The grumpy thread

[Parky]

Was Nessells when I was a kid, and Renolt, nugget was pink and white with nuts in.

Noo-Gar in my house (but still say nugget under my breath)

[Tamworthbay]

I don’t mind either, just the way it was when we woz kidz, ignorant is the answer I suppose............

[stephen01]

I've done those Quals and then some Novell, Nortel, Linux, MS you name it. Have spent thousands over the years. and unfortunately there is no way to work up at the company I am at as there is only 4 of us, and 2 of those are bosses relations lol. When boss found out I opened up my own company he was worried as its doing the same thing I do here as thats what I do best, I manage IT for Businesses. He's already said when I leave, I'll still be needed as there are things here that I've put in place that he has no clue about. Nice to be needed but for the wrong reasons. I am also the main keyholder for the premises and am primary contact for alarm company etc. I am also her for 8/8:15 AM, rest of them stroll in at 9:15 usually. That does take the piss. If I am late as I was when my child was born I was docked days holidays!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Christ... though... My wages are low!!!!

 

This place sounds like a right shower of shit. I work for a small family run company, I married the bosses daughter, there's 4 of us in total, we all get treated equally, decent wage, good hours etc. 

 

​its the being docked a days holiday that's pissing me off. 

 

unless you love your job, I'd start looking for another. 

[sierraman]

Seriously thinking about an As holiday . Too many experts on here that think it’s so bloody easy to be a mechanic and that we are all there to rip everyone off .

I've watched Eric the Car Guy on YouTube. Does this qualify me as a mechanic?

[Stanky]

*Adds to job strategies directory*

 

Just my experience which I wanted to share - I can only comment on the small selection of IT jobs I've been employed in during the last 12 years, both being a manager* of people and having been managed.

 

My book will be coming out in the spring, and my motivational speaking tour of the UK will commence on the 27th June. I will then be available for after-dinner speaking and teambuilding events from the late summer. You can get early-access tickets via my agent

[Slartibartfast]

We also pronounce Ikea wrong in this country.

[AlabamaShrimp]

There's lots of sulking going on about how stuff is said above, why?

 

I'm sure we've all got accents and say all kind of words, even really common ones, very differently. Does it matter, no.

 

English changes but so long as we can understand each other then all's OK.

[alcyonecorporation]

Any advice for how best to trip a devious little shit stirrer up?

 

Asking for a friend.

[AlabamaShrimp]

Stick your foot out

[alcyonecorporation]

Stick your foot out

Unfortunately for me that counts as assault.

[Saabnut]

My book will be coming out in the spring, and my motivational speaking tour of the UK will commence on the 27th June. I will then be available for after-dinner speaking and teambuilding events from the late summer. You can get early-access tickets via my agent

 

Shitefest after BBQ speaker?

[BavarianRetro]

But they’ll plug it into my car for free right?

Bastards won't even plug it into my car for free.

[Kiltox]

Bastards won't even plug it into my car for free.

[AlabamaShrimp]

Main dealer near here has plugged mine in for free. But then they're very nice and have had a shit load of money out of us over the years.

 

In conclusion don't buy a Fiesta ST and if you do be prepared to pay a lot to fix it

[Dick Cheeseburger]

You could do with a Chris. Chris lives down the road from me, is the husband of a work colleague, and is happy to plug in the wife’s VAG into his laptop running VCDS (or whatever it’s currently called), and e mail the fault log.

Payment was a bottle of Aldi red wine. He was that pleased with the wine, he lent me his OBD reader to plug into my daily.

Everyone needs a Chris.

[puddlethumper]

Shit, bollix, barsteward and other expletives. On the M66 and a van kicked something up and the windscreen went a bit bang.

I wonder how long it takes to find a screen for a 305 ?

[Kiltox]

Do not like

[Cavcraft]

This isn't really a grump just the old 'hasn't stuff changed' thing but this picture from another thread Trigger posted

 

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Look at the cars there. On a quick look I can't see any VAG or BMW.

 

 

Isn't that a Mk2 Golf behind the Maestro?

[BorniteIdentity]

Isn't that a Mk2 Golf behind the Maestro?

 

Yep - they even had stupid wheels added to them back then!

[AlabamaShrimp]

Isn't that a Mk2 Golf behind the Maestro?

And then?

[wuvvum]

There's also a red breadvan Polo at the far end.

[wuvvum]

Fun police. I won’t go into a long rant as I’ll get beaten up.

Just a shame that moderation on here has become so utterly pedantic. Does it seriously matter if someone starts a thread on an unusual car? As an ex-boss always said, before doing a job, question who you’re doing it for, why you’re doing it, and whether it actually needs doing in the first place.

I always had a lot of time and respect for that approach to work - I still worked damn hard, but found I could pace the workload better.

I reckon it could be applied elsewhere, too.

Whilst I get what you're saying, the problem is that if the mods stop doing what they're currently doing, another sector of the AS population will then start whingeing about all the unnecessary threads that keep clogging up the board when there are other threads they could be posted in, and how it's making all the good content drop off the front page too quickly.

 

I tell you what, you'd have to pay me a lot of money to be a mod on here.  It is just about the most thankless job I can imagine, beaten only narrowly by the poor cunt in the Audi factory who fits the indicators.

