Things That Are Bothering You, Got You All Hibbeldy-Jibbeldy, or just downright pissed, RIGHT NOW!

Earthmover · Feb 15, 2008

Originally Posted by FLMountainMan

That drives me crazy! Nothing worse than being on your way out to a business meeting or lunch, really amped up and ready to go, and having the elevator stop at the third floor, have some wretch waddle on and push the "2" button. It seems it's almost always overweight, age 30-60 year old women (or maybe it just seems that way because that's all I work with)

In a slight defense to the fatasses, there are some office buildings where the stairs are only for emergecies and are not readily accessible. Barring that, yes, very annoying.

Long conference calls are pissing me off. Makes me want to fall asleep.

California Dreamer · Feb 15, 2008

Originally Posted by globetrotter

have you ever ventured out to MTR?
Given I don't understand the acronym, probably not.

All my visits are business, so my movements are pretty prescribed. I've been to Bangalore, Mysore and Mumbai. Done some limited tourism around those areas - Maharajah's Palace, Tipu Sultan's Summer Palace, Bird Sanctuary, Elephant Island etc, but there is usually very little time to spare.

lawyerdad · Feb 15, 2008

Originally Posted by Earthmover

In a slight defense to the fatasses, there are some office buildings where the stairs are only for emergecies and are not readily accessible.

Good point. One more than one occasion, I've been in a building I didn't know well and decided "what the hell, I'll just take the stairs", only to discovery that (for security reasons or whatever) you can't exit the stairwell on many floors.

Piobaire · Feb 15, 2008

HR issues. If I could ever think of a one man business that I did not have to run, I'd be in heaven.

globetrotter · Feb 15, 2008

Originally Posted by California Dreamer

Given I don't understand the acronym, probably not.

All my visits are business, so my movements are pretty prescribed. I've been to Bangalore, Mysore and Mumbai. Done some limited tourism around those areas - Maharajah's Palace, Tipu Sultan's Summer Palace, Bird Sanctuary, Elephant Island etc, but there is usually very little time to spare.

sorry "mavalli tiffin rooms" about the best example of southern indian veg food in the world, for maybe $2 a meal. on a saturday, you might find 200 indian families waiting for a table, and the times I have been i have been the only non-indian there. give it a try.

California Dreamer · Feb 16, 2008

That should be easy to organise. I'll have quite a few nights when I'm at a loose end. Thanks for the tip.

Journeyman · Feb 16, 2008

I second Globetrotter's recommendation of MTR. Very basic decor and service, but also very, very delicious food.

I've only been to MTR during the day for breakfast or lunch - I'm not sure if it's open at night.
"Tiffin" is not usually used to refer to dinner - instead it's a term for lunch or a snack eaten in-between meals.

Globetrotter might be able to give more info on opening hours.

Anyway, it's a Bangalore institution - been there for about eighty years - so pretty much anyone you ask should be able to tell you where it is and when it is open.

rdawson808 · Feb 16, 2008

Originally Posted by Earthmover

In a slight defense to the fatasses, there are some office buildings where the stairs are only for emergecies and are not readily accessible. Barring that, yes, very annoying.

That is the case between two particular floors on our building. So if you're going from the 3rd to the 4th, I'll let it slide. However, if you work there, you can get past the gate with your id (just like you have to do on the elevator). And that's only if you're going up. If you're going down you just push it open (or hit the button).

And in our building, the stairwell is 20 feet from the elevator. And very well marked.

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California Dreamer · Feb 16, 2008

I found MTR in Lonely Planet.

Seems like it's open until 9.30pm, but it doesn't mention days of the week. Might be a good bet for Sunday lunch or something. I'll definitely give it a try.

SoCal2NYC · Feb 17, 2008

Dip **** wait staff at restaurants.

The other day I went out to get some lunch with a friend and I recently went through and checked out my statement online and noticed the amount was WAY more than it should have been. So the idiot put in the TOTAL amount, including tip, in to the tip amount. So I was charged the meal x 2 plus tip. I had to dig the ripped up receipt from the garbage and take it in to credit me.

Then today my boyfriend and I go to a random diner, he gets a burger, I get some chili and a salad. $23.67. Waitress comes back with the 2 receipts for me to sign and she punched in $2367.00. So I had to spend 10 min waiting for the manager to come and refund me the amount and now I have that charge that already is going through and a refund that is going probably not go through until Tuesday or Wednesday if I am lucky.

ghulkhan · Feb 17, 2008

Originally Posted by SoCal2NYC

Dip **** wait staff at restaurants.

The other day I went out to get some lunch with a friend and I recently went through and checked out my statement online and noticed the amount was WAY more than it should have been. So the idiot put in the TOTAL amount, including tip, in to the tip amount. So I was charged the meal x 2 plus tip. I had to dig the ripped up receipt from the garbage and take it in to credit me.

Then today my boyfriend and I go to a random diner, he gets a burger, I get some chili and a salad. $23.67. Waitress comes back with the 2 receipts for me to sign and she punched in $2367.00. So I had to spend 10 min waiting for the manager to come and refund me the amount and now I have that charge that already is going through and a refund that is going probably not go through until Tuesday or Wednesday if I am lucky.

wow that sucks

breakfasteatre · Feb 17, 2008

WTF? Im a bartender at a restaurant and with credit cards, i could ring someones credit card through 20 times, but until you sign it and its closed off at the computer does it actually go through to the bank

As well, its not like they charged your credit card the 2k first, and then after you signed off on a tip, they go back and charge you a second time for the tip written on the slip

SoCal2NYC · Feb 17, 2008

Do you have a POS register? The diner place has a regular cash register and the credit card is a seperate swipe thing where they key in the amount.

tiecollector · Feb 17, 2008

This reminds me of a cc issue that pissed me off. I went to my local food and booze place and I got charged twice. I didn't remember making the second set of charges. Amex responds to my dispute by saying that the restaurant is a member of their QuikServ thingy where no signature or itemization is required. So how do I know the waitress didn't swipe one for me, one for her? Luckily it was only $10, but still.

breakfasteatre · Feb 17, 2008

Originally Posted by SoCal2NYC

Do you have a POS register? The diner place has a regular cash register and the credit card is a seperate swipe thing where they key in the amount.

heh, no. We actually have the latest and greatest electronic pos

Im up in Canada and i think a law has passed now where we cant take a customers credit card out of sight, so now we had to get new creditcard machines that are taken to the table now, so like a debit, the customer has to OK the total.

But even before, the only way you would be charged an amount would be if you signed off on it.

Id hope you would be ok, 2k could be overcharging their creditcard for a lot of people!

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