Minor things that bother you

[kkt]

Related to my last complaint, businesses that don't answer the phone, let you leave a message, and then don't return your call.

Tried to call my doctor's office recently to get an appointment for refills of maintenance prescriptions. After two or three attempts, I finally got the automated system to answer, and at the prompt to leave a message, I did so. Told them I needed to make an appointment, left my name and number, and asked for a return call. We're going on two weeks now and I haven't heard back from them. They're notorious for not answering the phone.

So I'm looking for a new primary care physician. If you can't make an appointment at the doctor's office, why even have a doctor?

Why indeed, but I'm not sure that's a minor thing any more.  Good luck.

[roadman65]

You can’t trust Bookings either.  I booked the Rodeway Inn in Lagrange, GA that advertised free breakfast.  The Lobby had tables as well as a breakfast counter as seen when checking in.  I asked lady at desk, what time is breakfast?  She said “ We don’t offer it.”

I informed her about the set up in lobby and pointed her ad on Bookings.com and said “ Sorry, we’re not responsible for bookings website.”

Needless to say I was too tired to find another motel so I flopped there for the night.


Not to mention Rodeway is part of Choice Hotels which owns the Comfort and Quality Brands, which is a requirement of all properties of Choice to offer the amenities.  However, Rodeway Brand gets the Get Out Of Jail Free Card for the entire chain and is exempt from corporate policies unlike the other brands.

[Scott5114]

I had the same trouble at the Super 8 I stayed at in Natchez MS for the road meet there. The website said there was breakfast and a pool. In reality there was neither, "because of covid". Not that the staff was wearing masks or anything...

[tchafe1978]

Related to my last complaint, businesses that don't answer the phone, let you leave a message, and then don't return your call.

Tried to call my doctor's office recently to get an appointment for refills of maintenance prescriptions. After two or three attempts, I finally got the automated system to answer, and at the prompt to leave a message, I did so. Told them I needed to make an appointment, left my name and number, and asked for a return call. We're going on two weeks now and I haven't heard back from them. They're notorious for not answering the phone.

So I'm looking for a new primary care physician. If you can't make an appointment at the doctor's office, why even have a doctor?

Kind of related, but on the other side of the deal, I have to call customers to let them know when their orders are ready to be picked up. Many times when the customer doesn't answer, it goes to voicemail, of course. But then there are customers who haven't set up their voicemail, and even better, their mailbox is full, so I can't leave a message. And then I'll end up getting a call back from the customer wondering why they got a call from us, many times while I'm in the process of leaving them a message, if their voicemail is working. In that case, why don't you just listen to your voicemail!!

[formulanone]

Related to my last complaint, businesses that don't answer the phone, let you leave a message, and then don't return your call.

Tried to call my doctor's office recently to get an appointment for refills of maintenance prescriptions. After two or three attempts, I finally got the automated system to answer, and at the prompt to leave a message, I did so. Told them I needed to make an appointment, left my name and number, and asked for a return call. We're going on two weeks now and I haven't heard back from them. They're notorious for not answering the phone.

So I'm looking for a new primary care physician. If you can't make an appointment at the doctor's office, why even have a doctor?

Why indeed, but I'm not sure that's a minor thing any more.  Good luck.

I've had some essentially meaningless jobs where you could be fired for not returning phone calls, but I feel few are held to the same standards.

[abefroman329]

Related to my last complaint, businesses that don't answer the phone, let you leave a message, and then don't return your call.

Tried to call my doctor's office recently to get an appointment for refills of maintenance prescriptions. After two or three attempts, I finally got the automated system to answer, and at the prompt to leave a message, I did so. Told them I needed to make an appointment, left my name and number, and asked for a return call. We're going on two weeks now and I haven't heard back from them. They're notorious for not answering the phone.

So I'm looking for a new primary care physician. If you can't make an appointment at the doctor's office, why even have a doctor?

Why indeed, but I'm not sure that's a minor thing any more.  Good luck.

I've had some essentially meaningless jobs where you could be fired for not returning phone calls, but I feel few are held to the same standards.

Not that there's anything unique about how you felt, but the reason you were held to that standard was because you thought the job was essentially meaningless.

[formulanone]

Related to my last complaint, businesses that don't answer the phone, let you leave a message, and then don't return your call.

Tried to call my doctor's office recently to get an appointment for refills of maintenance prescriptions. After two or three attempts, I finally got the automated system to answer, and at the prompt to leave a message, I did so. Told them I needed to make an appointment, left my name and number, and asked for a return call. We're going on two weeks now and I haven't heard back from them. They're notorious for not answering the phone.

So I'm looking for a new primary care physician. If you can't make an appointment at the doctor's office, why even have a doctor?

Why indeed, but I'm not sure that's a minor thing any more.  Good luck.

I've had some essentially meaningless jobs where you could be fired for not returning phone calls, but I feel few are held to the same standards.

Not that there's anything unique about how you felt, but the reason you were held to that standard was because you thought the job was essentially meaningless.

I was implying the job wasn't as essential as an emergency dispatcher or dealing with life-saving issues, or those with a tremendous financial impact. But it also wasn't my primary task, which I can no longer assume is any phone operator's sole job duty.

In the big scheme of things, not calling back (within 12-18 hours) one or two of 30-50 people who dropped off their car, awaiting special orders, or those desiring appointments on top of actually doing all those things is a bit more trifling. Let alone the hearsay of someone claiming you never called them because they didn't answer their phone nor explain that their phone number(s) changed when asked to verify information.

In today's world of various retail service industries, burden of proof is merely a survey score.

