Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)

[ClockworkCupcake]

Marty Funkhouser said:

Drivers who don't acknowledge you when you've pulled over so they can get through a narrow street first.

Oh god yes. And drivers who not only don't thank you if you let them out, but actually blank you. What actually goes though their minds? Such rudeness.

[ClockworkCupcake]

MartG said:

When you want to list something on ebay but don't know how much to list it for, so you search for the same item from other sellers...

Top tip: Always search for "completed listings" and "sold items". Then you see what stuff actually sells for, if at all.

I don't know if that affects the spammage or not though.

[Oliverrun]

Sheets Tabuer said:

People holding hands in the supermarket, particularly walking a 1mph while pushing a trolley one handed.

Yes I know she's yours, no I'm not gonna try and shag in her in the baked bean aisle I really just want to get past so please fk off and save it for a walk in the park.

Also, can we introduce a test for 'driving' trolleys in supermarkets? "I need this item so I'll place my trolley perpendicular to the aisle and look inconvenienced whenever anyone tries to move it"

[Robertj21a]

leigh1050 said:

Bus passengers,why does every person getting off have to ring the bell.

Most of them have earphones in and don't hear that it's been rung already.

[Sheets Tabuer]

ClockworkCupcake said:

Marty Funkhouser said:

Drivers who don't acknowledge you when you've pulled over so they can get through a narrow street first.

Oh god yes. And drivers who not only don't thank you if you let them out, but actually blank you. What actually goes though their minds? Such rudeness.

Also add the single track bridge just around a bend on my way home, you stop for someone who waves then when you start to go through some prick comes around the corner at 90 causing you to brake, then they wave at you for letting them through which quickly results in me giving them the finger.

[MartG]

Oliverrun said:

Also, can we introduce a test for 'driving' trolleys in supermarkets? "I need this item so I'll place my trolley perpendicular to the aisle and look inconvenienced whenever anyone tries to move it"

Simply pretend you're looking at the shelf and not looking where you're going, ram them, then apologise for not seeing them Or, if you're not English, just ram them

[FourWheelDrift]

Ste1987 said:

Recruitment agencies doing my head in. They never ring back when I ask them to

I suppose you are ringing up to ask if there is any news on the job you applied to. If so don't bother you are wasting yours and their time. If there is news it's in their interest to call you. But don't waste their time by asking them to call you to only tell you there is no news.

[ClockworkCupcake]

FourWheelDrift said:

I suppose you are ringing up to ask if there is any news on the job you applied to. If so don't bother you are wasting yours and their time. If there is news it's in their interest to call you. But don't waste their time by asking them to call you to only tell you there is no news.

I was most amused one time when an agent called me back several weeks later to say he'd secured an interview on a lead we'd talked about, and I told him I was now in contract. He seemed aghast that I would have taken another contract without calling him first. I just told him that I'd assumed the lead had gone cold and it had been up to him to keep it warm by keeping in contact with me.

[SilverSixer]

Robertj21a said:

leigh1050 said:

Bus passengers,why does every person getting off have to ring the bell.

Most of them have earphones in and don't hear that it's been rung already.

Hence the big fking orange sign saying "STOPPING" once the bell has been rung for the first time, I imagine. Every bus I ever go on has one anyway, which isn't that many I'll grant you. Maybe in poorer areas this part of the bus spec is cut when ordering new ones.

[Ste1987]

FourWheelDrift said:

Ste1987 said:

Recruitment agencies doing my head in. They never ring back when I ask them to

I suppose you are ringing up to ask if there is any news on the job you applied to. If so don't bother you are wasting yours and their time. If there is news it's in their interest to call you. But don't waste their time by asking them to call you to only tell you there is no news.

Thing is, it doesn't even get to that stage. I apply for a job through Reed, recruitment agency advertising the job tries to ring me whilst I'm at work. I try ringing back, representative unavailable, so I ask for a callback. Never hear back from them.

