I'll start… Putting price as $9.99…. Why not just $10?! I'd be a lot happier with that!
What grinds your gears?
D6C1 on 22/03/2014 - 18:49
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lol true, but i need the space for myself since i need the space myself. My parents use the garage so i can't park on my driveway. I suppose i can park in front of their house but then i'll be grinding my own gears… and i do that enough when i drive sometimes… (damn gears wont go in proper even with the clutch fully depressed)
Lack of adequate Motorbike parking in Brisbane cbd & Car parks charging motorbikes the same fee. Moving from Melbourne to warmer Brizzy I assumed motorised 2 wheeler commuting would be prevalent but the city does not make conducive for this lighter efficient cheaper transport.
Besides, Public transport fares are ridiculously expensive compared to Melbourne.
With parking your motorbike on the street in brisbane, where do you put the ticket so the parking inspectors can see it without it getting nicked?
Don't they take up the same size spot?
Depends. I find it silly to Park a Motorcycle in a car bay. Most car parks should have exclusive Motorcycle bays that usually line the perimeter of the car park and fit exactly one Motorbike. So in terms of dimensions one big car area can accommodate about 5 motorbikes.
leaf blowers
people not showering before using public pools
People who use apostrophes incorrectly.
Oz bargain deals that start to go tits up https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/137673 because the retailer is stuck in the 90's.
I would have to say the reason behind traffic. It's not the accident it's the pathetic people that drive past to snoop and look. There is no need !
but its interesting?
- people who smoke on the foot path or waiting at lights or anywhere in the city where people need to walk, total fk wits, really wish they would just go off and die some place.
In workplace :
* Colleagues who are constantly late most of the time.
* Customers asking how much money he/she would pay for electricity consumption of a particular product.In university :
* the queue of free bbq is long as there are tons of art students :)
* that particular student who constantly ask non related questions during lectures to demonstrate his or her superior knowledge.
* getting an inexperienced tutor whose knowledge on the subject matter is presumably at the same level as meCourses which are 100% textbook, the lecturer reads off the slides 1:1 which are made by the textbook company.
All the business who make a killing during school holidays ! I think people practice this should be taxed 100% more.
people that work in australian supermarkets, shops, etc that can't speak English. there, I've said it.
if you have a customer facing job and you deal with Australians, you should at least know how to speak and understand English well.
Because it's such a burden taking an extra 30 seconds to try to communicate.
I bet you hate those workers with Downs as well.so people that are disabled are now equal to someone working in Woolworths that can only speak pidgeon english?
so you're saying anyone from a foreign country that struggles with English is equal to a retard? is that it?
Ok then ^_^
where did I say anything about equality.
I implied that you are an intolerant person, getting frustrated at someone trying to hold a job in Woolworths.
So I took it further and implied that you would get impatient at someone with a disability. Never did I mention equalityCalling someone with downs a retard is not very nice. Retard? Really. how about spaz? Or Mongoloid? Go back to the 1970's. You're not a nice person.
You are not even making sense. If your job requires you speak to customers then you need to be able to do it well. Equality is picking the best person for the job, not forgoing basic requirements because they have enough diversity points.
How about showing them and everyone you meet in your day kindness and a smile. It'd make their day and yours.
Ya know, sometimes people just don't smile back… :(
I had to go to the dentist to get a tooth fixed and then report to work as a cashier. My mouth numb with local anesthesia and appearance of Indian origin, I had a hard time convincing customers I spoke impeccable English :)
Putting aside race, I firmly believe in having the right person for the right job. Customer facing people should have a pleasant personality, be well spoken and neatly dressed if the company cares about image. Unfortunately this is not always the case.
What is frustrating is I choose not to self checkout because I prefer human interaction. … "interaction"
So good english or "Bad English ;-P" I appreciate people making the effort to communicate pleasantries.
having nipples and toenails….oh and a wife
I hate toes. evolve already.
why u no cut ur toes off then? toes are good for balance
having nipples and toenails….oh and a wife
did you mean "a wife with a nipples and a cameltoe?"
They don't need to be separate. I want webbed toes, so no more toejam, and itchy dermatitus in Summer.
Although….picking out the toejam and eating it is a good party trick. Pulls the chicks. Try it sometime. You'll thank me for the tip.
when people, who are mainly skinny mind you, walk with their friends on the sidewalk and slowly…. i have to walk on the road to get past them than i usually turn around and say "if a fat person wants you to hurry up than something is wrong"
Humans, coz there're as thick as a bag of nails.
Oops, I'm one of 'em !
