Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)
Discussion
glenrobbo said:
Just use a normal checkout till and ask the nice person for the change in a way you would prefer. It's much less stresfull and helps them keep employed. Win - win!
That's fine - except the checkout operators are now expected to ask you 20 questions at each visit and hold a full scale conversation - all in the name of 'good customer service'.To me - good customer service is:
1. Fast
2. Efficient
3. Polite
In that order.
If spending loads of time on 3 is inhibiting 1 and 2 - that's not good customer service to me. The person actually being served might enjoy the attention - but what about the 4-5 people in the queue behind?
glenrobbo said:
Now that the dark evenings are back with us, I get REALLY annoyed at drivers who sit at junctions/ traffic lights/ in queues with their foot firmly planted on the brake pedal causing their bloody high intensity high level led brake lights to burn out your retinas when you are behind them. When the line starts to move off, your night vision is ruined and you can't see a bloody thing!
a
holes!
Talk about seeing red, I truly feel like going and punching them in the face.
We've been waiting for this post since the clocks went back. I think you win this year! a
holes! Talk about seeing red, I truly feel like going and punching them in the face.
glenrobbo said:
Now that the dark evenings are back with us, I get REALLY annoyed at drivers who sit at junctions/ traffic lights/ in queues with their foot firmly planted on the brake pedal causing their bloody high intensity high level led brake lights to burn out your retinas when you are behind them. When the line starts to move off, your night vision is ruined and you can't see a bloody thing!
aholes!
Talk about seeing red, I truly feel like going and punching them in the face.
Because automatic......? a
holes! Talk about seeing red, I truly feel like going and punching them in the face.
Shakermaker said:
glenrobbo said:
Now that the dark evenings are back with us, I get REALLY annoyed at drivers who sit at junctions/ traffic lights/ in queues with their foot firmly planted on the brake pedal causing their bloody high intensity high level led brake lights to burn out your retinas when you are behind them. When the line starts to move off, your night vision is ruined and you can't see a bloody thing!
aholes!
Talk about seeing red, I truly feel like going and punching them in the face.
We've been waiting for this post since the clocks went back. I think you win this year! a
holes! Talk about seeing red, I truly feel like going and punching them in the face.
k up this week.A few years ago I'd been to see Donny Rovers having their arses handed to them at Wycombe and it took an hour to get out of the car park. At times the queues didn't move for ten minutes or so and the dozy bint in front of me sat with her foot planted on her brake for the duration. I got out and tapped on her window asking as politely as I could in the circumstances if she'd mind awfully engaging her handbrake as I was going blind behind her. She had a massive flap, stalled the car (yes, she must've also been in gear all the time!) and promptly stood back on her footbrake. The
.TTmonkey said:
glenrobbo said:
Now that the dark evenings are back with us, I get REALLY annoyed at drivers who sit at junctions/ traffic lights/ in queues with their foot firmly planted on the brake pedal causing their bloody high intensity high level led brake lights to burn out your retinas when you are behind them. When the line starts to move off, your night vision is ruined and you can't see a bloody thing!
aholes!
Talk about seeing red, I truly feel like going and punching them in the face.
Because automatic......? a
holes! Talk about seeing red, I truly feel like going and punching them in the face.
Having an automatic isn't an excuse anyway, that's what the hand/e-brake and/or Park is for.
Shakermaker said:
glenrobbo said:
Now that the dark evenings are back with us, I get REALLY annoyed at drivers who sit at junctions/ traffic lights/ in queues with their foot firmly planted on the brake pedal causing their bloody high intensity high level led brake lights to burn out your retinas when you are behind them. When the line starts to move off, your night vision is ruined and you can't see a bloody thing!
aholes!
Talk about seeing red, I truly feel like going and punching them in the face.
We've been waiting for this post since the clocks went back. I think you win this year! a
holes! Talk about seeing red, I truly feel like going and punching them in the face.
glenrobbo said:
Rich_W said:
fluffekins said:
When using a self service checkout and the change is in the smallest denominations possible.
This! I wanted 20p back for use in our work coffee machine. What did I get? 10 fking 2ps.Whoever designed this factor of the machine can rot in hell!
Just use a normal checkout till and ask the nice person for the change in a way you would prefer. It's much less stresfull and helps them keep employed. Win - win!
shakotan said:
Not always, I see plenty of people who drive manuals who sit in queues on the footbrake.
