Not The Annoyingly Trivial Things-Bitches be cray cray week.

Bredabe · 15-12-2017 12:05PM

One of mine looking for work experience in his field is ringing around likely places to ask for their HR/Recruitment depts email addresses. He's not outgoing so this is hard for him. Over halfway through his list and the majority of receptionists have refused to put him through when they hear what he wants, when he does get HR, he gets a lot of guff about how they don't take students/part-timers etc.Even tho they don't know what his availability is or what exactly he is looking for.

TA'ed they don't just give him the relevant addresses to start with. Or at least ASK what he is looking for before shooting him down.

SusieBlue · 15-12-2017 12:21PM

I feel a rant coming on :mad:
Was just served by the rudest most ignorant member of staff in Tesco.
We have a lady who comes into the office to clean once a week, and today is her last day before xmas. We all chipped in to buy her a bottle of wine and some chocolates as a thank you.
The boss sent me over to get it. I picked up a €30 bottle of wine and a box of lindt.

Got to the self service checkout, bearing in mind I'm in office attire with a lanyard around my neck and am almost 27 years old.
Was asked for ID for the wine. Didn't think I had any, so offered my college ID which has my picture and my date of birth on it.
No, I look under 25 therefore only a passport/license or will do and no other ID will be accepted.
So I tell him fair enough, but the college card confirms I'm over 25 so surely I don't need a passport too?
No, I still need a passport/license.

I root through my bag for a few minutes while he stands there sighing at me, and I find my passport, which I didn't think I had with me. He takes one look at it and says "Well that clearly isn't you".
I only got this passport last year, very recent photo so I'm like

I say to him it is me, and it has the same extremely unusual surname as both my college ID and my debit card.
He says if it was actually my passport I would have just given it straight away when he first asked, instead of offering the college card, and I'm obviously just pulling a fast one.
He told me to get lost and grabbed the wine off me and walked away while I stood there dumbfounded.

That passport was good enough to get me in and out of the USA twice, but not good enough to buy wine in a supermarket. Go figure.

I know its the rule and they have to check, but he was so bloody rude. Common sense should prevail, I look my age, if I was under 18 I'd be in school instead of buying €30 wine in tesco on a Friday morning.

Just had to return to the office and explain to my boss that I couldn't get served so someone else has been sent to get it now, and I'm the laughing stock of the office. Happy Friday to me:rolleyes:

retro:electro · 15-12-2017 12:23PM

TA that my sausage fingers are expanding by the day and now I can't get my rings on

PeterParker957 · 15-12-2017 12:28PM

WhiteRoses wrote: »

I feel a rant coming on :mad:
Was just served by the rudest most ignorant member of staff in Tesco.
We have a lady who comes into the office to clean once a week, and today is her last day before xmas. We all chipped in to buy her a bottle of wine and some chocolates as a thank you.
The boss sent me over to get it. I picked up a €30 bottle of wine and a box of lindt.

Got to the self service checkout, bearing in mind I'm in office attire with a lanyard around my neck and am almost 27 years old.
Was asked for ID for the wine. Didn't think I had any, so offered my college ID which has my picture and my date of birth on it.
No, I look under 25 therefore only a passport/license or will do and no other ID will be accepted.
So I tell him fair enough, but the college card confirms I'm over 25 so surely I don't need a passport too?
No, I still need a passport/license.

I root through my bag for a few minutes while he stands there sighing at me, and I find my passport, which I didn't think I had with me. He takes one look at it and says "Well that clearly isn't you".
I only got this passport last year, very recent photo so I'm like
I say to him it is me, and it has the same extremely unusual surname as both my college ID and my debit card.
He says if it was actually my passport I would have just given it straight away when he first asked, instead of offering the college card, and I'm obviously just pulling a fast one.
He told me to get lost and grabbed the wine off me and walked away while I stood there dumbfounded.

That passport was good enough to get me in and out of the USA twice, but not good enough to buy wine in a supermarket. Go figure.

I know its the rule and they have to check, but he was so bloody rude. Common sense should prevail, I look my age, if I was under 18 I'd be in school instead of buying €30 wine in tesco on a Friday morning.

