The grumpy thread

[chaseracer]

Life's too short to waste it working for/with dickheads.

[Floatylight]

Life's too short to waste it working for/with dickheads.

So that's why you left.... (sad face)

 

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[Mrcento]

Similar thing happened to me at a job interview back in 1997.

Appointment was at 2pm. I arrived at 1.45 and was directed to a chair in reception. At 2.30 the guy turned up. His first words were "you are late"

Sensing that this 'may' have been a test of some sort I apologised. I got the job and got to know the guy fairly well over the ensuing years. He did admit that it was a test of my reactions to unfair situations.

 

That happened to me when i was signing on at the Job Centre years back.

 

My signing time was 1pm, i was there at 12:50, my advisor had people at her desk all the way through to 1:20. I'd spoken to one of the guards and one of the other advisors telling them i'd been sitting for half an hour.

 

She gets up, goes away for 10 minutes, at 1:30 she comes back, calls my name and i go over, sit down expecting "i'm really sorry, we're miles behind today"

 

What did i get?

 

"Why are you late? your appointment was at 1"

 

I politely told he i've been sitting for 40 minutes, i was here 10 minutes early, she has had people at her desk then disappeared at 1:20 and i'd been kept waiting.

 

She then tried to tell me the only reason she was seeing these people was because i wasn't there and accused me of lying and just showing up now

 

I then pointed out that her version of events was impossible given i could describe the people she'd seen and the fact i knew she'd got up and walked away for 10 minutes, had spoken to the guard and another advisor in between times.

 

She went and spoke to the advisor and i could see them nodding and pointing where i was sitting...i expect then she'd apologise.

 

Nope, she sits down and says i'm getting an official warning for time keeping, "Why? it's you that's late?"

 

Her next angle of attack was how i was dressed, jeans, t-shirt and jumper.... "You should be wearing a suit, if you don't treat signing on as a job interview, you're not signing, that and your time keeping shows you aren't taking this seriously".

 

I laughed and asked if she was actually being serious now, she was, she refused to let me sign and said i was getting sanctioned with a right to appeal. Laughed, got up and told her to fuck off, went straight to the other advisor who'd just told her i was telling the truth and about the suit thing and they shook their head and basically said "oh ffs, she's on one again, give me your details and i'll note it" He signed me and said to just bring any letters i receive in next time and they'd wipe it off as a Job center error. Which is what happened.

 

Oddly that advisor was never seen again. Either quit or was sacked.

[Parky]

It’s Friday night. Mrs P is out, the cats are fed and having been off colour today I fancy sitting down and enjoying a bit of TV.

 

Now when I was a kid in the eighties, the networks seemed to make a bit of an effort. At 5.45 the LWT logo and jingle would appear and that’s when the decent stuff began. Sure it might have been “The Price is Right” followed by “The two of us” but usually 9pm meant something good, like ”Auf Wiedersehn Pet” or even “Dempsey and Makepeace”.

 

So in today’s world of multiple channels I have found the only entertaining thing on right now is some cockney bloke on Ideal World flogging Wiley Fox phones.

 

Mind you, it’s quite a decent piece of kit for just £99.99, you get the phone and everything you see here for less than a ton, and not only that you can pay in three easy instalments of just £33.33. But not only that, you get a years free screen replacement and a 14day money back guarantee. Where else will you get this much phone for this little money?

 

I don’t need one. But my god I am impressionable and it would be handy for taking pics of my deep fat fryer, Chef Tony knives, my no spill paint roller and that genuine cubic zirconia studded watch, and the..........

 

Shine On Harvey Moon must be on somewhere in cable land?

[myglaren]

^ I'm quite picky and only watch stuff on iPlayer and YouTube, the TV is far too much hassle and I can't be doing with adverts.

[chaseracer]

So that's why you left.... (sad face)

 

NO - I still miss working with you!  Running the world from our lair by the back staircase 

 

However, the VR offer was very compelling...

[richardmorris]

That happened to me when i was signing on at the Job Centre years back.

 

My signing time was 1pm, i was there at 12:50, my advisor had people at her desk all the way through to 1:20. I'd spoken to one of the guards and one of the other advisors telling them i'd been sitting for half an hour.

 

She gets up, goes away for 10 minutes, at 1:30 she comes back, calls my name and i go over, sit down expecting "i'm really sorry, we're miles behind today"

 

What did i get?

 

"Why are you late? your appointment was at 1"

 

I politely told he i've been sitting for 40 minutes, i was here 10 minutes early, she has had people at her desk then disappeared at 1:20 and i'd been kept waiting.

 

She then tried to tell me the only reason she was seeing these people was because i wasn't there and accused me of lying and just showing up now

 

I then pointed out that her version of events was impossible given i could describe the people she'd seen and the fact i knew she'd got up and walked away for 10 minutes, had spoken to the guard and another advisor in between times.

