What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[M'coli]

 

R75 performed faultlessly on a 1500 mile jaunt this weekend to the Highlands. I think it fair to say that everyone should drive the A838 once in their lives. An absolute belter of a drive, and I managed to pick the right weekend for it. 22.5 degrees on Scourie beach. Left Scourie at 15:45 and arrived back in New Buckenham at 00:59, stopping only in Stirling for a pee and a pizza.

I thought that olooked like a Sutherland landscape. Jealous!

[brammy777]

I also saw someone in a Dacia Logan reverse right into a Mondeo estate whilst attempting to park, prompting the rather annoyed Mondeo owner to come out, and reposition his car so no one could even attempt to try that again...

[Guest]

Fiestas with my mechanic friend and I have use of his Citroen C15 van. I had forgotten how much fun these were

[Station]

There was also a beige marina pickup for sale which made me really step back and think about whether I really need to pay the tax man the money I should have paid many months ago and am being threatened with bailiffs over.

 

How much was it?

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I liderally laughed my bo11ox off at this earlier.

 

 

Now my bo11ox are gone, which is a shame, but it was for a good reason at least.

[dollywobbler]

Ah, what a show. Thanks for the aching ribs Mr B.

[BMC Dan]

The fake tanned WAG-wannabe who purposely parked her 316 in the disabled bay outside RBS Hemel Hempstead getting a ticket a couple of minutes after she rolled up. Was amusing to see her "born for the benefits" toddler climbing around on the back seat without a care in the world whilst the warden processed and applied the fine sticker.

[dollywobbler]

Was in town the other day. Went into Poundland (I admit it!) and was first amused by the sight of a woman arguing over something pathetic (all credit to the worker who had to deal with her) who then got even more upset when her incorrectly parked car outside the door got ticketed! She ran out and tried the old classic "I'll just be a minute" which I assume the warden took to see as "excellent, that's how long it'll take me to get this ticket finished." I shouldn't like it, but I did.

[seth]

Now my bo11ox are gone, which is a shame, but it was for a good reason at least.

 

Qual! I love them.

 

edit: Not your bo11ox.

[scaryoldcortina]

Rita, Sue and Bob too is on film4 now ;D

[brammy777]

Finally got a job interview, at o2 this Friday. I had been contacted by Randstad employment yesterday, and following a successful phone interview, I went to register and have a face to face session today at their offices in Reading. Went really well! She was a friendly person, and I got 97% on the assessment, which basically tested your abilities to copy data from a grid in a fast and precise manner. Also, they said that a good score for keystrokes per hour would be 4900+, I apparently got 7032. And another job I have applied for have asked me to submit an application form as they are interested, but my CV apparently wouldn't open on their computers...

Some progress at last.

[revolting peasant]

[autofive]

Blimey, that sounds a right load of old bollocks.

 

I shouldn't be surprised that on successfully passing the tests, interviews, more tests, anal probe, more interview etc the job turns out to be a totally soul-destroying non-job with zero upward mobility, enforced 'fun', a requirement to where a tie and some cunty shoes, and a desk at cubicle in a sweaty call centre with 1000 other similar folk wondering where it all went wrong whilst simultaneously having to brown-nose the management just to claw their way to thrupence above the minimum wage.

 

A job like that should be "can you type" y/n and "are you a total grunting mong" y/n (yes is not neccessarily a barrier in many industries, e.g. estate agency.

 

A good interview is where you pitch up, chat about the job for an hour then piss off to the pub with your prospective new boss. If pub is offered, its in the bag, trust me.

 

what about if the job is for an AA councillor?

[trigger]

I shouldn't be surprised that on successfully passing the tests, interviews, more tests, anal probe, more interview etc the job turns out to be a totally soul-destroying non-job with zero upward mobility, enforced 'fun', a requirement to where a tie and some cunty shoes, and a desk at cubicle in a sweaty call centre with 1000 other similar folk wondering where it all went wrong whilst simultaneously having to brown-nose the management just to claw their way to thrupence above the minimum wage.

