The grumpy thread

[Inspector Morose]

Not telling.

[skattrd]

Not playing

[xtriple]

60!

 

Do I win something?

 

No great surprise to be honest as I am severely depressed (see the health thread!) there was only one I didn't score three on.

[messerschmitt owner]

1 - fuck me, I'm a miserable fucker too!

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

I am ill (in a matter unrelated to that test). 

 

So I wander over to the doctor's surgery and ask to see a doctor sometime in the next couple of days. This is what I have always done. Unfortunately I am informed I can no longer do that. They can either give me an appointment in two weeks time OR I can try to get a same day appointment by phoning at precisely 8am. This is like choosing between the 1300 and 1800 Morris Marina when you really want a 1500. 

 

What a fucking awful system.

[Timewaster]

Our local gp surgery has the same ridiculous system.

If you see the doc, he will say something like take one of these twice a day and come back in 3 weeks.

So you go to reception and ask for an appointment in 3 weeks and get told Sorry we can only book up to 2 weeks ahead.

Head/Brickwall.

[wuvvum]

Mine was the o/s/f doing erm 'around the legal limit for a vehicle of it's type.'

 

Surely a 609D won't do more than that anyway?

[Des]

Scored 0, there's no scoring scale for 0 so I'll make one up. 0 = Don't give a fuck. Or psycho.

[Pillock]

Our doctors does the same thing with appointments. 8.00am exactly all the old dears phone through and if you're still trying by 8.10am, forget it. You're onto the two weeks later bookings. 

[sheffcortinacentre]

no need to do the test diagnosed years ago.

[jakebullet]

29. I had a feeling* something was wrong.

 

I've had a cough for 3 weeks. Leaflet in chemist says OMG cancer, visit a doctor fool ! So I did, to be told I'm low risk, it's probably nothing, but I can be sent for an x ray, or I can ignore it 2 weeks, but if no better must come back for said radiation testing.

 

So I'm ignoring it. I'm also thinking, well if it's cancer, so what? Come in number 149, your time is up. Also who would get my stuff, and how I could piss people off by leaving them nothing. Think I should get a will even if I am healthy* just for the fun of it.

 

My doctors are also shit at appointments, but I've discovered their computer puts new ones out every night at 12:01 am. In your face granny, book online and avoid sour puss on reception.

[privatewire]

37 I got, WTAF? Thinking about seeing the Doc now....

[alf892]

0....53 and married with 2 kids. Being older has maybe improved my sense of balance?? Or not giving a fuck is now easier........not sure.

[dave21478]

I scored 27.

 

But....I have felt the way I feel now my entire life...this is just my "normal".   Meh...whatevz.

[hennabm]

18 - mostly down to health worries as the body starts to deteriorate - just like any good ole BL.    

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Maybe I complain too much... It took eight minutes of hanging up and redialing but I did get a same day appointment. That doesn't mean I prefer it to the old system but at least it works.

[daveb47]

Look on the bright side,do what i do.

If ever you get into trouble plead insane & act normal.

[UltraWomble]

Lack of response by an advertiser (usually dealers).

 

I email a lot, mainly because Im as deaf as a post and struggle with most phones except a couple of adapted ones (one at work, one at home) and I always explain this when I enquire about something as its probably less frustrating to have a dealer shout down the phone whilst I keep saying "sorry?" or "Elephant? now I know you didnt just tell me it has a new elephant, can you repeat that last bit please?"

 

Most people accept this and reply, or phone and are happy enough to speak to my wife who interprets ( repeats and I lip read her) but every so often you get dealers who just dont seem to give a fuck or dont understand the meaning of "im deaf therefore unless you have a minicom the phone is going to be a non starter" to the often emailed reply "just phone us".

 

Currently top of my boiled piss list is a Citroen dealership who have failed to reply to three enquiries about one of their cars.  I mean FFS do they actually want a sale? Anyway Im of to see a car at a dealer who has responded and is quite nice about teh whole thing.  They are also a damn site nearer than HIgh Wycombe to get to.

[AlabamaShrimp]

Just had my very upset mother in law at the door with my son after walking him home from school. In their infinite wisdom Wakefield council changed Aberford Road (which goes straight to J30 M62) from a 40 to a 30 and because of this they changed the below crossing from lights to a zebra crossing

 

 

Of course no one goes at 30mph and the crossing is just after/before a small hill.

