Most ridiculous complaint.

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I got a supermarket delivery and it arrived about 10 mins before the time slot. I was happy with this but joked with the driver about it being early.

He said some people do make genuine complaint if he is early.

At one house he knocked on the door, the door was opened and he was told to come back at the allotted time. It was 2 mins.

Being in community pharmacy, we get a fair few. I had one made against me a couple of years ago that still amuses me. It’s not super ridiculous but one of those where I thought “wtf do you want me from me?!”

It was the 1st of March. Patient comes in to collect their prescription. Upon receiving their prescription, they opened the bag to check the contents and said “This is incorrect. Are you trying to make me unwell?!” I was obviously concerned that the wrong item had been dispensed so checked that what was in the bag corresponded with the prescription, which it did. I asked what he meant by the item being “incorrect” and he replied “You have given me 28 tablets. There are 31 days in the month we’re currently in, what the hell am I supposed to do on the last 3 days of the month?!”
I tried to calm him down by explaining that the GP had prescribed 28 tablets, so that’s what we dispensed, and if he ensures that he orders them in time, he won’t run out before the month ends. He said “That’s just ridiculous.”
I tried to be lighthearted and said “I see where you’re coming from. It’d be ideal if all prescriptions were issued on the 1st of each month, and the quantity prescribed matched the number of days in the month.” he replied with “You are a serious dipshit. Don’t pretend you know what I’m talking about.” 🤦🏽‍♀️ What do you want from me, man?!? I was only trying to empathise!

He put in a formal complaint stating that I was purposely withholding medication from him.

The correct response is "good thanks, you?". Or you don't even have to ask about them. It's just a form of greeting some people use. Along the lines of "alright" instead of hello.

I did wonder about that. I hadn't considered WFH.

Loving all these, I have stayed in a hotel in Montevideo, so I must not be from a good family.

Also cabin crew aeons ago. Not a complaint as such, but during a longish night flight, probably to Nairobi, an upper- crust-y sort of man was decidedly obnoxious.

Later during the night, with the lights off and most passengers trying to sleep, his two sons, 16-ish, came down to the back galley where were were having a cup of tea and a fag, as you did in those days.
Very polite and earnest, they said, ‘We’ve come to apologise about Father.’

Bless them, he had really embarrassed them. They stayed chatting with us for at least half an hour.

Probably pissed off that they were preventing him shop lifting!

I sell online. mostly to Americans some of whom are constitutionally unable to follow a tracking number. They start emailing about 3 days after the item was shipped asking where it is. Many of them dont know they have bought an item from the UK. So you send them the up to date tracking and tell them they can follow it on the US postal website. Yeah, right.

I had one of these. Gave latest tracking. Emailed again a few days later. Your package is in customs - there is nothing I can do to speed it up. A few days later opens up a "not recieved" claim with Ebay although the item has now been released from customs and is clearly moving through the US postal system. When I pointed this out she said I was "unhelpful and rude" and had done nothing to support her. I asked what support she expected given that I was 3000 miles away in another country and the package was within the domestic postal system over which I have no control. Should I charter a jet and deliver it in person?

As soon as the tracking shows the item as delivered I can get Ebay to close the claim.

Welcome to my blocked buyer list!

What has given under oath got to do with it? It's ok to not want to enter into chitchat with a complete stranger. Whether it's made up or not.

My standard answer is "Well, thankyou. How can I help?" Polite and moves the conversation to the point without wasting any time.

A friend was a tour manager, they were asked why Edinburgh castle was built so close to the train station, and yes, it was an American tourist

If it happened when I was on holiday I'd probably find it charming and would stay for half an hour regaling the poor person about what I'd seen in their fabulous country.

I got used to hearing (and saying!) "You have a good day, now" when I was in Florida and accepted it as a friendly local thing but over here it would make me want to punch someone.

Got to say I also thought he wasn't completely unreasonable. It wouldn't be impossible to put a sign up asking tall people to use the lockers that are higher up :)

I do wonder whether sometimes people are just making a comment which gets interpreted as a complaint. Last year I had to go for a scan and got there stupidly early as I wasn't sure I'd be able to park. Got called in as soon as I arrived - so said "goodness did I get my appointment time wrong, I didn't mean to cut it that fine" and the woman said "oh no we have a free slot". I was 30 minutes early and you don't really expect the NHS to be like that. But then I took my mum for an appointment and the same thing happened - same reason, arriving early because of parking and getting called in 30 minutes early. We were finished and left before her actual appointment time!