 

She went and spoke to the advisor and i could see them nodding and pointing where i was sitting...i expect then she'd apologise.

 

Nope, she sits down and says i'm getting an official warning for time keeping, "Why? it's you that's late?"

 

Her next angle of attack was how i was dressed, jeans, t-shirt and jumper.... "You should be wearing a suit, if you don't treat signing on as a job interview, you're not signing, that and your time keeping shows you aren't taking this seriously".

 

I laughed and asked if she was actually being serious now, she was, she refused to let me sign and said i was getting sanctioned with a right to appeal. Laughed, got up and told her to fuck off, went straight to the other advisor who'd just told her i was telling the truth and about the suit thing and they shook their head and basically said "oh ffs, she's on one again, give me your details and i'll note it" He signed me and said to just bring any letters i receive in next time and they'd wipe it off as a Job center error. Which is what happened.

 

Oddly that advisor was never seen again. Either quit or was sacked.

 

Sounds like the one in Royston Vasey.

I have two tales from decades ago about job centres- both early retirees before eligible for state pensions.

First was asked what salary he’d take for a job and told them as he’d retired he’d be willing to take a salary reduction to £50k part time ( he’s a lay reader and wasn’t joking - also ran a series of Citroen CXs), the other was my godmother who told them that she couldn’t come in the next week to sign in on as they were going to Venice for a fortnight. Job centre staff a little non plussed.

[Mrcento]

told them that she couldn’t come in the next week to sign in on as they were going to Venice for a fortnight. Job centre staff a little non plussed.

 

Not surprised, i couldn't go in once because i'd snapped a muscle in my back and cracked 2 ribs.

 

Their response? "Will you be able to come in tomorrow then?"

[DodgeRover]

After 9 years continuous use my second fix nail gun died from metal fatigue by the look of it, I've not got the luxury of time off to fix it so had to go out and buy a new one.

I had a bit of time tonight so I stripped it and I can order the broken part. A bit of messing with google and the part number showed it was about £20 cheaper to order it from the states even after paying duty and carriage so I did.

Now the grump after ordering I happened to click on a link to a Polish hitachi spares place 123zl including their VAT damn it that's even cheaper.....

[robinmasters]

..he’d take for a job and told them as he’d retired he’d be willing to take a salary reduction to £50k part time ( he’s a lay reader and wasn’t joking...

If there's any truth in that, I'm fucking grumpy.

[captain_70s]

Similar thing happened to me at a job interview back in 1997.

Appointment was at 2pm. I arrived at 1.45 and was directed to a chair in reception. At 2.30 the guy turned up. His first words were "you are late"

Sensing that this 'may' have been a test of some sort I apologised. I got the job and got to know the guy fairly well over the ensuing years. He did admit that it was a test of my reactions to unfair situations.

 

So your employer was looking for somebody who would always take the fall and not bring up shoddy workplace practices?

 

Sounds like a gr8* work environment.

[Pillock]

Motorway services

 

I only had about 90 miles of diesel in to get 100 miles home yesterday from Bristol. It was either battle with rush hour traffic to come off the M32 and use Sainsbury's, or stop on the motorway and pay a few* pence more.

 

Supermarket would have been 131.9

Gloucester services? 155.9

 

FUCK YOU. You literally have the best delivery network possible and a guaranteed audience. You could probably charge less than a supermarket in a city centre and make it work. How expensive can a delivery be when you're literally being passed by hundreds of tankers a day?

 

Sausage roll, £2.95. Bottle of Coke, £2. Snickers, £1.09

 

FUCK YOU AGAIN.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

.... Had a weird crush on Janet Ellis when I was younger.

 

Glued to Blue Peter?

[chaseracer]

Glued to Blue Peter?

 

No doubt something was sticky, and not just the back of the plastic 

[Kiltox]

Motorway services

I only had about 90 miles of diesel in to get 100 miles home yesterday from Bristol. It was either battle with rush hour traffic to come off the M32 and use Sainsbury's, or stop on the motorway and pay a few* pence more.

Supermarket would have been 131.9

Gloucester services? 155.9

FUCK YOU. You literally have the best delivery network possible and a guaranteed audience. You could probably charge less than a supermarket in a city centre and make it work. How expensive can a delivery be when you're literally being passed by hundreds of tankers a day?

Sausage roll, £2.95. Bottle of Coke, £2. Snickers, £1.09

FUCK YOU AGAIN.

Next time come off at 12 and go to the station just off the motorway next to a McDonalds. It’s still a few pence more than supermarkets but that is pure robbery.

[dozeydustman]

Glued to Blue Peter?

 

 

 

No doubt something was sticky, and not just the back of the plastic 

 

 

I was about 6 when she was on BP. I don't think little DD worked at that age

[SierraMikeHotel]

Liked for agreement, Pillock. Not because I like it. Motorway services in England are the WORST.

