WAMT....what annoyed me today!

It's not quite so bad when used in that context, i.e. a question.
But when used as a prefix to a statement, if I had any hair, I'd be ripping it out.
:p
As far as annoying things go, I think it’s only so so.
 
So, we know that because you’ve mentioned it before, so why repeat it?
Because not everyone hangs on my every word (y)
 
I blame Mary Poppins for that with her super califragilisticexpialidocious.

If the fickle finger of fate were to be pointed, David Harris Jones ... Fall & Rise of Reginald Perrin or Jim Bowen ... Bulls Eye, would be in the frame.
 
My pet hate is when people ask 'how are you?' which gets the response 'I am good....' Good at what ?
 
I blame Mary Poppins for that with her super califragilisticexpialidocious.

So, the one that really gets me is people starting a sentence or an interview reply with "So"
:D

God save us from these people that like to think they are social influencers, and the generation that hangs on their every word...
Good job my Blog on Wordpress is set to private then, every day I write "So I was up at (whatever time)"

Although admittedly I do have 3 days worth of Blogging to do tonight as I've been too busy to Blog since last Thursday.
 
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My pet hate is when people ask 'how are you?' which gets the response 'I am good....' Good at what ?

One day, at work, a supervisor walked past me saying 'Hello, John..how are you ?" I said, "Well, not too good to be honest. I've had a bit of a headache for a few days and I've pulled a muscle in my back doing some lifting at home" I'm taking Iboprufen. The supervisor has a sense of humour and laughed and said . "I'm sorry to hear that but I must remember not to ask you how you are next time" :D

Sometimes, when people ask me that I take them at face value and just to be mischievous make up a story about how I'm not atall well ....the longer ,the better.:)
 
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Sometimes, when people ask me that I take them at face value and just to be mischievous make up a story about how I'm not well atall..the longer ,the better.:)
It’s also a fun way of winding up those spam callers if you’ve mistakenly answered one of their calls. You just need to make sure they can’t get a word in edgeways…….. :)
 
It’s also a fun way of winding up those spam callers if you’ve mistakenly answered one of their calls. You just need to make sure they can’t get a word in edgeways…….. :)


True..lol. I posted how we got a call from Currys call centre on Friday to ask if we'd had the microwave delivered that was due next Tuesday. It actually came yesterday. The real reason was to try and hard-sell their warranty which we'd declined to take up in the shop at the time of purchase. We're getting another delivery on Tuesday so I'm expecting a similar call bec ause we, once again, declined the offer of the warranty. Rather than have an argy- bargy about how they hide the call behind a customer care call re delivery I'll just ask what's on their screen his/her delivery screen, just to be mischievous. That could throw them. Beyond that when I get an answer..I'll just say, "Ok..Thanks for the call, I've got two minutes to catch the bus down the road..bye... " and put the phone down. :)

As an aside you can sometimes catch these people out by asking them what's on their screen. That question takes them aback. It's not what they expect. I did it once many years ago when I sold shares through my bank's investment arm . I'm a bit fuzzy on detail now but they'd forgotten to sell them when I called but sold them at another time at a lower price. I spoke to a customer care person at the broker arm and she gave me some bull which I knew was bull so I just said "What price have you got on your screen ? " ie the sell price when I called.There was a pause, a stutter and she quoted the price on her screen. I then went into the local branch and spoke to a supervisor . She made a call, infront of me, to the dealing call centre .Obviously, I couldn't hear the person on the other end but the supervisor said. "Why was the customer given that information ?" (me asking what was on the screen re my quoted sell price). Whatever the person at the other end said the supervisor said, "And how do think that looks to the customer ?". I was given an apology and £300 which was a reasonable amount then.
 
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I never get spam callers because I'm ex directory and on the Telephone Preference Service.

We still get them now and again. I always politely ask them where they got the number and that they shouldn't be calling and must not call again but I don't really go hard as mostly these will be innocent people.
 
I never get spam callers because I'm ex directory and on the Telephone Preference Service.
That doesn’t stop them as they are not using directories, just dialling random numbers. You‘ve been lucky!
 
We still get them now and again. I always politely ask them where they got the number and that they shouldn't be calling and must not call again but I don't really go hard as mostly these will be innocent people.

They are not innocent... Ignorant of the law possibly, but in this day and age I can't believe any telesales/call centre staff don't know that what they are doing is "wrong". They may be under pressure to make the calls, that I have no doubt.
 
