The grumpy thread

[Guest]

Look at it positively - looks like there's little chance of it reaching the vehicle limit and it's only a time extension. They didn't use all the funding. Good!

[Father Ted]

Not only.... But also

FMWireless Scrappage

 

What a total crock of shit. I mean will no one think of the Poor Fisherman

[mattblack]

The thing that's been heating my urine until it changes from a liquid to a gas over the last few days is the anouncement that "Avatar is the highest grossing film of all time..."

 

AAARRRGGGG!!!!

 

Since 'time' hasn't ended yet, I would beg leave to sugest that in fact it's the highest grossing film 'so far...'

 

Aaannnd breathe....

[Richard]

Is Avatar not a James Cameron film and therefore utter shit?

[M'coli]

Senior managers and account managers who pitch for contracts. 4 times we've told them that what they're proposing isn't profitable but they don't listen. This time they've fucked it up so badly that a month in we know that the customer has been able to take us for a ride yet again, the product's not capable of breaking even never mind being profitable; because of the extra work that this is bringing us because they've underestimated, we're also going to go over the time allotd for the product, so we'll end up with a backlog, again.So it's a good job that they're shutting down my department in Yorkshire and sending it all to London. No, that last bit isn't a grump...

[Timewaster]

Ask them if they ever worked for British Leyland?!

[seth]

Senior managers and account managers who pitch for contracts. 4 times we've told them that what they're proposing isn't profitable but they don't listen. This time they've fucked it up so badly that a month in we know that the customer has been able to take us for a ride yet again, the product's not capable of breaking even never mind being profitable; because of the extra work that this is bringing us because they've underestimated, we're also going to go over the time allotd for the product, so we'll end up with a backlog, again.So it's a good job that they're shutting down my department in Yorkshire and sending it all to London. No, that last bit isn't a grump...

Sounds like the last place I was employed. Except they just shut down the whole lot a little while after I got made redundant.

[pogweasel]

^ +1

[M'coli]

Ask them if they ever worked for British Leyland?!

Head office is in Solihull... I have brought the BMC/BL argument up, to receive blank faces. Same as when I mentioned one of our technologies being "Betamaxed" by the competition, they didn't have the foggiest what I meant.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

This:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8497239.stm

I checked my old car on the EvilPortal earlier, and it's not taxed anymore. Might not be scrappage, but none the less, poor car.

[55bloke]

Is Avatar not a James Cameron film and therefore utter shit?

Go and see it, it's BRILLIANT!!

[Volksy]

^^Yup, it was great, if you're anywhere an IMAX it's well worth seeing there!

[Mr Lobster]

Grumpiness - ON.Finished doing Jury Service yesterday.Back at work today. Not happy. Wading through countless emails all wanting pointless, irrelevant shit.

[Tayne]

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[Cavcraft]

Two things today:'Chain' text messages such as 'pass this on to 257,000 other people you know and spread the luck'. Spread the luck? Spread the profits of the fucking 'phone companies more like. Even my gullible missus has seen past the kind of shite her retatrd fugly mates sent by text these days.Steve Wright: Crazy, unbelievable thought I know, but how about asking a guest a question THEN SHUTTING THE FUCK UP whilst they answer?**Rhetorical, we know you can't STFU you silly twat.

[Richard]

Whatever twat at the BBC re-hired Steve Wright after he'd flounced off from Radio 1 needs to be fed feet-first through a bacon slicer under a shower of salted lemon juice.

[Rusty Pelican]

Two things today:Steve Wright: Crazy, unbelievable thought I know, but how about asking a guest a question THEN SHUTTING THE FUCK UP whilst they answer?**Rhetorical, we know you can't STFU you silly twat.

Spot on , listen every day now to R2 , even the non stop oldies stop whilst he spouts off

[Mr Lobster]

Wading through countless emails all wanting pointless, irrelevant shit.

Ooops.Need to change my password as it looks like you've managed to access my email.

The joys of cc'd emails, don't forget to copy everyone in, including the person next to you, who you've just spent the last hour discussing it with and the tea-lady just in case.

