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[quote=12thMan;879013]I bank with Citibank and my cell is with AT&T. Generally speaking the customer service is good. But God..and this may sound a little racist or whatever, but I hate getting transferred to the call centers in India. It's like they don't what the **** is going on..and you can tell they're reading a script the entire time. For instance, if you interrupt them it totally throws them off and they have to get back on track. It's like a huge waste of ****ing time.

But the part that really pisses me off is if you're going through the automated system, they will ask you if you want to speak to an agent press 0..but then they make you jump through three more hoops as if you're not really, really sure you want a live person. I'm usually so pissed when I get to someone I have to take a deep breath.

So what really grinds my gears? Shitty ****ing customer service that ain't customer service at all.[/quote]

I have like 5 checking accounts and 3 saving and I have all of them with the two local Banks and I actually talk to local people if I need to call. If I need something the local branch mgr actually can do something without calling home office. If you have a local bank or if you can join a credit union I would do that and you will never go back to a large bank. The only down fall is if you use ATM's alot your limited with a smaller bank.

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On hold for a conference call, waiting for the party that set up the call in the first place.

Gears officially grinding.

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[quote=Mattyk;879483]On hold for a conference call, waiting for the party that set up the call in the first place.

Gears officially grinding.[/quote]

conference calls in general

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[quote=Chico23231;879484]conference calls in general[/quote]

Yeah nothing like 10 people on a line talking at once, it's like those old school party lines.

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[quote=Mattyk;879483]On hold for a conference call, waiting for the party that set up the call in the first place.

Gears officially grinding.[/quote]

When I was at ESPN and had conference calls with Disney, I got to listen to Hannah Montana while on hold...Yaaaaaayyyy!!!!!

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We once at Marriott had a huge emergency conference call for all the revenue managers, it was about down sizing and moving folks around. Well half way through the call we all heard "Ruth (it said her whole name) has now disconnected". JW Marriottt was even on the call! IT was too funny becasue she was my boss and I hated her so much. She played it off that she had emergency for her daughter. BS I looked right at her office door never opened, she just didn't want to listen to the rest because it didn't effect her area.

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[quote=SmootSmack;879518]When I was at ESPN and had conference calls with Disney, I got to listen to Hannah Montana while on hold...Yaaaaaayyyy!!!!![/quote]


I worked for Disney for a year, just awful. Like didn't pay me some weeks awful. They had no business being in the hotel industry what so ever. I honestly don't think they have a profitable hotel outside of Orlando. Plus there were people that worked there that were so in love with Disney that I swear they would have worked for free.

SS did you ever get commemorative stuff from Disney like coins and stuff that only employees could get? I got a bunch stuff. They were dumb like a coin that commemorated Walt's first BJ but they are worth some money on eBay.

I worked at the Hilton Head time share resort and honestly I think it was just there to promote the brand name.

[URL="http://www.disneybeachresorts.com/hilton-head-resort/"]HILTON HEAD ISLAND RESORT[/URL]

It is a cool resort but from a revenue stand point at least when I was there it tanked big time.

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Opening the liquor cabinent and seeing a 1/2 shot left in the Makers or Gentleman Jack bottle

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Moving boxes around for absolutely no reason whatsoever other than your boss' boss wants them moved because he doesn't like them in their pre-existing spots.

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[quote=mredskins;879521]I worked for Disney for a year, just awful. Like didn't pay me some weeks awful. They had no business being in the hotel industry what so ever. I honestly don't think they have a profitable hotel outside of Orlando. Plus there were people that worked there that were so in love with Disney that I swear they would have worked for free.

SS did you ever get commemorative stuff from Disney like coins and stuff that only employees could get? I got a bunch stuff. They were dumb like a coin that commemorated Walt's first BJ but they are worth some money on eBay.

I worked at the Hilton Head time share resort and honestly I think it was just there to promote the brand name.

[URL="http://www.disneybeachresorts.com/hilton-head-resort/"]HILTON HEAD ISLAND RESORT[/URL]

It is a cool resort but from a revenue stand point at least when I was there it tanked big time.[/quote]

I got a commemorative Pluto pin for 5 years of service.

ESPN makes so much money for Disney...but honestly they're treated like such step children by non-ESPN employees. I never worked directly for Disney of course but from what I've been told, working on Parks & Resorts side vs. working for ESPN or even just Disney TV is like night and day

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[quote=SmootSmack;879531]I got a commemorative Pluto pin for 5 years of service.

