Random Irritations

[Golfmmad]

When we had our loft done the builders were grateful we made them drinks, let them use the loo etc he said so many of our customers make us hire a portacabin .. seriously?

Normally now when I get workers in for short job I'll just eat them lunch aswell

Some people are just strange about their loos

I remember some years ago a builder telling me (who does a lot of work in London) his men installed a new bathroom suite for a wealthy customer, and one of them used said loo. She went mental when she found out. They had to take it out and replace with new.
Another wealthy, might have been the same one, had a new kitchen installed, and didn't like the colour and she told him to take it out and put another one in!
He said, what am I supposed to do with it. She said you can have it, take it home with you!
I suppose when you have the funds you can have whatever you like!
As long as its the right colour and unused. ??

 

[Bazz]

Bare minimum trades get use of the facilities, drink and biscuits! The better they are the better they are looked after. Sparkies got taken to the pub at the end of their work day a couple of times

Just basic manners isn't it. As soon as they come in I offer them a drink.

 

[Deleted member 29109]

Just basic manners isn't it. As soon as they come in I offer them a drink.

Drink, biscuits, ask them how they are, confirm details of the job or works that day and let them crack on.

Lots of middle class professional types who are full of their own self importance look down on trades people.

 

[ColchesterFC]

Shouldn't just be done for tradespeople coming into the home. During the summer we put two litre bottles of orange squash and blackcurrant squash in the freezer on the morning our bins are due to be emptied, and then take them out to the binmen when they come round. In the winter we'll normally either do them a flask of soup or tea.

 

[Bazz]

Drink, biscuits, ask them how they are, confirm details of the job or works that day and let them crack on.

Lots of middle class professional types who are full of their own self importance look down on trades people.

I look up to them, I'm bloody useless at it all.

 

[chrisd]

Nearly 3 years work putting together a planning application for a social clubhouse and 31 flats. All done with the full cooperation of the town planners, and changes they asked for made without question. Go to planning committee with a recommendation from the planning officer to approve, and what do they do ?


Yes - reject the scheme out of hand ??

 

[Blue in Munich]

Just basic manners isn't it. As soon as they come in I offer them a drink.

Drink, biscuits, ask them how they are, confirm details of the job or works that day and let them crack on.

Lots of middle class professional types who are full of their own self importance look down on trades people.

If they're in my house, doing work for me, then they'll get all of that.

But I'll be damned if I'm having my working day disrupted pandering to the whims of the neighbour from hell's itinerant driveway contractors because she's gone into the office to avoid the noise and disruption and left them without electricity & water.

 

[Jimaroid]

My local to my work barber is now mandatory booking and payment in advance. Including tip.

I've always tipped generously but this switch to doing it advance does not feel right.

I just want in and out as fast as possible. No chat. The faster and less talking there is the higher my tip goes. So now I'm going to be sitting in that infernal chair, talking about a holiday I have no interest in, and privately fuming that I've already paid the tip, it's going to be slower than I want and I'm just going to walk away with a cheery "Perfect, thanks, see you again" and hating what he's done.

 

[GB72]

Filler episodes on TV series. The series is going well, building to the end of series conclusion then they stick in a couple of filler episodes that do not advance the plot but seem to serve no purpose other than to bolster the number of episodes in the series to the amount that the TV company wants. Amercian shows with 20 plus episodes in a series are the worst for this.

 

[Bazz]

If they're in my house, doing work for me, then they'll get all of that.

But I'll be damned if I'm having my working day disrupted pandering to the whims of the neighbour from hell's itinerant driveway contractors because she's gone into the office to avoid the noise and disruption and left them without electricity & water.

Oh yeah no doubt, no way is that fair.

 

[Piece]

My local Sport Direct store has reopened a few doors down. It is modern, but unfortunately, nowhere near as good. Less stock, less choices.

 

[GB72]

My local pub opening on Monday from 10.45 until 2.00 so as people can drop in and meet up to 'pay their respects'. What a load of rubbish. There is a 2 minute silence with the rest of the country at the war memorial in the village, the church has various things organised and these are all perfectly reasonable ways to pay your respects. The pub does no even have a TV to show the funeral. This is a cash grab plain and simple as people are at home all day with nothing else open. Hell, even Weatherspoons can work out that it is a good idea to close for the day. I will let the landlord know my feelings on this as think it is wrong (other opinions do exist and this only has to rile me to make a post).

 

[Piece]

In the on-line electronic queue, trying to get Silverstone F1 2023 tickets. I've got to half-way least four times, then keep getting knocked back to one-third

 

[chellie]

Job adverts - don't change the title from Administrator to Office Junior the day after I've applied for it and then reject me. At my age I wouldn't have applied for an Office Junior role At least I'd only had to send my CV in and not complete a massive application form!

 

[GB72]

In the on-line electronic queue, trying to get Silverstone F1 2023 tickets. I've got to half-way least four times, then keep getting knocked back to one-third

Are they still applying surge prices to this so the the bigger the demand, the more you pay. Getting bumped out of the queue could prove expensive.

 

[Piece]

Are they still applying surge prices to this so the the bigger the demand, the more you pay. Getting bumped out of the queue could prove expensive.

Yes they are

And as I type, message appears..."Technical Error, please wait a moment" EDIT: Now "resolved", but still only ~40%. Silverstone Twitter is on fire with punters

 

[fundy]

Jobsworth customer service agents

 

[GB72]

Yes they are

And as I type, message appears..."Technical Error, please wait a moment" EDIT: Now "resolved", but still only ~40%. Silverstone Twitter is on fire with punters

That is one of my random irritations, surge pricing. Both with sporting events and bands, it is now not enough to simply work out the cost of an event, work out a reasonable profit and then charge a set amount per ticket. Oh no, now we need an alogorythm working out how desperate people are to be at an event and then workout exactly how much cash can be gouged out of the average punter. Really not good at all and all it has done has taken all of the worst aspects of scalping and price gouging from the old resale market that were banned and applied them to the standard selling of tickets. Oh, and do not let bands etc conviince you that it is the venue or anyone else that is making them do it, it is their call.

 

[Dando]

Not booked a long enough break and a few places that have statics to rent on the way home have ramped up the prices as it’s a bank holiday

 

[Piece]

Yes they are

And as I type, message appears..."Technical Error, please wait a moment" EDIT: Now "resolved", but still only ~40%. Silverstone Twitter is on fire with punters

Managed to get tickets, , 10 mins before they shut the site down until tomorrow, due to "issues".