Author Topic: The small things in life that really hannoy (Read 2564615 times)

reddebs · « **Reply #30720 on:** May 4, 2021, 03:46:28 pm »

I've had the HSBC one recently also loads of delivery companies including royal mail wanting a payment for redelivery.

The royal mail one gives you a tracking number that works on what appears to be royal mail's site but is a fake site.

I even had a random text from a debt recovery company asking me to reply for a chat as my account was about to go into arrears.

What really pissed me off though is that when you report it they have a "and what do you expect us to do about it" attitude.

So many online deliveries with additional charges due to Brexit so people pay.

So many going into debt or already in debt that they panic and respond.

It's disgraceful that with all the tech available that companies don't do more to protect the public from these criminals.

I've been a good boy · « **Reply #30721 on:** May 4, 2021, 06:10:14 pm »

Quote from: Danny Boys Dad on May 4, 2021, 03:45:36 pm

Had that one on Sunday, informing me that Mr C JONES had been added to my HSBC account. I don't have an account with them so good luck Mr C JONES.

You can report them, not sure what good it does

https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/

Nice of you to send money to our Curtis

Slippers · « **Reply #30722 on:** May 4, 2021, 06:23:15 pm »

Quote from: Phil M on May 4, 2021, 03:22:35 pm

The amount of spam calls, texts and emails doing the rounds these days. Might be just me but seems like they've made a resurgence in the past couple of years. Worst thing is they're so well crafted now you just know the vulnerable people and old people especially are probably falling foul of them. Texts for unpaid tv licences and royal mail shipping fees seem to be prevalent.
Can only wish the very worst on the vermin behind all those schemes.

We're getting at least half a dozen 'we're about to disconnect your broadband' ones every week.A couple of weeks back it was 'the water authority' wanting to talk to me about the guarantee on our washing machine and before that it was someone using my Amazon Prime account(I don't have one) to buy an iPad.

Elmo! · « **Reply #30723 on:** May 4, 2021, 07:52:55 pm »

Quote from: BIG DICK NICK on May 4, 2021, 03:06:28 pm

He’s just always too embarrassed to call a plumber.

He just wants an excuse to get Barney round to his house to "move the fridge".

Phil M · « **Reply #30724 on:** May 5, 2021, 09:37:11 am »

Quote from: So... Howard Phillips on May 4, 2021, 03:30:28 pm

The usual organised crime groups, unlikely to get caught and paltry sentences compared to drug dealing.

Mother of God.

CraigDS · « **Reply #30725 on:** May 5, 2021, 10:37:08 am »

Paid extra for next day delivery via Parcelforce.

Just got an email saying sorry there had been a delay so it will be another day. Checked and it’s still at the main sorting hub. So basically the delay was they’re fucking inept and unable to sort and deliver something within 24 hrs despite selling this service.

Millie · « **Reply #30726 on:** May 5, 2021, 01:33:24 pm »

Quote from: Craig 🤔 on May 5, 2021, 10:37:08 am

Paid extra for next day delivery via Parcelforce.

Just got an email saying sorry there had been a delay so it will be another day. Checked and it’s still at the main sorting hub. So basically the delay was they’re fucking inept and unable to sort and deliver something within 24 hrs despite selling this service.

Make sure you ask for a refund of the extra p and p you paid.

Buck Pete · « **Reply #30727 on:** May 5, 2021, 03:45:26 pm »

Quote from: Phil M on May 5, 2021, 09:37:11 am

Mother of God.

I've been a good boy · « **Reply #30728 on:** May 8, 2021, 10:42:05 pm »

People at work who never take breaks, continue working throughout lunch and are just basically glued to their chair for 9 hours each day. Shouldn't annoy me but it does because it makes the others who do takes breaks and lunch look bad.

rob1966 · « **Reply #30729 on:** May 8, 2021, 10:55:23 pm »

Quote from: I've been a good boy. on May 8, 2021, 10:42:05 pm

People at work who never take breaks, continue working throughout lunch and are just basically glued to their chair for 9 hours each day. Shouldn't annoy me but it does because it makes the others who do takes breaks and lunch look bad.

To me it just makes them look like stupid twats.

Crimson · « **Reply #30730 on:** May 8, 2021, 10:59:27 pm »

Quote from: rob1966 on May 8, 2021, 10:55:23 pm

To me it just makes them look like stupid twats.

