- when in the clearance they never give you the DEP frequency so you have to guess and...it always turns out to be the wrong one.
- when you hear "stop before" or "maintain before" instead of "hold short of"
- when you still haven't got your clearance and you are already at the holding point
- when you hear "cleared for takeoff, squawk ident, airborne at 13:43" instead of a much more useful "wind 230/12, cleared for takeoff"
- when you have to level off at 4000' and drag around for long minutes before succeeding in contacting DEP and obtaining a higher altitude because of chaotic r/t where everybody steps on eachother both in italian and english
- when you cannot get a higher level until in contact with Marseille or Swiss regardless of traffic because making a phonecall to Rome is hard work
- when you hear "climb three zero zero" instead of "3 hundred"
- when you hear "turn right,right heading 240" as if a turn could be done 2 times or "turn 10 degrees by the left" as if they were giving directions to a driver who should turn by the gas station
- when you hear "on the radar" at first contact with the next sector instead of "radar contact"
- when they give you an enroute vector and you have to remind them you are still on heading 10 minutes later after they forgot about you
- when they tell you to slow down to 270kts and you are already at 250kts
- when they send you to CMP, then forget about you and when you tell them you will enter the hold they freak out and immediately give you vectors or a 360 turn
- when they give you descent instructions to an altitude and always forget to give you the QNH...or QUEBEC NOVEMBER HOTEL as they like to call it
- when one controller gives you a speed reduction and the next high speed or vice versa
- when they give you vectors for "delay action"....??????
- when they "modify your base"
- when you have to ask them if you are cleared for the approach just before intercepting the LOC
- when you have to step on somebody's transmission on short final to get your landing clearance and avoid a goaround
- when you have to hold position before entering the apron waiting for a followme car that will take you to a stand just in front of you
- when if following the senseless signals of the marshaller you would probably end up crashing into some ground equipment or the terminal building itself (I always follow the taxilines regardless of those guys' folkshow)
Finally, when after work you go out and hit the bars and restaurants you forget all that aviation mess with what's surely the best place to eat,drink,socialize and have a good time.