Little Things You Hate

Labcanary said:
Hope the kiddo is ok mate. That's a long wait for stitches for the little one.

Would you happen to have a priority care clinic near you? Here in Ballarat we are lucky to have one. They are open from 10am until fairly late, maybe 10pm? It's been great as somewhere to go if you can't get to a doctor's clinic but not urgent enough for ED.
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Thanks, he's doing pretty well. We'll see how it looks when the boxing gloves of bandages are removed but he is happy and full of energy

I had a look and there are no priority care clinics nearby. They seem like a great idea of you have access
 
beeb said:
Sent off a couple of e-mail enquiries about houses in my town over the last week. First e-mail sent last Wednesday, about two houses. Second e-mail Friday night, to a second agent/real estate company also representing one of the first two houses I enquired about. Replies so far: 0.

It's just so fucking lazy. These houses have been for sale for over a year. Yeah, I can call about them - but e-mails are my preferred choice as I can fit them in and around my work day. Just can't believe not even a cursory "We'll get back to you shortly..." type email. Really earning that commission. :rolleyes:
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It's not just realestate agents.

I use email to request parts/info/quotes for pumps and other work related things. Same as you I do it because I have work to do and can't stand around ringing people. It also gives me a record of the exchange.

I'd say 95% of the time it takes 2 weeks for any reply*.

If they reply at all.



If you have an email address listed, fecking use it.
 
The Duckmeister said:
There's a good reason (OK, several) why estate agents have their terrible reputation!
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fjohn860 said:
It's not just realestate agents.

I use email to request parts/info/quotes for pumps and other work related things. Same as you I do it because I have work to do and can't stand around ringing people. It also gives me a record of the exchange.

I'd say 95% of the time it takes 2 weeks for any reply*.

If they reply at all.



If you have an email address listed, fecking use it.
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It is weird. The Hitachi group I worked for valued communication courtesy very highly. If you were heard to be rude on the phone or fail to reply to calls or emails you would get a gentle reminder to respond. Then a kick up the Kyber pass if it happened again. All you had to do was reply received your call/email and give an idea when you would or could respond in detail if it was involved. Not hard. Yet the turbine group were notorious for being a communication black hole and then sending a reply later, much later. Even to quotes or contracts. Sometimes wondered if they even existed.
 
Also @beeb check out the Ray White in Romsey …….just for entertainment value alone
ncreview.com.au

Romsey real estate owner flees country - The North Central Review

Ray White Romsey’s principal owner is believed to have fled overseas, after allegations emerged that she emptied as much as $230,000 from the firm’s trust account. Debra Lawry, who worked under the name Debra Watchman for the franchised group, was facing suspension or cancellation of her licence...
ncreview.com.au ncreview.com.au

and the corporate response
www.linkedin.com

A statement from the Ray White Group

Earlier this week, Channel 9 news ran a story concerning Ray White Romsey. The story noted that it has been a very difficult few weeks for the customers and former staff of Ray White Romsey.
www.linkedin.com www.linkedin.com

comments are worth a look over ….
 
rextheute said:
I work in this space and it’s haaaaard - people have lost the art of communication - younger all oaky if on socials or emails - to a degree .
polder , yeah why no call is the response ? Emails look like a crazy person took meth and ran around naked .
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Generally agree, but I have no issue communicating and spend most of my day doing it for work by both phone and e-mail. To be honest, last couple of days I've only just (with the help of a trainee to catch some of the overflow) been able to keep up with work. That's how it goes in a small team with a bloke on leave, and workload seeing a bit of a surge generally - so I thought e-mails would better fit my schedule (calling people while on smoko/lunch can also be hard when there trucks running nearby, and grinders, sledgehammers, air chisels, etc... all happening in the nearby vicinity. I expected it to take a couple of days, but to just get nothing back left me flabbergasted. One of the real estate agents I e-mailed I bought my current house, so would've been nice to get a response on that front too.
 
