SPAM random annoying things

[Raven]

bits obvs

 

[Tom]

Neither, spam fritters.

 

[Raven]

Women that spray shit in the office.

I really don't want to taste your mercaptan by Beckham or whatever the fuck it is.

 

[fettoken]

Women that spray shit in the office.

I really don't want to taste your mercaptan by Beckham or whatever the fuck it is.

Also men that sprays on too much cheap cologne.

 

[Moriath]

Any cologne. Perfume is for ladies.

 

[Raven]

And gays.

 

[Tom]

Virgin Media phoning me for a "feedback" call to see how my recent dealings had gone. I changed contract, ditched the TV. The "feedback" was along the lines of "if you pay £1 a month more, and take the TV free, you can have 200mb broadband". My answer was "100mb is fine, I don't need more, and I don't want TV."

"We've analysed your usage and you use about 200gig a month, we think you'd be better off with the 200mb connection. And we can only give you this service if you also take the free TV package."

"But what does download speed have to do with download amounts? I'm happy with what I have and I don't want TV."

"So for £1 extra you don't want double the speed plus free TV?"

"How many times, I DON'T WANT TV."

"But you wouldn...."

"I DO NOT WANT TV AT ALL, I DO NOT NEED IT, I DO NOT WATCH IT."

"Ok but we think it's....."

"Ok here's some 'feedback' - don't pester customers with 'feedback' calls to try to sell them something they've repeatedly told you they don't want."

"Ok I'll take you off the list an....."

"Goodbye.....*click*"

 

[Edmond]

I get it with SKY every 6 weeks or so.

"We notice you don't have the sports/movie package?"

"yeah i have no interest in any kind of sport and i go to the cinema" (dl what i else i need)

"but did you realise (insert current football/golf/cricket/rugby related tournament) is starting this week and you wouldn't miss a second of it"

...repeat the same thing again

"but it only an extra ££££ for 6 months"

...repeat again, and again, and again

"Ok we will make a note of that and not ask again"

6 weeks later......"Hi its SKY here...blah,blah,blah

 

[Raven]

You want to play the fuck-off game.

Every time they ask you a question, you respond with "fuck off" if they get past 5 fuck offs without getting the message and fucking off, they get a congratulations, then hung up on.

Obviously you have to start the whole waste of everyone's time with "Sorry, I signed up with the telephone preference service and don't take sales calls" or its just not fair.

 

[DaGaffer]

Virgin Media phoning me for a "feedback" call to see how my recent dealings had gone. I changed contract, ditched the TV. The "feedback" was along the lines of "if you pay £1 a month more, and take the TV free, you can have 200mb broadband". My answer was "100mb is fine, I don't need more, and I don't want TV."

"We've analysed your usage and you use about 200gig a month, we think you'd be better off with the 200mb connection. And we can only give you this service if you also take the free TV package."

"But what does download speed have to do with download amounts? I'm happy with what I have and I don't want TV."

"So for £1 extra you don't want double the speed plus free TV?"

"How many times, I DON'T WANT TV."

"But you wouldn...."

"I DO NOT WANT TV AT ALL, I DO NOT NEED IT, I DO NOT WATCH IT."

"Ok but we think it's....."

"Ok here's some 'feedback' - don't pester customers with 'feedback' calls to try to sell them something they've repeatedly told you they don't want."

"Ok I'll take you off the list an....."

"Goodbye.....*click*"

I got an email quality survey from Virgin last week. I was on the train so I filled it in. Basically told them they were utterly shit (I never get my broadband speed, the modem is rubbish and the DVR is worse), pressed send. Literally two minutes later I got another email from them saying their prices are going up in January. I will leave that shower of cunts even if it costs me more money.

 

[Zarjazz]

The sneakiest trick I've seen recently by a few places I bought from is "oh we're sorry your last delivery was delayed" (it wasn't, I got it a day early), "here have a limited time offer of an ...% discount on your next order if you purchase this month".

Fuck off. If you want me to buy again just say so. Don't lie about it.

