Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 5)
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Europa1 said:
yellowjack said:
Currently annoying me beyond reason is Shreddies.
Specifically their "Proud to be Vegan" slogan on the box.
Well "duuuuur". With ingredients like "wheat", "barley malt", "molasses" and "salt" it's no surprise, really...
Proud to be vegan right up to the point you pour milk over them. Or are they suggesting eating them dry?Specifically their "Proud to be Vegan" slogan on the box.
Well "duuuuur". With ingredients like "wheat", "barley malt", "molasses" and "salt" it's no surprise, really...
I am prone to mop up sauces or condiments to a clinical standard using whatever is on the plate.
Chips for spare HP/baked bean sauce, naan bread for curry, yorkshire pud or roasties for gravy, bread for soup are some examples.
I have no idea why I have this compulsion, maybe it is a subconscious response to the fear of getting scudded for not 'finishing my dinner' or (seen to be) wasting food as a young child.
Chips for spare HP/baked bean sauce, naan bread for curry, yorkshire pud or roasties for gravy, bread for soup are some examples.
I have no idea why I have this compulsion, maybe it is a subconscious response to the fear of getting scudded for not 'finishing my dinner' or (seen to be) wasting food as a young child.
Edited by Eng274 on Friday 1st March 10:18
Answerphone, and people's lack of ability to understand and use it. This manifests itself in two ways:
The folk who keep phoning, hanging up and then phoning again when you don't answer. There's a reason I'm not picking up the phone you tard, stop constantly redialling and leave a bloody message, and I'll get back to you when I can actually get to the phone. Maybe after I know why you're calling.
Also, people who don't answer their phone, so you leave a message - who then phone back without actually listening to the message first. Why would you do that? Why would you not want a heads-up on what the call was about, time to prep an answer etc? Maybe if you listened to the message, you wouldn't need to call as it contained the answer you were looking for.
I'd hang the lot of them.
The folk who keep phoning, hanging up and then phoning again when you don't answer. There's a reason I'm not picking up the phone you tard, stop constantly redialling and leave a bloody message, and I'll get back to you when I can actually get to the phone. Maybe after I know why you're calling.
Also, people who don't answer their phone, so you leave a message - who then phone back without actually listening to the message first. Why would you do that? Why would you not want a heads-up on what the call was about, time to prep an answer etc? Maybe if you listened to the message, you wouldn't need to call as it contained the answer you were looking for.
I'd hang the lot of them.
john_1983 said:
Answerphone, and people's lack of ability to understand and use it. This manifests itself in two ways:
The folk who keep phoning, hanging up and then phoning again when you don't answer. There's a reason I'm not picking up the phone you tard, stop constantly redialling and leave a bloody message, and I'll get back to you when I can actually get to the phone. Maybe after I know why you're calling.
People who don't answer the phone when I call them.The folk who keep phoning, hanging up and then phoning again when you don't answer. There's a reason I'm not picking up the phone you tard, stop constantly redialling and leave a bloody message, and I'll get back to you when I can actually get to the phone. Maybe after I know why you're calling.
I don't leave voice messages.
If you cant be bothered to take my call, you obviously aren't worth calling. If I'm calling I'm usually after information now, not in 3 hours when you feel like getting around to it. If the matter wasn't time sensitive then I'd send an email or use another form of asynchronous communication designed for it.
By the same token, I don't listen to voicemail messages either. They are a pain to access and listen to, not to mention completely insecure. If you can't be bothered to call back or at least text or email, then whatever you have to say can't be important.
Phone's are for instant, synchronous communication. Voicemail is an anachronism from the past that needs to die.
captain_cynic said:
Phone's are for instant, synchronous communication. Voicemail is an anachronism from the past that needs to die.
Abso-f
king-lutely.I never listen to or leave voicemails. If it's not urgent, I'll call you later unless it can be articulated in a text message. If it is urgent I'll persistently ring until you pick up.
j_4m said:
captain_cynic said:
Phone's are for instant, synchronous communication. Voicemail is an anachronism from the past that needs to die.
Abso-fking-lutely.I never listen to or leave voicemails. If it's not urgent, I'll call you later unless it can be articulated in a text message. If it is urgent I'll persistently ring until you pick up.
If it's an emergency I might ring twice, then escalate to someone else.
I'm with a client. They have my undivided attention at that moment. The client calling needs to wait their turn, I will speak to them as soon as I can.
I am not a fireman, paramedic nor any other kind of lifesaver so therefore it is not that urgent. Patience is a virtue.
Either that or I'm having a wk so don't disturb me 
I am not a fireman, paramedic nor any other kind of lifesaver so therefore it is not that urgent. Patience is a virtue.
Either that or I'm having a w
k so don't disturb me captain_cynic said:
I do understand the annoyance with ringing persistently though. I usually grant someone 5 or so minutes before calling back. There usually is a reason why someone can't take a call, they could be taking a crap for all I know.
If it's an emergency I might ring twice, then escalate to someone else.
By urgency I mean on a level of "I've just written off my car and you're the only person near enough to help" or "You've locked me out of the house open the damn door, it's freezing".If it's an emergency I might ring twice, then escalate to someone else.
Royal Mail's sizing restrictions, particularly their Large Letter size, is what is annoying me today.
Just taken an item down to the Post Office that is in a mailer designed for Large Letter, and just fits through the sizing gauge, albeit with a bit of encouragement. But because it doesn't pass *smoothly* through it, they wouldn't accept it as a Large Letter and insisted it had to be sent as a parcel.
