Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 7)

[RicksAlfas]

The Esso App is great, but it does look like you are driving off without paying.

[Countdown]

Alickadoo said:

C5_Steve said:

I wouldn't take it personally, fuel theft is on the up and up, unfortunately. I was with my GF the other week and she was filling up her car, using the app so the attendant could already see that it was paid but for some reason she didn't switch the pump on. Mumbled something overt the tannoy so my GF went over to the desk (was about 9pm). She came back laughing, the attended was very pleasant but pointed out her reg comes back to a Grey car and my GFs is currently Purple since she had it wrapped (needs to update DVLA) so the attendant wanted to check before sitting it on as they've had a lot of cloned plates come through!

Never realised they get the info on the car before they switch the pump on but I have seen a couple of guys literally fill up and casually drive off laughing without paying there before so assume they were on dodgy plates.

Well, fuel theft is very easily prevented - pay by card only and insert your card before filling.

O/T

I don't know how true this is but I heard somewhere that Police are re-prioritising "drive-offs from petrol stations" because they believe that the Fuel companies aren't doing enough to prevent it. They think that all companies could install "Pay at Pump" but don't want to because they want customers to come into the shop.

[C5_Steve]

captain_cynic said:

C5_Steve said:

Except when a stolen/cloned card is used...

(you clearly missed the part in my post when I said she was paying BY THE APP. So the amount was already authorised before she lifted the nozzle. That's how bad it's gotten that they're checking the reg regardless)

I think the problem there was THE APP!!!!!

Apps are universally terrible and frankly on their way out. Most places and clubs I frequent have given up on trying to maintain apps and just use a website now as you can get them as either a COTS package or service for far less.

I don't really want to use a spying, personal data hoovering app just to do basic things. Card and cash work fine.

Eh? Sorry but what the hell are you on about

The app has nothing to do with the story except to point out the fuel was ALREADY PAID FOR (or rather authorised). Had we wanted to pay cash/card, the outcome would have been the same in that the staff wouldn't have switched the pump on as they ran the reg and checked it matched the car.

As for "apps are universally terrible" I think that's a you problem (in the nicest way possible). The Shell app works perfectly fine and saves me time walking and paying at the kiosk. As do all the other apps I use

Edited by C5_Steve on Thursday 20th June 13:40

[Nexus Icon]

Triumph Man said:

Difference between church bells and the call to prayer is that church bells are a pleasant chiming sound, whereas the call to prayer is usually delivered through a crappy PA system, crackly, and unintelligible. Nothing racist about that. If someone played church bells through a PA system it would probably be the same!

A lot of church bells ARE played through a crappy PA system nowadays. Too few religious campanologist types, it seems.

[98elise]

My families time keeping.

When I say we're leaving at 10am that means pulling away from the house, not the time you start getting your st together.

Saying you can't find your shoes (at 10:10) is not mitigation, it just makes me more annoyed.

[Deranged Rover]

beagrizzly said:

Our council held an open consultation to see if those wanting garden bins would like to either have them free but only for half the year when stuff is growing and the bin is more needed, or to pay for it and have it all year.

Response overwhelmingly in favour of free for 6 months. Council response was obviously to ignore that and choose the option that would bring in money.

Our council started charging for green waste collection about 6 years ago. £70 per year for one bin or £80 for two.

Given that, if I do all the hedges and the lawns in one go, I generally fill somewhere around four Lidl XL garden bags and seven of those bags that you buy a tonne of shingle or earth in, I realised I'd still be visiting the dump regularly anyway, and so decided not to bother.

And before you ask, no I don't compost. Firstly because the pile would be visible from space by now and, secondly, I gather that grass snakes and slow worms are rather fond of them.

[beagrizzly]

Deranged Rover said:

beagrizzly said:

Our council held an open consultation to see if those wanting garden bins would like to either have them free but only for half the year when stuff is growing and the bin is more needed, or to pay for it and have it all year.

Response overwhelmingly in favour of free for 6 months. Council response was obviously to ignore that and choose the option that would bring in money.

Our council started charging for green waste collection about 6 years ago. £70 per year for one bin or £80 for two.

