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

[ClockworkCupcake]

People who say "Normally Aspirated" for an engine instead of "Naturally Aspirated".

Given the fact that turbo-charging is becoming ever more "normal", the former is starting to make no sense whilst the latter is more correct.

It's rather ironic that on Top Gear last night, "car guy" Chris Harris kept saying the former and Matt Le Blanc correctly said the latter.

[Shakermaker]

Buildings that have the same floor plan on each level, but the facilities are not lined up.

Was in an office building last week, working over 3 different floors. All have the same footprint, and as you exit the lift on levels 2 and 3, the gents toilet is to your right.

Except I had then gone up to an office on level 4, which I don't usually need to do and am not so familiar with level 4.

On level 4, the gents toilet is actually on the left as you exit the lift.

Sorry about that madam, I didn't mean to walk in on you adjusting your skirt in the mirror!

[mko9]

Europa1 said:

Cambridge City Council, who now say that I should put shredded paper in an old envelope and put it in the blue bin, whereas previously it could go loose in the green bin.

Do they seriously want people to open their shredding bins, pick out a handful of paper, shove it into an old envelope (most of the ones that come through my door are C6 size, which will hold fk all in terms of shredded paper), repeat however many times, then carry all the envelopes and put them in the blue bin? I must visit the council's home planet some time - it seems nice there.

I think the best course of action would be to gather up all your shredded paper and dump it in the front entryway of the Cambridge City Council building. Let them figure out how to dispose of it.

[Munter]

mko9 said:

I think the best course of action would be to gather up all your shredded paper and dump it in the front entryway of the Cambridge City Council building. Let them figure out how to dispose of it.

So close. You've got the basic principal though.

Rather than the council go to the expense of figuring out a new collection system for what is a relatively small amount of a specific type of waste. Or pay a higher rate for all waste collected. You could instead take this specific waste to a central location, yourself, on occasion, when it best fits into your schedule.

You just got the wrong location. Better luck next time. Keep at it.

[kowalski655]

Just "Councils" is enough!

Argyll & Bute has a paper, a landfill, a glass & a food bin...I only have the 1st two, and they are only emptied every 2 or 3 weeks respectively. Apparently the glass one is once a month,and the food bin is tiny!

Even more annoying is taking the black bags to the dump as the landfill bins are full to the brim, a 40 mile round trip, to find the bloody place closing up 15 minutes early!

[mikal83]

popeyewhite said:

nonsequitur said:

popeyewhite said:

nonsequitur said:

IAM. The coolest guys on the highway.

So laid back they still recommend driving techniques conceived in the fifties.

I was conceived in the fifties so maybe that's why I drive so 'carefully'.

There were approx 4 million cars on the road in the fifties, and there are approx 32 million now. Do you think the all rules you learnt back then are still appropriate in an environment that's 8 times busier, with different cultural and social norms? Mind you I'm sure there wasn't much red light jumping, tailgating or road rage back then.

Think the bit you missed there was, "conceived in the 50's". As was I.

[popeyewhite]

mikal83 said:

Think the bit you missed there was, "conceived in the 50's". As was I.

I did, but I'm sure he gets the gist anyway.

[MartG]

tts on ebay who, despite numerous warning in my ads, buy items which are way beyond their skill level, then expect me to make a loss by insisting I pay for return postage when they want to return the goods

Read the fking advert you gormless tt !

[RizzoTheRat]

Fecking couriers!

"Your order will be delivered between 8:00 and 18:00 on the 15/3/17. Please arrange for someone to be there throughout this time as we cannot be more specific about the time of the delivery"

Thanks Syncreon, that's really helpful.

[popeyewhite]

RizzoTheRat said:

Fecking couriers!

"Your order will be delivered between 8:00 and 18:00 on the 15/3/17. Please arrange for someone to be there throughout this time as we cannot be more specific about the time of the delivery"

Thanks Syncreon, that's really helpful.

"We'll deliver your new drying machine between 7 and 5 on 14/03/17"

Can you be more specific about the time at all because that week I'm on lates and don't get in 'til 4 am so won't be up 'til 11?

"No problem, the lads have several machines to drop off before you so it should be 12-ish when they get there"

OK thanks.

tts turned up at 7 am.

[anonymous-user]

RizzoTheRat said:

Fecking couriers!

"Your order will be delivered between 8:00 and 18:00 on the 15/3/17. Please arrange for someone to be there throughout this time as we cannot be more specific about the time of the delivery"

Thanks Syncreon, that's really helpful.

