Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)
Discussion
Saturday morning and I find myself in an unfamiliar Tesco service station for a quick "splash'n'dash" top up in the car.
Some orange Doris with painted-on eyebrows is ahead of me in the queue to pay.
Cashier: "Ten pounds and a penny please, madam"
She hands over a tenner and begins to walk away...
Cashier: "Have you got the penny please madam"
Doris: "I haven't, unfortunately", and with that she turns on her heal and stalks back to her car.
What a f
king attitude. Seriously? That poor cashier now has to balance the till before cashing up. And YOU, Doris, have committed a theft. A penny, a pound, a hundred pounds, it's still theft if you don't pay for fuel you take. But don't worry your vacuous orange head about it. I paid the extra penny for you.
And before the usual suspects have a pop about this? Remember that I was behind her in the queue, so I saw her purse when she opened it and there was PLENTY of change in it. She simply didn't want to pay the penny was all.
It annoys me beyond reason when I over-dispense fuel when filling up, but you just take it on the chin when you can't hit your desired "round number" on the dial.
Additionally, the woman in a Freelander at the pump behind me. She made a big song-and-dance about getting her stupid car out from behind mine, and between my car and the car at the next pump along. To the point where she refused to let me get into my car. Now listen dear. If you let me into my car I can be on my way and you can drive straight out of the filling station and no-one will be treated to this current demonstration of just how poor your spacial awareness actually is. P.S. - shunting your car backwards and forwards with exactly the same amount of steering lock on throughout will achieve nothing. And perhaps reversing a little to create a shallower steering angle might help. Just sayin'...
While on the subject of putting fuel in your car - people who are taken aback when they get to the cashier and are asked for the number on their pump, and subsequently requested to 'make with the cash'. It surely isn't difficult. The damned pump has told you how much you will need to pay, so either get your card, or the appropriate amount of cash out WHILE you are in the queue, not wait until you are prompted by the cashier to pat yourself down to find your wallet (gents) or fish around at the bottom of a bag the size of Cheddar Gorge (ladies). And FFS, please look at the pump number and remember it between filling up and paying. I realise you have the intelligence of a goldfish, but it's not exactly a complex task. I've never seen a filling station with pumps numbered high enough to exceed the number of fingers on both of an average adult human being's hands, after all...
Some orange Doris with painted-on eyebrows is ahead of me in the queue to pay.
Cashier: "Ten pounds and a penny please, madam"
She hands over a tenner and begins to walk away...
Cashier: "Have you got the penny please madam"
Doris: "I haven't, unfortunately", and with that she turns on her heal and stalks back to her car.
What a f
king attitude. Seriously? That poor cashier now has to balance the till before cashing up. And YOU, Doris, have committed a theft. A penny, a pound, a hundred pounds, it's still theft if you don't pay for fuel you take. But don't worry your vacuous orange head about it. I paid the extra penny for you.And before the usual suspects have a pop about this? Remember that I was behind her in the queue, so I saw her purse when she opened it and there was PLENTY of change in it. She simply didn't want to pay the penny was all.
It annoys me beyond reason when I over-dispense fuel when filling up, but you just take it on the chin when you can't hit your desired "round number" on the dial.
Additionally, the woman in a Freelander at the pump behind me. She made a big song-and-dance about getting her stupid car out from behind mine, and between my car and the car at the next pump along. To the point where she refused to let me get into my car. Now listen dear. If you let me into my car I can be on my way and you can drive straight out of the filling station and no-one will be treated to this current demonstration of just how poor your spacial awareness actually is. P.S. - shunting your car backwards and forwards with exactly the same amount of steering lock on throughout will achieve nothing. And perhaps reversing a little to create a shallower steering angle might help. Just sayin'...
While on the subject of putting fuel in your car - people who are taken aback when they get to the cashier and are asked for the number on their pump, and subsequently requested to 'make with the cash'. It surely isn't difficult. The damned pump has told you how much you will need to pay, so either get your card, or the appropriate amount of cash out WHILE you are in the queue, not wait until you are prompted by the cashier to pat yourself down to find your wallet (gents) or fish around at the bottom of a bag the size of Cheddar Gorge (ladies). And FFS, please look at the pump number and remember it between filling up and paying. I realise you have the intelligence of a goldfish, but it's not exactly a complex task. I've never seen a filling station with pumps numbered high enough to exceed the number of fingers on both of an average adult human being's hands, after all...
yellowjack said:
<tescos joy>
There's an app for that:http://www.shell.co.uk/motorist/shell-fuels/fill-u...
boxedin said:
There's an app for that:
http://www.shell.co.uk/motorist/shell-fuels/fill-u...
