, especially when I helped a researcher construct a virtual store to measure engagement and influence that store layout had, and her results indicated that moving stuff around led to lower sales. Hey ho - enthusiastic young managers think that they're doing something dynamic and empowering, so they make someone happy.

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Puzzleheaded_Drink76@reddit

I always wonder how much change in the world is because a new person took over and needed to make their mark/have something to point to in their annual appraisal.

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UW33377@reddit

Having to go to your work leaving lunch/tea/snack.

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Tideripper98@reddit

Your favourite foods being discontinued.

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Capable_Tip7815@reddit

No longer stocking Itsu Korean Chicken.

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Scowlin_Munkeh@reddit

Climate apocalypse possibly.

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notraulmoat@reddit

When you get your car washed and they move the seat... that is up there! 100%

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Particular_Tune7990@reddit

Pfft this is small potatoes to them deciding to no longer stock my favourite brand of ready made noodles.

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doctorace@reddit

Nothing. Ours changed one day and months later just wouldn’t stop changing and we just had to go to a different one from then on.

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StGuthlac2025@reddit

Nuclear holocaust. Probably.

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StGuthlac2025@reddit

Genocide. Probably.

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