Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?
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RiderJake
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Gwylan
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Mine is about the same
Like everything else my handwriting has deteriorated with age.
The achy joints don't help either.
My daughter's handwriting is as beautiful as a Franciscan monk's Copperplate!
She certainly didn't get the neatness from me
Time Waster
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Shops whose till systems haven't been updated to match shop labels so I have to point out that they have overcharged me by 4 quid. Despite getting the 4 quid back I'm annoyed by their probably human error. Of course I'm totally happy because I can start another thread slagging halfords off so perhaps there's a silver lining there!
Seriously though. I get surprisingly annoyed by newly started halfords snagging off threads for anm issue rectified in store at the time. As someone who deals with the public through my company's ebay store I find that there's often a human mistake or events beyond the company's control for issues our customers have. We always sort things out to customer's satisfaction ASAP and most customers appreciate our response. However with halfords people do not give them any leeway when there's an error that they rectify straight away. IMHO i think there's a blind spot over halfords possibly because they have too high expectations. This isn't a highly efficient online organisation. It's not your LBS with a lot of things in stock you might n never see elsewhere. It's the B&M of cycle and motoring parts with similar pricing issues. If it's easy to rectify it's really n not a big issue IMHO
Seriously though. I get surprisingly annoyed by newly started halfords snagging off threads for anm issue rectified in store at the time. As someone who deals with the public through my company's ebay store I find that there's often a human mistake or events beyond the company's control for issues our customers have. We always sort things out to customer's satisfaction ASAP and most customers appreciate our response. However with halfords people do not give them any leeway when there's an error that they rectify straight away. IMHO i think there's a blind spot over halfords possibly because they have too high expectations. This isn't a highly efficient online organisation. It's not your LBS with a lot of things in stock you might n never see elsewhere. It's the B&M of cycle and motoring parts with similar pricing issues. If it's easy to rectify it's really n not a big issue IMHO
Andy in Germany
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I once told a teacher who complained at my spider scrawl and my slow writing that I could write better in caps, but she said that wasn't acceptable; I should write "properly" (joined up) and much neater and faster.
I told her she could have Neat, Fast, or Joined Up, but would have to choose two of the three.
She put me in detention.
I have a very idiosyncratic Block Caps style which I adopted the day I left School and refused to change; ironically, lots of people now really like it and I frequently get complemented on it. It's also almost indistinguishable from my dad's handwriting.
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MontyVeda
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- Lancaster... the little city.
my Bluetooth speaker does that... every fecking minute it shouts in a robotic american accent WARNING BATTERY LOW! at full volume. It'd last a lot longer if the sodding thing spoke less often a lot quieter
ebikeerwidnes
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Just arrived in Cornwall for a few days hols
annoying thing is people who pass me on the motorway when I am doing consistent 68 mph (for example) then pull in front of me and slow down
Just WHY????
annoying thing is people who pass me on the motorway when I am doing consistent 68 mph (for example) then pull in front of me and slow down
Just WHY????
Jameshow
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Almost as annoying as all those post children adults who have cleared off on holiday! Leaving me holding the reins....!🤣🤣🤣
Jameshow
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My dad always wrote like that I expect as a result of his draughtsman trading!
Chislenko
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A friend of mine is a draughtsman, he fits that self adhesive foam around windows and doors.
Andy in Germany
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- Rottenburg am Neckar
That's interesting: my dad was trained as a draughtsman too.
Jameshow
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My dad was in petrochem.
ebikeerwidnes
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- Z’ha’dum
That's probably what our grandkid's parents were thinking when we told them we would be unavailable for grandkid sitting this week!!!
there was a suggestion that the eldest could come with us
but as an ex-teacher I was very insistent that her education comes first!!
