Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 7)
Discussion
r3g said:
Langweilig said:
Bloody ASDA and their suddenly non-functioning, embarrassment-causing chip and pin machines!
"CARD DECLINED!" at maximum volume 
.Red9zero said:
r3g said:
Langweilig said:
Bloody ASDA and their suddenly non-functioning, embarrassment-causing chip and pin machines!
"CARD DECLINED!" at maximum volume .popeyewhite said:
Red9zero said:
r3g said:
Langweilig said:
Bloody ASDA and their suddenly non-functioning, embarrassment-causing chip and pin machines!
"CARD DECLINED!" at maximum volume .stemll said:
popeyewhite said:
Red9zero said:
r3g said:
Langweilig said:
Bloody ASDA and their suddenly non-functioning, embarrassment-causing chip and pin machines!
"CARD DECLINED!" at maximum volume .Excuse me Sir, could I see your receipt?
No
Why?
Because I haven't got one (guard's eyebrows raised suspiciously) - I haven't finished shopping yet!
- SILENCE -
Do you mind if I continue?
Of course Sir
popeyewhite said:
I don't know whether this is related or the banks are solely responsible for the "card declined" messages, but Sainsbury's seem to have a very active anti-fraud/shoplifting ethic. A few weeks ago I loaded a trolley and walking past the tall shoplifting 'scanners' at the entrance went to pick a bunch of flowers when my trolley applied an invisible brake and a fast approaching security guard said
Excuse me Sir, could I see your receipt?
No
Why?
Because I haven't got one (guard's eyebrows raised suspiciously) - I haven't finished shopping yet!
- SILENCE -
Do you mind if I continue?
Of course Sir
I wonder why they put stuff the "wrong" side of the checkouts. My local Tesco has a few shelves that you don't get to until you're through whatever checkout you choose to use. I wonder if they expect people to see something and trek all the way back round to buy it. Excuse me Sir, could I see your receipt?
No
Why?
Because I haven't got one (guard's eyebrows raised suspiciously) - I haven't finished shopping yet!
- SILENCE -
Do you mind if I continue?
Of course Sir
droopsnoot said:
I wonder why they put stuff the "wrong" side of the checkouts. My local Tesco has a few shelves that you don't get to until you're through whatever checkout you choose to use. I wonder if they expect people to see something and trek all the way back round to buy it.
As I was leaving Sainsbury's once a woman took her trolley through the scanners at the exit and that audible alarm went off. She looked horrified. I smiled and said to her "nice try". It got me thinking - if a thief had a partner who looked implausibly honest he could send her through the scanners to set them off (with, say, some unscanned cosmetics) and she could say she was buying flowers. Meanwhile, while the alarm is still ringing and droopsnoot said:
popeyewhite said:
I don't know whether this is related or the banks are solely responsible for the "card declined" messages, but Sainsbury's seem to have a very active anti-fraud/shoplifting ethic. A few weeks ago I loaded a trolley and walking past the tall shoplifting 'scanners' at the entrance went to pick a bunch of flowers when my trolley applied an invisible brake and a fast approaching security guard said
Excuse me Sir, could I see your receipt?
No
Why?
Because I haven't got one (guard's eyebrows raised suspiciously) - I haven't finished shopping yet!
- SILENCE -
Do you mind if I continue?
Of course Sir
I wonder why they put stuff the "wrong" side of the checkouts. My local Tesco has a few shelves that you don't get to until you're through whatever checkout you choose to use. I wonder if they expect people to see something and trek all the way back round to buy it. Excuse me Sir, could I see your receipt?
No
Why?
Because I haven't got one (guard's eyebrows raised suspiciously) - I haven't finished shopping yet!
- SILENCE -
Do you mind if I continue?
Of course Sir
C5_Steve said:
People who don't ask the question they need to ask first and instead ask several other questions leading up to it.....usually over text so it wastes my time replying.
For example,
"Are you at the gym?"
"Yes"
"How long before you leave?"
"I dunno about half an hour"
nothing
"Why?"
