Things that bug you (spin off of Goldmoon's thread)

[Hijinks]

8. When the local TV network affiliate screws around with the feed on the rare program that I have REALLY been looking forward to.

Argh! Amen! I waited and waited for the season finale of Lost, and then as soon as it started, the news station cut in with a "breaking story" of a severe thunderstorm warning in the other part of the state. Soooo for the rest of the show (the first part of which I missed), they had a little thing in the lower part of the screen repeating the warning info. Why couldn't they just have the small warning throughout? Why take up the whole screen and repeat over and over about a warning, while showing us your groovy state-of-the-art radar? Jerks.

I gave you that information. You should have looked up our account BEFORE calling instead of calling ot get the information I already gave you and wasting my time by putting me on hold.

Definitely a pet peeve of mine also. Having worked in customer serviced, I get very irritated at people who can't take notes while you're explaining something. I remember once, I had a very irate woman on the phone; unfortunately she'd been transferred to me in error and was supposed to be talking to a different department. I called the other dept, and explained her whole situation. I said, "I'm really sorry to be sending her to you, because she's REALLY mad, but she needs X, Y and Z and this is why she needs it, and please help her with it." That conversation took like 3-4 minutes while I spelled it all out. I was trained to hold on to make sure the transfer took place, so I heard the person I'd just told all about the situation say, "Hi this is Kristina, how can I help you?"

GRRR!! I hope that lady gave her an earful about having to explain herself all over again. It would *not* have killed her to say "Hi, this is Kristina, I understand you're having a problem with X, Y and Z, so I am logging into the system to help you with that..."

My other issue with customer service - You call XYZ company and the IVR asks you to put in your phone number. Fine. Then it has to SLOWLY repeat the number back to you, and then you have to press 1 if it is correct. Fine. Then you get through to a person, who immediately asks you for your phone number. Uhh ... ?

 

[nerfherder]

The joys of having roads for cars that were originally horse paths.

Actually, some of the most fun roads near me were originally built by the Romans 2000 years ago. They go in a dead straight line, up and down every hill in the way, giving a great rollercoaster effect

 

[nerfherder]

Funny enough, my city has roundabouts - Indianapolis, IN is built around one large one at the center of the city, and then there are random roundabouts around the area.

It's even worse here.... no one knows how to drive in them, because I don't think anywhere else in the States has them. Tourist season is hell around here...

I found it funny when I first came across one in Boston - it had instructions on how to use a rotary on signs for hundreds of yards as you approached it All the traffic sat timidly in the right hand lane, not daring to pull out until there was absolutely nothing on the rotary, so I breezed past everything. It does take a little mental shift to remember to go round to the right and look left, rather than the other way around. I feel sorry for any american tourist coming to the UK and getting a hire car. If they've forgotten to specify an automatic, then they'll get a manual with the stick on the left side, will have to remember to drive on the right and will have to navigate a ton of roundabouts. That's quite a bit to get used to as you pull out of the hire car park at Heathrow after a 7 hour flight!

Man, I love bitching about driving!

 

[Raven Crowking]

People who use alternate message boards (especially those with restricted access) to ridicule people behind their backs.

People who ask posters on one message board for money, then use part of that money to support other message boards where posters ridicule the posters on the first message board behind their backs.

People who think that sort of behavior is okay, or, worse, cool.

RC

 

[nerfherder]

White knights.

 

[Raven Crowking]

People who make white knights necessary.

 

[nerfherder]

People who think white knights are necessary.

 

[reveal]

Passive-Aggressiveness.

 

[Bubbalicious]

People who use alternate message boards (especially those with restricted access) to ridicule people behind their backs.

People who ask posters on one message board for money, then use part of that money to support other message boards where posters ridicule the posters on the first message board behind their backs.

People who think that sort of behavior is okay, or, worse, cool.

RC

Paranoid much, Faerie Princess?

 

[Raven Crowking]

People who think white knights are necessary.

Then I must really chesse you off, because my theory is that only roaches scatter when the lights come on.