You know what really grinds my gears?

[mayogodhelpus@gmail.com]

So, the Spanish got to Miami before you....

The Natives and the Spanish.

[pintsofguinness]

broken spokes!   

[Tyrones own]

Jaysus ye didn't fall off it again did ye 

[pintsofguinness]

Jaysus ye didn't fall off it again did ye 

Nope - just constant broken spokes!

[muppet]

Shoe shops that employ people who do not know how to lace a pair of shoes.

How does this happen? Is there a gap in the market to create training for these gimps?

[ziggysego]

Sitting through adverts and suddenly remembering when the programme restarts, you're watching it on Sky + playback.

[Puckoon]

f**king Dell (insert any large corporation in here). The f**king operating of large companies grinds my gears.

I bought a computer from these fuckwits in april - and it has been shite since I got it. I have called them a number of times for assistance, or to discuss sending the thing back - but the calls get sent to some outsourced hell hole where I can barely understand the English being spoken back to me. It's soul destroying. Low and behold I am out of town and miss a payment on the damn computer and I get a call from someone in an office in Ohio or somesuch place, who you can be damn sure can ask you in perfect English if you want to make a payment over the phone and could you be so kind as to explain to them why you missed the payment!

So in my finest "hellhole" dialect I say I say I say f**k You Van Wilder Dell inc.!!!

[AZOffaly]

I work for Dell and I have forwarded this post onto my superiors.

[Puckoon]

I work for Dell and I have forwarded this post onto my superiors.

Well it is 11.37pm there, so I wouldn't expect to hear anything back from them til the elephant blows in the morning.

[AZOffaly]

I'm going there next week, so I'll let them know how unhappy you are

[ziggysego]

iMacs are the way to go Puck. Microsoft was an unwanted torture in my life.

[AZOffaly]

Away outta that you hippy

[Puckoon]

Well maybe you could answer the phone when you're over there when I call and we could get this squared away?   

Alternatively, if you want to use me as a case study for the natives: "How to deal with an angry f-bomb dropping Irishman who isn't happy with the product" - I can give you my number and y'all can give me a call at (from) your (the) convenience (store)?


Seriously though, its not even Dell that is the source of my frustration. It's just typical of the world in 2010 - use the English speakers to get the money off them, and then fecking send them up the walls when they need customer service. That is why when I call any company about anything at all - I press the button for "new customer" - if you press the button for "returning customer" they'll keep you on the line for hours. If they think they can squeeze a few shillings out of you - they will bump you to first in line.

[maggie]

Gillian McKeith.

[Puckoon]

Does she work for Dell? Do you have a direct line to her?