The grumpy thread

[dollywobbler]

Sod all here but miserable greyness - and me a m'colleague are both meant to be doing photo shoots today. Arses.Ice definitely isn't fun. I once had to drive the 2CV deliberately into a hillock on a steep and very icy slope. When it starts skidding using engine braking, you know you're fooked!

[whitevanman]

the thaw....I was looking forward to getting rid of the white shit......but was less impressed when it decided to bring the roof down in the shed....so far it hasn't damaged my vehicles, just they guy I share the shed withs trailers and caravan...but its not over yet

[Polystratus]

the thaw....I was looking forward to getting rid of the white shit......but was less impressed when it decided to bring the roof down in the shed....so far it hasn't damaged my vehicles, just they guy I share the shed withs trailers and caravan...but its not over yet

We have black ice shit all over - traffic CHAOS today. Weekend is forcast for midler weather hopefully.

[Pillock]

Eaten something iffy I reckon, so have been throwing up for the best part of 48 hours. Nice. I've spent that long hunched over the bog my back's even playing up now, to go with my newly-found osteosummatorother in my toes and fingers. And I pulled my shoulder last week, and my ankle the week before both of which still hurt.I'm falling apart. I'd be shot if I were a racehorse.Oh and the inbred moronic thickshit next door revving the arse off a scrap Fiesta he's "doing up" (i.e. making look like a pile of toss), every time he puts more filler on it he hits the revlimiter up the 25ft driveway a few times to celebrate.

[Guest]

The roads around here are a right icy mess today, some berk in an Astra police car shot across a mini roundabout and nearly sent me into the kerb. Admittedly my tyres aren't the best.Weather is meant to pick up after today though, no freezing temperatures and a load of rain! Excellent.

[whitevanman]

Snow Chaos.....has done my wheel bearing in...and I cant get it into the shed with no roof due to icy roads leading to aforementioned shed....trying to build up the courage to go and lie in the ice and rain to take it apart

[Vin]

That McDonalds advert......Since when has £1 been known as 'One Bob'????Surely 'One Bob' is 5 pence, thus a 2 Bob bit is 10p and thus a 10 bob bit is a fifty pence piece....... £1 is 'twenty bob'. Fucktards.

[dollywobbler]

That McDonalds advert......Since when has £1 been known as 'One Bob'????Surely 'One Bob' is 5 pence, thus a 2 Bob bit is 10p and thus a 10 bob bit is a fifty pence piece....... £1 is 'twenty bob'. Fucktards.

My wife is glad that she's not the only one! She didn't use the word Fucktards though...

[Cavcraft]

Drug dealers and smackheads. Scum of the earth. I can feel a tiny, tiny bit of sympathy for some users but the wankers who sell that shit should be locked away for life and never see the light of day ever again.

[Father Ted]

Drug dealers and smackheads. Scum of the earth. I can feel a tiny, tiny bit of sympathy for some users but the wankers who sell that shit should be locked away for life and never see the light of day ever again.

NIMRODIt works too.

[brammy777]

So that whole business got sorted for tomorrow morning.Guy who is meant to be working as the 'Assitant Manager' said he would come in tomorrow.Oh but wait, he rings back 20 minutes later and says his shitheap of an Escort wont work. Maybe if you hadnt ruined it by being a shit driver and going on and on about how youre going to put an RS2000 lump in it. SRSLY, just buy an RS2000. Hes one of those 'I own a car, so know everything there is to know' sort of people.So anyway, Im getting a taxi. To Basingstoke. Bus is £2.80 but the taxi is nearly 10 times that amount. Where do they get these amounts from?!?

[Cavcraft]

Drug dealers and smackheads. Scum of the earth. I can feel a tiny, tiny bit of sympathy for some users but the wankers who sell that shit should be locked away for life and never see the light of day ever again.

NIMRODIt works too.

That looks good thanks, but my gripe was meant to be more about the effects these scum cause to families, especially children.