Victoria Plum, getting a new suite delivered.

"Thank you for your order, we will be with you between 0700 and 2000 on Saturday"

Great. £35 I paid for delivery, and I've now got to sit at home all poxy day.

[mikal83]

OpulentBob said:

RizzoTheRat said:

Fecking couriers!

"Your order will be delivered between 8:00 and 18:00 on the 15/3/17. Please arrange for someone to be there throughout this time as we cannot be more specific about the time of the delivery"

Thanks Syncreon, that's really helpful.

Victoria Plum, getting a new suite delivered.

"Thank you for your order, we will be with you between 0700 and 2000 on Saturday"

Great. £35 I paid for delivery, and I've now got to sit at home all poxy day.

Had that "problem" back in the 80's when we were "allowed" to actually buy/own our own telephone. Called BT and told them to pick up their phone. Reply... someone would call around between 8 am and 1 pm. I work all day like most do was my reply,,,,,well that's the rules was BT's response. Mine was, tell you what, I'm leaving it on my doorstep when I go to work at 7.30, have a nice day!

[Old Tyke]

Do any of you that work nights notice that you're always right in the middle of the courier's delivery round so your parcels always turn up at noon? Never at the start or the end of their round where you can organise your sleep. Nope, got to be at noon so they completely fk up your sleep pattern.

[TTmonkey]

Doing a quick search on eBay for something that's caught my interest. And then emails from eBay for weeks about that type of item. Fek right off eBay.

For example, someone mentioned Vauxhall Calibres on a thread yesterday. So I wondered if any were for sale on eBay, and if so, how cheap. I have no intention of buying one.

But today, e,ails from eBay telling me about them. Fek off.

[wst]

Old Tyke said:

Do any of you that work nights notice that you're always right in the middle of the courier's delivery round so your parcels always turn up at noon? Never at the start or the end of their round where you can organise your sleep. Nope, got to be at noon so they completely fk up your sleep pattern.

I once had a one-off night shift (or so I thought) and I was a bit in need of work, so I took it. I had a job interview the day before the night shift as well at 10am, so I got to about 4am and the tiredness made me moderately homicidal. At 5.30 it was just getting ready for the shift handover so they said "go home, we'll write you in til 6". I got to bed, out like a light, and the agency phones me at 9am asking if I want to do the next night.

From then on they only ever gave me nights in batches of 5... weird eh?

[Halmyre]

mikal83 said:

Had that "problem" back in the 80's when we were "allowed" to actually buy/own our own telephone. Called BT and told them to pick up their phone. Reply... someone would call around between 8 am and 1 pm. I work all day like most do was my reply,,,,,well that's the rules was BT's response. Mine was, tell you what, I'm leaving it on my doorstep when I go to work at 7.30, have a nice day!

I switched away from BT in the early 90s and got a letter confirming the cancellation of my BT service and a request to send the phone back or arrange to have it collected. I never bothered, and they obviously weren't bothered either; I've still got it.

[sidekickdmr]

Talking of deliveries and online ordering, I need something for the weekend, and only the weekend, if it has not arrived by Thursday/ 9am Friday it is of no use to me.

So I pay more, for an item based in the UK that is titled on ebay as "fast and free" delivery, this item cost me £90, so not a £2 wire or anything.

I order it at 7.50am Monday morning, thinking that "fast" would mean a next day, or even 48 hour delivery!

I get the email from them immediately saying order received, get one about 20 mins later to say payment cleared and item being prepared for dispatch, great!

Then nothing, no dispatch/courier note for 2 days, so I just called them to ensure it was arriving today/tomorrow

"sorry sir its still in our warehouse"

ok, is it going out today, next day delivery?

"sorry sir I dont know when its going out, nor how long delivery will take, you can call back tomorrow and see if its been dispatched"

By which time it would be too late, and the item is useless to me, but I would still need to take delivery, probably go to the depot to collect it, print a label and courier it back for a refund.

[Old Tyke]

What's to stop you cancelling the order right now? If they still send it out then it becomes their problem over how they get it back.

[sidekickdmr]

Because if they send it today/this morning, it may arrive tomorrow and will all be fine

If I call this evening and it isnt dispatched yet I will cancel it

The issue is, if i call this evening and it has been dispatched, it might not arrive till Friday/Monday by which time its too late and useless.

Just annoyed they state its a special fast delivery product then it sits in their warehouse for 2/3 days for no reason.

[Antony Moxey]

Perhaps they meant that once it's out the warehouse it'll be delivered in no time?