The grumpy thread

[wuvvum]

It's the effects (and the soundtrack) that are worth a visit to the cinema to experience, not the plot lines...

[Roobarb]

This last one I think, is the best of the bunch of the ‘new 3’ and as good as Rogue One. 

A lot has to be said ‘about the experience’ as Wuvuum says, but I also see the ‘Disney ramming Star Wars down our throats’ issue too.

I enjoyed the movie but not the other patrons. Did make me think of a new idea though: non-crinkly sounding wrappers, especially for sweets sold in cinemas to keep the additional sound effects down. Not sure what to do about the three course meals and numerous trips to the bar though!

[Andyrew]

Some woman that occasionally comes in my work today who never accepts your answer. Have served her numerous times before over the past 3 years.

Doesn't come and ask for help, she just stands by the oils and loudly says "hello" untill someone goes over wondering what the fuck she's doing.

Asks what oil, wants a cheaper stuff. Fair enough she always drives shitters. 

Can you put the oil in the car? 

No, sorry not today I'm busy and my college he can't do it either (no clue when it comes to doing stuff on his car) we are short  staffed. 2 Phones ringing and there's another 4 or so people needing to be served. 

Why do you not help me? I am regular customer? Who are you? Are you new? You always do it for me? I do not recognise your face? What is your name?

Half expected that the race card was going to be busted out aswell. Might aswell go full house.

Snapped , and spoke to her like the ignorant cunt she is. Someone else done her oil for her eventually . This is the problem with helping fucking lazy idiots it becomes expected and thrown back in your face when you dont help.

Day was going swimmingly aswell, even some of the more difficult regular customers were spot on and it was just a chilled out day untill this colossal bell end turned up. 

 

[Cavcraft]

I used to love the ones that came into work and said 'Your mate/the other lad/s always did that for me' as I'd tell them to ring the fuckers up on their day off and ask them to come in.

 

Todays grump was some bint edging forward at the lights in her shit looking car. She kept revving it up and must have ended up a good 8 foot over the line with the lights still red, then smoked me off when they turned green, only to get stuck in traffic literally 50 yards later. At which precise point I went sailing past on my bike.

[Snipes]

57 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

It's the effects (and the soundtrack) that are worth a visit to the cinema to experience, not the plot lines...

I get bored of mindless spectacle pretty quickly and IMO that's just an excuse for lazy script writing. Even something like John Wick can be good if it's done with some style. 

[Kowalski]

Adults reviewing Star Wars films...

 

It's like me reviewing Teletubbies and saying the plot is crap.  They are KIDS films...

 

As for Greta... Fuck me. If I want to take world advice off a child with an attitude problem then I'll ask my 14 year, he knows it all.  

[Kowalski]

4 hours ago, DarrenKC53 said:

Sure to create a grump - anyone watch the Top Gear special last night?

That poor Renault 4 and Peugeot 106, treated with less respect than Clarkson and the gang would have done. 

Rich cunts destroying decent things other people would like. Not watched it for years, I see it hasn't changed...

 

I'm grumpy today, I like this thread ☺

[wuvvum]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50919327

I always did think he was a twat.

[artdjones]

3 hours ago, MarvinsMom said:

we have a dirty rat under our shed.

little fucker has chewed a hole in the floor, so, all contents dragged out, floor swept out and a brick put over the hole. and now we have baited and placed a fucking lethal rat trap in the yard.

i'm going to get you, you dirty rat.....

How could you.

[Cavcraft]

29 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50919327

I always did think he was a twat.

Horrible gobshite was boasting about it on Twitter and (rightly) got a load of shit over it.  

[chodweaver]

See what I mean?



Ffs, Tapatalk

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[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50919327

I always did think he was a twat.

Frankly being called Jolyon is twat central.

[BorniteIdentity]

15 minutes ago, chodweaver said:

See what I mean?



