[Technology] Things designed specifically to annoy and frustrate people.

TheJasperCo said:

Stickers and price tags on gifts. Some retailers are wise to this problem and have easy-peel labels, or hide them on the underside of the product. But it's still often the case where you end up hacking away fruitlessly for ages, trying to rub off every trace of the damn sticker. Especially if you have short fingernails, but even if you have longer nails you get sticky bits of plastic wedged under your nails and it's a right faff.

TK Maxx is among the worst for this.

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TheJasperCo said:

Stickers and price tags on gifts. Some retailers are wise to this problem and have easy-peel labels, or hide them on the underside of the product. But it's still often the case where you end up hacking away fruitlessly for ages, trying to rub off every trace of the damn sticker. Especially if you have short fingernails, but even if you have longer nails you get sticky bits of plastic wedged under your nails and it's a right faff.

TK Maxx is among the worst for this.

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TheJasperCo said:

Stickers and price tags on gifts. Some retailers are wise to this problem and have easy-peel labels, or hide them on the underside of the product. But it's still often the case where you end up hacking away fruitlessly for ages, trying to rub off every trace of the damn sticker. Especially if you have short fingernails, but even if you have longer nails you get sticky bits of plastic wedged under your nails and it's a right faff.

TK Maxx is among the worst for this.

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schmunk said:

It serves you right for buying people gifts from TK Maxx!

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Palacefinder General said:

Worse is the garish yellow supermarket price reduction stickers, never get those fvckers off, which can be massively problematic if you've got some snobby punters round gawping in your fridge.

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The Clamp said:

I am proud of the bargains I find in that section.

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Palacefinder General said:

There are limits! Hit some supermarkets at the right time and it's like the California Gold Rush (on a smaller scale) and you're forced to do the walk of shame to the checkout with a basket/trolley 96% full of mark downs. Glory Days. Sadly you start to recognise the same old 'Gold Rush' faces after a while. Morrisons are the daddy - £3+ sandwiches for 5p, £5 tub of fresh olives 50p.

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