WAMT....what annoyed me today!

mex said:
Biblical proportions ;)
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Mustn't like Mustn't like Mustn't L... Oh [PLEASE DON'T TRY TO BYPASS THE SWEAR FILTER] to it :D
 
2016's death toll. Caroline Aherne now. So many talentless asshats are still here and the grim reaper takes her.
 
WAMY Bloody remain protestors in London. It was such a beautiful day, but nearly got to the theatre late dropping off my wife and daughter, then getting around to a car park we were being thwarted in every direction. If only those winch bags put as much effort in upfront then maybe they could accept the result. Get over it will you, it's getting annoying now.
 
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These damned auto renews. Its a good job I checked the "final figure" in very small print on the back of page 2!

RAC this time, they wanted £203 for the (full Monty") That's over £25 on last year!
( I was going to cancel last year but missed the deadline, yes I know my fault! )
On to the web search, AA & Green flag were similar prices after AA £30 cash , well fuel back, anyway.

After about 15 minutes of listening to s*** music, and "we are experiencing high volumes of calls tonight", ( no s*** Sherlock!)
We will be with you ASAP...

Finally a real person! having explained that I didn't want to renew because of the price, and few minutes silence after "Hold the line"
He came back with £101...

This method of renewals ( for what ever it is) really shouldn't be allowed should it?
I've been with them a fair few years and they have always been quick to respond, the few times that I've needed them, so yes I did stay.
For this year anyway...
 
Cobra said:
These damned auto renews. Its a good job I checked the "final figure" in very small print on the back of page 2!
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i recall having the same problem last year. I normally go for the whole package except Europe. RAC wanted something in the region of £200-250 for renewal. New customers were offered the same deal for £100 or so. Dumped them and went to AA for the same price and got a £75 fuel card too!
 
omens said:
I normally go for the whole package except Europe.
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Same here and, yet they charged me £175 last year, it just goes to show how they must make these figures up as they go along :(
 
Cobra said:
Same here and, yet they charged me £175 last year, it just goes to show how they must make these figures up as they go along :(
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Now you know whose convenience they are looking out for ;)
 
Amazon...Prime membership guaranteed next day delivery... isn't!

I went to order something on Saturday and the blurb says "Want it next Tuesday? order in the next blah blah and choose Next Day delivery at checkout"

A couple of months ago I could order on a Saturday or even early Sunday and have it delivered on Monday but no longer and it's even happening on weekdays too. Prime is becoming an expensive waste.
 
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Amazon...Prime membership guaranteed next day delivery... isn't!

I went to order something on Saturday and the blurb says "Want it next Tuesday? order in the next blah blah and choose Next Day delivery at checkout"

A couple of months ago I could order on a Saturday or even early Sunday and have it delivered on Monday but no longer and it's even happening on weekdays too. Prime is becoming an expensive waste.
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Conversely, my order from Amazon last Wednesday, completed using the cheapest delivery possible and with a delivery date of 11-13 July, arrived on Thursday 7th. :-)
 
Steep said:
Amazon...Prime membership guaranteed next day delivery... isn't!
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viv1969 said:
Conversely, my order from Amazon last Wednesday, completed using the cheapest delivery possible and with a delivery date of 11-13 July, arrived on Thursday 7th. :)
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I always go for the cheapest ( usually free) option.
And never had to wait the "predicted" lead time for delivery, its usually only a couple of days.
Whether of not living 5 miles from a massive Amazon distribution centre has any baring on that, I don't know.
 
I usually get Prime stuff next day unless I order after the cut off hour when it's always the day after. It is far better than the normal amazon which became very hit and miss on the super saver. They'd hang onto items for days and days before being bothered to dispatch them. I started cancelling orders if they hadn't dispatched quickly enough. They didn't do it so much after that.
 
Cobra said:
I always go for the cheapest ( usually free) option.
And never had to wait the "predicted" lead time for delivery, its usually only a couple of days.
Whether of not living 5 miles from a massive Amazon distribution centre has any baring on that, I don't know.
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I do that too for the book credits but I try to order things so that they'll arrive when I'm home, saves having to make a trip to the post office or searching through the rubbish bins trying to find a package.

One tip I learned from t'internet is when ordering two prime items do it in two separate orders and choose the no rush option for the second, 9/10 they'll both come in the same box and you still get the credit.
 
I always choose the cheapest - preferably free - option too. Amazon Prime is too expensive for us and I can't remember wanting/needing anything urgently. I just order and forget about it, most things seem to arrive quite quickly in any case.
 
