The grumpy thread

[Wack]

Why is it seemingly so difficult for those who carry out roadworks to figure out that in the morning rush hour there will be more traffic going into town than coming out, and vice versa in the evening, and adjust the timing of the traffic lights accordingly?  Once again this morning they were digging up the road on my route into work (UK Power Network this time), and there was a 2-mile queue of traffic Norwich-bound (which I was able to bypass 2/3 of by going down some back roads, but still held me up for a good ten minutes), and a grand total of seven cars waiting at the lights going the other way.  Doubtless I'll have the reverse problem on my way home.

 

It really cannot be rocket science.  Am I missing something, or are these people just as thick as pigshit?

Same thing in Warrington this morning , one lane coned off on the A49 1st roundabout off the M62 with traffic coming at it from 4 directions

 

I must've driven past 600 cars trying to get into Warrington on one road and going nowhere because the lights are on green for 7 SECONDS !!!

[Tamworthbay]

Proper first world grump, late back from work but find a parcel waiting. I am expecting a couple of guitar pedals after a swap with GM on here, not expecting them today so thought woohoo! Fun time tonight, only to find it’s actually a tap I had forgotten I had ordered.

[Tamworthbay]

Since when the fuck did mindful replace careful,in the dictionary? Seems to be another fucking irritating tosser term than is infecting people.

[Mrcento]

Saturday I spent many long days (or so it seemed) on the phone to BT, sorting out deals etc and while I was on I asked to be transferred to the repairs and maintenance section. In the blink of an eye, I was on the  'sub-continent' instead of darkest Yorkshire where I spoke to a lovely chap who did alarming things to my TV by remote control. Having done the same, he declared my 'Youview' box to be fooked and a new one will be with you by Monday.

 

All jolly good and great apart from the fact that it didn't arrive yesterday nor this morning so I called them and spoke to a chap in the very deepest Yorkshire who sounded like he was in the same room as me with the LOUDEST VOICE EVER! Turns out that because I was doing two things with BT at the same time, they canceled the new box, for some reason totally unknown to me, the chap I was speaking to and common sense, in general, it seems BT cannot handle two operations at the same time but with different departments.

 

Rubbish

 

Said it on here before, but BT can't even handle one thing at once, let alone 2.

 

Any confusion at their end = complete cancellation of services with no reason given.

 

Attempts to get a reason = hours on the phone being passed to entirely made up departments, all staffed by someone called Steven.

 

And the end result is always them not having a clue, you not getting your services and having to go to another company, who oddly have no bother providing what every Steven in the universe combined couldn't get their head around.

[Ghosty]

Who was it bloody ages ago that had a copper cut them up then give them grief for it?

 

Came out of Northern Powerhouse behind Conelrad in his Mini. For some reason there's police everywhere, despite there being hardly any other cars about. I get a mile or so down the road, and I see a police 3 series ahead of Conrad light up and head off, shortly after it pulled someone over. I notice a pair of headlights in my mirrors moving altogether too quickly, move in a bit to let them pass. The car rocks a bit and something cuts me up at a rate of knots, a knee-jerk reaction causes me to tap the horn, to try and warn Conrad, and also, because oi!, as I see it's another copper. With the blue lights off FFS.

 

I notice three coppers have pulled over a fella in a black Merc. After I pass them the copper from before (presumably) drives up, pulls me over and tells me I'm misusing the horn, okay maybe that's fair enough, I didn't argue or anything, but why the hell didn't he have his blues on? He then went on about me interfering with his job (he says, taking time out from a traffic stop to have a go at me for something minor?) and something about taxpayer money before letting me go.

 

tl;dr police car cuts me up at speed with no lights or siren, criticises me for using the horn to warn another driver of a potential hazard?

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

We wondered what was going on there!

[Ghosty]

Yeah, I thought you would, nothing came of it. I managed to catch up to JM and gave him a thumbs up before I split off the A57. 

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

and something about taxpayer money before letting me go.

Wait a minute, aren’t YOU supposed to accuse HIM of wasting taxpayer money by stopping you? Did you even remember to tell him that you pay his wages?

[Junkman]

Yeah, I thought you would, nothing came of it. I managed to catch up to JM and gave him a thumbs up before I split off the A57. 

 

Yeah, I was briefly toying with the idea to pull over as well when I saw you stopped to come to your rescue.

Then I thought it's enough if one gets shot dead and reconsidered.

[Cavcraft]

Wait a minute, aren’t YOU supposed to accuse HIM of wasting taxpayer money by stopping you? Did you even remember to tell him that you pay his wages?

 

In the old days he'd have handcuffed himself, then 'fallen down the stairs' at the nick.

[Kiltox]

I still don't understand why anyone deals directly with BT.

