Things That Shit Me the Eighteenth

[the_interloper]

Don't enjoy travelling for work but do enjoy eating good food, my colleague is very good at researching food places, been eating like a king.

 

[Off The Couch]

Someone's in a mood


So am I. Was waiting at a set of pedestrian lights and the guy who came later pressed the button on the other side so I mouthed I pressed it you dickhead

Had to move threads

Mood today


Don’t know if it happens on the east coast, but over here there are some lights with a left turn arrow.

What shits me!!! Pedestrians that press the button and then cross when it’s not “safe” and those turning left when the lights change are left sitting there and cars travelling through can’t move either.

Don’t press the button if you aren’t going to wait

 

[troybe]

Jobs I applied for has closed applications, 759 people applied hahahahaha

 

[Gough]

Bec Judd

If she came to my house I wouldn't let her leave until she'd had a good feed.

 

[Off The Couch]

Jobs I applied for has closed applications, 759 people applied hahahahaha

I wouldn’t be too disillusioned if you meet the criteria - so many applicants are just those wanting to meet their obligations.

Feel for the panel that need to read each one

 

[troybe]

I wouldn’t be too disillusioned if you meet the criteria - so many applicants are just those wanting to meet their obligations.

Feel for the panel that need to read each one

I was already disillusioned and jaded long before today

 

[Cruyff14]

What do you do for work?

Xtreme ?

 

[Shell]

If she came to my house I wouldn't let her leave until she'd had a good feed.

Just fill up the trough for her, easy

 

[Shell]

Coming to Sydney, campaigner of a joint

I love Sydney. For like 4/5 days max then I'm done

 

[Cruyff14]

This is a bit of a long one. So apologies in the advance.

My mum got a new car in January. Hasn't had a new car in 40 years, and it will be her last.

The particular car she chose suits her needs, she got a very good price, she's very happy with it and it's a nice car too.

But after signing the contract, everything went down hill.

After playing phone tag over numerous days and not having calls returned, we were eventually told to come in at 11am on a Saturday for our appointment. We were greeted by a very friendly and very professional woman who seemed to be directing customers where to go. We were told it would not be long as our salesperson was with someone, which was fine.

It got to 11.15 and we were still waiting. As it was quite busy, it was somewhat understandable. By 11.30 we were still waiting, new customers were walking through the door and were continuously greeted by sales people, while we were left to continue waiting.

At one point, our sales person was with another salesperson, outside, going over a test drive. I'm not sure why two people are needed to help someone with a test drive, particuarly when a paid client was waiting. I spoke to another gentleman who asked if I needed help and he said he would get the sales manager. We were still waiting, and I was visibly frustrated and two sales people had a conversation, walking towards a desk I was standing near, and did not even bother to ask if I had been looked after, and then walked away in the opposite direction.

More people were piling in through the doors and seemed to be prioritised over a paying customer, which I thought was outstandingly poor at the time. I understand they're wanting to make sales, but when is a paid customer shown the same attention?

I was able to speak to the woman who was greeting customers (who kept checking on us to see if we had been looked after), and she was shocked that nobody had helped us after so long. I gave her my feedback on what had happened, and how frustrated we were, and she was very understanding of our feelings and frustrations.

It was not until 11.50 we were finally able to begin the handover for the car - nearly one hour after our scheduled time. Our salesperson further advised he had not done the trade in - which we went over upon signing the contract - and simply asked us if we "want the keys back". We said no, we want the trade in as we discussed. This added further delay to an already increasingly poor and frustating experience. He was also unaware it was a touchscreen and advised "he learnt something new today." I found this really bizarre.

Furthermore, the most disappointing thing is the car was just parked on the showroom floor like it was just another car. No bow, or no indication that it was sold. People were coming up to the car, looking into it, touching it and trying to get in it, as if it were yet to be sold. This was incredibly disappointing, considering buying a new car is supposed to be an exciting experience, this was far from it.

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I left a Google review outlining a lot of the above. They replied saying feel free to call if I wish to discuss further. I left it a few days and thought bugger it, I'm gonna do it.

