The grumpy thread

[garbaldy]

 

 

Turned n a grin cos coupla weeks ago found a thing that you pay flat fee then per mile

 

Even for the C4 it's half the renewal and if I modern car which will happen it's even cheaper

 

Fuck them

 

That sounds interesting,

[LostnotFound]

The Student Loans company.

 

No not the fact that they were handed out in a way that made ppi look well sold.

 

Nor if I was either Scottish or born a couple of years later it'd be wiped before I was due to retire.

 

Nor the fact the tax payer is paying for loads of admin on a loan like mine which they don't get a penny more from as its been sold.

 

No, it's the fact when you have to deal with them you use the universal sign of a terrible website. Yes a dot gov one.

 

Which like the crap dvla rubbish and anything else to do with the government passport login lets you enter loads of info before just saying there is an error.

 

You then end up ringing somewhere and arguing with a computer that can voice recognise 8 of the 9 digits of your account number, before refusing to accept you don't have a fucking password so just keeps asking again and again.

 

Eventually I got through to a sort of human who couldn't find my address my postcode. 'you must live in a new build' it's a hundred bloody years old this year ffs.

 

All of this because there was a gap between my old job where I didn't earn enough to pay my graduate tax and my new one which is the same. Obviously between the two I must have been getting paid 50k a month cash in hand as I'm obviously such a high earner.

 

There is no question by the time its written off when I'm 65 42 years orlf terrible admin will have cost far more than any repayments I'll ever make, so why waste all our time.

 

Aaaaaarrrrgh

[barefoot]

Well I got the dinner on the plate without having to scrape it off the floor first

 

What did you have?

 

There is no question by the time its written off when I'm 65 ...

 

 

I think you mean 68

 

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Now having read lots of stuff & doing a couple of smart arse replies, I'm fucked if I can remember what I came on here to grump about.

[richardmorris]

What did you have?

 

 

 

I think you mean 68

 

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Now having read lots of stuff & doing a couple of smart arse replies, I'm fucked if I can remember what I came on here to grump about.

 

Coq au vins with rice.

[SiC]

The Student Loans company.

 

No not the fact that they were handed out in a way that made ppi look well sold.

 

Nor if I was either Scottish or born a couple of years later it'd be wiped before I was due to retire.

 

Nor the fact the tax payer is paying for loads of admin on a loan like mine which they don't get a penny more from as its been sold.

 

No, it's the fact when you have to deal with them you use the universal sign of a terrible website. Yes a dot gov one.

 

Which like the crap dvla rubbish and anything else to do with the government passport login lets you enter loads of info before just saying there is an error.

 

You then end up ringing somewhere and arguing with a computer that can voice recognise 8 of the 9 digits of your account number, before refusing to accept you don't have a fucking password so just keeps asking again and again.

 

Eventually I got through to a sort of human who couldn't find my address my postcode. 'you must live in a new build' it's a hundred bloody years old this year ffs.

 

All of this because there was a gap between my old job where I didn't earn enough to pay my graduate tax and my new one which is the same. Obviously between the two I must have been getting paid 50k a month cash in hand as I'm obviously such a high earner.

 

There is no question by the time its written off when I'm 65 42 years orlf terrible admin will have cost far more than any repayments I'll ever make, so why waste all our time.

 

Aaaaaarrrrgh

If you think thats bad, try dealing with them when you've actually paid off the loan*. Took me 4 calls to get that sorted.

 

When I did my Self Assessment it came through that I was still needing to pay my loan back. Took 6 calls to the HMRC before eventually someone there got it sorted.

 

Seems like they don't expect you to ever pay it back...

 

 

* I (just) was on the older system (changed the year after I started), so I only had ~1k p/a of fees then ~3k p/a of loan. So it was plausible for someone to actually pay it back. Very much feel sorry for those that have 48k+ of loan/tax which they have to repay.

[myglaren]

My eldest son paid his off quite quickly and a year later discovered that he had paid double the amount he should have.

He did have the excess refunded but not without a fight.

[sierraman]

Why do women leave hair grips all over bastard place? 2 have found their way into the pump on the washer jamming it. FFS!!!

[loserone]

Why do women leave hair grips all over bastard place? 2 have found their way into the pump on the washer jamming it. FFS!!!

There's a solution to that, cover them in waxoyl and use engine braking.

[vulgalour]

The women, the hair grips, or the washer?

[AMC Rebel]

Keep pushing that myth, if it makes you feel good.

 

 

I think you may have misunderstood.  I wasn't complaining.  What I used to get called at school for being crap at sport isn't something I want to repeat on here.  Also I'd expect to be called to account if I did.  I was not complaining about not being allowed to say that word.

[sierraman]

There's a solution to that, cover them in waxoyl and use engine braking.

I’ll get the compressor out and get the kids Waxoyled tonight then.

 

I was pleasantly surprised how easy it was to take the pump apart though.

[dozeydustman]

Went to jack up the Corolla so I could access the sodding crank pulley from underneath . 5 pumps in the jack gives way.

 

Something else I need to get now. Bother.

