I emigrated to the UK back in 2006 and had a very strong SA accent at the time. I telephoned the bank's assistance line to sort out an issue and went through the 'painful' select number sequence to get through to the relevant department. You've guessed it, the recorded 'assistance' voice did not understand my accent and repeated the select number sequence over again. Out of frustration I slammed the phone down. Over to you .
I almost broke an industrial grade dishwasher by closing a hatch at a job one time. Worked as a restaurant's dishwasher at one point in my life. The washing machine the restaurant used apparently stayed on and became very hot if you closed a hatch on it. Someone got a lot of shit for it, which then landed on me. Happy times.
Working as the IT guy at a company, I once accidentally deleted the CFO's Outlook .pst file, which contains everything Outlook uses, including schedules, emails and contacts. Should have been fired.
"Things you laugh about now but were frustrating at the time" - pretty much my life story One that really sticks in my craw though; in the UK you are allowed to ride a moped at 16 and a motorbike at 17 on a "provisional" licence - I wanted to take my bike test to upgrade to "full" so that I could take passengers. Dutifully turned up at the test centre, and one of the indicator bulbs blew so the guy wouldn't let me take the test. I was happy to do hand-signals, but his position was that if indicators are fitted they have to work. I was within a whisker of just snapping them off and putting them in my pocket... (I wouldn't have rated my chances of passing had I done that...) Passed the test (car and motorcycle) within a couple of months of turning seventeen so I can sort of laugh at it now...