"I need you to pick me up my trains been cancelled..."
Either call me and explain or ask the question at the start and I'll work the logistics out and let you know.
This reminds me of my pet hate - people who try to get information without asking it.For example,
"Are you at the gym?"
"Yes"
"How long before you leave?"
"I dunno about half an hour"
nothing
"Why?"
"I need you to pick me up my trains been cancelled..."
Either call me and explain or ask the question at the start and I'll work the logistics out and let you know.
Like "I haven't seen John for a while".
and they expect me to say "He's gone on holiday trekking around Africa".
No chance. I just say "you're right, you haven't, good bye".
droopsnoot said:
popeyewhite said:
I don't know whether this is related or the banks are solely responsible for the "card declined" messages, but Sainsbury's seem to have a very active anti-fraud/shoplifting ethic. A few weeks ago I loaded a trolley and walking past the tall shoplifting 'scanners' at the entrance went to pick a bunch of flowers when my trolley applied an invisible brake and a fast approaching security guard said
Excuse me Sir, could I see your receipt?
No
Why?
Because I haven't got one (guard's eyebrows raised suspiciously) - I haven't finished shopping yet!
- SILENCE -
Do you mind if I continue?
Of course Sir
I wonder why they put stuff the "wrong" side of the checkouts. My local Tesco has a few shelves that you don't get to until you're through whatever checkout you choose to use. I wonder if they expect people to see something and trek all the way back round to buy it. Excuse me Sir, could I see your receipt?
No
Why?
Because I haven't got one (guard's eyebrows raised suspiciously) - I haven't finished shopping yet!
- SILENCE -
Do you mind if I continue?
Of course Sir
Cotty said:
droopsnoot said:
popeyewhite said:
I don't know whether this is related or the banks are solely responsible for the "card declined" messages, but Sainsbury's seem to have a very active anti-fraud/shoplifting ethic. A few weeks ago I loaded a trolley and walking past the tall shoplifting 'scanners' at the entrance went to pick a bunch of flowers when my trolley applied an invisible brake and a fast approaching security guard said
Excuse me Sir, could I see your receipt?
No
Why?
Because I haven't got one (guard's eyebrows raised suspiciously) - I haven't finished shopping yet!
- SILENCE -
Do you mind if I continue?
Of course Sir
I wonder why they put stuff the "wrong" side of the checkouts. My local Tesco has a few shelves that you don't get to until you're through whatever checkout you choose to use. I wonder if they expect people to see something and trek all the way back round to buy it. Excuse me Sir, could I see your receipt?
No
Why?
Because I haven't got one (guard's eyebrows raised suspiciously) - I haven't finished shopping yet!
- SILENCE -
Do you mind if I continue?
Of course Sir
M4cruiser said:
This reminds me of my pet hate - people who try to get information without asking it.
Like "I haven't seen John for a while".
and they expect me to say "He's gone on holiday trekking around Africa".
No chance. I just say "you're right, you haven't, good bye".
Good one, the professionals at this will use the advanced tactic of saying the thing they want confirmation of like they know it, for example, "Sounds like John's having a great time, Africa wasn't it?" when you know full well John doesn't speak to this muppet fishing for info. Like "I haven't seen John for a while".
and they expect me to say "He's gone on holiday trekking around Africa".
No chance. I just say "you're right, you haven't, good bye".
popeyewhite said:
As I was leaving Sainsbury's once a woman took her trolley through the scanners at the exit and that audible alarm went off. She looked horrified. I smiled and said to her "nice try". It got me thinking - if a thief had a partner who looked implausibly honest he could send her through the scanners to set them off (with, say, some unscanned cosmetics) and she could say she was buying flowers. Meanwhile, while the alarm is still ringing and I'd the other half of the shoplifting gang would walk out unchallenged with a trolley full of electronics.
I bought an auxiliary audio cable in Halfords some time back, I had to find someone to open the locked cabinet they keep these <£5 cables in, and then when I left the shop the alarms went off. I stopped and looked round but nobody came over so I carried on out of the shop.I then went in to boots for something else and when I left the alarms went off. Again no interest from anyone so I went on my way.
