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  #3128897 18-Sep-2023 09:37
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You were very brave or foolish taking corrugated iron onto a roof in high wind. I've stopped 2 neighbour's roofs lifting but was only prepared to screw fence pailings over the torn sheets.

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  #3128914 18-Sep-2023 10:19
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Bung: You were very brave or foolish taking corrugated iron onto a roof in high wind. I've stopped 2 neighbour's roofs lifting but was only prepared to screw fence pailings over the torn sheets.

 

Was definitely one of those two options.

 

Was quite lucky with the gusts having dropped briefly for long enough to get the patch done.  Because it was clearlight, it would have just flogged itself apart pretty rapidly vs steel which just peels off.





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  #3128917 18-Sep-2023 10:24
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Off sick with a non-covid (but very covid-like) virus all of last week. 

 

Have Out of Office on with contact details for other team members. 

 

Customer makes complaint that I never got back to them, despite them sending me 5 emails over the course of the week. 
When asked if they contacted a colleague from my OOO, they replied that they didn't want to talk to someone else, it was my job to deal with them...

 

 

 

I'm too old for this rubbish. Idiots just do my head in. 





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  #3128920 18-Sep-2023 10:40
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Handsomedan:

 

Off sick with a non-covid (but very covid-like) virus all of last week. 

 

Have Out of Office on with contact details for other team members. 

 

Customer makes complaint that I never got back to them, despite them sending me 5 emails over the course of the week. 
When asked if they contacted a colleague from my OOO, they replied that they didn't want to talk to someone else, it was my job to deal with them...

 

 

 

I'm too old for this rubbish. Idiots just do my head in. 

 

 

Bascially the exact same thing here with many emails from some people who didnt get the hint that 1. They have been told where to email in the past, and its not me, and 2. that not being here means they wont get an answer or it fowarded on.





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  #3128996 18-Sep-2023 15:29
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Violence in our otherwise sleepy suburbs. 

 

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/300972990/albany-stabbing-witness-describes-seeing-man-getting-cpr-for-a-good-while

 

Albany bus station! unbelievable. 

 

 

 

 





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  #3129028 18-Sep-2023 16:31
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Handsomedan:

 

Customer makes complaint that I never got back to them, despite them sending me 5 emails over the course of the week. 
When asked if they contacted a colleague from my OOO, they replied that they didn't want to talk to someone else, it was my job to deal with them...

 

I'm too old for this rubbish. Idiots just do my head in. 

 

 

Why? Are you not a "follower" of your customers?

 

 

 

 





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  #3129268 19-Sep-2023 09:19
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Amazon 'free' shipping.

 

Order movies from Am UK 91.73 including 29.73 postage

 

Order same movies from Am UK via Am AU with free postage - 91.39

 

And I though it was only eBay...





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  #3129277 19-Sep-2023 09:44
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Tinkerisk:

 

Handsomedan:

 

Customer makes complaint that I never got back to them, despite them sending me 5 emails over the course of the week. 
When asked if they contacted a colleague from my OOO, they replied that they didn't want to talk to someone else, it was my job to deal with them...

 

I'm too old for this rubbish. Idiots just do my head in. 

 

 

Why? Are you not a "follower" of your customers?

 

 

 

 

 

 

My customers follow me everywhere. 😎





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  #3129364 19-Sep-2023 10:38
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AA Insurance just sent me a detailed email with multiple reasons why they are about to hike my insurances! I haven't seen my new premiums yet, but I'm picking it is going to be a doozy of a hike! Like everything else...


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  #3129394 19-Sep-2023 12:42
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outdoorsnz:

 

AA Insurance just sent me a detailed email with multiple reasons why they are about to hike my insurances! I haven't seen my new premiums yet, but I'm picking it is going to be a doozy of a hike! Like everything else...

 

 

Inflation at 7% my backside. 

 

 


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  #3129395 19-Sep-2023 12:46
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Tinkerisk:

 

For me, after much cooking, I decided to draw the line at a personal, comfortable 50,000 Scoville. But these things already have 1.5 to 2.2 million Scoville, which "bite" like a snake in a flash - allergic shock is inevitable if you have a pre-existing condition.

 

 

I have two containers of chili powder. I normally put enough of the mild powder (80k) on the chicken to give it a redish tint as I like the flavour, then boost the heat with some mixed super hot varieties (or pure Carolina Reaper).

 

Well, today, I messed up, adding about the same amount of super hot powder to my meal as I usually do the mild. I immediately knew from the colour, but there was no going back. I still added the usual amount of the mild powder and enjoyed the meal.


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  #3129396 19-Sep-2023 12:47
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MadEngineer: until you take it in to a police station yourself where you’ll be told nah just throw it out.

 

Yup. you were right!

 

Just rung 105. (8 Days later) Told that NO Officer has been assigned to the case yet! And could I take the lock to a Police Station.

 

To which I replied "No! You've shut them all around here!, and it would be a further waste of my time!" After which I politely hung up!


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  #3129405 19-Sep-2023 13:26
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outdoorsnz:

 

AA Insurance just sent me a detailed email with multiple reasons why they are about to hike my insurances! I haven't seen my new premiums yet, but I'm picking it is going to be a doozy of a hike! Like everything else...

 

 

Tower seems to be just as bad. Shouldn't the premium on my car be decreasing as it ages?


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  #3129416 19-Sep-2023 14:08
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geoffwnz:

 

Bung: You were very brave or foolish taking corrugated iron onto a roof in high wind. I've stopped 2 neighbour's roofs lifting but was only prepared to screw fence pailings over the torn sheets.

 

Was definitely one of those two options.

 

Was quite lucky with the gusts having dropped briefly for long enough to get the patch done.  Because it was clearlight, it would have just flogged itself apart pretty rapidly vs steel which just peels off.

 

 

A few years ago, I witnessed something whilst in the US on holiday, on the construction site of a relatively tall building on a windy day. Three guys were putting glass into windows, and something happened and they dropped/let go of a sheet of it. It started plummeting down, then the wind got it, and it sailed across about 30-40m and smacked into the building opposite. It was sheer luck that no-one was injured. It was quite surreal. The noise it made wasn't anything on the amount of noise the foreman made yelling at these three guys. Police were called. It was quite the drama. 

 

 


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MadEngineer: Fibre got installed horizontally right through sewer pipes.

Inevitable blockage eventuated months later.

Plumbers are called who discover the above and as a result need to dig a new trench to lay new sewerage pipes.

As a result of the trenching they cut the fibre. The plumbers did engage a fibre technician to trace any underground services but no trace wire was installed.

Fibre company now billing us for repair.

Service provider asking us to contact the fibre company directly.


Update: Fibre co has bounced this back to the contractor.




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