WAMT....what annoyed me today!

*runs that through the marketingspeak translator*
Baz777 said:
The good lady wife made a purchase this weekend, first question “Can we sell you something else?” Second question “Can we sell you something else?” Third question “Can we sell you something else?” Fourth question, after finally be able to pay, “Can we spam you?”
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Baz777 said:
Why can’t you just pay for items without 20 questions these days?
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That's why I stopped giving blood.
"Where did you get it" and "Who's is it?"
Far too intrusive for my liking :(
 
Same question was asked of the nun at the sperm bank (well, similar - different fluid...)
 
Nod said:
Same question was asked of the nun at the sperm bank (well, similar - different fluid...)
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Reminds me of a quote attributed to Brendan Behan, "Bless you Sister, may all your sons be bishops"

Dave
 
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Can't find my Bah F****** Humbug t-shirt.
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Ta for the link, Mark - too late for this year (I wanted it for tomorrow!!!) but I'll have 2 early next year!

Can never remember whether you have spaces or not.
 
WAMT was it starting to persist down about a minute after I got the bike home with it's new black engine cases. Just had time to put the chain and disc lock on but not get it under cover.
 
Baz777 said:
Why can’t you just pay for items without 20 questions these days?

The good lady wife made a purchase this weekend, first question “did you find everything you were looking for today?” Second question “would you like to open one of our store accounts today?” Third question “would you like a carrier bag?” Fourth question, after finally be able to pay, “would you like your receipt emailed to you?”

And, as I am walking away “enjoy the rest of your day”, not much of it left after answering all those bloody questions!
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I agree,it’s a daren’t pain and,as you mentioned ,one of the question was in essence, wanting your Email address by asking if you’d like the receipt sent by Email. I used to say say,”no but nice try” and laugh ..the humour was most often lost on them, or I have asked if the till receipt mechanism was malfunctioning.However. yesterday there was no request the cashier just said “ Can you tell me what your your Email address is ?” Which I thought was a bit rude. My wife said no. Of course what we have to bear in mind is that the staff on the tills are told to ask. Sometimes I’ve said ‘no but I know you have to ask‘ Another request I’ve had a few times at a DIY store was our post code.

Anyway, A while ago I thought sod it, I know they‘re chasing sales but they don’t don’t care if you’re Inbox gets filled with their ads or offers or you get ads through the snail mail so,as we left the store I suggested to my wife she give a fictitious Email address..just change her genuine one a bit. I give one that has been closed down for years and they’ll get a ‘fail to deliver’ message. As for the post code I looked up what it was a few streets away but different letters and give that. There’s a good phrase I think most will know of.....Don’t get mad, get even. It really does work because, like you I used to walk out of the shop annoyed but not anymore, I just have a smug feeling and think of someone trying to Email me and getting it returned moments later.

I’ll add another annoying practice which I generally don’t respond to. My example is that call an insurance company to renew your insurance..I don’t do auto-renewal. Soon afterwards,maybe the same day or a the following day, you get an Email asking for marks out of ten for the person who took your premium..that’s not hard to take or re-confirm your card details ...and did you find the process easy and then ask on the same 0-10 scale if you’d recommend the company. So..last time I did respond so I could respond to the question about recommending the company that as I hadn’t made a claim I wasn’t in a position to assess how good they were and thus recommending them them was something I wasn’t prepared to do.The other aspect is that you will often hear a company that’s being grilled by someone speaking on behalf of consumers or policyholders on the radio or tv say that customer satisfaction is very high. How do they know ? Because people give high scores for them doing,basically, nothing apart from take your money. Has anyone ever had them get back to you if you do put a very low score and explanation. Last week I was unable to watch football on BTSports because of an error message. I ended up speaking to an agent’. Two were unable to resolve the situation saying someone would contact me. I got the ‘how did we do ? questionnaire . No-one has got back to me so I’m going to have to call them. I’m on Mojave with an iMac and I know that the latest Catalina is causing problems which they Emailed me telling me this despite it being in the chat record that I told them I was on Mojave.
 
Gremlin said:
The Big Issue seller outside our local Sainsbury who always refers to women as "my darling" :banghead:

I've told him I am not his darling and all the time he calls me that I won't buying his paper but
still he continues both going in the shop and when you come out
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Ingrid. That will annoy many women,I’m sure. Does he say “Hello mate,buddy, or whatever to men ? I wouldn’t have thought so. Some would suggest you ignore him but he sounds persistent. Of course, I don’t know for sure but if he’s been given permission by Sainsbury’s to be outside their store you could approach a manager. In Scotland,my wife tells me, the equivalent is ‘hen’..lol. I heard a tale of a five year old Scottish girl taking the part in a Nativity play and called Mary..hen..lol.

