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Post by powerof0ne on Mar 22, 2011 16:51:36 GMT -5
This is a place to vent what has ticked you off today. I go to my school's book store with a printed out email with conformation number of books I ordered and paid for online for my Japanese class starting next week. I show it to the cashier and explain to her that I'm here to receive books I bought online. She asks me "did you receive an email saying we have your books?" to which I said without trying to laugh "yes, that's what this piece of paper is that I showed you..." After that I go to the store to buy a videogame because I'm a nerd and my "favorite" pet peeve happens. Everyone in the store decides to walk on their left and not on their right that I come up to. On the drive home another one of my awesome pet peeves happens...somebody cuts me off in the traffic lane to only go slower then I was driving!!! Sometimes I really really dislike the common sense of the general public.  Osu! |
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Post by MMX on Mar 22, 2011 18:03:13 GMT -5
I am in charge of scanning all of these old documents.... Some of them have hidden staples and then it jams the document feeder. It is really starting to annoy me. I have to go through 1000's of sheets of paper....  |
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Post by monty on Mar 24, 2011 5:16:42 GMT -5
Monday Last week
Boss "Monty, Can you talk to the Ops Manager at Loughborough and find out where they are having the Wifi Issues?"
Me " Yes, The RF scanning happens in Unit A so that is where they are having the issues"
Wednesday Last week
Boss "Monty, Can you confirm where the Wifi Issues are?"
Me "Yes, Just spoke to Wayne and they are having problems in Unit A"
Boss "Not Unit D? That's where I'd expect the problem to be"
Me "No, they only use the RF scanners in Unit A"
Today
Colleague "Monty, i've just been talking to the Ops manager at your place"
Me "Really, Why?"
Colleague "Tom(the Boss) wanted me to find out where the Wifi issues are happening" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Next time he asks me to do anything I'm gonna say, "will you believe what I tell you"!
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Post by wullie on Mar 24, 2011 5:40:25 GMT -5
Just had a slight altercation with a knobend that nearly knocked down a girl in a wheelchair and her carer. Pulled out his parking spot without looking, he was rolling a f***ing cigarette! Gave him a dressing down, just hope he doesn't go to the cops lol!  ;D |
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Post by smoke on Mar 25, 2011 15:14:09 GMT -5
When I'm driving around campus, people think because they're pedestrians they can sprint out in front of running traffic not in a crosswalk, that me the driver will stop.
I've had this situation happen to me with a few naive freshmen on their cell phones and a lady in a wheelchair.
Thank you for extra loud horns!
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Post by powerof0ne on Mar 28, 2011 20:37:00 GMT -5
I bought a pretty nice chrome bumper from autowarehouse.com this past July to replace a truck bumper that needed replacing. Found out after the fact it wouldn't fit unless I got a bracket kit and got the "okay" to return it but with me paying shipping and the restocking fee I'd lose close to half of what I paid for the damn bumper. Okay, so that ticked me off and I held onto the bumper all this time and kind of remembered it last week saying to myself I need to put this damn brand new bumper on.
So I go to a body shop only a 2 minute drive from me last week during my time off from school. I explain to the guy how the bumper doesn't fit and why, asked how much they would charge to put it on. He looks at my bumper, takes the vin # of my truck and goes to his computer right in front of me and gives me a price estimate, etc.
I come to the bodyshop today at 1300 expecting it to be done 1400-1500, all comfortable and happy waiting for my new shiny bumper on my truck..watching a movie on my iphone from netflix and in a fairly good mood...10 minutes into it rep. comes up to me and has me go talk to the tech that was supposed to put my bumper on.
Tech explains to me that he can't put it on without the bracket kit!!!!! This point I'm p***ed, but I had enough sense to let the tech know I wasn't p***ed off at him but at the damn people working up front for his bodyshop! I basically repeated my story 2-3 times and of course the idiot that didn't listen to me last week was busy helping a customer otherwise I would have put him on the spot.
It's not the worst thing in the world but this really put me in a fowl mood considering I thought they were giving me a fair price to put this new bumper on. I just hope I can get an appointment with them later this week or next week because my bracket kit will be here Wednesday from amazon.com (who I should have gone through to begin with!).
I swear, the older I get, the less patience I have with lack of common sense.
Osu!
