WAMT....what annoyed me today!

Yuk. Thanks for that.

Actually I consider myself lucky. At least I got home, and grabbed a bag of walkers max paprika at the station for my journey. That is more than can be said for the person hit by the train. It was a mere inconvenience for me, unfortunately not so for the other person, emergency services, train driver etc.
 
Good from their point of view (if they were a jumper) but not good for those whose lives they f*** up by being that selfish.
 
Getting to the Amazon locker to collect my new PSU only to have it fail to open due to 'A technical fault has happened' Amazon's Customer Services response being 'Try it again within 24 hours', obviously time will fix a broken lock. Presumably what she meant was someone might fix it tomorrow.
 
WAMT? Insurance companies!

After Bennetts decided that they don't insure Royal Enfields any more, I have changed companies so needed the new lot to get confirmation of my NCB. However, there was a 12 hour overlap of policies so when Saga (yup, I'm an old fart!) phoned in the morning of the 21st to get the confirmation, they were told that they couldn't have it since the policy was still live... How come the Bennetts call (chargeable) took over 5 minutes while the Saga one (including a call to Bennetts to get the confirmation) was done and dusted in 4?
 
scorpius said:
Getting to the Amazon locker to collect my new PSU only to have it fail to open due to 'A technical fault has happened' Amazon's Customer Services response being 'Try it again within 24 hours', obviously time will fix a broken lock. Presumably what she meant was someone might fix it tomorrow.
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And no surprise really it still didn't work tonight.
 
Getting home from work at 17.30 to find my static is cold and no power on, :( Reset the trip in the box at the back of my home which involves undoing 4 screws. Reset all the timers so the heating came on ( like it should have at 16.30!) :rolleyes:

So far I have had to go and do the b****y trip another 3 times, and am losing the will to live. :runaway:

...at least it is not just my static so the manager will have to sort it out. ( and I am letting everyone else go and hassle him...) :D
 
More of a WTF moment really, learner driver doing a reverse park manoeuvre opposite, white van man doing far more than 30mph, up on the grass verge / pavement to avoid learner, didn't even slow down :rolleyes:
 
Getting scan results from the Doctor, seems that as the lump I have is probably not serious, although a tad painful, despite what they guy that scanned it said about removal and tests under local
anaesetic the NHS would consider it cosmetic and they don't fund it, seems implants aren't cosmetic WTF ;)
So I now have to go to physio to be referred to an orthopedic specialist to have the op, so Ican have full movement back :banghead:
how bloody stupid and a waste of money
 
Gremlin said:
how bloody stupid and a waste of money
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Stupid doesn't even begin to cover it does it?
Hope it really is nothing serious and that you get it sorted soon :thumbs:
 
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I can't say what annoyed me today but it was pretty f***in annoying
 
Gremlin said:
Getting scan results from the Doctor, seems that as the lump I have is probably not serious, although a tad painful, despite what they guy that scanned it said about removal and tests under local
anaesetic the NHS would consider it cosmetic and they don't fund it, seems implants aren't cosmetic WTF ;)
So I now have to go to physio to be referred to an orthopedic specialist to have the op, so Ican have full movement back :banghead:
how bloody stupid and a waste of money
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The people carrying out the scan are in no position to comment on possible treatment.
That said I hope that it all works out for you Ingrid.... Medical issues are the pits.
 
I have my bins fastened to a wall -metal rope and carabiner . Since mine are collected on a fortnightly basis I keep the one in use in a very sheltered place but the back door and so far, touch wood , it's not blown away
 
Wamt: First time ever I felt being bullied at work by being setup to fail. Very interesting to see how that one plays out.
 
Having spent lots sorting out worn out suspension on the z3 it still handles like crap. Wish I'd bought a boxster.. Maybe.
 
I had a walker delivered on Monday but it was the wrong one. They said I should give it a try whilst a replacement was being sorted and, if I didn't get on with it, they'd come and collect it.

Phoned them today to ask them to come and collect it only to be told they don't collect items that low in value! So now it's taking up space and it's down to me to find a way to get rid of it! :banghead:
 
srichards said:
Having spent lots sorting out worn out suspension on the z3 it still handles like crap. Wish I'd bought a boxster.. Maybe.
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Not trying to teach you to suck eggs, but have you double checked the tyre pressures? No cars that I've owned are as sensitive to the correct pressure as the bmws that I've owned.
 
fabs said:
I had a walker delivered on Monday but it was the wrong one. They said I should give it a try whilst a replacement was being sorted and, if I didn't get on with it, they'd come and collect it.

Phoned them today to ask them to come and collect it only to be told they don't collect items that low in value! So now it's taking up space and it's down to me to find a way to get rid of it! :banghead:
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The ridiculous thing is that they won't even pick it up when they deliver the replacement. My sister ended up with a couple of unsuitable Zimmer type frames and used them as a support for a fruit cage to keep the birds off.
 
dejongj said:
Not trying to teach you to suck eggs, but have you double checked the tyre pressures? No cars that I've owned are as sensitive to the correct pressure as the bmws that I've owned.
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Yes. They're correct :)
 
Nod said:
The ridiculous thing is that they won't even pick it up when they deliver the replacement. My sister ended up with a couple of unsuitable Zimmer type frames and used them as a support for a fruit cage to keep the birds off.
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They did actually offer to pick it up hen they deliver the replacement but there's no guarantee that the replacement will come from them as it's a special order.
 
fabs said:
I had a walker delivered on Monday but it was the wrong one. They said I should give it a try whilst a replacement was being sorted and, if I didn't get on with it, they'd come and collect it.