Well this was quite a fun read. I agree with many of the points raised. Disregarding children, I think most adults who do these things are just assholes trying to be as much of themselves as possible. Because in our society, it's hard to be too much of an asshole without severe consequences, so they do all these little things instead.
When you are waiting patiently for the little green man so you can cross the road. Someone pushes in front of you like they are in a big hurry and then proceeds to walk like a muppet when the man does go green.
Geez! Doesn't Tony Abbott grind anyone's gears but mine? This country is going to the dogs!
On toilet and toilet paper tears
When you don't do the shopping and the other person buys the coarse sandpaper variety.
People on Monday who ask… how was your weekend?!
On Friday.. what are you doing on the weekend?
and on Wednesday.. its Wednesday! not long to go till weekendSurely theres other better interesting things to talk about :)
Introverts…..specifically, intolerant ones who can't see the purpose of small talk.
Repetitive predictive small talk is boring… I can bet most of those people don't genuinely care how your weekend was to give a damn. I like small talk with a purpose :)
I for one don't find it boring. Or not boring. It's just polite.
It's a modern informal version of the old-fashioned polite how do you do.No one cares - true.
But it also forms as an ice-breaker, and I for one, am interested in what people did last weekend. It also forms as a source of networking.
The reason I mentioned introverts is that I'm in an introvert industry (I.T) and quite a few have this mentality, because they don't need to socialise, nor want to. As a result they come across as rude, even though that's not the intent.btw, I'm an extrovert, and can see how was your weekend as an excellent opener for communication. Introverts tend to see small talk as superflous.
I think it's foreplay for a conversation.i don't know what else to talk about with people i have not much in common with :(
People that don't know what the real differences between introverts and extroverts are.
Introverts - get energy by alone time
Extroverts - get energy by spending time with others.But as a general rule, I find Introverts don't feel the need for conversation, where extroverts need to talk. Small talk gives them energy.
What was your opinion of the real difference?
I don't believe that introverts dislike or do not feel the need to make conversation or small talk. I'm definitely an introvert, and I agree with your brief definitions there, but I'm quite social and talkative, and enjoy making conversation with anyone (including small talk). I do, however, feel drained after long periods of being social without a break for time alone… hence needing/craving and relishing time alone to 'recharge' and reconnect with myself.
I just think there's often a misconception that introverts are by definition shy or antisocial or dislike social interactions.
Most close friends of mine would be introverts too, at a guess. They're also chatterboxes and enjoy striking up conversations with people wherever they are. Like me, they go crazy if they don't have any outside stimulation from others, but they also go crazy without any alone time to balance out that energy use. Would you agree that extroverts don't feel the same need to be alone, and instead find time alone boring and understimulating?
I suspect you are an ambivert (a bit of both).
I'm about 89% extrovert (according to Briggs Myer), but I'm also shy. I won't go up to a stranger and start a conversation. But get me talking (which gives me energy) and I won't shut up.
And yeah, I find time alone boring and understimulating…and lonely.
People who hide behind religion in order to criticize/blame/hate.
Contrary, I like people who have used religion to become better people.
hmm. I'm inclined to argue that people who use religion as a means of helping them define what is 'good' and 'bad' (and therefore what makes a 'better' or 'worse' person) often end up quite critical of others who they deem to fall into the 'bad' or 'worse' categories by default. There are varying degrees of extremeness of such beliefs though, so some may be more tolerant than others in regards to other people living or behaving differently.
Religious values can be quite black and white, and result in followers becoming quite black and white thinking as well. I dare say this is why hate and intolerance is such a huge issue among and between religions.
(don't take this as me bashing religion, btw… I simply enjoy discussing things critically from all angles, not pushing my own agenda) :)
An example is the current Pope. He's a kind and tolerant person, and is a good role model.
Nah he just has a good PR team.
People who don't know the definition of scam.
Meanderthals. Including those who ride an escalator, get off, then stop right in the path of everyone behind them to have a think about where they want to go next. But, reverting to initial post, if something costs $x.99, pay by card not cash. You will save, oh, tens of cents a year doing that.
Oldies did this after bingo here in Perth and about twenty people were very seriously injured.
Cyclists who ride in a pack down my street at dawn, shouting back and firth to each other. It's very disturbing.
- People who walk slow but make it worse by walking all over the place so you cannot pass.
- Idiots who think just because the started crossing the road that they shouldn't keep watching for traffic. (Irrespective if you are in the right, it's not going to matter when you get hit by a car/bike/truck/monorail) Parents that do this in front of their kids piss me off too.
