The grumpy thread

[Mr Pastry]

26 minutes ago, HillmanImp said:

What do people do on holiday abroad? I don't get it. I'm not wanting to sit next to a pool, its boring and its too hot. I don't like the pubs as you can't talk to people as I don't know the lingo. Every British person I speak to is a total cunt. People fucking hassle me just walking down the street trying to sell me shit. Most of the staff at the bars and restaurants obviously fucking hate the forrins (see previous about British people). Everything is difficult, be it buses, buying stuff, etiquette in different situations, as I don't know how things work here. I don't get the appeal of any of it. Why do we pay money to just be totally stressed out all the time? 

I've always hated holidays abroad but I really, really just can't get into it now after managing to avoid it for a few years. 

I think I used to just drink my way through it but can't really do that the way I used to. 

I genuinely can't wait to go home.

On the plus side I did see a couple of Renault 9s but its not enough to take the edge off it. 

From what I've written above, it almost sounds like I need to go all inclusive but I've tried that and it was even worse (its the fucking British cunts that ruin it, cunting about being British cunts). Think part of my problem now is probably from some sort of PTSD from the time I went to Fuerteventura all inclusive for 2 weeks. 

I just want to be back in the UK where I feel comfortable and not on edge all the time. 

I'm off to France later this year but thats with some mates cycling and drinking, so is a bit different. I imagine that'll be bearable. Plus I can get by with the language 'Par le vue Anglais' and 'Jambon sandwich si vou plias' and 'Good moaning' or summink like that. 

Or Skiing, I love that, you're out doing stuff all day and the staff in the resorts are always cool in my experience, always out partying with them despite not understanding each other. 

Shitty foreign summer holidays just fucking ruin me. I really REALLY hate being abroad. 

Well said, sir.  I don't get it either.  Used to like seeing Renault 7s in Spain though.

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, HillmanImp said:

What do people do on holiday abroad? I don't get it. I'm not wanting to sit next to a pool, its boring and its too hot. I don't like the pubs as you can't talk to people as I don't know the lingo. Every British person I speak to is a total cunt. People fucking hassle me just walking down the street trying to sell me shit. Most of the staff at the bars and restaurants obviously fucking hate the forrins (see previous about British people). Everything is difficult, be it buses, buying stuff, etiquette in different situations, as I don't know how things work here. I don't get the appeal of any of it. Why do we pay money to just be totally stressed out all the time? 

I've always hated holidays abroad but I really, really just can't get into it now after managing to avoid it for a few years. 

I think I used to just drink my way through it but can't really do that the way I used to. 

I genuinely can't wait to go home.

On the plus side I did see a couple of Renault 9s but its not enough to take the edge off it. 

From what I've written above, it almost sounds like I need to go all inclusive but I've tried that and it was even worse (its the fucking British cunts that ruin it, cunting about being British cunts). Think part of my problem now is probably from some sort of PTSD from the time I went to Fuerteventura all inclusive for 2 weeks. 

I just want to be back in the UK where I feel comfortable and not on edge all the time. 

I'm off to France later this year but thats with some mates cycling and drinking, so is a bit different. I imagine that'll be bearable. Plus I can get by with the language 'Par le vue Anglais' and 'Jambon sandwich si vou plias' and 'Good moaning' or summink like that. 

Or Skiing, I love that, you're out doing stuff all day and the staff in the resorts are always cool in my experience, always out partying with them despite not understanding each other. 

Shitty foreign summer holidays just fucking ruin me. I really REALLY hate being abroad. 

Why waste your ££££? Staycation's are the new....something!

[Metal Guru]

2 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Why waste your ££££? Staycation's are the new....something!

I really have never understood the idea of two weeks sat by the swimming pool at some crappy Spanish hotel. I’ve had some great holidays in places like Canada, Iceland , Norway and the Alps as well as the UK, but these days I really can’t be arsed going away. Only been on UK holidays since Covid but even then I’m just wanting to get home.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

7 hours ago, HillmanImp said:

What do people do on holiday abroad? I don't get it. I'm not wanting to sit next to a pool, its boring and its too hot. I don't like the pubs as you can't talk to people as I don't know the lingo. Every British person I speak to is a total cunt. People fucking hassle me just walking down the street trying to sell me shit. Most of the staff at the bars and restaurants obviously fucking hate the forrins (see previous about British people). Everything is difficult, be it buses, buying stuff, etiquette in different situations, as I don't know how things work here. I don't get the appeal of any of it. Why do we pay money to just be totally stressed out all the time? 

