Cinnamon Posted October 3, 2011 Author Share Posted October 3, 2011 I am sure it will have been mentioned before,but cold callers. Just had one from a company called Target Uk, who are,they say,something to do with the Government. When I said that I was registered with the FPS,& they shouldn't be calling me,this bloke argued that they were not making a nuisance call...I disagreed as he was most certainly being a nuisance to me! He argued that it wasn't a cold call until I hung up on him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 UCAS applications and personal statements Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodcat Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 He argued that it wasn't a cold call until I hung up on him I'd love to know what he deffined as a cold call .... suggesting that he looked in a dictionary must have been tempting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 We get those at work.. always have to argue with you. The other day I put the phone down on one after he started to rant, he had the nerve to call me back and complain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I got woken up this morning by one of the automated ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MammaT Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I agree about the callers - I got one at 11.30pm Thursday night - not a happy bunny. Some hot weather related ones that I've witnessed over the last few days: Parents who don't put suncream on their children, (or provide any shade for them), on the beach on the hottest October-freaky-weather day. Parents who refuse to play with their children on said beach "'cos I'm sunbavvin'" Nearish neighbours who've had entire bonfire weekends leaving the rest of us unable to open windows or sit in the garden and resulting in smoky smelling washing. They even had the nerve to deny it was them when the rest of us got together to pinpoint the source - but strangely after that = no more fires... I think I'm just getting old and grumpy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 The solution to those automated calls is to have caller ID; I don't answer any international calls or those from withheld numbers. If they can't get through then they soon stop, if it's someone I know then they ring on my mobile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I ignore most of them but my BIL always withholds his number so we are used to withheld meaning him. Witheld numbers seem to new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MammaT Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I have caller id - and don't answer private numbers normally. This causes problems with my daughter's social life as so many of her friends seem to have 'private' home numbers. I answered the late night one as I thought it could be an family emergency, I actually had visions of Mum having been taken ill and the hospital calling me (it was late). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LolaLayla Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 UCAS applications and personal statements Yes! We are doing that just now too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 UCAS applications and personal statements Yes! We are doing that just now too. Snap . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 UCAS applications and personal statements Yes! We are doing that just now too. Snap . Double snap (if there is such a thing) we are still tweaking one here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Nearish neighbours who've had entire bonfire weekends leaving the rest of us unable to open windows or sit in the garden and resulting in smoky smelling washing. Yes they are definately going in!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Can I add Saved files that mysteriously have become corrupted and cannot be opened just as the boss asks for them, leading to ten hours of work having to be repeated over my weekend. And I had backed up and that had also been corrupted TV volumes that suddenly get much louder when an ad break comes on. Falling asleep as soon as I stop running around and sit down on the sofa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Better put your sofa in then and with it goes Clarkson, May and Hammond. For heavens sake grown men pretending to be teenagers is so contrived. Funny at first but now............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Better put your sofa in then and with it goes Clarkson, May and Hammond. For heavens sake grown men pretending to be teenagers is so contrived. Funny at first but now............. Especially repeated ad nauseam on Dave.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migsy Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Better put your sofa in then and with it goes Clarkson, May and Hammond. For heavens sake grown men pretending to be teenagers is so contrived. Funny at first but now............. Plum, if you haven't read this already you should! http://apps.facebook.com/theguardian/tv-and-radio/2011/feb/05/top-gear-offensive-steve-coogan?fb_ref=U-_511DlikOyh74v_BIVhkXd-CFCONX01FRS-2nv2gXXX&fb_so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Slugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowberry Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 My son not draining the water out of the sink after he's done the dishes; by the time I discover this the waters cold. Yeugh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Oh I hate that, especially when it it greasy and there are dishcloths left in the water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Don't! We get that at work; I got to wash up my mug and there's a bowl full of greasy, scummy, cold water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 We get that too . All the teachers just chuck their dirty dishes into the bowl and leave them . So the learning assistants that take their lunch afterwards have to fish about in the cold, dirty water for cutlery etc and then wash it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowberry Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Algae on the patio! I nearly went flying the other day. Don't bother with all those ultra expensive remedies for it; bleach (diluted) does the job even better. Just keep the animals away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvonne Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I user a pressure washer to get rid of patio/decking algae - no chemicals and works a treat. My 101 nomination: anyone who dumps rubbish (large or small) out of their cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pips_pekins Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Dog poo bags thrown up in trees What is that about? Worse are the dog owners who pretend they can't see their dog is pooing even though it is on a lead right next to them simply because they can't be bothered to pick it up I would also put in there:- anchovies (why are they hairy, it must be like eating a slimy eyebrow? ) people who spit people who sneeze/cough all over me without attempting to put their hand in front of their mouth my tv remote because it only works when it feels like it so I have to keep getting up to change the channel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