It clearly bothers you so here’s,maybe, a simple remedy. They have a Vendor Conduct agreement with the organisation and comments are welcome.


https://www.bigissue.org.uk/vendors/vendor-conduct/
 
JohnC6 said:
Does he say “Hello mate,buddy, or whatever to men ?
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No he calls them "Sir"
It doesn't bother me as, just annoys me as it does with anyone who says it to me and from what I have heard.
it does a lot of other females, at least he doesn't walk up to people as he's sayiing it
 
JohnC6 said:
wanting your Email address by asking if you’d like the receipt sent by Email. I used to say say,”no but nice try” and laugh
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They only place that has happened to me is in Halfords, they get the same reply as you give ;)

JohnC6 said:
That will annoy many women,
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I come into contact with quite a few women regually through work.
Once I get to "know" them I call them "love" ( inc. one trans-gender who seems to quite like it TBH)
Over many years of doing it, I've only had one woman woman object, "Don't you love me" she said.
Well I might, I said, if you change your attitude.

Unfortunately that didn't help much :D
 
Gremlin said:
No he calls them "Sir"
It doesn't bother me as, just annoys me as it does with anyone who says it to me and from what I have heard.
it does a lot of other females, at least he doesn't walk up to people as he's sayiing it
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Sounds like he is out of the same mould as my father in law.
He would call you girl, except it would be pronounced gell. It is very embarrassing having to listen to him sometimes.
When my in laws moved into their house earlier in the year, they had to get sky round to set everything up for them to tie in with their existing account. I got lumbered with staying in with the father in law as he is deaf and wouldn't hear the doorbell.
Two people from sky turned up, one of them, a young lady. I just wish the ground could swallow me up. It was even more embarrassing when she said she had to go outside and climb up the ladder to reset something on the dish. She did get a bit abrupt with him when he asked if she would be ok climbing the ladder, we all knew what he meant and he certainly wouldn't have said anything if the man had gone to climb the ladder.
 
nilagin said:
Sounds like he is out of the same mould as my father in law.
He would call you girl, except it would be pronounced gell. It is very embarrassing having to listen to him sometimes.
When my in laws moved into their house earlier in the year, they had to get sky round to set everything up for them to tie in with their existing account. I got lumbered with staying in with the father in law as he is deaf and wouldn't hear the doorbell.
Two people from sky turned up, one of them, a young lady. I just wish the ground could swallow me up. It was even more embarrassing when she said she had to go outside and climb up the ladder to reset something on the dish. She did get a bit abrupt with him when he asked if she would be ok climbing the ladder, we all knew what he meant and he certainly wouldn't have said anything if the man had gone to climb the ladder.
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‘Having taken in the first paragraph when I read ...and one one them was a young lady ..my thoughts of what was coming next was..’oh dear’..lol
 
JohnC6 said:
Ingrid. That will annoy many women,I’m sure. Does he say “Hello mate,buddy, or whatever to men ? I wouldn’t have thought so. Some would suggest you ignore him but he sounds persistent. Of course, I don’t know for sure but if he’s been given permission by Sainsbury’s to be outside their store you could approach a manager. In Scotland,my wife tells me, the equivalent is ‘hen’..lol. I heard a tale of a five year old Scottish girl taking the part in a Nativity play and called Mary..hen..lol.

It clearly bothers you so here’s,maybe, a simple remedy. They have a Vendor Conduct agreement with the organisation and comments are welcome.


https://www.bigissue.org.uk/vendors/vendor-conduct/
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He thinks thinks he’s being friendly but in reality is condescending and sexist. I was thinking of saying he calls men sir but didn’t think he would. I was wrong,then.

Darts is, generally, seen as a ‘men’s sport so I was pleased to see this win by Fallon Sherrock and doubly pleased by the good response from the loser, Ted Evetts.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/darts/50831338

Bit off the issue..no pun intended..lol you brought up ..or maybe not,really but regrading the sexist side of it this is an interesting read. Short but full of information. You may not be surprised to learn that I have two sisters one of whom if she asked me what time it was I’d ask her what time she would like it to be..lol

https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/blog/2...MI2Kii1_C_5gIViLbtCh3g-Ak2EAAYAyAAEgJQc_D_BwE
 
JohnC6 said:
Darts is, generally, seen as a ‘men’s sport so I was pleased to see this win by Fallon Sherrock
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Milton Keynes the land of roundabouts and Darts Champions (y)
 
Cobra said:
Milton Keynes the land of roundabouts and Darts Champions (y)
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I didn’t know that. That’s something else you’ve told me that I didn’t know..lol.