I spoke to the sales manager. He was very apologetic, but offered a lot of excuses. "We had 80 couples through the door that day." "I apologise for the poor experience your mum had" "There was a sticker on the driver's side door above the window saying it was sold" (there wasn't). It was a pretty pointless conversation that seemed to go around in circles and not really achieve anything. I think to get me off the phone he said he'd offer $500 worth of accessories for mum to choose from.

Anyway, he texted through the link etc and said "I truly value your feedback and will implement changes to ensure this situation doesn't occur again. If you feel comfortable I would appreciate it if you could ammend your review. However, I completely understand if you prefer not to."

I replied to him advising what accessories mum wanted and she'd get them with her first service without acknowledging anything about changing the review.

Anyway, mum had her servvice yesterday, and I asked her if they were giving the stuff. She said the sales manager would prefer if I would "retract the review as a sign of good faith". My reaction when I read her message was something similar to the below.

I could not believe that they think just because they are giving free stuff out that a negative review should be removed like it means a negative experience never happened. The whole point of the compensation was because of the poor experience. ****wits.

She got the things she wanted but bloody hell. The nerve on these people.

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TL; DR - car dealership provided poor service, left a negative review, was offered compensation for accessories, wanted review removed as a result

 

[Shell]

I used to get my car serviced at Ford. I had dropped it first thing in the morning went around late Arvo and waiting there an hour plus everyone was going ahead of me. Finally get the stupid thing and it's not washed.

Like **** y'all.

Now it is out of warranty my uncle services it

 

[raskolnikov]

I love visiting Sydney but wouldn't want to live there, especially not in the western suburbs. Hell on earth. When I become a grey nomad I want to spend a heap of time in the Blue Mountains where I grew up revisiting old hang outs. My parents sold their house there in the late 80s for $60,000. It's now worth well over a million.

 

[Xtreme]

Xtreme ?

Admin related computer stuff

 

[Shell]

I love visiting Sydney but wouldn't want to live there, especially not in the western suburbs. Hell on earth. When I become a grey nomad I want to spend a heap of time in the Blue Mountains where I grew up revisiting old hang outs. My parents sold their house there in the late 80s for $60,000. It's now worth well over a million.

Yeah my post up there does not include a visit to the western suburbs fyi

 

[eddiesmith]

This is a bit of a long one. So apologies in the advance.

My mum got a new car in January. Hasn't had a new car in 40 years, and it will be her last.

The particular car she chose suits her needs, she got a very good price, she's very happy with it and it's a nice car too.

But after signing the contract, everything went down hill.

After playing phone tag over numerous days and not having calls returned, we were eventually told to come in at 11am on a Saturday for our appointment. We were greeted by a very friendly and very professional woman who seemed to be directing customers where to go. We were told it would not be long as our salesperson was with someone, which was fine.

It got to 11.15 and we were still waiting. As it was quite busy, it was somewhat understandable. By 11.30 we were still waiting, new customers were walking through the door and were continuously greeted by sales people, while we were left to continue waiting.

At one point, our sales person was with another salesperson, outside, going over a test drive. I'm not sure why two people are needed to help someone with a test drive, particuarly when a paid client was waiting. I spoke to another gentleman who asked if I needed help and he said he would get the sales manager. We were still waiting, and I was visibly frustrated and two sales people had a conversation, walking towards a desk I was standing near, and did not even bother to ask if I had been looked after, and then walked away in the opposite direction.

More people were piling in through the doors and seemed to be prioritised over a paying customer, which I thought was outstandingly poor at the time. I understand they're wanting to make sales, but when is a paid customer shown the same attention?

I was able to speak to the woman who was greeting customers (who kept checking on us to see if we had been looked after), and she was shocked that nobody had helped us after so long. I gave her my feedback on what had happened, and how frustrated we were, and she was very understanding of our feelings and frustrations.

It was not until 11.50 we were finally able to begin the handover for the car - nearly one hour after our scheduled time. Our salesperson further advised he had not done the trade in - which we went over upon signing the contract - and simply asked us if we "want the keys back". We said no, we want the trade in as we discussed. This added further delay to an already increasingly poor and frustating experience. He was also unaware it was a touchscreen and advised "he learnt something new today." I found this really bizarre.

