Things That Trialvilly Annoy You.

Deise Vu · 13-06-2019 2:01pm

Someone is wrong on Boards. Yet again. So you have to drunkenly put them right on your phone before you go to bed. You get up in the morning and check your email..... there's a hundred emails from Boards telling you there has been a hundred posts after yours. Seriously, why TF is the default option on your phone to follow the thread and to send emails? Does any sane individual actually consciously tick that box?

Your Face · 13-06-2019 2:07pm

People on the hard sell.

I went into a pet-shop to buy food for the dog - no he doesn't need a whole new change of lifestyle complete with accessories - just charge for the dog food please.

New Home · 13-06-2019 2:10pm

1. Vodafone
2. An extremely irritating lingering cough.
3. Saorview - my aerial is fine, the box is fine, so why do I get "No Signal" in 95% of the 12 crappy channels listed?
4. People, especially the cocky kind, who say "Trust me, I know what I'm doing!": in 99.9999% of the times, no, they don't have a clue, they shouldn't be trusted, they WILL make a mess of things, won't face the consequences of their actions, and either someone else will have to pick up the pieces, or a third party will bear the brunt of whatever happens next.

Sorry about that · 13-06-2019 2:18pm

Your Face wrote: »

People on the hard sell.

I went into a pet-shop to buy food for the dog - no he doesn't need a whole new change of lifestyle complete with accessories - just charge for the dog food please.

On the other hand, I was in a pharmacy today, went up to the counter and said hi to the assistant, who didn't answer, just raised her eyebrows in a "what do you want" way. Ridiculously annoyed.

freshpopcorn · 13-06-2019 2:26pm

Your Face wrote: »

People on the hard sell.

I went into a pet-shop to buy food for the dog - no he doesn't need a whole new change of lifestyle complete with accessories - just charge for the dog food please.

A shop I actually avoid is Maxi Zoo. I went into buy a cat toy and it felt like an interrogation!

Deebles McBeebles · 13-06-2019 2:30pm

New Home wrote: »

1. Vodafone

100% with you there. Must be the worst customer service in the country.

freshpopcorn · 13-06-2019 2:48pm

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

100% with you there. Must be the worst customer service in the country.

How about Eir?
A phone was brought back to store under warranty in early February.
They said the phone wasn't under warranty and you have deal directly with Apple.
After a bit of talking to them they eventually took the phone in.
You explain the issue with the phone and person in the shop doesn't believe you. It's the battery and she insists it must be the charging port.
The phone then goes missing for a period and takes a week longer to get fixed.
You receive the phone back.
The issue isn't fixed.
You return it to the store again and go through the whole process again.
Whilst dealing with a rude and clueless staff member
The phone eventually gets returned in late April.

Deebles McBeebles · 13-06-2019 3:03pm

Can't say I've had the pleasure with Eir but that does sound particularly irritating. I'd be typing for the next half hour if I went into detail about Vodafone so might be best to leave that TA in the past!

freshpopcorn · 13-06-2019 3:11pm

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Can't say I've had the pleasure with Eir but that does sound particularly irritating. I'd be typing for the next half hour if I went into detail about Vodafone so might be best to leave that TA in the past!

We could actually over look staff being a tad slow or dozy but it was the rudeness from them was unreal.

Ragnar Lothbrok · 13-06-2019 3:54pm

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

100% with you there. Must be the worst customer service in the country.

I think the concept of "customer service" belongs to the dim and distant past. Pretty much every business from the small local shop to the multi-national conglomerates seem to exist purely and simply to fleece us as much as possible with no concern whatever for the customer.

EmmetSpiceland · 13-06-2019 4:23pm

Third cheek bite of the day, so far.

Guess this is the universe’s way of telling me I need to go on a diet.

Shemale · 13-06-2019 4:30pm

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Third cheek bite of the day, so far.

Guess this is the universe’s way of telling me I need to go on a diet.

Or keep eating to give your cheek and teeth more space

I am convinced the place you bit swells, as its impossible to go the day without biting it again.

Dial Hard · 13-06-2019 4:34pm

I'm sure I've ranted about this before but people who go "Half day, is it?" if you have to leave the office 15 minutes early for something. They're all going in the gulag when I stage my benevolent coup.

ohnonotgmail · 13-06-2019 4:42pm

Dial Hard wrote: »

I'm sure I've ranted about this before but people who go "Half day, is it?" if you have to leave the office 15 minutes early for something. They're all going in the gulag when I stage my benevolent coup.

We all eagerly await the start of your benevolent reign.

New Home · 13-06-2019 5:41pm

Dial Hard wrote: »

I'm sure I've ranted about this before but people who go "Half day, is it?" if you have to leave the office 15 minutes early for something. They're all going in the gulag when I stage my benevolent coup.

Ah, so you DID get the job...

