chrisd
Major Champion
Whoosh, how's your drivingas bad as your putting
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Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Some parcel company's tracking systems....why do they even bother?
Had a parcel coming via UPS.
Email yesterday provided a tracking number and an estimated delivery date of tomorrow (supposed to be next day)
I looked at the tracking this morning and it said the parcel was in the system, at some depot the other side of London, delivery Thursday....
Guess whats just been delivered...
Great that its got here but the tracking is just a waste of time..
I've now had 2 emails within 30 seconds of each other informing me that ..
A. My parcel will be delivered Thursday
B. My parcel has been delivered...
Had a parcel coming via UPS.
Email yesterday provided a tracking number and an estimated delivery date of tomorrow (supposed to be next day)
I looked at the tracking this morning and it said the parcel was in the system, at some depot the other side of London, delivery Thursday....
Guess whats just been delivered...
Great that its got here but the tracking is just a waste of time..
I've now had 2 emails within 30 seconds of each other informing me that ..
A. My parcel will be delivered Thursday
B. My parcel has been delivered...
Orikoru
Tour Winner
That's a real bugbear of mine. DPD tracking is usually excellent, while Royal Mail's is practically non-existent. You log into that and it might as well say "you don't have your parcel yet". I think even Hermes tracking is better than RM.
MegaSteve
Tour Winner
Midges about whilst out on our lockdown stroll...
Kellfire
Blackballed
How often “moving forward” is said during a departmental meeting.
RichA
Well-known member
"... and I don't want any pushback!"
bobmac
Major Champion
Because using American words and phrases is cool and trendy and makes you look clever.
Don't forget the 'heavy lifting'
NearHull
Well-known member
Oh happy memories of playing bulls**t bingo.
MegaSteve
Tour Winner
At one of my last places of work we conducted team meetings at the "world famous" Bridge Cafe... The same greasy spoon used by The Apprentice... As nearly all of us that attended were fairly long of tooth and 'victims' of the corporate world... It was a breath of fresh air the honesty on show... Those last few years, of work, were amongst my happiest working days and probably what stalled my retirement...
drdel
Tour Rookie
While picking low hanging fruit, and thinking outside the box with 'T' shaped team players who give 110% and go the extra mile to push us through... etc etc.
Robster59
Tour Rookie
We've got 4 orders held somewhere in UPS awaiting duty to be paid. We want to pay it, we're trying to pay it, but getting through to anyone in UPS in the first instance is a nightmare, long hold times on the phone, and then finding someone who can actually help and take the payment.
And all the time we have our customers chasing us for the goods.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Not really too irritating as it is what it is, but currently having fun scheduling meetings for a team that spans Colorado to Manila via UK, Poland and India 
GreiginFife
Money List Winner
Not really too irritating as it is what it is, but currently having fun scheduling meetings for a team that spans Colorado to Manila via UK, Poland and India
I feel the pain. Current "team" spans Vancouver to Sydney. With UK, Poland, India, HK, Shanghai thrown in for good measure.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
My company recently decided to change our PDF software from Adobe to Nitro. Having installed Nitro and set is default, my laptop keeps automatically switching the default back to Adobe every day. I've had to call IT to uninstall Adobe to stop this from happening - now it keeps switching the default to Microsoft Edge (??) instead. Useless. They are always changing our software or systems to something that's worse or causes problems but it saves them money so they don't care. They still expect the same work to be done of course.
USER1999
Grand Slam Winner
Nitro is rubbish anyway.
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
Estate agents again lol
So for 2 days youve been unable to get hold of the vendor to arrange a viewing yet magically youve now shown someone round and accepted an offer on the property
Properly pulling my hair out!
So for 2 days youve been unable to get hold of the vendor to arrange a viewing yet magically youve now shown someone round and accepted an offer on the property
Properly pulling my hair out!
Orikoru
Tour Winner
I have no doubt - as I say, every time they change software the new one is always turd. Saves them money though so they're not bothered.
Slime
Tour Winner
Not really too irritating as it is what it is, but currently having fun scheduling meetings for a team that spans Colorado to Manila via UK, Poland and India
Wrong thread?
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cliveb
Head Pro
One of the most common is, of course, "there's no I in team".
To which the appropriate response is "no, but there's a U in ****"
(Apologies if that contravenes one of the forum rules)
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Years ago I was at a big work event in Vegas. Final afternoon, 8,000 of us in for the last event. And a group of us start a bet on how many times the Chairman of the company would say "great" in his speech in his twangy American accent. $10 bills all over the floor, around 20 people in on it. After an hour, he winds up and the count is at 19. Guy who has 20 yells out "MORE..." at the top of his voice and the Chairman then carries on for another five minutes. Says "great" twice more so the bloke who had 21 takes the pot. We were all helpless laughing and have no idea to this day what the entire speech was about - all we were doing was counting.
