The grumpy thread

[hairnet]

  On 07/12/2022 at 11:03, Zelandeth said:

We had this a month or so back.  Got a voicemail left saying "You've got an appointment on day X at Milton Keynes Hospital." No mention of things like...where in the hospital or a time...

Took the best part of two hours chasing that around before we eventually found out where the heck we were going.

The appointment letter arrived three days after the actual appointment.

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The letter thing has happened

Annoying as one hosp mentioned stuff at one appt but then another hospital then deals and executes the appointment

 

 

[Kiltox]

Does anyone else find that RAC are utter horse shit? I’ve been waiting four hours now with a fucking puncture. 

[Rust Collector]

  On 06/12/2022 at 12:37, Split_Pin said:

Update on the drive being blocked.

I sent a carefully worded email to the company and I had a missed ring on our doorbell earlier. It was a well dressed guy, mid 50s in a Navara. I couldn't answer it as I was at work but when my wife got home there was a £100 M&S voucher through the door with an apology together with a name and mobile number, presumably from an area manager. 

I phoned him just there and he seemed a really decent chap. He said that the guys are sometimes cheeky to him and not to go into too much detail but he said he only needs them just now because a completion date needs to be met. They told him that they had only planned to be 5 minutes but ran into problems, however he clearly had taken none of this as an excuse.

I was really pissed at this since Sunday and was generally in one of my 'Falling Down' moods. So this is a good outcome. 

My Mrs has a big heart but she goes from 0 - malkie  in 1.5 seconds when someone is being a dick to her so the guys did get the thick end of that on Sunday as well.

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Fair play to the company for reaching out and actually providing a decent apology and gesture! Glad it got worked out amicably in the end.

[Datsuncog]

  On 07/12/2022 at 13:09, Kiltox said:

Does anyone else find that RAC are utter horse shit? I’ve been waiting four hours now with a fucking puncture. 

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Yup. After twenty years of being a mug membership, I cancelled after a similar four-hour-plus wait and have been with AutoAid ever since.

I did complain about how their call service staff were so incompetent that they'd sent a patrol to a wildly incorrect location (Dublin, rather than Belfast) and their customer service bods couldn't have given less of a fuck.

MrsDC paid for AA membership on her car for fifteen years, and the one time we needed them they refused to come out on the grounds of some small-print bollocks that they'd recently changed, and not told her.

I've not yet had occasion to call on AutoAid (touch wood), but generally the feedback I've heard indicates they're less likely to be a shower of shites than AA and RAC, who seem to view vehicle breakdowns as more of an annoying distraction to their main business as finance companies.

 

With that off my chest, hope you get sorted out soon, dude!

[Kiltox]

I fucking love AutoAid. I’m only using RAC because it’s Peugeot Assistance for this courtesy car!

[Datsuncog]

Ah right, it's the courtesy car for the malfunctioning Ami that's now suffered an acute lack of air in one corner? Hell's teeth, not much luck coming your way lately!

Fingers crossed you'll be sorted soon - I guess it's all good content for the channel, but not really the sort of weather to relish a stranding...

[hairnet]

tldr cos rant

so the letter for the appt today turned up today - no wonder i didnt know anything about it (good job they reminded me yesterday)

after i got home (theyre not on strike yet?)

hospital sent a letter of them talking about whats going on cc'd to the local gp

you havent been doing this - get your arse in gear - you need to do this that etc

hosp still dont know what causing problem :< - it might be a gland thing or a kidney thing - and thats on top of the more serious shit

they did ask me for a urine sample (i did say its the gp that taking the piss)

took an hour and half even tho ive been drinking water constantly since 10am

countdown now (wheres susie)

 

[wuvvum]

Have to say the AA have been pretty good for me in the many years I've been a member.  RAC were utter dogshit the one year I went with them instead - the one time I had to call them out they took over four hours to get to me on the Norwich ring road.  The contractor who eventually came out told me that he'd only received the call about 30 minutes earlier, so the call centre staff had obviously been sat scratching their bollocks (/ minges) for three and a half hours.