They are not innocent... Ignorant of the law possibly, but in this day and age I can't believe any telesales/call centre staff don't know that what they are doing is "wrong". They may be under pressure to make the calls, that I have no doubt.
Yeah about 10 years ago I was offered an interview for a call centre job by Remploy, I sat down with the interviewer, asked about part time work because due to my personal circumstances I simply cannot work 40 a week, he said no so I got up and walked off, the lady from Remploy was not happy.. I wouldn't mind but I'd been telling them for the previous year not to send me for full time jobs because they know very well I can't do it but they did anyway.
 
They are not innocent... Ignorant of the law possibly, but in this day and age I can't believe any telesales/call centre staff don't know that what they are doing is "wrong". They may be under pressure to make the calls, that I have no doubt.

I can have some sympathy and if we have a scale going from innocent to guilty I like to think that most call centre staff will be more towards the innocent end and even if further along the wrong way maybe it's still best to assume the best and be firm but still polite.
 
The problem is that if the call centre drones don't make at least 1 sale in a day's work, they get it in the neck from the Bosses, this is why even though I have experience and training in the retail trade, I would never go into target driven sales work.
 
The problem is that if the call centre drones don't make at least 1 sale in a day's work, they get it in the neck from the Bosses, this is why even though I have experience and training in the retail trade, I would never go into target driven sales work.

If the job centre knows you've refused a job they'll probably not be too pleased. If that's still how it works.
 
If the job centre knows you've refused a job they'll probably not be too pleased. If that's still how it works.
Don't worry, it'll be 23 years this year since I told some fool from the Job Centre to shove the poxy 35 quid a week where the sun doesn't shine, I didn't need the stress of going all the way across Sheffield to pointless interviews which had already gone, usually to some 16 year old barely out of Nappies, on the "New Deal" program, I was about 23 and half at the time and had just come from the interview from hell in a Taxi place up Firth Park, I didn't want the job but I thought "Sod it, I'll go for the interview", I arrived, introduced myself and they told me the job had gone, once again to a kid 7 years my junior on the "New Deal", naturally I hit the roof and had to be escorted straight down the job centre in a foul mood by Mum.
 
I always politely ask them where they got the number and that they shouldn't be calling and must not call again but I don't really go hard as mostly these will be innocent people.

Wow! What a nice man you are Alan. I give them both barrels and if they get upset I suggest they consider a different career. In my experience sales people develop a thick skin very quickly - if they didn't, they wouldn't be able to do the job. Still, to be fair; money could be earned in sales back then, but now they're probably paid peanuts. Maybe I should be more like you . . .
 
Wow! What a nice man you are Alan. I give them both barrels and if they get upset I suggest they consider a different career. In my experience sales people develop a thick skin very quickly - if they didn't, they wouldn't be able to do the job. Still, to be fair; money could be earned in sales back then, but now they're probably paid peanuts. Maybe I should be more like you . . .
Unlike me, who frequently tells them to sod off and never darken my Landline again.

Same with the reams of email spam I get, usually from desperate American women who "want my body", I wouldn't mind but in most cases I'm far too old for them, as a rule if I'm doing the dating thing, I have a "5 years either side" rule for the age of the lady I'm dating.
 
I'm not... not overly so anyway but I don't think treating callers decently hurts or costs so why not :D
 
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Unlike me, who frequently tells them to sod off and never darken my Landline again.

Same with the reams of email spam I get, usually from desperate American women who "want my body", I wouldn't mind but in most cases I'm far too old for them, as a rule if I'm doing the dating thing, I have a "5 years either side" rule for the age of the lady I'm dating.

That reminds me.

Years ago I was involved in an animation project (I wrote a song for it) and that involved talking to people over the pond and one was a friendly American woman... too friendly. So, I waited for the pitch and sure enough one day she said she was going on a buying trip. Later she contacted me to help her save a deal which was no surprise and was expected really :D She needed cash to buy some computer parts but she didn't know that was right up my street as for a long time I worked in computers and she was lost for answers when I quizzed her. She was also lost for words when I told her I'd just rang the hotel she was staying in (or claimed to be) and that they had no record of her :D
 
That reminds me.

Years ago I was involved in an animation project (I wrote a song for it) and that involved talking to people over the pond and one was a friendly American woman... too friendly. So, I waited for the pitch and sure enough one day she said she was going on a buying trip. Later she contacted me to help her save a deal which was no surprise and was expected really :D She needed cash to buy some computer parts but she didn't know that was right up my street as for a long time I worked in computers and she was lost for answers when I quizzed her. She was also lost for words when I told her I'd just rang the hotel she was staying in (or claimed to be) and that they had no record of her :D
Thing is, I don't mind talking to women on Messenger, they only get blocked/reported when they start throwing themselves at me (like I said, I wouldn't mind but in most cases I'm loads too old for them) and/or they start demanding $10 Itunes cards.
 