[Vin]

That McDonalds advert......Since when has £1 been known as 'One Bob'????Surely 'One Bob' is 5 pence, thus a 2 Bob bit is 10p and thus a 10 bob bit is a fifty pence piece....... £1 is 'twenty bob'. Fucktards.

My wife is glad that she's not the only one! She didn't use the word Fucktards though...

[rocco1504]

Drug dealers and smackheads. Scum of the earth. I can feel a tiny, tiny bit of sympathy for some users but the wankers who sell that shit should be locked away for life and never see the light of day ever again.

NIMRODIt works too.

That looks good thanks, but my gripe was meant to be more about the effects these scum cause to families, especially children.

It sounds like your having some problems with one of these Death Dealing Knobjockey's. Best to just phone the old bill, i'm sure they'd love any information that would lead to some little shit doing time.

[Cavcraft]

Drug dealers and smackheads. Scum of the earth. I can feel a tiny, tiny bit of sympathy for some users but the wankers who sell that shit should be locked away for life and never see the light of day ever again.

NIMRODIt works too.

That looks good thanks, but my gripe was meant to be more about the effects these scum cause to families, especially children.

It sounds like your having some problems with one of these Death Dealing Knobjockey's. Best to just phone the old bill, i'm sure they'd love any information that would lead to some little shit doing time.

Unfortunately it's a bit more complicated than that, very long story. Bit cryptic sorry but involves family, or the out-laws to be exact. Two (now possibly three) got hooked and I've seen first hand how it destroys lots of people's lives.

[whitevanman]

One of my best mates of 18 years...always dabbled in blow, beer etc to excess on occasion....we used to look after him, sort all his problems out etc....got his life sorted again and met a new woman... first 6 months were great, he was brand new.... 12 months later he was became lost to us for good as he wanted to burn our house down kill the animals etc, etc...Why?? the fucking bitch had him on more drugs than can be imagined and destroyed him before leaving him in his own dirt..... but sadly the friendship was destroyed beyond repair.

[FredTransit]

Strangely I find the best thing to do with drugs is NOT to take them if they are offered. Controversial I know, but it works for me. Coincidentally I am not addicted to anything, apart from perhaps Transits...

[Guest]

Done this before, but I'm going to expand on it because it truly gets my goat.

 

People who take far too much effort and risk to get to their unimportant little job so they can go around going "Well, I got in" and tutting people who value their car and/or life over work whilst moaning about the country "grinding to a halt" for no reason, because if they can get in, everyone else should too. The conclusion being that people who should by all means stay at home end up going out and causing mayhem for the few people who need to be out. The police/ambulance service/recovery trucks have enough on without having to sort out the aftermath of a crash involving vehicles which should have been tucked up in someone's driveway.

 

This leads me to the problem that people are somewhat forced to turn up due to workplaces being controlled by the attitudes of these morons. Though in theory you shouldn't get in trouble, your life will be made difficult by people who who have the "Well they're just being lazy and using it as an excuse for a skive tsk tsk", even if you take it out of your own time or as unpaid leave. After the inevitable one-sided moaning behind your back, colleagues and managers will feel compelled to make your life a misery when you return, so suddenly your work is under intense scrutiny and you start to get in bother more often. So even if you know there's strong risk involved, you have to make up some cock-and-bull story to make things sound a hell of a lot worse than they are, just to limit the damage somewhat.

 

Tell you what I'd like to do - I'd like to relocate the workplace of all these bleaters to the top of a mountain, with access via a single lane cliffside track with all kinds of camber and gradients, no barrier, just a 500ft drop to oblivion. Then they can get up at 5am like they always do, eat their All-Bran whilst watching a bit of "The One Show" (they recorded it so they didn't have to miss it; they go to bed before it comes on), jump in their 57-reg Fiesta from Carcraft and go "Well, I'm going to make it in at 7am like I always do, because I'm the best worker ever, hence why I've been in this £6.50/hr job for 20 years" and set off, ultimately to be sent hurtling towards certain death. The long drop is important - they need to have time to process just how stupid they are, so they can drop like a stone whilst feeling like a complete berk.

