Grumpy Old Man
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The grumpy dad is over it😂 just something so nice about this. Warmed my stone cold heart. -
Long conversation the other week with Admiral car insurance to extend the cover on a courtesy car we've got. Turned out they didn't have the speeding points I got four years ago. Asked for code and exact date, which I didn't have, so said they'd have to ring back.
Yesterday: Hello, is this Mr. Pakman?
Yes.
It is Admiral. Before I talk to you I need to verify your security.
Well you called me, so you must know who I am. If we were to go down that route I'd need to verify you, and I haven't time for that fandango.
I understand, but will have to call back.
Is it about the penalty points?
Yes.
Well, very willing to answer your questions. Go ahead.
I'm sorry I'd have to verify you first.
Thanks, but I'm too busy now.
That's all right, we'll call another time.
Q: Am I becoming a curmudgeon?
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People who stand in front of the QR check in thingy fiddling around with their phones trying to find the app and holding everybody else up. Stand to the side FFS.
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@pakman said in Grumpy Old Man:
Long conversation the other week with Admiral car insurance to extend the cover on a courtesy car we've got. Turned out they didn't have the speeding points I got four years ago. Asked for code and exact date, which I didn't have, so said they'd have to ring back.
Yesterday: Hello, is this Mr. Pakman?
Yes.
It is Admiral. Before I talk to you I need to verify your security.
Well you called me, so you must know who I am. If we were to go down that route I'd need to verify you, and I haven't time for that fandango.
I understand, but will have to call back.
Is it about the penalty points?
Yes.
Well, very willing to answer your questions. Go ahead.
I'm sorry I'd have to verify you first.
Thanks, but I'm too busy now.
That's all right, we'll call another time.
Q: Am I becoming a curmudgeon?
Nope... the whole bullshit when Vodafone, or the bank, calls ME, and then asks me to go through the security thing - is fucking ridiculous. Like you say - "YOU called ME", and yes - exactly - if anything, I should be asking YOU security questions, to verify you are actually the organisation you claim to be.
I have started to explain this on occasion... but quickly realised I was wasting my time even further - the people on the call don't make policy, are just following their procedures, and are typically not smart enough to realise the procedure is bullshit.
I typically now just explain quickly that the procedure is ridiculous and insecure, and that I'll call back so that I know I'm talking to who they claim to be.I'm pretty sure on one occasion, that it was definitely the right thing to do - as the number they called from was not the same one as usual, and they claimed to be some generic "call centre" organisation acting on the behalf of the bank, or some bullshit. When I have enough energy, I like to play along with the scam-caller-scum, but for that one, I just gave a "yeah, right", and hung up.
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@kruse said in Grumpy Old Man:
Nope... the whole bullshit when Vodafone, or the bank, calls ME, and then asks me to go through the security thing - is fucking ridiculous. Like you say - "YOU called ME", and yes - exactly - if anything, I should be asking YOU security questions, to verify you are actually the organisation you claim to be.
I have started to explain this on occasion... but quickly realised I was wasting my time even further - the people on the call don't make policy, are just following their procedures, and are typically not smart enough to realise the procedure is bullshit.
I typically now just explain quickly that the procedure is ridiculous and insecure, and that I'll call back so that I know I'm talking to who they claim to be.Pleased to know I'm not the only person who does that.
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@antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:
@kruse said in Grumpy Old Man:
Nope... the whole bullshit when Vodafone, or the bank, calls ME, and then asks me to go through the security thing - is fucking ridiculous. Like you say - "YOU called ME", and yes - exactly - if anything, I should be asking YOU security questions, to verify you are actually the organisation you claim to be.
I have started to explain this on occasion... but quickly realised I was wasting my time even further - the people on the call don't make policy, are just following their procedures, and are typically not smart enough to realise the procedure is bullshit.
I typically now just explain quickly that the procedure is ridiculous and insecure, and that I'll call back so that I know I'm talking to who they claim to be.Pleased to know I'm not the only person who does that.