WAMT? Mum told me last week that I have an appointment today with a Shrink at 15.30, contrary to popular belief I am NOT bonkers, I just get a bit stressed sometimes, I've had a lot going on of late in my offline life (yep, contrary to popular belief I do actually have an offline life) which leads to me getting a bit er, agitated sometimes.

I don't want or need to see some bloke in a white coat to discuss my problems, but it's orders from my 70+ parents who say they are close to breaking point with all my various problems.
 
One of my family is a mental health professional and a while back I was recommended a book called the Psychopath Test which I did indeed read. It was a thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining read but also a bit frightening. One bit described an experiment in which people were sent to see a psychiatrist and told to repeat certain words and phrases. The result was that some were committed and it was quite a fight to get them out again.
 
So we just got back from trying to get to the "meeting" with the Psychologist, did we ever get there? Nope, because Dad's Satnav took us down to Darnall when the place is in S4, Barnsley Road area, up near the Northern General Hospital... I don't drive and probably never will but even I know my way round Sheffield better than a bloody Satnav it would appear.

I didn't wanna go to the damn appointment to begin with but that's beside the damn point, why am I always wise before the event when I predict stuff like this will happen?
 
even I know my way round Sheffield better than a bloody Satnav it would appear.
Why use a satnav if you know your way around.

I've never had a satnav but I seem to misdirect myself rather less than people I know with satnavs get misdirected.
 
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BT sending me a free and improved update to Norton Antivirus from previous McAfee which didn't work on my computer, had to be removed, only to find that McAfee was now screwed up and it won't let me reload it etc. , etc. Grrrrrr. Another marketing exercise to get me to buy new phones, computers etc., because the old ones can't update!
Update on this is that they just repeated the info that I had already and then a short while after told me that my enquiry was being closed. In other word it's tough that I don't buy new equipment to keep up when they want to change what they included in the deal that we have! No doubt that somewhere in the small print there will be some sub-clause or whatever saying that they can do whatever they like!!! Wonderful - not! For info you have to have Android 8 or above.
 
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More BT woes! Following on from the "free" Norton antivirus that won't go on my old phone because it's pre Android 8 saga, I finally decide to go ahead and buy a new phone, only to find that my "old" sim card is too big to fit the "nano" sim card slot in the Samsung A12. More Googling to find what a Nano sim is and more Googling to see if BT will supply one. Yes, they will by signing in to my BT account and ordering a replacement in the relevant section. More searching on the BT site to find the order page, choose which number I need the replacement for, only to be told that I can't complete this action at this time. Try again later. Several attempts later and decide to ring BT direct on 150. They then try to sell me a "cheaper" EE sim card as they can do that straight away. I'm sent a message with a link to terms and conditions which are several pages long which I am supposed to read and click OK. I spot unlimited inflation price rises so knock that into touch straight away and ask to stick with BT mobile and send me a replacement nano sim card please. Transferred to another section as my account has an outstanding order for fibre Broadband which has to be worked around or nothing can be actioned. New card should arrive next week. Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I thought that technology was supposed to make life easier??? Anybody got an old, black bakelite phone they want rid of?
 
I got an email from Sky earlier, they said my contract's about to end? Pardon? Methinks I need to ring up and make some enquiries in the morning, I'd do it now but their call centre shuts at 8 PM.
 
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Realising that I left out a fairly crucial (but equally obvious to all but 1/2 wits...) "at night" in another thread.
 
Realising that I left out a fairly crucial (but equally obvious to all but 1/2 wits...) "at night" in another thread.
Join the club! ㋡
 
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I just paid £8 for a haircut, they did a decent job but that's beside the point, under normal circumstances I refuse on principle to pay more than £6.
 
I just paid £8 for a haircut, they did a decent job but that's beside the point, under normal circumstances I refuse on principle to pay more than £6.
Get a hair clipper and diy?
 
I just paid £8 for a haircut, they did a decent job but that's beside the point, under normal circumstances I refuse on principle to pay more than £6.
Only one guy around here, charges £6 for a clippers all over, not a bad job, but more like a Tesco value hair cut,
the rest start at around £12.
I've been DIYing since the first lock down, I'm pretty sure I have recouped my initial out lay by now.
 
I have just had my hair cut at home this morning. I bought some clippers at the start of the first lockdown, my wife has cut my hair ever since. I doubt I will go back to the barbers anytime soon. I have probably saved 2x the cost of the clippers by now.
 
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