Things that irritate you.....

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Very irritated at the Cape Town airport on 9th July. Bags went through scanner and official grabbed bag and started trying to open it. I told him it was locked and what was the trouble. "Bottles" he said and started prising the catch open. I asked to have the bag so I could open it for him, but he snatched it away. So I called in a loud voice "fetch the supervisor". He was standing right there pretending not to see anything and asked what the trouble is. So I offered to open the bag for him. With 3 large guys checking me out, I undid the lid and opened the bag. He scratched about and came up with my water flosser, in which you put water to clean your teeth. "Bottle" he shouted, "too big" and waved it around. I said it is not a bottle, but a water pump. "No, bottle" he insisted. I turned to the supervisor and asked him to intervene. Next thing this first fellow threw the flosser into the bin, but missed and the device broke apart on the floor. The next thing the lid was closed and I was pushed away and told to leave. I protested to the supervisor that a) this was not a bottle and b) they had now broken it and it was worth R350.00. He said I cannot bring such objects into "their" airport. I told him it was a medical device, but he was not interested. So I wrote down the names of the 3 people involved (they would not let me take their pictures) and wrote an email to the Airports Company, enclosing a photo of the unit, the till slip from Dischem and asked them to pay for it. I received what seems to be a one-line generic reply saying that no record could be found of the event

Hopefully the travel insurance will pay. I was amazed at the boorish behaviour of these people. Two US visitors behind me expressed the opinion in a loud voice that the guard was an uneducated moron
 
chrisc4290 said:
Very irritated at the Cape Town airport on 9th July. Bags went through scanner and official grabbed bag and started trying to open it. I told him it was locked and what was the trouble. "Bottles" he said and started prising the catch open. I asked to have the bag so I could open it for him, but he snatched it away. So I called in a loud voice "fetch the supervisor". He was standing right there pretending not to see anything and asked what the trouble is. So I offered to open the bag for him. With 3 large guys checking me out, I undid the lid and opened the bag. He scratched about and came up with my water flosser, in which you put water to clean your teeth. "Bottle" he shouted, "too big" and waved it around. I said it is not a bottle, but a water pump. "No, bottle" he insisted. I turned to the supervisor and asked him to intervene. Next thing this first fellow threw the flosser into the bin, but missed and the device broke apart on the floor. The next thing the lid was closed and I was pushed away and told to leave. I protested to the supervisor that a) this was not a bottle and b) they had now broken it and it was worth R350.00. He said I cannot bring such objects into "their" airport. I told him it was a medical device, but he was not interested. So I wrote down the names of the 3 people involved (they would not let me take their pictures) and wrote an email to the Airports Company, enclosing a photo of the unit, the till slip from Dischem and asked them to pay for it. I received what seems to be a one-line generic reply saying that no record could be found of the event

Hopefully the travel insurance will pay. I was amazed at the boorish behaviour of these people. Two US visitors behind me expressed the opinion in a loud voice that the guard was an uneducated moron
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Fecking retards.
 
chrisc4290 said:
Very irritated at the Cape Town airport on 9th July. Bags went through scanner and official grabbed bag and started trying to open it. I told him it was locked and what was the trouble. "Bottles" he said and started prising the catch open. I asked to have the bag so I could open it for him, but he snatched it away. So I called in a loud voice "fetch the supervisor". He was standing right there pretending not to see anything and asked what the trouble is. So I offered to open the bag for him. With 3 large guys checking me out, I undid the lid and opened the bag. He scratched about and came up with my water flosser, in which you put water to clean your teeth. "Bottle" he shouted, "too big" and waved it around. I said it is not a bottle, but a water pump. "No, bottle" he insisted. I turned to the supervisor and asked him to intervene. Next thing this first fellow threw the flosser into the bin, but missed and the device broke apart on the floor. The next thing the lid was closed and I was pushed away and told to leave. I protested to the supervisor that a) this was not a bottle and b) they had now broken it and it was worth R350.00. He said I cannot bring such objects into "their" airport. I told him it was a medical device, but he was not interested. So I wrote down the names of the 3 people involved (they would not let me take their pictures) and wrote an email to the Airports Company, enclosing a photo of the unit, the till slip from Dischem and asked them to pay for it. I received what seems to be a one-line generic reply saying that no record could be found of the event

Hopefully the travel insurance will pay. I was amazed at the boorish behaviour of these people. Two US visitors behind me expressed the opinion in a loud voice that the guard was an uneducated moron
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Feckers...sorry to hear and it's poor form of the ACSA to not take this further. Maybe go the good old Hellopeter route on them and see if they respond?
 
Never thought of Hello Peter. Will give them a go, cannot do any harm - thanks
 
Spar and FNB = Retards

Why the f..k does the card terminal ask me Credit / Cheque / Saving if your till operator is going to ask me "Cheque or Savings" ? Why do I even waste my time pressing buttons? Why can't you get it right like PnP does?

Oh I hate it so much.
 
When you start dating a hot chick and she has issues about going down on you, because she feels it needs to reciprocal.

She doesn't realise that her fish has no nutritional value but my protein does.
 
wingman said:
When you start dating a hot chick and she has issues about going down on you, because she feels it needs to reciprocal.

She doesn't realise that her fish has no nutritional value but my protein does.
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Doesn't matter how hot she is, if it smells like fish, tell hr to wash properly and move on.
 
The gurgling cough the till operator makes into her hand before reaching out the same hand for my credit card.
 
wabbit16 said:
Feckers...sorry to hear and it's poor form of the ACSA to not take this further. Maybe go the good old Hellopeter route on them and see if they respond?
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The insurance paid, so won't bother Hello Peter. IMHO they are pretty useless, so many generic replies from suppliers who have no intention of following up
 
People who quote all the pictures of a post in the very next post.
Learn to internet!
 
The question is, do you scratch it in public?
 
I hate it when people derail a serious thread with their own crap or stupid attempts at humour. That kind of behaviour reeks of low poor self esteem.
 
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