Minor things that confuse you in daily life

[ilikecheese]

The Seattle Department of Transportation's utter daily fail.

 

[LostLegend]

Me mars roasties.

I've studied her process closely, copied it exactly... but mine are never as good.

Why?

 

[Big Fat Sam]

shoelaces

How dare you.

 

[Westend Blue]

Making beds can never get it satisfactory like ever yet my ma and nan could do it in there sleep

 

[chrismpw]

Fashion. Why people like clothes that are simply dreadful just because others do.

Music. Why people like music that is simply dreadful just because others do.

Why do modern devices require you to hold the power button for several seconds, just to switch on or off. A heart monitor, I can understand, but a radio ffs?

Why does my washing machine need to boot up?

 

[Papa Shango]

Why do modern devices require you to hold the power button for several seconds, just to switch on or off. A heart monitor, I can understand, but a radio ffs?

I think I can answer this one. Because most devices are portable and the several seconds thing avoids anything being turned off by accident whilst moving.

 

[Connor]

Why don’t people indicate when they’re turning?

 

[chrismpw]

I think I can answer this one. Because most devices are portable and the several seconds thing avoids anything being turned off by accident whilst moving.

But if you turn something off by accident, it is unlikely to be a problem unless it takes an age to switch on again. Which they do! In the old days, (albeit apart from valves) things came on and off immediately.

 

[chrismpw]

Why don’t people indicate when they’re turning?

Ah. You must have visited Swindon then.

 

[Connor]

Ah. You must have visited Swindon then.

Thankfully not but it’s a regular occurrence up here.

 

[chrismpw]

You've missed nowt. Utterly nowt.

 

[welshtoffee]

I put my 2 sons inhalers out each morning ready for them to take to school next to there phones so I know they will definitely see them. But still, they constantly leave them at home but always take their phones. It's a hard being a parent at times !!!

 

[SiEdmo]

To compliment our other two excellent threads of fume/happy, what things cause you to wonder in day to day life.

What makes you say “go figure”?

My phone battery percentage has just gone up even though it’s not plugged in.

not sure if anyone has replied, or if you even care, but I think that is sort of similar to your car digital miles of petrol left increasing when you level out on a hill or once it has got used to the fact your motorway driving and using less

so might have been that you closed quite a battery draining app, and your phone had sort of cached batter aside to run it and it was returning it to you/levelling out the usage

 

[.....!]

Trainers nowadays. Why do they all have soles 3 sizes too big for the actual shoe. Also why do they all have to look like jumpers?

 

[LEONARD]

The price of razor blades.