 

Seems my MIL and son were half way across when some stupid woman going mega fast drove straight through it, not seeing them or the crossing. They had to stop in the middle of the road. A driver on the other side of the road who had stopped got out to see if they were OK.

 

People always moan (me included) about kids being driven to school but I don't care she will not be walking him home across that road again if I can help it

[purplebargeken]

^ fuck that would have been bloody scary. Glad they are ok and at least someone gave a shit. Jeez.

[holbeck]

Absolutely Fffff'd off with the collapse of my Citroen ZX purchase.

 

In my world, if you make an agreement, then you honour it.

 

If he didn't want to sell the car at the price I offered, why accept the fecking offer?

 

 

Deep breath.... count to 10.... move on.

 

Right, what's on gumtree?

[UltraWomble]

So its still for sale then.... Hmmm....

[Cavcraft]

Deep breath.... count to 10.... move on.

 

Right, what's on gumtree?

 

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/scrap-car-for-sale-renault-megane-14-good-runner/1099288396

[robinmasters]

Becks depression rating scale is what the common or garden GP's use. Have a look and see. 

 

http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/NMCP2/PatientServices/SleepClinicLab/Documents/Beck_Depression_Inventory.pdf

 

Most of these for longer than 2 weeks then see GP. Wellbeing services are usually decent for mild to moderate depression and utilise CBT as the treatment of choice. 

 

If anyone does go anti-depressant then make sure the GP gives a good therapeutic dose from the off. None of this Citalopram 10mg crap.

 

21-30.

 

Did an online version which didn't give a numerical, just the category. Couldn't face writing down my results, it was too depressing.

[Alan_Green]

How can that depression test be used clinically?  How can "I am dissatisfied and bored with everything" score the same 3 points as "I'd kill myself if I had the chance"? Surely that answer's worth about 1,000 points on the depression scale?

[Ghosty]

According to that I'm severely depressed, and frankly I agree with it. 

I first went to the GP just over a year ago, and a couple of months later I had an appointment at the hospital where a very unprofessional woman (never even introduced herself) told me I wasn't depressed, however if I wanted to take anti-depressants to make life easier, then I could go to the GP and ask to be prescribed some??? She concluded I possibly had Asperger's and referred me to a clinic in Sheffield.

A while later I recieved a letter in the post - it was a printout of an email from the clinic to the unnamed doctor with no covering letter.

Quite some time passed and nothing happened, so I went to the GP again. I got another assessment appointment, this time at the local primary care centre, it was mid-June. Still working on the basis I'm autistic spectrum/Asperger's.

Heard nothing. Absolutely fuck all since last June.

I think I need to make some phone calls, things are even worse now.

[vulgalour]

Depression is a shitty thing, the way it's dealt with can be even more shitty.  Unlike something more immediately apparent like, say, advanced dementia, depression is an insidious thing that can take a long time of observation to truly get a feel for.  It's no wonder it's often ignored as "you're having a bad day" or misdiagnosed.  The only way to get treatment is to keep badgering the services until you get an answer, eventually someone has to pay attention.  I'm my own worse enemy with it, when I'm depressed I haven't the motivation to get myself sorted out and when I'm not depressed I have nothing to report so don't chase it up.  I'm in a really good patch overall at the moment so I'm carrying on but eventually it'll hit me and I'll be bad again, and every time it's that little bit worse.  Horrible, horrible illness, it really is.

 

 

 

And to think, I only came in here to complain about how the Xantia has hurt my back bad enough for me to consider selling it.  I probably won't, I've put too much into the fucker, but I'm considering it.

[beko1987]

The lady who owns our house is very ill and apparently is selling up. We have been given some choices:

 

Buy it - not a hope in fucking hell, valued at 250k, we have £350 savings...

It gets bought by an investor and we stay but pay increased rent/stop having a nice old lady as our landlady

It gets bought and lived in - us out on our ear

 

2 months notice will begin shortly I think, fucksticks

[vulgalour]

That's harsh, I've had that happen when the rented we were in went up for sale without telling us, first we knew were a couple arriving to look around the house while we were sat down having a meal.  Admittedly, our landlord there wasn't as nice as yours sounds.

 

Can you not build a new house out of vacuum cleaners?

[beko1987]

I'm touched that we've been given first refusal to buy it, but Amy spoke to her sister, and then they bought their house 15 years ago, with a combined income of nearky £50k, they got a £180k max mortgage, what chance to we have in this day and age wit ha combined income of about £35k!

 

Feel some booze being drunk tonight...