Pet Hates

[Matt N]

If you’re going to try and scam me by text, at least put some effort in to try and find a bit about me first!

I got possibly the least convincing scam text I’ve had in ages today:

Let me firstly point out that I’m 22 years old, so not even close to being eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment! Not to mention that the posted deadline was 2 days ago… why would the DWP send me a text late?

I’d like to think I’m becoming reasonably wise to scams, but sometimes, I’ll admit I can admire how well-crafted some are, because they’re actually quite convincing. But this one just smacks of having had no effort put into it at all!

 

[AT86]

Not to mention that the posted deadline was 2 days ago… why would the DWP send me a text late?

That’s likely a tactic to make folks feel time pressured into clicking the link before stopping to think.

 

[Mi-Nigle]

PlanCo 2 screenshots looking too realistic in Youtube thumbnails.

I find myself almost clicking it until I take a second glance... haha you almost got me!

Well today one got me and I clicked and now I feel dumb.

 

[Zeock]

People who use stuttering when they are texting.
For example, 'I-is that OK?'
It would be easier if they just wrote out what they wanted to say normally.

 

[NuttySquirrel]

Every day now when I look at the BBC news headlines on their website there is a "news" article about Celebrity Traitors.

A TV show is not news.

 

[BarryZola]

Yeah, they don't have adverts on the BBC. Apart from when I occasionally turn on Radio 2 and they're always banging on about Strictly or whatever their main show is at that time. Then there's the One Show that's always advertising their own shows. Then all the adverts for their own shows during the breaks on TV and Radio.

 

[rob666]

Try Breakfast on BBC1 every morning.
Latest Panorama special, Strictly, or Traitors.
When I stop shouting at the daybreak clouds, I start shouting at the telly.

 

[East Coast Mariner]

Something that gets me... how people don't seem to use the word "an" anymore.

"I bought a HDTV"
"This ride needs a SRQ"

You need the an for the words to flow together, because it's "...an aitch..." and "...an ess..." It's actually quite hard to read without one!

Every day now when I look at the BBC news headlines on their website there is a "news" article about Celebrity Traitors.

A TV show is not news.

You never know, someone else might have broken wind!

 

[NuttySquirrel]

Something that gets me... how people don't seem to use the word "an" anymore.

"I bought a HDTV"
"This ride needs a SRQ"

I guess it depends how you're saying the acronym.

Aitch Dee Tee Vee or Huhd-Tuhv?

Ess Arr Queue or Suh-rc?