The grumpy thread

[dozeydustman]

Woken up with massive sciatic pain. Can't take another day off of work. Bad enough getting over a migraine and associated effects of migralieve tablets yesterday.

 

I need horse strength pain killers from the GP again I think

[MorrisItalSLX]

I lost a mud flap on the Jaaaaaaag. It's my own bloody fault too for backing into a kerb like a dunce.

 

I hope I can get one second hand so I don't have to fork out loads for a brand new pair.

[5speedracer]

  On 10/12/2018 at 17:23, Aston Martin said:

Sorry if I came across as a prick.

 

I've just watched the dashcam footage and all it shows is everyone going bananas around me.

No problem, you'll have been in shock!!!!!!

 

Sent from my Redmi 4 using Tapatalk

[DVee8]

Sent home from work yesterday with Norovirus,first time i have been off sick in years.

 

Pardon the pun but i feel like shit..

[Tadhg Tiogar]

  On 11/12/2018 at 12:02, DVee8 said:

Sent home from work yesterday with Norovirus,....

 

*exclusion zone declared*

[DVee8]

  On 11/12/2018 at 12:10, Tadhg Tiogar said:

*exclusion zone declared*

Oh yes,everyone is keeping their distance.

[loserone]

*tries to figure out how many days ago I shook your hand*

 

Not guilty, hopefully not a victim either!

[Zelandeth]

Oh FFS! Just wasted the best part of two hours trying to post a damn parcel.

[New POD]

Just fell over and bashed my head.

And my arm.

Got my foot stuck under a door.

People at work are pissing me off. Using ballocks procedures to thrawgt my work.

My hiring manager has broken up for Christmas and I am trying to do the impossible.

[mercrocker]

  On 11/12/2018 at 07:56, MorrisItalSLX said:

I lost a mud flap on the Jaaaaaaag. It's my own bloody fault too for backing into a kerb like a dunce.

 

I hope I can get one second hand so I don't have to fork out loads for a brand new pair.

 

Didn't somebody on here find a BL one in the road t'other day?   Get 'em to airmail it and cable tie it on.   

 At least when it falls off you can blame BL.

[MorrisItalSLX]

  On 11/12/2018 at 15:04, mercrocker said:

Didn't somebody on here find a BL one in the road t'other day? Get 'em to airmail it and cable tie it on.

At least when it falls off you can blame BL.

Hmm, cable ties.

 

You have given me an idea.

 

I feel a bodge coming on.

[bub2006]

Never shave when shaky. Especially with a cut throat.

[dozeydustman]

  On 11/12/2018 at 15:14, bub2006 said:

Never shave when shaky. Especially with a cut throat.

 

 

Ouch. Done that a few times in the past. You got a styptic pencil or some fag papers to put on the cuts?

[DeeJay]

Bit of bog paper, you'll be fine.

 

[bub2006]

Yep,used styptic strip but needs steri strip! Bloody peeled skin back. Ah well

[Timewaster]

Dab a bit of aftershave on it.

 

That's what it is called after all.

[barefoot]

Trying to organise my life around stuff...

 

Bought tyres for Scirocco, had them delivered to garage last Friday,

I couldn't get down to have them fitted because of reasons, so

Re-arranged for Monday

Saturday Vel Satis failed, booked in earliest - Wednesday

Monday couldn't take Scirocco for tyres as wife had used it to replace the VS

Today/Tuesday took cat to vet for check on teeth & they want to do a blood test

Fucking idiot vet, not the regular bloke, couldn't hang on to cat long enough,

'can we sedate him?'

Yes

'Has he eaten within the last four hours?'

I should think so.

'Can you bring him tomorrow?'

No because VS booked in

Cat booked in for Thursday

Return home, VS changed from Wednesday to Thursday

Unlikely to be back in time for me to have Scirocco on Friday to get tyres fitted... 

In time for the sleet that's forecast for Saturday.

[Mally]

Cost me £250 for my cats teeth.

Mole grips next time.

[bub2006]

  On 11/12/2018 at 17:03, Timewaster said:

Dab a bit of aftershave on it.

