is it something you do cos you HAVE to or cos you WANT to?

If I am paying for a service and I dont feel I am getting what I am paying for then I will complain..............

I dont like to make a fuss, but I will stand up for my rights and I have learnt to think:shutup: before I speak now which can be very useful :smartie: ......

Dol, it's an art form as far as I'm concerned.

If I'm paying for something, I expect to get what I've been promised.:pimp:

I don't enjoy complaining but will if I have to. I can't bear serial complainers who moan about every little detail, sometimes things are beyond a persons control and you have to make allowances.

Mr M hates complaining, he will make a lot of background noise but actually complaining he will say anything to get out of it.

Yeah, I'm constantly complaining :laugh: Pretty much about everything. I guess it's a mixture between have to and want to...

I will complain if i feel strongly enough about something.

The only place i feel uncomfortable complaining though is in a restaurant. You hear so many stories of how they spit in your meal and then shove it in the microwave if you have complained its too cold etc ..

The last time i complained was last sunday in my local lovely pub. Mr.B decided to treat me to sunday lunch - so we got there (first in) and reserved the table in front of the fire.

The place got quite busy, but we thought we were ok as we had a table booked. Anyway, a family came in - and they didnt want food, just somewhere that their kids could sit and play while they had a drink. So that landlord gave them OUR RESERVED TABLE.

So i ended up sitting on a small table for 2, in a draft so my dinner went cold and shoved in the grotty end of the pub. I was not amused. We cant often afford a nice lunch / dinner so you want it to be perfect.

Anyway, we had dinner and i ordered a pudding. 40 minutes later im still sat there. I told them not to bother anymore and went back to the bar. I have to say i had a very loud moan to the landlord about the table move. Its as if, because we are locals he felt he could move us to make way for tourists. But in my eyes you look after the locals that put money in the till all year around.

we had a bloke at work who came in and made it his mission to complain abuot something the council are doing that obviously is of no concern to him (I say this confidently cos I know him, although obviously I didn't let on at the time!! :ninja: ), it was his day off he was bored so he just came into pick an argument with someone on the counter ... quite incredible really I thought!

as for complaining I don't like to use the word "complain", rather I like to think I point out why service or a product hasn't been good and do it in such a way that it's not aggressive or confrontational and doesn't leave me feeling guilty for the rest of the day! ... you're right Fee, it is an art form.

I complain a fair bit...unfortunately it tends to be to the wrong people :blink:

When it comes to poor service...if it is really bad I will say something and never go back...if it's bad I will simply never go back... :angry:

I do tend to get quite passionate about somethings and have on occasion opened my mouth before engaging my brain but thank-fully I have recovered quickly enough to avoid any visits from the Police or men in white coats! :blush:

I tend to moan more about things that don't get done which I see as things that are so easy to get done (on a big or small scale) and I can't understand why there is such a vacant black hole in some peoples head which in mine contains that amazing thing called common sense...it drives me to distraction at times! :mad:

I don't really like complaining but if I feel strongly enough I will...........I do find however, that it is always prefixed with the word 'sorry' which really annoys me about myself cos it's not my fault but I always feel I have to apologise for bothering someone.

Something that is really getting my goat at the moment is people who park over my drive. I don't mind if it's on a Saturday & Dave has the car & I don't need to use the drive but we live opposite a school & on parents evening & such like it drives me mental. The worst bit is peoples reaction when you ask them to move........last night, my neighbours sister parked 1/2 over the drive & when our daughter phoned to ask for a lift from school cos it was raining, Dave couldn't get out.........he went next door to ask her to move it & was told to get a life! so daughter had to walk home in the rain which in itself is not a tragedy but I was just fuming at the attitude!

He did try to have a word with her about it when she was leaving but was given a mouthful & then she drove off. We phoned the traffic people to see what our rights were & apparently, even though we put the drive in, there is a parking restriction generally on our side of the road in football season & we have paid to have a white line painted across it, we have ****** all rights. I asked who I could complain to & was told there was no point.

I usually only complain when I think it is absolutly necessary but my daughter complains at the slightest thing which often gets her discounts/vouchers or free stuff because of it.

I usually only complain when I think it is absolutly necessary but my daughter complains at the slightest thing which often gets her discounts/vouchers or free stuff because of it.

my son has been a regular complainer and returner of products since the tender age of about 9 ...he has no fear taking crap goods back to the joke shop which he frequents far too often! It makes me feel proud. he just presents the facts and stands firm until he gets a decent answer or money returned or a replacement product ... I done well there!

I do return a lot of things to shops, I don't complain though...well do I? I just state what has gone wrong in a calm friendly tone. Usually works.

Barking at people from the offset dosn't work.

my son has been a regular complainer and returner of products since the tender age of about 9 ...he has no fear taking crap goods back to the joke shop which he frequents far too often! It makes me feel proud. he just presents the facts and stands firm until he gets a decent answer or money returned or a replacement product ... I done well there!

Well done to your son Dol, he'll make some woman a fine husband one day!

I have complained about things on many occassions and have received a new item or cash refund.

We were all out for a meal on Saturday, 12 of us and after 45 mintues of waiting to be seated we left. We were actually asked to leave as we were told that our table was not booked until 8.45, so when we turned up at 8.30 we were too early and ended blocking the route for the toilets.

When we left we spoke to the restaurant manager (not the owner) told him it was for our friend's 40th and he simply shrugged his shoulders and said there was nothing he could do. A few of us has stated that we would be complaining and his answer to that was that he was bothered as he gets good reviews and bad reviews.

Anyway the owner phoned my friend on Sunday absolutely appalled at the treatment she received and has offered us a free meal for 14 (Mr B and my friend's husband couldn't make it)! I'll be taking it a lot easier this time round and I just hope that we will be seated in time!

Something that is really getting my goat at the moment is people who park over my drive. I don't mind if it's on a Saturday & Dave has the car & I don't need to use the drive but we live opposite a school & on parents evening & such like it drives me mental. The worst bit is peoples reaction when you ask them to move........last night, my neighbours sister parked 1/2 over the drive & when our daughter phoned to ask for a lift from school cos it was raining, Dave couldn't get out.........he went next door to ask her to move it & was told to get a life! so daughter had to walk home in the rain which in itself is not a tragedy but I was just fuming at the attitude!
****** all rights. I asked who I could complain to & was told there was no point.

Flippin eck what a selfish lot. We have problems with parking where I live too, but if anyone parks across my drive, I leave a note politely asking them not to, if they do it again, I ring the police who put me through to the traffic wardens and they will ticket or tow - £40 and £100 to get your car back respectively so it can give a valuable and expsensivee lesson as not to be downright selfish in the future!