I ordered a new Leader through Amazon Prime Minister and it arrived much quicker than expected.
 
WAMT is the steam powered wireless network here. Slower than a loris. At least it's free (but still overpriced!)
 
Nod said:
WAMT is the steam powered wireless network here. Slower than a loris. At least it's free (but still overpriced!)
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Its probably the Island connectivity itself, if it is as bad as Cyprus then there is hardly anything you can do about it.
 
We're back from holiday, JP! The wi-fi on Crete is variable and depends very much on how many people are sharing the network and what they're doing. Get someone streaming live TV and it can all but stop but be the only one on the beach using it and it's perfectly acceptable, even if it's not as fast as here at home. The slow network is at the golf club and while they claim the whole bar area is covered, it was decidedly patchy where I was sitting earlier and I think their version of the hamster is very much an early model! TBH, I don't often use it out there but I was very early for today's round so was trying to waste a few minutes on here - FAIL!
 
Nod said:
We're back from holiday, JP! The wi-fi on Crete is variable and depends very much on how many people are sharing the network and what they're doing. Get someone streaming live TV and it can all but stop but be the only one on the beach using it and it's perfectly acceptable, even if it's not as fast as here at home. The slow network is at the golf club and while they claim the whole bar area is covered, it was decidedly patchy where I was sitting earlier and I think their version of the hamster is very much an early model! TBH, I don't often use it out there but I was very early for today's round so was trying to waste a few minutes on here - FAIL!
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I never understood that, I go on holiday, lap top stays home, phone gets switched on occasionally,
Unless its a family member contacting me, ( and they know to do that only in an emergency) I don't read / reply.
 
Mrs Nod runs her business through her phone and it's no real hardship to be soaking up the rays and answering dumb ass queries! Probably less annoying than sitting at home doing the same thing. I usually take a laptop/netbook for quick edits and backups of shots as well as a tablet for watching films of my choice during the flights. Assorted nationalities were watching some sort of poofball thing that was going on while we were away and wanted the commentary in their native language - should learn Greek!!!
 
Nod said:
Mrs Nod runs her business through her phone and it's no real hardship to be soaking up the rays and answering dumb ass queries! Probably less annoying than sitting at home doing the same thing. I usually take a laptop/netbook for quick edits and backups of shots as well as a tablet for watching films of my choice during the flights. Assorted nationalities were watching some sort of poofball thing that was going on while we were away and wanted the commentary in their native language - should learn Greek!!!
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Damn, reading this really annoys me. Note To Self: As I work from home why the bloody hell didn't I take the family and myself for the whole of the summer to the Med. Grrrrr that really annoyed me, I'm still conditioned to think like sitting in an office :banghead::banghead::banghead:
 
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She can't teach her UK classes from the beach but runs the rest of the studio quite happily from it. Very little to do other than invoicing, answering dumb ass queries (to which 99% of the answers are on the website, a click away from her contact details!) and sorting minor (or, very occasionally, fairly major) problems that arise . IIRC there was one of her classes (out of about 20 while we were away) that earned her less than the covering teacher got paid to do the cover but the rest covered that minor loss more than adequately!

I have a cousin whose nominal office is in London but who works from a shared workspace (? hot desking ?) about 2 minutes walk from his home. Goes up to the main office once a month or if absolutely necessary.

Plenty of flights from pretty much all Med destinations should you need to get back for any unmissable meetings!
 
Nod said:
She can't teach her UK classes from the beach but runs the rest of the studio quite happily from it. Very little to do other than invoicing, answering dumb ass queries (to which 99% of the answers are on the website, a click away from her contact details!) and sorting minor (or, very occasionally, fairly major) problems that arise . IIRC there was one of her classes (out of about 20 while we were away) that earned her less than the covering teacher got paid to do the cover but the rest covered that minor loss more than adequately!

I have a cousin whose nominal office is in London but who works from a shared workspace (? hot desking ?) about 2 minutes walk from his home. Goes up to the main office once a month or if absolutely necessary.

Plenty of flights from pretty much all Med destinations should you need to get back for any unmissable meetings!
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I've had one meeting in June in person, and another tonight which is quarterly get together. I actually have shared workspace subscription incase I need it, but I have a lovely office at home with space for 3 people to work :) Booking my villa for next year soon :)
 
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WAMT Gwynedd County Council, do all the verges need to be strimmed where there is only dead like grass left. Little village of Edern had verges of flowers and butterflies last week and to-day a team of strimmers struck and now there is nothing left.
 
