Things that annoy you (51 Viewers)

[Otis]

Sky nonsensical advertising.

Just saw a clip come up for the Sky Store and it says 'Blade Runner 2049. Available now for you to buy and keep.' .Buy AND keep? Wow!!!

When I go to Tesco and buy a couple of bananas and pay for them at the till, the girl doesn't then say 'now you have bought them you can keep them.'

I don't have the assistant in Primark tell me the jeans I have just bought are now mine or the clock I bought from Argos now belongs to me.

What they surely mean is that you can either rent the film or buy it. What's all the ''buy and keep' nonsense?

 

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[tommydazzle]

Callers on the phone who use my first name and ask me things like, 'are you having a good day today?'. Presumably some training twat thinks it's a good idea. It's not.
I'm afraid anyone with an Indian accent gets immediately slammed down - apologies to any genuine Asian callers out there who work for legitimate businesses.

 

[Otis]

Callers on the phone who use my first name and ask me things like, 'are you having a good day today?'. Presumably some training twat thinks it's a good idea. It's not.
I'm afraid anyone with an Indian accent gets immediately slammed down - apologies to any genuine Asian callers out there who work for legitimate businesses.

Wow! What a coincidence, because my mate Ranjit works for a free gift company that rings total strangers up and offers them £10,000 right on the spot, just for the person answering the phone and speaking to him, no strings attached.

 

[wingy]

Wow! What a coincidence, because my mate Ranjit works for a free gift company that rings total strangers up and offers them £10,000 right on the spot, just for the person answering the phone and speaking to him, no strings attached.

I think he posts on here.
Decent chap !!

 

[Otis]

I think he posts on here.
Decent chap !!

Tommy something is it?

 

[wingy]

Tommy something is it?

Tit ,Tucker?! !

 

[dutchman]

Sky nonsensical advertising.

Just saw a clip come up for the Sky Store and it says 'Blade Runner 2049. Available now for you to buy and keep.' .Buy AND keep? Wow!!!

When I go to Tesco and buy a couple of bananas and pay for them at the till, the girl doesn't then say 'now you have bought them you can keep them.'

I don't have the assistant in Primark tell me the jeans I have just bought are now mine or the clock I bought from Argos now belongs to me.

What they surely mean is that you can either rent the film or buy it. What's all the ''buy and keep' nonsense?

You can never 'own' a film. What you've purchased is a right to view it which (thanks to Digital Rights Management) can be revoked at any time and without prior notice.

I personally object to the term 'boxed set' used by Sky and others since there is no 'box' or physical product of any kind.

 

[Otis]

You can never 'own' a film. What you've purchased is a right to view it which (thanks to Digital Rights Management) can be revoked at any time and without prior notice.

I personally object to the term 'boxed set' used by Sky and others since there is no 'box' or physical product of any kind.

So they are lying then if they say to buy and keep.

You are saying you might not be able to keep it. Would very much like to see the small print on that.

 

[Otis]

Just had a quick look on Sky and can't see anything saying that they can revoke the rights to your purchase, unless I missed it.

They are surely breaking the law then if they did revoke your rights, because there would be nothing in the purchase contract advising you of such an outcome when you bought it.

 

[chiefdave]

Buy and keep is where you can watch it immediately on Sky's streaming service and they also post you a DVD.

 

[Otis]

Buy and keep is where you can watch it immediately on Sky's streaming service and they also post you a DVD.

So if you have the DVD they are not going to come and knock on your door asking for it back are they.

 

[ajsccfc]

I think they added 'and keep' for the dvd version because with the new Sky Q box if you leave their service they take the box back now.

 

[shmmeee]

Also with any streaming service you can only access the media while the service exists. As soon as it’s shut down you won’t be able to stream. This is true even for some download services with DRM that require the licence to be validated against a server somewhere every now and again.

 

[Houchens Head]

"Things that annoy you"
My bloody missus!! Ask for my help on her laptop, then when I show her an easy way of doing something, she moans that she knows how! :banghead:

 

[lifeskyblue]

"Things that annoy you"
My bloody missus!! Ask for my help on her laptop, then when I show her an easy way of doing something, she moans that she knows how! :banghead:

Hahaha...snap!


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[Otis]

Hahaha...snap!


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You both have the same missus?

 

[chiefdave]

Also with any streaming service you can only access the media while the service exists. As soon as it’s shut down you won’t be able to stream. This is true even for some download services with DRM that require the licence to be validated against a server somewhere every now and again.

I suspect if Apple or Amazon suddenly decided to end their streaming service there would be such uproar they'd have to come up with a way to transfer your library to another service.

On a related topic Bruce Willis took Apple to court as he wanted to be able to leave his iTunes library to his kids. He lost, when you die your library goes with you.

 

[Otis]

I suspect if Apple or Amazon suddenly decided to end their streaming service there would be such uproar they'd have to come up with a way to transfer your library to another service.

