Things that irritate you.....

[Hamish McPanji]

Coriander in my salad. Tastes like soap. ffs

Call it Cilantro and it will taste much better

 

[SauRoNZA]

Coriander in my salad. Tastes like soap. ffs

That's actually a medical or rather personal phenomenon almost like an allergy.

It doesn't taste like that to everyone else.

 

[HavocXphere]

Call it Cilantro and it will taste much better

haha nope. But that did add to the confusion in trying to work out what in the salad tasting so miff - some list it as cilantro some as coriander.

That's actually a medical or rather personal phenomenon almost like an allergy.

It doesn't taste like that to everyone else.

Awesome. Didn't know that.

 

[Hamish McPanji]

When you open up your laptop to replace the palm rest or something like that, find out you have to essentially unglue stuff apart. After 180 minutes of work (glue has to dry) , you put it together again.....and you find that youre missing a screw!!!

Oh yeah and all the plastic bits that have broken

 

[HavocXphere]

When you open up your laptop to replace the palm rest or something like that, find out you have to essentially unglue stuff apart. After 180 minutes of work (glue has to dry) , you put it together again.....and you find that youre missing a screw!!!

You optimised the design. The screw isn't needed. Done.

 

[msquared]

Frigging page loads

 

[Hamish McPanji]

You optimised the design. The screw isn't needed. Done.

No, that isn't the issue. You are 1 screw less. So there is a spot that needs a screw that doesn't have one. It can be only in 1 place.....somewhere inside, to dislodge and short your motherboard at the most inopportune time.

I regularly optimise designs though too. Thats not too much of a problem. Have regularly orphaned screws. I call it "profit"

 

[HavocXphere]

It can be only in 1 place.....somewhere inside, to dislodge and short your motherboard at the most inopportune time.

Don't come here with them negative vibes. Assume the cat ate it & live happily ever after.

edit...on second thoughts...the cat might not live happily ever after.

 

[Hamish McPanji]

Don't come here with them negative vibes. Assume the cat ate it & live happily ever after.

edit...on second thoughts...the cat might not live happily ever after.

This is the negative vibes thread.

But the though of the evil cat being uncomfortable made me smile.

 

[AirWolf]

Corporate copy/paste generic zombie responses to emails.

Filled in the form on FNB website (doesn't send back your question by email so I'm summarising/rephrasing)
What are their cheque deposit rules? Our local branch had refused to deposit 2 cheques that were for less than R500k each (but added up to over R500k) issued by the same company and to be deposited into a single trust account on our side. Cheques had to be deposited on 2 seperate days. I was only aware that a single cheque could not be for more than R500k.

Dear Valued Client

Thank you for your request.

Our security protocols and the implementation of the "The Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI)" means that all clients requesting information need to be authenticated in order to request information on Business accounts. Hence we do not action any requests received via email for any transactional information or account maintenance on the accounts. Please note only mandated persons will be assisted after authentication has been completed successfully.

In order to be authenticated, please contact our Business Desk on 087 575 9479 select option 1 to speak to a Business banker.

Regards

To read FirstRand Bank's Disclaimer for this email click on the following address or copy into your Internet browser:
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If you are unable to access the Disclaimer, send a blank e-mail to firstrandbankdisclaimer@fnb.co.za and we will send you a copy of the Disclaimer.

What kind of response is this?

Did I give you an account number to check any transactional info? No.

My question was about your general cheque deposit rules (with the background info for reference).

By reading and comprehending customer queries, valuable time can be saved instead of giving a copy-and-paste script-reader response sending all queries to your call centre.

Btw, the answer to my question can be found here (from the local branch manager):
http://www.thesait.org.za/news/1003...Payments-Association-Of-South-Africa-PASA.htm

Particular reference to this section:
"Furthermore, banks will also not accept "split cheque” payments i.e. a single and full amount of payment divided into two or more simultaneous cheque payments to make up an amount larger than R500 000."

FNB has an internal version of the above.

Stop being script readers.

Got a read receipt back, then nothing .

 

[Rouxenator]

Bumper stickers on cars

There is this excuse of a car in the parking lot next door, I walk past it everyday. I started putting the price stickers from the stuff I buy on it - it greatly improves the look of the car and it's structural integrity. However every time I see it again the stickers were taken off. Eventually I resorted to bumper stickers and these seem to be tolerated by whom ever drive that poor excuse of a car as they are still on the car.

Moral of the story : not all bumper stickers are there by choice.

 

[SauRoNZA]

Awesome. Didn't know that.

http://www.wired.co.uk/article/genetic-aversion-to-coriander

 

[Hamish McPanji]

People who are vague when talking about things so that you don't really know what they are talking about...and stuff

 

[creeper]

People who are vague when talking about things so that you don't really know what they are talking about...and stuff

They are called consultants.

 

[Hamish McPanji]

They are called consultants.

How did you come to that conclusion? I was trying to be as vague as possible so you didn't actually know what I was talking about

 

[pinball wizard]

People that use the term "wheelhouse". As in you ask a supplier something and the guy says " that's not in my wheelhouse". ****in aye aye ye old timey steam boat captain or whatever the **** you were getting at.

 

[HunterNW]

Bussy in the workshop whole morning, then wash my hands, sit down for a deserving smoke. Next some toppie comes along asking" Are you bussy ? I need this bracket made"... Pffftttt

 

[pinball wizard]

What's a bussy?

 

[HunterNW]

What's a bussy?

 

[Hamish McPanji]

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