The grumpy thread

[eddyramrod]

I bought a bag of hinges and stuff so I could fit two lovely new louvred doors to a cupboard. I'm now ready to start the actual fitting. Can I find the bag of hardware? Can I Foxtrot! I mean, come on, the house is tiny, there's a limit to how many places they could be, and I've looked in all of those. Three times.

[vulgalour]

Look in the places they shouldn't be. If you were a mother trying to be 'helpful' and tidy her son's room, where would you think a sensible place for said hardware is?

[chaseracer]

/\/\ Inspired!

 

[eddyramrod]

I found them. Like some kind of sitcom dad I made the mistake of looking for what I last remembered seeing them in, which was a Homebase carrier bag. Silly me. I must have removed them from the bag at some point. They were, in the end, in their little plastic packs, strewn around my makeshift toolbox. Exactly in the geographical place they should have been, but disguised as several random packages instead of one unified package. I wonder what I did with the carrier bag....

 

Now, of course, what happens is that the screws fight me every inch of the way rather than screw into the wood gently. I'm used to that though. Minder's finished now so I'm going back to the fray.

[M'coli]

A little bit of wax helps, be it candlewax, boot dubbin or shoe polish, or the wax from around a piece of edam cheese or similar.

[eddyramrod]

Thank you; they're in now, after several attempts. Panel gaps are a bit Allegroish but it's a Shiter's house, so good enough. Just wait till I start on my ebay bargain kitchen next weekend! Oh, and the doors... I've won four bi-folding doors, which will cover all my door needs, and will be collecting them from Lancaster on the way to Bradford for the kitchen! While I have a rental van I might as well make good use of it eh!

[Spiny Norman]

Maybe not the most famous guitarist ever on this side of the pond, but RIP 'dangerous' Dan Toler, of the Allman Brothers Band.

 

[The Moog]

Booked my flight home from Cambodia. Coming back for August .. but have no home, no job .. .so a little bit scared!

Not looking forward to it even though I have been without power here for the last 5 days in 36oC heat ...

 

Still maybe I should cheer myself up by reading the daily mail to see what is happening back home

[chaseracer]

Still maybe I should cheer myself up by reading the daily mail to see what is happening back home

Brenda's got the squits, another oddly-dressed old bloke has been putting himself where he shouldn't, and the shiny-faced rubber idiot is still at No10.

 

Welcome back!

[Des]

Still maybe I should cheer myself up by reading the daily mail to see what is happening back home

Brenda's got the squits, another oddly-dressed old bloke has been putting himself where he shouldn't, and the shiny-faced rubber idiot is still at No10.

 

Welcome back!

 

Funny you should mention the Daily Mail, as apparently if you're rocking up here from another country then you have it made.

[eddyramrod]

Funny you should mention the Daily Mail, as apparently if you're rocking up here from another country then you have it made.

 

What the Daily Mail doesn't tell you is, it only works if A) you weren't born here and English is not your first language and C) you arrived legally.

[autofive]

D) you believe the utter shite that gets printed in the hitler-supporting jingoistic comic that is the daily mail.

[Lacquer Peel]

[whitevanman]

Being moved from weekly to monthly pay= no money for 6 weeks= no naughty little Justys coming my way piss flaps

[eddyramrod]

Being moved from weekly to monthly pay= no money for 6 weeks

piss flaps

 

The only reason they do that is for the convenience of the bank. It doesn't matter what they tell you, the poor old worker is guaranteed to get seriously stiffed by this kind of thing. TUPE isn't worth anything either, been there. Did they give you much notice of the change?

[whitevanman]

yes and no.....we are seasonal and only went back to work last week, some got a letter I didn't but they made the the move official back at the start of December.

[Negative Creep]

Back at work after a week off and already realised how utterly boring it is. Sit and do pointless dead end work for no money, sit around every break and lunch by myself because I'm not in the clique required to get anywhere, and go home again. Repeat for the rest of my life.

