[Annoy] What's something small that really annoys you?

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#3012665 21-Dec-2022 10:50

msukiwi:

outdoorsnz:But then I cringed when a d**khead decides to pass bus, stock truck and trailer plus two cars, semi blind corner, drizzle spray getting chucked up, reduced visibility and passing lane only 1km away. Why bother!

Because he's (Assuming it was a him) fed up with living and is in a hurry to die?

Maybe the one he hits is not!

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#3013061 22-Dec-2022 10:14

Wasting this many turns! (spoiler for today's Quordle).

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#3013077 22-Dec-2022 11:15

People in Mall parking lots.... FFS there are lines painted on the roading surface, they give clear indications as to what you can do.

Where you can park, saw one dipstick park in the middle of the lane to get out and pay her parking ticket , obviously that was the sane choice rather than pay for it before you went to your car.

People who go the wrong way in one way parts of the carparks

People who park and sit in their car by the entrances because the passenger "won't be long"

People who park in disabled carparks

People who think teenagers qualify them to use parks reserved for parents with young children

People who drive too fast....there are small kids and yes they do stupid things, killing someones child is right at the bottom of my "to do" list.

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#3013081 22-Dec-2022 11:27

sir1963:People in Mall parking lots.... FFS there are lines painted on the roading surface, they give clear indications as to what you can do.

Aahh, Christmas never fails to bring out the best selfish moronic driver behaviour possible!

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#3013087 22-Dec-2022 11:57

msukiwi:

sir1963:People in Mall parking lots.... FFS there are lines painted on the roading surface, they give clear indications as to what you can do.

Aahh, Christmas never fails to bring out the best selfish moronic driver behaviour possible!

Palmerston North...it's 365 days a year.

IIRC some years back per head of population Palmy had the most intersection crashes in NZ, the next was Chch with 1/2 the number.

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#3013096 22-Dec-2022 12:37

Insurance companies and other companies, whose agents just stop replying, because they don't have any good news.

Just contact me and tell me you're still working on it. Or tell me it's not happening.

A little honesty and responsiveness is all I am asking for.

Sigh...I guess I'll be talking to the Ombudsman after all.

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#3013098 22-Dec-2022 12:52

Handsomedan:
Insurance companies and other companies, whose agents just stop replying, because they don't have any good news.

Just contact me and tell me you're still working on it. Or tell me it's not happening.

This also describes a good portion of Kickstarter and Indiegogo.

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#3013235 22-Dec-2022 20:10

Went to a travel agent to get assistance booking some flights that proved too complex online.

That was Monday. “I’ll ring you on Wednesday.”

No call. I ring her today.

“Oh she only works Monday, Wednesday and Friday.”

Sorry if I inconvenienced her by wanting service on a Thursday.

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#3013602 23-Dec-2022 21:09

Bonus points to you for wisely using a travel agent.

Did they even offer to assist in their absence?

That's definitely one of my top annoyances - businesses who don't call back as promised. Every time it happens it triggers the Vodafone parts of my brain and I find myself speaking in my Vodafone voice and if someone does promise a call back those same parts get a light tickle prompting me to ask for their name, expected time frames, what to do if things don't go to plan etc etc

**shudder**

Is it an NZ endemic problem as a side effect of the Kiwi 'she'll be right' attitude? We just don't do customer service very well; as if everyone is your neighbor and 'familiarity breeds contempt'?

You're not on Atlantis anymore, Duncan Idaho.

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#3014003 26-Dec-2022 13:45

MadEngineer:
Bonus points to you for wisely using a travel agent.

Did they even offer to assist in their absence?

That's definitely one of my top annoyances - businesses who don't call back as promised. Every time it happens it triggers the Vodafone parts of my brain and I find myself speaking in my Vodafone voice and if someone does promise a call back those same parts get a light tickle prompting me to ask for their name, expected time frames, what to do if things don't go to plan etc etc

**shudder**

Is it an NZ endemic problem as a side effect of the Kiwi 'she'll be right' attitude? We just don't do customer service very well; as if everyone is your neighbor and 'familiarity breeds contempt'?

No they didn’t offer to help. Had to wait until next day.

I think people here have a big chip on their shoulders because they tend to conflate (mistakenly) service and servant/servile.

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#3014005 26-Dec-2022 13:47

Websites - looking at you GWN Cloud - that put those pop up things to explain the new menu bits but who fail to test them.

I now cannot access that site on an iPhone because the pop ups won’t clear and the entire right hand side of the web page is not accessible.

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#3014210 27-Dec-2022 10:56

My new Panasonic sound bar being about 1 mm too tall to fit in the gap below my Panasonic TV.

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#3014211 27-Dec-2022 11:00

Behodar:

My new Panasonic sound bar being about 1 mm too tall to fit in the gap below my Panasonic TV.

Oh that would annoy me!! Can you lift the TV up on shims or is it fixed?

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#3014212 27-Dec-2022 11:03

Yeah, probably could lift it up, now that you mention it!

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