the most ridiculous complaint you have heard.

Ed Winchester

Aglomerado wrote: »

Morons shouldn't be allowed out of the country.

Of course they should. Just don't let them back in!

Aglomerado

Ed Winchester wrote: »

Of course they should. Just don't let them back in!

fair point. Or they should only be allowed to travel to places like Darfur.

Baron Kurtz

homerjay2005 wrote: »

i seen a woman complain in a dublin pub that the pint of guinness that she had ordered, wasnt a full one.

the barman put it up on the counter and walked away and she stood there screaming at him and then demanded to see the manager as she wasnt going to pay for a "half a pint" as she described it.

the barman then came back, topped it off and she shut up.

Nothing wrong with asking him to fill the thing up I suppose. But no one needs to go spastic about it. It's worse with a pint of craft you've shelled out over 6 snoots for and the bar person fills it 5.50ys worth.

kingchess

not a silly complaint but Years ago my Brother worked in a Butchers shop in a local village,one day an old farmer returned some meat that he had bought the day before.,the Farmer came in the door,skipped the queue and slammed the meat on the counter,"see that meat," boy?there is a smell of boars piss off that meat" he shouted, anyway he got his money back(my brother had to admit there was a whiff of boars piss off the meat)

eisenberg1

Aglomerado wrote: »

Morons shouldn't be allowed out of the country.

I'd let them out alright, but see when they tried to back in.....:D


Beaten to it I see....

reap-a-rat

Having dinner in a fairly tight restaurant, so tables very close to one another. A table of 3 were seated right next to myself and my friend - they seemed loud and obnoxious but didn't do anything too bad... UNTIL the red wine that they ordered came to the table, and one of the women tasted it (you know, to ensure it wasn't off) and she said, "hmmm, I don't think we'll keep this. It's a bit too red."

That was a good few years ago now and I can still hear her smarmy voice complaining that her red wine was "too red".

xabi

Baron Kurtz wrote: »

Nothing wrong with asking him to fill the thing up I suppose. But no one needs to go spastic about it. It's worse with a pint of craft you've shelled out over 6 snoots for and the bar person fills it 5.50ys worth.

I assume the barman was letting it settle before topping up.

saidinmilamber

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A Belfast pub has posted a tongue-in-cheek response to a peeved patron who accused their bouncers of selling cocaine.

Leigh McIlroy was upset after being thrown out by the Hudson Bar's "oppressive bouncers" whilst on a night out. She accused the staff of being drug dealers and claimed that its toilets were also "full of people snorting coke".

Even the sound system was criticised in her description of "the most horrid nasty bar in Belfast".

Rather than ignore her complaint, the Hudson Bar described in very colourful detail the problems they have had with their bouncers, who, from their description, seem like characters from a fantasy version of Breaking Bad.

"Hi Leigh,

"Firstly, thank you for your review. We appreciate all feedback, be it good or bad. Without these insights from our customers, we couldn't improve our business.

"I'm sorry that you have fallen foul of our bouncers coke ring. As you no doubt understand, the business of selling coke is a highly lucrative one and our door staff guard their cartel jealously. Business is good for them at the moment it seems as you have witnessed the toilets full of people doing coke. Again, I can't apologise enough for this.

"The sound system could be better, in fact it is a very good sound system. The problem is, the speakers are full of coke. That's where the bouncers are keeping their stash you see. The bags of powder muffle the speaker cones and it seems to lead to a poor aural experience.

"It's something we have been working on, but between the internal turf wars, the kidnappings and now the ****ing Colombians, to be honest —we're finding it challenging.

"We nearly had a grip on it a couple of months ago, but since then the bouncers have hired an actual dragon which can shoot thunderbolts out of its eyes. It's pretty intimidating and we don't want to go near it. It is said that the dragon may be slain if it is struck by a magical sword by one who is pure of heart. We've sent several of our bar staff on a quest to find this sword but their journey will be long and fraught with danger, it could be many months before they return.

"Even if we get good acts in, it is not safe to visit with us until this horrible dragon and his coke peddling masters are sent back to the underworld from whence they came.

"Go easy traveller, and pray for our deliverance from this pestilence.

"Godspeed."

Baron Kurtz

xabi wrote: »

I assume the barman was letting it settle before topping up.