Crikey, I'm one of those stupid twats

I've been a good boy · « **Reply #30731 on:** May 8, 2021, 11:30:20 pm »

Quote from: rob1966 on May 8, 2021, 10:55:23 pm

To me it just makes them look like stupid twats.

Don't know if they do it to impress their boss or they just like to work but I'd love to show them this image

rob1966 · « **Reply #30732 on:** May 9, 2021, 10:38:57 am »

Its supposed to be nice today and I'm too bloody knackered to be arsed to do anything.

Barneylfc∗ · « **Reply #30733 on:** May 9, 2021, 01:14:35 pm »

Quote from: I've been a good boy. on May 8, 2021, 10:42:05 pm

People at work who never take breaks, continue working throughout lunch and are just basically glued to their chair for 9 hours each day. Shouldn't annoy me but it does because it makes the others who do takes breaks and lunch look bad.

To who?
Those people you're talking about are generally a c*nt.

rob1966 · « **Reply #30734 on:** May 9, 2021, 01:49:25 pm »

Quote from: Crimson on May 8, 2021, 10:59:27 pm

Crikey, I'm one of those stupid twats

You are if you are working for free - over a 4 week period that 20 hours of unpaid work. They'll still make you redundant at the drop of a hat too.

Crimson · « **Reply #30735 on:** May 9, 2021, 03:06:56 pm »

Quote from: rob1966 on May 9, 2021, 01:49:25 pm

You are if you are working for free - over a 4 week period that 20 hours of unpaid work. They'll still make you redundant at the drop of a hat too.

Defintetely not for free. I either take my extra hours as overtime or "flexi hours". In fact, since I've worked more or less every weekend so far this year, I took a week holiday just now; only using my "flexi hours"

rob1966 · « **Reply #30736 on:** May 9, 2021, 03:37:25 pm »

Quote from: Crimson on May 9, 2021, 03:06:56 pm

Defintetely not for free. I either take my extra hours as overtime or "flexi hours". In fact, since I've worked more or less every weekend so far this year, I took a week holiday just now; only using my "flexi hours"

That's fine then, I do the same myself if I need time off to do stuff. I think the ones being referred to in the original post are not getting the hours back/getting paid for it though.

I've been a good boy · « **Reply #30737 on:** May 9, 2021, 04:29:13 pm »

Quote from: Barneylfc∗ on May 9, 2021, 01:14:35 pm

To who?
Those people you're talking about are generally a c*nt.

The ones in my office are just brown nosing the management I feel. Even if my work piles up sky high I wouldn't work overtime unless I'm paid for it.

I learnt my lesson from my previous job to not go above and beyond unless there's a payoff. Worked so hard there all Summer when other people got furloughed and I got made redundant with just 24 hours notice and not even got a thank you, while the furloughed people got called back on full pay.

rob1966 · « **Reply #30738 on:** May 9, 2021, 04:46:28 pm »

Quote from: I've been a good boy. on May 9, 2021, 04:29:13 pm

The ones in my office are just brown nosing the management I feel. Even if my work piles up sky high I wouldn't work overtime unless I'm paid for it.

I learnt my lesson from my previous job to not go above and beyond unless there's a payoff. Worked so hard there all Summer when other people got furloughed and I got made redundant with just 24 hours notice and not even got a thank you, while the furloughed people got called back on full pay.

I've had replies to emails from directors at 2am Sunday mornings/while they were abroad on holiday/off for Bank Holidays and then seen them walk into work and been asked for their phone and laptop and out the door, fuck you very much. Dickheads the lot of them.

I've been a good boy · « **Reply #30739 on:** May 9, 2021, 08:42:06 pm »

Quote from: rob1966 on May 9, 2021, 04:46:28 pm

I've had replies to emails from directors at 2am Sunday mornings/while they were abroad on holiday/off for Bank Holidays and then seen them walk into work and been asked for their phone and laptop and out the door, fuck you very much. Dickheads the lot of them.

Yep even at my job I see idiots emailing at the weekend and bank holidays. Fuck these companies, they don't give a fuck about you. If you dropped dead right now, your job would be advertised by tomorrow, always take care of yourself first.

Red Beret · « **Reply #30740 on:** May 10, 2021, 12:01:16 pm »

Eating my burger and chips in the rain at the cafe because the police turned up. (I expected to eat outside, tbf. But I was sitting down inside with a coffee as I waited for my food, and there were two chaps 20 ft away eating at a table.)