[108]

The women, the hair grips, or the washer?

Yes

[Ghosty]

Got home and there's two full fat ambulances outside my neighbour's house. Lovely folks, lived here longer than me, and I've been here 21 years.
The words 'heart problems' have been mentioned. :/

[New POD]

Got home and there's two full fat ambulances outside my neighbour's house. Lovely folks, lived here longer than me, and I've been here 21 years.

The words 'heart problems' have been mentioned. :/

Everyone who has been in the street longer than 10 years gets an ambulance eventually.

[omegod]

Day off today so as all set to service the wifes focus so she's gone to work in my fiesta, breakfast ...check....tools....... check.....parts......in the fucking fiesta   

[anonymous user]

Everyone who has been in the street longer than 10 years gets an ambulance eventually.

That's why I move house every six years or so

[LostnotFound]

If you think thats bad, try dealing with them when you've actually paid off the loan*. Took me 4 calls to get that sorted.

 

When I did my Self Assessment it came through that I was still needing to pay my loan back. Took 6 calls to the HMRC before eventually someone there got it sorted.

 

Seems like they don't expect you to ever pay it back...

 

 

* I (just) was on the older system (changed the year after I started), so I only had ~1k p/a of fees then ~3k p/a of loan. So it was plausible for someone to actually pay it back. Very much feel sorry for those that have 48k+ of loan/tax which they have to repay.

 

 

My eldest son paid his off quite quickly and a year later discovered that he had paid double the amount he should have.

He did have the excess refunded but not without a fight.

 

 

My older sister had the same fun paying hers off. It's impossible to find anyone with a good word to say about what is a huge multi million pound operation.

 

They lose a lot of money when people who move abroad don't bother paying, often with the reason it's more effort than it's worth with tales of people teaching English as a foreign language in Asian countries being expected to post shed loads of paperwork to prove their income and bank accounts which then get 'lost' something I can well believe. 

[rainagain]

Just had my yearly review at work, despite getting a good review it translates into another below inflation pay rise which in other words is a pay cut. I could understand it if the company wasn't doing very well but profits in our section are up 23% this year, this is the Dollar increase if you look at the increase in local currency it's actually 38%, no doubt helped by shafting all their employees. My colleagues are the same and also got below inflation 'rises'.

 

I'm going to spend the rest of today updating my LinkedIn page and dusting off my CV, sick of their tightness. 

[Aston Martin]

Jeremy Vine is normally awful.... Today was life endingly bad

[sierraman]

Just had my yearly review at work, despite getting a good review it translates into another below inflation pay rise which in other words is a pay cut. I could understand it if the company wasn't doing very well but profits in our section are up 23% this year, this is the Dollar increase if you look at the increase in local currency it's actually 38%, no doubt helped by shafting all their employees. My colleagues are the same and also got below inflation 'rises'.

 

I'm going to spend the rest of today updating my LinkedIn page and dusting off my CV, sick of their tightness.

Some companies work in a funny way with stuff like this, if you are at the top of the pay scale you get a paltry amount whereas if you are new to that grade you get a hefty rise. Consider yourself lucky you didn’t get a pay cut as I did.

[rainagain]

Some companies work in a funny way with stuff like this, if you are at the top of the pay scale you get a paltry amount whereas if you are new to that grade you get a hefty rise. Consider yourself lucky you didn’t get a pay cut as I did.

 

Sorry to hear about your cut, my boss did the usual bit of dangling the carrot of moving up grade again, he does this every year but nothing ever happens. 

[beko1987]

There's a scrap wagon parked outside the office and although I'm not sure what the car is, it's made me very sad that the red car is on there

 

 

We all agreed that it was grandads car, who died 3 months ago and the kids got rid. Made me slightly happier that I wasnt the only person to be sad by that.

 

What a waste

[Lacquer Peel]

It's a Mk1 SEAT Ibiza.

[Aston Martin]

Seat Ibiza I think

[Snipes]

I think it's an Ibiza.

Facelift though, which makes it look a bit VW to my eye.

 

I'm grumpy because work expect me to commute to London on a rate waaaaaayy below what I should expect (about £6 or £7 p/h less). I'm not getting on the bloody train with all my gear for nothing to show for it.

[Uncle Jimmy]

Jeremy Vine is normally awful.... Today was life endingly bad

Jeremy Vine is a high end ..... (searches mind for something that won't upset the mind police), I think he knows it though. I imagine he's married, fuck knows what kind of level of patience the unlucky lady must have.

[Uncle Jimmy]

FUCKING shitty aluminium step ladders.

Flimsy, noisy, skiddy twats that slide around the place.

Anyone know of somewhere you can still buy a good old skool wooden job?

[Eddie Honda]

https://www.hulley-ladders.co.uk/about/

 

"MADE IN SHEFFIELD TO YOUR SPECIFICATION – Please contact us if you don’t see just what you are looking for"

[myglaren]

Some on Amazon but they look like crap.

My wooden ones were made by my dad, 65 years ago :)Have you looked at fibreglass electricians steps.  Considering some myself as my ally ones have taken up residence with my daughter.