I've always hated holidays abroad but I really, really just can't get into it now after managing to avoid it for a few years. 

I think I used to just drink my way through it but can't really do that the way I used to. 

I genuinely can't wait to go home.

On the plus side I did see a couple of Renault 9s but its not enough to take the edge off it. 

From what I've written above, it almost sounds like I need to go all inclusive but I've tried that and it was even worse (its the fucking British cunts that ruin it, cunting about being British cunts). Think part of my problem now is probably from some sort of PTSD from the time I went to Fuerteventura all inclusive for 2 weeks. 

I just want to be back in the UK where I feel comfortable and not on edge all the time. 

I'm off to France later this year but thats with some mates cycling and drinking, so is a bit different. I imagine that'll be bearable. Plus I can get by with the language 'Par le vue Anglais' and 'Jambon sandwich si vou plias' and 'Good moaning' or summink like that. 

Or Skiing, I love that, you're out doing stuff all day and the staff in the resorts are always cool in my experience, always out partying with them despite not understanding each other. 

Shitty foreign summer holidays just fucking ruin me. I really REALLY hate being abroad. 

We've been to Gothenburg twice in the last year and it looks like we're going again in August.

No problems with etiquette, no real language barrier (my partner has been learning Swedish, I can say a few words), clean, comfortable, not too hot, beautiful countryside and coastline, good food, nice people, easy transport links and not as expensive as you might think.  Lots of Volvos to look at.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Twenty minutes on the tram from the city centre gets you here.

Fifteen minutes by taxi gets you here.

[EyesWeldedShut]

13 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

Twenty minutes on the tram from the city centre gets you here.

Fifteen minutes by taxi gets you here.

Daily Torygraph were punting Sweden as viable  second home country away from the 'climate change, hot hellholes of southern Europe' last week (I see some irony in their thought process).
They were pushing Gotland for some reason (?) We have friends in a few places in Southern Sweden who have bought places with land v. cheap and really enjoy living there (full time). My wife recommend Umeå in the North East if you get up that far - Volvo Truck factory guided tours and a Moose farm tour with tasting sessions (smoked moose is lush)

We're off in thirty minutes to that there Hadrian's Wall ........

[artdjones]

9 hours ago, HillmanImp said:

What do people do on holiday abroad? I don't get it. I'm not wanting to sit next to a pool, its boring and its too hot. I don't like the pubs as you can't talk to people as I don't know the lingo. Every British person I speak to is a total cunt. People fucking hassle me just walking down the street trying to sell me shit. Most of the staff at the bars and restaurants obviously fucking hate the forrins (see previous about British people). Everything is difficult, be it buses, buying stuff, etiquette in different situations, as I don't know how things work here. I don't get the appeal of any of it. Why do we pay money to just be totally stressed out all the time? 

I've always hated holidays abroad but I really, really just can't get into it now after managing to avoid it for a few years. 

I think I used to just drink my way through it but can't really do that the way I used to. 

I genuinely can't wait to go home.

On the plus side I did see a couple of Renault 9s but its not enough to take the edge off it. 

From what I've written above, it almost sounds like I need to go all inclusive but I've tried that and it was even worse (its the fucking British cunts that ruin it, cunting about being British cunts). Think part of my problem now is probably from some sort of PTSD from the time I went to Fuerteventura all inclusive for 2 weeks. 

I just want to be back in the UK where I feel comfortable and not on edge all the time. 

I'm off to France later this year but thats with some mates cycling and drinking, so is a bit different. I imagine that'll be bearable. Plus I can get by with the language 'Par le vue Anglais' and 'Jambon sandwich si vou plias' and 'Good moaning' or summink like that. 

Or Skiing, I love that, you're out doing stuff all day and the staff in the resorts are always cool in my experience, always out partying with them despite not understanding each other. 

Shitty foreign summer holidays just fucking ruin me. I really REALLY hate being abroad. 

Seriously, you should try Germany.

Loads of people speak English, but Union-Jack-underpants-on- head British don't go there. 

