Wednesday 6 October 2010

......2 Annoying...... Top 32 Things That Annoy Australians.....

...........I agree with far too many of these..............

The top 32 things that annoy Australians, according to a survey of Choice members:

1 - Hidden fees and costs

2 - No refund/replacement for faulty products, despite being under warranty

3 - Being on hold/not getting someone on the phone

4 - Tailgating

5 - No response to written or verbal complaints

6 - People talking loudly on mobiles in an inappropriate area

7 - Door-to-door salespeople/telemarketers

8 - People coughing in an enclosed area without covering their mouth

9 - Confusing broadband/phone price plans

10 - Nonchalant customer service

11 - Erroneous bills

12 - Cigarette butts littering public areas

13 - Unreliable internet

14 - Poor advice from financial planners

15 - Spam email

16 - Late repair people

17 - Noisy neighbours

18 - Long queues/checkout lines

19 - Companies only letting you pay by automatic deduction

20 - Poor service from airlines

21 - Shrunken products

22 - Traffic jams

23 - Very slow drivers

24 - Purchase thwarted by sorry, out of stock

25 - Not getting a parking space

26 - Supermarket grocery prices

27 - Forgetting passwords/PINs

28 - Parking fines

29 - Crying babies on planes

30 - Programming new electronic products

31 - Loyalty cards

32 - Inaccurate weather forecasts.

.........I would have put crying babies on airplanes first tho .............. But Im like that.......

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3 comments:

BosGuy said...

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I don't think this list only irks Australians... Just saying as a token American reader.

Damien said...

I think these are pretty universal irks to be honest :)

Electronic Sally said...

I agree with all of this. I wouldn't know which one to put on the top!