Gripe of the day - What is yours?

[NTECUK]

Grandad said "you need to eat a peck of dirt before you die "!
1 Peck = 9 092.18376 millilitres

[maviczap]

Wish the Argies had captured Clarkson & co, as throwing them into prison for a long time would have made me feel good for the amount of my licence fee going on the dire 2 part Top Gear special.

They need to change the formula, because everything was predictable as custard.

I only see it as entertainment, but it wasn't

[Ch00]

Originally Posted by maviczap

Wish the Argies had captured Clarkson & co, as throwing them into prison for a long time would have made me feel good for the amount of my licence fee going on the dire 2 part Top Gear special.

They need to change the formula, because everything was predictable as custard.

I only see it as entertainment, but it wasn't

I saw it as more as a eccentric travel show. Some of those places looked amazing.

[maviczap]

Yep, but its a bloomin expensive travel prog.I've been better entertained by watching Henry Cole on his travel prog.

i was impressed by how well the cars coped with what was thrown at them, although it would depend on how much off camera fettling was done by the support crew.

[Ch00]

I did wonder is there had been any extra metal work put under the cars as they must have scraped a lot on the floor.

Also there was a good safety message in the programe. Horses are dangerous!!

[NTECUK]

I BT customer support Services.
Don't say "there's no fult on the line",
when you can hardly hear me or I you because the crackle and noise is so rediculus you had to ring my mobile!!!

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by NTECUK

I BT customer support Services.
Don't say "there's no fult on the line",
when you can hardly hear me or I you because the crackle and noise is so rediculus you had to ring my mobile!!!

Indian call centre by any chance?

I know many years ago a colleague was having problems with his line. He eventually got a UK number to call, and the person understood & wasn't reading from a script

[NTECUK]

Its mum's land line so important if she needs help as the assistance service tag use it.
In the end I said " you couldn't understand me on the line. I am using my phone from my house that worked fine when I unplugged it 15mins ago.It's straight in the BT master socket. Nothing else is connected ".
Eventually I got a open reach engineer booked.

[Littlepeahead]

Originally Posted by maviczap

Yep, but its a bloomin expensive travel prog.I've been better entertained by watching Henry Cole on his travel prog.

i was impressed by how well the cars coped with what was thrown at them, although it would depend on how much off camera fettling was done by the support crew.

I didn't even bother to watch it this time. If I want to watch something that makes me want to visit a country I'll put on Simon Reeve, nice to look (him and the places he visits) at as well as entertaining. Brian Cox equally splurges a fortune traveling around the world to do a a piece read to camera but at least it's vaguely educational. I had to chuckle when Cox explained that the Laws of the Universe can be written on one sheet of paper (as he scrawled them on a cricket scorecard) and but the laws of cricket require a whole book to explain them. This must make me a genius then!

My gripe is getting an email from M&S home insurance thanking me for renewing - that's the first I've heard from them so I don't even know how much it cost to renew and my policy should have changed as I now own more stuff. Very annoying.

[maviczap]

It maybe the last time I watch a Top Gear special again.

With all the pre show hype, I thought it might be entertaining like the last few, but it was not to be.

Think they needed to hype it up, so that people might watch it