^ This goes back to my pet peeve of people/companies that waste my time.
I got that message when trying to call Southwest once, and the system offered that deal - “We can call you back and you won’t lose your place in line.” So I took that option and 30 mins later my phone rings. I answered it by the 3rd ring and got “bzzzzz” it hung up on me! Darn! So I called Southwest back and this time I’m thinking I won’t fall for that trick again!
So 15 minutes into holding on Southwest my call waiting rings and it’s Southwest! The automated thing must be trying me again! So I switch to the incoming call and “bzzzz” it hung up on me again! Switch back to the line that I’ve been sitting on hold for 15 mins and “bzzzz” that one hung up on me too! Gaaah!
Here is another one…handsy guys who insist on hugging you when you prefer to not be touched by them. We just aren’t that close and if I haven’t seen you in several months , I don’t feel the need or desire to embrace
At the beginning of this year, I discovered a snafu with our health insurance company. Instead of replacing our 2015 plan with a new one for 2016, we were the proud members of TWO health insurance policies.
You’d think that would be so easy to remedy (she said naively). It was one frustrating phone call after another.
On top of it, the customer service reps seem to have been trained to repeat the same annoying phrases over and over again. “Thank you Mrs. Midwest67, I’ll be happy to take care of this for you. Thank you for being one of our valued customers. I appreciate your patience as I pull up your account.”
Then I ask a question, and get the exact same robotic line repeated to me. And again! It’s so unnatural.
I don’t want to be one of those people who rips off the head of the person in the call center. Management made up those rules, not them. But, boy, I was feeling murderous.
Here is the one from the today’s commute: people who get in line for the bus and leave a gigantic gap between them and the person in front of them. Then the latecomers will try to squeeze into that gap “innocently.”
The idea that every 16 or 17 year old has to have a “passion”. Heck, I’ll be 60 next year and am not even sure I have one. And I have done just fine, thank you.
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When people who smoke 1-2 packs per day complain to me about the expense of their inhaler
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Or when they complain that they have no money (same with frequent beer/booze buyers). I feel like handing them a note detailing how much they’re spending per week, per month, per year…on NOTHING.
People who “innocently” think it is ok to take another passenger’s seat on a plane so they can sit next to a friend/relative - their assigned seat is just as good they think and the person “won’t mind.” Then the passenger arrives and does mind and there is this whole reshuffling that holds up the whole boarding process. The offending passenger gets all huffy grabbing their belongings out of the overhead bin and then proceeds to disturb those in the aisle waiting to be seated.
So irritating. Why can’t they just sit in their assigned seat to begin with???
I don’t like passive aggressive e-mails. “We really appreciate when you don’t talk loudly in the library.” How about “there have been some complaints about noise in the library. please be mindful of others”
HarvestMoon, I actually enjoy playing this trick when we fly on separate itineraries with Mr., and one of us gets an auto upgrade to the front cabin where they pour free booze. 
I plop myself in my former (middle) seat 6E and wait. The dude who grabbed that seat off the seat chart the last minute shows up, makes a lot of fuss until he hears “3B.” He then shuts up immediately and runs forward. 
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comcast customer service
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While I agree that cable/cell phone companies have awful CS, I have a positive Comcast story. Last night, one of my renters called and asked if it was “ok” that he ordered a PayPerView. (uh, no). I was dumbfounded because I always immediately put in a password/parental controls to prevent that from happening. I called Comcast, and got this very helpful young woman, and she discovered (she didn’t know this either!) that it’s not enough to set the Parental Controls on the main/DVR box. We’re supposed to go to EACH TV and set up controls. I had no idea, and neither did SHE! I have DirecTV and ATT Uverse on other properties, so now I’m going to check those.
Anyway…this dear girl said that she put a note on the file to remove all PPVs ordered beween yesterday and the time I can get there on Friday to program controls on each TV in that rental. Crazy, though, that it can’t be done from afar/online or by phone. So, on Friday, Comcast will remove the charges.
So…Pet Peeve is …why don’t companies like Comcast TELL you this?? The installers should mention it…or when you program parental/ordering controls on one TV, there should be a note that pops up telling you that you need to do this on EACH TV.
BTW…when your cable/satellite box fails and they send a new one, be sure to put those controls back in!
Strange pet peeve - I get a speeding ticket in NYC and the cop tells me, “but you can pay online!” Having lost things in the mail, I decide it’s the safest bet. That was 2 + months ago! I keep trying to pay online and I keep getting an error message. I’ve called several times, gotten through twice, and they tell me that it takes at least 2 weeks to get into the system and if I get an error, then it’s not in the system. Hmmmm. Should I pay by mail? Should I assume I’m getting away with this ticket? Should I cross my fingers and check every so often?
If I were you I’d keep track of when you called and attempted and let it slide. Maybe you get lucky. If not, you can refer to your attempts to pay.
Yes, I actually recorded those conversations.
Sounds like a risky proposition.
My good friend got a ticket and paid a lawyer to take care of it. I don’t know what happened, but he either didn’t, or there was a glitch and it wasn’t acknowledged in the system. Later, she got pulled over for a “rolling stop” at a stop sign. When the police officer ran her license, he saw the outstanding ticket, and my friend was arrested!
As a result of her experience, I’d never let a ticket slide and hope I could appeal to the police officer with claims that I tried to pay it. Nope, I’d mail that sucker in today.
Problem is, if I mail it in I have no confirmation that they received it and processed it. I just received a package back that I sent to my sister overseas. The PO must have forgotten to attach the customs form! I sent it again, and hopefully it will get there this time.
I also once sent all my medical records in a tracked Priority Mail envelope and they were sent, and delivered to, the wrong damn state! Never got that one back. There are no guarantees out there, although a cashed check might be pretty good (except when a surgical outpatient place cashes the checks and then accuses you of stealing it, but that’s another story…).
Left turns and people who talk during exercise class
I loathe and detest being tailgated. Normally, I simply get out of the way, but right now, there’s a very long-term freeway project going on which involves separating the westbound lanes; two are express lanes which bypass 4 exits, and one is local, from which you can exit. Cement barriers separate express from local, and local from shoulder. I use the local lane because I need one of the exits to get to work, so that’s a single lane/no shoulder with cement on both sides. To make matters worse, there are some curves in this section, and the cement barriers are rather high, making it difficult to see very far ahead. And the cherry on top is that after cruising along at 55 mph, sometimes traffic comes to a dead stop. It’s nerve wracking on the best days.
I am not a slow-poke; I drive at the speed everyone else is driving. But I get tailgated regularly on this section, sometimes within a few feet. I have seen in my rear view mirror drivers shouting and waving their hands because I won’t speed up or get out of the way. Do they actually not see the cement barriers on either side? Do they actually not see that if I speed up, they’re not going to get to their destination any sooner because there’s someone in front of me who’s going exactly the same speed? Do they not understand that if I speed up and tailgate the driver in front me as they seem to want, there’s a good chance that all 3 of us will end up in an accident?
@veruca Yes! I’m in a class that actually includes a “quiet time” for relaxation. About 2-4 regulars cannot, will not, be quiet for ONE minute.
"Problem is, if I mail it in I have no confirmation that they received it and processed it. "
A certified US mail receipt works as a confirmation of mailing for the IRS. Plus, your bank will have a copy of your cashed check. These two should be plenty to prove payment.