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

[Halmyre]

Red9zero said:

Halmyre said:

I can top that. VW camper vans on caravan sites. Opening and slam-closing the sliding door every five fking minutes.

That will be us next week at Houx. Sorry

I won't be there so bang away freely.

And slam your doors as well.

[21st Century Man]

yellowjack said:

Yes, there are greater annoyances in the world than the DVLA being too efficient, and their application system being too convenient and easy to use, but this is the "beyond reason" thread, right...?

I'm getting on a bit now and have probably processed hundreds of my own personal transactions with the DVLA over the years and it was ever thus, never a problem. I've been in the motor trade too for a few decades, new & used, probably processed thousands of transactions in connection, and again, never a problem, whether old school at the PO or the old regional offices, by post or with AFRL it's successors and online. They've always done the job spot on in a timely and efficient manner. And yet there are so many folks posting on here about how everything they touch turns to st with just one or two regular private transactions a year. I find it baffling, but then having sat waiting in the queue at the regional offices back in the old days and seen the utter garbage people have had with them by way of paperwork and documents, I shouldn't be surprised. "PRINT IN BLACK INK" and they've scrawled in green crayon, it's incomplete and what they have managed to fill in is wrong anyway, and yet they would be shouting at and abusing the staff.

[Richard-390a0]

yellowjack said:

DVLA

E) That I now have to post back my old, cut up licence, but there's no Freepost envelope to put it in.

Yes, there are greater annoyances in the world than the DVLA being too efficient, and their application system being too convenient and easy to use, but this is the "beyond reason" thread, right...?

I would agree with this. My father who has recently passed due to cancer so I've informed them to cancel his licence & the response was there's no need to return it just cut the top r/h corner off of it.

Where's the logic in all this?. Your licence which will soon show an expired date on it so clearly won't be valid needs to be cut up & return & yet my fathers which has a few years remaining on it only needs the corner snipping off!?!

[yellowjack]

21st Century Man said:

yellowjack said:

Yes, there are greater annoyances in the world than the DVLA being too efficient, and their application system being too convenient and easy to use, but this is the "beyond reason" thread, right...?

I'm getting on a bit now and have probably processed hundreds of my own personal transactions with the DVLA over the years and it was ever thus, never a problem. I've been in the motor trade too for a few decades, new & used, probably processed thousands of transactions in connection, and again, never a problem, whether old school at the PO or the old regional offices, by post or with AFRL it's successors and online. They've always done the job spot on in a timely and efficient manner. And yet there are so many folks posting on here about how everything they touch turns to st with just one or two regular private transactions a year. I find it baffling, but then having sat waiting in the queue at the regional offices back in the old days and seen the utter garbage people have had with them by way of paperwork and documents, I shouldn't be surprised. "PRINT IN BLACK INK" and they've scrawled in green crayon, it's incomplete and what they have managed to fill in is wrong anyway, and yet they would be shouting at and abusing the staff.

I suppose, in that case, that my annoyances ought to be directed to the "admin black hole" users of the DVLA, rather than the institution itself. With the way the media (mainstream and social) have been talking down the DVLA you come to believe that everything is a complete shambles, and that you need to apply for things well ahead of time. Turns out it's not so. Simply gather together a few items and additional info, enter the data, add a card payment, click "Apply Now" and boom! There it is on the doormat within four days. I even feel bad about posting it as an annoyance now...

[21st Century Man]

Although I've not had personal experience of it, I'm sure things go wrong from time to time, but from what I've read on PH over the years, it seems to be everytime for many. Perhaps I've just been very lucky?

[captain_cynic]

21st Century Man said:

Although I've not had personal experience of it, I'm sure things go wrong from time to time, but from what I've read on PH over the years, it seems to be everytime for many. Perhaps I've just been very lucky?

My experiences have been pretty painless with UK govt departments. You just make sure the form is filled in correctly. Post anything you need to post straight away. Wait your required time and above all else DO NOT bother the Home Office.

That last one might be specific to my circumstances though.

[Halmyre]

Richard-390a0 said:

yellowjack said:

DVLA

E) That I now have to post back my old, cut up licence, but there's no Freepost envelope to put it in.

Yes, there are greater annoyances in the world than the DVLA being too efficient, and their application system being too convenient and easy to use, but this is the "beyond reason" thread, right...?

I would agree with this. My father who has recently passed due to cancer so I've informed them to cancel his licence & the response was there's no need to return it just cut the top r/h corner off of it.

Where's the logic in all this?. Your licence which will soon show an expired date on it so clearly won't be valid needs to be cut up & return & yet my fathers which has a few years remaining on it only needs the corner snipping off!?!

I've never posted back an expired licence. What do they do with it anyway?

[FiF]

Halmyre said:

Richard-390a0 said:

yellowjack said:

DVLA

E) That I now have to post back my old, cut up licence, but there's no Freepost envelope to put it in.

Yes, there are greater annoyances in the world than the DVLA being too efficient, and their application system being too convenient and easy to use, but this is the "beyond reason" thread, right...?

I would agree with this. My father who has recently passed due to cancer so I've informed them to cancel his licence & the response was there's no need to return it just cut the top r/h corner off of it.

Where's the logic in all this?. Your licence which will soon show an expired date on it so clearly won't be valid needs to be cut up & return & yet my fathers which has a few years remaining on it only needs the corner snipping off!?!

I've never posted back an expired licence. What do they do with it anyway?

I have always interpreted it to be a case of you must destroy your old licence, not just dispose of it. If you don't want or are able to destroy it you can send it back to us if you wish.

