Random gripes: Gripes be griping - Page 1654

Mr.Sparkle · 06-14-2023, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Kostamojen

Upgrade time?

Not interested in upgrading. I like the LED and I have the LED C lights from Diode Dynamics installed. I ordered this I think I can just remove the outer plastic and replace that as you have to remve that to install the Clights anyway.

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Originally Posted by NutBucket

at least there doesn't appear to be any paint damage? That's a big plus if so.

No other damage so it must have been a straight shot to the headlight. I'd almost say it looks like someone smashed it but I distinctly remember hearing a bang from that side yesterday while driving and thought it was just something hitting the undercarriage.

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kgb4187 · 06-14-2023, 05:57 PM

Almost bought a car that a guy was flipping with bad head gaskets. Found the original listing when looking for replacement wheels

The Dayman · 06-14-2023, 06:44 PM

I stopped by Best Buy on my way home to pick up the John Wick 4 ultra transition media, got home and put it in my Xbox and it won't read the disc.

richde · 06-14-2023, 10:55 PM

Local Subaru dealer...

I go with my mother to get her new car at least a year ago, they have my number on her account so I get a text to setup her complimentary Starlink, I tell them to fix it.

November 2022, I get a service message intended for her and I politely reply that they have the wrong number.

Today, my mom goes in to get her car serviced and I'm chillin' at the gym and get a text to which I tell them "I need you to use the correct number, you stupid mother****ers" and "One more wrong number and you're going to be explaining to your boss why you suck at customer service."

THAT got their attention, they showed my mom the number and she says "that's my son." They seemed upset about my rather effective communication method for some reason.

richde · 06-14-2023, 10:56 PM

That***39;s an Attention Getter! - YouTube

f4phantomii · 06-14-2023, 11:57 PM

I don't know who needs to hear this, but...

A bar with live music every night so loud that it makes conversations impossible is a terrible place to take customers for a biz dinner.

Seriously. If you have to communicate in 3 word phrases so the other person can lip read, perhaps a quieter place would be a better choice.

Especially when the overall goal is to get that customer to loosen up a bit and perhaps provide insight into biz details they would not otherwise have mentioned.

lag · 06-15-2023, 12:20 AM

WATTTTTT???

orndog · 06-15-2023, 06:26 AM

Motorola modem has random drops.
Xfinity support is actually helpful. Points to known issue with that model.
Motorola support is actually helpful. Can't figure it out but will send me a replacement for an 18 month old modem.
In the mean time I order a replacement Arris S33 from Xfinity's approved list.
Gripe: Hook up S33 and it reboots every morning just before 5 am, like clockwork.
Grip: Arris doesn't have customer support

Clicking support sends you to a customer forum. If you want phone support you have to fiving pay them. Guess I'll be sending this thing back to Amazon and using a refurbed Motorola and hoping for the best.

Xfinity did provision it again for me this morning, whatever that means, as they are still trying to help and never once suggested I just rent theirs.

Furiousd1983 · 06-15-2023, 08:01 AM

Speaking of customer care call centers:

I loathe automated answering systems. My go-to has always been to give them a couple of tries but, once I descend below the fourth level voice recognition he'll, I start repeating "operator" until I get a human.

Now almost every soulless corporation's answering systems ultimately responds with "sorry I can't connect your call, goodbye" *click*

Furiousd1983 · 06-15-2023, 08:01 AM

... but not as much as I loathe double posts

orndog · 06-15-2023, 08:34 AM

The last internet outage I had I hit the xfinity bot-chat on the app, because it automatically posts outage updates.
I typed a curse word laden rant about the outage and wanting my money back. It came back and asked me the outage date, then gave me a credit

Furiousd1983 · 06-15-2023, 08:46 AM

Maybe I'm not vulgar enough

Me: "Let me speaking to GD human ****ing being, you ****ing piece of **** computer".

Phone: "Please wait while I connect you with one of representatives...

...

... *******"

Furiousd1983 · 06-15-2023, 08:46 AM

Jesus nicking Christ!

orndog · 06-15-2023, 08:51 AM

No, you got it right, but I triggered keywords you see, even though it wasn't planned. It asked me if I'd like updates about the outage. I just said 'what I'd like is for you to f*** right off and refund me for your ****ty network'.

