This is a grumpy article about awful customer service, but it starts with a tale about false economy. The two are not necessarily inter-linked. At the weekend, my office/gaming chair broke. It was the third one to break in the last few years. No, it’s not because I’m a fat bloater. It’s because of a [...]
Archive for the ‘Rants’ Category
False economy and awful customer service (#Amazon #Multiplay)
Posted: 1st November 2011 by Age in RantsTags: Amazon, bad service, multiplay
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I hate my cat. He keeps urinating on the kitchen floor. He’s a house cat and a fussy sod. He’ll only wee in a clean litter tray, so if there’s a poo or too many wee’s in there then he’ll just urinate on the floor instead. We’ve tried everything from various “get off” sprays to [...]
Ah, trainers. What a nightmare it is replacing them. Quite a few years ago I acquired a rather spiffing pair of Nike Shox. Cream leather, red swoosh, dead comfortable, lovely. I think they were the pinnacle of trainer goodness – balancing good looks with supreme comfort. I suspect (after recent experiences) they were the best [...]
Your account may be deleted, please send us your password…
Posted: 24th January 2011 by Age in Ramblings, RantsTags: fake spam emails, gmail, google, phishing
Oh, spammers, what cheeky blighters they are. Today I got an e-mail purporting to be from Google… “We are deleting inactive e-mail accounts in order to make space for new users. If your e-mail account is still in use, please reply to this e-mail with the following information: Fullname: E-mail: Password: Country: Failure to complete [...]
Ice does have its uses
Posted: 27th November 2010 by Age in RantsTags: car, crash, crunch, ice, WTF?!
Last night my brother came to visit. He decided (despite being a nervous driver) that it was a good idea to reverse into my (steep) drive way, in the dark, despite the fact he could see my car was not parked up against the garage… CRUNCH. He reversed straight into the car at an angle. [...]
Smile and you’ll be more productive
Posted: 26th November 2010 by Age in RantsTags: meetings, smile, stupid motivational practices
Yesterday I attended what can only be described as the worst team meeting I’ve ever had the misfortune to be a part of. That’s saying something when you consider I used to work for the council. Now, I’m not saying I’m not a good team member. I’m always helping others, in fact I go out [...]
God! What a day! One of the chaps at work announced loudly “I need photoshop re-installed, I keep getting ‘not enough ram’ errors all the time”. The head of IT fobbed this job off on to me – the company copywriter. Yes, perfectly logical. Now, Google “not enough ram errors Adobe” and the auto-search box [...]
Have you seen this amazon black friday nonsense? They have these lightning deals every hour that sell out in 1-2seconds. Thing is all three items sell out eveytime instantly, I’ve been watching it every now and then to see what they’ve sold out and 90% of the time, no scrap that 100% of the time [...]
Inconsiderate people
Posted: 4th November 2010 by Age in RantsTags: cramped trains, newspaper, rude people
This is actually a rant on behalf of someone else. We were forced to catch a cramped “standing room only” train this morning because National Express decided to cancel a previous train (the one we actually intended to catch). It was so full we had to cuddle up with perfect strangers. Which was nice. Some [...]
Take That – mugging off the masses
Posted: 3rd November 2010 by Age in RantsTags: money, mugs, take that, ticketmaster
Once upon a time, when we were wee nippers, there was a rather rubbish boy band by the name of Take That. As all good boy bands do, they eventually disappeared and faded from our memories. With the recent rise in manufactured and fake bands churning out rubbish tunes and covers the inevitable was bound [...]