The grumpy thread

[twosmoke300]

Id make sure you can get the thrust bearing sleeve separately and it’s not integral to the gear box before playing that game 

[Split_Pin]

I was told on 24th May that I would be made redundant at some undisclosed point in the future. 

So far I have applied for 13 jobs. The majority have required a covering letter which I have spent about 2 hours each on.

I have had 2 interviews, one of which resulted in a knockback and the other I declined as the comoany directors had an 'interesting ' history. I have had 3 further straight declines and radio silence from the rest.

Yet others in my office have almost immediate success.

It's a bitter pill and I don't know how much longer I can sustain the positive attitude before giving up.

[Kiltox]

What do you do for a living?

[Split_Pin]

I work as a Mortgages Risk Manager in a bank.

Basically a nobody that has driven a desk for the past 20 years!

[Kiltox]

I’m guessing you’re pretty good at what you do though, else you wouldn’t have managed to last 20 years at it without getting caught out. 

Have you been at the same place for a long time?  Been a while since you had to endure the utter fuckery that is recruitment?

[Split_Pin]

I've been there nearly 4 years so not a great length of tenure but I was head hunted for my current job so yeah it's been some years since I've had to throw myself to the wolves.

It's also aggravating an ongoing issue I have with wee motors in my head driving round and crashing into each other and I'm nearly at the stage of writing the whole lot off as a bad job.

[Kiltox]

Have you had anyone look over your CV? Fresh pair of eyes can make a world of difference. 

I’m not a recruiter / HR person but do change job relatively often, happy to have a look if you like. 

[Cavcraft]

2 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

I was told on 24th May that I would be made redundant at some undisclosed point in the future. 

So far I have applied for 13 jobs. The majority have required a covering letter which I have spent about 2 hours each on.

I have had 2 interviews, one of which resulted in a knockback and the other I declined as the comoany directors had an 'interesting ' history. I have had 3 further straight declines and radio silence from the rest.

Yet others in my office have almost immediate success.

It's a bitter pill and I don't know how much longer I can sustain the positive attitude before giving up.

 

Really sorry to ehar this, easy to say but keep your chin up and keep going. Hard work always pays, not matter how tough it can be getting there.

[Split_Pin]

35 minutes ago, Kiltox said:

Have you had anyone look over your CV? Fresh pair of eyes can make a world of difference. 

I’m not a recruiter / HR person but do change job relatively often, happy to have a look if you like. 

Cheers chap.

A trusted shiter has done just that and my CV now looks loads better.

My weakness is covering letters and interviews i.e. positioning things, thankfully I'm getting some help with that too

It's just a bit shit when the arseholes who work around you can walk straight into a new job!

[reb]

Big grump time!

850 is a Cat N, so needs an MOT early, very likely needs the top spring seats renewed before this can happen. I can neither afford nor be arsed with that right now. My current plan is bung it into the same kwikshit as last time and hope they don't notice. I wonder if the half tank of veg it's got in will help or hinder the emmissions test...

[Kiltox]

34 minutes ago, reb said:

Big grump time!

850 is a Cat N, so needs an MOT early, very likely needs the top spring seats renewed before this can happen. I can neither afford nor be arsed with that right now. My current plan is bung it into the same kwikshit as last time and hope they don't notice. I wonder if the half tank of veg it's got in will help or hinder the emmissions test...

Who says it needs MOT early? 

I drove my Cat C van for almost a year before the first MoT

[reb]

38 minutes ago, Kiltox said:

Who says it needs MOT early? 

I drove my Cat C van for almost a year before the first MoT

Everything I can find online plus the insurance companies advice points to it being the case

[dozeydustman]

My wife and I found some old slides the other day which belonged to my late mother in law. I have 2 slide scanners, both of which have the software on my ancient Win 7 machine.

Turned on the laptop, 5 million software and windows updates before anything could happen.

It's corrupted the software I use for these scanners. Can I find the installation discs anywhere? Nope. Been through every known box, drawer and CD wallet wife & I own and the software is nowhere. Can't even find the drivers or compatible download online.

Fuck you Windows and your unnecessary 3 million updates every time I need to use a windows PC.

[omegod]

Cat N should make fuck all difference, insurance companies can't invalidate an MOT 

[Kiltox]

52 minutes ago, reb said:

Everything I can find online plus the insurance companies advice points to it being the case

If it’s tested it’s tested unless the insurer is declining to cover it - unless you can find a direct DVSA source that says otherwise 

[BorniteIdentity]

Sorry to turn this into an Obituary thread, but today an irreplacable light went out for us media luvvies in the East.

Excuse me for just copying my tribute from FB.  I'm bruised.  What an utterly shit time.

 

SERIOUSLY - Don't miss a minute, kids.

x

[SiC]

2 hours ago, Kiltox said:

Who says it needs MOT early? 

I drove my Cat C van for almost a year before the first MoT

When the Civic was written off as a Cat N and I bought the salvage back, Direct Line (my insurer both before and after the accident) said that they would only cover it as third party until a fresh MOT was done. Once a fresh MOT was done, it would be back to fully comprehensive cover. 

