Little things I like

[n7of9]

Where are you off to?
I’m looking forward to the trip report already!

Hobbiton

 

[DejaBrew]

Have to hand it to Ticketek, who've once again avoided an entry in the WCMO thread courtesy of a great customer service recovery.

Attempted to buy a concert ticket late last night through the Ticketek app. At the payment screen, I attempted multiple times with Apple Pay, direct Credit Card and PayPal, either receiving a "payment failure" error, or being told my session had timed out. At no point did I get an in-app confirmation of successful purchase. After killing the app and reloading it, I had a quick look at the "My Account" section and discovered to my dismay that not only had a ticket been purchased, but this had in fact happened more than once.

Filled out their online form to advise the issue and request cancellation/refund of the superfluous tix. Within 30 minutes of submitting the form, I'd received email confirmation from Ticketek Customer Support advising that the excess tix had been cancelled and the funds would be returned to my CC within 5 working days.

 

[VPS]

I'm only about 150m from the bus stop. Checked the app and thought I had plenty of time to get there. Walk out onto the road and the bus is right there. I waved and did a damn motion and the lovely bus driver stopped and let me on. Totally illegal but lovely.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

I like how, at passport control at the border yesterday, a middle aged Caucasian asked ‘oh, you need a passport?’ And then proceeded to rummage through her things to find it.

As Judge Judy would say when one of the parties says ‘I don’t have that document’

‘what did you think you were doing here today??’

Must be nice to be able to go through life like that… completely oblivious

 

[Larko1]

I like how, at passport control at the border yesterday, a middle aged Caucasian asked ‘oh, you need a passport?’ And then proceeded to rummage through her things to find it.

As Judge Judy would say when one of the parties says ‘I don’t have that document’

‘what did you think you were doing here today??’

Must be nice to be able to go through life like that… completely oblivious

I had a chap come into the bottl'o I was managing.

After I greeted him he asked "do you sell alcohol?"

 

[mel-world]

A couple of small things this past day or two.

We were due to train it from Brisbane to Cairns on Monday but the cyclone meant that Queensland Rail could not guarantee we would get there by train (or even by bus) so we rang to get a refund. It was super easy (after a 5 min hold) with a very pleasant operator cancelling our tickets no questions asked or hard sell to convert to a credit for future journeys. Lie flat seats cancelled and money back on our credit card immediately. (Well, it will be when our bank gets around to crediting our funds back onto the credit card.)

This is so small that most people will not even notice but, at BNE domestic departures off the motorway, there are really clear makings on the gantry and painted on the roadway to indicate which lane to take. So many people on holiday only ever return a rental once or twice to the same location so having the lane so well marked made it easy.

 

[Rich]

LTIL. My first JB Hi Fi purchase with a big gift card bonus. I am not one to stock up on gift cards, but the need to replace a broken MacBook (insured too) coincided with a WW 20x TCN Gift card offer, so that was 18000 QF points. Now I just need to find a way to spend my last $1 on one of those gift cards.

 

[Scarlett]

LTIL.

In the past decade, Italy has won more games at ICC cricket world cups…


…than at FIFA world cups.


After their past ‘simulation’ cheating against Australia, I love this for them!

 

[DejaBrew]

After their past ‘simulation’ cheating against Australia, I love this for them!
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Reminds me of the funny response we had to that incident courtesy of team apparel partner Nike...

 

[hydrabyss]

Unleaded today $1..99 litre.

 

[Quickstatus]

Unleaded today $1..99 litre.

With or without Woolies discount?

 

[hydrabyss]

With or without Woolies discount?

It was the Metro servos one at Thornleigh the other near Fairfield.

Wasn't sure if the fuel gauge would still show full since its not been over half a tank for sometime. Funny thing I am currently driving my sisters old car she wanted to trade in and they would only giver her a $100 for it. So currently the tank of fuel is worth more than the car.

 

[Quickstatus]

So currently the tank of fuel is worth more than the car.

A. Car worth nothing is sometimes the best car.

 

[hydrabyss]

A. Car worth nothing is sometimes the best car.

I always look for value in anything I do. When my sister told me she traded it for a $100 on a 30k car I was in shock as she had spent money fixing it over the last year. The car yard was glad to give it back as they did not want it in the first place and a few hours cleaning later for a 20 year old mazda it came up as acceptable, mostly due to no body damage other than faded paint. I should add it is very reliable otherwise it would have stayed there.
So I tend to be very frugal so will happily drive a cheap car if it suits its purpose.. But this is next level even for me and the total piece of mind I get from not having to worry what happens to it is priceless. Like everyone now days theres enough things to worry about in life and the more you can eliminate the better.

 

[Quickstatus]

should add it is very reliable

I had a car that had over 300,000 km before it was unfortunately written off

The current first place is a VW Passat with 240,000km

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Passenger on the smaller side, in suit, seated in 13B.

Unrelated passenger seated in 13C.

Doors close and 13A unoccupied.

Passenger in 13B refuses to move to window seat.

Passenger in 13C even says they want to snooze for the flight so moves to the window to use the wall as a prop.

13B stays where they are.

How wonderful it must be to proceed through life so oblivious to anyone else around you.

(737 by the way, Aussie domestic.)

 

[ellen10]

My friends have a 25 year old Toyota Camry. It has done 400,000kms and still going.
5 years ago they bought a Honda CRV. But she still likes to drive the familiar Camry around.

 

[OZDUCK]

I had a car that had over 300,000 km before it was unfortunately written off

The current first place is a VW Passat with 240,000km

Mine was on around 335,000 before a P Plater didn't take a slight bend in the wet in his Subaru WRX. My car and my daughters then boyfriends car were sitting happily on the front lawn before they, and the Subaru, were demolished. Luckily no one was hurt.

 

[Cossie]

I'm yet to reach 25,000kms with my mk3 Focus RS.

That's about 2,500kms a year.

 

[Quickstatus]

I was eyeing a Landcruiser 100 during covid which had over 700,000 "farmer" km. But I could not get to Deniliquin due to the lockdown