Ffs, Tapatalk

Sent from my BV6000 using Tapatalk
 

Why on earth would you not just use Autoshite.com? I gave up on Tapatalk about 4 years ago. The main forum is much better now for mobile; even if you’re using it to aggregate feeds I’d still rather stab myself in the eye with cocktail sticks than use Tapa. 

[Floatylight]

I raise your Peleton with Badoo - Dodgy hookups website, at least the Gumtree ads offering second hand underwear have stopped!!

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[chodweaver]

For the longest time, my Tapatalk showed no ads at all - I don't know how - I use it for three forums and it might have been that one which had paid for ad-free access, conferred ad free for all of the ones I access.

And all that went to shit about three months ago at the last Tapatalk enforced upgrade. And the ads are low grade toss, all the time, so yeah, perhaps it's time to try the browser version again...

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[clayts450]

Got a phone call from the RSPCA at work today which is always worrying.

'Do you have a black cat with a microchip called Casper ?'

'Yes, I do. What's he up to ?' (brave face, fearing impending news of squished Casper).

'I'm with a member of the public who is concerned your cat is injured. He just sits on the fence by the woods and doesn't move all day'

'Yeah, that's pretty much what he does right now. That's his latest thing. I live right next to where he sits, and call him in four times a day for his scran. When it's cold or raining he comes in the house and stays there'.

'I think the person was concerned there was something wrong'

'No, he's just being Casper. That's what he does. He does have some behavioural issues - he's a rescue cat and I've had him three years.'

'Yeah, I agree, sounds like he's just being a cat'

'Thanks for ringing, although you did scare me a little. Tell the member of the public if she wants to knock on my door, she's more than welcome.'

'No problem, sorry to have troubled you.'

When people who know nothing about cats suddenly come over all concerned for no concernible reason. Casper has been sitting on that fence by the edge of the woods for the last six months now.

Interfering busybody wasting my time and, more critically, the RSPCA's. Fuckwit.

[BorniteIdentity]

14 minutes ago, Floatylight said:

I raise your Peleton with Badoo - Dodgy hookups website, at least the Gumtree ads offering second hand underwear have stopped!!

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I’d have a couple of tickets. 

[Mr Pastry]

I am currently trying to sell my house.  Local agents are great, know them well and have used them a lot.  Not so sure about their head office, far away..

Call from agent.  Our marketing dept. are having a big campaign on facebook.  This is the modern way to sell houses,  social media is the future, it will empower us, blah, etc. Your property looks great,  May we advertise it on facebook?

Don't do social media, don't like it, sounds like a complete waste of time but yes, we need to get people through the door, so I agree, sorted.

Now, let's have a look at facebook and see what they are doing..

Expected something like rightmove but lots better, obvs. because its social meeja.

All I can see are pictures of flashy houses and a lot of inane facebooky comments.  No prices or locations given.  Nowhere to click for details.  If you persist you can find a link to a local agent.

Now, maybe it's just me, but when I set out to buy a house I like to know where it is and how much, before starting.  I find it helps.

That's all going to work very well, isn't it? 

[New POD]

7 minutes ago, Mr Pastry said:

I am currently trying to sell my house.  Local agents are great, know them well and have used them a lot.  Not so sure about their head office, far away..

Call from agent.  Our marketing dept. are having a big campaign on facebook.  This is the modern way to sell houses,  social media is the future, it will empower us, blah, etc. Your property looks great,  May we advertise it on facebook?

Don't do social media, don't like it, sounds like a complete waste of time but yes, we need to get people through the door, so I agree, sorted.

Now, let's have a look at facebook and see what they are doing..

Expected something like rightmove but lots better, obvs. because its social meeja.

All I can see are pictures of flashy houses and a lot of inane facebooky comments.  No prices or locations given.  Nowhere to click for details.  If you persist you can find a link to a local agent.

Now, maybe it's just me, but when I set out to buy a house I like to know where it is and how much, before starting.  I find it helps.