[Kiltox]

  On 07/12/2022 at 15:01, Datsuncog said:

Ah right, it's the courtesy car for the malfunctioning Ami that's now suffered an acute lack of air in one corner? Hell's teeth, not much luck coming your way lately!

Fingers crossed you'll be sorted soon - I guess it's all good content for the channel, but not really the sort of weather to relish a stranding...

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Good thing about EVs, contrary to popular belief, is that you can stay warm and comfortable without making a racket / pollution or rapidly draining the battery. 

6.5 hours in the end. I’m waiting at the Peugeot dealership for them to swap the tyre now. 

[bunglebus]

Fuck sake. Rivets are pulling out of the clothes airer

I can see a way to fix it, squeeze it with a pair of mole grips and a bearing ball to flare it. Have I got one anywhere at home? No chance, all in the lockup I rented as a temporary measure after I moved back to Essex in 2017. I could empty it and put everything in the huge shed but the fucker leaks like a seive so I refuse to risk it. Would get a wooden shed but it's a non-standard size to go on the base we made and of course everything's shot up in price so I can't afford it.

Anyway, fought my way through the evening traffic to my garage, and THE FUCKING KEYS ARE AT HOME

ARGH HULK SMASH

[Bren]

People queuing at my local filling station. For christs' sake the filler will pull out far enough for you to fill up even if the filler cap is on the other side.

I swear people are going worse...    

[108]

  On 07/12/2022 at 17:38, Bren said:

People queuing at my local filling station. For christs' sake the filler will pull out far enough for you to fill up even if the filler cap is on the other side.

I swear people are going worse...    

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it’s the same here. 
its ok* to block the entrance when almost half the pumps are free, because there are no left/right** hand pumps clear. 
 

* Not ok

** Delete as applicable. 
 

Muppets. 

[Metal Guru]

  On 07/12/2022 at 17:51, 108 said:

it’s the same here. 
its ok* to block the entrance when almost half the pumps are free, because there are no left/right** hand pumps clear. 
 

* Not ok

** Delete as applicable. 
 

Muppets. 

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The filler won’t reach the other side if you position you car so badly at the pump, it’s barely in the same post code.

[Saabnut]

It's that time of year again. I hate it.  

[Rust Collector]

  On 08/12/2022 at 08:44, Saabnut said:

It's that time of year again. I hate it.  

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The first sign of winter is me running out the house in my bath robe to start the car 10 minutes before I leave for work 😅

[warch]

  On 07/12/2022 at 17:51, 108 said:

it’s the same here. 
its ok* to block the entrance when almost half the pumps are free, because there are no left/right** hand pumps clear. 
 

* Not ok

** Delete as applicable. 
 

Muppets. 

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I had this yesterday. My local filling station is down to £1.38 litre so there's usually a bit of a queue exacerbated by people;

doing a ten minute shop, having a chat with the staff whilst they're car is blocking two of the pumps (the forecourt is miniscule cos countryside).

taking a Gandalfesque 'you shall not pass!' position blocking both sides of the pumps (the chopper in question was in a pickup which I know from experience are nearly impossible to fill from the right (wrong) hand side.

refusing to back out of the space when the car in front is blocking their way forward.

[New POD]

  On 07/12/2022 at 13:09, Kiltox said:

Does anyone else find that RAC are utter horse shit? I’ve been waiting four hours now with a fucking puncture. 

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At least with horse shit, you can warm your feet in it. 

[barefoot]

Some fucker almost completely blocked two pumps here recently with a shiny new electric car, while he nipped in to buy coffee. Couldn't slip a fag paper between it and the scruffiest Scirocco in the world when he came back out.