ESPN makes so much money for Disney...but honestly they're treated like such step children by non-ESPN employees. I never worked directly for Disney of course but from what I've been told, working on Parks & Resorts side vs. working for ESPN or even just Disney TV is like night and day[/quote]


I think ABC/ESPN/ Disney channel/ Movies etc...is the money makers for them or if you will the essence of their business. Hotels, theme parks, restaurants, etc..are more functions of their business that helps promote the essence.

As far as the pins/coins I got a ton of stuff and that was just in a years time. Maybe I got more becasue I was more directly related to Disney. I still have most of it, I like to picture myself after my wife has left me and my kids have disowned me that I will be able to peddle them on the street for whiskey vs. sexual favors.

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[quote=SmootSmack;879531][B]I got a commemorative Pluto pin for 5 years of service.
[/B]
ESPN makes so much money for Disney...but honestly they're treated like such step children by non-ESPN employees. I never worked directly for Disney of course but from what I've been told, working on Parks & Resorts side vs. working for ESPN or even just Disney TV is like night and day[/quote]


That remind me when I worked for Marriott at 5 years I picked the swiss army knife with the M on it and I told folks if I am here at ten years I will use it to cut my wrist. I quit Marriott the week of my tenth anniversary, I still got my gold watch though.

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[quote=Chico23231;879523]Opening the liquor cabinent and seeing a 1/2 shot left in the Makers or Gentleman Jack bottle[/quote]

Haha. No doubt. It's like, just finish it and throw it away. No one wants a thimble full of booze.

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[quote=firstdown;879004]When you type in V for Va it does pull up the states but it starts with Vermont. So then you have to scroll down to Va and hit enter. So what I'm saying is that they make it a three step process when I could have just typed in Va and kept going. I guess it does not grind my gears I just think its stupid I have to go through 3 steps to type in va.[/quote]

Press v more than once

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[quote=Mattyk;879483]On hold for a conference call, waiting for the party that set up the call in the first place.

Gears officially grinding.[/quote]

Oh God.. once to twice a week... we get email notifications of the call that we already know is scheduled... I have to call my other market stores to remind them.. we wait 5-15 mins for he guy running it to get on... then he proceeds to rehash info from the daily emails and recent reports.. which if he had competent people running the locations... would already be known

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Women that wear way too much perfume.

We have this one woman in the office that I swear bathes in the stuff. And of course she has to sit near me. The crap gives me a raging headache some days.

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[quote=Mattyk;881138]Women that wear way too much perfume.

We have this one woman in the office that I swear bathes in the stuff. And of course she has to sit near me. The crap gives me a raging headache some days.[/quote]

Or dudes with cologne. We have one guy who is just like the woman you describe. When he first started, people thought it was the cleaning crew using some new chemical. It was real bad. I don't know if someone talked to him or what, but he's backed off of it a bit. Maybe our sense of smell has just been burned out.

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Comcast, enough said.

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[quote=mredskins;881145]Comcast, enough said.[/quote]
^^^^^^^

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[quote=Hog1;881148]^^^^^^^[/quote]


Every month it is something!

Last night I said to the lady how is it that I can get water, electricity, and gas delivered to my house everyday with nearly zero problems but you guys can't get me on a consistent basis a good TV signal.

I wish they just turn on the damn FIOS that they installed in May 2011! All the wires are run and everything yet they won't offer to folks.

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[quote=mredskins;879539]That remind me when I worked for Marriott at 5 years I picked the swiss army knife with the M on it and I told folks if I am here at ten years I will use it to cut my wrist. I quit Marriott the week of my tenth anniversary, I still got my gold watch though.[/quote]

Did you work in the DC area?

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[quote=NC_Skins;881156]Did you work in the DC area?[/quote]

Boston
DC
SC
MD
NYC

I worked everywhere pretty much on the east coast.

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[url=http://www.golf.com/ap-news/phil-mickelson-sues-find-source-defamation?sct=hp_t2_a15&eref=sihp]Phil Mickelson sues to find source of 'defamation' | GOLF.com[/url]

apparently message boards grinds Hefty's gears. And it grinds my gears Micklefat would go lawsuit on this...weak sauce

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I can see his point

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[quote=SmootSmack;881567]I can see his point[/quote]

definitely

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You should not be allowed to get away with that.....nonsense.