Dizmal · 06-15-2023, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Furiousd1983

Maybe I'm not vulgar enough

Me: "Let me speaking to GD human ****ing being, you ****ing piece of **** computer".

Phone: "Please wait while I connect you with one of representatives...

...

... *******"

Yep

They must have an algorithm that says once customer starts swearing - direct to live CS.

It works! Last time I called some place for some thing and it went like this;

Phone: Please tell us what you need assistance with, x, y or Z

Me: "I need help with Y"

Phone: Ok, please tell us what you need assistance with

Me: "I need help with Y"

Phone: I see you inquiring about Y.

Me: "I need to know about specific details about Y"

Phone: I see you inquiring about Y.

Me: "Yes, I have Y. I need to know specific details about Y"

Phone: Please tell us what you need assistance with, x, y or Z

Me: ... "Let me speaking to GD human ****ing being, you ****ing piece of **** computer."

Phone: Transferring you to a live cs rep. Please hold.

Me: Finally you ****ing piece of ****

GodWhomIsMike · 06-15-2023, 10:59 AM

I have a disgruntled coworker that does ****ed up **** like leaving "puddles" in the hallway, ****s on the floor in the bathroom, and breaking stink bombs. Everyone knows who it likely is, but Public Safety can't do anything because they can't catch them in the act.

chanomatik · 06-15-2023, 11:05 AM

Leave them be. They're living their best life right now.

f4phantomii · 06-15-2023, 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GodWhomIsMike

I have a disgruntled coworker that does ****ed up **** like leaving "puddles" in the hallway, ****s on the floor in the bathroom, and breaking stink bombs. Everyone knows who it likely is, but Public Safety can't do anything because they can't catch them in the act.

We had one like that about 10 years ago. Kept leaving "messes" in the restroom.

Nothing seemed to be getting done until the dude escalated and left a note along the lines of "Have fun cleaning this up you (racial slur) bi*ch".

That seemed to be enough to get HR to get Security involved until they caught the guy. Apparently he'd also gotten cavalier about it because nothing happened the first half dozen times. So he was easy to catch, at least.

kgb4187 · 06-15-2023, 04:05 PM

Motorpotoring in the office sounds awful.

chapstien · 06-15-2023, 04:36 PM

I worked where a woman was fired for peeing in her coffee cup then dumping that back in the coffee pot. Damn gruntlers.

turntable · 06-15-2023, 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Furiousd1983

Now almost every soulless corporation's answering systems ultimately responds with "sorry I can't connect your call, goodbye" *click*

ive been notcing this a lot lately. how is it even legal for them to shirk their own responsibility to the consumer? it damn well shouldn't be.

motorpotor · 06-15-2023, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kgb4187

Motorpotoring in the office sounds awful.

I heard my name on the wind

Scorpius · 06-15-2023, 11:41 PM

I have a cold/covid virus. It's summer. This sucks.

lag · 06-16-2023, 12:49 AM

More is more and we'll use it all!!!

It would be nice to have a mainstream, so easy my mom could use it web browser that didn't try to take over the entire performance capability of a PC.

"but videos!!!"

have been able to watch HD movies at least the last 10 years without a burden on even the lowest spec system I got explicitly because it was quiet.

get a tablet!!!

get ****ed. I type too much for it to be a solution... and I do have tablets. Sorry Nabisco bros.

Oddly I think the last computer I really liked was a fanless netbook that I got, you guessed it, because it was fanless. Swapped the hard drive for a SSD and it was fantastic.

lag · 06-16-2023, 12:50 AM

More is more and we'll use it all!!!

It would be nice to have a mainstream, so easy my mom could use it web browser that didn't try to take over the entire performance capability of a PC.

"but videos!!!"

have been able to watch HD movies at least the last 10 years without a burden on even the lowest spec system I got explicitly because it was quiet.

get a tablet!!!

get ****ed. I type too much for it to be a solution... and I do have tablets. Sorry Nabisco bros.

Oddly I think the last computer I really liked was a fanless netbook that I got, you guessed it, because it was fanless. Swapped the hard drive for a SSD and it was fantastic.