Gwynedd council could be in this thread daily if we had more members from the Kingdom here!
 
The price of glasses. :mad:
(Spectacles, not pint pots. :lol: )
 
W Really, Really AMT - waiting in for a delivery then getting an email saying 'we tried to deliver to you but there was no-one in' (oh no you didn't and oh yes there was). Look on tracking to see a photo of the door where the card has been posted - and it's not my door. Try to ring the delivery people and you can only talk to a computer. So now next week I have a 50 mile round trip I didn't want or need to pick it up from the depot. I think I recognise the door - it's round the corner from me, so why he thought it was my house...................
 
Jannyfox said:
W Really, Really AMT - waiting in for a delivery then getting an email saying 'we tried to deliver to you but there was no-one in' (oh no you didn't and oh yes there was).
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I feel your pain, I had one of those, awhile back admittedly. 10 mins either side of the time, I was in the front garden, erm, gardening.
No card through the door, and when I went to the local parcel force office to kick up a stink, it seems they had moved!
When I found out where it was ( about 10 miles away) I was ready for a fight!

Seems the guy had clocked off and was now "on holiday" for the next two weeks, I got the item, without the card, and then made an official compliant to the depot manager.
 
WAMY. Wife poking her nose in where it isn't wanted. With both my son and my car insurance policies up for renewal and my son able to get an employee discount for his, I wrote out my insurance details for him to get a multicar policy. First bit that annoyed me was the wife pokes her nose in and reads it, only saving grace was she left it where she found it instead of hiding/losing it, like everything else she lays her hands on. She misconstrues what the details are about and thinks my son is getting a Focus ST, same as mine. She writes on the bottom telling him not to get one as her dad won't be able to get in the car because of the higher sides on the Recaro seats over standard flatter seats. My son would love to get a Fiesta ST, same Recaro seats, but she is dictating what car he is allowed to get, just so her dad can get in the car. Needless to say every once in a while I get my ear bent because he can't get in my car.
 
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WAMY. Wife poking her nose in where it isn't wanted. With both my son and my car insurance policies up for renewal and my son able to get an employee discount for his, I wrote out my insurance details for him to get a multicar policy. First bit that annoyed me was the wife pokes her nose in and reads it, only saving grace was she left it where she found it instead of hiding/losing it, like everything else she lays her hands on. She misconstrues what the details are about and thinks my son is getting a Focus ST, same as mine. She writes on the bottom telling him not to get one as her dad won't be able to get in the car because of the higher sides on the Recaro seats over standard flatter seats. My son would love to get a Fiesta ST, same Recaro seats, but she is dictating what car he is allowed to get, just so her dad can get in the car. Needless to say every once in a while I get my ear bent because he can't get in my car.
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Just get your wife a Honda Jazz for her dad. She can drive him around then :) oh and get yourself a Ford GT to make certain you never can :p
 
dejongj said:
Just get your wife a Honda Jazz for her dad. She can drive him around then :) oh and get yourself a Ford GT to make certain you never can :p
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I think it's her parents that need to get her a car. She only drives when her parents need a lift. I know it sounds mean and selfish, but they had a car available when the mother in law's father died, which had been promised to my wife anyway, but they sold it. Meanwhile everyone else is expected to jump and make themselves plus car available when they need it.

I think I'm too late for the GT, orders are already over subscribed for the planned production run.
Shame because the Heritage Edition to celebrate the 1966 Le Mans 1st, 2nd and 3rd finish looks good.
 
They may not be up to driving any more so perhaps it is better that they get lifts?

They sound a bit controlling of your mrs. She clearly doesn't like the idea of not doing what they want. She may just be afraid of how they'll react if she says no a bit more.
 
srichards said:
They may not be up to driving any more so perhaps it is better that they get lifts?

They sound a bit controlling of your mrs. She clearly doesn't like the idea of not doing what they want. She may just be afraid of how they'll react if she says no a bit more.
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They have never driven and always relied on lifts. Worst example is, they have a static caravan about 60 miles away and no way of getting there unless they get a lift. Yet they want to get to it as often as possible in the summer.
You are right, they are controlling of my wife and it often causes rows between them when she can't do what they want. The mother in law's mother died a month or so back and they are having to clear her house out ready for sale. I've done a few runs when not working, my sister in law has done one or two a week and my son keeps getting called upon at weekend when he isn't working and then gets grief if he dares plan something for himself to do. To say the lift favours are wearing a tad thin is somewhat an understatement.
 
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