We have a not one but THREE different email systems at {insert name of automobile retailer / hire place of your choosing }. One area manager will frequently ring up, discuss something and then email it on ALL THREE different systems, CCing her manager as well presumably so it appears she is doing something.

[brammy777]

I hate the weather at the moment, its either clear and fucking freezing or cloudy with non stop drizzle.

[AnthonyG]

Whatever twat at the BBC re-hired Steve Wright after he'd flounced off from Radio 1 needs to be fed feet-first through a bacon slicer under a shower of salted lemon juice.

Radio 2 just seems to be Radio 1's retirement home , Simon Mayo was on last time I listened. Its like being back in 1987!

[Guest]

People who are coming down a side road towards a junction too fast and they don't brake until the last second. They're coming down and you expect them to pull out on you, so you cover the brakes in anticipation, but then they pull up at the last second. Bell-ends!

[504GL]

Steve Wright: Crazy, unbelievable thought I know, but how about asking a guest a question THEN SHUTTING THE FUCK UP whilst they answer?

He really is an insufferable twat. He makes the Jeremy Vine show interesting.

[504GL]

People who are coming down a side road towards a junction too fast and they don't brake until the last second. They're coming down and you expect them to pull out on you, so you cover the brakes in anticipation, but then they pull up at the last second. Bell-ends!

Were you born in the UK? I'm originally from Australia and to me it just seems that almost everyone drives like that here in the UK, or they're completely the opposite and won't pull out unless there's a gap big enough for the QE2 to pull out into. Oh and indicators, why the **** does no one use them?

[M'coli]

People who are coming down a side road towards a junction too fast and they don't brake until the last second. They're coming down and you expect them to pull out on you, so you cover the brakes in anticipation, but then they pull up at the last second. Bell-ends!

This could be the ABS syndrome, where people drive up to junctions and slam the brakes on triggering the ABS because it's too difficult to think ahead and brake sensibly, preserving your brakes and tyres.

Oh and indicators, why the **** does no one use them?

"What's your problem? I know where I'm going, why should I have to let you know where that is!"

[504GL]

"What's your problem? I know where I'm going, why should I have to let you know where that is!"

People used to joke that it's just BMW drivers but it seems to be spreading. The other one that makes me laugh is people who indicate when they're turning rather than before they turn. I CAN SEE YOU'RE TURNING DIP****! IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO HAVE SOME WARNING THOUGH!!!!

[dollywobbler]

Yup, definitely no longer a BMW-only trait. In fact, I saw a BMW indicate the other day.People on slip roads annoy me. Look, if you're on the slip road, you must give way to those already on the main carriageway. People trying to merge need to remember this, as do the people in the inside lane who panic and slam on, just as the person on the slip road correctly slams on and suddenly everyone's at a halt.

[504GL]

Yup, definitely no longer a BMW-only trait. In fact, I saw a BMW indicate the other day.People on slip roads annoy me. Look, if you're on the slip road, you must give way to those already on the main carriageway. People trying to merge need to remember this, as do the people in the inside lane who panic and slam on, just as the person on the slip road correctly slams on and suddenly everyone's at a halt.

So true. But since when did people use brains when driving?OT, is your 900 an i or an s?

[dollywobbler]

T'is an i. Hasn't moved for two weeks. Must get around to sorting that sticky caliper, s'pecially as it still has a full tank of fuel!

[504GL]

T'is an i. Hasn't moved for two weeks. Must get around to sorting that sticky caliper, s'pecially as it still has a full tank of fuel!

Nice. Saloon or hatchback? Oh and if it's a saloon does it have the little rubber book spoiler? For some reason none of the saloons I've seen the UK have the boot spoiler, damnit I like the little spoiler!

[RedSparrow]

Steve Wright: Crazy, unbelievable thought I know, but how about asking a guest a question THEN SHUTTING THE FUCK UP whilst they answer?

He really is an insufferable twat. He makes the Jeremy Vine show interesting.

Steve Wright is an utter prick. On the odd occasion he plays a good song, he sings out of tune over the top of it. Ruins radio 2 for me.