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

[Roofless Toothless]

Perhaps that’s where he’s come from.

[cuprabob]

Roofless Toothless said:

People who make signs and notices and hopelessly underestimate the space it will take to complete a word. It doesn’t take much forethought or effort to avoid this.

Not sure he's going to "fit in" in Peebles

[TameRacingDriver]

Kermit power said:

Our birth rate fell below the level required to maintain demographic stability back at the end of the Sixties, life expectancy continued to rise, but retirement age didn't.

Don't worry, the NHS are working hard to reverse this

[fatboy18]

TameRacingDriver said:

Kermit power said:

Our birth rate fell below the level required to maintain demographic stability back at the end of the Sixties, life expectancy continued to rise, but retirement age didn't.

Don't worry, the NHS are working hard to reverse this

So if the Birth rate has been steadily falling, why do we need so many new homes?

[popeyewhite]

fatboy18 said:

So if the Birth rate has been steadily falling, why do we need so many new homes?

So people with money can buy them?

Oh and immigration has exceeded emigration by more (sometimes lots more) than 100,000 in every year between 1998 and 2020. In 2023 it was near enough 700,000, and these people have to have somewhere to live.

[The Don of Croy]

TalkTalk Business.

Not sure how they did this, but they issued an invoice to my company last month which clearly states 'A N Other' in the address but has the same Account number.

As the invoices are supplied online I confess I missed that detail at first, but then they took payment by DD 7 days later!

I've rung my account manager and they have assured me it would be sorted, but 48hrs later and no refund.

How do these organisations get by with this level of cackhanded-ness?

Who can I complain to? Ofcom? Charlie Dunstone?

[Unreal]

The Don of Croy said:

TalkTalk Business.

Not sure how they did this, but they issued an invoice to my company last month which clearly states 'A N Other' in the address but has the same Account number.

As the invoices are supplied online I confess I missed that detail at first, but then they took payment by DD 7 days later!

I've rung my account manager and they have assured me it would be sorted, but 48hrs later and no refund.

How do these organisations get by with this level of cackhanded-ness?

Who can I complain to? Ofcom? Charlie Dunstone?

Try dealing with the DVLA - their bar for customer service is barely above ground level

Unfortunately we live in a world where we're massively dependent on tech. When it works, it's usually great but when the problem requires a person to see sense and make decisions, we're lost, and it's only getting worse.

[TameRacingDriver]

Unreal said:

Try dealing with the DVLA - their bar for customer service is barely above ground level

Unfortunately we live in a world where we're massively dependent on tech. When it works, it's usually great but when the problem requires a person to see sense and make decisions, we're lost, and it's only getting worse.

I would rather talk to a chatbot than an Indian I can't understand.

(I do take your point, though).

[Unreal]

TameRacingDriver said:

Unreal said:

Try dealing with the DVLA - their bar for customer service is barely above ground level

Unfortunately we live in a world where we're massively dependent on tech. When it works, it's usually great but when the problem requires a person to see sense and make decisions, we're lost, and it's only getting worse.

I would rather talk to a chatbot than an Indian I can't understand.

(I do take your point, though).

Unfortunately the person, regardless of whether you can understand them or not, is rarely able to make a decision or go off script. It's just incredibly frustrating. I take yours too. A language barrier is only going to be unhelpful.

[Kermit power]

fatboy18 said:

TameRacingDriver said:

Kermit power said:

Our birth rate fell below the level required to maintain demographic stability back at the end of the Sixties, life expectancy continued to rise, but retirement age didn't.

Don't worry, the NHS are working hard to reverse this

So if the Birth rate has been steadily falling, why do we need so many new homes?

Because the number of pensioners has rocketed, so we've had to bring in lots of immigrants to replace them in the workforce.

[yellowjack]

JuanCarlosFandango said:

Has anyone mentioned slotted screws yet? I get that they were easier to machine in 1700 a.d. and that being able to improvise with a knife or chisel or similar might come in useful but it's a terrible way of driving a fixing in or out. Anyone who has any business putting in or taking out screws in 2024 has an array of implements to do this much better.

So stop using the 0.6x4 driving bit, and use the 1.2x7 that matches the screw head.. ?

#justsaying

[CoolHands]

Kermit power said:

Because the number of pensioners has rocketed,

Has it?

[Unreal]

Kermit power said:

fatboy18 said:

TameRacingDriver said:

Kermit power said:

Our birth rate fell below the level required to maintain demographic stability back at the end of the Sixties, life expectancy continued to rise, but retirement age didn't.

Don't worry, the NHS are working hard to reverse this

So if the Birth rate has been steadily falling, why do we need so many new homes?

Because the number of pensioners has rocketed, so we've had to bring in lots of immigrants to replace them in the workforce.

I think divorce rates and families now needing two homes is probably a factor.

[21st Century Man]

Life expectancy has fallen for the last decade and I'd expect that decline to accelerate. Wander up and down any High Street and it's pretty obvious that a lot of people aren't going to be collecting a pension for very long, if at all. We're misfuelling and overfuelling to an early grave.

[SlimJim16v]

The woman on TV last night who said "I'm literally scared to death".

[FiF]

Cars with LED strips and other extravagant displays across the front.

Plus iirc the Prius with those weird zigzag LED strips wiggling up and down the arse.

Don't know why but just

[nismocat]

SP&L. Wow, I waited a year to comment. What a bunch of anal douche bags I ever met!

[nismocat]

FiF said:

Cars with LED strips and other extravagant displays across the front.

Plus iirc the Prius with those weird zigzag LED strips wiggling up and down the arse.

Don't know why but just

[AstonZagato]

Sheets Tabuer said:

The Missus Dog, A Gun dog shared with her ex who of course shoots, kayaks, climbs mountains, rescues baby rabbits and bottle feeds orphaned lambs. Anyway the dog is trained to within an inch of it's life and I can't fart round the bloody thing.

Don't let him sit there, don't feed him this, don't give him that. Don't give him a toy it encourages mouthing, OMG you bought a wanger and a tennis ball!!!!!

FFS take your own fecking dog out then, better still leave it at supermans.

Gun dog people are a bit funny - they think their dogs can be ruined by the slightest thing (though to a certain extent they can be right). Gun dogs can be normal pets too.

The important thing is never to change a rule. If they can't run after something until they are told they can, you must never create circumstances where they are allowed to chase something without being given permission.

I have trained a few of our pet golden retrievers to be gun dogs. They have normal lives at home. They lie by the Aga, get toys, chase balls (though I never throw a ball without them first sitting and they aren't allowed to run for it until I tell them). They get spoiled by the kids. They have been good gun dogs. Not Field Trial Champions mind - they are good enough to sit by me on the peg, wait until the drive finishes, then be directed to birds that I know are there and finally comb the field for hidden birds.

I take training dummies on walks and practice retrieves, rather than throw balls. The dogs love it. Perhaps do a few gun dog training sessions - they are all aimed at training the owner, not the dog (the dog knows what to do)?

[Fastdruid]

The omni-shambles that is TfWM/swift.