Charlie Adams fried egg · « **Reply #30741 on:** May 10, 2021, 02:14:28 pm »

Quote from: I've been a good boy. on May 9, 2021, 08:42:06 pm

Yep even at my job I see idiots emailing at the weekend and bank holidays. Fuck these companies, they don't give a fuck about you. If you dropped dead right now, your job would be advertised by tomorrow, always take care of yourself first.

It's that cycle of bullshit people get into and wfh has made it worse.
In my experience people want to be seen to be working hard, so the have a look at emails after hours, then to show that they are present, they reply, other people see the reply and feel duty bound to reply too because no one wants to be the one who replies at 9am next morning.

Then they start sending late emails, and because that happens, more people look out of hours, then reply and the cycle goes on.

bradders1011 · « **Reply #30742 on:** May 10, 2021, 10:26:45 pm »

Data reconciliation.

afc tukrish · « **Reply #30743 on:** May 11, 2021, 12:45:29 am »

Quote from: bradders1011 on May 10, 2021, 10:26:45 pm

Data reconciliation.

Did you try counseling?

B0151? · « **Reply #30744 on:** May 11, 2021, 02:32:54 pm »

I work for a large corporation. We get timed on everything, from each task to even going the toilet. We have set times to do each tasks and you'll still get people powering through them. Despite the fact it just makes look everyone else bad and bring the timings down. I appreciate some people are faster workers but we're working from home. There's really no excuse not to just chill out, have a cup of tea if you're ahead of schedule. .

Still though. Not as bad as when we were in the office and you'd have people literally grassing you up if they didn't think you were working hard enough, despite the fact we're permanently signed into a system that times and records everything you do...

I think people don't realise how dystopian already some of these corporations are. It's why working from home has been a godsend

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #30745 on:** May 11, 2021, 02:38:43 pm »

Quote from: B0151? on May 11, 2021, 02:32:54 pm

I work for a large corporation. We get timed on everything, from each task to even going the toilet. We have set times to do each tasks and you'll still get people powering through them. Despite the fact it just makes look everyone else bad and bring the timings down. I appreciate some people are faster workers but we're working from home. There's really no excuse not to just chill out, have a cup of tea if you're ahead of schedule. .

Still though. Not as bad as when we were in the office and you'd have people literally grassing you up if they didn't think you were working hard enough, despite the fact we're permanently signed into a system that times and records everything you do...

I think people don't realise how dystopian already some of these corporations are. It's why working from home has been a godsend

Jesus, what do you do? Going to the toilet on work time is one of life’s great perks.

rob1966 · « **Reply #30746 on:** May 11, 2021, 02:48:21 pm »

Quote from: BIG DICK NICK on May 11, 2021, 02:38:43 pm

Jesus, what do you do? Going to the toilet on work time is one of life’s great perks.

WFH has introduced a new doing something on works time perk

(Yes, it costs them about a quid before you start)

Quote from: B0151? on May 11, 2021, 02:32:54 pm

I work for a large corporation. We get timed on everything, from each task to even going the toilet. We have set times to do each tasks and you'll still get people powering through them. Despite the fact it just makes look everyone else bad and bring the timings down. I appreciate some people are faster workers but we're working from home. There's really no excuse not to just chill out, have a cup of tea if you're ahead of schedule. .

Still though. Not as bad as when we were in the office and you'd have people literally grassing you up if they didn't think you were working hard enough, despite the fact we're permanently signed into a system that times and records everything you do...

I think people don't realise how dystopian already some of these corporations are. It's why working from home has been a godsend

When I was 16 I worked for the corpy (AKA Liverpool City Council) painting the street fixtures, lampposts, road signs etc. When the time and motion men first did the timings, the painters worked dead slow, did 3 coats of undercoat and 2 of gloss, worked til half 4. Reality was we battered through it, 1 of each coat and then fucked off home at 1pm every day, that was all except for this one soft c*nt who used to work all day, he'd then have to spend a month hiding in a cafe as we came to end of an area because he was so far ahead on his work. I left before it got sussed by the bosses.

Barneylfc∗ · « **Reply #30747 on:** May 11, 2021, 05:30:54 pm »

Quote from: BIG DICK NICK on May 11, 2021, 02:38:43 pm

Jesus, what do you do? Going to the toilet on work time is one of life’s great perks.