[Tenmil Socket]

  On 07/12/2022 at 13:09, Kiltox said:

Does anyone else find that RAC are utter horse shit? I’ve been waiting four hours now with a fucking puncture. 

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The first time I ever needed recovery was about 3 years ago. I was on my way home from work on a Friday just after 5 PM and was about 2 or 3 miles from home and the car FTP on a bend next to the entrance to a nursing home on one of the busiest roads in the local area.

I used the recovery through my insurer Adrian Flux and they turned up about 8.45 PM.

I think the worst thing about it though, whilst sat there with the hazards on, was the amount people beeping and giving me the v sign/wanker sign as though I'd decided to park there!

Absolutely nothing happened when you turned the key. The recovery bloke wasn't really interested in trying to get it started he just wanted to load it up and take me home. After an hour or so the following morning going over things and head scratching the last thing I thought was the ECU... I removed the kick panel in the footwell and found a loose block connector. It then started first turn of the key.

[Dyslexic Viking]

  On 08/12/2022 at 08:44, Saabnut said:

t's that time of year again. I hate it.  

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I agree, I have minus 14 now.

[Lacquer Peel]

  On 08/12/2022 at 16:53, Dyslexic Viking said:

I agree, I have minus 14 now.

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At least -14°c cold is dry. It's cold and damp on this island. 

[Dyslexic Viking]

  On 08/12/2022 at 17:01, Lacquer Peel said:

At least -14°c cold is dry. It's cold and damp on this island. 

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It is like this along the coast here too, but here inland it is cold and dry as you say. But anyway it's shit, it must be fantastic to live in a place without a real winter.

[Lacquer Peel]

  On 08/12/2022 at 17:10, Dyslexic Viking said:

It is like this along the coast here too, but here inland it is cold and dry as you say. But anyway it's shit, it must be fantastic to live in a place without a real winter.

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Some winters in the north of Scotland could be very cold, sometimes below minus 20 but dry. I would take this instead of the cold and wet but it is miserable either way. 

[Rust Collector]

  On 08/12/2022 at 17:10, Dyslexic Viking said:

It is like this along the coast here too, but here inland it is cold and dry as you say. But anyway it's shit, it must be fantastic to live in a place without a real winter.

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The grass is always greener on the other side... I'd swap the weeks of miserable rainy weather we've recently had here for more crisp, clear days like we've had today. If we had some snow then that would be even better 😁

[Saabnut]

  On 08/12/2022 at 17:20, Rust Collector said:

 If we had some snow then that would be even better 😁

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Please feel free to come and help yourself to as much of mine as you would like!  

[Timewaster]

  On 08/12/2022 at 12:32, barefoot said:

Some fucker almost completely blocked two pumps here recently with a shiny new electric car, while he nipped in to buy coffee. Couldn't slip a fag paper between it and the scruffiest Scirocco in the world when he came back out.

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I think they do it in pretty revenge for all the SUV s parked in the charging bay at Sainsbury's.

 

Baiting people into a frothy mouthed frenzy about electric cars is my new hobby.

I don't have one and I'm not likely to buy one anytime soon. But it's still fun.

[hairnet]

anne sacoolas can get to fuck

[Rust Collector]

  On 08/12/2022 at 17:28, Saabnut said:

Please feel free to come and help yourself to as much of mine as you would like!  

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Put some in the freezer for me and I’ll be up with the trailer later 😅

[andy18s]

  On 08/12/2022 at 17:20, Rust Collector said:

The grass is always greener on the other side... I'd swap the weeks of miserable rainy weather we've recently had here for more crisp, clear days like we've had today. If we had some snow then that would be even better 😁

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One of the reasons we moved to Bulgaria is for the climate which still has 4 proper seasons.

Not just wet and grey all year round that the UK seems to specialise in.

[wuvvum]

Just heard that one of my former managers has died of MND.  I was never particularly fond of him but it's a horrible way to go and I wouldn't wish it on anyone.  He wasn't much older than me.