:pac::pac::pac:

Paddy Cow · 13-06-2019 5:41pm

retro:electro wrote: »

TA that someone I know keeps referring to my Filipino friend as “the Chinese one” when I bring her up in conversation. When I correct him he just goes “ah sure aren’t they all the same”. Eh, no. They’re not

TA that I’m full of TA’s lately.

I bet he'd lose his mind if someone referred to him as British and he corrected them that he's Irish and they said "isn't it all the same?" :pac:

EmmetSpiceland · 13-06-2019 5:54pm

Dial Hard wrote: »

I'm sure I've ranted about this before but people who go "Half day, is it?" if you have to leave the office 15 minutes early for something. They're all going in the gulag when I stage my benevolent coup.

I used to work with a guy who would say he was “taking off early” if he left anytime between 5:30-6pm.

He was always making out that he was “swamped” and did stay late but that was generally down to his bus home in the evening.

I once saw his screen changed to “power save” mode while he was staring blankly at it pretending his was working. He quickly moved the mouse and went back to blankly staring.

Nice guy for the most part though.

New Home · 13-06-2019 6:02pm

New Home wrote: »

1. Vodafone

And now, they've topped themselves - despite having lots of credit, 3322.10MB of normal internet allowance, and 7680MB mobile broadband allowance left, and despite not having changed a thing to my phone settings (I even rebooted it!), as of this afternoon I can no longer access the internet from my phone. And they still haven't added back the credit they stole from me. And they haven't replied my last three posts/PMs. I'm typing this from the library. If you see smoke coming through your screen, its source is probably my ears. If it's not back to normal by tomorrow, I'll contact COMREG.

retro:electro · 13-06-2019 6:07pm

Vodafone down all day. TA I couldn’t contact them or even google was it a nationwide issue or just me. TA I couldn’t come on boards and complain. TAAAAAAAA
Vodaphonies

New Home · 13-06-2019 6:11pm

No, it's THEM. IT'S ALWAYS THEM!! :mad::mad::mad:

New Home · 13-06-2019 6:14pm

One more, 'cause I'm on a roll. People talking in the library. Loudly. Not whispering, or stage-whispering. Actually, properly talking loudly and discussing things and raising their voices. If I had spiked boots on, they'd each get one flung to their heads. I'm only here for non-vital reasons (important, but not vital), but there's another lady beside me who's studying, and another man who's job hunting. It would be great if the other two would shut the f*ck up ALREADY!!! :mad:

CrowdedHouse · 13-06-2019 6:16pm

The Force is strong with you today NH

New Home · 13-06-2019 6:17pm

You should see me when I'm angry! :mad: :pac:

RMAOK · 13-06-2019 7:24pm

Lots of aggressiveness in here today.......

freshpopcorn · 13-06-2019 7:41pm

When I joined Vodafone years ago.
I logged into my account to view my details/etc.
They had my number registered to somebody from Buncrana and I live in Cork.
Name/addresses/etc were not similar.
When I rang them to fix the issue they wouldn't really believe me and they weren't fully sure what to do!

New Home · 13-06-2019 7:59pm

RMAOK wrote: »

Lots of aggressiveness in here today.......

At least it's not passive.:cool:

retro:electro · 13-06-2019 8:40pm

One more for the road. I’ve just seen my bf cut raw sausages with the same knife he then lobbed into the packet of butter. Reckon I’ll get about 5-7 years, might be let out on good behaviour.

Shemale · 13-06-2019 8:42pm

retro:electro wrote: »

One more for the road. I’ve just seen my bf cut raw sausages with the same knife he then lobbed into the packet of butter. Reckon I’ll get about 5-7 years, might be let out on good behaviour.

You mean your ex boyfriend?

New Home · 13-06-2019 8:50pm

New Home wrote: »

You should see me when I'm angry! :mad: :pac:

But this made me laugh!

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 14-06-2019 8:21am

Your Face wrote: »

People on the hard sell.

I went into a pet-shop to buy food for the dog - no he doesn't need a whole new change of lifestyle complete with accessories - just charge for the dog food please.

I got a Brown Thomas voucher as a present a while back. I wanted to use it to get Ray Bans. Went to the concession and the saleswoman told me about a buy one pair, get another half price offer. “No thanks” I said. My husband did actually want sunglasses too but he needs prescription ones so the offer was no good to me. So I went off to browse the sunglasses. But she kept telling me about the offer to the point that I was getting stressed out and beginning to feel irritated. But for I had a voucher, I would have walked out. I eventually had to tell her to back off.