- Similar idiots who jump out behind parked cars or slowly cross the road even though there are traffic lights within 20m.
Seems like no one has mentioned this yet:
People who use their phones while driving. If you hit a wall it's all good but what happens if you hit someone?
I'm a cyclist and I stop at red lights… And almost everyday I see idiots on bikes whiz through a red light intersection during my commute. I stare at them and they look back as if I'm the idiot for waiting for the light to turn green. Geez I really want to punch them in the face! Giving cyclists a bad name. You could leave for work 1 minute earlier so you don't rush on the road… You wouldn't do it in a car — why do it on a bicycle?
a group of people (usually 3 or 4) who walk on pedestrian side as if they were unseparable twins, who DO NOT have the courtesy to walk separately for awhile to allow a single person from opposite side to walk past them without having to move on to the bicycle lane. Yes the pedestrian side is wide but doesn't mean you guys have to take them all!! (and it's not like they're blind)
people who are constantly on the phone during their commute time, discussing about unimportant things non-stop. When it's ended, they start calling someone else and the cycle repeats. I have noticed certain people do this, not sure if this is a part of their habit growing up or what…I don't mind if you want to kill yourself slowly with radiation, but pls do it at home and don't torture others.
The media around flight MH370. I'm ignoring it until the report comes out but family and friends treat even bit they are spoonfed by the idiots on tv as fact.
Ugh, yes, how annoying is it. Every few hours there's at least one 'fresh' article online but they're either speculative rubbish or going over old theories in circles, or updates of omg newly found debris… which has only been spotted and not even physically picked up or inspected yet.
I was intrigued and checking the news sites hourly right at the start, but it just became ridiculous with the number of wild conspiracy theories. Terrible to think what family and friends of those on the flight have had to endure with the media treating the story like this.
If I hear one more news break announcing a new number of debris found (but not actually found), I'm gonna throw the TV out the window.
I won't believe anything until they present us with physical evidence / debris picked up and proven to be part of MH370.
The car in front of me on the freeway who decides to clean his/her windscreen on a bright sun shiny day at 100 kmph , and the soapy water gets all over my nice and clean windscreen. Arrrggh!!! I normally check that there's no one behind me, or that my car is not moving before I clean my windscreen.
The whistle blowers at town hall rail station wearing ear plugs who get antsy why everyone is queuing at all other doors, and the door theyre near has no queue.
My atheist friend who says Christianity is incorrect, raises the issue of pedophiles, money donation scams, says the earth was not created in 7 days etc.
BUT happily celebrates Christmas and Easter.
I bet your friend even refers to the year as currently being 2014, too! PFFT, the nerve!
We celebrate both but not on religious grounds, Santa comes at Christmas whether he is American or Norwegian we don't care and Easter because of the magical bunny who laid eggs. See its modern times and honestly we don't care, we no longer live in the dark ages…its time to move on.
They were both pagan holidays.
Multiple religions celebrate something on the 25th of December.
No idea about Easter. I'm in it for the hot cross buns. (I solved the issue though, started making them myself)
Loud talkers in restaurants. They should be shot.
I hate loud laughers. They're usually kids or teenagers though, but some adults still laugh like they're stuck in caps lock IRL.
Loud talkers in general.
People staring at you awkwardly on the train.
Guy snoring on the train, REALLY LOUDLY.
Quite unnerving really. :P
People that wear dark sunglasses on the train and are facing you (or sat right opposite you) and they aren't reading or doing anything… and it feels/looks like they're staring right at you for the duration of the ride, but you can't actually tell where they're looking.
Overseas telemarketers (trying to install a lovely bit of software on my PC), who can't see the humour when they finally realise I've been stringing them along.
Edit - and my wife for not handing the phone to me when they call. She just hangs up on them, which might mean they call some oldie who gets suckered in.
Those ads for the no-touch soap dispensers.
"prevent cross contamination!!!"
those things dispense soap. soap kills 99.99% of germs. you touch them to dispense soap before you wash your hands. the ads annoy me.
Surprised there hasn't been more OzBargain-related grievances:
Pretty much any post regarding phones where at least one bright individual pops up with the comment "Get a Nexus 5. Best phone ever." Yes, it is a great phone for a great price, but some people prioritise features which the Nexus 5 does not have i.e. expandable memory, removable battery, better-than-average camera.
Ditto with tablets and "Get a Nexus 7. Best tablet ever." And starting to get the same with the Surface Pro.
