The grumpy thread

[Spiny Norman]

28 minutes ago, anonymous user said:

I no longer use the self scan after my last argument with one. I'm pleased that the bossy, condescending ones have now gone from my local B and Q.

In our local  B&Q the bossy, condescending ones have just been re-assigned to the returns desk.

Oh, wait... you mean the actual electronic tills? No they're gone for good.

[Supernaut]

I don't go to Morrison's much, but I was in one this morning, and the self-scan there was probably the worst I've experienced so far.

"Surprise item in bagging area!"

No, I scanned that and put it there. You have it listed on the screen.

"Surprise item in bagging area!"

What? What is it?!

"Surprise item in bagging area!"

[lifts one of his still-empty shopping bags]

[silence from the machine]

[puts empty hessian bag bag]

"Surprise item in bagging area!"

FFS. I already did the whole "I brought my own bags" thing and put them there for you to register them before continuing... [puts loose items in bagging area then bags them up afterwards]

[myglaren]

Just been listening to Alice Sarah Ott play Beethoven's third pianoconcerto

and see she has said that she has MS.

Wonderful pianist and a beautiful and elegant woman.  Damned shame if she is unable to continue playing.  Only 31 years old too.

If the full concerto is a bit much, try Fūr Elise from 42' 42".

[iainrcz]

My mum is back in hospital. She has Multiple Myeloma. She's already been through breast cancer, and I wish I could give her just one day off from it all.

 

[xtriple]

Never use self scans. They are just another way of getting rid of staff.

[stonedagain]

1 minute ago, xtriple said:

Never use self scans. They are just another way of getting rid of staff.

That's why I flatly refuse to use them!

[Alex66]

1 hour ago, xtriple said:

Never use self scans. They are just another way of getting rid of staff.

Never use them on principle as you said it is a sly way of putting people out of work. 

[iainrcz]

We never use the self scans.

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[barefoot]

20 hours ago, Spiny Norman said:

In our local  B&Q ...

Oh, wait... you mean the actual electronic tills? No they're gone for good.

Have they really?

& do you have any idea why?

[Spiny Norman]

In our store, yes.
The through-put of customers bewildered and befuddled by their shenanigans and the staff required to guide them through the procedure was less efficient than having someone on £8.50 an hour on an actual check out.

I never use them either, partly because I can never get the bloody things to work, also being Glaswegian half my weekly shop is booze which always requires someone to check you through anyway.

[Cavcraft]

My daughter backed into someone's van before, literally just touched bumpers. No damage (agreed by both sides) and in a private car park. She rang her insurance 'just in case' and the shitty bastards said she'll lose her no claims. She (or the van owner) hasn't even made a claim, FFS. 

[puddlethumper]

20 hours ago, Supernaut said:

I don't go to Morrison's much, but I was in one this morning, and the self-scan there was probably the worst I've experienced so far.

"Surprise item in bagging area!"

No, I scanned that and put it there. You have it listed on the screen.

"Surprise item in bagging area!"

What? What is it?!

"Surprise item in bagging area!"

[lifts one of his still-empty shopping bags]

[silence from the machine]

[puts empty hessian bag bag]

"Surprise item in bagging area!"

FFS. I already did the whole "I brought my own bags" thing and put them there for you to register them before continuing... [puts loose items in bagging area then bags them up afterwards]

I carry a small back pack and the furkin machine doesn't recognise anything weighing

more than a plastic bag. After paying I put my bag on the scale and start putting stuff

in. Then it's continuous 'please check the bagging area'. I've paid. What the fuck does it 

matter what's in the bagging area ! B&Q have got rid of them here, thank god. Hateful things

but waiting in the queue at a till while several people are buying, seemingly, enough for the last

supper and a wake for an A list twat, I haven't got the patience.

[vulgalour]

Has the engine shop called me to say the Princess head job is done today like they promised on Monday?  Have they?  Of course they haven't.  This either means getting an early call tomorrow saying it's done and apologies for the delay (unlikely), or I'll turn up and they'll try and get more time out of me to complete the job.  I think two months is plenty of time to insert a pipe into a hole, I begin to think I would've been better off trying to do it myself at this point.

Oh, and the BX is letting water in on the passenger side somewhere that isn't the windscreen, it seems to be coming through the passenger door somehow, I just can't figure out how.  The recent downpour highlighted the issue, not a serious one, but still annoying.  I hate water ingress, it's always a palaver to locate.

[richardmorris]

43 minutes ago, vulgalour said:

Has the engine shop called me to say the Princess head job is done today like they promised on Monday?  Have they?  Of course they haven't.  This either means getting an early call tomorrow saying it's done and apologies for the delay (unlikely), or I'll turn up and they'll try and get more time out of me to complete the job.  I think two months is plenty of time to insert a pipe into a hole, I begin to think I would've been better off trying to do it myself at this point.

Oh, and the BX is letting water in on the passenger side somewhere that isn't the windscreen, it seems to be coming through the passenger door somehow, I just can't figure out how.  The recent downpour highlighted the issue, not a serious one, but still annoying.  I hate water ingress, it's always a palaver to locate.

Re the BX . Check the door plastic sheet membrane thing behind the speaker panel. It should be a water proof layer if it’s like the cx. But may be broken or cut away for bigger speakers.

[New POD]

My current grump is that I am knackered. Emotionally and physically.  

Monday I drove to Stoke at 5:30 am, did a days work,  and drove home.  Shattered. After tea* I said something in the wrong tone and wife went off on one and stormed upstairs.  Now, this isn't unusual and it is to be expected because the reason I've come home on a Monday night is to go with her to a hospital appointment, on Tuesday, so i just keep out of the way.  

