Problems we shouldn't have / Pet Peeve thread

cowman said:
Subscription services that allow you to do everything online except cancel the service.
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Last year ran a help wanted ad on Zip Recruiter. Found out there was no way to cancel the ad online. Had to call on the phone. Have never run another ad with ZipRecruiter.
 
Cluemeister said:
Last year ran a help wanted ad on Zip Recruiter. Found out there was no way to cancel the ad online. Had to call on the phone. Have never run another ad with ZipRecruiter.
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ROFLMAO that's hilarious...

"We filled the job... let's go take the job posting down... WTF??? We have to CALL???"
 
My son's in high school and took a dual-credit class at the University last semester. The HS charged us $250, but Friday I got a bill from the university for $1,500. I called the high school only to find out that the $250 was just for their processing of the paperwork....we still owed the university tuition, student fees, etc. They wouldn't let him register for his dual credit class this year until I paid last semester, so I did because he's scrambling to register because classes start next week.

Only he can't register because the college doesn't have his immunization records. He got his immunizations at the university's teaching hospital. I spent two days trying to get the hospital to send the records to the university and was getting nowhere. I jokingly said, "you'd think since he got his immunization through MU Health that they could expedite it to you." The guy said, "oh wait...there, you're all set." They had access to his records the entire time.

Only then did I discover that he had to complete a Title IX course on sexual harassment and discrimination. I'll skip the part about how stupid that is. He took the online course, but the hold was still in place. I called the Title IX department to get them to remove the hold. "I can only talk with the student." I explained that he's only 17 and was in high school all day. "I can only talk with the student." No matter what I said that was the exact phrase she repeated, nothing else. Time and time again.

I'm sure there's at least one pet peeve in there somewhere.

(on the bright side, this burden falls on my son from now on)
 
Watching “The Orville” on FOX, every single commercial break is the same “FOX winter” promo, sometimes played twice back-to-back in the same 60~second break. Interspersed with a promo for “Empire”, also repeated ad nauseum.

Aggravating in both its numbing repetitiveness and marked lack of imagination.
 
Other than the acting and the scripts, it's a good show.
 
Yes.

One of my friends who goes to sci-fi conventions and is really into it really likes The Orville, but he hates Star Trek: Discovery. I barely tolerate the former and like the latter. No accounting for tastes, I guess.
 
Batter covers that require screw drivers. When I was a kid, batter covers just snapped on and slid off. They worked perfectly. Now all my kid's toys require me to go find a tiny head screw driver whenever the batteries die.
 
Palmpilot said:
I just remembered that one of my biggest pet peeves is airports that lock up the restrooms after business hours! :mad:
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Yeah. There was a lot of dead grass around my hangar after night flights.
 
Covered already? Someone's FAA call center post reminded me:

Why does EVERY large business say on their recording "We are experiencing high call volumes..blahblahblah", in an effort to forestall our reasonable complaints about waiting 45 minutes on hold?

I propose a new bill in the legislature, "Any organization that includes the aforementioned bogus message in their voice recording shall be penalized 30% of their net profits for that year or, for non-profits and government agencies; have the following body parts removed from each member of the executive staff...."

Either that or they should be forced to tell it straight, "We have again failed to adequately staff our phone lines to attend to the very reasonable needs of our long-suffering and largely ignored public so you will simply have to suffer because of our selfish ineptitude."
 
Let'sgoflying! said:
Why does EVERY large business say on their recording "We are experiencing high call volumes
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They have also "recently updated their menu options, please listen carefully"

Here's mine:
-when people in normal size cars make a giant swooping big rig sized turn.. you'll see a Camry swoop wide to the left before going in to the right
-vertical videos
-and on the topic of phones, typing in your account number, SSN, zip code, etc., only to have a human pick up and ask for all the same info over again
 
Let'sgoflying! said:
Why does EVERY large business say on their recording "We are experiencing high call volumes..blahblahblah", in an effort to forestall our reasonable complaints about waiting 45 minutes on hold?
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This is how I feel about the traffic apps on my phone every time I drive to Portland... "Unexpected Traffic" no, it happens here every time I'm here at the same place, how can it be unexpected? Add 1 hour to whatever it says outside rush 'hour', add 2 for rush 'hour'.
 
flyingron said:
They did switch, but I'm unaware of any lawsuit over the cheese there. The lawsuit was over the fact that the footlongs were only 11 inches and even that had the settlement thrown out on appeal. Has one of the best judicial statements I've seen in a long time:

A class action that ‘seeks only worthless benefits for the class’ and ‘yields [only] fees for class counsel’ is ‘no better than a racket’ and ‘should be dismissed out of hand,
-- Judge Diane Sykes for the 7th Circuit.
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If it had been the Nutty 9th, they would have found for the plaintiff, fined Subway a billion bucks, and found a way to claim it was racist and/or sexist.
 
SixPapaCharlie said:
I'll start

Buttons have been around for years. Why is it that I buy something I consider expensive and end up with this?
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"This call may be recorded for quality" announcement before talking to a computer.
 
