ANY kind of mouth noises really disgust me. I am hyper sensitive to them. Not only eating (although this can shred my nerves to the point of crazy woman) but also coughing, sneezing, even noisy yawning. Disgusting.
My gripe today. I got charged £50 fees for a direct debit that bounced in January. I cancelled it in December and agreed to pay via my prepay card because they can collect that fortnightly (my money comes through fortnightly) whereas a DD collects on the same date every month - when I cannot guarantee money will be in there. What I forgot to do was cancel it with my bank. Now it should be enough to cancel it with the company I am paying to, but of course they don't have any real reason to shake a leg and cancel it - the worst that can happen from their point of view is that they get an extra payment for something I owe them anyway.
So all my own fault.
Just it comes straight out of my Amsterdam fund
The silver lining is that I called my bank, checked the DD is NOW cancelled, checked I was not going to get charged again and that's all sorted.
I've told myself I'll hit the big supermarket behind the 'Dam when I get there anyway. I won't have a fridge in my room, but I'm sure I can save some money by buying food like a local rather than a tourist. Even prepacked sandwiches will be cheaper than ordering broodjes in an eetcafe, and I can get Vlaamse Frieten on the street.
Silly to be disappointed - it's more than I have at home!