'First world problems' revealed in study

[Vox Populi Vox Dei]

Top 50:
•It's boiling hot outside but freezing in the air-conditioned office
•My personal trainer took the week off so I have to workout alone
•My wallet won't close because there's too much money in it
•I bought a dishwasher and now spend longer packing and unpacking it than I did washing up
•My Brie is too hard
•No semi-skimmed milk in the supermarket, just full fat
•Earphones getting tangled up in your bag
•Chipped nail varnish
•Warm Pimms
•The cleaner taking a day off
•Trying to keep electricals out of the sun while sunbathing
•Watch / jewellery causing unsightly tan lines
•Spotting someone wearing the same outfit as you
•Squeaky new shoes which hurt while breaking them in
•Snagging designer clothing
•Over / under brewed tea
•Remote control batteries running out
•A disappointing air freshener
•The wind blowing your summer dress or skirt up
•Stepping on something wet while wearing socks
•Hair sticking to lipstick or lip balm in the slightest breeze
•Updating your mobile phone and losing all your contacts
•Sitting on your designer sunglasses
•Getting a fishbone stuck in your throat
•Two Weetabix not fitting in a round bowl properly, resulting in one becoming soggy and the other dry
•Having to watch movies on a phone because the tablet battery died
•Wanting another car, but not having room on the driveway
•Wanting to take your laptop outside but the wire doesn't reach far enough
•The living room isn't big enough for a coffee table and recliner sofas
•Getting suntan lotion in your eyes while reading outdoors in the sunshine
•Getting popcorn in your teeth
•Forgetting your phone charger
•Cold leather car seats in the winter
•Car won't play MP3s
•The football match being on Sky and not terrestrial TV
•The hairdresser moving house
•Having to go to the Post Office to collect a parcel
•Being out when a parcel gets delivered
•Supermarket checkout staff scanning faster than you can pack
•Sky+ recordings clashing
•Having a restaurant table indoors on a sunny day
•Nail polish clashing with lipstick
•Batteries going in the Sky remote
•The cash machine giving you a £50 note
•The shop not stocking a coke bottle with your name on
•Heel getting stuck in the decking of a boat/yacht
•Living somewhere too posh for a cheap corner shop
•Having the last edition of the iPhone
•The sun glare on your iPad / phone tablet
•A neighbour using the same Laura Ashley wallpaper

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...7/First-world-problems-revealed-in-study.html

 

[zippy]

Reminds me. I need batteries for my sky remote.

 

[Mars]

Fish bone in he throat? That's the dumbest first world problem ever. Should be more like "found a pin bone in my smoked salmon"

 

[Sherbang]

They forgot " no non halal chicken available in the supermarket"

 

[Grant]

3rd world problems.

Lack of sturdy surface to mount 150 channel satellite dish on shack.
No more funds in govt health budget to buy fleet of Mercedes ML63 AMG's.
Bad signal at shack for updating iPhone 5 software.
Chrome rims on Maybach keep getting scuffed on dirt roads.
Cabinet ministers cant decide on black or tan nappa leather for jet upholstery.
Continually having to change voters marks when they insist on voting incorrectly.
How to convince US to increase Aid budget by $100m this year.
How to get the state to spend R250m on home improvements to the house.
Finding a place to download submarine user guides.
Locating Orrefors whiskey tumblers for the Blue Label.


the list is goes on and on and on and on . . . . . .

 

[Picard]

Mankind didn't spend thousands of years advancing technologically for it being fair to criticise them for enjoying the fruits of their labour.