Irish Guitarist wrote: » "Wash yourself with tap water. There's no need for Evian". Fuck you, you commoner.
Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: » This happened to me only recently actually. I’m a regular user of car hire services when I return to Ireland to take a holiday, or visit my parents. I’ve been a loyal customer of one particular firm for many years now. I reached the desk in Dublin Airport to pick up my usual premium car – this is always either a BMW 5-Series, or if I’m unlucky, an Audi. There’s a note on my account letting them know of my preference, and I’m a valued member of the top tier of their loyalty program. I handed over my booking reference, only to be told by the spotty little member of staff that, ‘unfortunately, Sir, we are out of cars in the premium range due to a problem with our maintenance facility’. I asked him what the alternative was – could they quickly source a premium car from another car rental company, or arrange for a chauffeur to bring me to my destination that evening before dropping a car off the next day. Completely blank and gormless face on the chap. I might as well have been asking him for a synopsis of Fermat's Last Theorem. He paused slightly, before spurting out that they could offer me either a Ford Mondeo or some sort of Opel people carrier, and that of course, they wouldn’t charge me for the rental. Who did he, and they, think I am – a man who rents a car so he can check out the price of bullocks in Saturday morning marts, or might use the car to bring some elderly aunts to a novena? I managed to keep my cool (mindfulness at work), and walked next door to another car hire firm. 15 minutes later and I was motoring down to Galway in a BMW 5-Series for a very relaxing weekend. I don’t blame the chap behind the counter - he’s hardly going to be a man of great work ethic and initiative if he’s behind a counter at Dublin Airport at 9.30 on a Thursday night. But management really messed up, and have lost a loyal and valuable premium customer.
Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: » 15 minutes later and I was motoring down to Galway in a BMW 5-Series for a very relaxing weekend.I don’t blame the chap behind the counter - he’s hardly going to be a man of great work ethic and initiative if he’s behind a counter at Dublin Airport at 9.30 on a Thursday night. But management really messed up, and have lost a loyal and valuable premium customer.
Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: » There’s a note on my account...
Boom_Bap wrote: » 5 Series!! Be a true hero and go for the 7 next time. Someone has been conning you on your premium customer status.
EmmetSpiceland wrote: » I, personally, hate dealing with car rental places. They are proper shysters, always trying to sell you extras you neither need nor want. Thankfully they are rarely very good sales people so you can avoid the worst of it but it’s still a pain in the ass. And then there’s always some bull**** speeding fine from France in the post about three months later.
jimgoose wrote: » Much like the Skoda Superb vs. Octavia, there's actually no reason to choose a 7-series over a 5-series unless you're driven around and sit in the back of it. The brother has a fairly new 5-series and I don't like it - I find it stiff, and sort of "oppressive", and generally tiring to drive. Apologies, AvB! Mind you, I should add that it is a proper driver's weapon, in fairness to it - supremely chuckable for a big lump, with negligible roll.