It turned out the cable had an RFID tag stuck to the inside of the packaging, but presumably wouldn't stop anyone nicking it as nobody cares when the alarms go off.
I thought about sticking the label in a little used pocket of my wife's handbag for a laugh but thought better of it
C5_Steve said:
M4cruiser said:
This reminds me of my pet hate - people who try to get information without asking it.
Like "I haven't seen John for a while".
and they expect me to say "He's gone on holiday trekking around Africa".
No chance. I just say "you're right, you haven't, good bye".
Good one, the professionals at this will use the advanced tactic of saying the thing they want confirmation of like they know it, for example, "Sounds like John's having a great time, Africa wasn't it?" when you know full well John doesn't speak to this muppet fishing for info. Like "I haven't seen John for a while".
and they expect me to say "He's gone on holiday trekking around Africa".
No chance. I just say "you're right, you haven't, good bye".
TameRacingDriver said:
LinkedIn.
What a festering pile of bilge.
The way they write their cringey twaddle on a new line for every sentence.
Just like this.
And the sheer cringe that people post on there. Blowing smoke up their own and other peoples arses. Talking absolute s
te.
Like a guy last week, showing a video of him doing pull ups.
He was 59 apparently, and boasted that blokes in their 20s couldn't do any pull ups.
Also claimed he enjoyed their girlfriends eyeing up this sad old bd who thought he was Arnie, while they were flabby and weak.
Then offered business advice for a large fee. A fee larger than his ego apparently.
But you get what you pay for. That's what he told us.
What a load of fking bks. That site really is full of s.
Why do I subject myself to it?
I was encouraged to create a LinkedIn account about a decade ago. Soon after setting up I realised it was basically Facebook meets Friends Reunited but for c**ts with jobs, not just unemployed ones. It's still sat, as I opened the account, with no updates. Chuff off.What a festering pile of bilge.
The way they write their cringey twaddle on a new line for every sentence.
Just like this.
And the sheer cringe that people post on there. Blowing smoke up their own and other peoples arses. Talking absolute s
te.Like a guy last week, showing a video of him doing pull ups.
He was 59 apparently, and boasted that blokes in their 20s couldn't do any pull ups.
Also claimed he enjoyed their girlfriends eyeing up this sad old b
d who thought he was Arnie, while they were flabby and weak.Then offered business advice for a large fee. A fee larger than his ego apparently.
But you get what you pay for. That's what he told us.
What a load of f
king bks. That site really is full of s.Why do I subject myself to it?
The wife's cough, aka the loudest cough in the world.
She's had it since November (as she usually does but it has always gone in the new year previously) and it's driving me insane. So much so it's driven me to go back into the office rather than work from home and have to endure the associated headache it gives me.
I've got to the point of wondering if she has some kind of tic rather than a genuine cough (yes I've read up on it & it's a thing), or, more likely, is just doing it more loudly as she knows it grates on me.
I feel like I'm living with an 80 year old chain smoker retching from the pit of their lungs. At least when I have a cough I'll make an attempt to be considerate and cover it as best I can.
The worst part is that she doesn't try and help herself - like last night chomping away on crisps and wondering why she's waking up the whole street (if a window is open I can hear her from 150m away - I've paced it out).
Rant over
She's had it since November (as she usually does but it has always gone in the new year previously) and it's driving me insane. So much so it's driven me to go back into the office rather than work from home and have to endure the associated headache it gives me.
I've got to the point of wondering if she has some kind of tic rather than a genuine cough (yes I've read up on it & it's a thing), or, more likely, is just doing it more loudly as she knows it grates on me.
I feel like I'm living with an 80 year old chain smoker retching from the pit of their lungs. At least when I have a cough I'll make an attempt to be considerate and cover it as best I can.
The worst part is that she doesn't try and help herself - like last night chomping away on crisps and wondering why she's waking up the whole street (if a window is open I can hear her from 150m away - I've paced it out).
Rant over
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