Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)
Discussion
ClockworkCupcake said:
WD39 said:
A drinker, 'professional' or not, is a customer whose money is as good as anybody elses.
They should be treated with respect and courtesy.
The fact that they 'do not know how to order' is irrelevant. An order is an order, with money in the till at the end of the transaction.
Poor attitude to customer service.
You can serve 10 people who know what the hell it is they want in the time it takes to serve a ditherer. Especially when many of those 10 may be repeat customers and the ditherer is not. So you do the maths, Einstein. They should be treated with respect and courtesy.
The fact that they 'do not know how to order' is irrelevant. An order is an order, with money in the till at the end of the transaction.
Poor attitude to customer service.
Edited by WD39 on Sunday 13th December 19:04
Jimmy Recard said:
WD39 said:
crostonian said:
It's approaching the season of the 'unprofessional drinker'. They come to the bar ordering one drink at a time, leave Guinness till last, have to go back to their party to check if x wants ice, medium or large etc and eventually when the time to pay arrives they take 2 minutes searching through their purse/wallet. They also may ask to have a sample of the real ale, have no idea which lager to have in their shandy and worst of all they will say 'Can I get a xxxxx.........'. t
ts
A drinker, 'professional' or not, is a customer whose money is as good as anybody elses.tsThey should be treated with respect and courtesy.
The fact that they 'do not know how to order' is irrelevant. An order is an order, with money in the till at the end of the transaction.
Poor attitude to customer service.
Jimmy Recard said:
Just now I've spent several hours looking for my wallet to go to the supermarket.
Then another household member arrives home at 15:55.
Me: "Have you seen my wallet?"
Her: "Yes, it was in your jacket pocket so I put it in this drawer."
Me: "Why the fk would you do that?"
Her: "I thought you'd like it."
Now the supermarket is closed. WTF was that about?
I've got to say that that was all about about leaving a wallet in your jacket pocket when you've taken it off.... one of the things that annoys me Then another household member arrives home at 15:55.
Me: "Have you seen my wallet?"
Her: "Yes, it was in your jacket pocket so I put it in this drawer."
Me: "Why the f
k would you do that?"Her: "I thought you'd like it."
Now the supermarket is closed. WTF was that about?
MartG said:
Automatic anything which takes longer than it would to do it manually
Yep this. I hate built in delays to things - especially turning things on or off. Windscreen wipers that continue to swipe the windscreen after you have returned the stalk to the "off" position is a particular bugbear of mine. If I turn them off it's because I want them off NOW - not in 5 seconds time.
Another one is cash machines that continue to display the "Thank you for your custom" message for 10 seconds after the previous person has left and won't let you insert your card until it has finished. How did the designers think that was a good idea. The fact that somebody is trying to stick a card in the slot surely indicates that the previous customer has either left - or is trying to access another account. Just detect that a new card is being inserted and get on with it FFS!
WD39 said:
ClockworkCupcake said:
WD39 said:
A drinker, 'professional' or not, is a customer whose money is as good as anybody elses.
They should be treated with respect and courtesy.
The fact that they 'do not know how to order' is irrelevant. An order is an order, with money in the till at the end of the transaction.
Poor attitude to customer service.
You can serve 10 people who know what the hell it is they want in the time it takes to serve a ditherer. Especially when many of those 10 may be repeat customers and the ditherer is not. So you do the maths, Einstein. They should be treated with respect and courtesy.
The fact that they 'do not know how to order' is irrelevant. An order is an order, with money in the till at the end of the transaction.
Poor attitude to customer service.
Edited by WD39 on Sunday 13th December 19:04
Idiot bus passengers.
Now I rarely take the bus but the stops round here all have nice maps showing the route and telling you the fare.
But every time I go on one there's always some middle aged Muppet who will ask the driver something stupid like "does this bus go by (insert small company name)?" Then take his sweet time paying the fare out of his murce.
Read the bloody map and get your change ready you gimp!
Now I rarely take the bus but the stops round here all have nice maps showing the route and telling you the fare.
But every time I go on one there's always some middle aged Muppet who will ask the driver something stupid like "does this bus go by (insert small company name)?" Then take his sweet time paying the fare out of his murce.
