Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 7)

[LunarOne]

singlecoil said:

Cold sales calls. This time it's on my mobile

I had one of these from someone claiming to be from Carphone Warehouse. And I happened to be driving at the time. I said "No thank you, I'm not interested", to which the strong Indian accent at the other end shouted "Don't dare you hanging up the phone - I have not finished the... speaking!".

I dared me.

[Milkyway]

A guy I worked with had a Double Glazing salesman on the line
for twenty minutes, arranging to have five new windows & a front door replaced, the salesman hung up... they didn’t do caravans.

[cuprabob]

Milkyway said:

A guy I worked with had a Double Glazing salesman on the line
for twenty minutes, arranging to have five new windows & a front door replaced, the salesman hung up... they didn’t do caravans.

Was that the same guy that got a quote for a Conservatory for their 2nd floor flat?

[Milkyway]

cuprabob said:

Was that the same guy that got a quote for a Conservatory for their 2nd floor flat?

One to remember...& pass on.

[Red9zero]

singlecoil said:

Cold sales calls. This time it's on my mobile, companies trying to sell me a better contract with my existing mobile phone company. The first such call, she wanted to know how much I'm paying at the moment. I suggested to her that if she was going to give me a better price, why did I need to tell her how much was paying right now?

She didn't have an answer except to repeat that she needed to know how much I'm paying now so she could get me a 'better price'. Now I just ring off when I realise that it's another such call.

I get those on my work mobile, which I also use for personal use as we get free calls, and I'm tight. Makes me laugh when they say they can beat my current contract.

[Jasandjules]

popeyewhite said:

Self service tills all the time.

I don't use them. First time I did the b**rd thing just kept complaining every 2 seconds. Nope, back to normal check outs for me.

[Milkyway]

Jasandjules said:

popeyewhite said:

Self service tills all the time.

I don't use them. First time I did the b**rd thing just kept complaining every 2 seconds. Nope, back to normal check outs for me.

Really tempted trying one of those scan as you go things... haven’t swallowed the brave pill yet.
Using Self service... more chance of me buying an EV.

[speedchick]

Another one for self service tills, or more to the point store assistants that ask if you are paying by card, you say yes and they call you over to the self service tills. No thanks B&Q, I stopped working for you 12 years ago.
And as if we are really going to self scan 8 boxes of wall tiles, adhesive and grout, rolls of wallpaper and ceiling lights!

[Cotty]

Grumps. said:

Haven’t paid a cheque in for years but always used to use the banking app to do it. No need for visiting a bank and mingling with the staff.

HSBC have a limit on their app. If it's a large cheque you have to go to a branch to pay it in

[Dr Murdoch]

This forum.

Click on the 'watch' button to erm watch a thread, which takes me to the next stage, and I then get asked whether I want to 'watch' the tread.

[Cotty]

Milkyway said:

Really tempted trying one of those scan as you go things... haven’t swallowed the brave pill yet.

I used them for years before I switched to delivery. Really easy to use and you get to use a manned till. As you don't need to unload and reload your trolly there is never any queues at the self scan tills, pass the gun over pay the amount and you are on your way. Very occationally they will ask for a rescan but no big deal.

Sainsburys introduced an app called Smartshop and I think you can use the camera on your phone to scan the shopping as you go.

[SlimJim16v]

Dr Murdoch said:

This forum.

Click on the 'watch' button to erm watch a thread, which takes me to the next stage, and I then get asked whether I want to 'watch' the tread.

It's really useful for when I accidentally click on it.

[LunarOne]

SlimJim16v said:

Dr Murdoch said:

This forum.

Click on the 'watch' button to erm watch a thread, which takes me to the next stage, and I then get asked whether I want to 'watch' the tread.

It's really useful for when I accidentally click on it.

You could just unwatch it if that were to ever happen. It really doesn’t warrant an “are you sure?” stage

[captain_cynic]

Cotty said:

Grumps. said:

Haven’t paid a cheque in for years but always used to use the banking app to do it. No need for visiting a bank and mingling with the staff.

HSBC have a limit on their app. If it's a large cheque you have to go to a branch to pay it in

I recently had a car written off. The small cheque from the DVLA could be cashed via the Starling app. The big one from LV had to be sent to their freepost address.

Apart from not having any envelopes because who posts st these days, it was relatively simple.

[captain.scarlet]

I get that languages evolve, but there's a difference between that and just pure laziness when slang becomes the norm, especially if the BBC is supposed to be British state media.

Who exactly are they employing?

'He passed "unexpectedly but peacefully" on Tuesday evening...'

'Pass' on its own does not mean 'die'.

It's 'passed AWAY'. Is it really so difficult for people to add that extra word, especially in a formal news piece?


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-6510...

[RizzoTheRat]

Clearly you're not the only person annoyed by that as it now says passed away

ETA: annoyed beyond reason at my phone's spell check and my inability to proofread

Edited by RizzoTheRat on Wednesday 29th March 08:33

[Killer2005]

RizzoTheRat said:

Clearly you're not the only person annoyed by that at our now says passed away

Unless someone from the BBC happened to be browsing PH this morning

[shih tzu faced]

Normally when passing away is mentioned on here you’ll soon be feeling the wrath of some proper old grumpy pants language experts sticking their oar in.

They’ll start shouting It’s not ‘passed away’ it’s DIED ffs etc etc… we then all have to wait til they’ve had their meds and gone back to sleep.

[singlecoil]

shih tzu faced said:

Normally when passing away is mentioned on here you’ll soon be feeling the wrath of some proper old grumpy pants language experts sticking their oar in.

They’ll start shouting It’s not ‘passed away’ it’s DIED ffs etc etc… we then all have to wait til they’ve had their meds and gone back to sleep.

On the subject of euphemisms, the use of 'slept with' when the correct word (and it's in the dictionary) is 'fked' is something that annoys me.

[Halmyre]

singlecoil said:

shih tzu faced said:

Normally when passing away is mentioned on here you’ll soon be feeling the wrath of some proper old grumpy pants language experts sticking their oar in.

They’ll start shouting It’s not ‘passed away’ it’s DIED ffs etc etc… we then all have to wait til they’ve had their meds and gone back to sleep.

On the subject of euphemisms, the use of 'slept with' when the correct word (and it's in the dictionary) is 'fked' is something that annoys me.

Or 'intefered with' as in 'her killer cut her into four pieces but she wasn't interfered with'.