The grumpy thread

[Guest Hooli]

Oh don't worry I'll let them know when I do get to view. It's one of those online agencies so the seller has to do the viewings.

[cobblers]

I'm in a busy pub and there's a group of four blokes who are kicking off at the landlord because he's not allowing them to order meals whilst sat at the (tiny) bar cos there's no tables free. "this is rediculous", "we've never been treat like this before" etc etc.

Bloody part time drinkers, stay out of pubs til Christmas so I know when to avoid you!

[AlabamaShrimp]

But they are men! They cannot be made to look stupid* in front of their friends* they must be right if not, its disgusting and outrageous! They're going to post about it later on Facebook as they're that hard*

[fred]

But they are men! They cannot be made to look stupid* in front of their friends* they must be right if not its disgusting and outrageous! They're going to post about it later on Facebook as they're that hard*

Bet they were ''Offended''  and felt like a minority and if Farage was PM this would never happen cos the EU is crap and everyone else is treated better than the hard working tax payer .....zzz.zzzz.zzzz.zzzzzz

[purplebargeken]

Got the card back from the branch this morning, filled in a form and the money should be 'returned' to my account on Monday.

[omegod]

Was at a local scrappy today and observed from afar an interaction between the owner and a guy in a rover R8 tourer, fucker had scrapped it for £50, wasn't that scruffy either  

[fordperv]

Finished work early on Friday so walked to my daughters school to pick her up. Noticed some young girl allowing her Alsatian to shit all over the pavement, as I approached she just walked off and left it. Asked her if she was going to clean it up but she totally blanked me, even when i called her a snack head scumbag (just an assumption I guess) short of grabbing her round the throat and shoving her face into the shit what can you do?

 

NB, when I say "young girl" I mean 20ish rather than 12 or something.

This pisses me off whats wrong with picking it up, I became mates with a bloke because he knocked on my door and asked if I had a bucket of hot soapy water and a yard brush he could borrow because his German shepherd wasnt feeling well and left a brown puddle outside my drive so the bloke wanted to clean it up, I went and got my hose and helped him because of his decency

[DodgeRover]

Old boy in the petrol station this morning filling up an Almera with LPG? Not really a grump but these can't be that bad on fuel surely!? I'm guessing it's a similar scenario to having solar panels fitted on the roof of your house, if you stay living there for about 10 years then you eventually start to see reduced electricity bills.

Have seen Prius, Micras, Metros and minis all on LPG plus loads of Corsa, escorts, fiestas no sense paying twice as much for fuel if you don't have too.

[fred]

Fucking Printers ...... bastard work of the Devil

 

Have to print out Probate forms after my dear old mom died a couple of weeks ago , so not in the finest of moods

 

Does it want to print in colour - NO , bought new cartridges installed then as per instructions - ''Unknown ink installed''

What ? INK is fucking ink .... *Goes to troubleshooter*   ''Have you installed it properly'' YES FFS it only fits one fugging way

 

''Have you tried turning the printer on and off''   - Fuck off you mong bean of cause I have

 

''Have you paper on the tray'' - *stares*  

''Have you done a nozzle cleaning operation'' Yes bloody 6 times

 

''Head to trouble shooter and press diagnose''  .......

 

''Unknown ink installed'' 

 

ARGGGGHHHHHHHHH .......Its fucking Cannon ink for a fucking cannon printer - Fuck off ......

 

Gives up and orders a curry

[Richard]

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[alcyonecorporation]

Fucking Printers ...... bastard work of the Devil

 

Have to print out Probate forms after my dear old mom died a couple of weeks ago , so not in the finest of moods

 

Does it want to print in colour - NO , bought new cartridges installed then as per instructions - ''Unknown ink installed''

What ? INK is fucking ink .... *Goes to troubleshooter*   ''Have you installed it properly'' YES FFS it only fits one fugging way

 

''Have you tried turning the printer on and off''   - Fuck off you mong bean of cause I have

 

''Have you paper on the tray'' - *stares*  

''Have you done a nozzle cleaning operation'' Yes bloody 6 times

 

''Head to trouble shooter and press diagnose''  .......

 

''Unknown ink installed'' 

 

ARGGGGHHHHHHHHH .......Its fucking Cannon ink for a fucking cannon printer - Fuck off ......

 

Gives up and orders a curry

 

Have you tried filling it with curry? 

[eddyramrod]

Printers are arseholes.

 

Yes they absolutely are.

[fred]

Have you tried filling it with curry? 

Waste of a good curry my fine gent

[Hendry]

Just had the pikemon sniffing round the yard . 2 Irish sounding guys rock up in a silver 05 fiesta and ask about a van that's in the yard saying he was a landscaper looking for a van . I told him it had no engine but " I'll tek it loike it is " yeh I bet you would ! Then asked about nearly every car in my yard while eyeballing everything .

Funnily enough he didn't have any business cards for his business . Car comes back as no mot or tax too - chancers .