 

I wonder what would happen in the following scenario: Say I phoned in and started making my excuses and a colleague did their usual "Well, I managed to get in pfft implied trouble for you later tsk tsk" routine, so I said "OK then, I'll come in", then crashed and died due to dangerous road conditions. Would they hold their hands up and take responsiblity for coercing me to an early grave, or would they quietly wash their hands of the whole matter?

[dollywobbler]

Oh dear. I'm one of those who usually will battle in to the office, though that's because I like a driving challenge, not because I'm trying to get one up on colleagues. Work from home when there's snow on the ground? Not likely! (though oddly this winter, it's more often been the case that it's been a struggle to get home rather than a struggle to get to work!).

[retrogeezer]

People who take far too much effort and risk to get to their unimportant little job so they can go around going "Well, I got in" and tutting people who value their car and/or life over work whilst moaning about the country "grinding to a halt" for no reason, because if they can get in, everyone else should too

Usually the same people that go to work with a stinking cold 'coz they are such a hero' and then pass it on to every one else in the office.They don't for one minute think that the same bug can have a different effect on someone else and then you get 'well I came in to work when I had it' Well bully for you, you fookin twat.

[55bloke]

People who take far too much effort and risk to get to their unimportant little job so they can go around going "Well, I got in" and tutting people who value their car and/or life over work whilst moaning about the country "grinding to a halt" for no reason, because if they can get in, everyone else should too

Usually the same people that go to work with a stinking cold 'coz they are such a hero' and then pass it on to every one else in the office.They don't for one minute think that the same bug can have a different effect on someone else and then you get 'well I came in to work when I had it' Well bully for you, you fookin twat.

Oh yes, so true. The pressure to attend work, no matter how ill you are, or what the risk involved in travelling, is VERY high. In my case, if you're sick more than 3 times in a given period (I forget what it is) it automatically "triggers" an attendance review, which is NOT a disciplinary (yeah, right!) My other half lost her voice for 3 months last year so, as she's a receptionist, she wasn't able to do her job, so the company had to hire a temp. On her return, she was told that if it happened again, the company didn't have the budget to hire another temp, and so she "wouldn't be very popular." Oh, right, ok then, I'll make sure it never happens again!!! How the **** is that supposed to be helpful? She has no control over if or when it may happen again, and telling her how unpopular she'll be if it does isn't going to change that! What planet do these people live on?

[Mr Lobster]

I'll generally try to get to work although the fact that I'm using the companies wheels does have an effect on this. That said there were two days last week when I didn't. First day I got stuck in traffic, turned round and came home. Second day I just didn't bother so took it as a days holiday.It's a question of risk as far as I'm concerned. Theres no point trying to be a hero and spending all day stuck in snow induced traffic or having an accident because of it. Last week most of the people who work for me were late but virtually all got in. I've no problem at all if someone genuinely can't get in, I suppose there is a fine line between what is reasonable and what isn't. If its going to take me four hours to get to work then I ain't doing it. I have a friend who has a fairly lengthy commute to work through some fairly rural areas. Spoke to him last week and he's telling me how he 'has' to get there because it sets an example to his staff. If he can get in then they have no excuse sorta thing

[Cavcraft]

People who take far too much effort and risk to get to their unimportant little job so they can go around going "Well, I got in" and tutting people who value their car and/or life over work whilst moaning about the country "grinding to a halt" for no reason, because if they can get in, everyone else should too

Usually the same people that go to work with a stinking cold 'coz they are such a hero' and then pass it on to every one else in the office.They don't for one minute think that the same bug can have a different effect on someone else and then you get 'well I came in to work when I had it' Well bully for you, you fookin twat.