One of the most annoying things about working from home is having to use my own toilet roll

rob1966 · « **Reply #30748 on:** May 11, 2021, 05:33:02 pm »

Quote from: Barneylfc∗ on May 11, 2021, 05:30:54 pm

One of the most annoying things about working from home is having to use my own toilet roll

Go in the office and rob a load

reddebs · « **Reply #30749 on:** May 11, 2021, 05:39:29 pm »

Quote from: B0151? on May 11, 2021, 02:32:54 pm

I work for a large corporation. We get timed on everything, from each task to even going the toilet. We have set times to do each tasks and you'll still get people powering through them. Despite the fact it just makes look everyone else bad and bring the timings down. I appreciate some people are faster workers but we're working from home. There's really no excuse not to just chill out, have a cup of tea if you're ahead of schedule. .

Still though. Not as bad as when we were in the office and you'd have people literally grassing you up if they didn't think you were working hard enough, despite the fact we're permanently signed into a system that times and records everything you do...

I think people don't realise how dystopian already some of these corporations are. It's why working from home has been a godsend

I used to work in a call centre where we logged out of our system everytime we left the unit and as every door was securitg swiped they knew exactly where we were.

We had one team leader who told us in our last team meeting on a Friday exactly, to the second, how much time each person "owed" her.

Despite some never taking their full break allowance I don't ever recall her telling them she "owed" them time and letting them leave early.

paulrazor · « **Reply #30750 on:** May 11, 2021, 09:28:32 pm »

Scam callers

Every single fucking day

Next one is getting called every name under the sun

paulrazor · « **Reply #30751 on:** May 11, 2021, 09:32:43 pm »

Quote from: reddebs on May 11, 2021, 05:39:29 pm

I used to work in a call centre where we logged out of our system everytime we left the unit and as every door was securitg swiped they knew exactly where we were.

We had one team leader who told us in our last team meeting on a Friday exactly, to the second, how much time each person "owed" her.

Despite some never taking their full break allowance I don't ever recall her telling them she "owed" them time and letting them leave early.

I remember for years I took Les than the min half hour for lunch on a regular basis

Course the one time I clocked in pre dump I was immediately pulled up over it. Clocked in at 1. Took a shit. 5 mins later my boss demanding to know where I'd been

Unreal. Very hypocrital person too. Was always late

jackh · « **Reply #30752 on:** May 11, 2021, 10:18:31 pm »

Google appear - today - to have removed/lost their football/sports service. Up until this morning, if you typed "premier league" or "liverpool" fixtures you'd have everything right in front of you - it appears to have returned to just presenting links $:-\$

Used to like being able to view the fixtures/table/line-ups without having to go via multiple pages

afc tukrish · « **Reply #30753 on:** May 11, 2021, 10:20:37 pm »

Quote from: jackh on May 11, 2021, 10:18:31 pm

Google appear - today - to have removed/lost their football/sports service. Up until this morning, if you typed "premier league" or "liverpool" fixtures you'd have everything right in front of you - it appears to have returned to just presenting links. :\

Noticed that as well. Perfect item for inclusion in this thread, how dare I have to click a link after doing a search?

jackh · « **Reply #30754 on:** May 11, 2021, 10:28:30 pm »

I just don't like change!

So… Howard Philips · « **Reply #30755 on:** May 11, 2021, 10:32:37 pm »

Quote from: BIG DICK NICK on May 11, 2021, 02:38:43 pm

Jesus, what do you do? Going to the toilet on work time is one of life’s great perks.

And think of the money you save using their bog paper.

Barneylfc∗ · « **Reply #30756 on:** May 11, 2021, 11:23:09 pm »

Quote from: jackh on May 11, 2021, 10:18:31 pm

Google appear - today - to have removed/lost their football/sports service. Up until this morning, if you typed "premier league" or "liverpool" fixtures you'd have everything right in front of you - it appears to have returned to just presenting links $:-\$

Used to like being able to view the fixtures/table/line-ups without having to go via multiple pages

Opta appear to have changed what they deem a shot on target recently too. Doubt it's related, but annoying nonetheless.

Slippers · « **Reply #30757 on:** May 12, 2021, 11:40:14 am »

My idiot dog rolling in fox shit.

jackh · « **Reply #30758 on:** May 12, 2021, 02:05:46 pm »

Quote from: afc turkish on May 11, 2021, 10:20:37 pm

Noticed that as well. Perfect item for inclusion in this thread, how dare I have to click a link after doing a search?

It's back. Phew!

afc tukrish · « **Reply #30759 on:** May 12, 2021, 02:55:37 pm »

Quote from: jackh on May 12, 2021, 02:05:46 pm

It's back. Phew!

Pathetically Small Things in Life that Really Shouldn't Make You Happy, But Still Do thread imminent...