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06-14-2023, 05:57 PM	#41327
kgb4187 Scooby Newbie Member#: 35824 Join Date: Apr 2003 Chapter/Region: NWIC Location: FREE GRAP	Almost bought a car that a guy was flipping with bad head gaskets. Found the original listing when looking for replacement wheels

06-14-2023, 06:44 PM	#41328
The Dayman Scooby Newbie Member#: 84815 Join Date: Apr 2005 Vehicle: 2015 water n badass. badass n water.	I stopped by Best Buy on my way home to pick up the John Wick 4 ultra transition media, got home and put it in my Xbox and it won't read the disc.

06-14-2023, 10:55 PM	#41329
richde Scooby Specialist Member#: 79498 Join Date: Jan 2005 Chapter/Region: SWIC Location: Disdain, NV Vehicle: 2020 XV	Local Subaru dealer... I go with my mother to get her new car at least a year ago, they have my number on her account so I get a text to setup her complimentary Starlink, I tell them to fix it. November 2022, I get a service message intended for her and I politely reply that they have the wrong number. Today, my mom goes in to get her car serviced and I'm chillin' at the gym and get a text to which I tell them "I need you to use the correct number, you stupid mother****ers" and "One more wrong number and you're going to be explaining to your boss why you suck at customer service." THAT got their attention, they showed my mom the number and she says "that's my son." They seemed upset about my rather effective communication method for some reason.

06-14-2023, 11:57 PM	#41331
f4phantomii Scooby Specialist Member#: 58504 Join Date: Mar 2004 Chapter/Region: South East Location: Ready to try OpenECU.org!!! Vehicle: 2004 STi Aspen White / Silver	I don't know who needs to hear this, but... A bar with live music every night so loud that it makes conversations impossible is a terrible place to take customers for a biz dinner. Seriously. If you have to communicate in 3 word phrases so the other person can lip read, perhaps a quieter place would be a better choice. Especially when the overall goal is to get that customer to loosen up a bit and perhaps provide insight into biz details they would not otherwise have mentioned.

06-15-2023, 12:20 AM	#41332
lag Scooby Newbie Member#: 34631 Join Date: Mar 2003 Chapter/Region: MAIC Location: Momma Didn't Love Me	WATTTTTT???

06-15-2023, 06:26 AM	#41333
orndog Scooby Specialist Member#: 34670 Join Date: Mar 2003 Chapter/Region: South East Vehicle: 2016 slowmobile	Motorola modem has random drops. Xfinity support is actually helpful. Points to known issue with that model. Motorola support is actually helpful. Can't figure it out but will send me a replacement for an 18 month old modem. In the mean time I order a replacement Arris S33 from Xfinity's approved list. Gripe: Hook up S33 and it reboots every morning just before 5 am, like clockwork. Grip: Arris doesn't have customer support Clicking support sends you to a customer forum. If you want phone support you have to fiving pay them. Guess I'll be sending this thing back to Amazon and using a refurbed Motorola and hoping for the best. Xfinity did provision it again for me this morning, whatever that means, as they are still trying to help and never once suggested I just rent theirs.

06-15-2023, 08:01 AM	#41334
Furiousd1983 Scooby Newbie Member#: 295099 Join Date: Sep 2011 Chapter/Region: South East Location: Grapstein didn't ban himself Vehicle: 2017 Wind-up car Gray	Speaking of customer care call centers: I loathe automated answering systems. My go-to has always been to give them a couple of tries but, once I descend below the fourth level voice recognition he'll, I start repeating "operator" until I get a human. Now almost every soulless corporation's answering systems ultimately responds with "sorry I can't connect your call, goodbye" click

06-15-2023, 08:01 AM	#41335
Furiousd1983 Scooby Newbie Member#: 295099 Join Date: Sep 2011 Chapter/Region: South East Location: Grapstein didn't ban himself Vehicle: 2017 Wind-up car Gray	... but not as much as I loathe double posts

06-15-2023, 08:34 AM	#41336
orndog Scooby Specialist Member#: 34670 Join Date: Mar 2003 Chapter/Region: South East Vehicle: 2016 slowmobile	The last internet outage I had I hit the xfinity bot-chat on the app, because it automatically posts outage updates. I typed a curse word laden rant about the outage and wanting my money back. It came back and asked me the outage date, then gave me a credit

