[Misc] Companies you hate, and will avoid using/buying from if you possibly can

[Herr Tubthumper]

Subway, the ingredients all look proper skanky in the little pots, just horrible.

Their outlets always smell of synthetic oregano as well.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

ASDA

Discriminatory rewards system, deliberately excluding those who can't or don't use smart phones. They gave me, as a vulnerable person, free deliveries through lockdown, but now f*** 'em - I've switched to Tesco. Serves 'em right.
Better (clubcard) prices, and frequently quality too. No going back, unless ASDA stop discriminating.

Deliberately?

 

[Icy Gull]

ASDA

Discriminatory rewards system, deliberately excluding those who can't or don't use smart phones. They gave me, as a vulnerable person, free deliveries through lockdown, but now f*** 'em - I've switched to Tesco. Serves 'em right.
Better (clubcard) prices, and frequently quality too. No going back, unless ASDA stop discriminating.

Confusing, my wife who is useless with a smart phone telephones them for repeat prescriptions and they sort it and are always very pleasant and helpful too. Far easier than me dropping off a prescription at the surgery or trying to actually get through to the surgery on the phone to be greeted by surliness

What is it they do that pisses you off so much? Is it that you need an app for points? Is that all?

In truth I’d rather stick red hot needles in my eyes than go to the Tesco superstore in Durrington. I have an intense dislike of that store for some reason.

 

[GT49er]

Confusing, my wife who is useless with a smart phone telephones them for repeat prescriptions and they sort it. Far easier than me dropping off a prescription at the surgery or trying to actually get through to the surgery on the phone to be greeted by surliness

What is it they do that pisses you off so much? Is it that you need an app for points? Is that all?

Yep - they introduced a super-dooper shiny new reward scheme - but if you haven't got a smart phone, f*** off, you can't join.

 

[Icy Gull]

Yep - they introduced a super-dooper shiny new reward scheme - but if you haven't got a smart phone, f*** off, you can't join.

Fair enough, the idea of not having a smart phone is as scary as not having the internet to me though

I did revert to an old Nokia a few years ago but the hassle texting and not being able to whatsapp made me revert back quite quickly

Dyed in the wool Apple fanboy here

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Wearherspoons
Virgin Holidays
Vodafone

 

[Notters]

NatWest - they refused me a bank card when I was a student, no idea why. Have banked with Lloyds ever since.

I had this with Nationwide, bloody idiots. Went to HSBC and have been there ever since.

Though I do have a Nationwide mortgage so that probably makes me an idiot too.

 

[Notters]

DPD (and their chat bot customer service)
Parcel Force (and their chat bot customer service)
Hermes/Evri (and their chat bot customer service)
Yodel (and their chat bot customer service)
Royal Mail (and their chat bot customer service)
UPS (and their chat bot customer service)

They have all caused me stress and various meltdowns over the years with missing/delayed/damaged/sent to wrong address parcels and fragile parcels chucked over gates or left in recycling bins but their chat bot customer services are effin infuriating (and it takes a lot to make me effin infuriated!)

You missed DHL - they lost my father's day present (fresh cake, from all but 6 miles away) and couldn't find our house.

 

[Icy Gull]

Wearherspoons
Virgin Holidays
Vodafone

Don’t you work for Virgin?

 

[raymondo]

Costa.

Really shyte coffee. Tastes like warm watery brown milk. Every single branch, everywhere.

Indeed, it's Starbucks or Independents for taste, for me. Costa defo shite .

 

[raymondo]

Piglet’s Pies.
Harvey’s.
American Express.

Troll

 

[BadFish]

Lipton tea - Australians don't seem to realise it tastes like shit.
Starbucks - no one seems to realise it tastes like shit.

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

Another one for Wetherspoons….although I’ll admit I’m not going thirsty.
Last night as an example, coming back from the rounders at West Ham, changing at Farringdon and gasping, only a spoons in sight, heading that way, but at the death spotted another pub not as near, not as convenient nor as cheap however the beer tasted a lot better for it

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Don’t you work for Virgin?

Even more reason not to use them lol

 

[Dawn Korus]

TDK
Virgin
Churchill insurance

 

[keaton]

Esri- 10 o'clock Saturday checked my emails, no news on when anything due to be delivered. 11.30( an hour after I've left and 7 hours before I get home) I'm emailed a nice photograph of my new trainers and eco toilet rolls outside my front door. Lucky I live in an area that is both quiet and full of nosy neighbours

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

Lipton tea - Australians don't seem to realise it tastes like shit.
Starbucks - no one seems to realise it tastes like shit.

I thought Australia was full of coffee obsessed weirdos?

 

[Shooting Star]

Focus DIY #neverforget

 

[BN9 BHA]

Focus DIY #neverforget

The company ceased trading in 2011…..no one is buying from them

 

[paulfuzz]

Smart anything - Smarter the device the dumber the user
Pharmaceutical
Biochemicals
BBC