WAMT....what annoyed me today!

sphexx said:
This morning I got an email from lovehoney.co.uk saying my order (£86 odd) had been dispatched — I’d never heard of them, though apparently HM Queen has, but apparently they are the biggest seller of sex toys/aids in the country :).

The email was obviously genuine, the customer ha the same name as me but an address (which exists) in Poole, Dorset. Royal Mail tracking number is genuine. The email address is just “my name at mac.com” so I’m guessing his is something like “my name123 at mac.com” and it’s been corrupted somehow.

No way to contact the firm other than as the customer, which I’m not.

Why am I annoyed? Because it has been paid by Apple Pay, which I do use and so wonder if, since it’s associated with my Mac email address if it’s going to turn up in my debits. So far not, so my guess is it’ll be OK but… “:mad::mad::mad:
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Amazing the lengths people go to to attempt to cover up the fact they buy love toys!!!
 
cambsno said:
Amazing the lengths people go to to attempt to cover up the fact they buy love toys!!!
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I never got a reply from the customer at the email address as found — perhaps not surprising. But I found a ’live chat” link to the firm and got attention immediately. I guess because of the nature of their business they may get a number of spoof orders as ‘practical jokes’ or worse, though this was obviously just a genuine slip up I think. Anyway nothing got charged to my Apple Pay.

Since you are interested, although I can’t say whether or not their products are good, their customer service is good!
 
sphexx said:
I never got a reply from the customer at the email address as found — perhaps not surprising. But I found a ’live chat” link to the firm and got attention immediately. I guess because of the nature of their business they may get a number of spoof orders as ‘practical jokes’ or worse, though this was obviously just a genuine slip up I think. Anyway nothing got charged to my Apple Pay.

Since you are interested, although I can’t say whether or not their products are good, their customer service is good!
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You must have been tempted to try out. Or will we see them on the classifieds here soon
 
cambsno said:
You must have been tempted to try out. Or will we see them on the classifieds here soon
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I guess you haven’t read the thread. They didn’t come here, they went to an address in Poole, Dorset. I just got the firms emails and royal mails tracking. The only snafu seems to have been that A. His name is identical to mine and B. Probably his mac/iCloud/etc address is similar to mine ie if my name were Joe Bloggs then my email is joe.bloggs@mac.com, he is also Joe Blogs so I’m guessing his email is something like joe,bloggs123@mac.com and the 123 has been left out for some reason -x maybe a telephone order or a typo.
 
Amazon for the third day in a row. Soup maker packed in at the weekend and ordered one to be delivered on Monday. It's still not been delivered. I would add a frown smiley bit the edit box doesn't have emojis for some reason either. Imagine rolling eyes about that too

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srichards said:
Amazon for the third day in a row. Soup maker packed in at the weekend and ordered one to be delivered on Monday. It's still not been delivered. I would add a frown smiley bit the edit box doesn't have emojis for some reason either. Imagine rolling eyes about that too.
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The smileys are there but in thedrop-down next to the ‘image’ symbol.
 
sphexx said:
The smileys are there but in thedrop-down next to the ‘image’ symbol.
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Fancy hiding them there! Not hidden on macOS with Firefox but is on iOS Safari. Just this forum as well as they're normal on the other xenforo forum I use.
 
srichards said:
I would add a frown smiley bit the edit box doesn't have emojis for some reason either
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That's odd. :(
But I've added one in for you :)

edit I see you found them (y)
 
srichards said:
Fancy hiding them there! Not hidden on macOS with Firefox but is on iOS Safari. Just this forum as well as they're normal on the other xenforo forum I use.
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They are in the same place in Firefox & chrome on iOS though I think there’s a reason for that,
 
: followed by ( gives you :( (if that's enough!)
 
Nod said:
: followed by ( gives you :( (if that's enough!)
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Also ; ) for ;) and : ( for :( there are others I think. The [ ] at drop down at rhs shows the ‘naked’ text to find them.
 
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sphexx said:
there are others I think
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Just a few ;)
TBH I find it quicker to type them than add them from the drop down.

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Cobra said:
Just a few ;)
TBH I find it quicker to type them than add them from the drop down.

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I didn’t even know :wgb: existed, it’s going to get a lot of use by me now :)
 
sphexx said:
I didn’t even know :wgb: existed, it’s going to get a lot of use by me now :)
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Actually I don't know why that is visible it should be staff use only
 
Cobra said:
Actually I don't know why that is visible it should be staff use only
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I see it’s vanished or you censored it :(.
 
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What did :wgb: give?

Like Chris, I usually type the : ??? : or similar code rather than try to find what I want in the drop down.
 
I thought it might have been wave good bye after ban-hammer application.
 
Amazon returns.