Phoned them today to ask them to come and collect it only to be told they don't collect items that low in value! So now it's taking up space and it's down to me to find a way to get rid of it! :banghead:
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fabs said:
They did actually offer to pick it up hen they deliver the replacement but there's no guarantee that the replacement will come from them as it's a special order.
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I think the local Red Cross or St Johns will take such items.......just trying to recall organisation we turned to when SWMBO broke her ankle and we needed a few items like a bath seat. I think the crutches she had from Alnwick hospital ended up there as a thanks for their help.....either that or the Marie Curie charity shop???
 
fabs said:
I had a walker delivered on Monday but it was the wrong one. They said I should give it a try whilst a replacement was being sorted and, if I didn't get on with it, they'd come and collect it.

Phoned them today to ask them to come and collect it only to be told they don't collect items that low in value! So now it's taking up space and it's down to me to find a way to get rid of it! :banghead:
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Bin it, they probably will. After my dad died several years ago, I phoned up the hospital to come and collect his motorised bed, air mattress, and a motorised lifting frame. All had been brand new when it had been delivered several years earlier and the lifting frame had barely been used. The bloke who came and got it was fairly sure the lot would be thrown away.
 
Box Brownie said:
I think the local Red Cross or St Johns will take such items.......just trying to recall organisation we turned to when SWMBO broke her ankle and we needed a few items like a bath seat. I think the crutches she had from Alnwick hospital ended up there as a thanks for their help.....either that or the Marie Curie charity shop???
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I'll get the local branch of the MS Society to pick it up. It's especially annoying is this is on it:

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nilagin said:
Bin it, they probably will. After my dad died several years ago, I phoned up the hospital to come and collect his motorised bed, air mattress, and a motorised lifting frame. All had been brand new when it had been delivered several years earlier and the lifting frame had barely been used. The bloke who came and got it was fairly sure the lot would be thrown away.
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There's a lot of this going on apparently. Speaking to other people, it's incredible how much stuff is discarded. So wasteful.
 
fabs said:
There's a lot of this going on apparently. Speaking to other people, it's incredible how much stuff is discarded. So wasteful.
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I dread to think of how much it must have all cost, the bed alone must have been a fair few thousand.
 
Hoth!!!
 
WAMT - Having to pick up the pieces, again, when another hire company let someone down, again.

Don't get me wrong, it's good to get a new customer. But this other company took his order, didn't ship his equipment when they said they would, and didn't even tell him. OK, they may have had an operational problem - maybe the previous customer broke the camera they had assigned to him, or something like that. Bad things do happen. But they didn't have a Plan B and they didn't even tell him about the problem so that he could make alternative arrangements, and that's inexcusable. It was only when he called to enquire about it, and they started giving him this 'dog ate my homework' story, that he realised they weren't interested in actually helping him.

Anyway, disaster averted. He's got the 5D III be needs for his job. But it really annoys me that this particular company - it's always the same one - care so little about trying to provide a good service to their customers. It's a small industry, and a bad experience with one supplier can easily put people off of trying other suppliers. But these people really seem to enjoy p*ssing in the well.
 
WAMT got up early to get my two new tyres fitted as per the only order. They had one wheel still from last week. It was only a fifteen minute wait so that was good. He then gave me the receipt.

Hmm I ordered 235/40r18 E/C/69dB. The receipt states 235/40r18 E/F. So I ask kindly whether that is an admin mistake. And no they are adement that is correct, what their head office delivered them and installed them.

Hmm am I going mad. So I try and find my confirmation email, but I stored it offline. I ask them to check the order online and it really says those tyres. I ask them to check their website and the ones I ordered a week ago aren't on it anymore.

Anyway I refused to take them, drove home to get the evidence. And yes the confirmation clearly stated what I ordered E/C/69dB. So I called, their internet sales is closed. So I drive back and show them my order confirmation and a bit of head scratching goes on.

I ask them what was actually installed and can I see the label. Guess what, E/C/72dB. So not what I ordered, but also not what their invoice receipt and their order system states. Grrrrr

It's like I've been to a live version of the muppet show. Ah well, got to way until Monday now for head office to sort it out as they have not go the tyres I ordered.

What a waste of a morning. At least Autoglass showed up this time and is changing my windscreen. Wonder what goes wrong with that.
 
dejongj said:
Wamt: back at the train station car park I realised I left my ticket in the car. Luckily found it and drove down to the machine. Walking back I noticed a flat rear tire. Grrr changed it and left the car park within the 15 minute exit time phew.

Then hit the brakes and the pedal went to the floor. I'm old enough to be trained to pump and the pressure came back. But boy the grinding noise wasn't pretty. At home I looked, and on my front right brake pad I've got a good thumb left. And on my passenger side it's all gone. Metal to the disc :eek: hmm not impressed with ebc red stuff once again.

Yet another car to sort in the weekend.
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Well good news from my perspective, it wasn't a seized caliper. Exactly what I thought, the crappy ebc red stuff brake pads.

Look at this;
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People making stupid comments/digs about a subject matter they appear to have no knowledge of
 
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