I actually enjoy some parts or the Christmas period, but to be honest the older i get the less tolerant I am.....
So with that in mind I thought I would post a daily gripe on the run up to the big day, to keep it loosely poker related I will also combine a felt based irritant.
Feel free to contribute with your own examples (albeit if Grumpy Paul gets involved i may be bereft of material after a day :-))
So to start the ball rolling;
Scarves should never be worn indoors at a poker table.....yes even you Mr Kendall. This may be coloured by a recent live sojourn, where an elderly Portuguese gentleman sporting just such an accessory ripped about 80 euro from my grasp by hitting a gutshot on the river....
At what point did the 'drop off' point outside Tesco become a 'park here and wait for the wife to nip in and buy something' spot.....the clue is in the wording.
1. Insurance company call centres that play the message 'we are experiencing an unusually high volume of calls today it may be some time before your call is answered', EVERY time you phone them up. If it happens every time it can't be an 'unusually high' number of calls, can it!
2. Finally getting through and then immediately getting disconnected.
3. After trying again for another 20 minutes being told that the person that can help you (probably the only one with a brain) only works Monday to Wednesday.
4. Being asked to email your enquiry through and then being given the wrong email address hence necessitating a return to step 1.
5. Getting an email response to say that their turnaround time is 10 working days. I was due to see the client on Monday.
6. Being asked to complete a satisfaction survey for the same insurance company but realising that I am now late for my next appointment so won't actually be able to leave the 'feedback' I would so dearly like to.
7. Skip 2 weeks then realise that you still haven't had the information requested....return to step 1.
8. After a month receive information, most of which is incorrect.....return to step 1.
9. Finally receive all the correct information.....decide that it is unfair that the client should pay for the time wasted so far but realise that complaining to the insurance company will result in a return to step 1.
10. Finalise your work and advice to the client and bill the client what is reasonable rather than the actual time spent.
Anyone who puts "lol" especially when its not remotely funny. Charity workers who corner you on the high street. When you ask for sauce in mcdonalds and get one single sachet, or even worse in a restaurant where you get the worlds smallest ramekin. Posted by jordz16
Correct response-hmmm, taster is good-I'll have the bottle, please....
Anyone who puts "lol" especially when its not remotely funny. Charity workers who corner you on the high street. When you ask for sauce in mcdonalds and get one single sachet, or even worse in a restaurant where you get the worlds smallest ramekin. Posted by jordz16
Completely agree with this, its chilling how many people think they are funny.
Will need more time to document the multitude of things, people and behaviours that drive me to near Michael Douglas, in Falling Down, levels of insanity.
Immediately springing to mind due to Enut's post....My internet recently went down, it was a wide spread problem so the provider issued a phone number to call if affected, it was an automated message, annoying in its own right, but what really took the p!ss was after listening to said message waffle on (much like I am now) for an unreasonable amount of time, imparting no information of any use, the message finished by announcing, 'for further details please go to www.wehavenotthoughtthisthrough.com'.
People who limp call, a lot.
Airports, especially when they steal toiletries.
People who send you Christmas cards in November.
People who put Christmas decorations up in November.
People.
Christmas.
Limp calling.
Small coats.
People who start threads that take up way too much of your time.
Poker one, people who let the time bank run out instead of just clicking fold (when everyone knows that's what they would have done) then insta return next hand.
OK last one, spreading the branches out on the Xmas tree. Putting the lights on the Xmas tree (either too long or two short and trip yourself the whole time). OK that was two...i'm done.
Some great responses to day 1......who'd have thought there were so many like minded grumps around ;-)))
Anyways its now the 2nd and much to my annoyance I am missing The Placebo gig in Glasgow tonight, but thats nothing compared to;
Poker players who insist on spin flipping their chips into the pot.....all good until one catches an edge and runs round the table like that demented cheese rolling 'sport'.........buy a frisbee!
People who talk continually in a restuarant ignoring waiting staff ready to take their order, only to eventually stop the inane drivel...THEN start reading the menu.
Some great responses to day 1......who'd have thought there were so many like minded grumps around ;-))) Anyways it now the 2nd and much to my annoyance I am missing The Placebo gig in Glasgow tonight, but thats nothing compared to; Poker players who insist on spin flipping their chips into the pot.....all good until one catches and edge and runs round the table like that demented cheese rolling 'sport'.........buy a frisbee! People who talk continually in a restuarant ignoring waiting staff ready to take their order, only to eventually stop the inane drivel...THEN start reading the menu. Posted by HENDRIK62
The conversations people have while at a restaurant! i once sat on a table next to a surgeon who thought it would be appropriate to describe, in detail, one of his surgerys. i dont know what goes on in peoples heads that makes them think its ok.
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2. Finally getting through and then immediately getting disconnected.
3. After trying again for another 20 minutes being told that the person that can help you (probably the only one with a brain) only works Monday to Wednesday.
4. Being asked to email your enquiry through and then being given the wrong email address hence necessitating a return to step 1.
5. Getting an email response to say that their turnaround time is 10 working days. I was due to see the client on Monday.
6. Being asked to complete a satisfaction survey for the same insurance company but realising that I am now late for my next appointment so won't actually be able to leave the 'feedback' I would so dearly like to.
7. Skip 2 weeks then realise that you still haven't had the information requested....return to step 1.
8. After a month receive information, most of which is incorrect.....return to step 1.
9. Finally receive all the correct information.....decide that it is unfair that the client should pay for the time wasted so far but realise that complaining to the insurance company will result in a return to step 1.
10. Finalise your work and advice to the client and bill the client what is reasonable rather than the actual time spent.
Rinse and repeat, day after day after day.
Will need more time to document the multitude of things, people and behaviours that drive me to near Michael Douglas, in Falling Down, levels of insanity.
Immediately springing to mind due to Enut's post....My internet recently went down, it was a wide spread problem so the provider issued a phone number to call if affected, it was an automated message, annoying in its own right, but what really took the p!ss was after listening to said message waffle on (much like I am now) for an unreasonable amount of time, imparting no information of any use, the message finished by announcing, 'for further details please go to www.wehavenotthoughtthisthrough.com'.
People who limp call, a lot.
Airports, especially when they steal toiletries.
People who send you Christmas cards in November.
People who put Christmas decorations up in November.
People.
Christmas.
Limp calling.
Small coats.
People who start threads that take up way too much of your time.
They then pull the model from their back pocket and say its so good they use it themselves.
24 months later....my contracts up for renewal, this week