Me too, I also ask what it is about. If they can't/won't tell me or it is not important, I don't even bother calling back. I've not had any problems in years of mostly ignoring those calls.
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@crazy-horse said in Grumpy Old Man:
People who stand in front of the QR check in thingy fiddling around with their phones trying to find the app and holding everybody else up. Stand to the side FFS.
or just use the camera, my understanding is all relatively modern phones will just open the right app if you just use the camera
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@kiwiwomble that sounds like a shit feature if you're trying to take a photo of a QR Code.
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@crazy-horse said in Grumpy Old Man:
People who stand in front of the QR check in thingy fiddling around with their phones trying to find the app and holding everybody else up. Stand to the side FFS.
Don't visit England.
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@bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@kiwiwomble that sounds like a shit feature if you're trying to take a photo of a QR Code.
You still have to hit the button to open the link
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Old women in the Supermarket who just stand in the middle of the aisle or door with their trolleys blocking everyone while they check their list/purse/receipt/phone/rape alarm (no, still nothing). Then wonder why people get pissed off.
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@catogrande said in Grumpy Old Man:
Old women in the Supermarket who just stand in the middle of the aisle or door with their trolleys blocking everyone while they check their list/purse/receipt/phone/rape alarm (no, still nothing). Then wonder why people get pissed off.
I wonder why this bit only happens to you.
But yeah, it's a very English thing I find to "block" others. Like those people that stop immediately either side of a doorway/entrance/gate to check something or have a fucking natter, making everyone else either wait or squeeze around them. Middle of the footpath too and don't stand aside for anyone.
And don't get me started on people who have to come to a full stop before they can step onto an escalator...
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I'm going to GOM about a GOM. What a prick this guy is, so technically a GOP.
This arsehole is whingeing about receiving a statement with a balance due that he had paid. Well dickhead you only receive snail mail and it was printed on the first, you paid it on the third. Guess what? It was in the fucking post because you are living in the last century. We email our bills but specially for you we put a stamp on an envelope. Don't tell me that you are going to bad mouth my business around town because you are an ancient old fuck that hasn't joined this century. Do you you know how time works? Fucking idiot.
I was told that I wasn't allowed to call him and explain how that happened. My staff have no faith in my tolerance levels. No fucking idea why. I was having a good day.
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@dogmeat said in Grumpy Old Man:
@snowy Hope he's a good customer. If not invite him over for a private advance viewing of your bargain basement specials
Just written the invite, to "make it up to him". I can have customers for dinner. All part of the service.
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@catogrande said in Grumpy Old Man:
Old women in the Supermarket who just stand in the middle of the aisle or door with their trolleys blocking everyone while they check their list/purse/receipt/phone/rape alarm (no, still nothing). Then wonder why people get pissed off.
This resonates with me. In a similar vein, going to Mitre 10 Mega or the supermarket on Tuesdays but forgetting that it's Gold-Card day until you're stuck in the carpark for fifteen minutes waiting to get into a park while someone does a 27 point turn to reverse their Volvo into a park, six deep at the deli while one person asks a million inane questions about the ham, or stuck at the checkout for half an hour while they try to remember their PIN code.
(Yes, I know I'll be old as well one day - I'll probably hate myself for doing the same)
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I’m going GOM. I’ve stopped at the supermarket to get some milk and coffee and when I go to the checkout there is a queue snaking all the way around the back of the store of people waiting to get to the checkouts. People have 3 or 4 12 packs of toilet paper. We’re in Napier, not Auckland. People have lost their sense of proportion.
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@jc said in Grumpy Old Man:
I’m going GOM. I’ve stopped at the supermarket to get some milk and coffee and when I go to the checkout there is a queue snaking all the way around the back of the store of people waiting to get to the checkouts. People have 3 or 4 12 packs of toilet paper. We’re in Napier, not Auckland. People have lost their sense of proportion.
loooooooooooooool
you dudes are finally getting to see the madness!!
what the fuck with the toilet paper??!!! i don't fucking get it!!
And, you fucking idiots, the shops are open!!!!! people are retards