Furthermore, the most disappointing thing is the car was just parked on the showroom floor like it was just another car. No bow, or no indication that it was sold. People were coming up to the car, looking into it, touching it and trying to get in it, as if it were yet to be sold. This was incredibly disappointing, considering buying a new car is supposed to be an exciting experience, this was far from it.

----

I left a Google review outlining a lot of the above. They replied saying feel free to call if I wish to discuss further. I left it a few days and thought bugger it, I'm gonna do it.

I spoke to the sales manager. He was very apologetic, but offered a lot of excuses. "We had 80 couples through the door that day." "I apologise for the poor experience your mum had" "There was a sticker on the driver's side door above the window saying it was sold" (there wasn't). It was a pretty pointless conversation that seemed to go around in circles and not really achieve anything. I think to get me off the phone he said he'd offer $500 worth of accessories for mum to choose from.

Anyway, he texted through the link etc and said "I truly value your feedback and will implement changes to ensure this situation doesn't occur again. If you feel comfortable I would appreciate it if you could ammend your review. However, I completely understand if you prefer not to."

I replied to him advising what accessories mum wanted and she'd get them with her first service without acknowledging anything about changing the review.

Anyway, mum had her servvice yesterday, and I asked her if they were giving the stuff. She said the sales manager would prefer if I would "retract the review as a sign of good faith". My reaction when I read her message was something similar to the below.

I could not believe that they think just because they are giving free stuff out that a negative review should be removed like it means a negative experience never happened. The whole point of the compensation was because of the poor experience. ****wits.

She got the things she wanted but bloody hell. The nerve on these people.

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TL; DR - car dealership provided poor service, left a negative review, was offered compensation for accessories, wanted review removed as a result

Shocking, my car buying experience a few years back was poor. Ended up not only the best deal but the salesperson that was actually great to deal with and got the whole photo with ribbon on car and a gift basket.

But it was a varying experience from the salesperson at one dealer who was just pushy, it was May and he was telling me I had to move quickly to get EOFY deal. Would call or text regularly following up.

Most disappointing was I went into the place my current car at the time was from and we had 3 cars from them, but could get zero service. Was midweek, quiet but no one wanted to talk to me. Eventually someone said here take a brochure and that was it. So suffice to say we never went back there.

 

[Madas]

Shocking, my car buying experience a few years back was poor. Ended up not only the best deal but the salesperson that was actually great to deal with and got the whole photo with ribbon on car and a gift basket.

But it was a varying experience from the salesperson at one dealer who was just pushy, it was May and he was telling me I had to move quickly to get EOFY deal. Would call or text regularly following up.

Most disappointing was I went into the place my current car at the time was from and we had 3 cars from them, but could get zero service. Was midweek, quiet but no one wanted to talk to me. Eventually someone said here take a brochure and that was it. So suffice to say we never went back there.

Good customer service is a dying art

 

[Gralin]

I reckon the bow on the car thing is a bit wanky but plenty of people seem to like it

 

[Shell]

I didn't get no ****en bow

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

I reckon the bow on the car thing is a bit wanky but plenty of people seem to like it

Buying a new car, brand new, is a big event in many people's lives. Exciting. A huge investment, perhaps the only time they'll do it.

So they tell me...

 

[peternorth]

Melb airport international terminal. Arrivals.

 

[Over The Post]

Melb airport international terminal. Arrivals.

Testify, my crafty azn brother from another mother.

Did you get hassled by the taxi touts?

 

[Shell]

Melb airport international terminal. Arrivals.

Why

 

[Plugger35]

Buying a new car, brand new, is a big event in many people's lives. Exciting. A huge investment, perhaps the only time they'll do it.

So they tell me...

I've never bought a new car, they have always been second hand.

My dad had a job where he would get new company cars which was exciting like the Magna he got in 1985 with electric windows.

That was state of the art back then.

 

[troybe]

I’ve had 1 new car out of 7 now, I never got a bow either

 

[Shell]

I’ve had 1 new car out of 7 now, I never got a bow either

Mine was ex service car so I guess I haven't bought new either.

My other car was via car sales.com