I missed the Guinness part of that post!

I Heart Internet

Worked in a McDonalds for a time and once had a middle-aged lady come up to me and tell me that we "shouldn't allow people like that in here". She directed my attention to the two homeless people sitting in one corner eating their meals.

They were a bit scruffy, fine. But I was confused as to what she wanted me to do with them. I was very young at the time so I just did nothing!

Tarzana

Deleted User wrote: »

I was working in a cafe in Regent's Park in London a long time ago. This woman came in shouting at me while pointing to her top where a pigeon had shat on her. This was somehow my fault as she was sitting on some of the benches out the front. I couldn't help but start giggling in her face at her predicament. How was I in any way responsible for this? What exactly did she want me to do about this? Shoot all the birds in the park? A bird ****ting on you is a hazard you face when you leave the house everyday.

I was once shat on by a pigeon sitting by a food stall in Camden Lock. I now see the error of my ways. I should have complained to the food stall worker rather than laughing hysterically with my friends. :pac:

ivytwine

Work in a call centre at present, it's great (not).

We had one guy ringing up saying he was sick of seeing our ads all over the internet "I HAVE NO INTEREST IN YOUR SERVICE" and it was upsetting him that the internet thought he had an interest in betting.

You have to wonder what he does when an ad for tampons or something else he's no interest in comes on TV...

XxMCRxBabyxX

joe stodge wrote: »

I was buying a coffee in butlers in the pavilions, swords before when a woman stormed up to the counter and went apeshïte over her coffee being too hot.

Sounds like a customer I had. She returned a coffee to me so that I could put more hot water in it only to then demand a refund because it was too hot.

fineso.mom

Two posters on the Vodafone thread complaining about an offer giving them free calls AND texts to ANY network or landline for 21 days. I've read it twice and still can't figure out why they are upset.
I don't know how to link to the thread,sorry.

bear1

fineso.mom wrote: »

Two posters on the Vodafone thread complaining about an offer giving them free calls AND texts to ANY network or landline for 21 days. I've read it twice and still can't figure out why they are upset.
I don't know how to link to the thread,sorry.

Just copy the name of the webpage at the top of your screen and paste it here.
I'm dying to read that!

For Forks Sake

pickarooney wrote: »

In what capacity were you receiving the complaint? Landlord? Trampoline manufacturer? Fence installer?

Shotgun salesman?

Beano

Baron Kurtz wrote: »

Nothing wrong with asking him to fill the thing up I suppose. But no one needs to go spastic about it. It's worse with a pint of craft you've shelled out over 6 snoots for and the bar person fills it 5.50ys worth.

I dont think that you understood the post you replied to. The barman had finished the first half of the guinness pour and put the pint on the counter to settle. the lady thought that was all she was getting. Nothing to do with getting short pints.

ShiftStorm

My friend asked for €10 credit and the cashier said "€10.75 please". My friend gasps and launches into a rant "have they increased the charge again? That's ridiculous! What's the world coming to etc etc".

The cashier says "the 75c is for the chewing gum."

My friend pockets the chewing gum and slinks away sheepishly

Luke92

A friend who loves to complain just finished a meal in a restaurant that couldn't be faulted. His salad was beautiful and the service was amazing, but he had a complaint. The salad bowl was oddly shaped and he didn't like it!

I wanted to murder him there and then!

Michael D Not Higgins

bear1 wrote: »

Just copy the name of the webpage at the top of your screen and paste it here.
I'm dying to read that!

http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057277540

They're complaining that it isn't as good as the other networks

Ed Winchester

Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057277540

They're complaining that it isn't as good as the other networks

Buncha numpties!

Well done to Sheena from Vodafone.