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Post by GJEC on Mar 29, 2011 4:33:13 GMT -5
Oh dear Oh dear Oh dear We bought a new TV 17 days ago. 42" plasma with all the bells and whistles. Dead It won't switch on. Green light flashes (normal) then red light flashes (F***ed) OK - I ring the Panasonic helpline. "Take it back and exchange it" I ring the Tesco 'helpline'. "Ring our technical advice department" I ring Tesco technical advice department. Five different sets of multiple choices then music for five minutes. Eventually an Asian man answers I can't understand. Now I'm not racist - honestly - but I'm buggered if I understand why an English helpline has a non-native speaker answering. I ask if I can speak to another operator and the cheeky bastard cuts me off ... Not happy. Ring back, same multiple choice questions. New operator - Asian - but a bit easier to understand. Asks for all my personal details, address, phone number, email, then asks for the code number from the receipt. No-where to be found. F*** F*** F*** F*** F*** Ring Lisa, she can't remember where she put it. She rings back. I find it. Ring back Tesco's, same multiple choices, new operator, all the details re-given. "Can you take it to the store in it's original packaging?" "Er No. We put the box out with the recycling" "Why did you do that?" (Irate) "Because we didn't expect the F***ing thing to break within 3 weeks" "Sir, you are being abusive to me" Click. Cut off again. (To be continued) |
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Post by monty on Mar 29, 2011 6:58:07 GMT -5
"Can you take it to the store in it's original packaging?" "Er No. We put the box out with the recycling" Last time we had to return something to Tesco they said if it's faulty then you don't need to return it in it's original packaging. That's only if you change your mind and return it under the 30 day money back guarantee. Just make sure they give you a "returns" number before you bundle it in the car and take it back. |
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Post by GJEC on Mar 29, 2011 7:03:53 GMT -5
Thanks Monty
We'll politely insist on that when I get Lisa to ring up. She's far calmer than me and usually gets her own way ...
Gary
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Post by senshido on Mar 29, 2011 7:14:34 GMT -5
No Gary, it makes much better reading when YOU phone...  |
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Post by GJEC on Mar 29, 2011 7:22:38 GMT -5
No Gary, it makes much better reading when YOU phone... It must be me. I was stuck in Denver once when the oldest was taken ill. I rang American Airlines to change my ticket but got a right hard B**** on the phone. She was having none of it and I was getting right out of my pram. Sae-san (Kancho's wife) just said "Gary Sensei, let me try please" and after 5 minutes of charming the birds from the trees in her quiet voice got me on the next flight back - business class - at no extra cost.  I often collide with people as I stumble through life Gary |
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Post by powerof0ne on Mar 29, 2011 8:40:31 GMT -5
No Gary, it makes much better reading when YOU phone... It must be me. I was stuck in Denver once when the oldest was taken ill. I rang American Airlines to change my ticket but got a right hard B**** on the phone. She was having none of it and I was getting right out of my pram. Sae-san (Kancho's wife) just said "Gary Sensei, let me try please" and after 5 minutes of charming the birds from the trees in her quiet voice got me on the next flight back - business class - at no extra cost. I often collide with people as I stumble through life Gary LOL I know the feeling, seems like I've been doing it far too much lately! Osu! |
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Post by Ros on Mar 29, 2011 9:56:52 GMT -5
No Gary, it makes much better reading when YOU phone... It must be me. I was stuck in Denver once when the oldest was taken ill. I rang American Airlines to change my ticket but got a right hard B**** on the phone. She was having none of it and I was getting right out of my pram. Sae-san (Kancho's wife) just said "Gary Sensei, let me try please" and after 5 minutes of charming the birds from the trees in her quiet voice got me on the next flight back - business class - at no extra cost. I often collide with people as I stumble through life Gary If you're anything like me, you know perfectly well that honey often works better than vinegar but the effort of keeping it all in is just too much!!  |
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Post by GJEC on Mar 29, 2011 11:37:19 GMT -5
Part 2
Lisa rings up. Gets an exchange number to quote to our local store. Tick.
Local store is out of stock. We can get a refund though and buy one at another branch. Can we find one? You guessed ...
Through no fault of our own we're going to end up paying rather more for a set with similar features.
Ain't life grand?
Gary
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Post by alan on Mar 29, 2011 13:10:42 GMT -5
i had a similar experience with a call centre while i was in n.z
after telling my mate not to leave money or travellers cheques under the mattress, guess who left his travellers cheques under a mattress in a hotel and was now 250 miles away!?
i called amex and was switched to a call centre in hong kong, i told them they were "lost" and was advised i would have to make my way to auckland on the monday to get some new one`s...it was friday, late afternoon...no money.
i explained i was in rotorua one of the biggest towns in n.z and why did i have to travel all the way to auckland when there was loads of banks where i am.....and what happened to the guy delivering the new cheques on a silver platter while matey is sipping a cocktail??....
sir, i don`t like your tone, click....now back on asking to speak to supervisors etc in my most polite manner and was told i could pick them up on monday in rotorua, gave me address of bank etc, so then i said why can`t i get them delivered like the advert and what am i going to do for dosh over the weekend....click!!
i still wouldn`t have hit the women but i have to say if she had appeared in front of me she would have got my finest swear words aimed at her and a drink tipped over her head!
p.s not a cold beer but a luke warm coke i had in the car!! ;D
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