AFAIK nobody else will provide service on my FTTP - is that not true?

[NorthernMonkey]

...After I pass them the copper from before (presumably) drives up, pulls me over and tells me I'm misusing the horn, okay maybe that's fair enough, I didn't argue or anything....

Just out of curiosity, he didn’t have a welsh accent, did he?

[twosmoke300]

Took me a minute but a genuine LOL at that 

[loserone]

AFAIK nobody else will provide service on my FTTP - is that not true?

Both Zen and AAISP will deal with BT and supply FTTP.

[artdjones]

I need to order some Saab Opal Green paint and went to an eBay supplier in Enniskillen in Northern Ireland.They claim to be able to mix any colour to code, which I supplied.I got a dispatch confirmation,then later they start saying that the paint is too difficult to mix.When I asked what that meant they said the colour is discontinued.How can any mixed paint colour be discontinued?And why mark the stuff as dispatched before they've even tried to mix it?

I've supplied them with the Dupont code for the shade,but if that doesn't work they'll get some one star feedback.

[Kiltox]

Both Zen and AAISP will deal with BT and supply FTTP.

Fair play, I didn’t know that. Should be useful when I come out of contract!

 

Zen currently £15 a month more than BT mind!

[Timewaster]

I need to order some Saab Opal Green paint and went to an eBay supplier in Enniskillen in Northern Ireland.They claim to be able to mix any colour to code, which I supplied.I got a dispatch confirmation,then later they start saying that the paint is too difficult to mix.When I asked what that meant they said the colour is discontinued.How can any mixed paint colour be discontinued?And why mark the stuff as dispatched before they've even tried to mix it?

I've supplied them with the Dupont code for the shade,but if that doesn't work they'll get some one star feedback.

My guess, your colour has an unusual pigment in it which they either don't have or have run out of and can't / won't order a bottle just to put two drops in your order and sit on a shelf until it dries out.

Can you tell I used to work for a place that mixed paint?

[Squire_Dawson]

Ghosty he could have booked you for sounding the horn in a built up area during prohibited hours. You got away lightly there.

[loserone]

Zen currently £15 a month more than BT mind!

Depends how much you value your time

[Kiltox]

Ghosty he could have booked you for sounding the horn in a built up area during prohibited hours. You got away lightly there.

It’s only prohibited for reasons other than warning others of your presence surely

[loserone]

No, that's the only reason you can use a horn in the daylight.

 

Once after dusk, it's flashing lights or do not collect £200

[Squire_Dawson]

Yes, people are trying to sleep.

[Kiltox]

Surely a crash would wake said people up more?

[artdjones]

My guess, your colour has an unusual pigment in it which they either don't have or have run out of and can't / won't order a bottle just to put two drops in your order and sit on a shelf until it dries out.

Can you tell I used to work for a place that mixed paint?

That would be my thought.I know Halfords had the mix for this code when I wanted a touch up a few years ago.They wouldn't do it because it needs chrome yellow pigment and Halfords branches don't stock that.I found an old stock Saab touch up on eBay.But now I need the front wings painting.

[scaryoldcortina]

No, that's the only reason you can use a horn in the daylight.

 

Once after dusk, it's flashing lights or do not collect £200

Highway code says..

 

the sounding of horns from moving vehicles on restricted roads between 11.30 pm and 7.00 am is also prohibited, except when another road user poses a danger

 

So only dusk in the middle of June in Aberdeen, and it's ok if there was danger.

[Guest Hooli]

With the blue lights off FFS.

 

'Operational requirements' they didn't use lights so as not to alert who they were after.

 

Doesn't stop most coppers being twats though...

[Ghosty]

'Operational requirements' they didn't use lights so as not to alert who they were after.

 

Doesn't stop most coppers being twats though...

Why did the one in front of Conrad go through the same place on blues then?

[Guest Hooli]

Why did the one in front of Conrad go through the same place on blues then?

 

See the second part of my answer...

[Cavcraft]

Some 'expert' has just spent ten minutes finding invisible faults with my daughter's car. Every time they were corrected, they tried something else instead, before finally admitted they haven't got the asking price. Locked the car up and walked away.

[LightBulbFun]

I dunno m8 your kanooter valve is looking a bit dodgy 

 

my grump for today is the fact that I had to go to the dentist

 

not the dentist it self, im one of the few nut cases that has no qualms with going to the dentist, and I enjoy checking out all the clinical type stuff they have

 

but the fact it took way longer then expected which meant by the time I got home it was too late and I was too knackered to call up the scrap yard with the invacar  (especially annoyed as i dont want people to think im not serious about it, when I very much am)

 

but I did find out prescription tooth paste is a thing...