If it turns out and I'm wrong and that it is a definite requirement to send it back then clearly I did send it back. Ruddy Post Office, grrrr.

[captain.scarlet]

It's close to closing time at the near-empty gym and some guy has been in the weights section after I've done an hour of cardio.

I'm on the bicep curl machine and he waltzes over and asks how many more sets I have left.

For crying out loud!!

[popeyewhite]

captain.scarlet said:

It's close to closing time at the near-empty gym and some guy has been in the weights section after I've done an hour of cardio.

I'm on the bicep curl machine and he waltzes over and asks how many more sets I have left.

For crying out loud!!

Certainly an annoyance beyond reason.

[r3g]

Dermot O'Logical said:

r3g said:

Brave Fart said:

Apologies if mentioned before, but the thing that annoys me beyond reason is people who allow the door in their hotel room to slam every bloody time they go out or return. FFS! Especially at four in the morning; SLAM! Why can't they act like decent human beings and hold the door while it gently, and silently, closes? Grrrr.

Think yourself lucky you only get it on a temporary basis. People who live in modern block of flats get it 24/7 as every door, external and internal is a fire door with a spring closer that stops damping for the last 1ft of travel and slams shut.

I can identify with this - where I live somebody leaves for work at 6.30am, and goes through the double doors from the communal entrance lobby to the car parking spaces, opening the outer door before the inner door closes, the result being the inner door slamming shut. Every. Bloody. Morning.

This afternoon, I will be adjusting the closing mechanism on the inner door, so that peace and quiet might be restored.

That's exactly what I've done - same issue here. If yours is like ours and the main entrance door is made out of some flexible plastic/composite crap, you'll probably find that the damper requires regular adjustment based on the ambient temperature. When the weather gets colder it seems to make the "spring" stiffer and the result is that it will close, but not go all the way home to latch onto the lock, so anyone can walk in. But when you adjust it to suit and then the weather gets warmer, the "spring" loosens up and slams home for last bit. They are a menace!

For the individual residence doors I've managed to convince my neighbour above to remove the spring closer from his door . He is even worse than me at DIY which takes some doing, but I was so pissed off with his door constantly slamming that I went out and got my tools from my other place, brought them here and removed it all for him! It's bliss now in comparison.


Back on topic : automatic email sign-ups for newsletters and other random crap that you can't unsubscribe from, Gumtree I'm currently looking at you with your unwelcome "weekly ad performance report" emails. Yes, you have a handy 'unsubscribe' link but it doesn't do anything and they keep turning up every week . Even worse are the ones where the 'unsubscribe' link goes straight to a 404. fk you and fk you some more. I do actually have my own email domain and use specific addresses for sites like that such as gumtree@mydomain so I could block these at source via my cPanel in a couple of minutes if I could be bothered, but I'd much prefer it if companies respected their users' wishes and just did as asked.

[droopsnoot]

r3g said:

I do actually have my own email domain and use specific addresses for sites like that such as gumtree@mydomain so I could block these at source via my cPanel in a couple of minutes if I could be bothered, but I'd much prefer it if companies respected their users' wishes and just did as asked.

I also have a domain for my "proper" email address, but since someone mentioned the "+" trick on gmail addresses, I use that because I don't have to set anything up.

[MartG]

The level of sycophancy displayed by the BBC commentators at Buckingham Palace today

[Chicken_Satay]

All this apparently ground-breaking news around the Platinum Jubilee, e.g: "Queen makes appearance on royal balcony" - wow! It's hardly newsworthy is it? Certainly not worth me receiving a notification on my phone, is it?

[Countdown]

MartG said:

The level of sycophancy displayed by the BBC commentators at Buckingham Palace today

But surely everything about the Jubilee is sycophantic?

[Doofus]

Countdown said:

MartG said:

The level of sycophancy displayed by the BBC commentators at Buckingham Palace today

But surely everything about the Jubilee is sycophantic?

Presumably you have to watch the coverage to hear the commentators.

[COM31E]

Halmyre said:

I've never posted back an expired licence. What do they do with it anyway?

I have a box full of the damned things, somewhere. I've never posted a single one back when I've changed addresses. Which is a lot in the last decade.

[Halmyre]

Doofus said:

Countdown said:

MartG said:

The level of sycophancy displayed by the BBC commentators at Buckingham Palace today

But surely everything about the Jubilee is sycophantic?

Presumably you have to watch the coverage to hear the commentators.

Anyone not watching the coverage and/or displaying non-sycophancy is a filthy commie anarchist republican and their names will go on the list.

[Wombat3]

"Legitimate Interest" cookie things

Pop ups that ask you to agree to Cookies which, when you dig into them, list off literally hundreds of companies that seem to think they have a "Legitimate Interest" in your browsing history & personal data etc

No, fk off, you do NOT have a "Legitimate Interest" , your interest is about as Legitimate as Putin's little foray into Ukraine!

Anyone who can develop some kind of browser add-on that automatically rejects anything to do with "Legitimate Interest" cookies could make fortune!

[talksthetorque]

Halmyre said:

Doofus said:

Countdown said:

MartG said:

The level of sycophancy displayed by the BBC commentators at Buckingham Palace today

But surely everything about the Jubilee is sycophantic?

Presumably you have to watch the coverage to hear the commentators.

Anyone not watching the coverage and/or displaying non-sycophancy is a filthy commie anarchist republican and their names will go on the list.

Stick me down.
Think she’s great and proud of country, but fk sitting through that.

Looks like Andy’s excused though, “covid”