On a related topic Bruce Willis took Apple to court as he wanted to be able to leave his iTunes library to his kids. He lost, when you die your library goes with you.

In the city centre, does that mean the toilets underneath too?

 

[Johnnythespider]

I suspect if Apple or Amazon suddenly decided to end their streaming service there would be such uproar they'd have to come up with a way to transfer your library to another service.

On a related topic Bruce Willis took Apple to court as he wanted to be able to leave his iTunes library to his kids. He lost, when you die your library goes with you.

Get it on vinyl Brucie

 

[richnrg]

Did the judge like the apple, and did it help Bruce's case?

 

[ccfctommy]

People sat on gym equipment on their phone.

 

[richnrg]

People sat on gym equipment on their phone.

strange excercise. is it for the gluteus maximus?

 

[Otis]

People who say 'war err' instead of water.

 

[Nick]

People who say 'war err' instead of water.

Scum of the earth.

I'm quite lucky in that my daughter reminds me how to speak and wont allow me to call it waddy.

 

[Otis]

Scum of the earth.

I'm quite lucky in that my daughter reminds me how to speak and wont allow me to call it waddy.

There was a programme on TV a few years back and there was a school where so many of the children misspelled the word 'water.'

I guess if you are saying 'war err,' then writing down 'water' just isn't going to look right at all on the paper.

 

[shmmeee]

I suspect if Apple or Amazon suddenly decided to end their streaming service there would be such uproar they'd have to come up with a way to transfer your library to another service.

On a related topic Bruce Willis took Apple to court as he wanted to be able to leave his iTunes library to his kids. He lost, when you die your library goes with you.

Luckily Apple does DRM free stuff IIRC so he should be good to just leave a copy.

I’d hope you’re right about DRM stuff, but we’ve seen it in games before when companies go bust. Like you say the big guns are probably too big now for it to happen.

 

[Sky_Blue_Daz]

Back pain, I pulled a lumbar in my back years ago and every now and then it goes.
I’m currently unable to sit down, stand up lie down or walk properly

I’m popping codine and ibuprofen like they are smarties

 

[Wyken Sky Blue]

Callers on the phone who use my first name and ask me things like, 'are you having a good day today?'. Presumably some training twat thinks it's a good idea. It's not.
I'm afraid anyone with an Indian accent gets immediately slammed down - apologies to any genuine Asian callers out there who work for legitimate businesses.

Completely agree with you Tommy, hope you were winnng today.

Please tell me your thoughts on Panjabi MC and the kama sutra?

 

[dutchman]

Callers on the phone who use my first name and ask me things like, 'are you having a good day today?'. Presumably some training twat thinks it's a good idea. It's not.

Or door-to-door salesmen who use the same line and get annoyed when you ask them repeatedly what it is they're trying to sell.

 

[Covstu]

People sat on gym equipment on their phone.

Or door-to-door salesmen who use the same line and get annoyed when you ask them repeatedly what it is they're trying to sell.

must admit I cannot remember the last time I had someone at my door selling anything? Jehovah's witnesses the other week but that's about it!!

I do get irritated by the charity people near the banks in town however!!

 

[Otis]

must admit I cannot remember the last time I had someone at my door selling anything? Jehovah's witnesses the other week but that's about it!!

I do get irritated by the charity people near the banks in town however!!

Do the old phone trick.

As soon as I see them I get my phone out and pretend I am talking to someone. They don't bother you at all then.

Plus my daughter loves it. I always pick some imaginary, fictional or historic figure and pretend I am chatting to them and having a full blown conversation with them. Makes my daughter grin and beam (I know, easily pleased)

Would say in the last 6 months I have spoken to Bugs Bunny, Hitler, Shakespeare, the Beverly Sisters, Frank Sinatra the Clangers, Jason Bourne, Winnie the Pooh and Jesus, amongst others.

 

[Deleted member 5849]

Would say in the last 6 months I have spoken to Bugs Bunny, Hitler, Shakespeare, the Beverly Sisters, Frank Sinatra the Clangers, Jason Bourne, Winnie the Pooh and Jesus, amongst others.

...and still not locked up.

 

[Otis]

...and still not locked up.

Yep.

Have to confess, it does appear weirder when I am on my own and do it.

 

[Nick]

When we first moved in my wife was too polite to tell the Jehovas to piss off. They ended up getting her name and would drive especially to knock on the door to ask for her and how my daughter was etc.

Polite people and all that but very random, must be soul destroying.

As for door to door sales, don't really get many of them. Have dogs so it's a good excuse to go "got to go mate, dogs kicking off" or just quizzing them and generally being a dick to put them off coming back again to get us blacklisted.

Amber windows though when we had a landline number, was 3 or 4 times a week.

 

[Deleted member 5849]

Amber windows though when we had a landline number, was 3 or 4 times a week.

I only have the landline for internet, nobody else has the number, so I can enjoy answering it in many varied and interesting ways whenever it rings!