[Angrydicky]

13 hours ago, twosmoke300 said:

Id make sure you can get the thrust bearing sleeve separately and it’s not integral to the gear box before playing that game 

That's an excellent point and thanks for telling me because my experience of clutches is with 50s/60s rwd British stuff, this modern fwd stuff is a mystery to me!

[reb]

1 hour ago, Kiltox said:

If it’s tested it’s tested unless the insurer is declining to cover it - unless you can find a direct DVSA source that says otherwise 

I'll have to see what happens then. It's complicated by it being through my work insurance rather than my own

[Kiltox]

6 minutes ago, reb said:

I'll have to see what happens then. It's complicated by it being through my work insurance rather than my own

Ah. That might complicate matters. They could pull the health and safety card *rolls eyes*

[puddlethumper]

3 hours ago, reb said:

Big grump time!

850 is a Cat N, so needs an MOT early, very likely needs the top spring seats renewed before this can happen. I can neither afford nor be arsed with that right now. My current plan is bung it into the same kwikshit as last time and hope they don't notice. I wonder if the half tank of veg it's got in will help or hinder the emmissions test...

Veg will help the emissions. My Mot man reckons 30% less.

[MikeR]

3  soft bar stewards chasing the clown with a  crown  who clearly owns the race  , but wont see the sense to realise the crown is as much value as the one out of a cracker

[New POD]

Been drinking Mike? 

[MikeR]

11 minutes ago, New POD said:

Been drinking Mike? 

as always , wife is away at the tin box !

found some out of date Old speckled hen ....

politics ..a load of waffle  , snake eyes and lost promises

[New POD]

8 hours ago, MikeR said:

..a load of waffle  , snake eyes and lost promises

Yeah. women. 

[angle]

This has made me lose all hope for the future of humanity. And I drive a fucking Laguna 2, I have to reset each individual electric window after I disconnect the battery. 

 

[beko1987]

Just talked myself out of a free tenner.. 

Had an old guys dyson v6 over the weekend as it 'kept cutting out'. I used it every day and nope, it's fine. Dropped it back on my way home from work and refused to take any money as I'd not done anything to it,and don't like to take money for not doing anything. 

Morally I'm happy, my head says I'm an idiot. Ah well, I'm sure it'll pass

[vulgalour]

Princess has had the driver's door mirror snapped off.  The only way this can have happened is because someone put a good amount of effort in to do it, on purpose, because of where it's parked, it's not like it could happen when someone drove past.  It is repairable, which is something, but I'm pretty annoyed that someone went to the trouble of breaking it for me.  It's one of the issues with the yard at Mike's place, some people can't seem to look with their eyes and insist on trying to open doors and all sorts and the only way I can see someone having broke that mirror is by squeezing between the Princess and the car it's parked next to and then bending the mirror forwards, which has broken the weld repair I had to do to replace the old threaded portion.  They must have used a good amount of force to break it too, that mirror has stood up to being accidentally bashed and pushed on and all sorts with no bother, so someone must have been adamant that it was a folding mirror.

Oh well, we've got all the stuff to do the brakes and the floor paint in the unit is dry enough now so the Princess should be coming home this weekend since it'll have brakes again and then I shan't have to worry about idiots tampering with my stuff.

[C1am]

A sorry (and lengthy) tale of main dealer customer service follows (happy for the mods to delete it if is deemed inappropriate). My Subaru received a recall for a fuel pump harness connector, so I booked it in to a main dealer in Stoke on Trent. On Wednesday morning I took the car in and waited for the work to be done as I live 20 miles away. Following the recall, I got into the car, and there was a strong fuel smell.  I drove home with the ventilation on and windows open. When I got home I had a headache for three hours – I don’t usually have headaches.

I contacted the dealer and informed them the car was undriveable in its current state. The manager  eventually asked whether I had RAC or AA cover, in order for the car to be delivered to them. No was the answer, so the manager finally agreed to have the car collected (Wednesday late afternoon).

First email on Thursday lunchtime from the manager to say they had tried to contact me. No-one had called either my mobile or fixed line since the previous evening. I informed them of this, then received a reply to say they must have the wrong number. I pointed out that they had called me on my mobile number the previous day, and provided my number again. My contact details were also on the recall form I had previously completed.

Finally received a call four and a half hour later to say there was no fuel smell they could detect, and no fault was found, but that they had de-odourised the car, as a goodwill gesture had replaced the cabin filter, and my car was now available for collection. I pointed out that either the car needed to be returned to my house or someone collect me from home so I can drive it back. Following a further 15 minutes discussion, the manager than said he’d call me back. He agreed to return the car today Friday. I asked what time  - he wouldn’t commit to one. Here I wait - Friday afternoon, and still no car.

[RayMK]

I can understand you feeling a bit peeved regarding the fuel smell.  Without knowing any of the facts, I would suspect that a problem was found and fixed when they had the car back the second time but they were not inclined to admit to anything being wrong, hence the 'goodwill gesture.'  I doubt that they would risk returning the car to you without a thorough check and a test drive.  The 'we tried to contact you' thing is a common ploy in business when they have forgotten or were too busy to contact you. In view of the fuel smell problem, they probably felt obliged to assist with collection and delivery.  Usually, recalls only cover the work required and getting the car to and from the dealer is your responsibility.  I hope you get the car back soon and that it does not cause further headaches.