Author Topic: things that really p** you off (Read 687965 times)

Ajsalium · « **Reply #875 on:** October 06, 2009, 03:31:28 PM »

Reaper Miniatures releasing new paints but not showing some samples to get an idea of what they look like.

Inso · « **Reply #876 on:** October 06, 2009, 04:42:40 PM »

Ordering miniatures from a company I'd not normally order from, especially for a WWI school project that my son is doing...and the miniatures not turning up after two weeks!

I tell you what, it is very easy to get complacent with the excellent service that the FoD companies provide...it really is.

EDIT- I contacted Renegade (the company I ordered the minis from) and got a very prompt apology for the delay but they were run ragged by a sale that they were running due to not anticipating the response. From what I understand, Renegade are usually very good with sending out parcels...so please don't take this as a dig at Renegade Miniatures.

ballistic_bro · « **Reply #877 on:** October 06, 2009, 09:00:18 PM »

Brandlin · « **Reply #878 on:** October 08, 2009, 05:21:11 PM »

Asking a question on a forum and having a load of responses not to the question I asked but to the one people thing I asked because they didn't read the post properly.

Not only that but the responses are often dismissive or patronising, and when i try and point out the real question the respondednt s start to argue that i'm asking he wrong question.

What's with that?

Inso · « **Reply #879 on:** October 08, 2009, 05:37:26 PM »

I'm not happy about not sleeping

. I'm going to have to go back to the doctor's and get sorted with some tablets or something...I am dead on my feet at the moment...I don't like going to the doctor's about it because they keep trying to send me on stress management courses (which are away from home...which would stress me out due to my wife being poorly at the moment). It isn't stress keeping me awake...it's ideas...

BUT on the bright side...I am currently as mad as a box of frogs! So all this sleep deprivation is extremely entertaining for everyone at work

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Inso · « **Reply #880 on:** October 08, 2009, 05:44:01 PM »

Quote from: Brandlin on October 08, 2009, 05:21:11 PM

Asking a question on a forum and having a load of responses; not to the question I asked but to the one people think I asked because they didn't read the post properly.

Not only that but the responses are often dismissive or patronising, and when I try and point out the real question the respondents start to argue that I'm asking the wrong question.

What's with that?

I had to read that three times before I understood it

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I think the recent trend for September/October is 'off topic posts'...it is annoying but what can you do except try and drag it back on topic with a resigned air.

Brandlin · « **Reply #881 on:** October 08, 2009, 06:57:44 PM »

Quote from: Inso on October 08, 2009, 05:44:01 PM

I think the recent trend for September/October is 'off topic posts'...it is annoying but what can you do except try and drag it back on topic with a resigned air.

It wasn't so much off topic posts that were getting to me it was people who i think were TRYING to be helpful, but completely missed the point of the threads because they hadn't read them!

And i'm not suggesting this is only the FoD - its worse elsewhere IMO.

james sequeira · « **Reply #882 on:** October 12, 2009, 01:15:39 PM »

Cocky school kids

hatherley · « **Reply #883 on:** October 30, 2009, 10:17:34 PM »

Parents who insist on sending their children to school with colds etc. on my bus, resulting in me having a cold and cough all half-term week

thus preventing me doing as much as I'd have liked.
On the plus side, I've got my wireless broadband up and running today and started using my new laptop online.

falela · « **Reply #884 on:** October 31, 2009, 12:00:53 AM »

The Chinese government blocks/censors alot of the websites, including all popular image hosting site. Can't see the pretty pictures people post

(I am on business trip there right now)

Inso · « **Reply #885 on:** October 31, 2009, 12:56:43 AM »

...you should try Saudi or Kuwait! Even Hasslefree Miniatures was censored!

It sucks not being able to see photo-bucket etc...but it will just mean that there is even more to look forward to when you go home

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Brandlin · « **Reply #886 on:** October 31, 2009, 01:26:43 AM »

yeah Saudi was bad... technically dry too!

Inso · « **Reply #887 on:** October 31, 2009, 04:01:20 AM »

I'll tell you what I hate...being awake at this hour

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Lowtardog · « **Reply #888 on:** October 31, 2009, 03:33:30 PM »

Quote from: carsjr on October 06, 2009, 02:21:20 PM

Quote from: beefcake on October 06, 2009, 11:10:11 AM
Losing an online auction that I really wanted to win but didn't have the cash!
especially when I hadbeen winning for 4 days and then those last minute people come along (even though I'm sometimes guilty of that, but I'm allowed to be hypocritical I'm ranting )

I feel your pain!

