The grumpy thread

[somewhatfoolish]

Mrs_Duke has been stressing about her flight to Crete next week - she's finally found out tonight that it 'almost definitely' won't be cancelled. How a company can be successful without even attempting to disguise the total and utter contempt it has for the self loading freight, is beyond me.

 

Fixed that for you; O'Leary has grown his airline from a two-bit one-horse charter outfit to the burgeoning network of tubular airborne grimness we see today by metaphorically rubbing his shit into the customer's face and then telling them to like it. If he could strap people to the wings, force them to stand up like on the underground or stack them like cordwood he would. This situation appears to be entirely down to RYR treating its employees like dogshit as well the cargo; as soon as the supply/demand seesaw for pilots tilted a little the other way a stampede has developed for the door.

[bub2006]

Had a meltdown today. Council sent a letter saying they havent got correct info for benefits claim. 3weeks after i went in in person and spoke to someone who told me the papers i had was correct. Drove 15 mile to housing office to get them to fill a form in to find they had closed it to the public. 30 mile round trip for fuck all. Came home and ended up completely losing my rag,trashed my living room trying to find my tenancy agreement. Smashed coffee table,flipped footstool and fold up table and launched everything all over the shop. Now im lay on sofa surrounded by shit i cannot tidy up. Feel shit over it but hey ho.

[chaseracer]

Talk to your local CAB: http://www.ddcab.org.uk/contactdetails.shtml

[Tam]

Had to scrape my windscreen this morning. Bloody winter approaching too fast!

[M'coli]

That reminds me of going into the kitchen and seeing my housemate's Lab had vomited all over the floor and was happily snacking on a few choice morsels. Eugh..

Some years ago I came home from the morning dog walk, fed him, and got on with other stuff.

Next thing I hear is this chewing in the living room, so wandered in to find our labrador had helped himself to some rabbit guts while out (some cunts had been ferreting) and had chundered that and his breakfast onto his bed, and was currently having second breakfast...

[AlabamaShrimp]

I'm parked near a roundabout on a retail park for work today. There's another car parked behind me.

 

We're close but not blocking the exit yet dipshits (mainly women) keep stopping behind instead of just driving round then blocking the road, are they that sodding thick??

[chaseracer]

That suggests a visibility issue.  Maybe consider parking somewhere else?

 

And YAY* on the casual sexism.

[Snipes]

Mrs_Duke has been stressing about her flight to Crete next week - she's finally found out tonight that it 'almost definitely' won't be cancelled. How a company can be successful without even attempting to disguise the apparent contempt it has for its customers, is beyond me.

Because cheap.

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

2 tyres for the SAAB Saturday....... the motorways going into Northern France are fu**ing atrocious as they aren't pay to play....... so are left to sh*t themselves. I hit a motherfu**er of a pothole, thought I'd ripped something the way it sounded.

 

Pulled over as soon as I could to check - luckily the tyre 'held' but the egg protruding from the side would've given the easter bunny a hernia! Ba**ard!!!!!!

Of course I couldn't risk life and limb trying to get a photo of the hole so I trundled the last 30km to the GF and then spent 2hrs finding somewhere with tyres to fit!

Over €230 for the front pair!!! Bloody hell! I was shafted anyway as they literally were the last 2 17" in town in the correct size and rating......

 

Drives a lot better now though! (Trying to find something positive)

[AlabamaShrimp]

That suggests a visibility issue. Maybe consider parking somewhere else?

 

And YAY* on the casual sexism.

 

I'm about 5 foot in front of that. Is it blocking?

 

And lol at your sexism comment. Is now describing someone sexism? Most were white but I think 3 or 4 were black, am I now being racist?

[MrDuke]

Because cheap.

That might excuse them having sour staff and charging like a wounded elephant for every single 'extra' - it doesn't justify screwing up hundreds of travel plans with less than a week's notice.

[oldcars]

Had to scrape my windscreen this morning. Bloody winter approaching too fast!20170919_063505.jpg

Good miles on the ZT?

[Tetleysmooth]

Well, I learned a new form of maths today.

 

I booked car parking at Stansted Airport yesterday.

I am entering the car park at  10.00 am on the 10th of October, and exiting on the 18th October at 02.00.

I was charged for 9 days. Incorrect thought I.

Phoned the airport this morning, (couldn't do it yesterday, lines closed despite website saying they would be open), after a devil of a wait I finally got to speak to a human. Very unhelpful. Apparently, according to their system, the 10th to the 18th is nine days. I told them it was was the strangest system I'd ever come across, and the operator just giggled.

What made it worse is the fact I received an email last night saying I could have the same stay for £44.99, which is 15 quid less than I paid, but the operator wouldn't even attempt to amend it.

Beware when booking parking at Stansted.

Can I cancel and book by some other means?

I paid via Paypal.

[Tetleysmooth]

I found an online feedback form, so let's see where that takes us.

[Guest Hooli]

It'll be because you pay for every full or part day starting at midnight every day, rather than a day being 24hours from when you parked.

[Jazoli]

Well, I learned a new form of maths today.

 

I booked car parking at Stansted Airport yesterday.

I am entering the car park at  10.00 am on the 10th of October, and exiting on the 18th October at 02.00.

I was charged for 9 days. Incorrect thought I.

Phoned the airport this morning, (couldn't do it yesterday, lines closed despite website saying they would be open), after a devil of a wait I finally got to speak to a human. Very unhelpful. Apparently, according to their system, the 10th to the 18th is nine days. I told them it was was the strangest system I'd ever come across, and the operator just giggled.

