How about listening to RAAF ATC tell us for the last two years that they are telling BN CTR the duty runway in Darwin and the expected arrival at 160nm to run, yet every time i have been inbound to Darwin for those last two years BN CTR has to call up DN APPR
when I ask them at around 100nm to run DN what tonight's arrival instructions might be.
How about after being told to 'expect' a particular STAR on Darwin, and self and colleague watching the miles to run tick by, so we ask when an 'expected' STAR that takes us off our cleared airway will actually turn into a clearance that we can follow?
Answer: You get your PEBBL STAR clearance to track via AGUST transition when AGUST is
ten miles behind you 
For those ATCO's that don't know what effect that has, try following these instructions on how to use your computer...
1. Save your file to the My Documents folder.
2. Turn on the computer.
Perhaps things would work a little better for you if the instructions had you turning the computer on first.