The grumpy thread

[Cavcraft]

I appreciate the effort and gesture, but not the outcome

 

You are my wife AICMFP.

[Louise2cv]

He does not recognise authority. Unless he has it, thinks he has it or needs to rely on it. The police went to have a quiet word and he called 999 to have these trespassing officers removed from his land.

 

So. Shall I poke the wasps nest?

[Louise2cv]

^ *allegedly allegedly*

[Mr Livered]

He called 999 to alert the cops to what other cops were doing?

 

He does sound like, er, a bit of a challenge*

 

 

 

 

*headcase

[Louise2cv]

Exactly. I'd quit but the kids love it and so do I (apart from the politics).

[chaseracer]

Lou, you don't happen to know a burly policeman who might have a word in his shell-like about threatening behaviour, do you...?

 

[Cavcraft]

Keep going, or effectively you're letting him bully you out of something you and the kids enjoy. I know it's easy for anyone to sit behind a computer and say it, but idiots like him need to be stood up to.

As long as you stay perfectly calm and reasonable, then two things will happen: he'll get more upset by it and the police/authorities will realise what a prize fool he is and he'll end up hoisted by his own petard.

[Louise2cv]

I think that might be the worse thing we could do tbh. He didn't listen to the last two he saw, and gave me a 15 minute talking to about why he hated the police, and that was while we were still on good terms!

[Louise2cv]

Yes. His son was Megan's best friend and his Mrs was one of mine. How do you explain to a 3yo why they don't see their best bud anymore?

 

They blame me for it as I made a comment about a plot holder not following the planning rules, in what I thought was friendly convo. I freely admit that I said that informally but now they insist I made a formal complaint. Even if I had I don't see how that makes me responsible for him running round shouting at people and chasing women into greenhouses waving a spade round over his head. Allegedly allegedly.

[chaseracer]

HE is the one acting unreasonably in this situation.  Don't lose sight of that.

[Station]

People who do the 'upspeak' thing, turning every sentence into a question. Is this a good enough reason to hand your notice in in work?

 

Also taking £1400 out from the bank over the counter, and them giving you just under £1100? IS this possible with those counting machines?

[alf892]

Sounds like a knob and a bully and a self righteous twunt all rolled into one. A proper aggression bomb.........and his fuse is lit so he is going to explode sooner or later.

 

Do not poke the wasp's nest.............kill it with fire.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Just ignore him? If you have a key to the allotments just go and do your thing and avoid interacting with him, he sounds like a colossal bell end. In my experience all allotment patches have one of these types, although yours sounds like an extreme case. Ours had one who was like an older version of Alex Salmond with a big red-wine tinged nose that looked like a disgusting strawberry, he made his own campaign for independence (i.e. attempted to take over stewardship of the patch despite there being f all wrong with the existing set-up) and just pissed everybody off in the process. JUST GROW SOME VEG YOU TWAT.

[andy18s]

Sorry but if some pompous twat had chased my Mrs around with a shovel he'd be digging his own hole with it

[Parky]

People who do the 'upspeak' thing, turning every sentence into a question. Is this a good enough reason to hand your notice in in work?

 

Also taking £1400 out from the bank over the counter, and them giving you just under £1100? IS this possible with those counting machines?

Dishing out less money is certainly possible. It has happened to me when I worked in a bank. No idea how I did it but I gave out a hundred less than I had counted. The customer came back an hour later complaining, we ended up closing my till and doing a rec on it and sure enough I had 100 too much.

 

If you have had this issue, one of the bank counters will have had 300 too much in it at the end of the day. If you know what day it was, and what till, the bank should listen and check their records.

[AlabamaShrimp]

This allotment thing is why I stay away from people as you always get one that's a proper wanker thinking there better than everyone and know everything.

 

It's the reason I'm not in a car club or indulge in my unspoken uber geekyness

[fordperv]

It's the reason I'm not in a car club or indulge in my unspoken uber geekyness

Isn't Autoshite a type of car club for people who have love for the unloved cars?

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

My stereo has decided that rotating the volume knob in either direction increases the volume. 