 

That's what it is called after all.

That's been done. Bloody stings though.

[Bobthebeard]

CLUNK.....

FFS.

Turned the radio up but the clunk realised and increased its volume to suit.

Also the front shock absorber that was replaced due to it leaking has started leaking. Used parts etc etc.

[DodgeRover]

  On 11/12/2018 at 17:15, Mally said:

Cost me £250 for my cats teeth.

Mole grips next time.

You should have left them in the cat.....NHS dentures are really not too bad these days!

[Pillock]

Made a nice curry for tea, been in the slow cooker all day. Nice and mild so the youngest will eat it. Dished my own up, decided I wanted it a bit hotter so grabbed the pepper sauce for a couple of drips mixed in.

Remembered 0.01s too late that this bottle of really, really hot pepper sauce has no drip thing in the spout. Watch as it floods the plate.

Grumpy bit therefore is I hate wasting food so ate it anyway and now my gut is screaming at me.

[Tamworthbay]

  On 11/12/2018 at 20:37, Pillock said:

Made a nice curry for tea, been in the slow cooker all day. Nice and mild so the youngest will eat it. Dished my own up, decided I wanted it a bit hotter so grabbed the pepper sauce for a couple of drips mixed in.

Remembered 0.01s too late that this bottle of really, really hot pepper sauce has no drip thing in the spout. Watch as it floods the plate.

Grumpy bit therefore is I hate wasting food so are it anyway and now my gut is screaming at me.

Yoghurt is your friend here, well yoghurt and omeprazole.

[Pillock]

Stomach acid? I think it passed straight through and it's making a bid for freedom, the stomach just saw it in passing.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

  On 11/12/2018 at 21:17, Pillock said:

Stomach acid? I think it passed straight through and it's making a bid for freedom, the stomach just saw it in passing.

You won't need Dyno-Rod, that's for sure.

[dollywobbler]

DHL. Got an email Friday telling me my ECP order would delivered before the end of the day. It wasn't. Monday, get an email saying it'll be delivered before the end of the day. It wasn't. Today, same deal, but then I get a call from a friend. He'd pumped into the DHL guy, who asked him where some addresses were. One included mine. Friend tells him where I am.

"Ugh. I just dropped a parcel near there," says the courier. "Sod it. I'll take it back to base (in fuggin' Bristol!) and say I couldn't find it."

At which point my friends points out that he can take it there and then and drop it to be lately. Courier happily accepts.

 

What a twat though. I appreciate these guys are under serious time pressure, especially at this time of year, but MY BLOODY PHONE NUMBER IS ON THE BOX! I'm afraid I went all Twitter rant at DHL. No other courier struggles to find us or fails to deliver at three attempts. In fact, most are lovely - UPS, Hermes, DPD. Can't fault them.

 

Of course, by the time they arrived, it was too dark to see whether they do actually fit. I'm not hugely confident.

[Pillock]

You're absolutely right to be TWITTER FURIOUS at DHL if the driver even went as far to tell another customer that he cba'ed to drive somewhere to deliver a parcel (you know, the very definition of his job). Also, giving your parcel to someone who assured him they'll deliver it. I wonder if they pinky-promised?

[richardmorris]

Work wise DHL are quite high up in the professionalism stakes, we often have two deliveries a day. Fed ex and tnt good and ups ok ( but he is always more intent on talking on his phone than speaking to us ), Dpd ok, Hermes variable and yodel usually terrible ( with more missing parcels than anyone else ). No one seems to use parcel farce.

[anonymous user]

  On 11/12/2018 at 17:15, Mally said:

Cost me £250 for my cats teeth.

Mole grips next time.

I thought Mole grips only worked on moles.

 

Also some belated advice on taking a cat to the Vet, first get out your first aid kit.

[ProgRocker]

I used to work for DHL 11-13 years ago. They worked me (and the other drivers) pretty hard. I ended up quitting without another job to go to. Glad to get out of there.

 

This time of the year there will probably be agency drivers who probably can't find their way around that quickly.