That's all going to work very well, isn't it? 

Link ? To the rightmove advert or the post is pointless 

Please 

[Mr Pastry]

That's just the point  The agent (Chancellors) puts all this blurb on Facebook and doesn't have a link to Rightmove or anywhere else.

[BorniteIdentity]

15 minutes ago, chodweaver said:

See what I mean?



Ffs, Tapatalk

Sent from my BV6000 using Tapatalk
 

Why on earth would you not just use Autoshite.com? I gave up on Tapatalk about 4 years ago. The main forum is much better now for mobile; even if you’re using it to aggregate feeds I’d still rather stab myself in the eye with cocktail sticks than use Tapa. 

[EssDeeWon]

Aldi wanker yesterday afternoon, he was behind me at the lights in a black Q thingy and the huge grill was high in my rear view and an inch from my bumper... pull away from lights and he comes down my offside in a single lane carriageway and drives over the hatchings to overtake, Belts it off... yeah you know what’s coming... 1/2 mile up the road he’s stuck behind slow moving traffic so I eventually catch him up then poodle past him while he gets in the right lane at the upcoming round about.  See ya later dick ??‍♂️

Last Monday in eurocarparts, guy being served in front of me is really rude to the staff, ordered something and gave his name as Steve Steve (first name last name) then points to loads of wipers on sale “will they fit a 2010 BMW X5”?  The sales advisor.. “possibly mate do you know the size blade you need”.  Steve Steve.. “No”.   Sales advisor “ok you need to measure them”.  Steve Steve “how do I do that”?  

[MikeR]

I have replaced the flat iron on each floor of the house with a 1KG dry powder fire extinguisher  .....

it looks better , more useful if a fire occurs and easier to explain in a court of law .....

[mrbenn]

2 hours ago, EssDeeWon said:

Last Monday in eurocarparts, guy being served in front of me is really rude to the staff, ordered something and gave his name as Steve Steve (first name last name) then points to loads of wipers on sale “will they fit a 2010 BMW X5”?  The sales advisor.. “possibly mate do you know the size blade you need”.  Steve Steve.. “No”.   Sales advisor “ok you need to measure them”.  Steve Steve “how do I do that”?  

This is the type of fucking idiot we have to deal with every single day. It pisses me off something rotten. They go around, irritated by everyone and defensive towards anyone that has the audacity to be in their way. What they don't realise is they're the problem, no-one else. Not sure what the solution is.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

3 minutes ago, mrbenn said:

...Not sure what the solution is.

Sterilisation?

[mrbenn]

18 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Sterilisation?

It'd be a start.

[Jerzy Woking]

BT contract grump.

I am selling my house here and moving abroad and so will need to cancel my phone and broadband with them

Had a landline phone with them for 40 odd years. Broadband for the last 10 years. BT Sport (for Moto GP) and BT TV since 2016.

But it seems that everytime I make a change to a service, they "renew" my contract for 18 more months. The last change in August was a no cost change to my access. But they renewed my contract.

Seems that the no cost change in August means I am contracted to them until Feb 2021. And termination fee will be £430. WTF?!

No time now, but I will have to contact their complaints team, as this auto renewal is a joke and a RIP off!

 

[New POD]

13 hours ago, Mr Pastry said:

That's just the point  The agent (Chancellors) puts all this blurb on Facebook and doesn't have a link to Rightmove or anywhere else.

My point was I want to see an advert of your actual.house so I can.be nosey. 

[barefoot]

Crappy photograph, but I was first to park in an empty carpark yesterday (Scirocco, middle car) whilst I walked the dog...

...Returned to find a couple of additional cars with one right next to me. Why do folk always do that?

[Mr Pastry]

1 hour ago, New POD said:

My point was I want to see an advert of your actual.house so I can.be nosey. 

Oh.  Its the one with a 2CV in the garden.  Selling because need a bigger garden.?