06-15-2023, 08:46 AM	#41337
Furiousd1983 Scooby Newbie Member#: 295099 Join Date: Sep 2011 Chapter/Region: South East Location: Grapstein didn't ban himself Vehicle: 2017 Wind-up car Gray	Maybe I'm not vulgar enough Me: "Let me speaking to GD human **ing being, you ing piece of computer". Phone: "Please wait while I connect you with one of representatives... ... ... *****"

06-15-2023, 08:46 AM	#41338
Furiousd1983 Scooby Newbie Member#: 295099 Join Date: Sep 2011 Chapter/Region: South East Location: Grapstein didn't ban himself Vehicle: 2017 Wind-up car Gray	Jesus nicking Christ!

06-15-2023, 08:51 AM	#41339
orndog Scooby Specialist Member#: 34670 Join Date: Mar 2003 Chapter/Region: South East Vehicle: 2016 slowmobile	No, you got it right, but I triggered keywords you see, even though it wasn't planned. It asked me if I'd like updates about the outage. I just said 'what I'd like is for you to f* right off and refund me for your **ty network'.

06-15-2023, 10:59 AM	#41341
GodWhomIsMike Scooby Specialist Member#: 102287 Join Date: Dec 2005 Chapter/Region: Tri-State Location: Hawley, PA Vehicle: 2024 CT Wilderness Orange	I have a disgruntled coworker that does **ed up like leaving "puddles" in the hallway, **s on the floor in the bathroom, and breaking stink bombs. Everyone knows who it likely is, but Public Safety can't do anything because they can't catch them in the act.

06-15-2023, 11:05 AM	#41342
chanomatik Scooby Guru Member#: 159474 Join Date: Sep 2007 Chapter/Region: SWIC Location: Phoenix, AZ Vehicle: 2017 Impreza Sport Lithium Red - OLDKID	Leave them be. They're living their best life right now.

06-15-2023, 04:05 PM	#41344
kgb4187 Scooby Newbie Member#: 35824 Join Date: Apr 2003 Chapter/Region: NWIC Location: FREE GRAP	Motorpotoring in the office sounds awful.

06-15-2023, 04:36 PM	#41345
chapstien Scooby Specialist Member#: 68284 Join Date: Aug 2004 Chapter/Region: NWIC Location: Constant confusion Vehicle: 2017 Backout Rally America Blue	I worked where a woman was fired for peeing in her coffee cup then dumping that back in the coffee pot. Damn gruntlers.

06-15-2023, 11:41 PM	#41348
Scorpius Scooby Specialist Member#: 370806 Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Northern Indiana Vehicle: 2019 WRX/STI DGM 23 Nissan Frontier Pro 4x	I have a cold/covid virus. It's summer. This sucks.

06-16-2023, 12:49 AM	#41349
lag Scooby Newbie Member#: 34631 Join Date: Mar 2003 Chapter/Region: MAIC Location: Momma Didn't Love Me	More is more and we'll use it all!!! It would be nice to have a mainstream, so easy my mom could use it web browser that didn't try to take over the entire performance capability of a PC. "but videos!!!" have been able to watch HD movies at least the last 10 years without a burden on even the lowest spec system I got explicitly because it was quiet. get a tablet!!! get ****ed. I type too much for it to be a solution... and I do have tablets. Sorry Nabisco bros. Oddly I think the last computer I really liked was a fanless netbook that I got, you guessed it, because it was fanless. Swapped the hard drive for a SSD and it was fantastic.

06-16-2023, 12:50 AM	#41350
lag Scooby Newbie Member#: 34631 Join Date: Mar 2003 Chapter/Region: MAIC Location: Momma Didn't Love Me	More is more and we'll use it all!!! It would be nice to have a mainstream, so easy my mom could use it web browser that didn't try to take over the entire performance capability of a PC. "but videos!!!" have been able to watch HD movies at least the last 10 years without a burden on even the lowest spec system I got explicitly because it was quiet. get a tablet!!! get ****ed. I type too much for it to be a solution... and I do have tablets. Sorry Nabisco bros. Oddly I think the last computer I really liked was a fanless netbook that I got, you guessed it, because it was fanless. Swapped the hard drive for a SSD and it was fantastic.