Königssee in Bavaria.

There's lots of things to see to stop getting bored.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

32 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Daily Torygraph were punting Sweden as viable  second home country away from the 'climate change, hot hellholes of southern Europe' last week (I see some irony in their thought process).
They were pushing Gotland for some reason (?) We have friends in a few places in Southern Sweden who have bought places with land v. cheap and really enjoy living there (full time). My wife recommend Umeå in the North East if you get up that far - Volvo Truck factory guided tours and a Moose farm tour with tasting sessions (smoked moose is lush)

We're off in thirty minutes to that there Hadrian's Wall ........

We were actually looking at Umeå yesterday and specifically the moose feeding.  We were trying to roll it all into the same trip with Gothenburg and it just didn't work but we'll go for it another time.  There is a moose feeding place about 2 hours North of Gothenburg that we booked into last time we were there but didn't make it on the day due to train cancellations - it was a bit marginal on the transport anyway and we didn't really want to hire a car.

Originally we were going to be going Bergen-Oslo-Gothenburg but we'd spend so much time on trains (admittedly, pretty trains) and then getting to and back from the same airport was challenging and potentially expensive.  Then it was Stockholm, Umeå, Gothenburg or Gothenburg, Umeå, back to Gothenburg but it got very complicated!  If we're going somewhere I think we're best off just going to one place rather than trying to bend public transport to our will.  And we love Gothenburg... so....

We did Hadrian's Wall, etc. a number of years ago (pre-dog) and had a lovely few days pottering about up there.

[Dyslexic Viking]

1 hour ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

We've been to Gothenburg twice in the last year and it looks like we're going again in August.

No problems with etiquette, no real language barrier (my partner has been learning Swedish, I can say a few words), clean, comfortable, not too hot, beautiful countryside and coastline, good food, nice people, easy transport links and not as expensive as you might think.  Lots of Volvos to look at.

Sweden is a great country and I have traveled a lot there. Karlsborg is one of my favorite places, it is a small town by a large lake and has a large fortress that was meant to be a reserve capital in case of war. Gøtakanal also runs through the place and it is possible to sitt and eat and watch the boats that go by.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlsborg_Fortress

On the other side of the lake is Motala, where the Motala motor museum is located.

There are also opportunities for boat trips on the canal with food etc. on board.

[jakebullet]

I've been on 3 buses recently. The poor end of society are clearly suffering.

Bus #1, woman gets on and tries 5 different contactless cards, none work. Gets off without a word. Suspect they're not her cards, nobody has 5 current accounts.
#2, lad gets on, card has no money. Can he pay at the other end, someone is going to transfer him money honest. Nope!
#3, drug addled looking couple get on. He has a bus pass. She asks for the night rover ticket (At 9:30 am). Tries her card which doesn't work. Tells driver she's his carer, and they have to go to hospital now. Off the bus plz! He gets off at morrisons which is nowhere near the hospital.

[Rust Collector]

5 minutes ago, jakebullet said:

I've been on 3 buses recently. The poor end of society are clearly suffering.

Bus #1, woman gets on and tries 5 different contactless cards, none work. Gets off without a word. Suspect they're not her cards, nobody has 5 current accounts.
#2, lad gets on, card has no money. Can he pay at the other end, someone is going to transfer him money honest. Nope!
#3, drug addled looking couple get on. He has a bus pass. She asks for the night rover ticket (At 9:30 am). Tries her card which doesn't work. Tells driver she's his carer, and they have to go to hospital now. Off the bus plz! He gets off at morrisons which is nowhere near the hospital.

Having been completely broke myself before, I can confirm that having numerous cards that don’t work doesn’t necessarily mean you’ve nicked them.

I still have 4 debit cards as it helps me with budgeting to keep money in completely separate accounts. I used to have several credit cards but that has been knocked on the head thankfully.

Knowing how shit it is to not have a penny to your name, I paid the last time I was standing in line and I saw someone’s card get declined for a few bits of shopping in the local Tesco Express.

[Surface Rust]

4 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Sweden is a great country and I have traveled a lot there. Karlsborg is one of my favorite places, it is a small town by a large lake and has a large fortress that was meant to be a reserve capital in case of war. Gøtakanal also runs through the place and it is possible to sitt and eat and watch the boats that go by.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlsborg_Fortress

On the other side of the lake is Motala, where the Motala motor museum is located.