Conversely winning an auction which you only bid on through impulse and regret

almostsilentbob · « **Reply #889 on:** October 31, 2009, 04:19:13 PM »

Quote from: beefcake on October 06, 2009, 11:10:11 AM

Losing an online auction that I really wanted to win but didn't have the cash!
especially when I hadbeen winning for 4 days and then those last minute people come along (even though I'm sometimes guilty of that, but I'm allowed to be hypocritical I'm ranting )

after you've spent 2 years looking for said item, to be bid sniped at the 5 sec mark.................

Inso · « **Reply #890 on:** October 31, 2009, 04:24:11 PM »

...or bidding on a lot of items with no expectation of winning them...only to win them all and discover that you have spent over £125-00 on model kits without taking into account postage and the fact that you didn't read the payment note properly; leading to a £12-00 extra payment for the use of Western Union...

That was my first use of E-bay and I have learned a lot since then

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Penfold · « **Reply #891 on:** October 31, 2009, 04:58:22 PM »

Checking your bank account only to find the bank have paid your direct debt twice leaving no money to fill the car and get more figs

then being told they cant do any thing about it until next week

Graeme · « **Reply #892 on:** October 31, 2009, 08:06:16 PM »

I have dropped my blacklight and shattered the bulb on Halloween, none of my glow in the dark stuff is of use tonight.

On the plus side the local trick or treaters tell me I have' the coolest house decorations'.

DRAGON · « **Reply #893 on:** November 02, 2009, 07:41:34 PM »

Quote from: Penfold on October 31, 2009, 04:58:22 PM

Checking your bank account only to find the bank have paid your direct debt twice leaving no money to fill the car and get more figs then being told they cant do any thing about it until next week

Having to see a financial advisor at the bank for an hour just to open a new current account - only I would have if she hadn't rung in sick. They apologised and said they had tried to reach me - funny that, I left my house at 9.10 and was stood in the branch at 9.25 for a 9.30 appointment..............

It doesn't help that last night was shift number 10 in a row as the person who covers the two nights when I'm not there isn't well -she is quite ill involving hospital visits so I'm not angry with her it's just this is the second time in the last six months this has happened - you would have thought somebody could organise some cover instead of relying on me all the damned time !

Wildheart · « **Reply #894 on:** November 02, 2009, 08:20:32 PM »

Interviewing for a job that you are perfectly qualified and experienced to do, only to find that the job has gone to the "Temp*" who was doing it anyway, as it was company policy to advertise all vacancies.

Has happened to me three times this year, not a happy bunny!!!

* (Nothing against Temps, been one, put up with the crap, etc...)

Penfold · « **Reply #895 on:** November 02, 2009, 08:37:14 PM »

The way that bills always seem to slip thought the postal strike but the stuff your waiting for never seems to arrive

beefcake · « **Reply #896 on:** November 03, 2009, 03:24:37 AM »

Quote from: Wildheart on November 02, 2009, 08:20:32 PM

Interviewing for a job that you are perfectly qualified and experienced to do, only to find that the job has gone to the "Temp*" who was doing it anyway, as it was company policy to advertise all vacancies.
Has happened to me three times this year, not a happy bunny!!!

* (Nothing against Temps, been one, put up with the crap, etc...)

I think the world is trying to tell you to be a temp first so that you can p*ss someone else off by getting the job when it goes up for grabs.
Good luck for future job hunting though!

beefcake · « **Reply #897 on:** November 05, 2009, 02:46:00 AM »

Students swearing at me. What sort of idiotic student wags school and then comes to school to hang out with his mates

MightyAl · « **Reply #898 on:** November 05, 2009, 03:01:04 PM »

Quote from: beefcake on November 05, 2009, 02:46:00 AM

Students swearing at me. What sort of idiotic student wags school and then comes to school to hang out with his mates

I'm going to go with "the kind whose mother had a craving for flakes of lead-based paint during pregnancy".

Bodhi · « **Reply #899 on:** November 08, 2009, 08:54:21 AM »

Quote from: MightyAl on November 05, 2009, 03:01:04 PM

Quote from: beefcake on November 05, 2009, 02:46:00 AM
Students swearing at me. What sort of idiotic student wags school and then comes to school to hang out with his mates
I'm going to go with "the kind whose mother had a craving for flakes of lead-based paint during pregnancy".

I'd agree. Working with kids with sociopsychological difficulties I've discovered they ALLWAYS turn up. They turn up to swear at us, to throw things at us, to abuse themselves, their classmates and schoolstaff in all manners possible BUT they are very rarely away from school. It's one of the few safe havens in their messed up lives so they still allways turn up in lack of better alternatives despite the fact that they hate school to.

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Author Topic: things that really p** you off (Read 687965 times)

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