Things that annoy you beyond reason...? [Vol 3]

Things that annoy you beyond reason...? [Vol 3]

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colonel c

7,888 posts

238 months

Tuesday 21st July 2015
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Trying to call the Driving Standards Agency customer care line.

Coming up to 20min and all I get is a very annoying 'Thank for calling......' message every 15 seconds.

mad

colonel c

7,888 posts

238 months

Tuesday 21st July 2015
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colonel c said:
Trying to call the Driving Standards Agency customer care line.

Coming up to 20min and all I get is a very annoying 'Thank for calling......' message every 15 seconds.

mad
Ahhh! Another half an hour of my life gone. frown

Bluedot

3,573 posts

106 months

Tuesday 21st July 2015
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Try Paypal for the ultimate in non-existent customer service. I have called them just before they close at 9 on a Saturday evening - "Unfortunately we are experiencing unusually high levels of calls at this present time", I have tried calling them when they open at 9am on a sunday - "Unfortunately we are experiencing unusually high levels of calls at this present time", in fact call them at any time and you will get "Unfortunately we are experiencing unusually high levels of calls at this present time".
I called them a couple of Sundays ago in the afternoon and left the phone on speaker with my daughter as she did her homework. I went outside, cut the grass, swept the patio, put the bins out and came back in, guess what..."Unfortunately we are experiencing unusually high levels of calls at this present time".
I gave up trying after that and have still yet to speak to them.

227bhp

10,203 posts

127 months

Tuesday 21st July 2015
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wHEN YOU FORGET TO TAKE THE CAPS LOCK OFF AND DO A LOAD OF TYPING WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE SCREEN!

Flying Penguin

326 posts

158 months

Tuesday 21st July 2015
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227bhp said:
wHEN YOU FORGET TO TAKE THE CAPS LOCK OFF AND DO A LOAD OF TYPING WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE SCREEN!
Easy.

http://johnhaller.com/useful-stuff/disable-caps-lo...

colonel c

7,888 posts

238 months

Tuesday 21st July 2015
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colonel c said:
Trying to call the Driving Standards Agency customer care line.

Coming up to 20min and all I get is a very annoying 'Thank for calling......' message every 15 seconds.

mad
Well past a joke now and I'm running out of time. I really need to contact them, so guess I'm in for another marathon wait tomorrow. Not to mention paying for the non call too.

Timmy40

12,915 posts

197 months

Tuesday 21st July 2015
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Bluedot said:
Try Paypal for the ultimate in non-existent customer service. I have called them just before they close at 9 on a Saturday evening - "Unfortunately we are experiencing unusually high levels of calls at this present time", I have tried calling them when they open at 9am on a sunday - "Unfortunately we are experiencing unusually high levels of calls at this present time", in fact call them at any time and you will get "Unfortunately we are experiencing unusually high levels of calls at this present time".
I called them a couple of Sundays ago in the afternoon and left the phone on speaker with my daughter as she did her homework. I went outside, cut the grass, swept the patio, put the bins out and came back in, guess what..."Unfortunately we are experiencing unusually high levels of calls at this present time".
I gave up trying after that and have still yet to speak to them.
yes absolutely ste organisation. How they can make such a pigs ear of such a simple concept is beyond me.


227bhp

10,203 posts

127 months

Tuesday 21st July 2015
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Flying Penguin said:
227bhp said:
wHEN YOU FORGET TO TAKE THE CAPS LOCK OFF AND DO A LOAD OF TYPING WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE SCREEN!
Easy.

http://johnhaller.com/useful-stuff/disable-caps-lo...
I don't want to disable it! I need to learn how to type without looking at the keyboard (that's not happening) or just remember to knock it off after I've been using it.

