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What really grinds your gears?

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ChrisHB Sep 2017 9:40am, 15 Sep 2017 15,314 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB How deep are your coffee jars, and what is the consistency of your coffee powder/granules that a teaspoon sinks without trace to the bottom?
Velociraptor Sep 2017 9:56am, 15 Sep 2017 36,822 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor The coffee jars are 200g Kenco jars and I don't mind the teaspoon being at the bottom (apart from the fingers thing, ick) but it interferes with the rate of flow of the granules when I'm pouring them into my cup.
Wine Legs Sep 2017 9:56am, 15 Sep 2017 4,167 posts	Quote Pin Wine Legs Instant coffee being described as coffee. They're just not the same thing.
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) Sep 2017 10:25am, 15 Sep 2017 25,890 posts	Quote Pin Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) (Talking of coffee, we ordered 2 americanos at a little cafe in Seahouses to go with our lunch on Monday, they were having problems with the machine, when they finally bought the coffee to us it was impossible to drink, there were several too many shots in it Also the coffee machine leaked all over the lower counter thus dirtying all the crockery, two young lassess serving and clearing up so we didn't have the heart to complain)
Wriggling Snake Sep 2017 10:29am, 15 Sep 2017 16,431 posts	Quote Pin Wriggling Snake Having an Instant coffee, which is coffee just instant.
Velociraptor Sep 2017 10:29am, 15 Sep 2017 36,823 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor My provision of a coffee filter machine for the practice not being translated into a steady flow of non-instant coffee without spoons in it. [It doesn't grind my gears now, because it has migrated to my kitchen.]
Diogenes Sep 2017 12:54pm, 15 Sep 2017 24,509 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes (On the positive side, WS, at least he's not Steve Wright, and I don't think he drinks much these days.) People at work who leave the locker room door open. There's even a bloody great sign on it saying to keep it closed.
Fierce and Fearless Fleecy Sep 2017 4:36pm, 15 Sep 2017 37,117 posts	Quote Pin Fierce and Fearless Fleecy Teenagers chucking litter into a bush at the station. There are plenty of bins there and on the train the lazy little fuckturnips.
Fierce and Fearless Fleecy Sep 2017 4:38pm, 15 Sep 2017 37,118 posts	Quote Pin Fierce and Fearless Fleecy Southern Electric. Emails, letters, texts galore, do this do that take a meter reading and how is our customer service? Fucking ANNOYING! Stop harassing me, just give me my gas and electricity without the need for constant communication! And I can't read my electricity meter because it's in a wall and only the meter reading chap has the knack of shining the torch in just right!
Eynsham Red Sep 2017 4:46pm, 15 Sep 2017 1,964 posts	Quote Pin Eynsham Red [allegedly smart meters are the way forward Fleecy. I'm not convinced having heard friends experiences with inaccurate bills]