And I picked the sunglasses I ended up getting quicker than I would have liked because she had such a pushy energy about her that I just wanted to get out of there. I don’t absolutely love the ones I picked out. If I’d not been tied by the voucher, I wouldn’t have spent anything there that day even with the definite purpose of getting a pair of Ray Bans. The voucher was just a bonus. She would have put me off spending any money. I’m not joking, every two minutes, she was approaching me, telling me about the offer and pressing different frames into my hands. She wasn’t giving me any peace to just try on different frames. Does that approach work on anyone? Awful.

CrowdedHouse · 14-06-2019 9:29am

I know it's an old complaint but does money go anywhere anymore.

Just back from the filing station, now I know I got nearly 70 litres of diesel and a couple of bits and bobs but when the cashier says 101 euro odd it's still a shock

dubstarr · 14-06-2019 9:35am

On the Luas the other day for my sins.Had a nice seat to myself.On my way to see my grandson,all was well with the world.

Until 2 saps sat beside me.One opposite and the other beside me.She kept leaning over me,yabbering to your fella.She was loud.I had to take my hearing aid out.
Why do people not have any cop on

Ragnar Lothbrok · 14-06-2019 9:48am

Just typed out a long, quite thoughtful post on one of the Traveller threads in AH. Pressed "Submit reply" got the message "Thread closed". So I tried to get around this by posting it in the other Traveller thread - same thing happened.

What a waste of my time and effort

Ah well, I'll save my future efforts for the more irreverent and enjoyable threads

Mollyb60 · 14-06-2019 10:24am

Christ almighty, maybe I'm just a terrible person but I 100% could not give less of a **** about your stupid little problem. **** off and let me read the internet in peace during my tea break.

CrowdedHouse · 14-06-2019 11:10am

Free to a good home one unopened tube of sun cream 30 horsepower

ohnonotgmail · 14-06-2019 11:13am

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

Free to a good home one unopened tube of sun cream 30 horsepower

is it waterproof?

Dial Hard · 14-06-2019 11:14am

Pins and needles.

People who think directly in front of the coffee machine in work is the best place to have an idle natter.

Extravagant sneezers.

Oversharers.

Teabag in the sink-ers.

Widdershins · 14-06-2019 11:40am

icy weather delayed the plane with my package on it, coming from Vilnius ...won't have it in time for tonight I think...should be here for tomorrow night though so it's not bad

summer solstice next week but weather like December

Rubberlegs · 14-06-2019 11:46am

When you only need to use something occasionally, eg eye drops, and you are instructed to throw them out 4 weeks after opening after only using them a handful of times.

RMAOK · 14-06-2019 11:50am

When you're having a conversation with someone and a third person, uninvited, buts into the conversation and tries to take over. :mad:

Also eavesdropping. :mad:

EmmetSpiceland · 14-06-2019 11:52am

Walking into a web.

Paddy Cow · 14-06-2019 11:56am

Heard on the radio today that this miserable weather is expected to last into July

Rosie Rant · 14-06-2019 12:13pm

I've lost a packet of skittles

Kitty6277 · 14-06-2019 12:29pm

Had the car in the garage on Tuesday to replace a wishbone bushing that had gone. Anyway the mechanic rang to tell me the job was done and happy days, he didn’t need to replace the part after all, just fix it. But the car still makes a clanking noise going over ramps sometimes, so I swear if it fails the NCT on Tuesday I’ll be pissed

GBX · 14-06-2019 1:40pm

"I could care less" ... So you do actually care more than you realise then.

Shemale · 14-06-2019 1:42pm

General stupidity. Harping back to my earlier one about tv quizes and stupid people.

Watching 100k drop, two English people in 40s / 50s question was who was King during World War 2, even though I am not english I know Elizabeth is on the throne since the early 50s and her father was King and he died fairly young so a fair chance its George VI. Four options come up, they put their money on the other 3 options and went home.

Watching Tipping Point, both finalists in their early 30s :

The rays of what celestial body cause a lunar rainbow?
Finalist A "the sun".

What is 2 cubed?
Finalist A : "16"
Asks finalist B, I would have said either "4" or "16"

How are there so many stupid people out there?

Deebles McBeebles · 14-06-2019 1:44pm

Everyone knows the answers are rain and 7!

its_steve116 · 14-06-2019 1:47pm

That when I see Bon Jovi on Sunday night it won't be with Richie Sambora.

Aglomerado · 14-06-2019 1:48pm

On the phone to my boss earlier spelling someone's name which begins with 'S'. Boss though I said 'F' so I said no, 'S' for... ummm.... aaaah.... SH!T!
...Really need to learn the NATO alphabet....:o

Mollyb60 · 14-06-2019 1:49pm

Same lady as earlier rant: I have now told you numerous times that you pronounce the word 'Féile' like Layla but with an 'F'. Yet you still insist on deliberately pronouncing it wrong every time. Like you're trying to piss me off. It is not feela, or f-eye-la, or any other bastardisation of the word.

Things That Trialvilly Annoy You.

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