Random Irritations

[fundy]

Not being able to login on the Druids Golf website, in fact, it won't even let me access the website!

sites down ahead of a relaunch i think

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Not being able to login on the Druids Golf website, in fact, it won't even let me access the website!

May not be a bad thing. You'll only spend a fortune. Looks like the site is locked ahead of their launch tomorrow

 

[Bunkermagnet]

My last one did, the current one opens instantly as it finishes. Same mfr, different models. It used to irritate the heck out of me as well. Poor tech.

Its a legal requirement to have a lock on the door.
The older way is a PTC (positive temperature coeffeicient) bi metal strip within the door lock, so as current went through it it got hot, the bi metal strip bent and engaged the pin locking the door slider. Because it's a PTC bi metal strip, the resistance got higher as it got hotter, so the temeprature actually stayed the same and it caused no problems. The needed time to cool down and unbend after the voltage was taken away from it, hence the (normally) 2 minute delay.
The newer way is an instantainious lock device, easier for the user, not so for the man repairing the damned things

 

[Wilson]

Telephone chat with car dealership

Dealer "you bill is £££££s how will you pay"
Me "by card as usual"
Dealer "Ah but under new regs we cant take card payments"
Me "Okay you colleted the car, I'm not driving to pay"
Dealer " We will send a proforma invoice by email, please ay that"

30mins later..
Dealer "You haven't paid"
Me. "yes I paid"
Dealer "What account?"
Me "the account number and sort code on your invoice"
Dealer "Ah but that's HO account1"
Me " so how do I know that; your invoice with your bank data"
Dealer "Ah but under the new regs you need to follow a link and pay by card"
Me "I'm not a Medium and only bank details were on the proforma. If you dont want customers to pay to that account why the ***** is it on your invoice!!!"

I’d be interested to know what regs they were hiding behind.

 

[fundy]

Hayfever

Seems early!!!

 

[Pathetic Shark]

The traveller headstone controversy. I mean it's only 10 feet high, flags, coloured lights and plays music in a regular cemetery and goes against every planning regulation.

 

[3offTheTee]

Telephone chat with car dealership

Dealer "you bill is £££££s how will you pay"
Me "by card as usual"
Dealer "Ah but under new regs we cant take card payments"
Me "Okay you colleted the car, I'm not driving to pay"
Dealer " We will send a proforma invoice by email, please ay that"

30mins later..
Dealer "You haven't paid"
Me. "yes I paid"
Dealer "What account?"
Me "the account number and sort code on your invoice"
Dealer "Ah but that's HO account1"
Me " so how do I know that; your invoice with your bank data"
Dealer "Ah but under the new regs you need to follow a link and pay by card"
Me "I'm not a Medium and only bank details were on the proforma. If you dont want customers to pay to that account why the ***** is it on your invoice!!!"

That should be on the joke thread. From my dealings with companies these days I really share your thread. cannot work out the word with 5 *’s. If it had been 4 no problem.

 

[3offTheTee]

Listening to BBC 1 o’clock News and the wether presenter said clocks go back but the clock was going forward. the newsreader never commented, perhaps recorded. My wife said they were both women so it is allowed. I exclaimed that I could not comment on such a sexiest remark.

 

[Patster1969]

Why not build that in to the end time though? When it says End, it should mean End. Not end plus 2 minutes.

Ours is the same, it counts down to 1 minute on the cycle and it's the longest minute ever - it's closer to 10 most times

 

[IanM]

Ours is the same, it counts down to 1 minute on the cycle and it's the longest minute ever - it's closer to 10 most times

In Wales they say, "I'm coming now in a minute!" So? Which is it? Now, or in a minute?

 

[Foxholer]

Listening to BBC 1 o’clock News and the wether presenter said clocks go back but the clock was going forward. the newsreader never commented, perhaps recorded. My wife said they were both women so it is allowed. I exclaimed that I could not comment on such a sexiest remark.

Just remember that there's more than one definition of 'back', even excluding the physical/body one end/or the '= reverse' one.
In this case, it could be that clocks 'reverts to' DST. Though that still seems the wrong way round to be describing it.
And FWIW, the physical 'back' can be a misnomer too. The 'back' of a horse, for example, is actually the 'top' of it! The back in the expression 'back of beyond' is deemed to be 'even further away' (or maybe a pub)!

 

[AmandaJR]

When all the contestants on Four in a Bed are far too nice to each other and the Friday afternoon acrimony is non-existant...how very disappointing!!

 

[Baldy Bouncer]

Just remember that there's more than one definition of 'back', even excluding the physical/body one end/or the '= reverse' one.
In this case, it could be that clocks 'reverts to' DST. Though that still seems the wrong way round to be describing it.
And FWIW, the physical 'back' can be a misnomer too. The 'back' of a horse, for example, is actually the 'top' of it! The back in the expression 'back of beyond' is deemed to be 'even further away' (or maybe a pub)!

Yawn

It's 3oTT's Random Irritation.
Bore off.

 

[Blue in Munich]

An email this afternoon asking for a meeting to understand what we want from a company going forward in terms of permit submissions. The irritation is that there have already been permits submitted for it; if you want our help, ask what we want and then submit them; alternatively submit them and then work out what we want from the feedback. But not the way it’s been done.

And the first permit that has been submitted is the biggest bunch of bull crap I’ve received in nearly 10 years doing this job.

 

[Foxholer]

Yawn

It's 3oTT's Random Irritation.
Bore off.

Sums up 95%+ of the entire thread imo!

 

[fundy]

Bathrooms and kitchen suppliers/showrooms - we dont all want grey!!!!

 

[Bazz]

We're not going abroad this year, it's the big 4 0 next year so we'd like to do a few holidays then.
Thought I'd see what we could do at home, 3 nights in a Welsh cottage....£2000. Nah, you're alright.

 

[Bazz]

Bathrooms and kitchen suppliers/showrooms - we dont all want grey!!!!

But they come with a free 'live, laugh, love sign.'

 

[Bazz]

Hayfever

Seems early!!!

Think I mentioned to you last year about the injection I had for it. Get it sorted early mate, really helped me.

 

[Dando]

The traveller headstone controversy. I mean it's only 10 feet high, flags, coloured lights and plays music in a regular cemetery and goes against every planning regulation.

Yeah, but those complaining about it are racist ??‍