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YOU’RE PROBABLY AN easy-going person, right? That’s how you like to think of yourself – laid-back, chill?
But we all know there’s some times in life you just have to be in control. Times and situations that are non-negotiable.
And it doesn’t matter who you’re with, you will fight them to get your way – maybe not physically, but with all the wit and savvy you can muster.
The good news is, you’re not alone – and we’ve rounded up six of those essential times you just have to be in control.
No question.
The remote control – wonder did the inventor realise it would be such a source of strife?
From bickering over the volume, to channel-hopping during the ads, no one can control the TV as well as you can.
So don’t let them. Just make sure to always be watching television before anyone else is and you’ll never have to relinquish control of the control.
Sure, it might impinge on your life a little, but it’ll be worth it.
There is nothing worse when you’re in the car than having to listen to other people’s choice of music.
No matter what they listen to, it will never be what you want – or as good as what you would have picked. So you need to be all over that dial from the minute you get in the car.
You really need to have a plan of attack for this one though, because if you’re sitting in the back of the car you can forget about it – you’re never going to have your radio station on, better just to accept your fate… and plan better next time.
As a nation of tea drinkers there’s all sorts of etiquette involved in making the perfect cup of tea – and pouring too much milk in has been the source of more disputes than you could shake a stick at.
While too little milk can be rectified with just a drop more, too much means a whole new cup – and the possibility of all-out war.
But how much is too much? Depends on the person, so it’s pretty much impossible to get right.
Just pour your own milk in and everyone stays friends…
Look, you just know what you like, y’know?
It doesn’t matter that a gastronomy professional has spent years learning how best to combine foods together to form the ultimate taste sensation for your mouth – if you don’t like tomatoes, or avocado, or pepper – you don’t want it, so it’s not in it.
Alrigh’?
Ah, the cinema. It doesn’t matter if it’s date night, girls’/guys’ night, or you’re going with the person you’ve known longest in this world – someone’s going to lose this battle.
All you want is to go see that grim, gripping documentary and they want to see a rom-com, or you want to see that action flick and they want to see a foreign film about… whatever… one of you is going to have to capitulate.
Just not you.
Glad that’s sorted.
There’s nothing worse than being stuck in the middle of an air conditioning war – whether in the office, or the house, or the car.
Either you’re sweltering and about to pass out, or you’re absolutely frozen to the bone. There is no middle ground.
Layers are your friend. Embrace them.
Hey, we get you – control is important. So switching to natural gas – which is cleaner, cheaper and more convenient than other fuels, just makes sense. You have instant control of your heating and can turn it on or off whenever you like without being penalised for peak time use. You never have to order it, store it and it’s always on. Head over to Gas Network Ireland and find out more about the benefits of switching. It’s just one more way to get your own way, really.
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This is pointless
it’s an ad, what were you expecting. not even a good ad at that. 5 of the 6 are nothing to do with having control “the remote is a difficult issue” but rather preference or whose turn it is to pick. Disgracefully poor marketing. I hope whoever made a balls of this article has a backup career. I’d remove this as soon as possible and refund “Gas Networks Ireland” because this is honestly one of the most ill thought out product placement pieces i’ve ever seen and you’d be doing them more of a faveour by axing it than letting more people see it.
I need to be in control of my gas usage or else I get shafted as its such as rip off
That is a mangy looking cup of tea……….
7. Deleting pointless news apps
One of your marketeers is having a laugh this is pointless non credible shite that people find insulting.
Picking your nose, the satisfaction
Have no control of any of these issues as i am pc illerate
No control on absolutely crap news articles
Control and desire lead to unhappiness lol.
Where is spirituality and the biggest draw back to people is control and desire, always trying to control everything and desiring the newest and most populat thing. Consumerism destroys the soul as does wanting to control nearly everything for desire, want and image???
People keep focusing on the wrong things in life because others tell them that these things will make them happy and that is how they are sold as but people listen to others because they don’t listen to themselves?
They do not know what they want and they do not know how to find out what they do want but they do what others do and say just to be happy and that is how commercialism works or is that too deep??? lol.
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