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yeah i mean i think its crazy for someone to allege that, but to take anoymous post on a message board that serious seems like a waste of time. It in a way brings light to the situation first, more people know about it know and secondly in some sick sense seems to legitimize it by the party (Hefty) strong response in repressing it. I hope FIGJAM finds what he is looking for. I think I understand a little more if these messages were posted on his sponser's boards or sending emails to sponsers or just others in general where it may be defamation, but to be in yahoo...i dont know how serious anyone takes that stuff. Ive slandered JC, Portis pretty bad here

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[quote=Chico23231;881639]yeah i mean i think its crazy for someone to allege that, but to take anoymous post on a message board that serious seems like a waste of time. It in a way brings light to the situation first, more people know about it know and secondly in some sick sense seems to legitimize it by the party (Hefty) strong response in repressing it. I hope FIGJAM finds what he is looking for. I think I understand a little more if these messages were posted on his sponser's boards or sending emails to sponsers or just others in general where it may be defamation, but to be in yahoo...i dont know how serious anyone takes that stuff. Ive slandered JC, Portis pretty bad here[/quote]
I with Mickelson more. I despise most of those goddamned "typical, average people" who posts their shit on Yahoo!'s comment page. It just reminds me that normal people are rough folks, despite whatever they think their "ideal selves" are. Sheesh, there's are bitches who mock Sidney Crosby with statements that would rile anyone up who isn't a troll.

Just yesterday, I was destroying a dude who mentioned something about silicon[B]e[/B] dioxide, which not make sense under the chemical naming conventions and he apparently didn't know about silicon.

And Yahoo! News is bushleague, because they really like to take liberties when editing articles.

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Chemical "illiteracy" and the press.

Sure, I can understand not wanting to down nasty chemicals. But what I cannot stand are the principles commonly used by the "press"(and that includes associated content bitches who just don't know their shit"). Those principles are "you use them for other purposes that are aesthetically nauseating" and "they come from nasty sounding sources".

Wikipedia is more reliable that batshit journalists like the following
[url=http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/291182/20120201/pink-slime-ammonium-hydroxide-ban-mcdonalds-meat.htm]Pink Slime and Other Weird Food Additives You Don't Know You're Eating - International Business Times[/url]

Silicon dioxide is that wonderful thing that can take on many forms. It can harm you physically, but that depends on its structure and size(i.e glass, sand, quartz). When it's small and produced properly, it just gets pooped out. It hardly reacts chemically with anything.

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[quote=Chico23231;879523]Opening the liquor cabinent and seeing a 1/2 shot left in the Makers or Gentleman Jack bottle[/quote]

Damn, I just went to grab some 46 and I've got enough left for just one drink. Looks like Jameson is on deck.

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[quote=Mattyk;882245]Damn, I just went to grab some 46 and I've got enough left for just one drink. Looks like Jameson is on deck.[/quote]

yeah, got nothing bout cheap tequila (reserved only for poor Skins football) and Elijah Craig....not good

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Chris Collinsworth's yammering.

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How does he pull the SB?

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F... not being able to fall asleep. I was tossing and turning til 3am last night, tired as all hell, had to get up at 6. Once I finally did manage to sleep I woke up every half hour or so. WTF

It's gonna be a grumpy day.

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I like to add hangers for your clothes. I have had a life long battle with them. I can not stand them!

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I'm sure this would grind any bride's gears.

[IMG]http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/424737_299793166742159_234525306602279_780477_484610157_n.jpg[/IMG]

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[quote=Mattyk;883561]F... not being able to fall asleep. I was tossing and turning til 3am last night, tired as all hell, had to get up at 6. Once I finally did manage to sleep I woke up every half hour or so. WTF

It's gonna be a grumpy day.[/quote]

Or waking up at like 1-2am, cuz I end up falling back asleep around 5, and my alarm goes off at 5:30. How I wish I could just sleep 7-8 hours straight and feel refreshed, but that rarely if ever happens.

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Normally I'm a head hits the pillow, see you in 8 hours kinda guy. Lucky for me I don't deal with many restless nights, not sure what the deal was last night. Just one of those things I guess.

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[quote=CRedskinsRule;883616]Or waking up at like 1-2am, cuz I end up falling back asleep around 5, and my alarm goes off at 5:30. How I wish I could just sleep 7-8 hours straight and feel refreshed, but that rarely if ever happens.[/quote]

Yeah same here. Woke up at 3:30 this morning, and my alarm is set for 4:30. :doh: So of course I go back to sleep, but then I oversleep and get up at 5:30. Granted, I set my alarm for 4:30 but I aim to get up at 5, since it usually takes me a while to wake up.

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Woke up at 4:00 could get back to sleep until ~6:00 (remember seeing the clock at 5:45). Alarm set for 6:15. Blechhh.

Unfortunately, an all to common occurrence for me.