Just had to return to the office and explain to my boss that I couldn't get served so someone else has been sent to get it now, and I'm the laughing stock of the office. Happy Friday to me:rolleyes:

That is truly insane!!! Training needed for the staff there stat!

SusieBlue · 15-12-2017 12:30PM

PeterParker957 wrote: »

That is truly insane!!! Training needed for the staff there stat!

I've had so much mad things happen to me just in the last few weeks I'm starting to feel like I'm getting punk'd.

I get his point but the way he went about it was awful!

PeterParker957 · 15-12-2017 12:33PM

WhiteRoses wrote: »

I've had so much mad things happen to me just in the last few weeks I'm starting to feel like I'm getting punk'd.

I get his point but the way he went about it was awful!

You reminded me there, bought a couple of cans in the shop opposite Eason's the other day and the cashier said "are they both for you ?".

Says I "yes" and laughed, thinking it was a joke.

Serious face on him goes "some of you buy a can for someone else".

Some of WHO ???? I know I was at the end of a long day in work but jesus do I look like a homeless drunk ???

retro:electro · 15-12-2017 12:35PM

Tesco are actually unbelievably pedantic about ID. It has to be passport or age card and nothing else will do. I was in there with my boyfriend a few weeks back and he's a good few years older than me. I was at the self service getting wine and he was just standing beside me. I had no passport on me so they wouldn't serve me, despite being 29 and having varying cards on me that confirm that, even my driving licence- but they wouldn't let him buy it either in case he was buying it for me :rolleyes:
We went to the off licence next door and I'd say they do great business in there and get all the Tesco refusals cos there was a massive queue and the young lad behind the till couldn't have given a shlt if I was 12 I'd say.

mcgiggles · 15-12-2017 01:02PM

Purple Mountain wrote:

The morons who drive against you at night and don't wait until they're fully past you before they put back on their headlights. Auggghh..I'm blind!!

Add to that the people that think they aren't blinding you just because they are a little ways behind you! If you can see my tail lights I can see your full beams d*ckhead!!

anna080 wrote:

When you have a really nice cup of tea, so nice that you go for a second one- but the second one isn't as nice. Meh. That'll teach me for being a glutton

I have learned my lesson on this, never go for the elusive second cup, just bask in the glow of the amazing one!

73Cat wrote:

I don't go to Mass and was TA at a funeral recently as a lot of the responses have changed. I think one of the major prayers has changed too. I had to burble along like I knew what I was saying.

I think they did that to punish us for not going to mass!! I learned all that sh*t when I was young where are those random prayers going to go now! Taking up space in my head! How dare they change it now!

LadyMacBeth_ · 15-12-2017 01:03PM

TA'd that I'm the same age as Anna but they never even give me a second glance when giving approval for alcohol at the self service check out

and I always have my garda ID on me!! Aldi and Lidl are mad for checking too and one time they wouldn't serve my missus because she didn't have ID with her and they wouldn't let me buy it for her. She was raging but I told her to be happy about it because she's 35

storker · 15-12-2017 01:07PM

MuffinTop86 wrote: »

Anyway sometimes I’m stunned by people’s rage and think of a suitable response later (hate that) so I’m delighted I called out the twat.

"My eyes ARE open. I know they are, because they can see a tosser."

mikemac2 · 15-12-2017 01:50PM

Had an interview setup for today. Shirt ironed (but not like the mammy does it

)shoes on, haircut, shave , learn the job spec and got the train to the place 90 minutes and was gonna chill in a coffee shop and prepare

....HR called and tell me the manager was out of office and they’ll contact me with a time for next week.

Like fair ‘nuff people miss work, sick child could be anything so I understand

My TA is tell me in the morning, now I’ve wasted most of my day off!! I want my train fare back too!!

jimgoose · 15-12-2017 01:53PM

PeterParker957 wrote: »

The weddings off. I like me heat!!!

I'm a Polar-Bear!

PeterParker957 · 15-12-2017 02:01PM

jimgoose wrote: »

I'm a Polar-Bear!

Ah well then you're cute and cuddly, we might make it work lol!!!!

Jrop · 15-12-2017 02:55PM

I'm fat, I embrace it and there's a lot of me to embrace. TA that other people have a problem with me using the word Fat.