Cotty

39,387 posts

283 months

Tuesday 21st July 2015
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227bhp said:
wHEN YOU FORGET TO TAKE THE CAPS LOCK OFF AND DO A LOAD OF TYPING WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE SCREEN!
So just highlight the text, go to Format Text and select lowercase or sentance case, saves re-typing it

ralphrj

3,507 posts

190 months

Tuesday 21st July 2015
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Cotty said:
Deaf s, if the first thing out of your mouth when someone says something to you is "EH?" then get a fking hearing aid.
Not everyone with hearing loss can benefit from a hearing aid. They are like glasses for people with vision problems - useful if you have reduced vision but useless if you are blind.

Regards

A (apparently)

Cotty

39,387 posts

283 months

Tuesday 21st July 2015
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ralphrj said:
Not everyone with hearing loss can benefit from a hearing aid. They are like glasses for people with vision problems - useful if you have reduced vision but useless if you are blind.

Regards

A (apparently)
The guy im talking about is not totaly deaf. He can hear people, if he could not hear then he wouldn't say "eh"

MartG

20,619 posts

203 months

Tuesday 21st July 2015
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Cotty said:
The guy im talking about is not totaly deaf. He can hear people, if he could not hear then he wouldn't say "eh"
Hard of listening, not hard of hearing wink

colonel c

7,888 posts

238 months

Tuesday 21st July 2015
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MartG said:
Cotty said:
The guy im talking about is not totaly deaf. He can hear people, if he could not hear then he wouldn't say "eh"
Hard of listening, not hard of hearing wink
Indeed. I have some mid range hearing loss. Not enough to warrant a hearing aide apparently. However I often find it hard to hear what people say. Especially in any kind of noisy environment. Saying "eh" not only make people speak with more celerity it also seems to encourage an improvement in their diction too.

JonRB

74,389 posts

271 months

Tuesday 21st July 2015
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colonel c said:
Indeed. I have some mid range hearing loss. Not enough to warrant a hearing aide apparently. However I often find it hard to hear what people say. Especially in any kind of noisy environment. Saying "eh" not only make people speak with more celerity it also seems to encourage an improvement in their diction too.
If you find yourself a trifle deaf, then be sure to check your ears for jelly, custard and pieces of sponge.

HTH. biggrin

Shuvi McTupya

24,460 posts

246 months

Tuesday 21st July 2015
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Cotty said:
227bhp said:
wHEN YOU FORGET TO TAKE THE CAPS LOCK OFF AND DO A LOAD OF TYPING WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE SCREEN!
So just highlight the text, go to Format Text and select lowercase or sentance case, saves re-typing it
My solution to this problem. I use the scissors to press caps lock on the very rare occasion I want to shout.


WD39

20,083 posts

115 months

Tuesday 21st July 2015
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Spectators at a golf tournament who shout 'In the hole!' as the ball starts to move on the green. These people are usually Americans and have not really grasped the object of said game.

ralphrj

3,507 posts

190 months

Tuesday 21st July 2015
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Cotty said:
The guy im talking about is not totaly deaf. He can hear people, if he could not hear then he wouldn't say "eh"
I'm not totally deaf just completely deaf in one ear. If someone speaks to me on my deaf side or says something when they are facing away from me or speaks with something covering their mouth when there is other noise around (so I can't lip read) then I can't understand them. No hearing aid will help me. There is nothing I can do but ask them to repeat what they have said.

Bluedot

3,573 posts

106 months

Tuesday 21st July 2015
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JonRB said:
If you find yourself a trifle deaf, then be sure to check your ears for jelly, custard and pieces of sponge.

HTH. biggrin
Another cause of slight deafness can be a small nut lodged in the inner ear.
If you pour chocolate in, it comes out a treet.

HTH biggrin



FourWheelDrift

88,375 posts

283 months

Tuesday 21st July 2015
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Rough ugly grey concrete for walls, islands or work surfaces in a kitchen. Zinc roofs. Cedar wood that starts off a lovely orangey-brown but goes dead-grey for outside cladding.

Morningside

24,110 posts

228 months

Tuesday 21st July 2015
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Bloody British Gas. Waited all morning for them to come and do something with the meter. I had to be in to sign for something or...I dunno. Anyhow it will be between 8-12. Well, where are you?
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