I bet soft-close toilets were designed by a man. Who needs a soft-closing lid? If you need to go, you generally need to go now. Not wait for the soft close. Who benefits from the soft close? Does anyone wait and watch it? Women don’t need to lift the seat up (unless it’s very splashed and the thigh muscles are feeling strong). Why bot a soft lift? That would re-balance the equation. Man busting, runs in, has to wait for the soft lift. Please, someone make a soft lift.
Second observation: in a meeting today. Everyone (but me) was wearing an Apple iphone watch (not sure I have the wording right – maybe just Apple watch). Given my watch has been sent away to its maker (weirdly, I thought the local jeweller in Godalming would be able to fix it but Husbant had grander plans – read expensive), I find it hard to gauge how interminable a meeting is. No clocks in meeting rooms. Some people left at some point…so I guessed it was over-running. Note to self: check how much longer my watch will be in another country and how much will I have to pay to get it back (it better not be more than the watch is worth, or more than the cost of an Apple watch).
Final moan. I get on and sit in a two-seater on the train next to a man who immediately grows chicken wings. Visibly expands his elbow to protrude into my space. What is wrong with these people. Why can’t I confront him with a witty remark. I immediately move over to sit on a three-seater across the aisle. Another person comes to sit down and I watch for the elbow flick. It happens but the new occupant ignores as she is busy on her phone. There is no-one in the middle of my three-seater and the train’s left. Who’s laughing now?
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