Tuesday morning comes and i awake too fucking early because my alarm is set for 5am. At 7:30 I wake my wife up with a bacon bitty and tea and leave to meet the gas man at our rental property, about 5 miles away. I leave there at 8:30 And drive home and at 9:15 We leave for the hospital. 

I drop her off at the main entrance and then drive around the multi-storey looking for a space. I find the last space on the top floor in the pissing rain. And then walk through the hospital. Managed to get there in time to go in with her.  It's not bad news. 

Afterwards We go to Liverpool to an antique shop and then wonder around for hours looking for shite to send to my American nephews and nieces for Christmas.  Despite her having chronic fatigue she refuses to stop for a cup of tea even.  When we eventually buy all the shite, she demands that I have a plan for the rest of the day. It's now about 2pm. I last had anything to eat or drink at 5:15 am.  I'm proper stressed by the whole day so far. 

All the shit she's giving me is the stress from.dealing with the hospital appointment so im trying not to bite back. 

I say the only plan I have is tea and cake. Now. 

Eventually we agree that this can be the plan, and we can decide after that how I make her life better.  

Anyway we ended up buying tickets for a musical, going to next and buying her a dress, having Tea* in a Greek taverna, and then watching Motown.  Eventually got home at 11pm and apparently I'm no longer the worst husband in the world. 

Got up at 5 am and drove to Stoke. Booked Omega in for MOT for Friday. I won't have any time to fix it. None. 

I'm now alone in Uttoxeter.  I'm fucking knackered. 

*tea.  A northern term for Dinner. 

 

 

 

[Garythesnail]

One day, I hope to be as successful as you at husbanding. Sounds like she has a good one.

1 hour ago, New POD said:

I'm no longer the worst husband in the world

On the lighter side - PG Tips one cup tea bags.

They really aren't.

[New POD]

6 minutes ago, Garythesnail said:

One day, I hope to be as successful as you at husbanding. Sounds like she has a good one.

 

Im not perfect. Occassionally i dont really forward think. But recently it's been like George and Fucking Mildred. 

This evening she is with her friend whose husband recently was found out cheating and is now living in his car or a bed-sit or something. 

This sorry story has only served to add fuel to her questioning my commitment to her any time she feels a bit low. 

Quite frankly, I understand why blokes stray but to be honest I couldn't be arsed with the stress. 

[Garythesnail]

9 minutes ago, New POD said:

Quite frankly, I understand why blokes stray . . . . 

I don't - Fuck that for a game of soldiers.

I have an excellent one and, frankly, one of those buggers is too much for me.

[3VOM]

13 hours ago, Spiny Norman said:

In our store, yes.
The through-put of customers bewildered and befuddled by their shenanigans and the staff required to guide them through the procedure was less efficient than having someone on £8.50 an hour on an actual check out.

I suspect in B&Q every other item is also blade edged, contains VOCs, aerosols etc. and flags up because of checking the age of the purchaser.

[beko1987]

9 hours ago, New POD said:

Im not perfect. Occassionally i dont really forward think. But recently it's been like George and Fucking Mildred. 

This evening she is with her friend whose husband recently was found out cheating and is now living in his car or a bed-sit or something. 

This sorry story has only served to add fuel to her questioning my commitment to her any time she feels a bit low. 

Quite frankly, I understand why blokes stray but to be honest I couldn't be arsed with the stress. 

I always think one of the reasons I'm now single is I was no good with the mental health stuff... Which is an issue when my ex had health issues. 

[Mally]

15 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

My daughter backed into someone's van before, literally just touched bumpers. No damage (agreed by both sides) and in a private car park. She rang her insurance 'just in case' and the shitty bastards said she'll lose her no claims. She (or the van owner) hasn't even made a claim, FFS. 

I had this years ago.  Young kid, cycle, wrong side of road downhill.  I stopped. He hit the front of my car and went over the roof landing on grass.

I took him and a mangled bike home. He told his dad it was his fault. I reported it 'to be on the safe side'.

My premium went up. I got a letter from the kids dad to say that no claim would ever be made.

My premium was reduced. Worth a try maybe.

[robinmasters]

On 9/24/2019 at 9:19 PM, Supernaut said:

"Surprise item in bagging area!"

'Sorry love, that's a tagnut. I'll shuffle back a couple of inches.'

[Tamworthbay]

I love it when work tries to take the piss, a new policy doc magically appears that makes me responsible for H&S for an entire different section with a lot of high risk stuff and shit loads of paperwork. When annoys me is that they try and bullshit when they got caught out saying it’s been like that for ages and that I agreed it. So just waiting for them to supply me the signed copy or the email where I agreed it. Looking forward to what bullshit they will come up with now, Twats.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Things like this and listening to the stuff my wife and kids complain about makes me glad I haven't had a job for the last 27 years. The occaisional wobble about not having enough money after a quiet month or minor jealousy about holiday pay is nothing compared to the stress having to make it through a day without twatting some cunt for behaving like this.

[Kiltox]

Sitting a certification renewal exam this morning that I’m not even slightly prepared for and if I fail will cost me a good few grand. Joy. 

[chaseracer]

<sending positive vibes>

[Lankytim]

Taking the wife for a check up, a brick pillar outside a neighbours house has been pushed over and round the corner a fuckton of waste has been flytipped, including a full pallet of glue or something. 

Folk who do this sort of stuff to the neighbourhood need to be put on a decommissioned ferry, towed to the middle of the Atlantic and torpedoed. 

And don’t get me started on dog fouling. 

[Cavcraft]

Yes, of course I'll deliver a fucking £10 hose free, it's only a 24 mile round trip.

[xtriple]

Just had a text from the vets, both dogs are due their boosters, they are also due their 3 monthly flea treatment and Phoebes pills. So there goes at least a couple of hundred quid, probably more  

[barefoot]

I wouldn't bother with the flea treatment until next spring/summer.