Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 7)
Discussion
captain_cynic said:
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.
Buddy, is only partially reading things your superpower or something?? 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.
I said the pump wasn't switched on by the attendant because the car colour didn't match the DVLA records, nothing to do with the app. The attendant was checking the reg matched, hence the whole convo about fuel theft and how cautious they are. The relevance of saying she was using the app was to point out the fuel was already paid for.
Hope that clarifies
C5_Steve said:
Buddy, is only partially reading things your superpower or something??
I said the pump wasn't switched on by the attendant because the car colour didn't match the DVLA records, nothing to do with the app. The attendant was checking the reg matched, hence the whole convo about fuel theft and how cautious they are. The relevance of saying she was using the app was to point out the fuel was already paid for.
Hope that clarifies
Once again demonstrating my point. I said the pump wasn't switched on by the attendant because the car colour didn't match the DVLA records, nothing to do with the app. The attendant was checking the reg matched, hence the whole convo about fuel theft and how cautious they are. The relevance of saying she was using the app was to point out the fuel was already paid for.
Hope that clarifies
The app relied on bad information.
Is not understanding your own posts your superpower or something.
Hey but someone paying by cash or card would have been out of there in half the time.
captain_cynic said:
Once again demonstrating my point.
The app relied on bad information.
Is not understanding your own posts your superpower or something.
Hey but someone paying by cash or card would have been out of there in half the time.
I think you're misunderstanding the issue. The attendant didn't turn on the pump because the car at at the pump didn't match the DVLA description of the car with that registration number. Paying by app, cash, card or magic beans makes no difference to the colour of the car.The app relied on bad information.
Is not understanding your own posts your superpower or something.
Hey but someone paying by cash or card would have been out of there in half the time.
Although interesting that the attendant switched it on after being told it was a wrap, surely if you were on cloned plates that would be just the sort of thing you'd tell them.
RizzoTheRat said:
captain_cynic said:
Once again demonstrating my point.
The app relied on bad information.
Is not understanding your own posts your superpower or something.
Hey but someone paying by cash or card would have been out of there in half the time.
I think you're misunderstanding the issue. The attendant didn't turn on the pump because the car at at the pump didn't match the DVLA description of the car with that registration number. Paying by app, cash, card or magic beans makes no difference to the colour of the car.The app relied on bad information.
Is not understanding your own posts your superpower or something.
Hey but someone paying by cash or card would have been out of there in half the time.
Although interesting that the attendant switched it on after being told it was a wrap, surely if you were on cloned plates that would be just the sort of thing you'd tell them.
)It's very obviously a wrap (it's matte purple) so I guess that put the attendants mind at rest. She was very friendly about it with my GF, wasn't suspicious just needed to clarify it with her is all. It's the same car obviously just an obvious colour change.
My whole point of raising the issue was just to point out that they have the ability to have that info in front of them when you pull in which wasn't something I was aware they could do. There's obviously ways round it but it's another tool for them I guess.
Hope all is clear now
RizzoTheRat said:
I think you're misunderstanding the issue. The attendant didn't turn on the pump because the car at at the pump didn't match the DVLA description of the car with that registration number. Paying by app, cash, card or magic beans makes no difference to the colour of the car.
Although interesting that the attendant switched it on after being told it was a wrap, surely if you were on cloned plates that would be just the sort of thing you'd tell them.
Hence I don't believe that part of the story.Although interesting that the attendant switched it on after being told it was a wrap, surely if you were on cloned plates that would be just the sort of thing you'd tell them.
It doesn't make sense. If that were really the issue they'd have to go through the same thing every time they filled up.
Rusty Old-Banger said:
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 s
t together.
Saying you can't find your shoes (at 10:10) is not mitigation, it just makes me more annoyed.
We share a family?! When I say we're leaving at 10am that means pulling away from the house, not the time you start getting your s
t together.Saying you can't find your shoes (at 10:10) is not mitigation, it just makes me more annoyed.
RizzoTheRat said:
Our local parking enforcement.
Last year I got 3 parking tickets and a wheel clamp (and was apparently only a few hours from my car being towed!) for parking on a road where I have a residents parking permit. Now a friend of ours has got a ticket on our road whilst on our visitors permit. Surely it's all on a couple of databases that the system can just check, how can they fk it up?
Is your permit displayed? Last year I got 3 parking tickets and a wheel clamp (and was apparently only a few hours from my car being towed!) for parking on a road where I have a residents parking permit. Now a friend of ours has got a ticket on our road whilst on our visitors permit. Surely it's all on a couple of databases that the system can just check, how can they f
k it up?
captain_cynic said:
RizzoTheRat said:
I think you're misunderstanding the issue. The attendant didn't turn on the pump because the car at at the pump didn't match the DVLA description of the car with that registration number. Paying by app, cash, card or magic beans makes no difference to the colour of the car.
Although interesting that the attendant switched it on after being told it was a wrap, surely if you were on cloned plates that would be just the sort of thing you'd tell them.
User name checks out Although interesting that the attendant switched it on after being told it was a wrap, surely if you were on cloned plates that would be just the sort of thing you'd tell them.
Yeah you're right I made the whole thing up as a conversation point, there's no possible way that a) it's a new system or b) the amount of attention the workers in a petrol station varies.
EmailAddress said:
Rusty Old-Banger said:
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.