Read the bloody map and get your change ready you gimp!
Mine for tonight is the baggage "rules" of a cheap airline. I want to fly with a bike in a bag to Italy, which isn't a problem, they will give me a 32kg allowance for which is nice. However the bike only weighs 13kgs and their rules say only the bike can be in the bag, the meagre luggage I'm taking has to be in a separate bag at another charge! So the airline is forcing me to fly with more than 1 bag, which would be more than enough.
Then by the time you've calculated all the charges, it's the same price as BA!
Then by the time you've calculated all the charges, it's the same price as BA!
Moonhawk said:
Another one is cash machines that continue to display the "Thank you for your custom" message for 10 seconds after the previous person has left and won't let you insert your card until it has finished. How did the designers think that was a good idea. The fact that somebody is trying to stick a card in the slot surely indicates that the previous customer has either left - or is trying to access another account. Just detect that a new card is being inserted and get on with it FFS!
I'm with you on that. That's in the 'infuriates me beyond reason' category for me.Moonhawk said:
Windscreen wipers that continue to swipe the windscreen after you have returned the stalk to the "off" position is a particular bugbear of mine. If I turn them off it's because I want them off NOW - not in 5 seconds time.
So you're against self-parking windscreen wipers then? 
If I remember correctly my first car didn't have self-parking wipers and it was always a game or a pain (depending on one's mood) to switch them off at just the right moment to park them.
ClockworkCupcake said:
Moonhawk said:
Windscreen wipers that continue to swipe the windscreen after you have returned the stalk to the "off" position is a particular bugbear of mine. If I turn them off it's because I want them off NOW - not in 5 seconds time.
So you're against self-parking windscreen wipers then? If I remember correctly my first car didn't have self-parking wipers and it was always a game or a pain (depending on one's mood) to switch them off at just the right moment to park them.
Finish the swipe you are on fine, but two more afterwards - or that irritating last swipe that happens a second or two after you have washed the windows
Being whinged at by Post Office counter staff for using pre-paid postage as "they don't make any money from it" - this morning one bloke at my nearest Post Office went so far as to intimate that they may not accept pre-paid items in future !
It's a standard fking service offered by Royal Mail, so either fking well accept pre-paid items without fking moaning about it or stop being a post office !
It's a standard f
king service offered by Royal Mail, so either fking well accept pre-paid items without fking moaning about it or stop being a post office !MartG said:
Being whinged at by Post Office counter staff for using pre-paid postage as "they don't make any money from it" - this morning one bloke at my nearest Post Office went so far as to intimate that they may not accept pre-paid items in future !
It's a standard fking service offered by Royal Mail, so either fking well accept pre-paid items without fking moaning about it or stop being a post office !
Yes, I've had this too. It's a standard f
king service offered by Royal Mail, so either fking well accept pre-paid items without fking moaning about it or stop being a post office !
It's a very parochial and local-minded view, but it could be the truth for him - perhaps Royal Mail don't feed back any money from pre-paid to the local branch. But rather than moaning at the customer and giving them a bad customer experience, he should be moaning to his Head Office.
At the end of the day, it's not your problem. You buy pre-paid postage from Royal Mail and take it to a Royal Mail local branch (ie. a Post Office) which are part of the Terms and Conditions of buying pre-paid postage. The internal workings of Royal Mail are not your problem.
Edited by ClockworkCupcake on Monday 14th December 11:14
Jimmy Recard said:
Just now I've spent several hours looking for my wallet to go to the supermarket.
Then another household member arrives home at 15:55.
Me: "Have you seen my wallet?"
Her: "Yes, it was in your jacket pocket so I put it in this drawer."
Me: "Why the fk would you do that?"
Her: "I thought you'd like it."
Now the supermarket is closed. WTF was that about?
Someone took your wallet out of your jacket pocket and hid it in a drawer and they are surprised it would piss your off. FFSThen another household member arrives home at 15:55.
Me: "Have you seen my wallet?"
Her: "Yes, it was in your jacket pocket so I put it in this drawer."
Me: "Why the f
k would you do that?"Her: "I thought you'd like it."
Now the supermarket is closed. WTF was that about?
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