Things that give you the sh1ts

[another grub]

nice mate.....WADH!!!!

[another grub]

Once a year punters who hold up the line at the TAB when you want to get on a race. If there are 2 machines they make 1 line and dont put thier tickets in until the person before has left the counter ...FFS ...put your tickets in as soon as the person in front's tickets have dissapeared into the machine...FFS

[overloaded]

Then they put their tickets in upside down

[another grub]

if they put it in at all....

I must admit I do get 'TAB line-up rage'...usually it comes on early november...

[Psyber]

I must admit that if I'd actually decided to go to a TAB to put something on the Melbourne Cup, I would have needed the guy to guide me through the process as it must be 4 years since the one time I ever did it, and I have forgotten how it works.

I have the same problem with tickets and public transport - total unfamiliarity - it is simple when it is familiar.

On the other hand, supplied with the essential materials I am confident I could build a basic atomic bomb.

[Pseudo]

People who pull over on a main road - when there is no cycle/parking lane - to answer a mobile phone.

FFS people, 10 out of 10 for the right intentions, but minus several hundred for good thinking. You're more of a hazard than the buffoons who persist in driving while they yak on their phones.

[am Bays]

People who pull over on a main road - when there is no cycle/parking lane - to answer a mobile phone.

FFS people, 10 out of 10 for the right intentions, but minus several hundred for good thinking. You're more of a hazard than the buffoons who persist in driving while they yak on their phones.

Don't blame them blame the law makers......I know what I'd rather do pull over and make people aware of whats in front of them compared to paying a $250+ fine...

[Pseudo]

People who pull over on a main road - when there is no cycle/parking lane - to answer a mobile phone.

FFS people, 10 out of 10 for the right intentions, but minus several hundred for good thinking. You're more of a hazard than the buffoons who persist in driving while they yak on their phones.

Don't blame them blame the law makers......I know what I'd rather do pull over and make people aware of whats in front of them compared to paying a $250+ fine...

I know what I'd rather do too: turn into the nearest side street and then pull over before answering the phone. The law is satisfied and I'm not creating a traffic hazard. Too hard for some, though.

[am Bays]

Don't blame them blame the law makers......I know what I'd rather do pull over and make people aware of whats in front of them compared to paying a $250+ fine...

I know what I'd rather do too: turn into the nearest side street and then pull over before answering the phone. The law is satisfied and I'm not creating a traffic hazard. Too hard for some, though.

Can't argue with that...

[Pseudo]

This morning's peeve is twofold.

1. People who pay for their tickets with credit cards at Adelaide station. All too often I attempt to buy a multitrip ticket in between changing trains at Adelaide, only to get stuck in a queue of 4 or 5 people, most of whom flip out a square of plastic when they get to the head of the queue, thereby slowing the queue to a crawl. The nuisance is compounded by the knowledge that my train leaves in a matter of minutes.

The peeve has been mentioned before on this thread, but it bears mentioning again because it leads directly to the second - and today, the greater - peeve:

2. Thick-as-two-short-planks TransAdelaide staff. On finally reaching the head of the queue this morning I made the comment "credit cards ought to be banned here mate". The drone behind the counter replied, in haughty voice, that there were two windows open so I didn't have to wait. FFS you cretin, unless one of the windows is cash-only that does NOT solve the problem. How do I tell, prior to joining either queue, which is the one with the most credit card junkies? Am I supposed to stand in one queue until the bloke in front of me pulls out his AmEx, and then join the end of the other queue, jumping back when the bloke in THAT queue goes for his Visa? Not to mention that oftentimes only one queue is open when I purchase my ticket. I said as much, and the bloke basically lied to me in return, claiming that there are always 2 windows open at that time of day.

Well, it's clear why that bloke is the one selling train tickets for a living, and not me....

Rant over. Grumpy today. Need caffeine.

[Dogwatcher]

Well said.

But I don't reckon that's Adelaide public transport's worst problem.

[TroyGFC]

people who whinge about once a year gamblers.... shouldn't a seasoned gambler have a TAB phone account!!

[Dogwatcher]

Rain at the cricket.

[locky801]

Rain at the cricket.

more so rain in the first session of the 1st test, how many times does this happen in Qld

[Thiele]

Flies

[Stumps]

when your at the shopping centre checkout and the checkout chick hands you a handful of gold coins and a docket and within 1 second begins serving the next dude before you have a chance to get your shit together- give me a chance please love mAYBE THATS JUST ME

[RustyCage]

This morning's peeve is twofold.

1. People who pay for their tickets with credit cards at Adelaide station. All too often I attempt to buy a multitrip ticket in between changing trains at Adelaide, only to get stuck in a queue of 4 or 5 people, most of whom flip out a square of plastic when they get to the head of the queue, thereby slowing the queue to a crawl. The nuisance is compounded by the knowledge that my train leaves in a matter of minutes.

The peeve has been mentioned before on this thread, but it bears mentioning again because it leads directly to the second - and today, the greater - peeve:

2. Thick-as-two-short-planks TransAdelaide staff. On finally reaching the head of the queue this morning I made the comment "credit cards ought to be banned here mate". The drone behind the counter replied, in haughty voice, that there were two windows open so I didn't have to wait. FFS you cretin, unless one of the windows is cash-only that does NOT solve the problem. How do I tell, prior to joining either queue, which is the one with the most credit card junkies? Am I supposed to stand in one queue until the bloke in front of me pulls out his AmEx, and then join the end of the other queue, jumping back when the bloke in THAT queue goes for his Visa? Not to mention that oftentimes only one queue is open when I purchase my ticket. I said as much, and the bloke basically lied to me in return, claiming that there are always 2 windows open at that time of day.

Well, it's clear why that bloke is the one selling train tickets for a living, and not me....

Rant over. Grumpy today. Need caffeine.

Solution? Newsagencies sell bus tickets. Im sure the one 20m away from the ticket window sells them. If not, the 24/7 across the road (or under the road) sells them. No need to wait.

That said, I thing credit cards should be banned in anything smaller than a supermarket, and even then, have them in only a few checkouts.

[Pseudo]

Solution? Newsagencies sell bus tickets. Im sure the one 20m away from the ticket window sells them. If not, the 24/7 across the road (or under the road) sells them. No need to wait.

I often do use that newsagent to buy my tickets. I believe I said as much earlier in this thread. Nevertheless if the newsagent is busy, and the ticket queue has only 3 people in it, then the queue is typically quicker - but only if none of the folks in the queue whips out their plastic when they get to the window.

FWIW I sent a tersely worded feedback form to TransAdelaide, suggesting 1) a dedicated cash-only ticket window, and 2) replacing the halfwits behind the windows with some vending machines.

[Pseudo]

FWIW I sent a tersely worded **** form to TransAdelaide,

sigh.

f-e-e-d-b-a-c-k.

one more thing that gives me the sh!ts: over-zealous swear filters.

[smac]

Mowing 250 square metres of lawn in the heat... We only had a little bit of rain and a lot of sunshine and it grew 3 inches in the last week. FFS.