Pet peeves that should be pet peeves

[Buster]

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Crave TV. It's a shit app, integration with my subscription via Telus TV is shit as well. Casting from phone to chromecast gives me 2 channel stereo sound. Seems to have a different content library on the app vs accessing via Telus TV. For some reason when we tried to watch Dune the other night, it was only available in French.

Hands down the worst streaming service, it's a real shame HBO partnered with them.

I'll start subscribing to streaming services when I no longer read stuff like this.

Right now, I think we just have Netflix subbed. And Amazon of course.

[brucebanner]

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Crave TV. It's a shit app, integration with my subscription via Telus TV is shit as well. Casting from phone to chromecast gives me 2 channel stereo sound. Seems to have a different content library on the app vs accessing via Telus TV. For some reason when we tried to watch Dune the other night, it was only available in French.

Hands down the worst streaming service, it's a real shame HBO partnered with them.

It's absolutely brutal and yes, it's like you get different content based on how you're watching.

Best way to use Crave is through the app for sure, watching via telus tv is a joke.

[lasimmon]

My stupid Vizio TV doesn't suppert a crave app for some dumb reason so we connect a laptop which is bit of a pain.

[ExtraSlow]

Roku OS handles it.

[killramos]

AppleTV is the correct answer

Everything else is crap.

I’ve been hard on using an Xbox as a primary source for years, little did I know even the Xbox was butchering my picture.
@rage2 knows my struggle.

Seriously. Just buy an apple tv and never look back. They delivery next day via Uber eats lol

[ExtraSlow]

When you have to wait 24h for your callback from customer service and when they call the call drops in the first few minutes (or they hang up on you) and they don't call you back right away so you have to put in another call-back request and this one is 36 hours out.

I swear bad customer service is a business strategy, which is fine for things you could do through self-service, but there's lots of things that aren't possible that way.

[JohnnyHockey13]

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When you have to wait 24h for your callback from customer service and when they call the call drops in the first few minutes (or they hang up on you) and they don't call you back right away so you have to put in another call-back request and this one is 36 hours out.

I swear bad customer service is a business strategy, which is fine for things you could do through self-service, but there's lots of things that aren't possible that way.

I remember at the beginning of COVID, I had to call Expedia, they called me back at 3 in the morning while I was sleeping lol

[ExtraSlow]

Had a 70 minute wait on hold because I din't want to wait for the 2nd call-back. That's annoying, but the agent who did answer was so nice and I got everything I was hoping for.

[bjstare]

Retail banks. A pile of useless assholes at every one of them. All I want to do is get at some of my own money and make some transfers in less than a god damn week.

[killramos]

^ Retail banking employs dog fuckers and incompetents on the order of magnitude with most government entities.

[Buster]

Retail banking is no different than any other type of retail like BestBuy or soemthing

[brucebanner]

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Retail banks. A pile of useless assholes at every one of them. All I want to do is get at some of my own money and make some transfers in less than a god damn week.

I love when they ask why you're taking X amount of money out in cash.

I often say "it's none of your business", in a direct but not ignorant tone.

Always enjoy their reactions

[killramos]

If you are taking more than 10k they are required by law to ask you that question. It’s a financing/proceeds of crime and terrorism law through fintrac.

So you are just being a dick about it to a person who just needs to type an answer into their terminal to proceed with the transaction.

Being a dick to people who have nothing to lose and the ability to make your life difficult is generally not a good use your time.

[Buster]

tell them its for organized crime. I bet they just type that in.

[killramos]

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tell them its for organized crime. I bet they just type that in.

It’s their job to file the report, RCMP’s job to do something about it. So yea lol

[TomcoPDR]

But then banks are ok that you’re asking for $100,000 more on a mortgage over the $900,000 asking on a Skyview home

[killramos]

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But then banks are ok that you’re asking for $100,000 more on a mortgage over the $900,000 asking on a Skyview home

Why would they care, it’s not the banks job to protect you from stupid. Equity would have to drop by 20% for them to be exposed on that loan.

[Brent.ff]

I can tell you where Plowy McPlowFace is on the calgary website when it snows, but not where the hell the UPS truck is that is overdue for a delivery..

[TomcoPDR]

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Why would they care, it’s not the banks job to protect you from stupid. Equity would have to drop by 20% for them to be exposed on that loan.

It’s just funny how the governing policies are. Ask for a mortgage amount OVER listed (on top of your mortgage amount if you bought at list) $100k, 200k, 500k oh no problem, you’re just a dummy over bidding on a house. But take out $10,000, oh what cha gonna do with it.

[Hallowed_point]

Korean BBQ restaurants. Specifically, the concept of paying and tipping to cook your own meat and stink like a campfire. Is it that hard to cook the meat to a customers desired doneness ? I guess it makes for cool instagram photos?