Why is every company in this country absolutely ******* useless?!!

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original PM replied

17 March 2009, 13:11
SA - I take it you looked here

cold calm logic

you are soooooo in trouble now
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suityou01 replied

17 March 2009, 13:02
Originally posted by Ruprect View Post

Second angry post in as many days.... TOTM?

And a Top Of The Mornin to you too. Happy Paddys Day.
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Peoplesoft bloke replied

17 March 2009, 12:49
Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post

Yes, there'd be a huge problem; there'd be no more work for contractors.

No risk of that - no chance of any outfit paying to get a job done properly in the first place - the shareholders would moan!
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FiveTimes replied

17 March 2009, 12:42
SA - I take it you looked here
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Mich the Tester replied

17 March 2009, 12:35
Originally posted by Churchill View Post

Mind you, if you lot built the systems properly and didn't have to patch over each others incompetence there wouldn't be a problem, would there?

Yes, there'd be a huge problem; there'd be no more work for contractors.
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Churchill replied

17 March 2009, 12:34
Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post

It's amazing to see how quickly systems fall apart when all the contractors are chucked out. Well maybe it isn't amazing, but reassuring in a strange way.

Mind you, if you lot built the systems properly and didn't have to patch over each others incompetence there wouldn't be a problem, would there?
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Mich the Tester replied

17 March 2009, 12:31
Originally posted by backlight View Post

I called Virgin yesterday to cancel my TV and Internet as I am moving house, while they answered the phone they couldn’t do SFA as their systems were down. I mean why make me go through all of the menus when they could have put a message on saying 'we are useless and can’t take your call right now'.

Think they need a few more contracts to sort the place out.

It's amazing to see how quickly systems fall apart when all the contractors are chucked out. Well maybe it isn't amazing, but reassuring in a strange way.
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Churchill replied

17 March 2009, 12:31
Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post

You didn't say that at Chester Zoo!

I'm still sure that I stood on a bat in the cave!
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backlight replied

17 March 2009, 12:28
I called Virgin yesterday to cancel my TV and Internet as I am moving house, while they answered the phone they couldn’t do SFA as their systems were down. I mean why make me go through all of the menus when they could have put a message on saying 'we are useless and can’t take your call right now'.

Think they need a few more contractors to sort the place out.

Last edited by backlight; 17 March 2009, 12:32.
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Mich the Tester replied

17 March 2009, 11:56
Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View Post

Quality rant. To answer the question, all these arse faced large companies answer only to shareholders who demand stupidly high short term gains - the only way to achieve these gains (or at least the illusion of them that banks and winky accounts will believe) is through unsustainable stupid business practises which alienate all staff and customers at all times.
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BrilloPad replied

17 March 2009, 11:55
Originally posted by Churchill View Post

Drewster, don't tease the exhibits, they don't like it!

You didn't say that at Chester Zoo!
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Peoplesoft bloke replied

17 March 2009, 11:54
Quality rant. To answer the question, all these arse faced large companies answer only to shareholders who demand stupidly high short term gains - the only way to achieve these gains (or at least the illusion of them that banks and wanky accounts will believe) is through unsustainable stupid business practises which alienate all staff and customers at all times.
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NotAllThere replied

17 March 2009, 11:48
Quality rant, S.A. Thanks so much.
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Drewster replied

17 March 2009, 10:55
Originally posted by SallyAnne View Post

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Light Blue Touch Paper... Step back and watch......

There There Sally. I think you need a holiday love!
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Churchill replied

17 March 2009, 10:54
Originally posted by Drewster View Post

At the risk of experiencing your ire.......

You are complaining because "they" wouldn't let you commit fraud?

Originally posted by Churchill View Post

Oh f**k, now you've done it!

You'll be sorry!

Originally posted by Drewster View Post

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing" (Burke)

Originally posted by SallyAnne View Post

It's not fraud to use someone elses card with their permission, unless they've brought a new law in in the lasf few minutes?

I made the initial booking online with the same card and this was fine with them.

What was also going to be fine with them was if I passed my phone over to my husband who would have said "yes I authorise this" which is the most ridiculous ******* thing I've ever heard, as I could have just donned a fake Homer Simpson voice to do it!

It wouldn't have been so bad if I hadn't waiting 90 ******* minutes to get through to be told this!!!

And also, if they'd had an online payment page I could have PAID IT ONLINE WITH THE SAME MOTHER ******* CARD COULDN'T I?!!!!!!

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Drewster, don't tease the exhibits, they don't like it!
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