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Also the guy from the department who spent the entire lunch break today telling everyone who could listen about his planned holiday to somewhere not particularly interesting in France (the French people commented on it as somewhere they’d stopped at a motorway service station). He wanted to go somewhere more interesting, but unfortunately those places will be “full of British people”, who are definitely nothing like him and who he looks down on for going on holiday to a place they actually want to visit.

Currently very tired of obnoxious not-like-the-other-British-people English people.

I say it like that because they are always almost English but never call themselves that because they think saying they are English promotes division and is something only right-wingers do.

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Frequently found in the comments section of Guardian consumer advice columns, talking about how they’ve moved to mainland Europe where everything is perfect and no one ever has problems getting a refund for something or a dispute over energy bills. Also the delays with the UK passport office are terrible because it’s forced them to spend weeks walking around without ID, which is illegal where they live. But it’s definitely the passport office delays which are the bigger issue here.

Currently very tired of obnoxious not-like-the-other-British-people English people.

I say it like that because they are always almost English but never call themselves that because they think saying they are English promotes division and is something only right-wingers do.

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Currently very tired of obnoxious not-like-the-other-British-people English people.

I say it like that because they are always almost English but never call themselves that because they think saying they are English promotes division and is something only right-wingers do.

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Incidentally the 25% figure is out of date. It’s now less than 20%. Almost like this was a temporary drop due to unusual circumstances…

Unlike roads. We don’t spend anything on roads.

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Was a bit of a revelation during lockdowns how little foresight people had. People buying dogs and moving to the country as though the situation was not in any way temporary. But the government have topped that by deciding covid related drops in passenger numbers are a great excuse for major rail cuts…

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Unlike roads. We don’t spend anything on roads.

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Most irritating case of this was contents insurance price comparison websites. That’s one where it’s pretty crucial to get the address right!

Weirdest is the (privatised) water company. You know my address exists because you supply me with water! Please just use your own database!

My biggest irritation over the past year has been companies that autocomplete addresses online using the (notoriously incomplete) Royal Mail address database and do not let you edit it manually.

I’m not going to buy something from you if the only place you’ll let me put down as an address is the takeaway below my flat.

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My biggest irritation over the past year has been companies that autocomplete addresses online using the (notoriously incomplete) Royal Mail address database and do not let you edit it manually.

I’m not going to buy something from you if the only place you’ll let me put down as an address is the takeaway below my flat.

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Tenant referencing agencies are like

“Hmm, when you received the letter awarding your PhD stipend they did not look into the future to determine exactly what the inflation linked increases would be. Although this is public information, confirming it would be effort and contrary to our bare-minimum business model. So we have rejected your evidence of funding. Also the only way you can contact us is by uploading PNGs to our online platform.”

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The most bizarre thing about news stories involving police investigations in the US is how the police will just tell journalists any random idea they come up with without any hint of censorship.

Like over here you’ll get nothing more than “we do not comment on ongoing investigations and we ask the public to refrain from idle speculation” right up until it actually goes to court.

In America they go in there straight away with “well we recon the bank heist was accomplished through the use of a strategically placed banana peel” before backtracking two days later with “uh so the latest intelligence suggests that was just someone having a snack”.

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Surely at this point you are just a large commercial brewery…

This makes about as much sense as being the shortest tall person.

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This makes about as much sense as being the shortest tall person.

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Context is a friend trying to book accommodation for a conference and being told the room has “one twin bed”, causing much confusion.

Regretting how much time I spent on the internet as a teenager when I’m the only one in an office who knows that the term “twin bed” is used in America to refer to a single bed.

My life would be much better and more amusing without this information.

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Regretting how much time I spent on the internet as a teenager when I’m the only one in an office who knows that the term “twin bed” is used in America to refer to a single bed.

My life would be much better and more amusing without this information.

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It’s clearly not a covid thing either because there are dentists in Scotland taking NHS patients, even if non-urgent appointments need booking somewhat far in advance due to backlogs. Something is seriously wrong with NHS dentistry in England.

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Various commentary on this blames it on a “dentist shortage”, but there clearly isn’t one. Every dentist I’ve looked at is happy to accept you as a high paying private patient. They just won’t take anyone on the NHS, and have no incentive to because it’s not like there’s any other NHS dentists that you could go to instead!

The lack of NHS dentists in England is insane. I’ve been trying to find one and it turns out there just aren’t any in the county. The university has a page about registering with dentists that basically says “you can’t” and then advises you that you can register with one in the place where you previously lived on the basis that you only left for the purpose of education. Fortunately I am still registered with a dentist in Edinburgh, but covid backlogs mean appointments need booking fairly far in advance. Which means I’d need to book an appointment for a checkup and then arrange a trip to Edinburgh to fit around it.

Which is completely absurd for a routine checkup.

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The lack of NHS dentists in England is insane. I’ve been trying to find one and it turns out there just aren’t any in the county. The university has a page about registering with dentists that basically says “you can’t” and then advises you that you can register with one in the place where you previously lived on the basis that you only left for the purpose of education. Fortunately I am still registered with a dentist in Edinburgh, but covid backlogs mean appointments need booking fairly far in advance. Which means I’d need to book an appointment for a checkup and then arrange a trip to Edinburgh to fit around it.

Which is completely absurd for a routine checkup.