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What grinds my gears...

By Daggers, in General Chat

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bovril

bovril

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We have this silliness every Christmas, Mother's Day, etc. It's a good initiative and perfectly logical. And if it's not relevant to you then great, it literally takes a second to delete. 

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ajthefox

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On 12/02/2026 at 19:00, grobyfox1990 said:

Very succinct summary tbf, but gullible dumb happy clappers = $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. These happy clappers are genuinely getting behind a multi-billionaire tax dodger because 'he says it how he sees it mate.'  

I'd probably be a billionaire if I had a quid for every time you'd used happy clappers in this thread over the last year or two.

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Stuntman_Mike

Stuntman_Mike

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1 hour ago, bovril said:

We have this silliness every Christmas, Mother's Day, etc. It's a good initiative and perfectly logical. And if it's not relevant to you then great, it literally takes a second to delete. 

What's good about it?

 

If I'd seen it posted before, I wouldn't have posted it again. 

 

 

bovril

bovril

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Just now, Stuntman_Mike said:

What's good about it?

 

If I'd seen it posted before, I wouldn't have posted it again. 

 

 

Allowing people to opt out of correspondence for any reason is surely good no? What's wrong with it? 

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Guest

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1 minute ago, Stuntman_Mike said:

What's good about it?

 

If I'd seen it posted before, I wouldn't have posted it again. 

 

 

I would ask instead what's bad about it? It seems like there are two possibilities: you don't want to receive Mother's Day marketing stuff for whatever reason (e.g. your mum's just passed away and you're not really in the mood for emails telling you what to buy her), in which case it's helpful, or you do want to/don't care whether you receive it, in which case you can look at that email for maybe half a second then forget about it and it's had no impact on you whatsoever.

Stuntman_Mike

Stuntman_Mike

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46 minutes ago, bovril said:

Allowing people to opt out of correspondence for any reason is surely good no? What's wrong with it? 

 

42 minutes ago, Guest said:

I would ask instead what's bad about it? It seems like there are two possibilities: you don't want to receive Mother's Day marketing stuff for whatever reason (e.g. your mum's just passed away and you're not really in the mood for emails telling you what to buy her), in which case it's helpful, or you do want to/don't care whether you receive it, in which case you can look at that email for maybe half a second then forget about it and it's had no impact on you whatsoever.

 

So they don't want to remind me of Mother's Day by sending me an email about Mother's Day? 

 

I just don't understand it lol

 

It's like they can't possibly NOT send me an email about a LCFC mother's day card or some cheap tat they're selling.. it's so specific. I don't get emails from everywhere else doing similar, I don't get warnings when I walk into Tesco and their cards are on display. I just find it completely strange that's all.

 

I understand it's a difficult time for people, I'm not being insensitive btw. I just don't really see what it achieves and it's more for them to look good rather than actually caring.

bovril

bovril

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1 minute ago, Stuntman_Mike said:

 

 

So they don't want to remind me of Mother's Day by sending me an email about Mother's Day? 

 

I just don't understand it lol

 

It's like they can't possibly NOT send me an email about a LCFC mother's day card or some cheap tat they're selling.. it's so specific. I don't get emails from everywhere else doing similar, I don't get warnings when I walk into Tesco and their cards are on display. I just find it completely strange that's all.

 

I understand it's a difficult time for people, I'm not being insensitive btw. I just don't really see what it achieves and it's more for them to look good rather than actually caring.

I'd suggest you are luckily not on many mailing list because I get loads from pubs and restaurants. I understand why they do it, they'll be promoting the occasion of course because it's good for their business but realise some people might not want to see it for whatever reason. Genuinely one of the least offensive bits of promotional mail I get. 

Parafox

Parafox

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39 minutes ago, Stuntman_Mike said:

 

 

So they don't want to remind me of Mother's Day by sending me an email about Mother's Day? 

 

I just don't understand it lol

 

It's like they can't possibly NOT send me an email about a LCFC mother's day card or some cheap tat they're selling.. it's so specific. I don't get emails from everywhere else doing similar, I don't get warnings when I walk into Tesco and their cards are on display. I just find it completely strange that's all.