Just taken an item down to the Post Office that is in a mailer designed for Large Letter, and just fits through the sizing gauge, albeit with a bit of encouragement. But because it doesn't pass *smoothly* through it, they wouldn't accept it as a Large Letter and insisted it had to be sent as a parcel.
Reminds me of taking an EasyJet flight. I turned up with my wheelie bag, which is exactly the maximum dimensions for carry on bags. As a result, it looks bigger than the normal ones that people take on. It was also very full.
"That's too big"
"No, it's exactly the right dimensions"
"You'll have to put it in the guide/gauge/cage contraption to prove it fits"
I got a bit nervous as I'd never actually tried it in one of these and the guide looked awfully small. "Look, I've taken it on hundreds of other flights and its never been a problem"
"Put it in the guide"
I put it in the cage and, with some pushing and general encouragement, it slides in.
"Oh, OK. It can go on the plane"
I then had spend 5 minutes pulling it out because it was completely wedged in. I wondered if I'd have to disassemble the cage to get it out.
They still let me take it on board though. It slid easily into the overhead locker.
"That's too big"
"No, it's exactly the right dimensions"
"You'll have to put it in the guide/gauge/cage contraption to prove it fits"
I got a bit nervous as I'd never actually tried it in one of these and the guide looked awfully small. "Look, I've taken it on hundreds of other flights and its never been a problem"
"Put it in the guide"
I put it in the cage and, with some pushing and general encouragement, it slides in.
"Oh, OK. It can go on the plane"
I then had spend 5 minutes pulling it out because it was completely wedged in. I wondered if I'd have to disassemble the cage to get it out.
They still let me take it on board though. It slid easily into the overhead locker.
HPI Check, not worth the paper it's written on 
Complete farce.
I'm looking at purchasing a vehicle which was imported to the UK from the USA. Car is UK registered. Advert says HPI Clean.
So I get a Carfax report from the USA only to find car has 1 outstanding recall, been involved in two accidents, with the last accident declaring the car a total loss and salvage certificate issued!
car was then exported to the UK.
no history of who did the repair work in the USA or UK prior to registering it?
So I contact HPI to ask how they collect their data.
this was the response!
"Thank you for your email. As a UK car data company, we do only ever guarantee that we will hold the history of a vehicle while it has been in the UK - unfortunately as there are no international databases for car data, and every country records it's data differently, we cannot, and do not, promise that we will hold the full history if a vehicle has been imported. This is unfortunately just a risk that cannot be avoided if purchasing an imported vehicle".
So there you have it folks, Just don't bother
Complete farce.
I'm looking at purchasing a vehicle which was imported to the UK from the USA. Car is UK registered. Advert says HPI Clean.
So I get a Carfax report from the USA only to find car has 1 outstanding recall, been involved in two accidents, with the last accident declaring the car a total loss and salvage certificate issued!
car was then exported to the UK.
no history of who did the repair work in the USA or UK prior to registering it?
So I contact HPI to ask how they collect their data.
this was the response!
"Thank you for your email. As a UK car data company, we do only ever guarantee that we will hold the history of a vehicle while it has been in the UK - unfortunately as there are no international databases for car data, and every country records it's data differently, we cannot, and do not, promise that we will hold the full history if a vehicle has been imported. This is unfortunately just a risk that cannot be avoided if purchasing an imported vehicle".
So there you have it folks, Just don't bother
fatboy18 said:
HPI Check, not worth the paper it's written on
Complete farce.
I'm looking at purchasing a vehicle which was imported to the UK from the USA. Car is UK registered. Advert says HPI Clean.
So I get a Carfax report from the USA only to find car has 1 outstanding recall, been involved in two accidents, with the last accident declaring the car a total loss and salvage certificate issued!
car was then exported to the UK.
no history of who did the repair work in the USA or UK prior to registering it?
So I contact HPI to ask how they collect their data.
this was the response!
"Thank you for your email. As a UK car data company, we do only ever guarantee that we will hold the history of a vehicle while it has been in the UK - unfortunately as there are no international databases for car data, and every country records it's data differently, we cannot, and do not, promise that we will hold the full history if a vehicle has been imported. This is unfortunately just a risk that cannot be avoided if purchasing an imported vehicle".
So there you have it folks, Just don't bother
I'm sure you're very annoyed about that. Complete farce.
I'm looking at purchasing a vehicle which was imported to the UK from the USA. Car is UK registered. Advert says HPI Clean.
So I get a Carfax report from the USA only to find car has 1 outstanding recall, been involved in two accidents, with the last accident declaring the car a total loss and salvage certificate issued!
car was then exported to the UK.
no history of who did the repair work in the USA or UK prior to registering it?
So I contact HPI to ask how they collect their data.
this was the response!
"Thank you for your email. As a UK car data company, we do only ever guarantee that we will hold the history of a vehicle while it has been in the UK - unfortunately as there are no international databases for car data, and every country records it's data differently, we cannot, and do not, promise that we will hold the full history if a vehicle has been imported. This is unfortunately just a risk that cannot be avoided if purchasing an imported vehicle".
So there you have it folks, Just don't bother
Just to make you even angrier, I think it's perfectly reasonable and exactly what I would have expected.
Einion Yrth said:
thebigmacmoomin said:
Vegan's & Vegetarian's who preach to everybody else. That's your lifestyle / medical choice, now leave me alone to enjoy a bacon roll.
People who persist in thinking that the English plural requires an apostrophe; it doesn't, ever.People that thought they had gluten intolerance so paid for a snake oil test that confirmed they are allergic to dairy/wheat and bang on how it makes them so ill while sinking half a packet of chocolate digestives, kebabs, pizzas and pork pies then moans there was no gluten free sandwiches at the meeting you were in today and made a huge scene.
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