What is your MSE bug bear?

Newgirl_2

violetblue wrote: »

Ooh, constant sponsered events, that's another one I can relate to! Every other week we have someone coming round the office asking us to sponsor them for something or other. And I object being made to feel guilty if I say no! It's my decision which charities I give to, and I shouldn't have to explain myself, but I've yet to find a polite way of saying no without automatically being apologetic about it - any suggestions?!

That's an easy one - I always say 'I donate to the charity of my choice (tell them which if you wish, if you don't, don't) so I'll pass'.

I LOVE this thread

Newgirl

moggylover

Just thought of another one! People who ask for your help or advice - and then rant at you when they don't like your viewpoint on the matter! If they just want us to pump up their opinion of themselves by saying they are doing just perfectly when they are not: then why can't they just say this and save both parties the heartache?!

wherediditallgo

moggylover wrote: »

Just thought of another one! People who ask for your help or advice - and then rant at you when they don't like your viewpoint on the matter! If they just want us to pump up their opinion of themselves by saying they are doing just perfectly when they are not: then why can't they just say this and save both parties the heartache?!

Me again!

My friend & I were in Brent Cross a few weeks ago & she saw a cream skirt she liked that was £55. She asked me what I thought, so I said I thought she should go to Matalan & have a look there, as I was sure I'd seen something quite similar for a lot less. It was a bus ride away & we had bus passes, but she gave me an expression like she was straining on the loo, saying she wasn't going there as it probably wasn't as nice as the one she had her eyes on, plus she didn't think much of the quality of the clothes there, so it would be a wasted journey. As I go to Matalan then Primark for my clothes & I only go to Brent Cross for free samples & to window shop, I shut up but fumed inside. She bought the skirt on her credit card, & I sat there all the way back trying to work my temper back down to a light simmer.

On the Saturday night we went out, & she wore the skirt. Guess who got annoyed because she saw two people in the bar wearing it, then got roaring drunk later on & fell over, ripping a very large unmendable hole in it? £55 down the drain. And the Matalan one? I went there on my own the next day, & saw the skirt I'd originally seen - it was a similar design in white for £18. I didn't laugh when the skirt ripped - not until I got home anyway.

Nala

wherediditallgo wrote: »

Me again!

My friend & I were in Brent Cross a few weeks ago & she saw a cream skirt she liked that was £55. She asked me what I thought, so I said I thought she should go to Matalan & have a look there, as I was sure I'd seen something quite similar for a lot less. It was a bus ride away & we had bus passes, but she gave me an expression like she was straining on the loo, saying she wasn't going there as it probably wasn't as nice as the one she had her eyes on, plus she didn't think much of the quality of the clothes there, so it would be a wasted journey. As I go to Matalan then Primark for my clothes & I only go to Brent Cross for free samples & to window shop, I shut up but fumed inside. She bought the skirt on her credit card, & I sat there all the way back trying to work my temper back down to a light simmer.

On the Saturday night we went out, & she wore the skirt. Guess who got annoyed because she saw two people in the bar wearing it, then got roaring drunk later on & fell over, ripping a very large unmendable hole in it? £55 down the drain. And the Matalan one? I went there on my own the next day, & saw the skirt I'd originally seen - it was a similar design in white for £18. I didn't laugh when the skirt ripped - not until I got home anyway.

I'm not laughing I'm not laughing

Oh !!!!!! it I can't help it :rotfl: :rotfl:

emily_jackson

My money bugbears are:

Oxfam charity shop prices

People who are skint buying expensive clothes for their kids when they'll have grown out of them five minutes later

People who turn their noses up at charity shops

The price of calling a hospital bedside phone-39p a minute off-peak, 49p a minute on-peak and you're charged even if the phone is engaged or they don't answer

Motorway service station prices

Vending machines in toilets which charge £1.00 for ONE pad/tampon

By the way, does anyone know how to get rid of this thing on my computer which keeps underlining everything?

Anastacia

I dont have any bugbears ( as far as I can see) but you lot have really made me appreciate my family, friends and colleagues! I do have a friend who buys conveneince foods and spends about 3 times as much as I do in a week but otherwise they are all as nuts as me...& its great.

SunderlandBlackCat

Princess_Jane wrote: »

What bugs me is people who buy rounds of drinks on their CC. I never believed anyone would actually do this, but have seen friends stick a night out on the plastic.

People who assume paying in a pub with a credit card is always a bad thing :rolleyes:;)

It can actually make sense to do this if you do it right.

I'd have to draw the cash out of the bank & lose interest on it to pay cash & I have a cashback CC so I get to keep the interest until my direct debit payment comes out & I also make cashback.

(I'm also rubbish at managing cash )
OK it's only a few pence difference but as we all know on here every penny can count.

Mudbath

Love the thread.

My bugbear is people telling us we're wasting our time having an allotment as it's a lot of effort and if you took into account the cost of our labour we're paying a fortune for fruit and veg. What about the fact that we really enjoy it and our children love having their own mini plot of land. We have free days out up there, picnics, the children get to dig holes, build ...erm... things I can't identify...and we're all outside in the fresh air....ok, i'm forgetting to breathe here!!!!:rotfl:

rayday2

What bugs me most about money is the obsession - even this site is full of obsessed people.

Save money yes fantastic it improves your quality of life but life is not about money or not about not having money its life that we should cherish.

I save my money, I get my cashback, I shop wisely and then I forget about it, if I want something I get things the wisest way possible but it does not take up my all my thoughts.

If my friends what to spend or not spend so what I don't worry. If they ask for advice I would tell them, of if I knew they are after something then I tell them but thats it the info is there up to them if they take it.

ikkle87

My mum lives a few doors away from us and she sends my little brother up to borrow food like an onion or a tin of peas and we never get it back. its not once its every week to the point my grandma is threatening to go shopping with her and make her buy the 6 tins of peas 3 onions 1 tin of beans half a loaf of bread and an egg that have wandered down to my mums in the past fortnight.