 

Also, paid £250 for some wheels on Saturday but the seller has failed to respond to any of my messages

[Lankytim]

Hey, NC, sounds like my job. Just go in with a smile and don't let the wankers wear you down. Yo may even make a few friends!

 

In other news, MY ALLEGRO IS BANKRUPTING ME!!! never pay to have a car restored, ever.

[Negative Creep]

To be honest the people aren't bad - I'm not friends with any of them but neither do I dislike or hate anyone who works there. The problem is how bad the pay is and the job is such a waste of time that I'm basically there for something to do

[Lord Sterling]

Well, despite me about to loose my job at FedEx (which I am beggining to discover is no bad thing) the agency has offered me another iob, longer hours, less days but more money possibly, only problem is, its 20 miles away across Birmingham just on the outskirts. I really despise longer commutes, I know there are people who do even longer commutes everyday, but more often than not, they have a pretty good and certainly better paid job.

 

Yesterday we had a "family meeting" a lot of somewhat hurtful criticism came my way, although I'd kind of suspected it, it was still a shock and, lets just say, wasn't very nice. It does make me realise that in my nearly 30 years on earth, I haven't really made anything of myself, always doing menial agency jobs for peanuts pay often ending and my savings dwindle. I'm not really sure which path I need to take now. One thing I do know is that I need to get out of this situation and, to be honest, away from the family.

[Cavcraft]

I wouldn't worry too much about your career so far, LS. You're still here (on earth) and it's not the be all and end all having some fancy job on shit loads of money. More often than not it seems to lead to more spending and less happiness anyhow imho.

Try the commute and see what happens, it's better to try something and regret it than spending a lifetime wondering 'what if' and it might open another door for you.

[Richard]

I know there are people who do even longer commutes everyday, but more often than not, they have a pretty good and certainly better paid job.

 

I'm not sure that they do tbh. It used to be the case but increasing numbers of people are doing monster commutes for minimum wage.

[chaseracer]

Yesterday we had a "family meeting" a lot of somewhat hurtful criticism came my way, although I'd kind of suspected it, it was still a shock and, lets just say, wasn't very nice. It does make me realise that in my nearly 30 years on earth, I haven't really made anything of myself, always doing menial agency jobs for peanuts pay often ending and my savings dwindle. I'm not really sure which path I need to take now. One thing I do know is that I need to get out of this situation and, to be honest, away from the family.

Ouch... A little temporary distance sounds like the best plan...

 

We should all be valued for WHO we are, not WHAT others might wish us to be.

[dollywobbler]

I wouldn't worry too much about your career so far, LS. You're still here (on earth) and it's not the be all and end all having some fancy job on shit loads of money. More often than not it seems to lead to more spending and less happiness anyhow imho.

Try the commute and see what happens, it's better to try something and regret it than spending a lifetime wondering 'what if' and it might open another door for you.

 

Very, very wise words. There's a ridiculous pressure to be something spectacular. People seem to think that there's a written law that thou shalt chase a career, get into shit loads of credit card debt, live on a rabbit-warren-esque housing estate, produce offspring and consume with insatiable appetite. I've said 'balls' to that right from the moment that the manager at the branch of Kwik Save I worked at said "I can see you in my shoes one day." I pretty much resigned on the spot. There's nothing wrong with having a job rather than a career. Here on Autoshite, we excel at enjoying ourselves with minimal income - which is probably the major driver that sees us hurtling around in old shite in the first place.

[Lord Sterling]

Cheers for the words guys. At least some appreciate who I am rather than what I am. I do often wish I were in Belgium alongside FATHA_Sterling seeing as I've been told I am 'very much like him'.

 

Anyhow, if this new job comes up, I shall take it, its more money but longer hours, it will leave me a free day to go and work with a mate at the garage and earn a little more on the side. I might also apply for the kinds of jobs I'd probably never usually have a chance of getting. Lets see how it goes...