Tarzana

Chancer3001 wrote: »

It's the most obvious troll account I've seen

Funny though.

gammygils

I have bird feeders in my garden. Peanuts, seeds,etc.
And my neighbour across the street complained that MY Birds are shlttin
on her window!

eisenberg1

"What are your opening hours?"
"Nine till five, right thru lunch"
"Well, I didn't know that!"
"There is a big sign in the window"
"Yeah, well I was here at twenty to nine this morning...."
"and our opening hours are on our website, etc etc blah blah"
"yes, but still.....I was here yadda yadda yadda"
"Oh just fcuk off"....................ok, I made that bit up.

rawn

My friend works for ticketmaster and frequently gets questions like "and can you guarantee the weather will be nice on the day? "

MYSTICA1

My sister worked as hotel manager & one week, kept getting complaints from a group of Americans complaining that the bread was stale... She was intrigued as nobody else was complaining .. so one morning she asked them to show her the offending bread ... They had been chomping away on dry Weetabix all week !!

eisenberg1

rawn wrote: »

My friend works for ticketmaster and frequently gets questions like "and can you guarantee the weather will be nice on the day? "

Really? They should surcharge those people.....50 quid good weather fee.

krudler

some random stuff I remember from over the years, paraphrased mostly but the general gist is there:

"It takes too long to get through to ye, are ye all asleep in there or something? I've forgotten what I rang for now, goodbye"
(guy was in the queue for less than 3 minutes waiting)

"It's illegal to cut someone off for not paying their bill"
No, no it's not.

"I can't believe you sent me an overdue bill text, my husband is a doctor"
....ok?

"I dont like new phones, why don't ye sell old ones"
*suggest buying an old phone 2nd hand or on ebay, or seeing if anyone has an old handset lying around*
"2nd hand? I'm not a dole waster!"


*goes into tirade of abuse and ranting, turns out isnt even on to the right company, tell them this*
"Ahhh ffs, you tell someone in eircom to contact me!!"
Of course, I'll not get right on that straight away.

"You're as bad as the bankers!" (this gem was actually pretty regular)
"Because we expect you to pay for the service you've been using?"
"Sure some people owe millions!"
"And that's related to your 50 quid phone bill how exactly?"

"I didn't know facebook was using the internet"
No, it's powered by make believe and pixie dust

"Sure how was I supposed to know ringing Dubai would cost me that much, is it not a local call?"
Local.....local. Dubai. Local.

"What's this roaming charge on my bill? I was never roaming!"
you have dozens of texts and calls made while in Spain? it's all dated and timed on the bill.
"sure spain isn't roaming!"

sunflower27

I saw the following review on a hotel I am booked to stay in next month

Room 206 need bright too dark there Telephone flash light all night bother me as I m light sleeper No biscuits provide with tea or coffee in room after I paid lots money No salt on tables. Two shakers contain with peppers. Same as other tables real pity I had to ask waiter to get me other shaker for salt

Mariasofia

sunflower27 wrote: »

I saw the following review on a hotel I am booked to stay in next month

Room 206 need bright too dark there Telephone flash light all night bother me as I m light sleeper No biscuits provide with tea or coffee in room after I paid lots money No salt on tables. Two shakers contain with peppers. Same as other tables real pity I had to ask waiter to get me other shaker for salt

Well you cant blame them really. I know when Im away for the night in a hotel the first thing I check is if theres biscuits in my room.
:-D

The Strawman Argument

Saw one on Amazon a few days ago, 1 star review for a pop-up book because there wasn't a kindle version.

Baron Kurtz

Beano wrote: »

I dont think that you understood the post you replied to. The barman had finished the first half of the guinness pour and put the pint on the counter to settle. the lady thought that was all she was getting. Nothing to do with getting short pints.

Yeah, I clarified my misunderstanding a few posts before yours. Thanks.

LynnGrace

TripAdvisor is great for the daftest of complaints, at times.

OneOfThem Stumbled

Most ridiculous complaint I've ever heard?

Heard it many times, in fact, at checkouts:
"Unexpected item in the bagging area."

Isolt

A taxi driver yesterday went through me for a short cut because I was ''yet another crap fare'' that day as I was only going a small distance. I even offered to get out of the car and get another taxi but he said he'd already started to move off the rank so to stay where I was.
I am due a baby in a few days, was a swollen, sweaty mess (attractive) and found his tone a bit upsetting. I understand that he was waiting at the rank and now had to leave for a less than a tenner fare but I tried to make amends by offering to leave and get another one and he said no, so why complain and moan at me? Rude man!