There are also opportunities for boat trips on the canal with food etc. on board.

If Karlsborg did fortresses, they'd probably be the best in the world!

Sorry.

Seriously, I'd recommend Sweden as well for a holiday. Massive car culture, I've been over for Rattvik Classic Car Week (26th July - 01st August) and it's probably as close as you can get in Europe to the big car shows you get in the US, but without Americans.

[rattlecan]

Train the Manchester delayed on Thursday on our trip up there. Looks like Network Rail are getting more creative on the excuses. I mean if you’re gonna blame someone it might as well be Hitler eh! 🤣

[Remspoor]

17 hours ago, HillmanImp said:

What do people do on holiday abroad? I don't get it.

Oh FFS.  Sounds like a headline from the Daily Benidorm.

[jakebullet]

5 hours ago, Rust Collector said:

Having been completely broke myself before, I can confirm that having numerous cards that don’t work doesn’t necessarily mean you’ve nicked them.

I still have 4 debit cards as it helps me with budgeting to keep money in completely separate accounts. I used to have several credit cards but that has been knocked on the head thankfully.

Knowing how shit it is to not have a penny to your name, I paid the last time I was standing in line and I saw someone’s card get declined for a few bits of shopping in the local Tesco Express.

Maybe I've got bias with her getting on at Sheffield Road, where all the stolen cards end up going. There's one of those shops that has big pics of foreign foods all over the windows, and the shop keep is well known for being happy to take stolen cards. Local crime group was full of "my card got stolen from my car, and was used at shop X". There was plenty of lol's when shop owner posted cctv of scallies helping themselves to crates of lager. Maybe if you didn't help crime you wouldn't get criminals in your shop?

[MikeR]

FFS , the napkin tray was empty , as was the sauce dispensers , they forgot to put the dips and sauces on the tray , and as for my burger ... It got sent back .. 

It all got fixed quick . But right first time would bet better ... 

[beko1987]

Got in the car to come home at 4, turned it on and heard a beep I've never heard during startup before... AIR BAG

Drove home because fuck caring at the office. Got home, turned it off and on again and no light... 

Now I'm nervous... 😅😡 Haven't even moved a seat and that's the only time it's ever come in before

[MXShite]

I'm new here but I'm sure I'll have plenty to contribute to this particular thread...

Today's one has to be sellers who put "POA" or "inbox for price" on their adverts. I don't care if you're selling a Metro or a Ferrari, you're a wanker if you do that.

[IronStar]

27 minutes ago, MXShite said:

I'm new here but I'm sure I'll have plenty to contribute to this particular thread...

Today's one has to be sellers who put "POA" or "inbox for price" on their adverts. I don't care if you're selling a Metro or a Ferrari, you're a wanker if you do that.

I swear some folks are posting it, then going to a pub so they can brag to their mates to show them how busy they are as phone is constantly buzzing. 

[GrumpiusMaximus]

44 minutes ago, MXShite said:

I'm new here but I'm sure I'll have plenty to contribute to this particular thread...

Today's one has to be sellers who put "POA" or "inbox for price" on their adverts. I don't care if you're selling a Metro or a Ferrari, you're a wanker if you do that.

Precisely the same thing with job adverts, other than 'POA' is replaced with 'Competitive Salary'.  Just fucking put the salary in the advert, everybody knows you're trying to hide the fact that you pay your workforce like shit.

[Spiny Norman]

'Competitive salary' - Competes with your desire to pay bills and eat.

[MXShite]

29 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

Precisely the same thing with job adverts, other than 'POA' is replaced with 'Competitive Salary'.  Just fucking put the salary in the advert, everybody knows you're trying to hide the fact that you pay your workforce like shit.

Ah yes, I fucking hate that too. Much in the same way that you know the salary is going to be shit with a "competitive salary" job, you know a car advertised as POA is going to be wildly overpriced.

[62 Austin]

I worked for a real bandit for awhile, said he paid "market". WTF does that mean? He could have just said "$7/hr., plus no benefits, retirement, or medical". Never mind he was an investment banker with a 3 billion dollar portfolio.