Iseedeadpixels · 15-12-2017 03:14PM

WhiteRoses wrote: »

I feel a rant coming on :mad:
Was just served by the rudest most ignorant member of staff in Tesco.
We have a lady who comes into the office to clean once a week, and today is her last day before xmas. We all chipped in to buy her a bottle of wine and some chocolates as a thank you.
The boss sent me over to get it. I picked up a €30 bottle of wine and a box of lindt.

Got to the self service checkout, bearing in mind I'm in office attire with a lanyard around my neck and am almost 27 years old.
Was asked for ID for the wine. Didn't think I had any, so offered my college ID which has my picture and my date of birth on it.
No, I look under 25 therefore only a passport/license or will do and no other ID will be accepted.
So I tell him fair enough, but the college card confirms I'm over 25 so surely I don't need a passport too?
No, I still need a passport/license.

I root through my bag for a few minutes while he stands there sighing at me, and I find my passport, which I didn't think I had with me. He takes one look at it and says "Well that clearly isn't you".
I only got this passport last year, very recent photo so I'm like
I say to him it is me, and it has the same extremely unusual surname as both my college ID and my debit card.
He says if it was actually my passport I would have just given it straight away when he first asked, instead of offering the college card, and I'm obviously just pulling a fast one.
He told me to get lost and grabbed the wine off me and walked away while I stood there dumbfounded.

That passport was good enough to get me in and out of the USA twice, but not good enough to buy wine in a supermarket. Go figure.

I know its the rule and they have to check, but he was so bloody rude. Common sense should prevail, I look my age, if I was under 18 I'd be in school instead of buying €30 wine in tesco on a Friday morning.

Just had to return to the office and explain to my boss that I couldn't get served so someone else has been sent to get it now, and I'm the laughing stock of the office. Happy Friday to me:rolleyes:

That is shocking, go back and make a complaint to the store manager and tell him it left you very upset etc see if you can blag a few vouchers.

SusieBlue · 15-12-2017 03:22PM

Iseedeadpixels wrote: »

That is shocking, go back and make a complaint to the store manager and tell him it left you very upset etc see if you can blag a few vouchers.

My boss called in over lunch. Not one f*ck was given by the manager. This store is notorious for poor service so I don't know why I'm even surprised!

Sephiroth_dude · 15-12-2017 03:28PM

WhiteRoses wrote: »

I feel a rant coming on :mad:
Was just served by the rudest most ignorant member of staff in Tesco.
We have a lady who comes into the office to clean once a week, and today is her last day before xmas. We all chipped in to buy her a bottle of wine and some chocolates as a thank you.
The boss sent me over to get it. I picked up a €30 bottle of wine and a box of lindt.

Got to the self service checkout, bearing in mind I'm in office attire with a lanyard around my neck and am almost 27 years old.
Was asked for ID for the wine. Didn't think I had any, so offered my college ID which has my picture and my date of birth on it.
No, I look under 25 therefore only a passport/license or will do and no other ID will be accepted.
So I tell him fair enough, but the college card confirms I'm over 25 so surely I don't need a passport too?
No, I still need a passport/license.

I root through my bag for a few minutes while he stands there sighing at me, and I find my passport, which I didn't think I had with me. He takes one look at it and says "Well that clearly isn't you".
I only got this passport last year, very recent photo so I'm like
I say to him it is me, and it has the same extremely unusual surname as both my college ID and my debit card.
He says if it was actually my passport I would have just given it straight away when he first asked, instead of offering the college card, and I'm obviously just pulling a fast one.
He told me to get lost and grabbed the wine off me and walked away while I stood there dumbfounded.

That passport was good enough to get me in and out of the USA twice, but not good enough to buy wine in a supermarket. Go figure.

I know its the rule and they have to check, but he was so bloody rude. Common sense should prevail, I look my age, if I was under 18 I'd be in school instead of buying €30 wine in tesco on a Friday morning.