Given that, if I do all the hedges and the lawns in one go, I generally fill somewhere around four Lidl XL garden bags and seven of those bags that you buy a tonne of shingle or earth in, I realised I'd still be visiting the dump regularly anyway, and so decided not to bother.

And before you ask, no I don't compost. Firstly because the pile would be visible from space by now and, secondly, I gather that grass snakes and slow worms are rather fond of them.

What's the problem with slow worms and grass snakes?

(Nice stealth 'my garden is huge' boast BTW )

[captain_cynic]

C5_Steve said:

Eh? Sorry but what the hell are you on about

The app has nothing to do with the story except to point out the fuel was ALREADY PAID FOR (or rather authorised). Had we wanted to pay cash/card, the outcome would have been the same in that the staff wouldn't have switched the pump on as they ran the reg and checked it matched the car.

As for "apps are universally terrible" I think that's a you problem (in the nicest way possible). The Shell app works perfectly fine and saves me time walking and paying at the kiosk. As do all the other apps I use

Edited by C5_Steve on Thursday 20th June 13:40

Erm your own admission said it didn't work, so you had to go and get help.

That alone tells me the app is not reliable.

Which is why I don't use them. Can't remember the last time I went to a shell either, usually the most expensive.

[jamesson]

98elise said:

My families time keeping.

When I say we're leaving at 10am that means pulling away from the house, not the time you start getting your st together.

Saying you can't find your shoes (at 10:10) is not mitigation, it just makes me more annoyed.

Sorry, 98elise, I'm not having a pop at you in any way, but as we're on a thread about being annoyed beyond reason, I'm baffled by some people not knowing the difference between family's and families.

If it's something to do with your family, in this case, time keeping, it's "my family's time keeping".

If you're talking about more than one family, it's families. If you were talking about the time keeping of more than one family, it would be "the families' time keeping".

As for the sentiment, I agree. Leaving at 10am should mean exactly that, not starting to get ready at that time. That is most definitely annoying beyond reason.

[drmotorsport]

Unnecessary pedantry.

[captain_cynic]

drmotorsport said:

Unnecessary pedantry.

I'd normally agree but if there is one thread where it's appropriate it's here.

[TameRacingDriver]

I've said it multiple times on this thread, but anything to do with fking Microsoft. Their software is just so, so, so fking bad it's unreal. I'm not going to go into details but I just hate it with every fibre of my being.

How do I make peace with this, I'd actually enjoy my job if it wasn't for their crap fking software, but I have no choice.

Being proficient with it seems to involve finding workarounds for every stupid mother fking problem it throws in your way. Just get the fk out of my way and let me do my job, I don't want to fix something every fking day.

One thing it is good at is winding me up beyond reason though.

[21st Century Man]

Trip Advisor top ten things to do/see in Holmfirth.

Manchester walking tour
Windermere and lake district tour
Wales sightseeing from Manchester
Manchester City River tour
Snowdonia & Chester
Manchester food tour
Manchester City Stadium
Chatsworth House
Rock & Gaol tour Manchester
The Lake District

FFS!

[EW109]

Nexus Icon said:

Triumph Man said:

Difference between church bells and the call to prayer is that church bells are a pleasant chiming sound, whereas the call to prayer is usually delivered through a crappy PA system, crackly, and unintelligible. Nothing racist about that. If someone played church bells through a PA system it would probably be the same!

A lot of church bells ARE played through a crappy PA system nowadays. Too few religious campanologist types, it seems.

I very much doubt that is true, at least in the UK. Can you point to any evidence to support the assertion?

[Voldemort]

21st Century Man said:

Trip Advisor top ten things to do/see in Holmfirth.

Manchester walking tour
Windermere and lake district tour
Wales sightseeing from Manchester
Manchester City River tour
Snowdonia & Chester
Manchester food tour
Manchester City Stadium
Chatsworth House
Rock & Gaol tour Manchester
The Lake District

FFS!

But I've been to Holmfirth and this is absolutely true.

[21st Century Man]

Voldemort said:

21st Century Man said:

Trip Advisor top ten things to do/see in Holmfirth.

Manchester walking tour
Windermere and lake district tour
Wales sightseeing from Manchester
Manchester City River tour
Snowdonia & Chester
Manchester food tour
Manchester City Stadium
Chatsworth House
Rock & Gaol tour Manchester
The Lake District

FFS!