[dave21478]

I bought an oil filter from a parts place in town a while back as I needed it quickly. I used their touchscreen thingy in the aisle, entered the details and it spat out a part number, grabbed it off the shelf and it looked right - big chunky thing. 25 eurosheckels though, but whatevz, needs must etc.

With an afternoon off from my endless punishment job I put the car on ramps in the middle of the garage and set to it. Had to beast the old one off as some fud(me) had tightened it too much. Went to fit the new one and of-fucking-course its not the right one....centre mounting hole is way too small.

Well, fuck, now the car is blocking the garage, cant reuse to old one etc etc.

 

Surprisingly, this isnt the grump.

 

Some hot winching action later it was shifted to the garden and life resumed. 

Next time I was in town I took the old one back to the shop and asked for a refund as I had ordered the right one online by then. 

- Hello, wrong part etc, can i have a refund please?

- I will look it up on the computer....tappytaptap

- Yeah, actually this is the right one.

- Its not, it doesnt...

 - No, its definitely the right one.

- well, no, its definitely not it doesnt fit.

- You must be fitting it wrong because this is the right part - says so here on the screen, see?

- So how do i fit it if this hole is the wrong size, are you telling me I need to drill it out and tap new threads?

-....uh...

- maybe your computer is wrong?

 - thats not possible.

 

etc etc and so on. This went on for a fucking long time.

 

I think I have said this on here before and I cant remember if the consensus was people are getting cunty-er or if I am getting less tolerant with age but there isnt much else that winds me up like some teenage gobshite with two different haircuts going on at once telling me the facts* in a really condescending, borderline aggressive tone. Apparently working on the front desk at Norauto for a year makes this guy an expert in every vehicle ever constructed....fucking wanker...its not just him though, I am seeing a 117% rise in cunts spouting their opinions as fact and acting like any other point of view is irrelevant because their computer/mate/facebook said so.

[Cavcraft]

And then?

 

You've lost me there, chief.

[chodweaver]

I bought an oil filter from a parts place in town a while back as I needed it quickly. I used their touchscreen thingy in the aisle, entered the details and it spat out a part number, grabbed it off the shelf and it looked right - big chunky thing. 25 eurosheckels though, but whatevz, needs must etc.

With an afternoon off from my endless punishment job I put the car on ramps in the middle of the garage and set to it. Had to beast the old one off as some fud(me) had tightened it too much. Went to fit the new one and of-fucking-course its not the right one....centre mounting hole is way too small.

Well, fuck, now the car is blocking the garage, cant reuse to old one etc etc.

 

Surprisingly, this isnt the grump.

 

Some hot winching action later it was shifted to the garden and life resumed.

Next time I was in town I took the old one back to the shop and asked for a refund as I had ordered the right one online by then.

- Hello, wrong part etc, can i have a refund please?

- I will look it up on the computer....tappytaptap

- Yeah, actually this is the right one.

- Its not, it doesnt...

- No, its definitely the right one.

- well, no, its definitely not it doesnt fit.

- You must be fitting it wrong because this is the right part - says so here on the screen, see?

- So how do i fit it if this hole is the wrong size, are you telling me I need to drill it out and tap new threads?

-....uh...

- maybe your computer is wrong?

- thats not possible.

 

etc etc and so on. This went on for a fucking long time.

 

I think I have said this on here before and I cant remember if the consensus was people are getting cunty-er or if I am getting less tolerant with age but there isnt much else that winds me up like some teenage gobshite with two different haircuts going on at once telling me the facts* in a really condescending, borderline aggressive tone. Apparently working on the front desk at Norauto for a year makes this guy an expert in every vehicle ever constructed....fucking wanker...its not just him though, I am seeing a 117% rise in cunts spouting their opinions as fact and acting like any other point of view is irrelevant because their computer/mate/facebook said so.

You describe the abyss that lies between re-tail and re-alworld. Your Norauto nemesis has a wealth of experience in the former but is sadly lacking in the latter. Judging by his love of hair product, I'll wager he doesn't spend his days off under a Corsa or any other popular eurohatch, so he is taking for granted what he has been taught - "ze computer is never wrong".

Sadly, we know this to be untrue.

 

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[richardmorris]

Last time I went to norauto was for an emergency foglight bulb ( in fog and the dashboard bulb failure light lit). They wouldn’t let me check out without a FR postcode ( for the 3euros worth of bulbs) so I gave them the hotel’s I was staying in.

[DodgeRover]

Got to praise the local Motor Parts Direct branch, not only do they have pinto service parts memorised they are also more than able to work out when there's been a fuck up with cross referencing somewhere along the line.

[Soap Distant]

 I am seeing a 117% rise in cunts spouting their opinions as fact and acting like any other point of view is irrelevant because their computer/mate/facebook said so.

 

This, oh very this.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Not six months ago, Barnet Council did a lovely resurfacing job on the bottom half of my street. Billiard-table smooth.

 

This week, Thames Water (or its contractor) is busily engaged digging it all up again.

[D Spares & Tyres]

Shit, bollix, barsteward and other expletives. On the M66 and a van kicked something up and the windscreen went a bit bang.

I wonder how long it takes to find a screen for a 305 ?

Not long I reckon. Did that red van have a good one? Failing that I know a good screen fitter who knows where to source rare bits