I've reported it to the fuzz and so have a few other places they have visited but I doubt the coppers will bother with anything .

 

Couple of months ago I was in an Arc/Imo car wash washing my car when a black irish plated 08 Avensis pulls in, absolutely fucked, rusty, dented, bumpers hanging off, boy with a scouse accent says "excuse me lad" so i think hes looking for directions, nope, him and 2 Irish lads, maybe early 30s, are trying to flog "brand new tellys they got cheap from ones work, but they arent stolen" Samsung 50inch smart HD LED things, £150, Currys print out on them with the details and a price, kinda like the ones youd see advertising the tvs in the shop, tvs in bubble wrap rather than the boxes, with cling film then holding the price and description sheet and the bubble wrap in place. 

 

The only thing they werent lying about was that they werent stolen, nope they were fucked, the top one was a 2015 Sony 42" with a scratched screen with a gouge out of it and the LCD all cracked, looked it up and seemingly its a pretty common scam, they were probably long gone to another area but i called 101 for Police Scotland and reported it anyway. 

 

its like the guys in Transit vans, not old fucked ones, usually kinda clean newish ones, local accents saying they need rid of brand new memory foam mattresses dirt cheap, do we want to buy one, theyve had a cancelled order and will take 100quid for a 700quid mattress, aye right, some pish stained mouldy one from a recycling depot!

[Parky]

Been contracting at this place in London for almost three years. I had been told my role would be going permanent and last week was called in by HR to inform me that the process is starting. Would I like to apply for it? Yes please says I. However...

 

They are splitting my role in two

 

Each role carries half the salary I am on.

 

So that's nice. Thanks for all your hard work, we would LOVE you to stay on and continue the excellent work you are doing but we will be halving your pay. That alright?

 

I wasn't on a particularly massive wedge anyhow so I am somewhat miffed. Especially considering that as someone with a quarter of a century of experience in financial services, my salary would same as a graduate intern. What annoys me the most is I turned down a half decent permanent role two months ago as I was asked not to take it as the place I am at wanted me to stay and assured me they would try and look after me.

 

To say I feel disappointed is a bit of an understatement

[Cavcraft]

Bloody part time drinkers, stay out of pubs til Christmas so I know when to avoid you!

 

Hallelujah, brother. Part time drinkers are one of my biggest hates.

[omegod]

Hallelujah, brother. Part time drinkers are one of my biggest hates.

 

Some never before seen oik sat in my seat last Sunday, 2 minutes of death stare and he relocated     

[AlabamaShrimp]

I don't think it's part time drinking that's the problem more than people don't know their own limitations and just keep throwing it down their neck.

[JeeExEll]

Becoming very very very fuckin BORED with political news. Total overload.

 

Oh, and while I'm here, folk cheering on the TV shows as soon as you switch on the TV. What the fuck's wrong with them?

 

I don't usually get wound up or give a fuck.

[Cavcraft]

I don't think it's part time drinking that's the problem more than people don't know their own limitations and just keep throwing it down their neck.

 

See: Christmas, New Year, Chester Races. These people should be banned from going out if they have a couple of drinks and want to fight the world.

[AlabamaShrimp]

See: Christmas, New Year, Chester Races. These people should be banned from going out if they have a couple of drinks and want to fight the world.

I know what you mean and it's to be expected but if they kept it to a couple of drinks then I'm sure it wouldn't be half as bad it's that they need to drink everything, now!

[Negative Creep]

See: Christmas, New Year, Chester Races. These people should be banned from going out if they have a couple of drinks and want to fight the world.

 

 

Just any public event or space really. We Brits seem to be completely incapable to drink in a sensible manner.

[omegod]

Just any public event or space really. We Brits seem to be completely incapable to drink in a sensible manner.

 

I'm off to the pub and will drink sensibly for 4 hrs at least, perfectly sensibly.......... until the wife picks me up and tells me I haven't been drinking sensibly at all and am in fact scolloped 

[Negative Creep]

I'm off to the pub and will drink sensibly for 4 hrs at least, perfectly sensibly.......... until the wife picks me up and tells me I haven't been drinking sensibly at all and am in fact scolloped 

 

 

Make sure to post again in 4 hours time so we can judge

[myglaren]

Printers are arseholes.

I have just used mine for the first time in months.

HP Envy 120 series.

Not installed on the laptop I was printing from (Linux Mint) as I upgraded Mint a month or so ago.

Took just over a minute to install and print a test page then another twenty seconds to print two letters.

 

I usually have to faff around for ages with it and often buy new cartridges.

I'm amazed that it all went so quickly and simply.

[alcyonecorporation]

Becoming very very very fuckin BORED with political news. Total overload.

 

Oh, and while I'm here, folk cheering on the TV shows as soon as you switch on the TV. What the fuck's wrong with them? Instant piss-boiler.

 

Aah, thats better. Don't usually get wound up or give a fuck.