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Plenty of slightly eye-watering clichés coming up here, particularly

 

We should all be valued for WHO we are, not WHAT others might wish us to be

 

Which sounds like some kind of ‘sign-off’ that you’d get at the end of a collectors edition Justin Bieber DVD

 

At the end of the day if you’re happy with your lot and you’re not a drag on someone else then you can pretty much do as you please can’t you. I don’t know anything about your lifestyle LS, but I know a lad who gets a lot of this pressure, although in his case its cos he’s 25 but has piss all qualifications, no money, no plan, no driving license, no assets of any sort, no place of his own, nothing basically (except an iPhone, and an iMac that he’ll be paying for years after its gone in the skip). To me the pressure seems entirely justified. I suspect he’s a long way behind yourself in terms of general life skills.

[Lord Sterling]

I know what you mean Bol. To be honest, for much of my life I've not had a plan, I tried studying for a few years but felt it just wasn't me. The last time I was on a course, the work I did do was lost because the college decided to refurbish the not even 10 year old college building, after that I'd decided once and for all, studying wasn't for me.

 

Since about 2007, I've kind of drifted in and out of low-paid dead-end agency jobs, some jobs were pretty good but ended for one reason or another. Obviously as I am approaching the 30 year old milestone, some are concerned that I have nothing to show for it but a few old cars, a load of my own possesions.

 

One of my problems is, I've never really had a goal, I've never known what I wanted to do and I guess as time has gone on, I have paid the price for not focussing on a goal. I now live back at home with Ma (she works away I look after Sister) so I guess in a way I'm not far off your 25 year-old lad.

 

I've got plans and goals now, albeit a bit late, but it depends whether those things will happen. Life had got a funny way of making them either not happen in one way or another.

[chaseracer]

Plenty of slightly eye-watering clichés coming up here, particularly

 

We should all be valued for WHO we are, not WHAT others might wish us to be

 

Which sounds like some kind of ‘sign-off’ that you’d get at the end of a collectors edition Justin Bieber DVD

Cheers for the unsolicited opinion, Testes - be assured it is valued as highly as ever...

[theorganist]

I know what you mean Bol. To be honest, for much of my life I've not had a plan, I tried studying for a few years but felt it just wasn't me. The last time I was on a course, the work I did do was lost because the college decided to refurbish the not even 10 year old college building, after that I'd decided once and for all, studying wasn't for me.

 

Since about 2007, I've kind of drifted in and out of low-paid dead-end agency jobs, some jobs were pretty good but ended for one reason or another. Obviously as I am approaching the 30 year old milestone, some are concerned that I have nothing to show for it but a few old cars, a load of my own possesions.

 

One of my problems is, I've never really had a goal, I've never known what I wanted to do and I guess as time has gone on, I have paid the price for not focussing on a goal. I now live back at home with Ma (she works away I look after Sister) so I guess in a way I'm not far off your 25 year-old lad.

 

I've got plans and goals now, albeit a bit late, but it depends whether those things will happen. Life had got a funny way of making them either not happen in one way or another.

 

I wouldn't worry I am nearly 38 and still don't have a plan! I wouldn't worry too much about what anyone else thinks as it is your life and as long as you are happy with your lot then that is the main priority. And if you are not happy then we all have the ability to change it is just quite hard and frightening to face change, and I don't think it gets easier as you get older, in fact I feel it is harder.

[Spiny Norman]

Things must be desperate when a bloke has to come to Autoshite for lifestyle advice!

 

I am nearly 38 and still don't have a plan!

 

I'm nearly 48 and still don't know what I want to do when I leave school....

I think far too much is made these days of all this ambition, achievement and self-fulfilment bollox you see perpetuated on these God-awful daytime TV shows, by the type of person who I like to imagine cries themselves to sleep every night with the stench of mediocrity hanging over them like a damp patch from the upstairs lavvy.