Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)
Discussion
MrsMiggins said:
Wasn't a tv. Laptop. Apparently it's because their customers are too stupid to hold onto proof of purchase. That's what they told me anyway. Not in those words, obviously.
To be fair, a laptop is capable of receiving and displaying TV content.The whole proof of purchase thing seems just a scam though as you say, anything electrical has umpteen serial numbers and barcodes, if these places wanted to keep proof of purchases for themselves it really wouldn't take much to scan some barcode or serial in and store it. That way they would always have proof that the item was brought at xyz store on xyz date.
Hackney said:
Aside from none of those places being "decent", I totally agree.
rambo19 said:
Frank7 said:
When I go into a decent coffee house, Caffè Nero, Costa, Pret, ask for a black coffee, and they say, "Would you like milk in that?"
Decent? Really?Maybe neither of you guys like the ones I specified, perhaps none of them would be my first choice either, but I would think that the baristas employed in them would know that a "black coffee" means coffee without milk.
Hackney said:
Short Grain said:
They tell you they have to, It's The Law!!! No.. It's Not Law at all! Had this a few years ago, "We have to record your details....." I interrupted and told them they didn't, it was pure BS from TVL and if they wanted to sort out a credit immediately,(sale had already gone through), then they could, but I'd e mail their MD. They looked embarrassed, I walked out with the TV.
Your address details are sent to TVL, whether it's "the law" or not. That's what the details are taken for and that's what happens
Cotty said:
Hackney said:
Short Grain said:
They tell you they have to, It's The Law!!! No.. It's Not Law at all! Had this a few years ago, "We have to record your details....." I interrupted and told them they didn't, it was pure BS from TVL and if they wanted to sort out a credit immediately,(sale had already gone through), then they could, but I'd e mail their MD. They looked embarrassed, I walked out with the TV.
Your address details are sent to TVL, whether it's "the law" or not. That's what the details are taken for and that's what happens
ClockworkCupcake said:
Coming as I do from a scientific background, people describing something as "perfect" annoys me. They usually mean "ideal" or "optimal".
As we are not all from scientific backgrounds....Sometimes you've got to say it as it is...Edited by nonsequitur on Sunday 18th June 19:45
Cold said:
More pertinently, coffee snobs.
I seem to be one of the few tea drinkers left. I end up in coffee shops quite a lot, not by choice, but you can't get a decent cup of tea in one. It seems to be either s
t catering tea bags or you get a Twinnings tea bag with a bit of string on it, the bag is not big enough to let the tea move around and brew. Cotty said:
I seem to be one of the few tea drinkers left. I end up in coffee shops quite a lot, not by choice, but you can't get a decent cup of tea in one. It seems to be either st catering tea bags or you get a Twinnings tea bag with a bit of string on it, the bag is not big enough to let the tea move around and brew.
As Dave Gorman observed in one of the episodes of "Modern Life is Good-ish", you get given a "tea-making kit" when you get a cup of tea in a coffee shop - a tea bag, a cup of hot water, and some milk. It's very hard to get an actual decent cup of tea. t catering tea bags or you get a Twinnings tea bag with a bit of string on it, the bag is not big enough to let the tea move around and brew. Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff