Your very petty pet hates

[darren]

Re: Your very petty pet hates

thats is strange restaurants calling themselves stores no sense it makes.
people complaining abiout the weather when its not warm they want it warm when they get it warm its too warm when it finishes and rains they say its never does anythinng but rain.

Restaurants that call themselves a "store."
Groups of Business, Government or Industrial buildings called a "Campus." (Are we still in school???)

[victorbrunswick]

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Being that we were on the subject of Call Centres I found this hilarious film.

[amethyst]

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Brand new cars with those chain led lights on permanent dont like them.I find they dazzle me if someone is behind me as I look in the mirror so I have to adjust the mirror to dark new European laws mean we have to put up with them whether we like it or not!

[PC66]

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Well, at least some of them say "Press one for English" before they go on to "Para Español marque dos."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEJfS1v-fU0

[amethyst]

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When I call a Call Centre I usually get this spiel:

"If you would like to hear this message in Spanish, press 1 now"
"If you would like to hear this message in Mandarin Chinese press 2 now"
"If you would like to hear this message in Urdu press 3 now"

And then finally...

"If you would like to hear this message in English press 85 now."

How bad things have got English should be first not last

[Richard1978]

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I've never had that from a call centre, but I remember once using a system that spoke all he numbers in an American accent for some reason.

[victorbrunswick]

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Call Centres waiting in the queue from 5 mins----------?where a message comes up every so often you are in a queue your call will be answered as soon as possible.Having to listen to music in between,I much prefered the days when we had small offices where phone calls would be answered quickly

When I call a Call Centre I usually get this spiel:

"If you would like to hear this message in Spanish, press 1 now"
"If you would like to hear this message in Mandarin Chinese press 2 now"
"If you would like to hear this message in Urdu press 3 now"

And then finally...

"If you would like to hear this message in English press 85 now."

[amethyst]

Re: Your very petty pet hates

Call Centres waiting in the queue from 5 mins----------?where a message comes up every so often you are in a queue your call will be answered as soon as possible.Having to listen to music in between,I much prefered the days when we had small offices where phone calls would be answered quickly

[victorbrunswick]

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Something that's been niggling me more and more recenty: Government departments referring to me as a "customer."

Restaurants that call themselves a "store."
Groups of Business, Government or Industrial buildings called a "Campus." (Are we still in school???)

[victorbrunswick]

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Add "specialists" to all of the above.

[Powdered toast man]

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The word 'solutions' i.e 'Delivering sustainable logistics solutions, Building solutions, Glazing solutions, Renewable energy solutions, Bathroom tile solutions etc etc. Why? I once saw a van that said 'Seafood Solutions' on it's back door. I never new seafood had problems! Any kind of corporate/marketing jargon tends to boil my blood.

[Richard1978]

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Me & my family have some odd nicknames for things & people, a bit like that.

[victorbrunswick]

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People whose only cultural references are TV shows and characters. A friend of mine was admiring a mahogany bookcase that had been in my family for years and he called it an "Andy Griffith" bookcase. It seems that there was a similar bookcase on the set of that particular TV show. And, of course, I didn't know what he was talking about as I'm not a particularly avid TV watcher. On other occasions this same friend will attribute an expression I frequently use to a character on another one of his favorite TV shows, never mind the fact that I've used that expression for years and I've never seen the TV show in question!

[PC66]

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Something that's been niggling me more and more recenty: Government departments referring to me as a "customer."

As far as I'm concerned, if I'm a customer that means I can choose to whom I give my custom. With the DVLA, DWP, local council, and all the other government bodies which are now using this term, I'm forced to deal with them. If I had a choice, I certainly would not give my "custom" to these incompetent and arrogant official bodies.

[amethyst]

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The end of the summer the nights getting darker earlier, autumn on the way then its all down hill:cry: