When people offer reasons or solutions in this thread.

I came here to have a whinge, dammit, not for a lecture. 

kryptonjohn:

 

Slightly related: Pull into a gas station and only one of the 6 bowsers has diesel and someone on it is pumping petrol.

 

I'm looking at you, Mobil!

 

Z may be pricey but they always have diesel on all bowsers.

 

 

 

Do you mean pumps? A bowser is a trailer that holds fuel.

Yeah pumps. Couldn't remember why I had bowser in my mind so you've forced me to google it!

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bowser

Sylvanius Bowser eh? Learn something new and useless every day!

NBNco. What a completely useless bunch of tossers.

(yes, I now have *NBN*)

*HFC at its fastest... 100/40 

**what an effing joke.

kryptonjohn:

 

Yeah pumps. Couldn't remember why I had bowser in my mind so you've forced me to google it!

 

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bowser

 

Sylvanius Bowser eh? Learn something new and useless every day!

 

Useless wikipedia fails where a basic google works, since I am sure to 90% of people its a mario character and nothing else.

edit: didnt notice that wasnt wikipedia but another wikisomething site. Oh well

Power companies that don't put their price plans on their websites. They try and trick you into signing up just to find out what price they charge for power. Or at least try and get you to call them and spend ages on hold, just so they can give you a sales pitch.

I bet the main reason is so they can see what power company you are currently signed up to. (they can do this if you tell them your address) And only offer you a price that is slightly below what you are currently paying.

I have come across 1 power company that has door to door salespeople who definitely do offer different pricing rates depending on what company you are with currently. (the salesperson admitted it to me).

Applying for NZ Super on the MSD website - get it completed and the confirmation says 'print your application from this link, sign and mail to us'.

So you can't complete it online, even with RealMe set up - but that's OK - can live with that I guess.

Then, if you leave your computer for a short time, the session times-out. I guess that's fair enough too.

However once that has happened, there is absolutely no way you can log back in to resurrect things and print the completed form. You have to ring them and they have to print it and snail-mail it to you for you to sign and mail back. Jeesh.

And the CSO on the phone says "Yeah, our online application system hasn't been particularly well-implemented". Jeesh again.

Winemakers who put cab sav or merlot into the bottle style that is traditionally used for pinot noir and white wines.

eracode:

 

Applying for NZ Super on the MSD website - get it completed and the confirmation says 'print your application from this link, sign and mail to us'.

 

So you can't complete it online, even with RealMe set up - but that's OK - can live with that I guess.

 

Then, if you leave your computer for a short time, the session times-out. I guess that's fair enough too.

 

However once that has happened, there is absolutely no way you can log back in to resurrect things and print the completed form. You have to ring them and they have to print it and snail-mail it to you for you to sign and mail back. Jeesh.

 

And the CSO on the phone says "Yeah, our online application system hasn't been particularly well-implemented". Jeesh again.

 

Typical of pretty much anything in the public sector. Any ill-conceived, half-arsed, piece of crap attempt will do just so it looks like you've done something. It all boils down to the fact there's no incentive to do a good job when people have no choice whether to use you or not.

Shadowfoot: When you have leftover parts after taking something apart and putting it back together.

I saw some tosser with his Ferrari taking up two car parks at a supermarket a while back.