The 'WTF?!' thread

Crapaud

A thread for smallish things that make you go just that bit more than 'Eh?', but don't warrant their own thread.

Was listening to the weather on the radio just now and they said, "Sunny all day, but clouds will be bubbling up later." WTF, 'bubbling up'? Is this management bollox invading the weather now?

daviesee

Crapaud wrote:

A thread for smallish things that make you go just that bit more than 'Eh?', but don't warrant their own thread.

Was listening to the weather on the radio just now and they said, "Sunny all day, but clouds will be bubbling up later." WTF, 'bubbling up'? Is this management bollox invading the weather now?

I am sure they do some blue sky thinking too

Cleat Eastwood

WTF this thread needs more tits.

willowthewhite

Cleat Eastwood wrote:

WTF this thread needs more tits.

MountainMonster

Crapaud wrote:

A thread for smallish things that make you go just that bit more than 'Eh?', but don't warrant their own thread.

Was listening to the weather on the radio just now and they said, "Sunny all day, but clouds will be bubbling up later." WTF, 'bubbling up'? Is this management bollox invading the weather now?

The thing that has me saying wtf about that is the sunny all day part with clouds later. How can it be sunny all day with clouds at any point?

ollyridesfirst

I always check the weather on my phone when i get up in the morning to see what to wear in the commute....

Always gets me when they have a sun, behind a cloud, with rain and wind....why don't they just say...."We don't really know what it's going to be like today!"

ColinJ

MountainMonster wrote:

The thing that has me saying wtf about that is the sunny all day part with clouds later. How can it be sunny all day with clouds at any point?

The clouds aren't in front of the sun?

It's sunny here today. It's nice and warm but there are clouds scattered about. Oops, now it isn't so sunny because a cloud has just drifted over! And ... now it is sunny again!

Yeah, I suppose this kind of weather should be described as 'sunny spells' rather than 'sunny'.

MountainMonster

ColinJ wrote:

MountainMonster wrote:

The thing that has me saying wtf about that is the sunny all day part with clouds later. How can it be sunny all day with clouds at any point?

The clouds aren't in front of the sun?

It's sunny here today. It's nice and warm but there are clouds scattered about. Oops, now it isn't so sunny because a cloud has just drifted over! And ... now it is sunny again!

Yeah, I suppose this kind of weather should be described as 'sunny spells' rather than 'sunny'.

Sunny all day means no cloud cover. At least to me. I guess sunny in the UK is 5 minutes of sun a day!

king_jeffers

ColinJ wrote:

The clouds aren't in front of the sun?.

Maybe he watches channel 5?

Sorry 90's joke ref :roll:

-spider-

Cleat Eastwood wrote:

WTF this thread needs more tits.

Straight to the point

Stewie Griffin

I sent some invoices back to a supplier as the VAT was incorrect, he came to our Office today to discuss it with me and he wouldn't believe me that the VAT is wrong. I asked him if he sent me an invoice for £100 in total what would the amount be before the VAT? £80 he said, no it isnt I replied, of course it is you are insulting me, who is your Manager? I want to talk to him now. Okey dokey.

veronese68

We used to do "VAT free" promotions to retail customers. Basically we discount the price so the total including VAT is what the total without VAT would have been.
So with the old 17.5% VAT rate you apply a 14.9% discount to get the right price. We don;t do them any more because of the amount of time spent trying to explain why it's not 17.5% discount or why there is VAT on the invoice.
A surprising amount of people are not very bright.

appletrees

Office stupidity drives me up the wall.

I've just had a call from my receptionist who had been asked to call me, having been called by someone else in the office to pass a message to me that the photocopier is broken.

I now have to call the copier company. That's three phone calls to resolve the problem when the person who discovered the copier was broken could have just called them and told them the copier was broken, which is what I will now do.

This would have meant only one phone call.

And I'll have to look up the number for the company, whilst they are stood by the broken copier which has the phone number on it. And if I raise it with the individual that made the first phone call, they'll just say it's not part of their job.

What, so your job description specifically requires you to not use your common sense does it?

FFS :roll:

keef66

"A surprising amount of people are not very bright".