 

[andy18s]

Dishing out less money is certainly possible. It has happened to me when I worked in a bank. No idea how I did it but I gave out a hundred less than I had counted. The customer came back an hour later complaining, we ended up closing my till and doing a rec on it and sure enough I had 100 too much.

 

If you have had this issue, one of the bank counters will have had 300 too much in it at the end of the day. If you know what day it was, and what till, the bank should listen and check their records.

My eldest step-daughter worked at Lloyds in Newtown for a bit.

Her position was 24k over at the end of 1 shift and all the staff had to stay behind to investigate.....Think they left around 9pm as it was market day and every farmer in mid Wales had been in.

[AlabamaShrimp]

Isn't Autoshite a type of car club for people who have love for the unloved cars?

I mean like I'm not in the Ford or fiesta owners club.

 

Not sure if autoshite is a club as such but it certainly doesn't have wankers and know it alls forcing their opinion on others. Tbh I've never been anywhere like here where people are genuinely helpful, friendly and just all round nice. When I've tried to explain it to others they just don't get it ("what? so a dead old car was towed from the motorway then far down south just because they all like old crap cars and asked for help?")

[Cavcraft]

Isn't Autoshite a type of car club for people who have love for the unloved cars?

Yes, but with more vegetables.

[chaseracer]

Yes, but with more vegetables.

 

The SVM certainly has a lot of Swedes...

[vulgalour]

Can you not just salt the cretin's plot in the dead of night or something?

[beko1987]

Swmbos nephew proudly told me he had a 'Full' service done on his car by the local sharks. Must be good for £260...

 

Oil? - yes

Oil Filter - yes (and got oil fucking everywhere)

Plugs -not sure, no signs of the pack being removed either

Air filter? - no

Cabin filter? - no

Washed it? - no

 

I then had a look at the rear drivers arch and told him to never spend £300 on it again. If its still alive next year I'll tell you what parts to buy and fit them for beer if you drive me home afterwards

 

[Paul Dupart]

People with electric gates.  I'm a service technician who has to make many house calls to earn my meagre wage.  Appointments are all pre arranged and I'm nearly always on time, plus or minus 5 minutes.  So if I'm due at your house 3pm, why not open the gates ready at five to?  Why make me stop with my R send sticking out on to the bloody highway, wind the window down, still can't reach the sodding intercom, get out of the car, catch me door on your wall, then we still can't hold a conversation over the clattering of my 4 pot diesel. 

 

Just open the pissing gates please, you know I'm coming.  Oh, and it's two sugars!

[outlaw118]

Standard eBay rant....

 

Why bid on three things and then not pay for any of them?

 

Yeah ok, i've got my final value fee back, and i've offered second chance, but i'm obviously going to be down on the whole deal, albeit by only about £3....

 

Got another three items that finished at the weekend, he's got up till 10.00 tonight and i'm starting an unpaid item on the twat.

 

Has anyone have any idea about eBay auction final prices being a binding contract? I'm only dealing with small amounts, realtively speaking, but it'd be good to know that it will be upheld in a small claims court type situation!

[chaseracer]

Has anyone have any idea about eBay auction final prices being a binding contract?

 

In theory: yes.

 

In practice...

 

 

Sorry.

[anonymous user]

To be fair some of us may randomly bid on items when a bit squiffy, but at least we settle up. I just have to work out what to do with some of it when it gets here.

[daveb47]

Just noticed that the throttle cable on the 940 is frayed and almost broken,over £40 new,going to have to keep fingers crossed that it doesnt break for a few weeks...

[HillmanImp]

NON CAR GRUMP

 

What is the point of having a passport that expires in January 2015 if you can't use it to travel abroad for 2 weeks in October? Just found out that I will not be allowed to travel with my passport as it expires in 3 months.

 

I am having to go and pay magabucks to get an emergency one in Liverpool the day before I fly. Whats that all about? If I can't fly on it with only 3 months on it, why not make the expiry date 3 months earlier or put 2 expiry dates on, one for actually going somewhere and one for when you get I.D'd at Wetherspoons or whatever the expiry date on the thing is actually for.