Things you hate IV

It's a pretty basic activity. It really doesn't take that long and I imagine a junior doctor has some downtime to sort out things both trivial and important in their life.

And I suppose an insurance company would say risk is the basis of the product but profit is the basis of their business...

 

Well, we're clearly not going to agree on this.

Perhaps it would be better if the insurance companies described this as a "profit-making loyalty penalty", because that's what it is. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the ostensble purpose of the contract with the consumer.

 

I wouldn't mind it so much if I didn't (in all likelihood) now have to pay more to subsidise others.

 

Often the outcome of consumer protection measures, surely?

 

You'd have thought that technology (such as auto switching tariffs) makes switching effort moot for the everyday person, so this will increasingly impact those without internet connection etc.

I'd personally rather the market competed on cost, innovation and better underwriting practices, rather than relying on trickery. I imagine, given it is a relatively competitive marketplace, that prices won't rise much at all, you won't need to switch anywhere near as much (especially annually) and better innovations will come out of better transparency long term.

 

Why do people bid up ebay auctions hours before the end of the auction? Just wait until the end.

 

Mrs Browns boys...so awful my father loves it, plus, I went to the cinema to watch the movie coz a bird I was seeing wanted to watch it. What a nasty work of cack that was

 

My sister bought me a DVD of Mrs Brown's Boys for Christmas one year. Stayed securely within the cellophane wrapper and now whereabouts unknown. Might be in the boot of the car I sold in the spare wheel well for all I know.

 

Yes been mentioned many times on this thread. Pathetic rubbish.

 

She must’ve been a supermodel.

 

Are you referring to your sister or the DVD here?

 

She was cute, but more than anything she tasted so sweet

 

BBC headlines.

 

'Bird'? Are we still in the sexist 70s?

 

And the bantz between Armstrong and Osman is now verging on self-parody.

 

Royal correspondents.

 

Effing awful. Two sorts, excruciating arse lickers or flinty hard boiled hacks whose ultimate goal is an up skirt picture of a royal fanny.

The Sun’s former royal correspondent was on the BBC News Channel and I got the impression he probably ate cigarettes for breakfast washed down with pee.

 

Together with 'Royal watchers' who hang on every sycophantic word the correspondents utter and believe they know everything about the royals as if they were closely related.

 

Close the thread. Boss level defeated.

 

I have these down as worse than the royal correspondents, as at least the latter are employed by recognised media organisations to do their arse kissing. Most of the royal watchers are just oddballs who have risen high enough within the wider royal sycophant community to get heard.

 

Holy moly, ‘the royal sycophant community’. I bet there are forums for such folk.

If I get bored, I may join one as a Republican.

 

This guy will take your membership application...

 

Here we go. https://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/f23/

There is also mumsnet which has extensive conversations. I imagine @Lloyd has a login for that with Leslie Phillips as his avatar.

 

I suspect he has already posted his sadness at Prince Phil being wiv da angles and Prinsess Di.

 

I’m going to start a thread there about how the Queen is German, can’t speak English and is voiced by actors like they did with Sein Fein.

 

The guy who married Madonna couldn't speak English ? Wow.

 

I say... ding dong...

 

Flies - more specifically the ones with the skill to get into your house through a small gap in a partially open window, but lack the ability to then find the way out through one of the several completely open windows you provide for their escape.

I would kill them but I hate killing things.

And while i mentioning flying insects disturbing the WFH bubble. Why do bumblebees constantly smash themselves against windows when you’re working? surely they realised after doing it yesterday yesterday they had to fly over the house to get to wherever.

 

Local councils. They’re not fit for purpose half the time, wasting taxpayers money.

Our recycling waste wasn’t collected yesterday. I phoned today and they told me they have staff shortages and we wouldn’t get a collection now this week. I said ok but I want a reduction in this weeks council tax as they are missing a week’s collections. She put me through to the revenue office. They told me it’s not possible. I told them excuse me dear but if you order a takeaway pizza and chips to be delivered to your house tonight and only the pizza turned up, you’d not pay for the chips. So it’s a nonsense to say I can’t have a small council tax rebate when you’re charging me for waste collection and failing to deliver. She said I did have a point actually and told me to e mail them and I did, but their auto reply says they are short staffed and it might be 6 weeks til I get a reply wtf

 

Clothes shops. I was in the Harlequin on Saturday as I needed a new pair of trousers, but everything on display is either slim fit or skinny fit, WTF happened to regular?

 

Looking for a new job and the recruitment process. Recently had two promising interviews.

First one - Initial chat with the in house recruiter, then an interview with the hiring manager, then a presentation where you basically have to do two weeks work in a week and then a final interview with the director. Didn't hear back for 3 weeks despite chasing and then get told 'oh sorry we decided we're not hiring for the job anymore, if it's any consolation we really liked you'.

Second one, basically the same process 3 interviews plus a task that I put loads of work into just to be told they are no longer hiring the job.

I feel like I should be paid for the hours I wasted when they had no intention of hiring me.

 

Oooo... you've pressed my button a bit here Malt so, sorry, but I'd add 'people who think what they personally pay in tax should be directly linked to the quality service they personally receive' to the things I hate list

I can see why you're a bit frustrated, but arguably you're the one wasting taxpayers money in that scenario through your many contacts. Two members of staff have had to speak to you and presumably someone will respond to your email later too. Plus what's the rebate you're never going to get actually worth? I reckon 20p maybe once you've worked out the cost of 1 missed collection in a year and excluded the other things your council tax pays for.

If I was inclined to raise the issue I'd email my local councillor to make them aware. It sounds like a poor service for your whole road/neighbourhood this week and ultimately it's the councillors who sign off on the contracts for things like bin collections.

 

Yes, this is wrong and even worse is where companies get people to work for a few days on trial and then let them go.

 

Does that actually happen? Jheez.

 

How am I wasting taxpayers money? @UEA_Hornet I’m keeping council staff in employment by contacting them asking them to help me lol

Good Afternoon btw. Hope all is well?