And yes, I am new to dealing with recruitment agencies

[FourWheelDrift]

Ste1987 said:

FourWheelDrift said:

Ste1987 said:

Recruitment agencies doing my head in. They never ring back when I ask them to

I suppose you are ringing up to ask if there is any news on the job you applied to. If so don't bother you are wasting yours and their time. If there is news it's in their interest to call you. But don't waste their time by asking them to call you to only tell you there is no news.

Thing is, it doesn't even get to that stage. I apply for a job through Reed, recruitment agency advertising the job tries to ring me whilst I'm at work. I try ringing back, representative unavailable, so I ask for a callback. Never hear back from them.

And yes, I am new to dealing with recruitment agencies

Ok, they're just idiots The bigger the agency the worse they are. Probably have a procedure in place that says they must call all applicants, which means get any missing info that might stop them from putting you forward to any job, salary, required salary, location you will work, availability. Or they might want to probe you (not Alien probing) for client leads, any clients you have been applying to, or any active interviews you have just so they can get more business for themselves. They are a factory with many workers and once on their system any of them will put you forward to any of their jobs. So once your details are on their database you may get a callback from anyone.

They are just all annoying in a tar and feather kind of way.

[Europa1]

Whatsapp, who have just informed me that they won't support it on my phone from the end of this year. So I will need to upgrade a perfectly good phone.

[BristolRich]

Naga Munchetty's insufferable "HAH-LO" on BBC Breakfast....any need to sound like Harry Enfields - Stavros?

[Ste1987]

Europa1 said:

Whatsapp, who have just informed me that they won't support it on my phone from the end of this year. So I will need to upgrade a perfectly good phone.

Shirley that just means they won't provide further updates of the app? It won't just stop working

[droopsnoot]

Aegon, for sending me letters marked "Private and Confidential" about a pension, but not including my initial in the address. There are two people of the same surname at this address, so it's not clear which one it is addressed to. Last time I complained about it their "solution" was to mark my account as "no marketing", the new stuff isn't marketing, just stuff about the actual pension. Why they can't address it properly is a mystery, and I'm sure there will be an excuse about "the system" if they ever respond.

And Three, for their mobile broadband "service" being less than usable, again. They've put up another mast in my area, apparently, which should make things better but in fact seems to mean that it now cannot decide which one to connect to, so chops and changes between the two and works even less well than it did before.

[FlyingMeeces]

Robertj21a said:

leigh1050 said:

Bus passengers,why does every person getting off have to ring the bell.

Most of them have earphones in and don't hear that it's been rung already.

Have I imagined it - it's been a while - or do (most?) London buses disable the 'ding' after the first press? The stopping sign lights up but it won't actually make a noise again.

[james_tigerwoods]

Europa1 said:

Whatsapp, who have just informed me that they won't support it on my phone from the end of this year. So I will need to upgrade a perfectly good phone.

What's the phone - And will it work, but not be supported?

[Europa1]

james_tigerwoods said:

Europa1 said:

Whatsapp, who have just informed me that they won't support it on my phone from the end of this year. So I will need to upgrade a perfectly good phone.

What's the phone - And will it work, but not be supported?

iPhone 4s. "Unfortunately, after 31/12/16, you won't be able to use WhatsApp on this phone as WhatsApp will no longer support it."

[Iva Barchetta]

Out of date signage.

There's an illuminated matrix sign on the A240 south of Tolworth tower

warning of widespread road closures......on July 30,31.

Today is the..

[RizzoTheRat]

FlyingMeeces said:

Robertj21a said:

leigh1050 said:

Bus passengers,why does every person getting off have to ring the bell.

Most of them have earphones in and don't hear that it's been rung already.

Have I imagined it - it's been a while - or do (most?) London buses disable the 'ding' after the first press? The stopping sign lights up but it won't actually make a noise again.

They do over here (The Hague), and it's quite funny watching people franticly pressing the button several times and then trying another button as they think the first one must be broken because they didn't hear the bell

I get the bus to the station every week, it terminates there, and they even have a screen inside with all the upcoming stops so everyone knows it terminates there, but every bloody time some dipstick presses the button to make sure it stops there