1. Recorded announcements that say, "Please hold... your call is very important to us..."
2. When you finally navigate the robo-menu labyrinth of some company's "support" line and DO get a human being, they say, "I'd be happy to help you with that," then read the same @#$@# crap from a script that's a word-for-word transcription of the useless "help" FAQs you've already read on their website... and they have less knowledge of their product or service than you do.
3. When you're accelerating on a ramp to enter a highway, and the @#$#$# behind you thinks they're Richard ever-lovin' Petty, pulls onto the highway to your left while the line is still solid, screams up next to you, cutting you off so you have to slam on the brakes before running out of onramp room. MAN I hate it when folks do that.
4. Folks making turns on multiple lane roads without staying in their lane during the turn, thereby ensuring everyone else must cover for their inconsideration or risk an accident.

OK.. that was fun. I better stop... they just keep comin'!
 
Aviation Weather Automated Phone Prompt: "There are no callers ahead of you."

Okay, if there are no callers ahead of me then why I am still on hold? Maybe say I will be next.

Nothing against the briefers, I always find them helpful - just that ridiculous message.
 
Modern Gas Pumps: A pump with 3 nozzles and 5 fuel selectors.

So drive across SD yesterday I step out of the car. It is +100F. Not a stupid heat index, the actual temp. I look at the pump. Three hoses hanging down going to three nozzles. But there are 5 fuel selectors???WTF??? Two handles are yellow and one is black. But neither my wife or I can see any correlation to the yellow vs the selectors. Of course there is also a small display which can show anything...except which nozzle goes with what selector. Then the bonus, after you figure it out you get to watch some short video clip about someone in Hollywood getting married. Lets go back to 1 hose, 1 nozzle, pick one fuel selection of 3 and actually lift up the handle. I think our local 100LL pump is easier to use.
 
Bad Voice Dialing Recognition: Almost called my wife's hottest friend...at 6am on Sunday.

Its about 6am. I'm still tired from driving back home from Rapid City the night before. I haven't flown in a while and there's a pancake breakfast at a nearby class Delta. But its looking like the T-Storms won't be moving out any time soon. Did I mention I am tired (and shouldn't be flying). Meanwhile, I have about 10 airport AWOS phone numbers in my phone along with like 300 other numbers I will never call. Its a 20 min drive to the airport so why not call their 1-minute wx. So I press the voice dial button on my rather bland, yet trusty Honda Accord. (Honda) Betty says: "Please say a command". I respond "Saint Cloud Weather".....(Honda) Betty thinks a bit longer than normal and then she says "Calling Susan M...". Oh ****!!! This is my wife's super hot single friend. Oh ****!!! My phone is in my friggin' pocket so I am gonna have to abort with the car's built in display. It takes like an extra second longer than normal so I'm thinking the first ring will go out before the cancel call button shows up. I've been here before. Rotate the knob one time...the correct direction....and press it. Whew!!! Aborted before the first ring.

But now I am wondering...what if it did ring and she answered :eek: Would she be thinking about me all day :cool: What was she wearing :rolleyes: Does she know how to make breakfast :)
 
Tantalum said:
They have also "recently updated their menu options, please listen carefully"

Here's mine:
-when people in normal size cars make a giant swooping big rig sized turn.. you'll see a Camry swoop wide to the left before going in to the right
-vertical videos
-and on the topic of phones, typing in your account number, SSN, zip code, etc., only to have a human pick up and ask for all the same info over again
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DING DING DING... Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a whiner, er wiener, no.. WINNER!!!
 
Sinistar said:
Bad Voice Dialing Recognition: Almost called my wife's hottest friend...at 6am on Sunday.

Its about 6am. I'm still tired from driving back home from Rapid City the night before. I haven't flown in a while and there's a pancake breakfast at a nearby class Delta. But its looking like the T-Storms won't be moving out any time soon. Did I mention I am tired (and shouldn't be flying). Meanwhile, I have about 10 airport AWOS phone numbers in my phone along with like 300 other numbers I will never call. Its a 20 min drive to the airport so why not call their 1-minute wx. So I press the voice dial button on my rather bland, yet trusty Honda Accord. (Honda) Betty says: "Please say a command". I respond "Saint Cloud Weather".....(Honda) Betty thinks a bit longer than normal and then she says "Calling Susan M...". Oh ****!!! This is my wife's super hot single friend. Oh ****!!! My phone is in my friggin' pocket so I am gonna have to abort with the car's built in display. It takes like an extra second longer than normal so I'm thinking the first ring will go out before the cancel call button shows up. I've been here before. Rotate the knob one time...the correct direction....and press it. Whew!!! Aborted before the first ring.

But now I am wondering...what if it did ring and she answered :eek: Would she be thinking about me all day :cool: What was she wearing :rolleyes: Does she know how to make breakfast :)
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Nice...

I boarded a plane after being away on a job all summer. As I entered the aircraft, an attractive FEMALE flight attendant greeted me and asked how I was.

I said, "I'm finally done here, take me home".

She said, "OK, but I'm not cooking breakfast"!
 
IK04 said:
"Last Call." Heard it today...
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Jeez, heard it the first myself about a month ago. Person I met for the first time asks me to be safety pilot so I said "OK". We go to a non-towered for the approach and as we depart there it was right next to me in the left seat, "Last call".
 
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