What cheeses me off

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Reminds me of those people who’ve asked if it’s safe to fly a certain airline to Bali but admitted they’ve ridden scooters there drunk with plastic helmets

Don't get me started on that - I get cranky every time I see an article on news.com.au about how yet another idiot has smashed themselves up in Bali and now there is a GoFund me page because said idiot went to Bali without travel insurance and needs xx_ thousands of dollars to cover hospital bills and a medivac to a Perth hospital so as they can get repaired properly - ready to go back to their high paying FIFO job on the W.A. mines.

 

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This would be a good post for that Cheesed-off thread:

What cheeses me off | Page 372 | Australian Frequent Flyer

Thread 'What cheeses me off'

Jun 21, 2022

Here is your chance to get it off your chest - flight / travel related or whatever - those who remember Hey Hey It's Saturday will get the drift pronto - others will soon catch on.

***In memory of Mrs McGillicuddy

First What Cheeses Me Off are those brain dead clowns who cannot stand back a meter from any luggage belt so that everyone can see exactly which bags are approaching - how hard is it?

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Quite possibly! It really does cheese me off that people happily pay for the ticket to Bali, pay for the booze, and pay to rent the scooter - but expect everyone else to pay to get them home again because they wouldn't pay for travel insurance.

 

[MooTime]

Quite possibly! It really does cheese me off that people happily pay for the ticket to Bali, pay for the booze, and pay to rent the scooter - but expect everyone else to pay to get them home again because they wouldn't pay for travel insurance.

And that's partly why Bali Bogans is a slogan.

The lower echelon of Aussie travellers.

 

[JohnM]

Quite possibly! It really does cheese me off that people happily pay for the ticket to Bali, pay for the booze, and pay to rent the scooter - but expect everyone else to pay to get them home again because they wouldn't pay for travel insurance.

Or their TI was voided because they were p!ssed?

 

[RB001]

Or their TI was voided because they were p!ssed?

or have a motorcycle license (a common clause)

 

[Cossie]

WCMO, lot's at the moment, but in particular travel insurance sites that expect you to type in every country, instead of just "Europe" for example.

 

[dajop]

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WCMO, lot's at the moment, but in particular travel insurance sites that expect you to type in every country, instead of just "Europe" for example.

Perhaps understandable given that Europe includes Belarus, Ukraine and Russia and these might have a difficult risk profile to some insurers. And some ambiguity around Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. With insurance better to be specific.

 

[Aeryn]

Not to mention Australia has recipricol health agreements with some European countries which h also lowers cost.

 

[Cossie]

Not to mention Australia has recipricol health agreements with some European countries which h also lowers cost.

Perhaps understandable given that Europe includes Belarus, Ukraine and Russia and these might have a difficult risk profile to some insurers. And some ambiguity around Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. With insurance better to be specific.

After spending a lot of time typing countries into several sites, including ones I have used before, I was a bit over it, and also some even max out at about 12 countries, what then? I think there are more than that in Europe.
Also, as we don't have a fixed itinerary, we can change things at any time.

So it's easily fixed for me now, I won't use those that don't have a "Europe" or "Worldwide" option and in the end the one I have chosen has a "Worldwide, less North America" option and it also seems to be the best for us, both oldies.

But of course as usual, ymmv.

 

[RSD]

After spending a lot of time typing countries into several sites, including ones I have used before, I was a bit over it, and also some even max out at about 12 countries, what then? I think there are more than that in Europe.
Also, as we don't have a fixed itinerary, we can change things at any time.

So it's easily fixed for me now, I won't use those that don't have a "Europe" or "Worldwide" option and in the end the one I have chosen has a "Worldwide, less North America" option and it also seems to be the best for us, both oldies.

But of course as usual, ymmv.

I go with the Annual Worldwide less North America and Tibet insurance - it seems to work for me.

 

[JohnK]

Brisbane lack of rental properties. Stunned at the lack of affordable housing being built. Almost every new construction are executive residences. Seriously?

Interesting dilemma coming up. We need to move out in 6 weeks.

Do I pack everything and hire something like Taxibox and spend money living in a hotel and paying storage costs for belongings until we find a play to rent?

Or do I stain our name and stay beyond lease agreement and wait to be evicted?

This is the culmination of a whole lot of bad decisions by me. Oh and to the owner of the dump we have been living in without complaints for the past 6.5 years, hope you choke in your greed. You are one of the reasons humanity is in huge decline.

 

[DejaBrew]

WCMO? Suncorp Bank. Their mobile app indicated they would be down for maintenance from around 6:30pm last night through 9am today. Fine. Here we are almost 4.5 hours past 9am and banking is still down with no ETA. And because it might have been helpful, their “updated” maintenance message neglects to mention that net banking is functional even though the app isn’t, meaning that all the time you’re sitting there wondering when you can see what’s going on with your bank account, you could in fact just go old school with normal net banking.

 

[CMA222]

WCMO? Suncorp Bank. ......................all the time you’re sitting there wondering when you can see what’s going on with your bank account, you could in fact just go old school with normal net banking.

Similar logic now but on a permanent basis with CBA. You can obviously use the App of the website to access on-line banking. Now with compulsory two factor authentication on the website, if you log in on the website they send a code to the App (not the phone itself) that you need to put into the website for it to proceed. So I must open my CBA App with my password (or whatever) to access a code to allow me to go back to the website and authorise my access, even though I am now on the App, where I can do most things anyway. There are some functions on the website that are not available on the App (and VV). Makes it really simple for the older customer who prefers to use their PC (easier to see and key in info) and avoid phones.

 

[RooFlyer]

, you could in fact just go old school with normal net banking.

Never had a bank book then?

 

[Cossie]

Never had a bank book then?

Still got mine from school banking at Griffith (A.C.T.) primary school, it's more than 60 years ago...... sigh.

 

[RooFlyer]

WCMO is the people with passport or boarding pass issues are always the first in the line at the boarding gate.

Now I’m on board the charter plane to begin our cruise where everyone is flying economy. I’m in row 32. First time ever ride at the very back of the bus.

Remains to be seen how cheesed off I’ll get in the next 4 1/2 hours.

 

[DejaBrew]

Never had a bank book then?

I’m not that young

Old enough to have had a bank book and young enough to have had a Dollarmite account

 

[SYD]

Still got mine from school banking at Griffith (A.C.T.) primary school, it's more than 60 years ago...... sigh.

What’s the value with compound interest?

Sadly, they closed them all down if they weren’t maintained. Probably generations of bitter and twisted peeps because their $1 bank balance was nicked.

 

[Cossie]

What’s the value with compound interest?

Sadly, they closed them all down if they weren’t maintained. Probably generations of bitter and twisted peeps because their $1 bank balance was nicked.

Took it in quite a few years ago and they had a formula to work it out….

I got to keep the book…

 

[JohnK]

Similar logic now but on a permanent basis with CBA. You can obviously use the App of the website to access on-line banking. Now with compulsory two factor authentication on the website, if you log in on the website they send a code to the App (not the phone itself) that you need to put into the website for it to proceed. So I must open my CBA App with my password (or whatever) to access a code to allow me to go back to the website and authorise my access, even though I am now on the App, where I can do most things anyway.

If I'm not mistaken I get that code in phone Notifications so no need to open Commbank App.