And a surprising number of people seem to have mastered maths but not grammar...

veronese68

True, must go back and re-read after ammending something.

pdstsp

I had a hospital appointment next thursday. On tuesday of this week the hospital sent somebody round to my house (about 7 miles each way), in a taxi,. to deliver a cancellation and re-appointment letter. This despite the hospital having my home, work and mobile numbers and email address as well as home address. When I queried the need for a taxi I was told that the post is not very reliable. Wtf. Little rant over.

MountainMonster

pdstsp wrote:

I had a hospital appointment next thursday. On tuesday of this week the hospital sent somebody round to my house (about 7 miles each way), in a taxi,. to deliver a cancellation and re-appointment letter. This despite the hospital having my home, work and mobile numbers and email address as well as home address. When I queried the need for a taxi I was told that the post is not very reliable. Wtf. Little rant over.

Eh, their money not yours, so no worry! At least you didn't show up for an appointment that got changed since post messed up!

Crapaud

MountainMonster wrote:

Crapaud wrote:

A thread for smallish things that make you go just that bit more than 'Eh?', but don't warrant their own thread.

Was listening to the weather on the radio just now and they said, "Sunny all day, but clouds will be bubbling up later." WTF, 'bubbling up'? Is this management bollox invading the weather now?

The thing that has me saying wtf about that is the sunny all day part with clouds later. How can it be sunny all day with clouds at any point?

Clouds when the sun's gone down? Eg. nightime ... when it's not day.

All right smart arse, yesterday's wtf?! moment was 'lumps' of cloud.

MountainMonster

Crapaud wrote:

MountainMonster wrote:

Crapaud wrote:

A thread for smallish things that make you go just that bit more than 'Eh?', but don't warrant their own thread.

Was listening to the weather on the radio just now and they said, "Sunny all day, but clouds will be bubbling up later." WTF, 'bubbling up'? Is this management bollox invading the weather now?

The thing that has me saying wtf about that is the sunny all day part with clouds later. How can it be sunny all day with clouds at any point?

Clouds when the sun's gone down? Eg. nightime ... when it's not day.

All right smart ars*, yesterday's wtf?! moment was 'lumps' of cloud.

lol @ lumps! I swaer broadcasters are just making things up now!

Crapaud

There are days, MM, when I wonder if I've woken up in an alternate reality.

verylonglegs

MountainMonster wrote:

pdstsp wrote:

I had a hospital appointment next thursday. On tuesday of this week the hospital sent somebody round to my house (about 7 miles each way), in a taxi,. to deliver a cancellation and re-appointment letter. This despite the hospital having my home, work and mobile numbers and email address as well as home address. When I queried the need for a taxi I was told that the post is not very reliable. Wtf. Little rant over.

Eh, their money not yours, so no worry! At least you didn't show up for an appointment that got changed since post messed up!

So where do you think your local hospital gets it's funding from?

BelgianBeerGeek

Yes - its our money. You know, the money extorted from us called "taxes".

Anyone wasting our money in this way needs a slap. Definitely WTF.

Sirius631

Don't forget the wages for the person that was sent in the taxi when they could have spent the time doing something more useful.

ColinJ

My sister is in charge of settling up our late mother's estate. She phoned an organisation's call centre to close ma's account ...

"Hello, I'm calling on behalf of the late Mrs. J's family. She died over Christmas and we need to close her account."

Call centre drone reading from script: "I'm sorry, you can't do that. Mrs. J will have to phone us herself."

"We would love her to be able to do that, unfortunately, she is dead so she can't!"

"You need to get your mother to ring us."

"SHE IS DEAD! I AM IN CHARGE OF HER ESTATE!!!!"

"I'm sorry, I can't discuss a customer's affairs with a third party ..."

:evil:

graham.

A few weeks back our local radio station was reporting on a burst water main.
Their man reported that the A612 (or whatever it was) was :
"Flooded in both directions"! :?
Graham.

centimani

I cycled through an industrial estate to see a huge notice board outside an empty unit advertising the fact its vacant and available...it stated the 'sole joint agent' was blah blah Ltd...
Sole Joint agent ???? WTF !!!

Martincan