Oh yes, so true. The pressure to attend work, no matter how ill you are, or what the risk involved in travelling, is VERY high. In my case, if you're sick more than 3 times in a given period (I forget what it is) it automatically "triggers" an attendance review, which is NOT a disciplinary (yeah, right!) My other half lost her voice for 3 months last year so, as she's a receptionist, she wasn't able to do her job, so the company had to hire a temp. On her return, she was told that if it happened again, the company didn't have the budget to hire another temp, and so she "wouldn't be very popular." Oh, right, ok then, I'll make sure it never happens again!!! How the **** is that supposed to be helpful? She has no control over if or when it may happen again, and telling her how unpopular she'll be if it does isn't going to change that! What planet do these people live on?

Sadly this extends to the NHS too. So, laughably, you could be ill with some sort of contagious thing and then have to come to work to avoid a disciplinary. Idea then to pass on said contagious things to other staff and patients Oh, and just to help matters the amount of 'permitted' sickness days has been reduced form a certain amount in 6 months to a certain amount in 3 months.

[Guest]

Wobblydollar, If you weigh up the risks and are confident it won't be a problem in your case, that's fair enough. There's obviously no point staying off if it won't be a problem for you to get in. I just get annoyed when people are pressganged into turning up when they really shouldn't have to. Everyone is in different situations - we live in different places, have different ways of getting to work and it might end up being a problem sometimes. Two people might live around the corner from each other and one can get in easily, the other can't, that's just the way it is. I nearly flattened one of my colleagues sometime last year over a few days I took off due to bad weather (out of my annual leave!), conversation went a bit like this:

 

"You shouldn't have any problem getting to work, you're in Wakefield"

"You'd be surprised - Wakefield isn't the problem really, it's getting off my estate, they don't grit it and there's no through traffic so it's just sheet ice across most of it when it freezes over"

"Well you've only got to get to a main road"

"That's easier said than done - I'm a few streets away from there and it can be very dicey. If it freezes over in the evening I can have a real problem getting back home"

"But I got to work with no problems, you should have got in"

"Good for you, do you live on my estate?

"No"

"Where do you live?"

"(Main road, some other town)"

"FLAN* off then, you FUDGE-TIN* CLOG*"

*Script amended slightly

 

Also people who turn up to work sick can sod right off, though the sickness regime here is ridiculous. I'm on my last sickness before I essentially start being in trouble - my crime? Three separate instances of sickness in a two year window. The fact that this amounts to four days off total doesn't come into it, I just can't be sick anymore. Brill!

[AnthonyG]

There was a guy who spent 4 hours going 12 miles in South London, interviewed by Metro apparently (probably one of their fucking moronic interns) 'who did not want to give his name' ! 'He finally got into the office at 12 o' clock after leaving home at 8am'.Why effing bother unless you are a heart surgeon or someting? I have a strong suspicion he did for the moaning rights as Hirst says - although getting in the national press (if a tacked together freesheet/shite such as Metro counts) and not giving your name for all that 'standing on a platform waiting for a cancelled train' hard work seems a bit of a waste!

[AnthonyG]

There was a guy who spent 4 hours going 12 miles in South London, interviewed by Metro apparently (probably one of their fucking moronic interns) 'who did not want to give his name' ! 'He finally got into the office at 12 o' clock after leaving home at 8am'.Why effing bother unless you are a heart surgeon or someting? I have a strong suspicion he did it for the moaning rights as Hirst says - although getting in the national press (if a tacked together freesheet/shite such as Metro counts) and not giving your name for all that 'standing on a platform waiting for a cancelled train' hard work seems a bit of a waste!

[M'coli]

There was a guy who spent 4 hours going 12 miles in South London, interviewed by Metro apparently (probably one of their fucking moronic interns) 'who did not want to give his name' ! 'He finally got into the office at 12 o' clock after leaving home at 8am'.

Coulda walked that in 3 hours!

[messerschmitt owner]

people that spend a page posting on a forum moaning about people who CAN drive getting to work when they can't! chill!

[FredTransit]

Ill? Snow? Still going to work? It's called being self employed, or being in charge of your own small firm. No work, no money. End of.

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