 

I turned Facebook off for that reason. You can use Messenger without your account being active, which suits me as it's a cheap way to keep in touch with mates. 

 

I probably won't be turning it back on for the simple reason of me not missing it. It's just another bleeping, shrieking, flashing attention vacuum which people think they need but they don't. It takes far more from them than it ever gives back, and that's why I've had my fill; getting rid is the only way to redress the balance. 

 

This will make me sound horrible and fascist and snide, but everyone doesn't need to be posting the boring minutae of their lives every femtosecond or so. Why people feel the need to justify their existence in this way, I've no idea. 

 

I can just about put up with Twitter because of the brevity. You can't really post a screed full of shit if you've only got 140 characters to work with. 

 

I had some YouTube stuff ready to go but canned it because of the comments section. Same shit, different arse. 

 

And Americans are allowed to post. 

[LessThanEqual]

Fucking insurance companies. Thought I would be a good citizen and change my occupation from 'Student' to my new job which I start on Monday even though I haven't graduated yet. Cunts are going to charge me £110 for the privilege despite it being up for renewal in September. Won't bother with Hastings again even if they are the cheapest.

[Supernaut]

I turned Facebook off for that reason. You can use Messenger without your account being active, which suits me as it's a cheap way to keep in touch with mates.

Oh? Didn't know you could do that. I'd be happy with just the messenger bit.

 

Admittedly, my facebook feed is just the pages I like, not individual people. Keeps it nice and clean that way.

[gordonbennet]

Couple of months ago I was in an Arc/Imo car wash washing my car when a black irish plated 08 Avensis pulls in, absolutely fucked, rusty, dented, bumpers hanging off, boy with a scouse accent says "excuse me lad" so i think hes looking for directions, nope, him and 2 Irish lads, maybe early 30s, are trying to flog "brand new tellys they got cheap from ones work, but they arent stolen" Samsung 50inch smart HD LED things, £150, Currys print out on them with the details and a price, kinda like the ones youd see advertising the tvs in the shop, tvs in bubble wrap rather than the boxes, with cling film then holding the price and description sheet and the bubble wrap in place. 

 

The only thing they werent lying about was that they werent stolen, nope they were fucked, the top one was a 2015 Sony 42" with a scratched screen with a gouge out of it and the LCD all cracked, looked it up and seemingly its a pretty common scam, they were probably long gone to another area but i called 101 for Police Scotland and reported it anyway. 

 

its like the guys in Transit vans, not old fucked ones, usually kinda clean newish ones, local accents saying they need rid of brand new memory foam mattresses dirt cheap, do we want to buy one, theyve had a cancelled order and will take 100quid for a 700quid mattress, aye right, some pish stained mouldy one from a recycling depot!

 

My mate fell for that scam.

Bought a telly alright, old knackered not working but cleaned and polished piece of shit in a nice sealed box.

I will have nothing to do with them, we now have locking steel gates and the dogs go fuckin ballistic if anyone approaches so they don't get the chance to just wander in with a load of bollocks waffle about nothing and line up the stuff they'll come back for when no bugger about.

 

What pisses me right off is there's some sort of plumber just up the road who keeps leaving metal out for the sods on the verge, when you mention not feeding rats cos it encourages 'em he just don't get it.

[alcyonecorporation]

Oh? Didn't know you could do that. I'd be happy with just the messenger bit.

 

Admittedly, my facebook feed is just the pages I like, not individual people. Keeps it nice and clean that way.

 

I am far happier with just the messenger bit. Privacy is a beautiful thing. 

I used to work with a bloke at M&S who grudgingly had a mobile phone; he said the only reason he had it was if one of his kids or his wife needed him in an emergency. 

Everything else (and I mean everything else) he would tell people to write him a letter: "If it's that fucking important, you won't mind me having a copy of it on paper, no?"

 

I used to think his outlook was jaded in the extreme - but I can see myself going that way if I'm not allowed to be left to my own devices.  

 

Re Facebook messenger:  I found out by accident - but yes, you can run it as a separate app and URL on your browser. www.en-gb.messenger.com if you're interested. 

 

With a lot of stuff these days (full disclosure: I'm 33) I don't care for, you can play the 'adjust absolutely everything so as few a people as possible are offended' angle to your advantage. 

I look at stuff like camera phones, Facebook and the Volvo Owners' Club with an attitude of: "Yeah, most of it is indeed shit, but is there anything of merit that would make my life easier?"

 

Smart phones: turn off all tracking and social media metrics, concentrate on fast camera optics. 

 

VOC: sack the forum off, keep membership for cheaper classic car insurance.

 

Facebook: come off all groups, restrict access to friends only, in worst instances deactivate and keep messenger open. From the looks of things I may not have been ruthless enough with what I used to see and read on a daily basis. 

 

I've sacked off/ignored Autoshite on more than one occasion; it all depends on my mood, I suppose. 

 

And I still don't understand why Drivetribe exists.