 

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

Blimey, that sounds a right load of old bollocks.

 

I shouldn't be surprised that on successfully passing the tests, interviews, more tests, anal probe, more interview etc the job turns out to be a totally soul-destroying non-job with zero upward mobility, enforced 'fun', a requirement to where a tie and some cunty shoes, and a desk at cubicle in a sweaty call centre with 1000 other similar folk wondering where it all went wrong whilst simultaneously having to brown-nose the management just to claw their way to thrupence above the minimum wage.

 

Agreed. Funnily enough, in an awful lot of companies, most of the jobs even half a level above that of a keyboard drone DON'T have any such tests, which results in a lot of managers being "well experienced, innit" but unable to use more than one finger when typing or read an e-mail without printing it. GR9 4 efficiency when you're paying that person 50k a year.

[brammy777]

Well the job was actually for a Sales Advisor position at o2, not one behind a keyboard.... The only reason the typing skills test occured is due to the need for you to be both fairly quick and accurate when typing in fairly important data to do with the customer, when they open a contract for example..

[M'coli]

This variation on the Trainspotting thing:

[ashmicro]

I've done sysadmin work in the past, and no doubt will again in the future - it ain't like that, even in big operations.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Unearthed some pedigree paperwork for the cat...

 

While it's nice to know the full names of all 16 great, great grandparent cats, all 8 grand parent cats, all 4 grandparent cats and of course both parents, having the pedigree certificate for a neutered cat is like having the V5 for a Cat-A writeoff supercar.

[Alexg]

This Mitchell and Webb sketch about the Diana 'assassination' makes me LOL

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoZ71sj3Kn0

[Guest]

Fiesta passed mot 1st time today with only a couple of advisories - Took a risk on buying it from a friends mother in law clinging to an mot by its nails

[Negative Creep]

White Van Man, which has just started on BBC3. First new comedy I've seen in ages which is genuinely making me laugh

[autofive]

White Van Man, which has just started on BBC3. First new comedy I've seen in ages which is genuinely making me laugh

 

i watched four episodes on i player yesterday, and i agree - the funniest new comedy i have seen for quite a few years

[Negative Creep]

I hated 2 Pints as well which makes it all the more surprising

[eddyramrod]

Hated 2 Pints? How is that possible?*

 

*Mrs Ramrod hates it too, but I've just asked her to get me a DVD of it for my birthday...

[face]

I simply cannot watch '2 pints' without rapidly descending into a stark, desolate pit of rage.

 

You can almost write the script 10 seconds before it's read out

[Station]

Hated 2 Pints? How is that possible?*

 

*Mrs Ramrod hates it too, but I've just asked her to get me a DVD of it for my birthday...

 

I used to like it when it was on, the last few series without the skinny bloke were pretty crap though. You just have to endure some things before you start liking them, as I've found with some programmes.

 

Can I just say, what defines a 'Comedian' on Dave/GOLD is shocking. They've got comedian night on (or whatever it's called) on Dave, and the comedians are all those whores who only appear on quiz shows and get their material written for them. 'Desperately Unfunny'.

 

http://uktv.co.uk/dave/series/tvseries/254381

[dollywobbler]

I was never a fan of it, though I did fancy both the blonde bird and the curly-haired blokey-bird. I can't explain why.

 

Comedy that makes me grin has to be Spaced. It's years old now but still makes me howl.

[Rod/b]

I've just watched the 1st series of Green Wing again. Genius.

[Negative Creep]

Someone actually took the time to write in and complain that they were only give one portion of ketchup on their sandwhich [sic] which made it completely un enjoyable. Would you believe the man behind the counter didn't treat it as a serious complaint?

 

Oh and I think I now have my taxcode sorted; after giving up yesterday I got straight through on the local rate international number. Took him all of 30 secondsto change it on their system which now means I'll be taking home an extra £40ish a week which will make a massive difference. I don't think I even earned 7 grand in the last fiscal year so should be due a nice rebate. It's just a case of when it will arrive.............