Sorry , to clarify “ not a real estate agent “ hahaha

Customer Care in a round about way …. For a car co - oh bugger it , I do the data -> rta/wfm \ support etc, guiding and shaping the team …… and other such corpwankerspeak
essentially , I’m like the foreman -‘ get back to work ya slugs “
was one my old foreman used 30 yrs ago hahah
 
beeb said:
Sent off a couple of e-mail enquiries about houses in my town over the last week. First e-mail sent last Wednesday, about two houses. Second e-mail Friday night, to a second agent/real estate company also representing one of the first two houses I enquired about. Replies so far: 0.

It's just so fucking lazy. These houses have been for sale for over a year. Yeah, I can call about them - but e-mails are my preferred choice as I can fit them in and around my work day. Just can't believe not even a cursory "We'll get back to you shortly..." type email. Really earning that commission. :rolleyes:
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Real estate agents are useless pricks. How do people put up with that shit and keep listing with them?
 
never done it, maybe cos my kid never stops talking, but it can be very easy to operate on autopilot in the morning. I've caught myself heading to the office on a day i was meant to be on site somewhere, similar sort of zoning out.

had a rental car recently that popped with a message to check for anything important every time you turned it off, directly aimed at these sorts of mistakes. there's similar tricks like making sure you put your laptop/bag in the back so you have to stick your head back there when you get out
 
tubby74 said:
never done it, maybe cos my kid never stops talking, but it can be very easy to operate on autopilot in the morning.
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Me neither but I can understand how it could very easily happen, no one intentionally leaves their kid in a hot car to cook and die.
Stresses of life, fatigue, change of routine, surprised it doesn't happen more. I'm sure there has been a lot of near misses.
 
tubby74 said:
had a rental car recently that popped with a message to check for anything important every time you turned it off, directly aimed at these sorts of mistakes. there's similar tricks like making sure you put your laptop/bag in the back so you have to stick your head back there when you get out
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Have to agree. Protecting yourself from yourself can be a challenge.

How many have been caught with a roof mounted bike rack and an automatic roller door opener? I used to put my door remote in the back of the hatch to force me to get out to look for it in order to avoid my own stupid.

Once you get into a routine then it you are bound to forget sooner or later when you need to change that routine.
 
We left a physical enquiry over the counter with a pump and irrigation outfit about a relocatable solar pump setup for our place just before Xmas. Old mate rang me two days ago and left a message asking "what's the story?". We're on a break down the South Coast of NSW and I played a bit of phone tag to get back in touch. Explained what I wanted and he came back with a couple of ideas and said I'll get a quote to you today...

... it's starting to get pretty clear that I'm now going to add solar pump technician to my resume of half arsed skills and found learnings.
 
Only a boomer would complain that the snow storm delivering the powder they are raving about is a bummer.


Rude people! Today was the first real "oh fuck me" line I have been in, and it was for tickets. Unfortunately this ski field seems to have forgotten to increase their ticket sales clubtets from 1 to at least 2 but have rolled out qr code scanner for online tickets. Now because of the way things work for me I have vouchers to redeem that should but don't have a qr code, so I am stuck in line for about 45 minutes.

Behind me in this line is a small group of typical Australian douches. They are about as smart as mud and all "fuck this line..." so I decide to be the nice guy and advise they can purchase tickets online, hit the qr machine, and gondola all in a matter of minutes. Then I have to explain how to find the website (it's pretty straight fwd...google ski field name) and "it's all in japanaese!" Hit translate... American group behind them listen in, pull the same trick and I get an American "thank you" and off they go. The Australians take ages and eventually have a win and away they go...but do they say thanks? Of course not. Perhaps not listening to them anymore was thanks enough?
 
bike stores that dont value their customers. Wife went in to try and order some new bike shoes. Tries on a lower model, they will order in the better model she wants. A week later she calls, oh we haven't ordered it yet, we wait for a certain size to order from the very brand we mostly stock. Never mentioend that. FFS we could have had it direct from that brands site in 2 days without having to drive back to the store.
 
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