But I wonder if someone will come on here and talk about people "complaining" about being called in early.

Or that they were out on the shop floor and not serving at tills.

This reminds me of a story my DH and DS told me - I think I missed breakfast that day because I'd gone off to run the local parkrun but there was another guest who went on about having their egg perfectly boiled to their specification and sent it back. They boiled them another one, which apparently was perfect (and boiled for less or more time than they said it needed).

Also at the same hotel when I was there, I saw a horrible middle aged man take his shirt off (it was at an outside table) and say "you don't mind, do you" to the waitress. I had to sit on my hands (zip my mouth) not to say "yes she does and so do I so put it back on" but didn't want to make a scene in case it embarrassed her. Still don't know if I did the right thing that day.

Lovely hotel but some very entitled guests.

And then you get the people who sit in business on a plane and ask for every single thing they can because they can. The flight is 50 minutes...

Anyone who books a delivery slot for the exact time a team meeting is due to end is daft.

Asking 'How are you?' or 'How is your day going?' etc are just common, friendly ways to say hello. You can just say 'Fine, thanks' in the same way as you might say 'Hello.' It doesn't need much thought. A lot of what we say doesn't need to be taken literally although I understand why that can be confusing.

As you may have noticed it's been quite wet the last few days. My PT at the gym told me that a woman this week has complained angrily that she'd stepped in a puddle in the carpark. She was furious with the reception staff.

I am marking exams for people who wish to become qualified in an area of work that can be quite harrowing. One of the examinees complained that my feedback (very positive and encouraging) was insufficiently trauma informed. Not sure this is the job for them.

I'm not sure if it was a complaint that the air conditioning wasn't working - we didn't have any air conditioning or the man who came in who told us that we had by law to have tents and sleeping bags to give out to the homeless. We didn't have either and eventually we had to call the police as he got violent.

My tenant asked for his bath to be changed for a shower as he has arthritis. We booked the bathroom fitter who turned up at 8 30 on the agreed date. The tenant made him go away and come back at 9am which is when he thought the fitter should start.

My inlaws received a delivery the day before it was due. They opened the front door, saw the package (SIL’s 50th birthday present) and informed the delivery driver that they’d already arranged to wait in for it the following day, so he could take it away and come back in 24 hours. Bless him, he actually did.

I wouldn't go that far (report you) but it really winds me up if people ask me how my day is going. Why should I have to think of something to say? Am I supposed to ask you back how yours is going? ( I have no idea. I am ND.) Do you really want a conversation, because if not, what's the point of me saying "Fine"? Just say "Hello" ffs.

I never thought this is something that would bother anyone. If someone asks how you are and you just want to get into the reason for the call surely you just say ‘Fine, thanks, I was calling because…’.

If you do want to give a more detailed answer you can, but there’s no pressure to do so. It just gives people who do want a brief chat before launching into the reason for the call the option of doing this.

Many years ago, when the Tesco clubcard first came out, you could just pick a card up in the store and sign the back. At the time I worked in a library and a chap came in who had forgotten his library card. Not a problem as long as you have another form of “proper” ID. He absolutely kicked off at me because I wouldn’t accept his clubcard, proper beetroot faced screaming and shouting. He then went down to our Enquiries Desk, where he got told the exact same thing and stormed out. He later complained to our area manager (an absolute cow) who was launching into a tirade at me until the head librarian, who had got the lucky job of dealing with him on the Enquiry Desk, overheard and stepped in. I really don’t miss working with the public or that area manager 😂

Oh my goodness! What has the world come to? Objecting to a friendly remark? Invasion of privacy? What rubbish! It's casual comments make the day more pleasant. When I say 'How do you do?' I am not asking for your life's history, Its a commonly used greeting. When I say 'hope you're having a good day, I'm being courteous. For some people a throw away comment may just be the life line they need to connect with a person. Don't give up being nice please delivery drivers. Ignore the 'Karen's' You will soon learn which ones to avoid and don't let them spoil your day.

Please don't use the name 'Karen' in that way. I'm not a Karen (literal or metaphorical) but it's unfair and not necessary.

I had to complain to Asda… they scheduled my delivery 4 hours before my slot time. I contacted them on live chat- they assured me they would change it to my time slot of between 7 and 9pm.

lo and behold… nobody showed up.