The trivial complaints thread

[BlackCurtains]

I'm so sick of these fruit flies!

I don't even know how they got in here. I'm keeping on top of the cat litter and don't have any food out. Why are there so many?! Why do they keep trying to fly up my nose?!

[slyons]

I'm so sick of these fruit flies!

I don't even know how they got in here. I'm keeping on top of the cat litter and don't have any food out. Why are there so many?! Why do they keep trying to fly up my nose?!

I feel your pain.  Question...do you have your windows open ever?  That's how I figured out how they were getting into my house... I caught one of those little a-holes crawling right through the screen! 

If you don't have your windows open, they could be coming through your drains, through the pipes from other suites.  Fruit flies/drain flies are pretty similar a quick glance.  Try keeping your drains plugged for a bit with your stoppers after setting up a simple fruit/drain fly trap and see if that helps

I don't have an explanation as to why they are trying to fly up your nose though 

[BlackCurtains]

I feel your pain.  Question...do you have your windows open ever?  That's how I figured out how they were getting into my house... I caught one of those little a-holes crawling right through the screen! 

If you don't have your windows open, they could be coming through your drains, through the pipes from other suites.  Fruit flies/drain flies are pretty similar a quick glance.  Try keeping your drains plugged for a bit with your stoppers after setting up a simple fruit/drain fly trap and see if that helps

I don't have an explanation as to why they are trying to fly up your nose though 

Thanks for the tips! They're definitely fruit flies and they're Florida sized (meaning bigger than they should be). My windows haven't been opened since I've moved in, around 3 weeks? The only thing I can think of is the garbage. I can't put it outside and the compactor is too far away for me to walk so my sister comes by with the car. I rinse everything like cat food and soda cans but maybe I missed something. Luckily, I have a disposal so there isn't any food in the garbage.

I'll definitely try a trap though! Lousy bugs.

[slyons]

Thanks for the tips! They're definitely fruit flies and they're Florida sized (meaning bigger than they should be). My windows haven't been opened since I've moved in, around 3 weeks? The only thing I can think of is the garbage. I can't put it outside and the compactor is too far away for me to walk so my sister comes by with the car. I rinse everything like cat food and soda cans but maybe I missed something. Luckily, I have a disposal so there isn't any food in the garbage.

I'll definitely try a trap though! Lousy bugs.

It is quite amazing what a cup with some wine or rotted fruit and a lid poked with tiny holes can do, those little suckers go in, but can't get out.
A food disposal?  Definitely try plugging those drains for sure

My trivial complaint today is my pantry/fridge are pretty bare and there is nothing that doesn't require work to prepare. Which is a good thing tbh, cause I have been wanting to munch all day   

[Ponyfan]

I've been using a very old version of Microsoft Word on my computer.   I think soon I probably won't be able to use it anymore but I can't afford a newer version right now.


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[Miniature Sheep]

The heater's duffed up and the only repair appointment I could get is in a week's time. I've been without hot water before and know how to deal with the situation, but that was for a day or two. I'm not looking forward to a week of messing about with the kettle and a bucket in order to have a really rubbish version of a bath every morning.

[Ponybookworm]

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The scaffold makes it pretty obvious to everybody they're there, & I'm sure anybody coming within range of my home will likely hear them too.

So WHY, when a postie came yesterday, did they NOT ring the doorbell (which sounds very different from the loud bashy workies) when they came round, instead knocking (sounds like loud bashy workies wi a hammer), giving up, & leaving a card through my door??? Makes. No. Sense

[BlackCurtains]

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[Thimble]

Whyyyyyy does my stupid self always buy 20 pounds of stufg at the mall thats a 3 mile hike home....my arms are killing me

[Ponyfan]

I was using hand sanitizer yesterday and  somehow got some in my mouth.    It tasted terrible. 



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[BlackCurtains]

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[Pokeyonekenobie]

The dog decided that I needed to let him out at 1am.  If he does it again he'll be sleeping in the office because I don't get the option of sleeping all day like he does.

[Miniature Sheep]

I cleared out the cupboard under the worktop in the kitchen today, and encountered my dad's old slow cooker... well, that was horrific. It was like finding a zombie, but an old kitchen appliance. I have no idea quite how something ends up looking like it belongs in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea just from sitting in a cupboard for a few decades but my word, that thing is frightening. It's sticky, dusty, rusty, yellowed, and there appear to be barnacles on the pins of the plug. Barnacles!

[Taffeta]

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But if it helps keep my family safe this winter, it's worth having done it. Mum and Dad still waiting for theirs, as GPs taking a while to get organised. ><

[Nemesis]

I honestly feel like I’m being physically smothered by all the anger and negativity in the world right now. I just want this terrible year to end...