Having an automatic isn't an excuse anyway, that's what the hand/e-brake and/or Park is for.
Even worse is when you know that the car has an e-brake with auto-hold and the driver is literally too lazy / inconsiderate to take their foot off the brake pedal. Having an automatic isn't an excuse anyway, that's what the hand/e-brake and/or Park is for.
glenrobbo said:
What do I win? A pair of welder's goggles?
No, better than that, you win some neck muscles so you can move your head and look in any one of the infinite number of different directions other than the one place that causes you such discomfort. You know when you are a child and your mum says "don't look directly at the sun?"
Well, I'm going to say it about brake lights. Don't look directly at them in traffic. You will be able to tell when they go off and the traffic moves forward as the ambient light will change from scorching red to complete darkness...
But, yes, it IS worth being "annoyed beyond reason" about in the spirit of this thread, even if there is a very simple solution to it
glenrobbo said:
Shakermaker said:
glenrobbo said:
Now that the dark evenings are back with us, I get REALLY annoyed at drivers who sit at junctions/ traffic lights/ in queues with their foot firmly planted on the brake pedal causing their bloody high intensity high level led brake lights to burn out your retinas when you are behind them. When the line starts to move off, your night vision is ruined and you can't see a bloody thing!
aholes!
Talk about seeing red, I truly feel like going and punching them in the face.
We've been waiting for this post since the clocks went back. I think you win this year! a
holes! Talk about seeing red, I truly feel like going and punching them in the face.
Being a relative country lad I probably suffer more than townies. About 10% of the cars around my way insist on using their fog lamps as well as their headlamps. I'm sure this has been moaned about many times before as it is a daily headache!
When all manufacturers use the same switching method as for instance my Mercedes, foglamps cannot be deployed when headlamps are on, (how sensible, how German).
That more than most other things really annoys me, (as I generally lead an unhindered life).
When all manufacturers use the same switching method as for instance my Mercedes, foglamps cannot be deployed when headlamps are on, (how sensible, how German).
That more than most other things really annoys me, (as I generally lead an unhindered life).
DaveGoddard said:
fluffekins said:
self service checkout
Does ANYONE have a positive thing to say about those bd hateful things?
RizzoTheRat said:
DaveGoddard said:
fluffekins said:
self service checkout
Does ANYONE have a positive thing to say about those bd hateful things?The ones in my local Waitrose are brilliant
RizzoTheRat said:
Yeah, they're brilliant now that most of the muppets who can't work out how to operate them have given up and go to a standard checkout instead. Usually a much smaller queue and really quick.
Yep, love a self service checkout. Possessing the miraculous ability to follow simple verbal and written instructions, its much faster than lining up behind the cantankerous people who complain about them at a normal checkout.RizzoTheRat said:
Yeah, they're brilliant now that most of the muppets who can't work out how to operate them have given up and go to a standard checkout instead. Usually a much smaller queue and really quick.
A bit like bus lanes, nearly always completely empty during the times that you can use them. I actually quite like them!
glenrobbo said:
Shakermaker said:
glenrobbo said:
Now that the dark evenings are back with us, I get REALLY annoyed at drivers who sit at junctions/ traffic lights/ in queues with their foot firmly planted on the brake pedal causing their bloody high intensity high level led brake lights to burn out your retinas when you are behind them. When the line starts to move off, your night vision is ruined and you can't see a bloody thing!
aholes!
Talk about seeing red, I truly feel like going and punching them in the face.
We've been waiting for this post since the clocks went back. I think you win this year! a
holes! Talk about seeing red, I truly feel like going and punching them in the face.
glenrobbo said:
Shakermaker said:
glenrobbo said:
Now that the dark evenings are back with us, I get REALLY annoyed at drivers who sit at junctions/ traffic lights/ in queues with their foot firmly planted on the brake pedal causing their bloody high intensity high level led brake lights to burn out your retinas when you are behind them. When the line starts to move off, your night vision is ruined and you can't see a bloody thing!
aholes!
Talk about seeing red, I truly feel like going and punching them in the face.
We've been waiting for this post since the clocks went back. I think you win this year! a
holes! Talk about seeing red, I truly feel like going and punching them in the face.
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