The First World Problem Thread

[Reb77Br]

People starting comments on forums with "You do realise that XXX?", when XXX is something they've probably just looked up themselves on the internet!

[aSwissInTheUS]

	Quote:	Reb77Br
	People starting comments on forums with "You do realise that XXX?", when XXX is something they've probably just looked up themselves on the internet!

"A lot of people don’t know that." - A stable genius.

[k_and_e]

	Quote:	Reb77Br
	People starting comments on forums with "You do realise that XXX?", when XXX is something they've probably just looked up themselves on the internet!

What's wrong with that?

[doropfiz]

Yes, k_and_e, I was wondering that, too.

If I ask a question about something for which I don't even know the right searchwords to google the answer myself, I'm delighted if someone else, who knows better than I do, is kind enough to google it for me. If they then provide a part of the puzzle, and that helps met move along to unravelling the next bit, then it doesn't really matter to me whether they knew it all along, or have only just learnt it through their superior googling.

[TobiasM]

The British Gas "on hold music" is stuck in my head after about four hours and 9 seperate calls to various call centres dotted around the Globe.

[Reb77Br]

	Quote:	k_and_e
	What's wrong with that?

	Quote:	doropfiz
	Yes, k_and_e, I was wondering that, too. If I ask a question about something for which I don't even know the right searchwords to google the answer myself, I'm delighted if someone else, who knows better than I do, is kind enough to google it for me. If they then provide a part of the puzzle, and that helps met move along to unravelling the next bit, then it doesn't really matter to me whether they knew it all along, or have only just learnt it through their superior googling.

"You do realise that XXX?" sounds to me, in the same way as "Don't you realise that XXX?", that the speaker/poster it is implying that "you" are uninformed and should have known XXX, i.e. that "you" are a bit thick while "I" am knowledgeable. It doesn't seem to me to be simply a provision of information, otherwise the person could just post XXX without that intro. I've seen it a few times on forums and wonder if the people posting it would really say it out loud if conversing with someone, or would choose something less hoity toity (to my ear, at least!), like "I've heard that XXX" or "I read that XXX".

[VenusC]

Opening scene: Skipped home for lunch like the 'singing in the rain' guy clutching a big liver sausage. Somehow i saw it and i just wanted it!

The denouement: after half an hour of careful cooking in 80 degrees water, a plate with bread and condiments at the ready... The sausage exploded...
My life is ruined, i hate the world, i ain't cleaning the mess up!

[st2lemans]

	Quote:	VenusC
	Opening scene: Skipped home for lunch like the 'singing in the rain' guy clutching a big liver sausage. Somehow i saw it and i just wanted it! The denouement: after half an hour of careful cooking in 80 degrees water, a plate with bread and condiments at the ready... The sausage exploded... My life is ruined, i hate the world, i ain't cleaning the mess up!

At least it wasn't a blood sausage!

Tom

[TobiasM]

	Quote:	TobiasM
	The British Gas "on hold music" is stuck in my head after about four hours and 9 seperate calls to various call centres dotted around the Globe.

After another excruciating two hours of being put on hold at a call center in South Africa (I wanted to explain how Kafkaesque it was, but thought better as I sounded like a South African racist and derogatory term) Banging my head repeatedly on the desk. I managed to explain my need for an engineer to visit my flat in the UK and to call somebody else to arrange the visit, that wasn't going to be me, no I don't live in the UK, and what oh you live in Switzerland how nice

*Clonk clonk clonk* The sound of head on wood.

[curley]

	Quote:	TobiasM
	After another excruciating two hours of being put on hold at a call center in South Africa (I wanted to explain how Kafkaesque it was, but thought better as I sounded like a South African racist and derogatory term) Banging my head repeatedly on the desk. I managed to explain my need for an engineer to visit my flat in the UK and to call somebody else to arrange the visit, that wasn't going to be me, no I don't live in the UK, and what oh you live in Switzerland how nice *Clonk clonk clonk* The sound of head on wood.

So you want a South African engineer to go to the UK to solve a problem you don't have in Switzerland?
Sounds like you were very bored and decided to create a FWP to report on EF as you lacked an actual problem?

[jacek]

	Quote:	TobiasM
	After another excruciating two hours of being put on hold at a call center in South Africa (I wanted to explain how Kafkaesque it was, but thought better as I sounded like a South African racist and derogatory term) Banging my head repeatedly on the desk. I managed to explain my need for an engineer to visit my flat in the UK and to call somebody else to arrange the visit, that wasn't going to be me, no I don't live in the UK, and what oh you live in Switzerland how nice *Clonk clonk clonk* The sound of head on wood.

	Quote:	curley
	So you want a South African engineer to go to the UK to solve a problem you don't have in Switzerland? Sounds like you were very bored and decided to create a FWP to report on EF as you lacked an actual problem?

Now now! It must have been Whackhead Simpson’s prank call. Now it all makes sense.

[jacek]

Struggling on detox diet, I have stopped drinking dry red wine. Now I have to drink red grape juice to cheat my system. That’s tough.

[3Wishes]

	Quote:	jacek
	Struggling on detox diet, I have stopped drinking dry red wine. Now I have to drink red grape juice to cheat my system. That’s tough.

What do you need to detox? Kidneys and liver not functioning well?

[jacek]

	Quote:	3Wishes
	What do you need to detox? Kidneys and liver not functioning well?

Thx for asking. None of the above. All is in perfect order, just trying to break certain bad habits that have been ongoing for much too long. Nothing serious to worry about, merely to improve fitness and stamina.

[TobiasM]

	Quote:	curley
	So you want a South African engineer to go to the UK to solve a problem you don't have in Switzerland? Sounds like you were very bored and decided to create a FWP to report on EF as you lacked an actual problem?

It’s a first world problem when call Centers are outsourced to developing nations and the people in those call centers seem incapable of solving a simple problem. The worst part is it’s all about profit margins and not about customer service. I sort of get the feeling I was massively trolled by British Gas.

[MusicChick]

Greasy Spoons.

[JagWaugh]

I've eaten too much cheese and onion pie... again.

I'm also out of custard powder.

[ZuriRollt]

	Quote:	JagWaugh
	I've eaten too much cheese and onion pie... again. I'm also out of custard powder.

Double that, and increase it by lack of Cheetos.

[curley]

Started to watch "escape to the country" again lately.
What's up with the limited vocabulary? I can't stand "it's got so much character" anmore.

[curley]

My electric toothbrush died on me. Over night.