Let Off Steam In Here !!!!

[Wonderwall]

Because there has been a bit tension of late , I thought it would be handy to have a wee room where we could come and have a moan , shout , scream, tantrum , whatever , 

Here goes , I'm first , and it probably won't be my last, lots of things annoy me

Automated switchboards , you know , press 1 , press 5 , press 2 , press 1 , press 4 , on and on and on it goes . By the time you eventually get to talk to someone they should know what I had for tea, let alone the nature of my enquiry. But oh no not a bit of it , you still have to explain exactly what it is you require , and they then have to put you through to another department , and the process starts again . Soul destroying torture. It really rips my knitting .

Just get a human to answer in the first place , it did work almost perfectly back in the day . Is it all just a ruse to keep us on the phone so they can claim a bit back from BT? Surely not . 

Right that feels better , now let's hear yours

Tune in the next time for litter louts 

[dnks34]

Incompetent drivers usually to be found doing 20 below the speed limit (unless its a 20/30 limit then they will be doing 40). 

Usually of the mature persuasion.........they make steam come from places I never knew I had!!!! 

Endemic in Suffolk

[Guest]

21 minutes ago, Wonderwall said:

Because there has been a bit tension of late , I thought it would be handy to have a wee room where we could come and have a moan , shout , scream, tantrum , whatever , 

Here goes , I'm first , and it probably won't be my last, lots of things annoy me

Automated switchboards , you know , press 1 , press 5 , press 2 , press 1 , press 4 , on and on and on it goes . By the time you eventually get to talk to someone they should know what I had for tea, let alone the nature of my enquiry. But oh no not a bit of it , you still have to explain exactly what it is you require , and they then have to put you through to another department , and the process starts again . Soul destroying torture. It really rips my knitting .

Just get a human to answer in the first place , it did work almost perfectly back in the day . Is it all just a ruse to keep us on the phone so they can claim a bit back from BT? Surely not . 

Right that feels better , now let's hear yours

Tune in the next time for litter louts 

Ha clearly you have obviously at some point either rung HMRC or any mobile network customer service 

[grendel]

drivers who go through the right hand tunnel at the dartford crossing, then cross 3 lanes (and a solid white line) to get to the exit at junction 31.

[TheQ]

People who call Railway stations,  train stations

[ExUserGone]

9 minutes ago, TheQ said:

People who call Railway stations,  train stations

That sounds like it would really wind up people that play with train sets......

[imtamping2]

Or should that be "Railway Sets" ?????

[grendel]

train layouts?

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, imtamping2 said:

Or should that be "Railway Sets" ?????

No Toy Railway sets!!

[Snowy]

People at tills,

for the sake of this rant I’ll use supermarkets as the example.....

why do people wait until the assistant asks for payment, look surprised and only then do they  search their pockets or bags looking for either a credit card or cash

 

HAVE THE POXY MONEY READY, ITS NOT REALLY A SURPRISE THE SHOP REQUIRES PAYMENT !!!

 

and breathe 

[Baitrunner]

People in the outside lane who can only manage 62mph while overtaking a vehicle doing 61.999mph then (eventually a mile after passing) pull in and accelerate to 85mph!!

god this feels good. I can see this thread going on 

[imtamping2]

Lorries on the A14.....................over crawling that is ....... when I am trying to get to my boat......

[ExSurveyor]

All of the above, and lots more

[Baitrunner]

5 minutes ago, imtamping2 said:

Lorries on the A14.....................over crawling that is ....... when I am trying to get to my boat......

M11 and in fact anywhere I'm going 

[Vaughan]

People who refer to the noble art of railway modelling as "playing trains".

Abellio Greater Anglia and Network Rail, especially at weekends, are "playing trains"!!

Our trains run more often.

[Chelsea14Ian]

People on there phone,flagging down the bus.They rum to get the bus.The driver waits until they get on the bus,still on there phone.They then look for there pass (no cash on buses and underground)in London.Worse still they can't find there pass and have to get off the bus still on the b@#@@y phone.

Ian 

[dnks34]

People dawdling in supermarkets hindering those who just want to get in and out as quickly as possible. 

Hailing a bus by lifting a walking stick in the air, that is the height of rudeness in my opinion.

[ranworthbreeze]

More on mobile phones.

Mothers pushing prams or buggies a mobile grafted to one of their ears, no regard to the child, no conversation with their child at all, its a wonder there are not more accidents.

Regards Aloan

[Siddy]

Height of rudeness add wearing of sunglasses in shops etc and at checkout, it's all about eye contact! My glasses change in sun light and bugs me when they don't change back in time.

[Polly]

'Your call is very important to us' as if!!  So you all may know this but it was news to me; when a chat with Vodaphone about why my bill jumped in June revealed that the 0800 numbers can be bypassed using the 08 wizard which redirects you to the land line that is mandatory for 0800 number subscribers. 

Apparently the call is important in that the company keeping you waiting makes them money on the call. Grrrrr

[dnks34]

1 minute ago, ranworthbreeze said:

More on mobile phones.

Mothers pushing prams or buggies a mobile grafted to one of their ears, no regard to the child, no conversation with their child at all, its a wonder there are not more accidents.

Regards Aloan

We saw a good one leaving a very busy mcdonalds in Beccles this afternoon.

A Dad walking along the verge at the entrance to the carpark holding his little girls hand who was walking on the carpark around all the moving cars.........errrr........other way around probably a better idea??!

[Siddy]

Ok this is a big one for me, online help chat lines. They as you a question you reply then wait minutes for then to reply. The teddy starts going then asking are you having a brew or talking to others get a manager. You know there doing 3-4 chats at once.

Your call is important to us - so is my life ticking away waiting for you.

[Baitrunner]

The wearing of hats, especially baseball caps on back to front, indoors, on aeroplanes and even more annoying in a restaurant!!

even worse, if said culprit is of an age who should know better. 

[KaptinKev]

This one really bugs me, the drivers who can't figure out how their indicators work and it is up to you to figure out if they are going left, right or straight on.

Obviously it is my fault for not being born with telepathy. 

[dnks34]

I take indication with a pinch of salt round here It could mean anything!