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Re: Things that annoy you - the official thread

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 12:00 pm
by Green Gecko
When a client asks you when you'll arrive for a call out, you travel and get there at that time, and then they never show up and cancel a day's advanced booking because.. I don't know.

Oh well not a problem when you have other contracts to do. :simper:

Re: Things that annoy you - the official thread

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 7:57 pm
by KK
Put an item on ebay. BRAND NEW in the heading & in the actual listing. First query. "Is it new?"

I tell you...the urge sometimes to just reply with ABUSE is so strong because some people are Just. So. Stupid.

Re: Things that annoy you - the official thread

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 9:56 pm
by OLIN
[iup=3518721]KKLEIN[/iup] wrote:Put an item on ebay. BRAND NEW in the heading & in the actual listing. First query. "Is it new?"

I tell you...the urge sometimes to just reply with ABUSE is so strong because some people are Just. So. Stupid.


Maybe they're asking because a large amount of Ebay sellers are strawberry floating liars?

Re: Things that annoy you - the official thread

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 10:09 pm
by TheWay
I don't see how asking benefits them then. Unless they simply invert his answer, having assumed it was a lie.

Re: Things that annoy you - the official thread

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 10:07 am
by Dual
Passengers who clap when the plane lands.

Re: Things that annoy you - the official thread

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 11:24 am
by mrspax
Dual wrote:Passengers who clap when the plane lands.


Irritating as hell, but NOWHERE near as annoying as the fanfare played on the PA by a certain low cost, low service Irish airline when they land on time - ie when they do what you paid them to do as a bare minimum level of service. Surely they know the punters think it's utterly stupid!?!

Re: Things that annoy you - the official thread

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 11:36 am
by Green Gecko
I've literally never heard of this behaviour.

Re: Things that annoy you - the official thread

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 11:39 am
by mrspax
The fanfare or the clapping? Everyone knows the fanfare. And clapping is not uncommon on flights operated by airlines from the Mediterranean.

Re: Things that annoy you - the official thread

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 11:44 am
by Green Gecko
Ah that would be because I've only been to France, and Japan.

So I've got some filling in to do.

Re: Things that annoy you - the official thread

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 4:08 pm
by Lagamorph
I've flown all over the world and have never encountered clapping or fanfare when a plane lands.

Re: Things that annoy you - the official thread

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 4:11 pm
by chalkitdown
[iup=3519474]Lagamorph[/iup] wrote:I've flown all over the world and have never encountered clapping or fanfare when a plane lands.


It doesn't tend to happen on private charter planes.

Re: Things that annoy you - the official thread

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 4:33 pm
by Stugene
[iup=3519474]Lagamorph[/iup] wrote:I've flown all over the world and have never encountered clapping or fanfare when a plane lands.


When it's just you and your Dad's helicopter pilot in the vehicle, its not prudent for the other party to applaud during a landing.

Re: Things that annoy you - the official thread

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 4:45 pm
by chalkitdown
About 20 minutes too late old man.

Re: Things that annoy you - the official thread

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 4:49 pm
by Poser
[iup=3519474]Lagamorph[/iup] wrote:I've flown all over the world and have never encountered clapping or fanfare when a plane lands.


Serves you right for being comfortably well-off.


Am I doing this right?

Re: Things that annoy you - the official thread

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 7:07 pm
by Moggy
[iup=3519515]Poser[/iup] wrote:
[iup=3519474]Lagamorph[/iup] wrote:I've flown all over the world and have never encountered clapping or fanfare when a plane lands.


Serves you right for being comfortably well-off.


Am I doing this right?


It needed a joke about his mum or dad paying for him, but otherwise it was a good effort.

Re: Things that annoy you - the official thread

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 7:42 pm
by Lagamorph
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Re: Things that annoy you - the official thread

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 8:51 pm
by OLIN
[iup=3518868]TheWay[/iup] wrote:I don't see how asking benefits them then. Unless they simply invert his answer, having assumed it was a lie.

So they've got it in a reply as well as stated in the auction when they ask for their Paypal refund when the item turns out to be 'not as listed'?

Ebay is full of arseholes, both at the buying and selling ends.
Much like the rest of the world really, that's why I don't sell on there very often now.

Re: Things that annoy you - the official thread

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 11:34 pm
by KK
Currently dealing with another toss pot on ebay. 15 emails in the space of, oooh, 6 hours. It was all downhill from email one when silly bollocks asked for a postage upgrade. On a FREE P&P listing.

Site has gone to gooseberry fool before you even factor in fees.

Re: Things that annoy you - the official thread

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:06 am
by Rightey
[iup=3519170]Green Gecko[/iup] wrote:I've literally never heard of this behaviour.


I've never been on an airplane where people didn't clap upon the plan landing safely.

I mean why would you not? You tell the bus driver "thank you" when you get off the bus, why not clap as a sign of thanks to the pilots and crew?

Re: Things that annoy you - the official thread

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 5:15 am
by chalkitdown
I've never said thank you to the bus driver after getting off a public city bus or anything like that. Here you get on at the front and off by the rear door. Like strawberry float am I shouting thanks up the bus to him. If it's a coach then it's a different story of course.

Do you mosey on up to the front carriage of the train to personally thank the conductor when you get off that?