Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 7)
Discussion
captain_cynic said:
Same with "worker/skills shortages". Companies paying what people are worth are having no trouble finding and retaining talent. There isn't a worker shortage, there is a serf shortage.
Yep, my work aren't having much of a problem recruiting people as such, but because they pay the new starters a lot less than they can earn elsewhere they don't stay - the only exception being if they're overqualified and end up moving up a rank within a few months.They got away with it before when the industry was on its way down, but now things have picked up their strategy of "They're desperate for work so we can keep the pay low" is backfiring a bit.
Recruiting, training, and then replacing someone every 6 months must be getting expensive
LordGrover said:
Drivers who brake and/or manoeuver before deigning to use their indicators.
What's the feckin' point of signalling afterwards?
Drivers at a two lane traffic light who wait until the lights change to green before indicating their intention to turn right. So, I've not been given the option of changing lanes on approach to the lights.What's the feckin' point of signalling afterwards?
What the bleedin' point of that then?
Annual budgets.
Message is “control cost”. My submission goes in flat vs last year and year before. It’s already small so meeting it each year is like landing on the proverbial sixpence.
Turns out everyone else has gone over. Who gets the challenge?
Message is “control cost”. My submission goes in flat vs last year and year before. It’s already small so meeting it each year is like landing on the proverbial sixpence.
Turns out everyone else has gone over. Who gets the challenge?
Edited by OMITN on Friday 13th May 16:50
As I literally cannot find a car to replace it that ticks as many boxes I'm considering spending a bit and doing a suspension refresh (with original parts) and seeing as going to be replacing the dampers and all the bits seems a bit crazy not to replace the springs too so I was looking to see how much they would be.
There are a bewildering number of different springs ranging in price (for genuine parts) from £16 to £121. Mine of course are £121 for the fronts and not available for the back.
There are a bewildering number of different springs ranging in price (for genuine parts) from £16 to £121. Mine of course are £121 for the fronts and not available for the back.
captain_cynic said:
Plymo said:
captain.scarlet said:
Probably been covered already and I'm sure this won't be the last time: being unable to speak with anyone in customer services because of 'the ongoing pandemic' which is then used as an excuse to justify poor or non-existent customer service: lengthy waiting times, delays, no responses and everything having to be done online or via e-mail.
Tuesday 10 May example:
Definitely not beyond reason!Tuesday 10 May example:
Seeing as there are no covid restrictions as such anywhere in the UK now, there really is no justification for the "because covid" excuse...
I suppose a translation of that page is "We've saved some money by making you wait longer, and no, it doesn't make anything cheaper for you"
Same with "worker/skills shortages". Companies paying what people are worth are having no trouble finding and retaining talent. There isn't a worker shortage, there is a serf shortage.
: the incredibly insincere, patronising language that seems to be rife in a further attempt at pacifying stressed customers and trying to come across as human: "ooh yes...so yes it's just taking a little bit longer than usual, it's because of coronavirus you see. Just hang on in there and we'll be sure to get someone to you".Reminds me of the prerecorded Three voicemail message where a man and a woman take it in turns to say the words of the voice message in a false cheerful tone, like some sort of double act.
And prerecorded messages attempting to bamboozle you into thinking you're dealing with a human (and one who is personable at that) when you're trying to verify who you are: "I'm juuuuuust checking those details".
On a similar note at, has anyone noticed that often at the end of all the automated security verification that took an hour, when you finally do get through to a representive "who will be with you shortly", you then need to go through security questions all over again?
captain.scarlet said:
On a similar note at, has anyone noticed that often at the end of all the automated security verification that took an hour, when you finally do get through to a representive "who will be with you shortly", you then need to go through security questions all over again?
Yes.
captain.scarlet said:
On a similar note at, has anyone noticed that often at the end of all the automated security verification that took an hour, when you finally do get through to a representive "who will be with you shortly", you then need to go through security questions all over again?
This means they didn't set up their security system properly. With my bank if you put in your PIN and ID code correctly, you pretty much go straight through. captain.scarlet said:
Reminds me of the prerecorded Three voicemail message where a man and a woman take it in turns to say the words of the voice message in a false cheerful tone, like some sort of double act.
This reminds me of one of my pet annoyances. Airline safety videos. They always seem to be incredibly cringe worthy. Even those that are straightforward and deadpan, let alone those that try to create edgy or funny videos. Blib said:
Drivers at a two lane traffic light who wait until the lights change to green before indicating their intention to turn right. So, I've not been given the option of changing lanes on approach to the lights.
What the bleedin' point of that then?
They are thick (if done unthinkingly). Or obnoxious (if done deliberately).What the bleedin' point of that then?
A marked (liveried) Police car did that to me once (Northampton). I assume they got a "call" just as the lights changed!
captain_cynic said:
Same with "worker/skills shortages". Companies paying what people are worth are having no trouble finding and retaining talent. There isn't a worker shortage, there is a serf shortage.
Never a truer word written. Pay people enough money and they will work for you.The days of some poor sap working anti-social hours in a pub for minimum wage are long gone.
Tons of jobs out there, people can pick and choose what suits them and rightly so.
4-packs of beer cans that are glued together rather than having plastic rings.
Yes, it is much better for the environment and protects wildlife from the kind of selfish arses who couldn't be bothered to cut the rings open before binning them, but my goodness they are annoying.
Small price to pay I guess.
(But still annoying)
Yes, it is much better for the environment and protects wildlife from the kind of selfish arses who couldn't be bothered to cut the rings open before binning them, but my goodness they are annoying.
Small price to pay I guess.
(But still annoying)
Clockwork Cupcake said:
4-packs of beer cans that are glued together rather than having plastic rings.
Yes, it is much better for the environment and protects wildlife from the kind of selfish arses who couldn't be bothered to cut the rings open before binning them, but my goodness they are annoying.
Small price to pay I guess.
(But still annoying)
The little bits of glue are irritatingly tactile. The drinking person's fidget spinner.Yes, it is much better for the environment and protects wildlife from the kind of selfish arses who couldn't be bothered to cut the rings open before binning them, but my goodness they are annoying.
Small price to pay I guess.
(But still annoying)
Doofus said:
Clockwork Cupcake said:
4-packs of beer cans that are glued together rather than having plastic rings.
Yes, it is much better for the environment and protects wildlife from the kind of selfish arses who couldn't be bothered to cut the rings open before binning them, but my goodness they are annoying.
Small price to pay I guess.
(But still annoying)
The little bits of glue are irritatingly tactile. The drinking person's fidget spinner.Yes, it is much better for the environment and protects wildlife from the kind of selfish arses who couldn't be bothered to cut the rings open before binning them, but my goodness they are annoying.
Small price to pay I guess.
(But still annoying)
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