[chaseracer]

Gloucester services? 155.9

 

156.9 at Hopwood Park on the 42 this afternoon.

 

No, I did not.

[Pillock]

Their business model seems to revolve around distain for anyone unfortunate enough to need their services. I very rarely need to use them, I've got a mental database of supermarkets near motorway junctions that I can use for just a few minutes penalty. But I rarely go to Bristol so it's a bit fuzzy, and the traffic around Filton looked arse so I didn't want to divert.

 

As it happened, the steady 70 all the way home improved my MPG so after adding £10 / 60 miles to the tank, I got home with 70 miles left on the display. Bastard.

[SierraMikeHotel]

Their business model seems to revolve around distain for anyone unfortunate enough to need their services. I very rarely need to use them, I've got a mental database of supermarkets near motorway junctions that I can use for just a few minutes penalty. But I rarely go to Bristol so it's a bit fuzzy, and the traffic around Filton looked arse so I didn't want to divert.

 

As it happened, the steady 70 all the way home improved my MPG so after adding £10 / 60 miles to the tank, I got home with 70 miles left on the display. Bastard.

 

 

I know Bristol reasonably well, and my report says: there are no cunning routes, it's just always busy everywhere.

 

My Grandma spent her whole life in Bristol, and the last few months in the big hospital in Filton. I reckon I spent more time sitting in traffic and looking for parking than I spent with her.

 

I got a tiny, tiny amount of consolation from the time I spent staring at the Filton Airbus factory and thinking of Grandma doing QC on Merlin engines for Lancasters in there in the '40s.

[DodgeRover]

Wierdly the LPG at Pease Pottage is the cheapest by a country mile, petrol diesel is How much? Though

[Lacquer Peel]

Do they exist for fleet fuel customers only? If you have a fuel card you get charged a flat rate for fuel I believe.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Leaving work today, opening the gate I noticed the dipped beam bulb has blown in the Golf.  This isn't a major problem at all except that it's on the inaccessible side which means I probably have to take the battery out to change it...

[Lankytim]

Well after telling the receptionist I was leaving at 1pm (an hour after the arranged time) the Transport manager showed up with 3 minutes to spare, no apology obv. Interview went really well and I got a job offer there and then. The pay is more but it’s Monday to Friday compared to 4 on 4 off which I’m on at the moment, this gives me a much better work/life/shite balance.

 

Pension is better too, it’s closer to home, and I get sick pay. Decisions decisions...

[Eddie Honda]

Glued to Blue Peter?

"Jigsaw" thanks.

[New POD]

Sat in reception for an interview and the guy is 40 minutes late. How long before I walk out? Don’t mind my current job but it’s nice to have options.

Me. I'd stay all day. Ask where the canteen is. If they cancel I'm invoice them.

[New POD]

Well after telling the receptionist I was leaving at 1pm (an hour after the arranged time) the Transport manager showed up with 3 minutes to spare, no apology obv. Interview went really well and I got a job offer there and then. The pay is more but it’s Monday to Friday compared to 4 on 4 off which I’m on at the moment, this gives me a much better work/life/shite balance.

 

Pension is better too, it’s closer to home, and I get sick pay. Decisions decisions...

Ask for more money. Accept job. Don't turn up.

[New POD]

Similar thing happened to me at a job interview back in 1997.

Appointment was at 2pm. I arrived at 1.45 and was directed to a chair in reception. At 2.30 the guy turned up. His first words were "you are late"

Sensing that this 'may' have been a test of some sort I apologised. I got the job and got to know the guy fairly well over the ensuing years. He did admit that it was a test of my reactions to unfair situations.

I'm a churlish stickler for time keeping.

 

I wouldn't apologise.

 

I'd say something like, " Yes YOU are, but I expect you are very busy and I'm.here now to explain how I can take the load off you"

[New POD]

- 5 years' experience within SMT CCA manufacturing environment

 

This.

 

I've seen a contract in Bolton at MBDA

 

I've seen it advertised and been sent details by numerous recruitment agencies.

 

The hourly rate is shit. The travel time would be shit but I could get home of a night unlike now. So in a spirit of stupidity I have over the past 6 yes 6 months let at least 6 RCs put my CV forward.

Obviously the first one went in the bin because I haven't got that specific technology on my CV yet in my 30 years in industrial.nuclear aerospace,wind turbine,defence, etc.

I suspect the others went in the bin too.

 

I've just had another generic email this time from Morson.

I replied. I'd need 15 quid an hour more and they'd need to.pay my travel. I expect that'll go.in the bin too.

 

.

[Kiltox]

My ex-manager died this morning. 42. Brain tumour.

 

Gutted is an understatement. We might not have seen eye to eye when I left the company a year and a half ago but he was a great man who played a pivotal role in building my career, served his country for 22 years and leaves behind two young children who are an absolute credit to him .