But I've been to Holmfirth and this is absolutely true.

Sid's cafe and Nora Batty's house should at least get a look in.

[CammyN]

21st Century Man said:

Voldemort said:

21st Century Man said:

Trip Advisor top ten things to do/see in Holmfirth.

Manchester walking tour
Windermere and lake district tour
Wales sightseeing from Manchester
Manchester City River tour
Snowdonia & Chester
Manchester food tour
Manchester City Stadium
Chatsworth House
Rock & Gaol tour Manchester
The Lake District

FFS!

But I've been to Holmfirth and this is absolutely true.

Sid's cafe and Nora Batty's house should at least get a look in.

True

As much as I like Holmfirth there is not a lot to do there, good for a Sunday afternoon stroll, cup of coffee, an ice cream, maybe fish and chips cooked in beef fat, look at the ducks in the stream and that's about it.

Good hardware shop from memory and plenty of barbers.

Parking used to be a beggar, people parked a mile up Huddersfield road and walked in, don't know what its like now.

[hidetheelephants]

Nexus Icon said:

Triumph Man said:

Difference between church bells and the call to prayer is that church bells are a pleasant chiming sound, whereas the call to prayer is usually delivered through a crappy PA system, crackly, and unintelligible. Nothing racist about that. If someone played church bells through a PA system it would probably be the same!

A lot of church bells ARE played through a crappy PA system nowadays. Too few religious campanologist types, it seems.

The bell tower is too rickety, ours has had a PA since the 70s. It must have been a bit of shock when it was installed as there's only one bell but the sample track sounds like it was recorded at a cathedral with a dozen bells.

[21st Century Man]

CammyN said:

21st Century Man said:

Voldemort said:

21st Century Man said:

Trip Advisor top ten things to do/see in Holmfirth.

Manchester walking tour
Windermere and lake district tour
Wales sightseeing from Manchester
Manchester City River tour
Snowdonia & Chester
Manchester food tour
Manchester City Stadium
Chatsworth House
Rock & Gaol tour Manchester
The Lake District

FFS!

But I've been to Holmfirth and this is absolutely true.

Sid's cafe and Nora Batty's house should at least get a look in.

True

As much as I like Holmfirth there is not a lot to do there, good for a Sunday afternoon stroll, cup of coffee, an ice cream, maybe fish and chips cooked in beef fat, look at the ducks in the stream and that's about it.

Good hardware shop from memory and plenty of barbers.

Parking used to be a beggar, people parked a mile up Huddersfield road and walked in, don't know what its like now.

Maybe, but whatever little there is should at least be listed, rather than suggesting the Eiffel Tower or The Empire State Building as Holmfirth's top ten. A cream tea and a wander about is all I'm looking for. Not feckin' Manchester or The Lake District.

[Voldemort]

21st Century Man said:

CammyN said:

21st Century Man said:

Voldemort said:

21st Century Man said:

Trip Advisor top ten things to do/see in Holmfirth.

Manchester walking tour
Windermere and lake district tour
Wales sightseeing from Manchester
Manchester City River tour
Snowdonia & Chester
Manchester food tour
Manchester City Stadium
Chatsworth House
Rock & Gaol tour Manchester
The Lake District

FFS!

But I've been to Holmfirth and this is absolutely true.

Sid's cafe and Nora Batty's house should at least get a look in.

True

As much as I like Holmfirth there is not a lot to do there, good for a Sunday afternoon stroll, cup of coffee, an ice cream, maybe fish and chips cooked in beef fat, look at the ducks in the stream and that's about it.

Good hardware shop from memory and plenty of barbers.

Parking used to be a beggar, people parked a mile up Huddersfield road and walked in, don't know what its like now.

Maybe, but whatever little there is should at least be listed, rather than suggesting the Eiffel Tower or The Empire State Building as Holmfirth's top ten. A cream tea and a wander about is all I'm looking for. Not feckin' Manchester or The Lake District.

Well if you learned to use TripAdvisor properly you'd see the list of top attractions and not the list of 'Tours near Holmfirth' which is, admitedly unhelpfully, listed before the list of top attractions.

That said, I stand by what I said - there are no attractions in Holmfirth