[Asimo]

On 01/06/2024 at 16:10, myglaren said:

Seemingly quite unique

Rare but not unique as this is virtually my experence also except that ex is still with us. 30 years on, and I’ll see her this afternoon.

[inconsistant]

On 02/06/2024 at 23:20, HillmanImp said:

What do people do on holiday abroad? I don't get it. I'm not wanting to sit next to a pool, its boring and its too hot. I don't like the pubs as you can't talk to people as I don't know the lingo. Every British person I speak to is a total cunt. People fucking hassle me just walking down the street trying to sell me shit. Most of the staff at the bars and restaurants obviously fucking hate the forrins (see previous about British people). Everything is difficult, be it buses, buying stuff, etiquette in different situations, as I don't know how things work here. I don't get the appeal of any of it. Why do we pay money to just be totally stressed out all the time? 

I've always hated holidays abroad but I really, really just can't get into it now after managing to avoid it for a few years. 

I think I used to just drink my way through it but can't really do that the way I used to. 

I genuinely can't wait to go home.

On the plus side I did see a couple of Renault 9s but its not enough to take the edge off it. 

From what I've written above, it almost sounds like I need to go all inclusive but I've tried that and it was even worse (its the fucking British cunts that ruin it, cunting about being British cunts). Think part of my problem now is probably from some sort of PTSD from the time I went to Fuerteventura all inclusive for 2 weeks. 

I just want to be back in the UK where I feel comfortable and not on edge all the time. 

I'm off to France later this year but thats with some mates cycling and drinking, so is a bit different. I imagine that'll be bearable. Plus I can get by with the language 'Par le vue Anglais' and 'Jambon sandwich si vou plias' and 'Good moaning' or summink like that. 

Or Skiing, I love that, you're out doing stuff all day and the staff in the resorts are always cool in my experience, always out partying with them despite not understanding each other. 

Shitty foreign summer holidays just fucking ruin me. I really REALLY hate being abroad. 

Worst. Humblebrag. Ever!

[camryv6]

On 31/05/2024 at 16:45, Datsuncog said:

Apparently, banks don't/ won't give you bags of coins anymore.

Or at least, Nationwide doesn't - I was just after a bag or two of pound coins to use as a cash float for a car boot sale tomorrow morning.

But no, coins aren't a thing they keep on the premises anymore. I mean, it's been a couple of years since I last tried to flog a load of assorted tat, but I don't recall having difficulty in making a withdrawal in coin bags before.

I also had to wait in a queue for twenty minutes in order to make this discovery, which annoyed me even more.

I ended up in Tesco on one of their self-serve machines, buying individual bananas with a series of £10 notes in order to get some pound coins and a couple of 50ps in change.

If some twat rocks up early doors trying to buy a 10p comic with a £20 note, they may find themselves involuntarily eating it...

The Banana ?

[camryv6]

On 31/05/2024 at 21:49, Mrcento said:

Banks don't want to handle money, full stop. Coins or notes. They basically just want to move money about on screens between accounts and cash cheques.

Last few times i've had anything to do with money and banks (not even big amounts, we're talking cheap runabout car money), it's been hellish. They basically treat you like some kind of drug running gangster, take you off to the side or shuffled off into a back room with several staff members, get questioned about where you got the money (or what you want it for if you're taking it out, like it's any of their fucking business), basically cordoned off half the branch over somebody having the audacity to do something with about 1k of their own money. It's insane.

I took some cash out from the bank for a car, they asked me what car it was, have i seen the car and was i happy with the car 😕

[loserone]

[Rust Collector]

24 minutes ago, loserone said:

I get that quite often when I’m moving money between my own accounts with different banks, just seems like lazy arse covering in my opinion.

[beko1987]

17 hours ago, beko1987 said:

Got in the car to come home at 4, turned it on and heard a beep I've never heard during startup before... AIR BAG

Drove home because fuck caring at the office. Got home, turned it off and on again and no light... 

Now I'm nervous... 😅😡 Haven't even moved a seat and that's the only time it's ever come in before

Just popped out to pick something up a few miles away and it bloody came on whilst I was driving 😬

Might get a tin of brake cleaner and brake unplugging, cleaning and re-plugging in the seat connectors... Otherwise I've no idea wtf it could be, I'd have to get a code reader for it

Mot in August...