Seemingly trivial things that elicit an emotional response of some kind

[briantrumpet]

My Samsung mobile randomly locking me out *for an hour* when I was awake at 5am because of supposedly "repeated failed unlock attempts" while I'd been sound asleep. It's something to do with the old man flip case, and I've now changed a load of settings to try to make it impossible for the phone to lock itself randomly, as it'd be a bit of a bugger if one was travelling and suddenly the phone turned itself into a brick for an hour while in my pocket. Grrr.

 

[Psamathe]

My Samsung mobile randomly locking me out *for an hour* when I was awake at 5am because of supposedly "repeated failed unlock attempts" while I'd been sound asleep. It's something to do with the old man flip case, and I've now changed a load of settings to try to make it impossible for the phone to lock itself randomly, as it'd be a bit of a bugger if one was travelling and suddenly the phone turned itself into a brick for an hour while in my pocket. Grrr.

My bike (and luggage) alarms are activated and (more importantly) deactivated from my phone.

Do you have any voice assistants enabled. I enabled Siri briefly but it was useless and one day phone in pocket walking to gate and it just dialled a random phone number (presumably from the noises around).

 

[briantrumpet]

My bike (and luggage) alarms are activated and (more importantly) deactivated from my phone.

Do you have any voice assistants enabled. I enabled Siri briefly but it was useless and one day phone in pocket walking to gate and it just dialled a random phone number (presumably from the noises around).

I cheked online, and there are a few things I've changed in the settings to 'unsmart' the unlocking process, particularly (if it works) only allowing unlock attempts after having physically pressed the side button. I don't ever use voice prompts.

 

[Electric_Andy]

I cheked online, and there are a few things I've changed in the settings to 'unsmart' the unlocking process, particularly (if it works) only allowing unlock attempts after having physically pressed the side button. I don't ever use voice prompts.

Do you mean the case might have been resting against the screen and doing PIN attempts? That's a step forward from bum-dialling! My partner has got herself into a pickle more than once, as she reads from her phone in bed, then falls asleep, but her scrolling thumb still moves and twitches. She has woken up many times with FB notifications saying "the person/post you have reported has been rejected", so she's basically reported random people or posts in her sleep. She also managed to order a garden ornament in her sleep, which luckily we were able to cancel

 

[briantrumpet]

Do you mean the case might have been resting against the screen and doing PIN attempts?

I think that's the most likely. Anyway, for the time being, it seems the tactic of only allowing the screen to become active with a positive press of the power button has stopped the accidental PIN attempts (or whatever it was triggering the lockouts).

 

[Pblakeney]

Do you mean the case might have been resting against the screen and doing PIN attempts? That's a step forward from bum-dialling! My partner has got herself into a pickle more than once, as she reads from her phone in bed, then falls asleep, but her scrolling thumb still moves and twitches. She has woken up many times with FB notifications saying "the person/post you have reported has been rejected", so she's basically reported random people or posts in her sleep. She also managed to order a garden ornament in her sleep, which luckily we were able to cancel

That's what she said. 😉

 

[First Aspect]

My wife occasionally calls someone in the middle of the night by mistake.

 

[briantrumpet]

My wife occasionally calls someone in the middle of the night by mistake.

And you believe her?

 

[First Aspect]

And you believe her?

I mean I'm right there when she says "fück who am I calling?" so yes.

 

[briantrumpet]

I mean I'm right there when she says "fück who am I calling?" so yes.

As long as you're convinced.

Maybe I should add a 😜, but I'm not sure you'd understand.

 

[Psamathe]

TV ads for advance buying a funeral/cremation package from some national chain.

Insulting in they are so obviously trying to manipulate older people whilst not answering the more major questions.

Using a lot of "slippery words" eg one today "includes everything you need" - "you" are dead so have very few "needs", but implying "everything" you'd want your next of kin to expect. Words people assume have the meaning they want but reality is they don’t necessarily mean what they might imply.

I find such ads insulting and worry many elderly people will not be asking the questions they should or giving small print adequate scrutiny.

 

[briantrumpet]

TV ads for advance buying a funeral/cremation package from some national chain.

Insulting in they are so obviously trying to manipulate older people whilst not answering the more major questions.

Using a lot of "slippery words" eg one today "includes everything you need" - "you" are dead so have very few "needs", but implying "everything" you'd want your next of kin to expect. Words people assume have the meaning they want but reality is they don’t necessarily mean what they might imply.

I find such ads insulting and worry many elderly people will not be asking the questions they should or giving small print adequate scrutiny.

OT, but my parents' prepaid Co-op funerals were advised as a part of their financial planning, and turned out to be a decent way to 'invest' a couple of thousand (as it was at the time, for the two of them). By the time they died, I think each one would have been about £2000-£2500, so the estate was a bit bigger than it would have been, and it was one less thing to worry about.

Not that I'm very good with all the mock solemnity that undertakers do as part of the 'show' - from the ones I've known, I don't think they are terribly solemn when out of sight.

 

[Psamathe]

OT, but my parents' prepaid Co-op funerals were advised as a part of their financial planning, and turned out to be a decent way to 'invest' a couple of thousand (as it was at the time, for the two of them). By the time they died, I think each one would have been about £2000-£2500, so the estate was a bit bigger than it would have been, and it was one less thing to worry about.

Not that I'm very good with all the mock solemnity that undertakers do as part of the 'show' - from the ones I've known, I don't think they are terribly solemn when out of sight.

I think buying based on financial advice from a long established company with a reputation to maintain is very different from buying inspired by a TV advert for a company established only a few years ago.

 

[Beebo]

We bought a pre planned funeral for my mother in law, to protect the money from the care home. It was a sensible option as by the time she died her assets were less than £20k.

My dad, still alive, has purchased a cremation package, where he will be whisked away and cremated soon after death, so there will be no body for a funeral. It’s his choice and frees us up to organise a celebration of life at a time of our choosing rather than worrying about time slots at the local crematorium.

 

[briantrumpet]

My dad, still alive, has purchased a cremation package, where he will be whisked away and cremated soon after death, so there will be no body for a funeral. It’s his choice and frees us up to organise a celebration of life at a time of our choosing rather than worrying about time slots at the local crematorium.

I ought to do that for myself, as I've got no interest in funerals, and know exactly where I want my ashes to be scattered (which involves someone still less than half my age who I hope will still be fit enough to climb 600m up a French mountain by the time I'm just a pile of ashes).