What cheeses me off

[RooFlyer]

Why do some companies think it's ok to deceive? Can I ask Trustpilot to take down review?

Did you give them a more positive review than they deserved because of the offered discount? If you gave an honest review the first time, you wouldn’t need to change it, whether or not the incentive came through.

 

[Guvner]

Seems it’s the company’s honesty in question tbh.

 

[RB]

WCMO is spending $900 to have a pump replaced in the outside spa and the installer guys says that the other main pump is about to go fritz as well, and they can't be replaced, so I'll have to buy an 'aftermarket' replacement at about $1,500. A third pump, for the bubbles looks OK.

Replaced one is the circulation/heater; the about-to-go one is the water jets. So it looks in time I'll just have a bubbly warm bath.

Not sure of your brand of pump but I got some great help directly from Davey in Melb 1300 232 839. Was a while ago

 

[Ade]

Yet another *didn't cheese me off so much so that it amused me*

On the phone with Virgin Money, trying to apply for their credit card, got connected to an Indian sounding person, with a very famous Indian sounding name, who would have, after hearing my accent, picked up that I'm of Indian origin as well. All good so far.

After all the basic/regular *thank you for calling blah blah blah*, proceeds to try and find my application (that is currently saved, not submitted yet).

Asks me "what is your first name" and I respond with the name & I add "the spelling is ... starts to say the spelling". I got interrupted by the agent on the phone who said & I quote "Oh, I can spell, thank you".

I said "All right mate" and I stop myself from saying anything further and wait for him to be done with my first name.

Come Last Name, he asked if there is a "h" or not in my last name and I say "nope".

Asks DoB - I provide and I wait.

Now, my first name & last name are familiar sounding names, but written differently. Boy, was the agent going to come to a realisation when the system won't return any results for the name that he has entered.

Taps away on his keyboard and comes back "Hmmm .. no applications found in your name". I said "I'm not surprised, because chances are my first name is incorrectly spelled"

He then goes, can you confirm the spelling of your first name? I then give the actual spelling and he was taken aback and said "I'd have not guessed it in a million years" and I went "that's exactly why I started to spell it our for you, but you were confident that you can spell. Who am I to stop you". I even went on to say, "I thought when you said that you can spell, thank you, there is no point contradicting you, and let you realise it for yourself, when your system will s88t itself and can't find a thing on me". I then had a good laugh. It sounded like he smiled too, but was definitely quiet after that incident.

Why do people assume things, is beyond me - something that I will never understand!

 

[Ade]

Virgin Money credit card application - the submit button on their website doesn't actually do anything. I have clicked on that button a 100 times so far and nothing has changed.

Called up Virgin Money and was told to wait for 3-4 hours, to expect an email and then submit - it might work!

How can a financial institution's website can't work in PROD is beyond me!

 

[Flashback]

Yet another *didn't cheese me off so much so that it amused me*

On the phone with Virgin Money, trying to apply for their credit card, got connected to an Indian sounding person, with a very famous Indian sounding name, who would have, after hearing my accent, picked up that I'm of Indian origin as well. All good so far.

After all the basic/regular *thank you for calling blah blah blah*, proceeds to try and find my application (that is currently saved, not submitted yet).

Asks me "what is your first name" and I respond with the name & I add "the spelling is ... starts to say the spelling". I got interrupted by the agent on the phone who said & I quote "Oh, I can spell, thank you".

I said "All right mate" and I stop myself from saying anything further and wait for him to be done with my first name.

Come Last Name, he asked if there is a "h" or not in my last name and I say "nope".

Asks DoB - I provide and I wait.

Now, my first name & last name are familiar sounding names, but written differently. Boy, was the agent going to come to a realisation when the system won't return any results for the name that he has entered.

Taps away on his keyboard and comes back "Hmmm .. no applications found in your name". I said "I'm not surprised, because chances are my first name is incorrectly spelled"

He then goes, can you confirm the spelling of your first name? I then give the actual spelling and he was taken aback and said "I'd have not guessed it in a million years" and I went "that's exactly why I started to spell it our for you, but you were confident that you can spell. Who am I to stop you". I even went on to say, "I thought when you said that you can spell, thank you, there is no point contradicting you, and let you realise it for yourself, when your system will s88t itself and can't find a thing on me". I then had a good laugh. It sounded like he smiled too, but was definitely quiet after that incident.

