The grumpy thread

[purplebargeken]

3 people tried to just walk out in front of me yesterday whilst I was driving in St. Albans. Luckily for them I was driving the MGF with lowered soft top. This enabled me to educate them verbally at full volume using quite 'direct' language. Had there been a fourth, I would have played Death Race 2000. I really would. 

[twosmoke300]

Im a nervous wreck on a road bike these days and am gradually working my way back down the capacity ladder , and having more fun doing so.

 

I used to do track days and ride the same on the road but these days I just see danger everywhere. As a motorcyclist you have to both ride your bike and drive other peoples cars for them .

In the last 3 years I have had 2 lads on 125's ride into vans ive been driving . Both times injuries were suffered by them . Both times they were going too fast for the situation . Ie I was turning right on both occasions and (indicators on and witnesses etc) and they have been going too fast to stop behind me .

 

Defensive riding comes with age and I certainly feel safer now than I did 10 years ago. ( christ I feel old , been riding for 19 years on the road now).

Im not saying I dont crack on but only where situations are safe to do so.

 

No real point or moral in what ive written but thought I would share my experences.

 

Have more fun now either greenlaning on my ktm or bumbling round on my old ke175d

 

Oh and my Ducati is now for sale

[richardmorris]

  On 09/09/2014 at 06:32, purplebargeken said:

3 people tried to just walk out in front of me yesterday whilst I was driving in St. Albans. Luckily for them I was driving the MGF with lowered soft top. This enabled me to educate them verbally at full volume using quite 'direct' language. Had there been a fourth, I would have played Death Race 2000. I really would. 

 

 

But as with hitting bumble bees with the roof off, you're likely to end up with a mildly stunned ex-pedestrian sitting in the car with you about to get angry.

[Lankytim]

Shiply took a deposit twice from me in error getting Hillmanimps Audi delivered. They've agreed to refund it but so far nothing has happened and now are ignoring me.

 

Wankers!

[HillmanImp]

  On 09/09/2014 at 07:39, Lankytim said:

Shiply took a deposit twice from me in error getting Hillmanimps Audi delivered. They've agreed to refund it but so far nothing has happened and now are ignoring me.

 

Wankers!

 

Their only customer service representative is starting secondary school this week but will be catching up with emails at lunchtimes.

[trigger]

My work mate was telling me this morning how his girlfriends ex husband was killed in a bike accident on Sunday in Norfolk, he ended up crashing head on with another motorbiker at high speed, he'd only just dropped his daughter off for her CBT test just before.

 

The poor girl is distraught and has to view the body on Thursday, if she didn't have the call about the CBT she would have been on the back. Awful stuff.

[Craig the Princess]

My watch stinks of BP's regular unleaded after yesterday's Allegro hijinks. Might get a few odd looks checking tickets on the train :S

[chaseracer]

All comments from the cyclists of this electronic parish acknowledged and accepted without question.  However, the knob in Bloxwich yesterday had invented a new rule: "exit side road into busy traffic without slowing or looking; proceed to traffic lights and abuse drivers".

 

I should have been clearer.  Apologies.

 

[Lankytim]

FUCK YOU MAERSK! WHY AM I 24 HOURS EARLY??

[Cavcraft]

Pharrell Williams: not only am I not 'Happy' listening to your shit fucking bastard song on the pissing arsebucketing radio, I get more and more fucking frustrated every time my ears are assaulted by that shit.

Take your hat, have a crap in it and fuck off.

[cms206]

  On 09/09/2014 at 08:20, Lankytim said:

FUCK YOU MAERSK! WHY AM I 24 HOURS EARLY??

 

Done that before; my personal favourite was being sent out to a hire a whole six weeks early.

[Lankytim]

I'm now stuck in the middle of a stand off with the customer, who apparently hates Stobart.

 

Customer can tip me, but it will take 10 hours, and Maersk cant wait that long, so I've been told to sit tight and wait for further instructions

 

Edit.

 

Manager and yard supervisor at the delivery point have just told me to fuck off site and never come back.

 

Feels like a monday

[twosmoke300]

  On 09/09/2014 at 08:43, Corsaviour said:

Pharrell Williams: not only am I not 'Happy' listening to your shit fucking bastard song on the pissing arsebucketing radio, I get more and more fucking frustrated every time my ears are assaulted by that shit.

Take your hat, have a crap in it and fuck off.

 

And what the wholly buggering fuck does a room without a roof feel like?

[Craig the Princess]

Wet?

[Caffiend]

Have we had potential future additional Royal Parasite mentioned yet? Or rather the meeja coverage thereof. I do NOT want to be deluged with Facebook feeds drivelling on about about it and am clicking on "Don't want to see/don't like" on every single one, in the (probably vain) hope that FB's evil algorithms which guess what I'm interested in might cotton on and work in my favour for a change ...

 

Another 6+ months of this crap. Then a further several months of "OMG, she still has a STOMACH a whole TWELVE MINUTES after popping the sprog, she must eat only lettuce, do 70 abdominal crunches 4 times daily and run 14 miles after every meal until we start publishing 6 articles every day from rabid feminists that she's too skinny."

 

(NB I'm as happy for the parents and wish them well as I would for any other couple I have never met who are in the same situation. Hourly updates not required kthx.)

[Caffiend]

  On 09/09/2014 at 09:08, twosmoke300 said:

And what the wholly buggering fuck does a room without a roof feel like?

Outside.

