New - The things that really annoy you

[darlowolf64]

Been given a start date for Wednesday, he's chuffed as his starting salary up about 6% as he'd have had a raise in April

Anything related to the MOD is going to be a deep-dive security check.

Even for a volunteer member of staff in the Air Cadets, it is the same process. Full vetting, DBS and full SC process but it is a role that gives access to military bases so is needed

 

[ROVERT47]

Baller League bollocks, WTF are they trying to do with football, I’m surprised Ian Wright has got involved.

 

[lemonjelly]

The American tipping culture that's creeping into the UK. Order takeaway and your asked on the app, go out for food and some places add it to your bill, if I have a great service, I'll tip, if not then don't force it upon me.
Try paying ya staff a proper rate, even if your product goes up in cost, much clearer/fairer for all concerned.

for a sign as to where this is likely to go;
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/06/its-out-of-control-the-fight-against-us-tip-creep

 

[EpsomWolf]

Was in a place a couple of weekends ago and the card payment machine automatically gave you tip options of 25%, 30%, 35% and 40%, then further down another option of ‘custom’.

Restaurants are really starting to take the piss and the whole thing is becoming a farce.

 

[PuntsWolf]

Was in London the other week and had booked in Hard Rock Cafe. Table wasn’t ready when we got there so had to order drink at bar, fine. Ordered the drinks and then paid on Apple Pay and thought jeez that was steep (£18 for a pint of Camden Pale Ale and strawberry lemonade mocktail). So when I finally sat down I looked at drinks menu and the prices didn’t stack up (they were still steep, London whatevs), and I’d seen they’d added 15% service charge at the bar! Just funny really, I ordered it and I carried it, you just poured it. I paid the 15% on the whole bill too, but Im fine with that, I don’t really care. But paying a service charge on a drink at the bar is funny.

 

[Jack Regan]

Most bars in big cities tend to have this at the bar now before you present your card. They generally don't have the audacity to automatically add it though.

 

[leedswolf]

Cunts who think a washing line pole needs the same foundation as a multi rise building...

 

[pagey]

for a sign as to where this is likely to go;
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/06/its-out-of-control-the-fight-against-us-tip-creep

Went to Hickory's about a month ago with 4 mates, they asked to send me their meal cost to make things easier and pay as one.

Bill came, I settled it, then got home and realised my 45 quid had cost me over £65. It appeared they'd added 7.5% to the bill as a tip.

Not really a problem but we had all left the waitress with 10 quid each

 

[EpsomWolf]

I’ve made the mistake of adding a tip figure of say 10/12.5% on the machine, without realising they’d already added the tip to the initial bill figure they’d inputted into the machine already!

The dangers of settling a bill when you’re a bit pissed and don’t have your reading glasses with you to be fair…

 

[PuntsWolf]

Tbh I prefer it at places like Hickory’s where they say there’s a 7.5% tip factored in (which goes to all staff). It’s not an insane amount a money to add on like a 20% tip and it just removes any awkwardness. Just let me pay and leave.

 

[MARKakaJIM]

Tbh I prefer it at places like Hickory’s where they say there’s a 7.5% tip factored in (which goes to all staff). It’s not an insane amount a money to add on like a 20% tip and it just removes any awkwardness. Just let me pay and leave.

If that's what they want to pay their staff then just factor it into the price of the food.

I find the whole tipping thing a bit weird. Why does it only exist in the food industry? Plenty of other places you go where you need some staff assistance to complete your purchase but people would think you were mental to try tipping in majority.

 

[Keef]

You get tips off passengers as a coach driver, it’s always a nice bonus, if every passenger chips a £1 it’s £55, best tip I ever made was £400 on a Christmas Day Heathrow airport collection in a minibus, their flight had been delayed ( due to the original plane getting grounded because ground crew drove a forklift into it, and the forks went straight through the fuselage) they were happy I’d turned up, I played up the kids and mrs weren’t happy I’ve had to come out to get you, he apologised drew the £400 quid out the bank, and told me to get them something as an apology.
Wasnt married at that point, no kids, but they didn’t need to know that

 

[EpsomWolf]

It’s got to the point it feels like you’re just facilitating the owners paying crap wages. I get it when places are barely able to survive but when it’s a nice place where the owners are evidently minted it all seems a bit skewed.

It’s the barbers that really gets to me now. It’s 20 quid up the road and I’m in approximately 15 minutes, and you feel you need to bang in an extra few quid on top. I appreciate they might be ‘renting the chair’ etc, but unless I’m mistaken that’s a hell of an hourly wage and one that doesn’t really require a tip on top.

 

[PuntsWolf]

If that's what they want to pay their staff then just factor it into the price of the food.

I find the whole tipping thing a bit weird. Why does it only exist in the food industry? Plenty of other places you go where you need some staff assistance to complete your purchase but people would think you were mental to try tipping in majority.

There’s minimum wage in this country so they can’t pay them less than that, so if the staff do indeed get it then they will be on more than other minimum wage jobs for no actual reason.

The whole thing is a nonsense as you say, but I just pay a “service charge” because for some reason it’s ingrained in me to do so and I want the path of least resistance.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Tipping 10% is fine, although I don't like to be asked, that feels pressured and rude - and I don't have the social strength to say no.

When they automatically put it on, that fucks me off.

Pre covid I'd always leave a few coins on the table, I guess as that doesn't happen anymore it being added automatically or digitally has just become the norm, which just doesn't feel right.

 

[darlowolf64]

The other day a bloke was being interviewed on the news about the VE Day celebrations being held in his town (from the aerial view, it was 2 streets, max)… wearing his “Union Jack” jacket he was wobbling on about remembering and then stated how “important it is on days like today and on Poppy Day”…

Do you mean Remembrance Sunday, you cunt?

 

[Del Woppio]

Sky News going all in on the God bollocks this morning

 

[ROVERT47]

Fucking, ‘Hi Dad I’ve just had a slight accident’ txt scam, took me a few seconds to realise I’ve got my Son’s names stored on my phone.
Deleted and blocked, arseoles!

 

[Sniffer]

My mum (83) got two last week from different numbers saying something similar. I pointed out to her that our names have would have come up if it was from any of us and we all know that my dad is virtually incapable of any communication now and we wouldn’t be texting him.
Despicable tosspots.

 

[Kenny]

I had one of these a while back but after a few mins I did spot the error that led me to believe it was a scam

"Hi Mum"