Why do people assume things, is beyond me - something that I will never understand!

If you assume it just makes an cough out of u and me!

Virgin Money credit card application - the submit button on their website doesn't actually do anything. I have clicked on that button a 100 times so far and nothing has changed.

Called up Virgin Money and was told to wait for 3-4 hours, to expect an email and then submit - it might work!

How can a financial institution's website can't work in PROD is beyond me!

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[Ade]

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Have to try it from my home computer. I have been using my work computer, chances are it is blocked some work related reason/restriction.

 

[Gremlin]

A-D-E.

Doesn't seem so difficult to spell to me...

 

[Hvr]

Cyclists. Did a day in the office today and as always have to be aware of cyclists who think they're so important they can ride on footpaths next to bike lanes. All while abusing pedestrians.

Was crossing Swanston st using the lights, walking on the left when a cyclist came barrelling across the street straight for me. I just stopped and copped a mouthful of abuse for walking on a pedestrian crossing.

Came home on the train between storms and caught the lift to the street and there was a cyclist wanting to enter before anybody got off! I am so seriously over cyclists abusing pedestrians when the cyclist is doing the wrong thing.

 

[Gremlin]

I drove past a cyclist the other day who was being booked for speeding through a school zone. He did not look happy.

 

[dajop]

I don't know why cyclists are so singled out. Have seen egregious behaviour from people operating just about every type of transport, bicycles, cars, trucks, motorcycles, scooters, rollerblades, skateboards, ebikes, even PMDs), as well as pedestrians of course. Any cohort is going to have a few d*#@eads and a few more a*(@*#oles. The main exception is commercial airline pilots? (I hope anyway)

 

[Pushka]

Cyclists. Did a day in the office today and as always have to be aware of cyclists who think they're so important they can ride on footpaths next to bike lanes. All while abusing pedestrians.

Was crossing Swanston st using the lights, walking on the left when a cyclist came barrelling across the street straight for me. I just stopped and copped a mouthful of abuse for walking on a pedestrian crossing.

Came home on the train between storms and caught the lift to the street and there was a cyclist wanting to enter before anybody got off! I am so seriously over cyclists abusing pedestrians when the cyclist is doing the wrong thing.

Bikes can ride on any footpath in SA. Maybe he wasn't a Vic.

 

[Hvr]

Maybe he wasn't a Vic.

I don't know where she was from, but riding against the pedestrian flow is never a good thing.

 

[drron]

I don't know why cyclists are so singled out. Have seen egregious behaviour from people operating just about every type of transport, bicycles, cars, trucks, motorcycles, scooters, rollerblades, skateboards, ebikes, even PMDs), as well as pedestrians of course. Any cohort is going to have a few d*#@eads and a few more a*(@*#oles. The main exception is commercial airline pilots? (I hope anyway)

But also my experience that cyclists and scooter rriders have a higher incidence of d*%* heads than the other modes of transport.

 

[MARTINE]

But also my experience that cyclists and scooter rriders have a higher incidence of d*%* heads than the other modes of transport.

Agreed
E Scooter morons are very disproportionately represented
Head down to Melb CBD (rare for me now) and its like being in a human pinball machine crossed with the Hunger Games

 

[Flashback]

WCMO is how my mobile provider can charge me for receiving a call when roaming, even though:

1. I don't take a call when roaming unless it's important
2. My call logs show I rejected the caller attempt twice

All I can think of is that they're then charging me for the voicemail message the caller leaves and that's being charged for, even though I'm not physically receiving that?

 

[Pushka]

I don't know where she was from, but riding against the pedestrian flow is never a good thing.

I guess if you need to go the other way....

 

[TheRealTMA]

I guess if you need to go the other way....

 

[Flashback]

Sitting on vinyl at my folks place and in my first batch courier run over to the UK Only 3 months to go....

 

[Mr_Orange]

Agreed
E Scooter morons are very disproportionately represented
Head down to Melb CBD (rare for me now) and its like being in a human pinball machine crossed with the Hunger Games

Too true.

When out for a lunch time stroll in West End a few months ago, I got told by a particularly aggressive female on a Beam/Neuron scooter, "mate, you gotta watch for scooters and move." Needless to say, I disagreed with her!