 

[Moriath]

I got an email quality survey from Virgin last week. I was on the train so I filled it in. Basically told them they were utterly shit (I never get my broadband speed, the modem is rubbish and the DVR is worse), pressed send. Literally two minutes later I got another email from them saying their prices are going up in January. I will leave that shower of cunts even if it costs me more money.

I admit i dont get 300 that i am on but i know its contended and get 150 to 200 at time in peak hours.

What dvr do you have? The v6 is so much better than the old tivo.

 

[DaGaffer]

I admit i dont get 300 that i am on but i know its contended and get 150 to 200 at time in peak hours.

What dvr do you have? The v6 is so much better than the old tivo.

Ireland has different tech - the DVR is called Horizon, its the box used by UPC in the Netherlands and a few other countries, and its a piece of shit. On a good day I get 80Mb on a 240Mb connection and the modem (which was put in because the modem built into the DVR was so bad) is flaky as fuck and drops wifi all the time.

Problem is moving to fibre isn't as easy as it should be; I can literally see the fibre cab from my house, but because I don't have a telephone line into the house (just the Virgin cable connection) I'm back of the queue for getting fibre put in. A peculiarity of Irish telcos.

 

[Moriath]

I see yr using different tech. I dont use the virgin router to do my wifi. I connect a netgear router to do that and just use the virgin box to do the modem part. More reliable that way

 

[Hawkwind]

Having to cancel weekend away with family and friends to write changes to two contracts before Sunday

 

[Raven]

Ill people. Or more specifically, people who think it is fine to be ill for around 3-4 days every month. Last job was at the council so probably to be expected but the real world is about to lay a smack down.

It will be a bye bye in the new year /sadface

 

[Ormorof]

If he or she is actually sick (ie doctor note can prove it) then thats a shit way to treat an employee

 

[Raven]

If sick = a different thing each time, then yeah, sure. She has only been here 4 months or so, late every morning, off sick all the time, when she is here she appears to be surgically attached to her phone.

Yeah, nah.

 

[Ormorof]

Sounds like either a motivation problem (either in person or job they do) or a recruitment problem (why hire people that dont want to be there?)

 

[Raven]

2nd option, bingo.

Its a menial accounts role, that a chimp could do. Someone has to do it though, and the pay is above average for the role.

We will hire someone that does want it

 

[Lakih]

How about talking to her?. Ask her about her apparent medical issue, with real data (sick leave) to back it up and ask her how the company could help. Let her know that her behaviour isn't unnoticed. You'd be surprised how motivating it can be to have someone care about you.
If she keeps it up after that. Sack her.

 

[SilverHood]

Iceland Air mechanics on strike. The airline has kindly booked me on a direct flight, with British Airways. Have avoided BA like the plague on Atlantic fights, guess I'll find out if they have changed for the better.

Ironically, when I booked my flight to London, I was looking at BA, but figured there would be snow or strikes and I'd get stranded, so went via Iceland Air instead. If I had actually gone with BA I never would have left the US, as all the flights were cancelled due to UK snow!

 

[fettoken]

When one of our leftist media's are crying over a guy that played a part in some Ex on the beach or some shit, years ago, that had previously been convicted of abusing and having sex with a minor, and due to that, Facebook will never let him have an account. I say its fair. They say let paedos use Facebook.

 

[Raven]

Dumb people in customer facing roles.

Sub way, the amount of pardon? I got from the idiot behind the counter this morning was ridiculous, same for the person in front of me. And the useless ginger cunt forgot my wife's cookie, after being asked for it 3 fucking times.

While I am sure some hand wringers will cry about deaf people, if he was deaf, he would not be taking orders for food (logic!)

 

[dysfunction]

Yes because it's fine to discriminate.

 

[Raven]

So, what you are essentially saying is its fine to have people who cannot hear, doing a job that explicitly requires people to be able to hear? (He wasn't deaf, just stupid)

By that logic we should have blind recycling sorters? People with shaking hands decorating cakes etc?

No. It would be daft.

 

[dysfunction]

No I'm saying if they can do the job then there should be no issue.

 

[Raven]

But if they can't hear, how can they take orders?

 

[Moriath]

Obviously he could hear to some degree and you eventually got your food. You should have more patience.

 

[Raven]

It was annoying.

Not life changing.