Grumpy Old Man
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@r-l said in Grumpy Old Man:
@snowy said in Grumpy Old Man:
@r-l said in Grumpy Old Man:
Yes you are still recorded whilst on hold,
Oh shit.
Yup, thought so.
Explains why my bank isn't quite as happy to hear from me these days...
And the phone company.
And the internet company
And the credit card company
And the power companyJust, oh shit.
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@r-l said in Grumpy Old Man:
whip out your best stuff
I'm not sure if that means what I thought meant...
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@r-l said in Grumpy Old Man:
@snowy also men have a habit of breathing really heavily down phones so you'd probably end up with the police being called.
Maybe they only do that to you?
I can't really imagine a heavy breather on hold to an Indian bloke in a call centre in Mumbai.
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@snowy said in Grumpy Old Man:
I can't really imagine a heavy breather on hold to an Indian bloke in a call centre in Mumbai.
Umm yeah I've never done that whilst getting my "refund because my amazon account had been hacked" .. They always seem distracted before they finish the job.
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@r-l said in Grumpy Old Man:
Umm yeah I've never done that whilst getting my refund because my amazon account had been hacked... They always seem distracted before they finish the job.
Have just had that exact thing happen to me. The amazon account and the time spent on the phone with the Indian bloke. Amex just refunded it all after I explained that I was swearing at the Indian bloke whilst on hold. I now know that that was recorded.
Not sure about the last bit...
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Two supermarket related GOM posts from me after my trip to Countdown tonight.
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Why do the self scanning check outs grind to a halt when you scan alcohol through them until you get approval? You then stand there for five minutes while the overworked supervisor deals with something down the other end of the checkout queue. The New World ones allow the option of the purchase being approved at any point between scanning the item and paying for it, which means you can scan your other groceries while you wait.
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The super-cool checkout supervisor, who is one of my favourite random people I see in my day-to-day business was saying that almost every day, they've had arseholes who kick up a stink and threaten staff or security about having to sign into the covid app, or having to wear a mask. Why do people have to be such piston wristed gibbons and take it out on the staff just trying to do their jobs? I hate people some days.
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Mate, that’s serious grumpiness, right there. I swear if I just opened a window I could hear your gnashing of teeth from 14,000 miles away. Top work.
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@catogrande said in Grumpy Old Man:
Mate, that’s serious grumpiness, right there. I swear if I just opened a window I could hear your gnashing of teeth from 14,000 miles away. Top work.
It’s what the thread is all about.
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@mn5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
@catogrande said in Grumpy Old Man:
Mate, that’s serious grumpiness, right there. I swear if I just opened a window I could hear your gnashing of teeth from 14,000 miles away. Top work.
It’s what the thread is all about.
It wasn’t a complaint, more praise where praise is due. No need to get grumpy about it.
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@R-L @Snowy
@snowy said in Grumpy Old Man:
I can't really imagine a heavy breather on hold to an Indian bloke in a call centre in Mumbai.
Umm yeah I've never done that whilst getting my "refund because my amazon account had been hacked" .. They always seem distracted before they finish the job. @Snowy
Take a bow, you two. Easily the funniest double-act on the Fern. Bloody hilarious when the pair of you get in the groove.
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@aucklandwarlord the self scan here doesn't stop for alcohol etc until you go to pay and they've recently started having a little checkout screen type thing down the end where the supervisor stands so they just tap the screen there rather than having to come over and fuck about.
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@r-l said in Grumpy Old Man:
@snowy also men have a habit of breathing really heavily down phones so you'd probably end up with the police being called.
How do you know it's not asthma?
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GOM moment today - these pieces of trash criminals who target hospital carparks in a pandemic and our piss-weak justice system who will just release them on bail to do it all over again next week, just like that criminal who got caught and got a hiding while running through the backyard of a boxing coach in Hamilton last week.
Criminals caught offending during a lockdown should be treated the same as Christchurch judges treated those caught looting in the redzone - immediate remand in custody for taking advantage of stretched law enforcement resources.
Wanted: Police release photos after nurses' cars targeted at Auckland Hospital
The 'distressing' and 'disrespectful' thefts have hit frontline workers battling Covid.
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@aucklandwarlord said in Grumpy Old Man:
GOM moment today - these pieces of trash criminals who target hospital carparks in a pandemic and our piss-weak justice system who will just release them on bail to do it all over again next week, just like that criminal who got caught and got a hiding while running through the backyard of a boxing coach in Hamilton last week.
Criminals caught offending during a lockdown should be treated the same as Christchurch judges treated those caught looting in the redzone - immediate remand in custody for taking advantage of stretched law enforcement resources.
Wanted: Police release photos after nurses' cars targeted at Auckland Hospital
The 'distressing' and 'disrespectful' thefts have hit frontline workers battling Covid.
Agree with the sentiment but you would then stretch the remand facilities which are already under pressure while courts aren't operating fully.
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@victor-meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:
@r-l said in Grumpy Old Man:
@snowy also men have a habit of breathing really heavily down phones so you'd probably end up with the police being called.
How do you know it's not asthma?
It's very difficult to know what she says to men to elicit this response, even in a call centre.
It may kick in a medical condition, but I suspect pre existing conditions would be there at the start of the call though. Occam's razor would suggest that it is during the course of the call that she triggers something that instigates heavy breathing. Most likely the angst at having an Amazon account hacked triggers a damsel in distress response from the call centre guys. Can't think what else would do it?
There may be consequences for that post.
