Recession, Me Arse

Awful_Bliss

I'm with OP too. Bad manners and service have carried on from the Celtic Tiger and is here to stay. Maybe it's those fools who believe the Government when they say we're out of recession. "Oh great. we can be rude again!"

grenache

Tombiman wrote: »

20 feet away?

Couldn't you have just moved them yourself? The delivery man did his job by delivering them to you. So what he didn't place them in the place you wanted, how was he to know?

They were to be delivered to his store though, i.e. the address on the packaging. Not propped up against the gate. I've had the same carry on from delivery guys who think they can pull a quick one by leaving goods outside my place of work.....on the footpath no less. F*ck that sh*t. They're paid to deliver to the premises - not do a half arsed job and drop the stuff outside. If they can't do their job, they should move over and let someone else do it for them - there are plenty who would gladly replace them.

Con1988

This storey is very familar to the Rockinrolla thread..... Odd....

Gaudizeit

starbelgrade wrote: »

No - that's my job. I know how to do it & don't expect someone else to hold my hand while I'm doing it.

That was my point.

You wouldn't go to a restaurant & have the chef cook you a dinner, but tell you that you have to plate it up youself.

to be honest, I think you were wrong. Where does he draw the line? 20 feet, 40, 60? He brought you what you asked for. A milkman doesn't put the milk in your fridge.

Dudess

Your arse-hair is receding?

DOC09UNAM

Con1988 wrote: »

This storey is very familar to the Rockinrolla thread..... Odd....

Here's a Present for you man, you deserve it.

Gunsfortoys

Dudess wrote: »

Your arse-hair is receding?

You can understand it though, the boxes were very heavy.

Mal-Adjusted

starbelgrade wrote: »

They rang me when their delivery guy got back & they were well p*ssed off with what happened. Not only did they not get paid for the paper, but wasted money paying the gimp for his time & the diesel.

I probably should have explained earlier too, that it had been raining, so the ground he was leaving the paper on was wet & as I was in the middle of a meeting with a client when he arrived, I didn't have time to help him unload the boxes, which I would normally do.

Why didn't you say this in the OP?

Methinks somebody's embellishing because they didn't get the sympathy they were looking for:rolleyes:

starbelgrade

rossie1977 wrote: »

customer service has dropped big time since the recession, you still can't get anyone to do a job (tiling, plumbing etc) these days and when you do get someone they f**k you over

I spent 6 months looking for a tiler last year that wasn't a rip-off & could do the job in a reasonable time.

Ended up getting a guy who did the job for half the price of most of the quotes I got... he drove up & back from Mullingar every day, worked from 9am till 8 every evening and did a brilliant job.

But you don't get many people willing to put the extra effort in like that.

Worked out well for him too though - I've recommended him to lots of clients & he's booked out constantly these days... he's even taken on 3 guys to help him with the workload.

littlefriend

Dudess wrote: »

Your arse-hair is receding?

Huh?

queensinead

feelingstressed wrote: »

Realy, delivering to point of entry is pretty standard
Have you got public liability insurance on your premises?

Lift the delivery the final 20ft yourself

He could have been less rude, for sure.

But lots of low-paid workers taking paycuts and working longer hours are getting fed up with the serf/overlord relationship that has crept in since the recession. Its very much a "you're lucky to have a job, so act grateful" kind of attitude. More bang for your buck. I can replace you tomorrow, so let's see you go that extra mile. Or 20 feet might do it.

ejmaztec

The delivery guy obviously couldn't tell the difference between stationery and stationary, and in the end, his brain went into melt-down.

krudler

starbelgrade wrote: »

I spent 6 months looking for a tiler last year that wasn't a rip-off & could do the job in a reasonable time.

Ended up getting a guy who did the job for half the price of most of the quotes I got... he drove up & back from Mullingar every day, worked from 9am till 8 every evening and did a brilliant job.

But you don't get many people willing to put the extra effort in like that.

Worked out well for him too though - I've recommended him to lots of clients & he's booked out constantly these days... he's even taken on 3 guys to help him with the workload.

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starbelgrade

ejmaztec wrote: »

The delivery guy obviously couldn't tell the difference between stationery and stationary, and in the end, his brain went into melt-down.

If I'd read that earlier, I would have used it when his boss rang me this evening!

MistyCheese

Aw, I read the other thread first.

Boo.