Valetta

Isolt wrote: »

A taxi driver yesterday went through me for a short cut because I was ''yet another crap fare'' that day as I was only going a small distance. I even offered to get out of the car and get another taxi but he said he'd already started to move off the rank so to stay where I was.
I am due a baby in a few days, was a swollen, sweaty mess (attractive) and found his tone a bit upsetting. I understand that he was waiting at the rank and now had to leave for a less than a tenner fare but I tried to make amends by offering to leave and get another one and he said no, so why complain and moan at me? Rude man!

I'd make a complaint to the taxi regulator.

Guaranteed to be one that won't appear here.

Ed Winchester

Isolt wrote: »

A taxi driver yesterday went through me for a short cut because I was ''yet another crap fare'' that day as I was only going a small distance. I even offered to get out of the car and get another taxi but he said he'd already started to move off the rank so to stay where I was.
I am due a baby in a few days, was a swollen, sweaty mess (attractive) and found his tone a bit upsetting. I understand that he was waiting at the rank and now had to leave for a less than a tenner fare but I tried to make amends by offering to leave and get another one and he said no, so why complain and moan at me? Rude man!

What an arsehole.

Get Real

A woman in my old work in Dublin complained to me that I could not accept her money-it was a stack of ten £1 sterling coins.

"this is disgraceful, why won't you accept my money"

"I'm really sorry but unfortunately thats not legal tender here-we do however accept sterling notes" (notes because we simply give the change in euro coins and charge a crazy exchange rates so its actually worth it)

"but these are pounds, you guys use the pound!!!"

I'm really sorry, we did use the pound but it was the Irish pound, up until 2002, ten years ago. I'd be happy to take a sterling note for your convenience, alternatively there is an atm across the street"

her:
"are you sure you know what you're talking about?" (I'm like )

"yes, the Euro is our currency, sorry about that"

she storms off.

In my head, I didn't know whether to laugh or lose it. I was in disbelief. What did she read about Ireland before coming here? Surely she had encountered euro between the airport and city centre. I was nice enough to accept a note had she got one, which we don't even have to do.

But then asking me was I sure we used euro in Ireland, is it possible I could be wrong about my own currency???:eek:

Felt like telling her to f'ck off and try that when buying a pack of chewing gum/getting on a bus/ buying a pint. I hope she learned pretty quickly after.

bear1

Get Real wrote: »

A woman in my old work complained to me that I could not accept her money-it was a stack of ten £1 sterling coins.

"this is disgraceful, why won't you accept my money"

"I'm really sorry but unfortunately thats not legal tender here-we do however accept sterling notes" (notes because we simply give the change in euro coins and charge a crazy exchange rates so its actually worth it)

"but these are pounds, you guys use the pound!!!"

I'm really sorry, we did use the pound but it was the Irish pound, up until 2002, ten years ago. I'd be happy to take a sterling note for your convenience, alternatively there is an atm across the street"

her:
"are you sure you know what you're talking about?" (I'm like )

"yes, the Euro is our currency, sorry about that"

she storms off.

In my head, I didn't know whether to laugh or lose it. I was in disbelief. What did she read about Ireland before coming here? Surely she had encountered euro between the airport and city centre. I was nice enough to accept a note had she got one, which we don't even have to do.

But then asking me was I sure we used euro in Ireland, is it possible I could be wrong about my own currency???:eek:

Felt like telling her to f'ck off and try that when buying a pack of chewing gum/getting on a bus/ buying a pint. I hope she learned pretty quickly after.

I'm going to assume that the dozy twat thought she was in a different part of Ireland.

black & white

Got a bank statement and noticed that there was money withdrawn late on a Sunday night from a sort code starting with 93 ( AIB) and I KNEW there wasn't an AIB bank around there. Rang my own bank in a "I demand to know why you have taken money from my account" mode to have the young lad explain that it was from an ATM just beside my local pub at 10 minutes before closing time... I still cringe about it 8 or 10 years later.

Going Strong

black & white wrote: »

Got a bank statement and noticed that there was money withdrawn late on a Sunday night from a sort code starting with 93 ( AIB) and I KNEW there wasn't an AIB bank around there. Rang my own bank in a "I demand to know why you have taken money from my account" mode to have the young lad explain that it was from an ATM just beside my local pub at 10 minutes before closing time... I still cringe about it 8 or 10 years later.