I don't like it when they give you a bar code rather than a label to print and a bar code is what I got today. I went to three local drop off points all marked on the map, two said they didn't handle them and at the third the machine said there was a problem with the return.

Grrrrrr.
 
WAMT was waking up to a power cut, although that did mean that I didn't bother coming home after dropping Mrs Nod off at a yoga class and went down to drop her car off for a little job at the garage so had to waste some time at the Quay - see the WCMUT...
 
******* bank alarm opposite it goes off at random times for no apparent reason. I have complained to the branch and to the company but it doesn't seam to do any good. The local key holder normally arrives after about half an hour and rests it till the next time. Last night was the worst started at 23:20 and is unless I slept through one going off for the sixth time so far at 08:10 just waiting for them to turn up and switch it off again.
 
Just the Amazon return process.

With some you now get a bar code rather than an address label to print out which would be ok I suppose if it all went smoothly but three shops I went to which were on the Amazon map as places I could go to to return the item said "No, not here mate, we don't do those" and at another which wasn't on the map but was suggested by someone in one of the other shops the machine wouldn't recognise the barcode on my phone or on paper when I printed it out and went back later.

Oh, and not everyone has a smartphone with internet access at some random shop and not everyone has a printer.

As someone said to me "Just stop buying online and buy stuff from the shops." That would be wonderful, if only I could live like that.

And breathe :D
 
This annoyed me Grrrr

One case that will give Mr Durrant hope is that of then 21-year-old Callum Stocker, who was given a penalty for stopping to allow pedestrians to use the street's zebra crossing.
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Physio vows to fight 'ludicrous' ticket for partner's 43-second stop

A physiotherapist who worked tirelessly on Covid wards has been left furious after being slapped with a parking penalty for a 43-second wait at his…
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Norkie said:
This annoyed me Grrrr

One case that will give Mr Durrant hope is that of then 21-year-old Callum Stocker, who was given a penalty for stopping to allow pedestrians to use the street's zebra crossing.
www.edp24.co.uk

Physio vows to fight 'ludicrous' ticket for partner's 43-second stop

A physiotherapist who worked tirelessly on Covid wards has been left furious after being slapped with a parking penalty for a 43-second wait at his…
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On the basis of the article, if there is ’no stopping at any time”” etc, then I think he should pay up! Can’t comment on the zebra.
 
That's as maybe, but it annoys me, Grrrr
 
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Norkie said:
That's as maybe, but it annoys me, Grrrr
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It’s what’s been discussed here ad infinitum in relation to COVID, if you make rules they have to be drawn somewhere. If there‘s video of the stop and it didn’t cause any obstruction etc I would be inclined to say they should waive the penalty though I suspect they are a commercial outfit.
 
Almost certainly worth getting proper legal advice. I have a feeling that "Parking" and "Loading" have fairly specific legal meanings so he's probably got a decent chance in court.
 
Nod said:
Almost certainly worth getting proper legal advice. I have a feeling that "Parking" and "Loading" have fairly specific legal meanings so he's probably got a decent chance in court.
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Agreed, but the report says A spokeswoman for NPE said: "The vehicle was stationary at a junction which has enormous signs stating that stopping is not permitted at any time.

I have a feeling stopping has a specific meaning too, of course he may argue he was only breaking the rules in a specific way and get Geoffrey Cox to defend him :lol:
 
I suppose the "loading" part depends on the size of his wife :)
 
I managed to REALLY p*** off a traffic warden (by another name, no doubt!) in my old S IIa Landy. In low range, with a hand throttle, I just edged forwards and backwards at extremely low speed while waiting for Mrs Nod in a loading bay. Well, he told me to move!
 
Nod said:
I managed to REALLY p*** off a traffic warden (by another name, no doubt!) in my old S IIa Landy. In low range, with a hand throttle, I just edged forwards and backwards at extremely low speed while waiting for Mrs Nod in a loading bay. Well, he told me to move!
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I don’t know if they changed the law but it used to be possible to block traffic by repeatedly crossing the road under a ”right to pass and re-pass” even if told to “move on”.
 
At certain times of day, the students heading towards the college can clog the roads up for several minutes as they cross the zebra one by one. The university students seem to be stupid too cool to use zebras so just step out in front of traffic, especially near pubs...
 
"Pubs?"

You mean students drink??
 
Until their loans run out. Then they have to wait for the funds to arrive from mumsy and papa.
 
The mystery of the missing fairy.

I've had a little white fairy in a plant pot for decades but today it's gone. It was pushed into the soil near a rose bush and I'd sometimes find it laying on the soil, presumably pulled out by a bird, and I'd push it back in but today there's no sign of it. The last time I pushed it back into the soil was a week or so ago and I nearly gave up and brought it into the house to put with an indoor plant. Oh dear :(
 
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