Random Irritations

[Sid Rixon IV]

Guy in the gym today was absolutely honking , deodorant isn't that expensive

Is it a small gym?

 

[BrianM]

Is it a small gym?

No, but the stench, he walked in stinking without having done anything

 

[BrianM]

You on a VPN ? I find that odd things happen when I use mine.

Work laptop, firewall city.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

Guy in the gym today was absolutely honking , deodorant isn't that expensive

Is he a Goose?

 

[Sid Rixon IV]

Is he a Goose?

Dunno, didnt have time to take a gander.

 

[venger]

The geniuses that run the works garage. They called our van in a month ago for its MOT, now they have called it in for its yearly service. Why they can’t do both at the same time baffles me.

 

[Orikoru]

Bloody YouTube asking me to sign in and confirm I'm not a BOT, anyone no of a way round this.....

This sounds like something a bot would ask..

 

[Lord Tyrion]

We supply a company via procurement company. After placing the order the procurement company asks me to fill in a table of information on their portal, expected despatch date, any tracking numbers etc. A new starter at the company has started to annoy me. 3-4 days after the delivery date they email asking for a POD and invoice. The invoice is with their accounts dept, ask your colleague. On the last order, we even copied this person in when the invoice was emailed across. The tracking number, and so POD, is on the portal you ask me to fill in. Basically, it is all with you already, do your job. Clearly I can't tell them this with the level of annoyance I feel so I am having to find ways of gently cajoling them. I fear I am failing.

 

[3 jabber]

Magazines in cellophane wrappers. How am I meant to read my favourite publications in the supermarket while she shops? I'm looking at you Golf Monthly

 

[Bunkermagnet]

We supply a company via procurement company. After placing the order the procurement company asks me to fill in a table of information on their portal, expected despatch date, any tracking numbers etc. A new starter at the company has started to annoy me. 3-4 days after the delivery date they email asking for a POD and invoice. The invoice is with their accounts dept, ask your colleague. On the last order, we even copied this person in when the invoice was emailed across. The tracking number, and so POD, is on the portal you ask me to fill in. Basically, it is all with you already, do your job. Clearly I can't tell them this with the level of annoyance I feel so I am having to find ways of gently cajoling them. I fear I am failing.

Sadly there seems to be a culture of new people starting expecting you to spoon feed them and do their job for them.
I had a new property manager start with one of the agents I did work for, and for many years. She was so damned annoying wanting every ounce of info wrapped in bright paper and wanting every detail of my expenses on any job she gave me and to explain my profit margins, followed up by "we want a 20% slice of every invoice you send us".
I told them to job on and find someone else to do their work. It was very satisfying.

 

[Pin-seeker]

The state of this country

 

[rudebhoy]

Family lunch today in a local restaurant.

The bill comes, just over £90. I get my card out, the waiter says “we prefer cash”. I tell him I don’t have that much cash on me, he says there is a cash machine next door.

I go to the machine, take out £100, go back in, and put it on top of the bill. Waiter takes it away. I sit there for a while, he makes no attempt to bring me my change back. I eventually call him over and ask what happened to my change. He says “I thought that was the tip”.

The ironic thing is I would have left that as a tip, but his attitude really narked me, as did the carry on with the cash machine. Put a real dampener on a nice lunch.

 

[srixon 1]

Family lunch today in a local restaurant.

The bill comes, just over £90. I get my card out, the waiter says “we prefer cash”. I tell him I don’t have that much cash on me, he says there is a cash machine next door.

I go to the machine, take out £100, go back in, and put it on top of the bill. Waiter takes it away. I sit there for a while, he makes no attempt to bring me my change back. I eventually call him over and ask what happened to my change. He says “I thought that was the tip”.

The ironic thing is I would have left that as a tip, but his attitude really narked me, as did the carry on with the cash machine. Put a real dampener on a nice lunch.

That has irritated me now

 

[Fade and Die]

The state of this country

You’re not wrong.

 

[Pin-seeker]

That has irritated me now

Me too.
Personally I wouldn’t have gone to the machine for cash.
and not a chance they’re getting a tip if I had to go and get cash because they “prefer it”

 

[PJ87]

Me too.
Personally I wouldn’t have gone to the machine for cash.
and not a chance they’re getting a tip if I had to go and get cash because they “prefer it”

Id of said sorry don't have My card on me. Only got tap on my phone, take or leave it

 

[rudebhoy]

Me too.
Personally I wouldn’t have gone to the machine for cash.
and not a chance they’re getting a tip if I had to go and get cash because they “prefer it”

They didn’t get the tip.

 

[rulie]

They didn’t get the tip.

But they didn't have to pay the % to the card company.

 

[rudebhoy]

But they didn't have to pay the % to the card company.

My understanding is that when restaurants go cash only, it’s more likely to be a VAT fiddle.

I know one which has had a sign in the window for 7 or 8 years saying “card machine broken, cash only”.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

My understanding is that when restaurants go cash only, it’s more likely to be a VAT fiddle.

I know one which has had a sign in the window for 7 or 8 years saying “card machine broken, cash only”.

That or closing down/changing ownership and trying to avoid paying what they should.