Just watching Liverpool v Monterrey and came back on to add to my darts comment re womens’ ongoing struggle in society I see the last two contenders for The Apprentice (tonight) are women and one is a recruitment consultant specialising in engineering and manufacturing sectors.
 
Marginal annoyance!

Pre-ordered my golf society seasonal lunch a month or so back and the organizer decided to make a spreadsheet of the pre-orders for the 9 of us who were attending to avoid confusion as to who was having what - good idea! Well, it was until he thought it would be funny to put me down as one of everything (what? Me? A glutton? :whistle: )… At least it was only the starter that he got wrong when he put the order in so I ended up with (delicious - and a bigger portion than the baked brie wedges I originally went for) duck paté and sweet chilli chutney. Glad I went for the turkey - the roast beef looked a bit overcooked and dry, although I'm assured it was fine. Now happily full and digesting as quietly as possible!
 
Visiting and elderly ex neighbour in a care home, yesterday.
She is 92 and has Parkinsons, pays £1,000 for a small room, smaller then my bedroom
in which she sit in a chair most of the day with the odd visit from staff and gets very few visitors
despite have so called friends when she lived here
Thankfully she doesn't seem to realise much of the time, but I found it sad that she
feels her life is over and no longer wants to live, she still retains her sense of humour
and it was a visit I was dreading, I took another neighbour who can't drive at the moment
and enjoyed the time we spent there
It's just so sad that she is having to spend all the money she had when she sold the house
and worries what will happen when that runs out, she is lucky in that the home seems very nice
and she is well cared for
 
Dave70D said:
Chucking down and still on a weather warning.
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I'm not saying its wet here or anything, but I just looked out the window and saw this

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Supposed to be at the Boccia Xmas party today, stuck In hospital with a UTI instead! :mad:
 
Marc said:
Supposed to be at the Boccia Xmas party today, stuck In hospital with a UTI instead! :mad:
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OUCH! I hope its sorted very quickly Marc (y)
 
WPMOT?
What p***ed me off today ...
My printer failed when trying to print some Xmas stuff ..
Thanks the maker for Amazon Prime .. Delivering tomorrow (y) ...

However I discovered by accident that the one that's on its way, does not include the data cable :rolleyes:
Second WPMOT ...

I have one already obviously, but on the very slight chance
it is the data cable ( I'm sure its not, all the on line suggestions and tests, point to it, the printer being FUBAR'd )

I better get a new one ..
Amazon prime can do it tomorrow (y)

p***ed off but relieved (y)
 
Cobra said:
WPMOT?
What p***ed me off today ...
My printer failed when trying to print some Xmas stuff ..
Thanks the maker for Amazon Prime .. Delivering tomorrow (y) ...

However I discovered by accident that the one that's on its way, does not include the data cable :rolleyes:
Second WPMOT ...

I have one already obviously, but on the very slight chance
it is the data cable ( I'm sure its not, all the on line suggestions and tests, point to it, the printer being FUBAR'd )

I better get a new one ..
Amazon prime can do it tomorrow (y)

p***ed off but relieved (y)
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I don't think I have ever bought a printer that came with a data cable & I have probably bought more than 200 (mostly when I managed a school network).
 
broc said:
I don't think I have ever bought a printer that came with a data cable
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Fairy nuff (y)
I've not bought one ( printer) in a lot of years, so I just assumed they did,
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Not giving you a data cable is like selling printers with 'demonstration' (i.e. part filled) print cartridges. It's all geared towards making you spend more money. I regard inkjet printers as being like disposable razors where the 'supplies' cost more than the handle.

A case in point was the A4 HP 7740 MFD I bought in 2017, with cashback from HP it was £90, a full set of ink cost me a similar sum.......

& don't get me started on so called 'high quality' HDMI cables that cost a fortune..........
 
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broc said:
I regard inkjet printers as being like disposable razors where the 'supplies' cost more than the handle.
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I noticed that when looking around! Bloody outrageous IMO
 
broc said:
Not giving you a data cable is like selling printers with 'demonstration' (i.e. part filled) print cartridges. It's all geared towards making you spend more money. I regard inkjet printers as being like disposable razors where the 'supplies' cost more than the handle.

A case in point was the A4 HP 7740 MFD I bought in 2017, with cashback from HP it was £90, a full set of ink cost me a similar sum.......

& don't get me started on so called 'high quality' HDMI cables that cost a fortune..........
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Indeed. We had an inkjet 20+ years ago that came with a PC 'bundle' in SA. Never used the colour capability so we replaced it with a mono laser when it died. Reliable and costs very little to run using generic cartridges.
 
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