Shanotheslayer

krudler wrote: »

Thread fail turnaround attempt fail :pac:

Mal-Adjusted wrote: »

Why didn't you say this in the OP?

Methinks somebody's embellishing because they didn't get the sympathy they were looking for:rolleyes:

Considering it's been pissing rain (In Dublin anyway , not sure where the Op is from) hard to think he's lieing about that :rolleyes:

krudler

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

Considering it's been pissing rain (In Dublin anyway , not sure where the Op is from) hard to think he's lieing about that :rolleyes:

Hi, welcome to AH, where people make everyday issues into trivial humour in an attempt to make people laugh, jump in, waters lovely

eddie the eagle

queensinead wrote: »

He could have been less rude, for sure.

But lots of low-paid workers taking paycuts and working longer hours are getting fed up with the serf/overlord relationship that has crept in since the recession. Its very much a "you're lucky to have a job, so act grateful" kind of attitude. More bang for your buck. I can replace you tomorrow, so let's see you go that extra mile. Or 20 feet might do it.

have seen that attitude a lot recently. pisses me off no end :mad:

Shanotheslayer

krudler wrote: »

trivial humour

Humour requires it to be funny

Dudess

littlefriend wrote: »

Huh?

Wordplay with the title.

filthymcnasty

OP, i hear ya but this is the norm with most deliveries, a pain in the hole but for insurance etc its usually the done thing.

Can't believe you sent him back though, as you say this is a recession surely you would have said **** it and hauled them in yourself-you needed the stuff after all.

Mal-Adjusted

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

Humour requires it to be funny

lazy people just don't have a sense of humor;)

starbelgrade

filthymcnasty wrote: »

OP, i hear ya but this is the norm with most deliveries, a pain in the hole but for insurance etc its usually the done thing.

Can't believe you sent him back though, as you say this is a recession surely you would have said **** it and hauled them in yourself-you needed the stuff after all.

I have insurance, I was in a meeting & quite frankly, if someone is too lazy or can't be bothered to put in a tiny bit of effort to keep my custom, I'll shop somewhere else.

And I have no time for "jobsworths".

Shanotheslayer

Mal-Adjusted wrote: »

lazy people just don't have a sense of humor;)

Who said anything about me being lazy?

starbelgrade

The funniest, or rather, stupidest thing about the affair is that the client who I was meeting, had parked his car across the entrance to the driveway, so the delivery van had to park up behind his car.

It would have been less of an effort for the delivery guy to put the boxes in the storeroom than leave them against the wall, then pick them back up & walk back to the van with them.

Callan57

starbelgrade wrote: »

Sometimes it's hard to believe there's a recession happening when so many places still give really bad customer service. I've had a few occurances over the last while, but today's took the biscuit...

I ordered some paper last week from a company in Dublin - 50 rolls of A1 size sheets for a printer. The delivery guy arrived today & started to unload the boxes, leaving them propped up against the wall just inside the gates leading to my office / studio.

After a few minutes, I went out to him and told him that they needed to be brought into the storeroom at the back of the office. He said that he only delivered to the "point of entry" & I would have to bring them there myself.

The storeroom is about 20 foot away from the gate.

I told him again that I wanted them put in the storeroom, that I didn't have time for this malarky & that I'd paid his company to deliver the paper to my office & not drop them against a wall beside the gate.

He looked at me with a big, thick head on him & said, "well, de ye bleedin' want 'em or naat - coz I can leave 'em here or take 'em back?"

I told him to take them back.

So he did. And drove all the way back to Dublin with them. A 400km round trip drive for nothing.

You would expect people to try & go the extra mile these days, but this prick wouldn't even go the extra 20 foot.

Recession, me arse.

Perhaps if you had tried asking him he might have responded better - just a thought. If you attitude is as reflected in your post I'm not surprised you got the reaction you did.

allthedoyles

Not sure if this is everywhere , but if we leave our wheelie bin just inside the front gate , it will not be emptied .

It has to be left outside on the pavement .

Must be a health & safety issue .

The company must be afraid that their employee will trip up in my garden and sue me - I just don't know .

two chances of that happening !

BrockSamson

what a very silly post the guy did his job

and you suck at lying

Shanotheslayer

BrockSamson wrote: »

and you suck at lying

What did the OP lie about?

Mal-Adjusted

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

Who said anything about me being lazy?

no-one, i was talking about the OP