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Fragile Do Not Bend Feb 2019 10:26pm, 20 Feb 2019 4,092 posts	Quote Pin Fragile Do Not Bend We have recycling bins in the public areas. Completely pointless, as you’d expect.
Eynsham Red Feb 2019 7:11am, 21 Feb 2019 3,828 posts	Quote Pin Eynsham Red We have black bins for general rubbish and yellow ones for hazardous waste. Frequently there are discarded coffee cups deposited in the yellow bins. I know that our coffee machine doesn’t dispense the best of drinks, but hazardous?
Velociraptor Feb 2019 8:36am, 21 Feb 2019 40,641 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor Cotton buds being referred to as "ear buds". NOOOOOOOOOOOO! (I've just seen an example of this in a record made by a health care practitioner with a qualification beyond NVQ; I'd demote them for it if I was in charge.)
Carpathius Feb 2019 10:44pm, 21 Feb 2019 16,580 posts	Quote Pin Carpathius [The smallest thing you should stick in your ear is your elbow]
Metro_Nome Feb 2019 10:57pm, 21 Feb 2019 4,872 posts	Quote Pin Metro_Nome Companies that keep emailing “Time is running out to enter x race!” When you already have. Can’t be that hard to not send that email to those who have already entered?!
z1000jeff Feb 2019 1:56am, 23 Feb 2019 3,674 posts	Quote Pin z1000jeff Film and TV show staggered time-lines. It was ok once or twice but enough’s enough.
LazyDaisy Feb 2019 10:36am, 23 Feb 2019 25,821 posts	Quote Pin LazyDaisy [What's the sound quality like on cotton buds? Or elbows, come to that? ]
ChrisHB Feb 2019 11:22am, 24 Feb 2019 17,812 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB People who back in the 1970s thought it was absolutely brilliant to write 'Grauniad" and haven't grown up yet.
Diogenes Feb 2019 9:11am, 26 Feb 2019 34,575 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes Not being able to amend an existing payee details on my online banking, but having to create it as a new one, and not being able to do this without making an actual payment. The card number has changed, but I don’t have a payment to make at the moment. When it does come to making one I’ll probably forget, or be in a hurry.
Diogenes Feb 2019 9:12am, 26 Feb 2019 34,576 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes [Grauniad is a term of affection these days]