Overall anti-Apple sentiment. Whilst I LOVE Android (and will continue loving it since my HTC Dream in mid-2009 with Android 1.6) it is not for everyone. Sure, Apple is ridiculously overpriced and crazy-restrictive but without the first iPhone I doubt Android would ever be where it is now. They have kept to a simple OS philosophy and this works for A LOT of people who don't want to tinker with their phones.
"This is my first post, please be kind". Although this is probably because of the following…
A$$holes. Everywhere. Yes I realise it's the internet, but there's no need to be a massive jackass. Please be respectful and GRATEFUL of the contributors here. Some feel the need to anatagonise, criticise, complain and quite frankly bully other members on this site. I believe that it is the sharing community which makes OzBargain so great and such a success, and we should be making users feel at ease with posting bargains, as opposed to feeling they might be put down if the post something which may not appeal to all.
Most store reps with their sub-par deals. Whilst I encourage stores to come on and offer deals to the community, I would say a large majority of them post crap and use this site simply for advertising.
Living in an area with a high percentage of cheapskates and probable OzBargainers, and knowing whenever there is a great deal posted which involves going in-store I have almost no chance of getting it unless I see it within the first 0.00047 seconds of the deal being posted.
DUPLICATES!!
jv
Hey, jv doesn't grind our gears!
jv is the social lubricant around here, much like alcohol - he stirs up aggression in some, and brings joy to others.
and too much might make you sick.
As a car, motorcycle and bicycle user…
Taxi drivers.
People who tell me that I do not know any Australian laws and then quote me incorrect Australian laws to form their defenses while arguing with me .
So far, I or my tiny shops have been threatened with lawsuits because :
* We charge 50 cents for purchases below $10 and there is a notice displayed in front of the counter.
* We refuse to give away full sets of spoon, fork, cups, napkins etc etc to bogans who regularly come to my shop without buying anything.
* people wanting free products when price error occurs. These people will tend to inform me which great university they go to. Mostly work/study marketing or finance. Spend a few more years in University then maybe you'll get an idea of Australian laws.The only thing they could get you on is the wanting free products due to price errors..
Technically if you advertise one price and there is an error you 'legally' only have two options. Option one is sell them the item as the price it is advertised at (the price error price) OR you must offer them some sort of compensation. An example of this occurred on ozbargain last year where you could get Adidas jumpers off the amart sports website for like $10 delivered or something. They didn't honour the purchases but did send out $20 vouchers as compensation.As for your case, if they're going to do something like that to a small business then they're just a pile of d-heads.
I wish more businesses had eftpos and charged 50c for purchases under $10, that would make my life so much better.
And as for the knife and forks that's just stupid.
Sorry to be that university student that has studied commercial law.
I once had my MacBook Pro blow up on me out of warranty and the knowledge got me like $1300 in repairs for free.Nope you're mistaken. You're one of those who look at the general consensus and turn that consensus into law.
Legally you don't have to. You sell it at the advertised price or giving them compensation out of GOODWILL, not because you're bound by the law to do so.
A lot of retailers do one or the other to keep the customers happy which lead you to believe that it is the law.
I never really get extended warranty. One or two years warranty is enough for me. There is always statutory warranty on electronics that in most cases far exceeds manufacturer's warranty.
You are completely wrong, probably best to hit the 'commercial law' textbooks again.
"Technically if you advertise one price and there is an error you 'legally' only have two options. Option one is sell them the item as the price it is advertised at (the price error price) OR you must offer them some sort of compensation."
No. An ad is generally considered an invitation to treat, not a legally enforceable offer. See Partridge v Crittenden [1968] 2 All ER 421, Reardon v Morley Ford Pty Ltd (1980) 33 ALR 417, Hartog v Colin & Shields [1939] 3 All ER 566. There is no obligation to honour a mistakenly advertised price nor to provide any sort of compensation.
You're probably thinking of the supermarket scanning code of practice, which is not law, but a voluntary code some supermarkets (not all) have entered into.
Just curious. What kind of shops do you have? Like convenient stores or a mini supermarket? Or is it a take away shop?
I think I'd lose my mind if I owned a shop lol. I enjoy dealing with customers, but not on any sort of managerial level.
A take away shop. I swear some of the 'potential' customers dont have any manners. Some will just come right to the coffee machine and help themselves with cups which I place on top of the machine, bunch of napkins, full set of utensils without purchasing anything. Don't even have the decency to at least ask for it.
I generally give it for free if it is within reasonable amount.
Then there are some of those who brings tea bags or packets of hot chocolate and ask me to give them cups and frothed milk for free ha ha ha.
People who waddle around in fitness/gym clothes all day at a snails pace following their 15 minute "workout".
But remember you don't own the road ;)