 

I understand it's a difficult time for people, I'm not being insensitive btw. I just don't really see what it achieves and it's more for them to look good rather than actually caring.

Unsubscribe from any you don't want info or promos from.

Stuntman_Mike

Stuntman_Mike

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53 minutes ago, Parafox said:

Unsubscribe from any you don't want info or promos from.

Yeah I know I can do that, but it's one that's easier to just delete as I see it rather than unsubscribe altogether. Besides, I shouldn't have to unsubscribe, thats what grinds my gears.. I shouldn't be getting it in the first place :Plol

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Zear0

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Daughter was recently in hospital (all fine) and was prescribed some medication.  The hospital pharmacy didn't have it, nor did the 5 f**king others I visited.  Thankfully the in-store pharmacy at Asda Thurmaston delivered after I decided to just ring every chemist I could find on Google.  This has happened a few times now and it's maddening we get prescriptions for stuff that we can barely obtain.  Especially for hospital prescriptions, might be helpful to check if it's actually in stock as it's a fairly useless piece of paper without it.  Appreciate they can't stock everything, but for god sake check if it's in stock when it's a requirement to make my daughter be able to breath normally.

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Grebfromgrebland

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23 minutes ago, Zear0 said:

Daughter was recently in hospital (all fine) and was prescribed some medication.  The hospital pharmacy didn't have it, nor did the 5 f**king others I visited.  Thankfully the in-store pharmacy at Asda Thurmaston delivered after I decided to just ring every chemist I could find on Google.  This has happened a few times now and it's maddening we get prescriptions for stuff that we can barely obtain.  Especially for hospital prescriptions, might be helpful to check if it's actually in stock as it's a fairly useless piece of paper without it.  Appreciate they can't stock everything, but for god sake check if it's in stock when it's a requirement to make my daughter be able to breath normally.

This is a fairly normal for a lot of people

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Raj

Raj

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On 22/03/2026 at 22:43, Muzzy_no7 said:

Working in East Leicester this week so just getting this in early doors….

 

The standard of driving just gets worse and worse 😡 

Yep, half of the  drivers obviously  havent passed or have got other people to take their exams.

Atrocious.

Just had an issue now with an idiot driving about 60mph on Thurncourt Road.

Pr1ck

 

Normally from ethnic minorities too especially the ones wearing burgas who cant even see properly ( I can say this BUT its true) 

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leicsmac

leicsmac

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US techbro sociopaths like Thiel naming their companies and products after references to the Lord of the Rings. 

 

They are exactly the kind of people Tolkien would have despised, and they sully his memory. 

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Stuntman_Mike

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The constant request for feedback. 

 

I went the England game last night which to me, it's just a football game, a bit of an escape. Yet The FA, Tickets for good and Wembley have all emailed me asking how it was and to share my experience and feedback.

 

Surely people just get in touch if they feel they want to share something of importance?

 

I know it's only a few emails I can ignore and delete, it just makes things feel sterile.

 

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Zear0

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10 minutes ago, Bellend Sebastian said:

Petrol stations are literally running out of petrol but that's not stopping people sitting in car parks with their engine running for no obvious reason

Just doing my weekly food shop tyvm.

fox_favourite

fox_favourite

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16 minutes ago, Bellend Sebastian said:

Petrol stations are literally running out of petrol but that's not stopping people sitting in car parks with their engine running for no obvious reason

Reading the horrors of Foxestalk. lol

Bellend Sebastian

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12 minutes ago, Zear0 said:

Just doing my weekly food shop tyvm.

I always drive to Tesco to sit and place my online food delivery order, it gets me in the mood, and if I forget what I need I can simply walk around the store to remind myself of what's available

Wymsey

Wymsey

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2 hours ago, Stuntman_Mike said:

The constant request for feedback. 

 

I went the England game last night which to me, it's just a football game, a bit of an escape. Yet The FA, Tickets for good and Wembley have all emailed me asking how it was and to share my experience and feedback.

 

Surely people just get in touch if they feel they want to share something of importance?

 

I know it's only a few emails I can ignore and delete, it just makes things feel sterile.

 

But how else can they know if customer service etc is meeting expectations or not?

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