[J N Winkler]

Today's minor irritation:  the pressure switch on the gas-fired furnace tripping (Rheem code 57) due to a few small spiderwebs in the flue, so it won't run at full speed, leaving us freezing during the first hard frost of the season.

[mgk920]

( take a bite of something  )

NOMnomnomnomnomyumyumyumMmmMmmMmm(burp)nomnomyumyumMmmMmmnomnom
*CRUNCH!!  *OW!*    (bites inside of cheek)



Mike

[kirbykart]

( take a bite of something  )

NOMnomnomnomnomyumyumyumMmmMmmMmm(burp)nomnomyumyumMmmMmmnomnom
*CRUNCH!!  *OW!*    (bites inside of cheek)



Mike

This is going in "Your Favorite Forum Quotes" for sure.

[webny99]

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NOMnomnomnomnomyumyumyumMmmMmmMmm(burp)nomnomyumyumMmmMmmnomnom
*CRUNCH!!  *OW!*    (bites inside of cheek)

This is going in "Your Favorite Forum Quotes" for sure.

Any post that contains the phrase "nom-nom" should have automatic rite of passage.

[zachary_amaryllis]

( take a bite of something  )

NOMnomnomnomnomyumyumyumMmmMmmMmm(burp)nomnomyumyumMmmMmmnomnom
*CRUNCH!!  *OW!*    (bites inside of cheek)



Mike

I usually get my tongue, but ouch.

[formulanone]

( take a bite of something  )

NOMnomnomnomnomyumyumyumMmmMmmMmm(burp)nomnomyumyumMmmMmmnomnom
*CRUNCH!!  *OW!*    (bites inside of cheek)



Mike

I usually get my tongue, but ouch.

...three minutes later:

( take a bite of something  )

NOMnomnomnomnomyumyumyumMmmMmmMmm(burp)nomnomyumyumMmmMmmnomnom
*CRUNCH!!  *OW!*    (bites inside of cheek)

At that point, I feel like I'm dooming us as a species and start to feel a little guilty.

[kirbykart]

This morning on the local (WNY) news, the traffic reporter Mike McQueen told of a crash on State Route 20 in the Town of Pomfret.

  Messing up designations of highways is a minor thing that bothers me.

[MATraveler128]

This morning on the local (WNY) news, the traffic reporter Mike McQueen told of a crash on State Route 20 in the Town of Pomfret.

  Messing up designations of highways is a minor thing that bothers me.

Come to Massachusetts where MassDOT constantly posts MA 1, MA 6, MA 20 etc shields.

[ZLoth]

Since we are talking food....

From EatingWell:

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[1995hoo]

JayhawkCO's comment at the end of the string below prompts me to think of a minor thing that used to bug me at work–when people would be talking about having kids and someone would say that a colleague and her husband really wanted kids and were trying really hard to have one. It would bring to mind various unwanted mental images of one's colleagues engaging in procreational activities.

I cringe at the idea that any country in the world needs MORE PEOPLE; as if we've got unlimited resources on this stupid planet.
Neutral growth means a future for all.

Population stagnation often equates to economic stagnation, the latter is what nobody wants.  Basically if you aren't growing, you are falling behind.  I'm not saying that should be how population trends should he viewed, but that's how it is.

Japan is almost the opposite of that trend -- no kids because everyone is only focusing on their jobs.

They don't take the defense of their country seriously, then.  Children should be mandatory.

China found out the hard way that there's an extreme on that end too.

I'm not a fan of "we need kids so we can have people available to die in a trench at 18"..

It's not a matter of morality, it's a matter of survival.  Go and make babies.

I already had one. Now I just like to practice.

[kirbykart]

This morning on the local (WNY) news, the traffic reporter Mike McQueen told of a crash on State Route 20 in the Town of Pomfret.

  Messing up designations of highways is a minor thing that bothers me.

Come to Massachusetts where MassDOT constantly posts MA 1, MA 6, MA 20 etc shields.

That sort of crap does happen here also, though thankfully not too often.

[kphoger]

When www.wunderground.com chooses a weather station that's across town from me.

But seriously??  This one really takes the cake...

[kphoger]

When you go to text someone, but then you accidentally call them instead.

1.  If you hang up right away, then your number will still likely pop up on their caller ID and alert them to a missed call.  So they'll probably call you back anyway–and probably before you even finish sending your text message, so you can't even text them to ignore the call.

2.  If you stay on the line until they answer, then either (a) there's a reason you preferred texting but now you're stuck communicating by voice call, or else (b) there's a reason you preferred texting but now you have to try and explain that without being rude and basically telling them you'd prefer a less personal form of communication.

3.  If you stay on the line and they don't answer, then you're back to texting again, except there's a pretty good chance they'll call you back right before you hit 'Send', so you just wasted all that time typing the message, and now see (2) above...

[kphoger]

Me, at Wendy's an hour ago – Could I have some salt, please?  I didn't see any out there.

Them – Salt?  Oh... We don't serve salt.

[JayhawkCO]

Me, at Wendy's an hour ago – Could I have some salt, please?  I didn't see any out there.

Them – Salt?  Oh... We don't serve salt.

Tell that to your person working the fry station about 33% of the time I'm there. Almost always the fries are way too salty.

[kphoger]

the fries are way too salty.

That's an impossibility.

[plain]

If there's a place that's known for under salting fries, it's definitely Wendy's

[US71]

If there's a place that's known for under salting fries, it's definitely Wendy's

How about re-frying them if they've been sitting too long under the sun lamp?