Things that piss you off!

[RED-DOG]

Businesses that don't answer the phone when you know they are open. Fuck you I will spend my money elsewhere.

I hate businesses that stop serving me to answer the phone. 

[arbboy]

I hate businesses you have to speak to on the phone to do business with

[bobAlike]

Businesses that don't answer the phone when you know they are open. Fuck you I will spend my money elsewhere.

I hate businesses that stop serving me to answer the phone.  

I hate businesses that don't have enough staff to answer the phone and serve people at the same time. FFS get your staffing levels correct

[bobAlike]

When you try to reset a website password and the reset email doesn't arrive within 30 seconds. or even 5 minutes in this case. FFS sort out your IT systems.

[TightEnd]

People who publicly 'sign off' from social media for Christmas are like Karen from HR coming into the office to announce she's off now on her holibobs so you won't be seeing her for 4 days and everyone is 'Like we give a shit, Karen'.

[RED-DOG]

People who publicly 'sign off' from social media for Christmas are like Karen from HR coming into the office to announce she's off now on her holibobs so you won't be seeing her for 4 days and everyone is 'Like we give a shit, Karen'.

Ooh... Grinchy!

[Sheriff Fatman]

When you try to reset a website password and the reset email doesn't arrive within 30 seconds. or even 5 minutes in this case. FFS sort out your IT systems.

Or 3.5 hours after 4 attempts.

I'm looking at you Yorkshire Water.

[bobAlike]

When you try to reset a website password and the reset email doesn't arrive within 30 seconds. or even 5 minutes in this case. FFS sort out your IT systems.

Or 3.5 hours after 4 attempts.

I'm looking at you Yorkshire Water.

Still waiting for mine to come through 

[RED-DOG]

When you try to reset a website password and the reset email doesn't arrive within 30 seconds. or even 5 minutes in this case. FFS sort out your IT systems.

Or 3.5 hours after 4 attempts.

I'm looking at you Yorkshire Water.

Does tha want it done fast or does tha want it done proper?

[bobAlike]

When you try to reset a website password and the reset email doesn't arrive within 30 seconds. or even 5 minutes in this case. FFS sort out your IT systems.

Or 3.5 hours after 4 attempts.

I'm looking at you Yorkshire Water.

Does tha want it done fast or does tha want it done proper?

I would be satisfied with improper as long as it’s done.

[DungBeetle]

People who publicly 'sign off' from social media for Christmas are like Karen from HR coming into the office to announce she's off now on her holibobs so you won't be seeing her for 4 days and everyone is 'Like we give a shit, Karen'.

This actually happens?  Who are these people!!??

[Jon MW]

Conveyancers  

Mine and my wife's house purchase has been moving at a glacial pace, on Friday our case worker was off and I complained to them she had no cover - the person they then allocated finished pretty much everything off and sent the message to the other side confirming we want exchange by the end of this week and completion whenever they feel like it (it's vacant possession so we assumed ASAP would be their response).

Our case worker came back yesterday and as expected the other side now pushed it through... but she has told us that both my wife and I have to separately confirm, on the phone, in the morning, on the day of exchange that we agree to the exchange.

We're first time buyers so we don't know anything - but does that seem right? My wife is a teacher, she can't phone them before they open and it's difficult to phone them before lunch (in the afternoon) - basically she has to get someone to cover her lesson just to make a phone call.

Happy it's all coming to a close now but this seems weirdly excessive just to confirm we want what we've already told them by email.

Warning, I know nothing about conveyancing.

I bought a plot of land and the conveyancers wanted a load of time and money to sort it out.

The vendor and I got into my car, drove to the land registry office, paid a small fee, (~£50) signed some papers, he have me the deeds, I gave him the money, job done in one afternoon.

Now I'm not saying you don't need conveyancers, but the hoops they make you jump through and the fees they charge are ridiculous and unnecessary.

My wife phoned them at lunch and the exchange was done in half an hour - which is great, but where did the "you have to phone in the morning" go to then?


The reason we needed a conveyancer was that they're the only one's who can apply for the Help to Buy ISA bonus's - except our bank closed our ISA's wrong and managed to put our closing balance was £0  

Great work on all the house buying admin then - but we're very, very close to having a house and it's only then that we can decide how much we want to bother going back and complaining about everyone

Total pisstake on their behalf. Have never had to phone to say we agree to a purchase, that's what all the paperwork they make you fill in is for ffs.
I would be asking for a % of money back and asking for the extra time you have taken to sort this to be paid for.

The MD of my company has bought and sold dozens of houses with his wife (it was useful sideline for extra cash as the market has been rising) - he confirmed that he has rarely been asked to call to confirm the exchange (but a few places still do so) but he said his wife has never had to separately confirm as well. It's a joint purchase, the client is both of you not each one of you.

I have a copy of the handbook the Legal Ombudsman provides law firms for complaints handling and it does seem to quite easily fit into the definition they give for inconvenience and distress - but because it's only temporary (the length of the conveyancing process) and doesn't involve any financial loss the compensation suggested would only be about £200. We might have to decide whether it's worth the hassle.

Of course it’s worth the hassle. Not for the monetary gain, but to give the conveyancing farm some hassle of their own.

£250 back from them  

I'd quite like to escalate it to the Legal Ombudsman because a couple of things they said in response to my complaint I know are lies, but our actual legal fees (as opposed to disbursements that were passed on to other people) were only £900 to start with, so getting £250 back is probably a healthy enough proportion to let it go

[doubleup]

looked at an american golf voucher I got at Xmas

do use the voucher simply enter the voucher number and the pin

the voucher number is 20 digits...... that is going to work well at the shop.

If only someone could invent a way to convert long numbers into a series of lines that could be read by a scanner of some sort.

[RED-DOG]

 I bet if they did they would be barred.

[Pokerpops]

It has become beyond irritating that the prospect of a second referendum is referred to as a ‘People’s Vote’. Who do they think voted the first time, furniture?
Vince Cable is a major offender on this  - he’s the leader of the LibDems in case you missed the news - represents the party that campaigned against leaving the EU and got a massive 7% of the ‘people’s vote’ in the election.