The What's Annoyed You Today Thread

[Drago]

NICHE. If you're plod you'll probably feel my pain.

 

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The "professional" from British Gas who asked my wife to be at home from 1pm to 4pm so he could "conduct a safety check" on our gas meter.

No show.
No phone call.
The usual stuff.
W#nkers.
Useless W#nkers actually.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Morrison's. Nice of them to give me a ten quid voucher after I'd paid for my shopping - it'd be nicer still if they'd given it me before I'd paid.

These things are annoying because the minimum spend on them is usually above what we'd normally spend and the amount we'd save is usually less than the extra money we'd have to spend to get the saving.

 

[swee'pea99]

[QUOTE 4197327, member: 9609"]I had a bizarre experience with these brainless idiots once; I reported a strong smell of gas that I had smelt whilst out walking the dog (may be 2 mile from where I live) Half an hour later 2 massive vans and about half a dozen men arrived at my house, they wanted to check my supply was safe, at first I refused to let them into the house but they threatened to completely switch off my supply for safety reason, I tried and tried to explain that the smell of gas was over two miles away but they just could not grasp this concept, so round and round the house with their sniffing devices, they also came into the house to check the boiler, they even had to check our electric cooker in case it was actually a gas one. They then told me they could not find any problems and all was safe.[/QUOTE]
Bet you were relieved.

 

[bikingdad90]

Currently waiting for a washing machine engineer that has had me awake since 07:00 for a repair between 07:15 and 10:03. Very exact and no man yet!

 

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I went to a hospital to deliver a booklet of blood test results. There was nobody at that particular department's reception and both doors behind it had notices saying "STAFF ONLY". After five minutes, I decided to take the game to them, tapped on one of the doors, and walked in a couple of paces, explaining that I had just come to deliver a booklet.
"You can't come in here....it's staff only!"

Where do they get these people from?

 

[ColinJ]

I went to a hospital to deliver a booklet of blood test results. There was nobody at that particular department's reception and both doors behind it had notices saying "STAFF ONLY". After five minutes, I decided to take the game to them, tapped on one of the doors, and walked in a couple of paces, explaining that I had just come to deliver a booklet.
"You can't come in here....it's staff only!"

Where do they get these people from?

The staff room?

 

[ColinJ]

Aaaargh!

My sister has bought a house in Todmorden which she is currently having renovated. She has 2 lots of handymen booked to do different jobs up there. I had 2 sets of keys to give them so they can come and go independently. Handyman #1 collected a set and is up there working. Handyman #2 was due to arrive first thing this morning to pick up the second set of keys. I got up at 07:30 in case he was early. STILL no sign of him 6 hours later ...

I tried contacting my sister to find out what is going on. She has been in meetings all morning with her phone switched off. She finally replied to my text - apparently handyman #2 went straight to the other address and found handyman #1 there so he didn't bother coming here for the second set of keys!!!

It is a lovely sunny day here and I want to go out on my bike, but I am still waiting for handyman #2 to come down the hill to me to pick up the keys. I could ride up there but he left his heavy-duty battery charger here last time he was working here and I don't want to carry it on my bike. Both handymen will be coming and going so they can't just work with one set of keys.

I'll give him another 30 minutes and then I am going out!

 

[grumpyoldwoman]

Pedestrians! Aaaarghhhhh! Just because my mode of transport doesn't have a smelly (unless it's a hot hot day!) engine,doesn't mean you can cross the road without looking and then have the audacity to swear at me because I ring my bell and yell to you to be careful!

I blame the weather......the sun affects people in strange ways,it makes them deaf and blind to other road users!

 

[swee'pea99]

Pedestrians! Aaaarghhhhh! Just because my mode of transport doesn't have a smelly (unless it's a hot hot day!) engine,doesn't mean you can cross the road without looking and then have the audacity to swear at me because I ring my bell and yell to you to be careful!

Bet they weren't wearing helmets either.

 

[grumpyoldwoman]

Bet they weren't wearing helmets either.

They weren't,the daft sods! Don't they realise they should be,for their own safety!

 

[redvision95]

Start a new job Monday and need a motorbike to get there.
Last one died and was unreliable so had brother fix it + sell it for me. Now I'm trying to find something that I can ride on my A2 licence, Isn't going to cost the earth to insure and is under £2k........... yeah flippin right, like that is going to happen! I've spent all day looking for one and every time i think I'm getting somewhere I'm getting idiot sellers who dont want to actually sell or think their bike is worth the price they paid for it brand new over ten years ago

 

[ColinJ]

... I am still waiting for handyman #2 to come down the hill to me to pick up the keys. I could ride up there but he left his heavy-duty battery charger here last time he was working here and I don't want to carry it on my bike. Both handymen will be coming and going so they can't just work with one set of keys.

I'll give him another 30 minutes and then I am going out!

He rang me just as I was about to leave. He was busy doing something and said that it would be a while before he could get down the hill to me. I ended up chucking everything into a rucksack and riding up the hill with it to save him stopping what he was doing.

I had wasted too much time to get a long ride done in the sunshine, but I did do a nice 15 mile tour of the local hills.

I'm feeling very relaxed now, but I'm sure that something else will come along and annoy me before too long ...

 

[redvision95]

[QUOTE 4199251, member: 45"]What are you looking for?[/QUOTE]
600cc ish maybe a 500cc, capable of motorway speeds but without stupid mileage on the clock. Something that can be legally restricted to 47bhp or is 47bhp stock. Has 6 months or more MOT and isnt about to blow up. Im ok for a month or two now, borrowing brothers tiger800 for a little while But going to be keeping a eye on eBay etc

 

[Globalti]

The cleaners. I arrive at work early at 07.45 if the traffic has been kind to me. I accept that that's early and they have every right to play a tinny radio tuned to a pop music station very loudly but I wish they would have some consideration for people who want to work and turn it off after about 8.30, by which time most people are at their desks and fielding email enquiries and phone calls from overseas customers who are ahead of us. There's a sense that they are trying to leave the radio switched on a little longer every day to see who dares complain, whereupon they will kick up a big fuss and threaten to work "to rule" by not moving bits of paper on desks while they dust, about which they have recently complained.