What made it worse is the fact I received an email last night saying I could have the same stay for £44.99, which is 15 quid less than I paid, but the operator wouldn't even attempt to amend it.

Beware when booking parking at Stansted.

Can I cancel and book by some other means?

I paid via Paypal.

 

It is technically 9 days, try using justpark next time, I have nothing but good things to say about the service.

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

Surely that is incorrect - in that it cannot possibly be 9days and is therefore a trading stadnards issue? How the hell can they get away with that one?

 

It is 9 'calender' days - is that in the pricing explanation? Or does it mention 24hrs?

[Guest Hooli]

Surely that is incorrect - in that it cannot possibly be 9days and is therefore a trading stadnards issue? How the hell can they get away with that one?

 

It'll be because you pay for every full or part day starting at midnight every day, rather than a day being 24hours from when you parked.

 

 

 

See above.

[Supernaut]

The correct answer is that airport car park operators are cunts.

 

At Aberdeen airport you have to pay £1 (or is it even £2 now) just to drop people off in front of the airport.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

The correct answer is that airport car park operators are cunts.

 

At Aberdeen airport you have to pay £1 (or is it even £2 now) just to drop people off in front of the airport.

Wait till they find out its £3.00 at Luton and £3.50 at Stansted, they'll be honour bound to increase it just to uphold Sotcsth stereotypes.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

My day so far.

Alarm goes off at 01.00 to go to B'ham for a 02.00 pickup, flight delayed till 03.15 luggage took an hour!

Get back home at 06.30, check car over for Council test at 08.15, spend half an hour ( in the rain) making number plate lights work - kitchen foil and penny's to the rescue.

09.00 Volvo fails because electric handbrake not working on near side.

0915 Euros and GSfF can't get £70 caliper till Friday.

10.00 Volvo Independant orders £180 caliper from Volvo , reckons it will be done by 17.00.

10.30 Start to walk home in glorious sunshine( about 4 miles)

10.34 Starts pissing down, no coat obvs. Call cab.

1045 take life in hands in shonky 61 reg Prius driven by a bloke who seems not to have any ability to speak English, amuses me that I had to complete an English test at my last PH licence renewel( after 53 years speaking it and having an MK licence for 20 of them!).

10.58 He could say £12 well enough, he got £7 and some new English words for his trouble.

11.15 Decide to have a kip, let the puppy out in the garden first, make a coffee then go to bed.

Puppy has run upstairs and pissed right in the middle of the bed!!

 

The afternoon has to get better, right?

[purplebargeken]

^^ Nope

[Mr A Lawrence]

It looks like I am going to be affected by this Ryanair situation as I am due to be flying to Oslo on Friday 29th of September. Though I think I may end up making money with the compensation so it could maybe go in the grin thread but I was looking forward to a nice city break.

Ryanair has updated its compensation website.

[Volksy]

Thankfully - so far - My two upcoming trips are unaffected... Not holding my breath through!

[NorfolkNWeigh]

^^ Nope

Ok, Mystic Fucking Ken.

 

15.30 Daughter calls to say a 7 Series straight lined a roundabout , running into the side of the Fiat.

Won't exchange details " Because Data Protection and Identity theft" ! Cunt. She called Police, now she has to take all her documents into the local station- like its 1982 or something, before they'll take the report of failing to report an accident.

 

17.00 Volvo place call to say they've got the wrong caliper and the piston is coming out too far- there are 2 options for these , one for vented one for solid discs, they've got the wrong one, obviously. This fills me with confidence for their Volvo specialist skills.

Oh , this means I'm about £300 down on jobs tonight and first thing.

[Kiltox]

Sir N. Weigh - askmid will furnish the details of the insurer if she completes the form with both registrations

 

It's the default option on the mobile site, not sure about desktop

[somewhatfoolish]

The correct answer is that airport car park operators are cunts.

 

At Aberdeen airport you have to pay £1 (or is it even £2 now) just to drop people off in front of the airport.

 

That's not NCP though, that's the airport owners; Aberdeen and Glasgow are owned by the thievingest arabs this side of the Barbary corsairs and seek to separate you from your money simply for thinking about driving a car onto the premises. Bastards. £3 fucking quid. If I ever meet one of them they're getting a shite in a serviette dropped in their jacket pocket.

[Mr A Lawrence]

Fucking parking eye can get in the fucking sea!!!

 

Overstayed apparently in the retail park in Llandudno.

 

Disabled missus wanted to walk round shops for a change and ended up going in nearly all the shops and spending a fucking fortune.

 

FUCK YOU PARKING EYE!!

[richardmorris]

Just had a spectacular crash on the bike on the way home. Little country lane, I'm doing 25mph downhill being followed by some SUV thing about a metre behind. Get to a wide bend so I pull over and brake to let the thing past and I swap ends and end up sliding on my back still clipped in to the pedals. Must have hit slime or oil or something. So I'm lying on the ground looking up at the front bumper of this white Honda thing which admittedly did stop and not run me over, and she doesn't even open her window to ask if I'm ok. Lady in the car behind does though. Nothing broken but my right knee must have hit the ground first as it's already throbbing a bit and blue.

 

There's no need for anyone to drive down that lane anyway- I don't as it's too narrow for two cars to pass. There aren't any houses on it and it's longer and slower than the main road. Can't wait for the m3 bridge to be opened so I dont need to detour any more

[danthecapriman]

Crikey! Could have been much worse. Glad your alright though.

 

It's amazing how many people won't help or make sure your alright though. I once saw an old lady fall over in the street yet I was the only person who stopped to help her. Terrible.