[DS20]

  On 09/09/2014 at 08:43, Corsaviour said:

Pharrell Williams: not only am I not 'Happy' listening to your shit fucking bastard song on the pissing arsebucketing radio, I get more and more fucking frustrated every time my ears are assaulted by that shit.

Take your hat, have a crap in it and fuck off.

 

A combination of CDs and Radio 4 may not be perfect, but it'll solve that problem. I don't believe I've ever heard any of Pharrell (sp?) Williams' music.

[Jim Bergerac]

  On 09/09/2014 at 08:43, Corsaviour said:

Pharrell Williams: not only am I not 'Happy' listening to your shit fucking bastard song on the pissing arsebucketing radio, I get more and more fucking frustrated every time my ears are assaulted by that shit.

Take your hat, have a crap in it and fuck off.

 

 

Words cannot sum up how much I hate that song.

[trigger]

That's the video I was trying to find! That's class!

[purplebargeken]

Am getting ever closer to being that character in 'Falling Down' with each and every passing day. 

[EssDeeWon]

  On 09/09/2014 at 08:05, trigger said:

My work mate was telling me this morning how his girlfriends ex husband was killed in a bike accident on Sunday in Norfolk, he ended up crashing head on with another motorbiker at high speed, he'd only just dropped his daughter off for her CBT test just before.

 

The poor girl is distraught and has to view the body on Thursday, if she didn't have the call about the CBT she would have been on the back. Awful stuff.

 

That was on our local BBC news Look East programme yesterday.

[Station]

I hate that  Phartel Williams and his non-balls singing voice and awful sugary music. F*cking terrible.

[Parky]

  On 09/09/2014 at 05:36, rml2345 said:

There's your problem. Having worked for them I reckon Santander are one of the worst banks in terms of customer service. Apart from constantly fiddling with systems and procedures, cack handed complaints processes and making it impossible for staff to actually take control of a situation there's the deep mistrust between branch and call centre fostered by poor training.

And their hold music is shit.

I met the chairman of Metro Bank a couple of years ago. Apparently only 29 percent of Santander customers would recommend them to a friend. In other words, seven out of ten customers hate Santander.

 

Dunno about you guys but I would be doing something pretty radical to my staff if I had a business which seventy percent of customers hated! Especially as there are so many alternatives

[EssDeeWon]

  On 09/09/2014 at 15:06, Parky said:

I met the chairman of Metro Bank a couple of years ago. Apparently only 29 percent of Santander customers would recommend them to a friend. In other words, seven out of ten customers hate Santander.

 

Dunno about you guys but I would be doing something pretty radical to my staff if I had a business which seventy percent of customers hated! Especially as there are so many alternatives

 

I actually would recommend Santander, up until this recent saga they have been really good. The last fraud on my account back in January was £400 via online banking and they returned the money to my account that very same day. This latest case is debit card fraud and I have been left waiting 4 days but I am now promised the money back tomorrow morning, ok fine I can live with that but why should I wait 5 days with an almost fleeced account because some pond life crim has spent my money!

 

Law states that monies should be returned to the customers account immediately upon suspision of fraudulant activity. Seems they like to check things out first before sending the money back i.e. customer is guilty until proven innocent.

[Alfamale]

  On 09/09/2014 at 15:06, Parky said:

I met the chairman of Metro Bank a couple of years ago. Apparently only 29 percent of Santander customers would recommend them to a friend. In other words, seven out of ten customers hate Santander.

Dunno about you guys but I would be doing something pretty radical to my staff if I had a business which seventy percent of customers hated! Especially as there are so many alternatives

AlfaFemale works for Metro Bank. In her words "it's like fucking Disneyland". Major bollockings come forth if there are not exactly 9 pens in the tub on the counters and weekly emails from the wacky american owner's dog who holds a board position...

[Shep Shepherd]

Seriously, WTF?

 

 

What a roadtard! Needless to say, I didn't stay behind him for longer than I had to.

[Ghosty]

My family were keen on Alliance Leicester when they were a thing, and for a time my savings were in Abbey National, and are now in Santander after a jaunt in Nationwide. We only use Santander now (I moved from TwatWest because crap rates) and we've never had a problem...

[HillmanImp]

I have said it before on here and I will say it again, pretty much every major company has shocking customer service these days. The company is not there to provide a service to the people who support it anymore, its there to generate a profit. 

 

They cut down on staff and low level salaries to generate good returns for the shareholders and the execs and to grow and GROW and GROW.

 

Why do people use them? Well there is not much choice amongst the main group of banks (or whatever business sector you are using). They all offer the same level of service with pretty much the same products for the same price. There is no comparable alternative to them and because their profits are so large they can price any upstart competition out of the market. 

 

If you want customer service you need to go to a small company but small is gonna cost ya.

 

Looks at it like Ryanair. Its no frill 'innit. You get what you need at a rock bottom price but there is no point complaining when they don't reserve your seats as you asked. If you wanted it done properly you should've booked a flight with Swiss Air.

[hairnet]

  On 09/09/2014 at 17:31, Shep Shepherd said:

Seriously, WTF?

 

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What a roadtard! Needless to say, I didn't stay behind him for longer than I had to.

id have yanked the shite out from under him and left it on the road

[EssDeeWon]

  On 09/09/2014 at 17:31, Shep Shepherd said:

Seriously, WTF?

 

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What a roadtard! Needless to say, I didn't stay behind him for longer than I had to.

 

Looks like the White Horse traffic lights in Southchurch ..?