...and the value of nothing......

[teamsaint]

Really tedious, irritating , unrewarding, or just "Not fun" ways of spending your hard earned..

Car tyres.
Petrol.
Rained off Cricket matches where you get just enough play not to get a refund.
Fruit that goes off very quickly.


Don't get me started.
Feel free to add your own.
I have left a few open goals I think.

And yes, I know the quote is about cynics.......

[Thropplenoggin]

Car parking in places that are impossible to get to without a car. Incidentally, the French don't do this.

[teamsaint]

Car parking in places that are impossible to get to without a car.

#

or the standard £1.60 an hour in Swindon.
SWINDON.

[Thropplenoggin]

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or the standard £1.60 an hour in Swindon.
SWINDON.

It's £1.40 here in St Albans. That's a whole lotta Zoverstocks lost in an hour.

[Serial_Apologist]

Huge prices for guides for exhibitions one has already paid huge amounts just to see.

Public toilet charges, which didn't even used to be a pee for a penny.

[Jonathan]

Broken air conditioning units in cars which cost £700 to repair.

[Serial_Apologist]

Train journey ticket charges - unless one books way ahead for that particular train on that particular day

[EdgeleyRob]

Car parking at hospitals.
Sibelius cds.(ONLY JOKING!!!!).

[jayne lee wilson]

Oh, there's one that dwarfs all other... ENERGY BILLS. No emoticon is bad enough.

[Thropplenoggin]

I resent how the 'voluntary donation' on venue sites (Wigmore Hall, Barbican) is automatically set at £3.00. I missed this the last time I booked. It should be set at £0.00 and then those with deep pockets can choose to add to it via the dropdown box. I expect I'm not the only one who's fallen for this sly-winking usury.

[Petrushka]

Train tickets to get to work! Takes a huge slice out of my salary (which isn't great to start off with) and I resent it like mad! And of course the fares have been going steadily up while my salary has remained static.

[Dave2002]

"A discretionary charge of 12.5% has been added to your bill."

One of the first times I met this I was then given a hard time by someone who came to talk to me. I was asked whether things were OK. I said "Yes, the food was quite good. However the service was not great and overall it was expensive".

I pointed out that discretionary meant I had the right not to pay the additional charge, and I shouldn't have to explain my reasons - othewise it's not discretionary (innit)!

This brought a further reply that "This is a brasserie" - was I supposed to infer from this that brasseries don't do service. It was, I recall one of the well known ones beginning with "L" somewhere in central London.

[Serial_Apologist]

This brought a further reply that "This is a brasserie"

Are you sure that is what she said, Dave2002?

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