Just had to return to the office and explain to my boss that I couldn't get served so someone else has been sent to get it now, and I'm the laughing stock of the office. Happy Friday to me:rolleyes:

Jesus christ, what an absolute TOOL of a person :mad: I'm raging for ya :mad:

RobbingBandit · 15-12-2017 03:40PM

Just accidentally spoiled big star wars thing to someone I know more messingbwith them than meaning to

not good

end of the road · 15-12-2017 04:27PM

PeterParker957 wrote: »

That is truly insane!!! Training needed for the staff there stat!

i don't think even training would help this chap. if dispite both card and passport having the same name and photo, he thinks they are both from different people, then he can't be helped.
if he thinks that by giving him the first more accessible form of id first, means the other form of id isn't that person, dispite having the same name and photo, then he shouldn't be let out on his own.

rainbow kirby · 15-12-2017 04:31PM

TA'd at Christmas cards addressed to Mr and Mrs HusbandFirstname HusbandLastname. It isn't 1935 and I did not lose my identity on my wedding day...

MuffinTop86 · 15-12-2017 04:44PM

rainbow kirby wrote: »

TA'd at Christmas cards addressed to Mr and Mrs HusbandFirstname HusbandLastname. It isn't 1935 and I did not lose my identity on my wedding day...

Yes!!
My mum also gets really mad when people don’t write the name of the person they’re sending the card to in the card. It is a bit awful alright.
Or the ‘to from’ people, they get binned too.

C14N · 15-12-2017 05:29PM

WhiteRoses wrote: »

He says if it was actually my passport I would have just given it straight away when he first asked, instead of offering the college card, and I'm obviously just pulling a fast one

That makes no sense at all. If you had gone to the effort of making a fake passport and carrying it around with you, obviously you would just use that. Also, faking a passport is really damned difficult. It's not like you can just print one out at the office, they have a special plastic imprint that shows your face when you hold it up to the light and everything. If you were that good at forgery, you wouldn't be using it to buy some fancy wine in a country where anyone else will just buy it for you anyway.

retro:electro · 15-12-2017 05:40PM

Getting home in the evening and seeing someone passing has taken the notion to do a big vomit all over your front door step.
Delightful.

selous · 15-12-2017 05:49PM

Re..the T.A from WhiteRoses.

LadyMacBeth_ · 15-12-2017 06:06PM

I got my hair done and it looks all pretty so I felt like doing something for the first time in ages but it's too last minute and everyone is busy. Bottle of wine for one at home then.

Poochie05 · 15-12-2017 07:05PM

rainbow kirby wrote: »

TA'd at Christmas cards addressed to Mr and Mrs HusbandFirstname HusbandLastname. It isn't 1935 and I did not lose my identity on my wedding day...

I overthink how to overcome this way too much every year, especially if the couple have different surnames...
Do I address it only to the person who is my friend, but write all the names on the card, or name them both on the envelope, but then what about the kids... and my usual catch all, the X family doesn't work if the wife has kept her name.

TA Christmas card envelope addressing etiquette

wally79 · 15-12-2017 07:16PM

Poochie05 wrote: »

I overthink how to overcome this way too much every year, especially if the couple have different surnames...
Do I address it only to the person who is my friend, but write all the names on the card, or name them both on the envelope, but then what about the kids... and my usual catch all, the X family doesn't work if the wife has kept her name.

TA Christmas card envelope addressing etiquette

The occupants

erica74 · 15-12-2017 08:52PM

The new iPad ad - the child says "what's a computer?" What is that even supposed to mean? Are children nowadays supposed to not know what a computer is?

s4uv3 · 15-12-2017 09:03PM

In the bank today queuing at customer service. Another member of staff was standing to one side talking to a customer. Up waltzes an aul gowl and tries to interrupt them to ask for something. Bank man says "I'm just dealing with somebody here, I'll be with you in a moment".
Aul fella does the same again while standing there listening to the conversation. Gets same response.
THEN. He got his walking stick and started poking yer man in the backside repeating his question. I dunno how he kept his cool, I really don't. He just turned to him again and said "SIR. Please stop assaulting me. Now either wait your turn to be served or I'll call security".

And the aul git sauntered off out the door. What a dick.

Paddy Cow · 15-12-2017 09:27PM

PeterParker957 wrote: »

That is truly insane!!! Training needed for the staff there stat!

In the words of Ser Bronn the Wise "there's no cure for being a cnut" :pac:

Not The Annoyingly Trivial Things-Bitches be cray cray week.

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