British Expats - Pet Peeves?

Who has three forms of ID? Without my passport I'd struggle to find two most of the time, if utility bills aren't acceptable ...

Not sure.

I've been laundering money a lot of late. I found three quarters and a dime in the dryer this morning :D

It's annoying cos we haven't been here long and don't have much off their list. An English(wo)man's word should be his bond :frown:

moneypenny20

Oct 10th 2014 2:10 am

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Originally Posted by Sally Redux (Post 11434459)

It's annoying cos we haven't been here long and don't have much off their list. An English(wo)man's word should be his bond :frown:

According to some in the Aus boards, you don't get red tape in the UK. I think you just queue quietly, say 'Please' and Robert's your Auntie's husband.

Sally Redux

Oct 10th 2014 2:35 am

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Originally Posted by moneypenny20 (Post 11434463)

According to some in the Aus boards, you don't get red tape in the UK. I think you just queue quietly, say 'Please' and Robert's your Auntie's husband.

ID is a new big thing.

moneypenny20

Oct 10th 2014 2:37 am

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Originally Posted by Sally Redux (Post 11434503)

ID is a new big thing.

They've been around a few years now haven't they? Seen young girls screaming over them.

Sally Redux

Oct 10th 2014 2:39 am

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Originally Posted by moneypenny20 (Post 11434507)

They've been around a few years now haven't they? Seen young girls screaming over them.

:lol::p

Steerpike

Oct 10th 2014 4:25 am

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Originally Posted by Bob (Post 11433849)

People who text message you with "k"....thanks for wasting a text there.

Maybe that 'K' is a confirmation of receipt ...

"Sorry, can't pick you up at the gate but will pick you up on the curb"
...
"K" - that would confirm they got your rather important change of plan :)

SultanOfSwing

Oct 10th 2014 4:26 am

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Originally Posted by Steerpike (Post 11434657)

Maybe that 'K' is a confirmation of receipt ...

"Sorry, can't pick you up at the gate but will pick you up on the curb"
...
"K" - that would confirm they got your rather important change of plan :)

It's even funnier if they have a touchscreen phone and bugger up the first attempt. Then you end up with an exchange like:

-L

-Sorry, meant K

Which takes longer to type than just OK :lol:

Anian

Oct 10th 2014 5:55 am

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Work with engineers and you get a lot of ACK messages. Short for acknowledged,

Bob	Oct 10th 2014 5:55 am

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Originally Posted by Steerpike (Post 11434657)

Maybe that 'K' is a confirmation of receipt ...

"Sorry, can't pick you up at the gate but will pick you up on the curb"
...
"K" - that would confirm they got your rather important change of plan :)

Yes, that would be fine and make sense.

It's usually not though.

It's usually along the lines of:

-Cheers for helping out!
-K

Inane responses that aren't necessary are made worse when it's just "K" :/

Pulaski

Oct 10th 2014 6:02 am

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Originally Posted by Bob (Post 11434739)

..... Inane responses that aren't necessary are made worse when it's just "K" :/

I never get that problem. ..... I had the text function disabled on my phone. :lol:

Bob	Oct 10th 2014 6:18 am

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Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 11434747)

I never get that problem. ..... I had the text function disabled on my phone. :lol:

Texting is handy as we just don't call people...plus as we hardly ever use a phone, except the missus with work, we have PAYG jobbies and texts work out so much cheaper than calling.

It's still annoying getting naff messages though.

That, or when sending a message, you get charged for it, but it doesn't get sent/received and you get charged again when it gets resent. That's a little annoying.

Pulaski

Oct 10th 2014 6:38 am

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Originally Posted by Bob (Post 11434763)

...., you get charged for it, .....

Which is why I had it disabled. Unfortunately the sender isn't informed that their txt was rejected, but about half the txts I used to get were wrong numbers anyway. :frown:

Mrs P and I use e-mail instead of txts, e-mail is free.

Although we have an obsolete calling plan, with fewer minutes than any plan AT&T has offered in almost a decade, we still get about 3-4 times more minutes each month than we use, and are losing stale rollover minutes at the rate of about 300/mth.

sir_eccles

Oct 10th 2014 7:07 am

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Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 11434786)

Although we have an obsolete calling plan, with fewer minutes than any plan AT&T has offered in almost a decade, we still get about 3-4 times more minutes each month than we use, and are losing stale rollover minutes at the rate of about 300/mth.

I have an obsolete ATT plan too. Got a message the other day saying I'm being shifted onto a different plan, turns out to be cheaper.

Anyway, I don't use my cell much and had somehow racked up a ton of credit (partly from being out of the country for a year back when I was getting my visa I think). After much googling found out you cannot get it back. So rather than letting ATT keep it, I have slowly whittled it down by making lots of $10 sms donations to charity. Extra bonus for my tax return too!

BubbleChog

Oct 14th 2014 7:23 am

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Delivery card in the mailbox saying they "tried to deliver but no-one was home" which is a bloody lie. I'm a non-driving housewife I KNOW I was in the bloody house and you just couldn't be arsed to get out of your van to ring the doorbell

Lx

SultanOfSwing

Oct 14th 2014 7:27 am

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Originally Posted by BubbleChog (Post 11438264)

According to r/britishproblems, that happens quite a lot nowadays.

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