I once logged a major issue at work when the new software build I was testing wouldn't install. I put up every 'Red Flag' I could on it and sent my report on its way knowing all hell would break loose. I soon got a panicked phone call about it and confidently told them that, yes, it was utterly fecked so it's late nights all round. I was told to try the 'Auto-Launch' one more time so ejected the CD to do so and noticed I'd put it in upside down the previous time. I was pointed and laughed at for a fair old while after that and my crawlingly apologetic "All Clear" email still makes me cringe thinking about it.

Get Real

bear1 wrote: »

I'm going to assume that the dozy twat thought she was in a different part of Ireland.

Possibly yeah, but even at that, it amazed me that someone who came to Dublin could presume she was in the North. Geographically at the least. I mean, if I was going to a place for holidays, I'm going to wikipedia it before I fly there just out of interest. If it was a case of thinking she was in the North, I wonder when she realised Dublin was in the Republic, if she realised at all.

Just beyond me how someone could book flights, hotel, sightseeing etc and not realise where they are/the currency of a place.

Michael D Not Higgins

Get Real wrote: »

Possibly yeah, but even at that, it amazed me that someone who came to Dublin could presume she was in the North. Geographically at the least. I mean, if I was going to a place for holidays, I'm going to wikipedia it before I fly there just out of interest. If it was a case of thinking she was in the North, I wonder when she realised Dublin was in the Republic, if she realised at all.

Just beyond me how someone could book flights, hotel, sightseeing etc and not realise where they are/the currency of a place.

I've had plenty of people ask whether I'm from Northern or Southern Ireland after I've told them I'm from Dublin. There's a general ignorance of Ireland among many in the UK.

Going Strong

Not me but a friend of mine and he doesn't post on here so I'm nicking it.

He used to work in an art gallery, the public type of art gallery. One day as he was restocking the gallery shop, he heard a middle aged woman getting very cross with one of the staff.

"I like that landscape on the landing and want to buy it."

She was politely told that it belonged to the nation and wasn't for sale.

"I don't care (Pulls out cheque book) name your price young lady!"

Again a polite refusal.

"Listen here to me! I have it on good authority that the National Gallery in Dublin sells paintings all the time. My friend has two of them!"

This went back and forth for a while before she stormed out shouting about lawyers and having that painting at all costs.

o1s1n

Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »

I've had plenty of people ask whether I'm from Northern or Southern Ireland after I've told them I'm from Dublin. There's a general ignorance of Ireland among many in the UK.

I feckin' hate that. 'Southern Ireland' isn't a country. And it's not even geographically correct if you're living in the east/west.

Yes I know, that's a fairly ridiculous complaint but it really grinds my gears :pac:

Overflow

Not the worst but still...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2746676/It-quickly-turned-absolute-nightmare-Couple-pursues-legal-action-against-Thomas-Cook-contracting-PARASITE-Egyptian-holiday-hell.html

Tarzana

black & white wrote: »

Got a bank statement and noticed that there was money withdrawn late on a Sunday night from a sort code starting with 93 ( AIB) and I KNEW there wasn't an AIB bank around there. Rang my own bank in a "I demand to know why you have taken money from my account" mode to have the young lad explain that it was from an ATM just beside my local pub at 10 minutes before closing time... I still cringe about it 8 or 10 years later.

I applaud your honesty.

bear1

Overflow wrote: »

Not the worst but still...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2746676/It-quickly-turned-absolute-nightmare-Couple-pursues-legal-action-against-Thomas-Cook-contracting-PARASITE-Egyptian-holiday-hell.html

Anything that trash of a newspaper reports I quickly disregard.
Even still, I'm wondering what they expect Cook to do? refund the whole package?

Icaras

Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »

I've had plenty of people ask whether I'm from Northern or Southern Ireland after I've told them I'm from Dublin. There's a general ignorance of Ireland among many in the UK.

I think its more a general ignorance of geography with English people. I find they know about roads, where cities and towns are but dont have a general knowledge and dont know counties. It just doesn't seem important to them.

Michael D Not Higgins

o1s1n wrote: »

I feckin' hate that. 'Southern Ireland' isn't a country. And it's not even geographically correct if you're living in the east/west.

Yes I know, that's a fairly ridiculous complaint but it really grinds my gears :pac:

It annoyed me at first too, but I'm so used to hearing it now that I just accept it.