Things that p*** you off/bug you/annoy you

[Immortality]

I prefer Lowa boots but there is no way my work would spring for those so I have them for home use but not work. I purchase mine from Europe via family as they are greatly overpriced in our local stores.

 

[VS_Pete]

I buy my own ( my work would not spring too)
I claim them tax time

 

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

I think they are all Chinese now, that's why there was next to nothing on the shelves, except 10 year stock..... People at work said to me good luck finding shoes, as there is very little to choose from. I'm fairly certain the same **** shoes were on the shelves two or more years ago. I mean boat shoes..... FFS does anyone actually wear them? The shoe racks were full of boat shoes and sandles....

Tasmainians wear shoes??

 

[Skylarking]

Tasmainians wear shoes??

Yes, gotta look nice when going out on a date with your sister

 

[figjam]

Who would have thought that a post about shoes would get so many replies from MEN ?

But my bitch for today is, bought some pre-packaged ham for a lunchtime sanga ....... in small print on the pack .......
"Made in Australia from at least 17% Australian ingredients. Made with pork from North America or Europe." What ? No pig farms in Aus.

Last week, bought some frozen, prepacked Barramundi as the deli did not have any 'fresh' ........... "Product of Vietnam" ............ that is not Barramundi, it is Basa farmed in the polluted waters of the Mekong. Barramundi comes FNQ and NT. x2.

At the same time, I was looking for some marinated prawn skewers from Karumba, Qld. Deli won't stock them anymore, they said shoppers won't buy them. x3.

 

[Immortality]

I think that goes for the majority of products in shops these days, hardly anything is simple homegrown produce, nope it's all imported. I know that NZ milk is cheaper in the UK than here in NZ, fairly much all of our prime meat cuts are exported or sold to local restaurants and we get the left overs at premium prices, same goes with fruit, it's all exported.

For a clean green country that is a primary producer of some of the best quality produce for/from around the world it sure is hard to get reasonably priced NZ produce.

It's also sad that we export tree logs dirt cheap to china so they can produce furniture so it can be sold here in NZ stores, same with wood exported to make paper.

You would think with all this Covid crap we would learn and start gearing economies to be self sufficient, exporting is great but we should be looking after the local population/economy first and not as an afterthought.

 

[losh1971]

This ^^^^^ we have the same thing happen in Tas.

 

[NORTI]

Haven't you noticed that over the years, your shoe size has increased.
Not because your feet are getting bigger, the current Asian sizes which seem to have no size consistancy.
I just replaced some Chinese size 12 ( yes, 12, made from cardboard and chewing gum ) boots, with size 9 Tradies, (also made in China) yet the fit is the same.
Buying shoes or boots is about what fits. Indicated size is only a starting point.

gives you a taste of the joke that is womens wear
every brand & even style requires a different size. my wardrobe spans at least 6 sizes, how is that possible?

 

[Skylarking]

gives you a taste of the joke that is womens wear
every brand & even style requires a different size. my wardrobe spans at least 6 sizes, how is that possible?

Just the market meeting female consumer needs where everyone wants a size 10...

Men are now suffering similar where shoe sizes are all over the place and seem the be getting larger

 

[VS_Pete]

Just the market meeting female consumer needs where everyone wants a size 10...

Men are now suffering similar where shoe sizes are all over the place and seem the be getting larger

I ordered 2 pairs of casual shoes same brand same place same size.
One nice and firm the other bit loose (not to bad)
First mistake I like to try things on.