2025-08-30

Stupid user interfaces

My shoes are getting a bit worn. They have lasted well. It was a big change some years ago when I realised I needed thick socks and shoes several sizes bigger - before which I was plagued with pain in my feet.

The shows I have now are indeed the ones that caused me to trip and break things! 

So get a new pair, and having shows that work, and are comfortable, I want to get the same.

Why the hell can you not get the same thing?!

Anyway, similar sounding ones, hiking shoes as it happens, but wide and size 13½, so yay.

I click Apple Pay - as that is always very quick and simple.

But no! I get told address incomplete and apparently it wants "Phonetic First Name" and "Phonetic Last Name".

What the hell is a phonetic name?

I don't have time for this, so I cancel and click "Add to basket".

I go to basket and click to pay and, well it is expensive, but I am am not too surprised really, but even then, seems a lot. So it has an "order summary", and that shows the shows and the price.

Note, no need for phonetic anything this time.

Oh fuck it - I can't bet arsed - if they fit as well as the ones I have now and last years as these have, not really an issue.

It says OK, and that is 2 pairs of shoes!

WTF?!?

  • I did not order two
  • I clicked "add to basket" exactly once
  • The order summary did not show a quantity

Bloody stupid ordering page.

But what he hell, if they fit, then next time I will have shoes ready. I was pondering if I find shoes that fit well why not order 10 pairs so I have shoes to last probably the rest of my life, so two pairs is not really an issue.

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