We share a family?! When I say we're leaving at 10am that means pulling away from the house, not the time you start getting your s
t together.Saying you can't find your shoes (at 10:10) is not mitigation, it just makes me more annoyed.
"I'm on my way" means "I am at some point considering the possibility of entertaining the notion of starting to get ready at some point in the next few hours".
Being at the front door by 10am would be a massive improvement.
Rusty Old-Banger said:
RizzoTheRat said:
Our local parking enforcement.
Last year I got 3 parking tickets and a wheel clamp (and was apparently only a few hours from my car being towed!) for parking on a road where I have a residents parking permit. Now a friend of ours has got a ticket on our road whilst on our visitors permit. Surely it's all on a couple of databases that the system can just check, how can they fk it up?
Is your permit displayed? Last year I got 3 parking tickets and a wheel clamp (and was apparently only a few hours from my car being towed!) for parking on a road where I have a residents parking permit. Now a friend of ours has got a ticket on our road whilst on our visitors permit. Surely it's all on a couple of databases that the system can just check, how can they f
k it up?The BS bingo, that is fashion world.
CNN Fashion; Between the city and the beach
.
Despite what could have resulted in a presentation of derivative stereotypes, the Italians swerved gimmicks to deliver real clothes that have more to say than the popular but homogenized recent proliferation of “quiet luxury” collections.
Against a divisive political and humanitarian backdrop, their homages to Italy’s universally aspired-to dolce vita summers and throwbacks to what are now perceived as simpler times drew a collective optimism.
Excuse me; are they taking the gypsy’s.
CNN Fashion; Between the city and the beach
.
Despite what could have resulted in a presentation of derivative stereotypes, the Italians swerved gimmicks to deliver real clothes that have more to say than the popular but homogenized recent proliferation of “quiet luxury” collections.
Against a divisive political and humanitarian backdrop, their homages to Italy’s universally aspired-to dolce vita summers and throwbacks to what are now perceived as simpler times drew a collective optimism.
Excuse me; are they taking the gypsy’s.
EmailAddress said:
Rusty Old-Banger said:
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.
We share a family?! When I say we're leaving at 10am that means pulling away from the house, not the time you start getting your s
t together.Saying you can't find your shoes (at 10:10) is not mitigation, it just makes me more annoyed.
Annoying when you order of a random site and then get bombarded immediately with marketing emails.
Bought some sport socks for my partner yesterday. Today I'm getting emails "you may like these"
Same last week, I ordered a charm for a bracelet and the next day got two emails about different products
Bought some sport socks for my partner yesterday. Today I'm getting emails "you may like these"
Same last week, I ordered a charm for a bracelet and the next day got two emails about different products
redrabbit29 said:
Annoying when you order of a random site and then get bombarded immediately with marketing emails.
Bought some sport socks for my partner yesterday. Today I'm getting emails "you may like these"
Same last week, I ordered a charm for a bracelet and the next day got two emails about different products
We bought a shed off Wayfair a few months ago, so now they're spamming me with 'sheds I may like' every few days.Bought some sport socks for my partner yesterday. Today I'm getting emails "you may like these"
Same last week, I ordered a charm for a bracelet and the next day got two emails about different products
Unless I wanted to appear in a Monty Python sketch, why would I want two sheds.
RizzoTheRat said:
Our local parking enforcement.
Last year I got 3 parking tickets and a wheel clamp (and was apparently only a few hours from my car being towed!) for parking on a road where I have a residents parking permit. Now a friend of ours has got a ticket on our road whilst on our visitors permit. Surely it's all on a couple of databases that the system can just check, how can they fk it up?
I thought clamping by private companies was banned years ago?Last year I got 3 parking tickets and a wheel clamp (and was apparently only a few hours from my car being towed!) for parking on a road where I have a residents parking permit. Now a friend of ours has got a ticket on our road whilst on our visitors permit. Surely it's all on a couple of databases that the system can just check, how can they f
k it up?Bluedot said:
We bought a shed off Wayfair a few months ago, so now they're spamming me with 'sheds I may like' every few days.
Unless I wanted to appear in a Monty Python sketch, why would I want two sheds.
That's a classicUnless I wanted to appear in a Monty Python sketch, why would I want two sheds.
The annoying thing is I wouldn't unsubscribe from them if they were tailored and way more tactful about it. For example, buying the sports socks, would be fine to get an email 2-3 weeks later about a special promotion. But not every single day after the order was placed.
daqinggregg said:
The BS bingo, that is fashion world.
CNN Fashion; Between the city and the beach
.
Despite what could have resulted in a presentation of derivative stereotypes, the Italians swerved gimmicks to deliver real clothes that have more to say than the popular but homogenized recent proliferation of “quiet luxury” collections.
Against a divisive political and humanitarian backdrop, their homages to Italy’s universally aspired-to dolce vita summers and throwbacks to what are now perceived as simpler times drew a collective optimism.
Excuse me; are they taking the gypsy’s.
Even the model looks like he wishes he were somewhere else!CNN Fashion; Between the city and the beach
.
Despite what could have resulted in a presentation of derivative stereotypes, the Italians swerved gimmicks to deliver real clothes that have more to say than the popular but homogenized recent proliferation of “quiet luxury” collections.
Against a divisive political and humanitarian backdrop, their homages to Italy’s universally aspired-to dolce vita summers and throwbacks to what are now perceived as simpler times drew a collective optimism.
Excuse me; are they taking the gypsy’s.
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