Will that 'app' work on my Nokia C1?http://www.shell.co.uk/motorist/shell-fuels/fill-u...
generationx said:
yellowjack said:
<<snip>> It annoys me beyond reason when I over-dispense fuel when filling up, but you just take it on the chin when you can't hit your desired "round number" on the dial. <<snip>>
OCD-a-go-goJust fill the tank. Less visits to the petrol station.
Sadly, after my wife lost her purse (she got it back, minus the cash inside, later in the day) BOTH our cards on a joint account were cancelled. In the modern age, surely each card is created and accounted for as a single separate entity, and each ought to be able to be cancelled or stopped independently of the other card(s) on the same account? After all, I had my card still in my wallet, and read the number out to the call handler. This also annoyed me beyond reason, especially when the same wasn't the case for other "additional cardholder" and joint accounts.
Also the fact that one of the banks managed to replace a card in less than 36 hours, including postage time. Whereas (because of the weekend) I/we are still waiting for the other three account providers to get replacements to us.
The biggest annoyance was that my account (it's a joint account, but my wife still regards it as mine) is very low on funds, as we've been using it first to keep her funds back for a big bill due at the end of the month. Typically, it's the account with the most money in it which is taking the longest to replace the card. Fortunately internet banking enabled her to move funds swiftly to the account which replaced the card quickest.
I too am somewhat flummoxed by the "round number" fuel brigade. I guess it's more prevalent amongst older drivers as a habit from a time when cash was used much more frequently.
Unless I've cocked up my planning and need to nip in to a vastly overpriced motorway service area at which I'll squirt in enough to get me back to civilisation, it's a full tank then down to the dregs every time so I only need to fill up once a week (or a little more if I'm out seeing customers).
Fewer visits to the petrol station = fewer interactions with numpties/fewer treks around the forecourt looking for a pump that's got some paper in it so I can select "reprint a receipt".
Unless I've cocked up my planning and need to nip in to a vastly overpriced motorway service area at which I'll squirt in enough to get me back to civilisation, it's a full tank then down to the dregs every time so I only need to fill up once a week (or a little more if I'm out seeing customers).
Fewer visits to the petrol station = fewer interactions with numpties/fewer treks around the forecourt looking for a pump that's got some paper in it so I can select "reprint a receipt".
V8mate said:
DRFC1879 said:
I too am somewhat flummoxed by the "round number" fuel brigade. I guess it's more prevalent amongst older drivers as a habit from a time when cash was used much more frequently.
It's about Clubcard/Nectar card/whatever points efficiency Due to the fluctuating value of fuel, Clubcard & Nectar points are awarded based on the number of litres you take, rather than the money you put in. So rounding up to the next whole pound, won't necessarily give you extra points.
When I had my first car I didn't even have a debit card so I always used to try and fill exactly £20 up as that was the cash I would have in my pocket from work, but I fortunately always had a few pennies in the car somewhere to add if I needed to. But then the Total garage I used to use, had a "take a penny" bowl by the counter which became more useful
Shakermaker said:
V8mate said:
DRFC1879 said:
I too am somewhat flummoxed by the "round number" fuel brigade. I guess it's more prevalent amongst older drivers as a habit from a time when cash was used much more frequently.
It's about Clubcard/Nectar card/whatever points efficiency Due to the fluctuating value of fuel, Clubcard & Nectar points are awarded based on the number of litres you take, rather than the money
cuprabob said:
Shakermaker said:
V8mate said:
DRFC1879 said:
I too am somewhat flummoxed by the "round number" fuel brigade. I guess it's more prevalent amongst older drivers as a habit from a time when cash was used much more frequently.
It's about Clubcard/Nectar card/whatever points efficiency Due to the fluctuating value of fuel, Clubcard & Nectar points are awarded based on the number of litres you take, rather than the money
MartG said:
This junction in Abingdon
Why not use traffic lights, or a single roundabout ? Instead it has two mini roundabouts artfully placed so nobody has a fking clue who has right of way at any particular time 
You've obvious never driven the Magic Roundabouts at Swindon or Hemel Hempstead then. Why not use traffic lights, or a single roundabout ? Instead it has two mini roundabouts artfully placed so nobody has a f
king clue who has right of way at any particular time 
Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff