The grumpy thread

[Bren]

Looking at how people are conducting themselves on black friday - up through the night to get their hands on goods.People getting arrested and stores being closed by the police.

 

Sometimes I'm ashamed to be human.

[panhard65]

(not trying to sound like a shit) there's no way the police are going to do anything at all with this. I've spoken to literally hundreds of people this has happened to. Even if you have the correct details (in West Yorkshire) you need to go into the station to fill out a report within 24 hours then the suspect will get a phone call. They get a telling off then told to contact their insurance and it goes no further as there's nothing to be gained.

 

If you've got the incorrect details they're sod all anyone can do. If they had the time they can check the computer for all cars with a part reg, but it takes ages and won't be done as again there's noting to gain.

 

I know it's not right but all of this investigation* type stuff is what you pay the insurance for. They should be doing this. If they find anything fraudulent then they are supposed to contact the police internally.

How times have changed a few years ago the police would be very interested in a hit and run if reported when it happened. Usually there is a reason the guilty party buggers off and 9 times out of 10 they are pissed. I am sure that if there are any decent coppers left they would be greatful for the information.

[burraston2006]

Looking at how people are conducting themselves on black friday - up through the night to get their hands on goods.People getting arrested and stores being closed by the police.

 

Sometimes I'm ashamed to be human.

 

 

Used to work for one of the major multiples- bASDArds and we had punch ups in the store last year. Could not believe how desperate the people were to got hold of the stuff. At the end of the day it's only the shit the company couldn't shift through the rest of the year!

[garbaldy]

I cant be arsed standing in a que on a normal shopping day never mind queing up all night just to save a few quid,

If we are not carefull the uk will turn into an american clone.

[dugong]

I put this to a colleague who answered "Why would that be a problem?"

RAGE

[Chas4545]

Filled up the other day at a large well known supermarket chain and watched £££s register with no pump running, no pump noise and suddenly clunk, the pump starts and I end up with more "fuel" in the tank than it can take according to the bill. 50 litres in a 45 litre tank including pipe. Went in to payplace to mention issue and wifey had paid. Doh!

Called       The Ever So Common Open    all day shop head office and "they will investigate."

Just had a call back from the  manager of the station to say they have tested pump and it gives slightly more than it should. I asked them which pump they tested and they just had no answer and sounded "caught out".

Anyone else had this?? They reckon its the fume recovery system. I reckon  its horse shite.

But lifes too short I guess.

[beko1987]

I had this once at our local BP, put £20 in the puma, the needle hardly moved. I didn't go and query it though, as I once witnessed a drive-off, where the shop attendant ran out, grabbed a fire extinguisher and launched it at the boot of the car, where it put a massive dent in the tailgate as the offender drove off... they are famed locally for being class pricks so left it

 

I just NEVER use it for anything other than the air machine (as it's not in a stupid fucking place like the Esso up the road) and the cash point which you can almost stay in the car and use now.

[EssDeeWon]

Filled up the other day at a large well known supermarket chain and watched £££s register with no pump running, no pump noise and suddenly clunk, the pump starts and I end up with more "fuel" in the tank than it can take according to the bill. 50 litres in a 45 litre tank including pipe. Went in to payplace to mention issue and wifey had paid. Doh!

Called       The Ever So Common Open    all day shop head office and "they will investigate."

Just had a call back from the  manager of the station to say they have tested pump and it gives slightly more than it should. I asked them which pump they tested and they just had no answer and sounded "caught out".

Anyone else had this?? They reckon its the fume recovery system. I reckon  its horse shite.

But lifes too short I guess.

 

Thats interesting, my old boss used to work for Murco Petroleum and told me about buying supermarket petrol. Now I cannot remember exactly what he was saying but pumps can be adjusted in such a way that you can get less actual fuel for your £, and they are allowed to do this because of fume recovery system? Apparently supermarkets do this, but the main brands like Esso, BP and Shell do not.

 

He swore that if you spent £20 and Tesco and £20 at Shell you would have slightly more petrol in the tank from Shell than at Tesco   Despite spending exactly the same amount at both stations.

[Richard]

Supermarkets in 'thieving bastards' shock.

[saucedoctor]

Looking at how people are conducting themselves on black friday - up through the night to get their hands on goods.People getting arrested and stores being closed by the police.

 

Sometimes I'm ashamed to be human.

 

The thing is, those Polaroid LCD TVs that the folks on telly were fighting over, are utter shit.

[TimothyClaypole]

I need to renew my driving licence

 

I need my passport to do this online, fuck knows where that is, and the photo was taken when I was 15, and dvla will use that

 

Or I can go to my local* (12 miles away) post office to do the electronic photo thing for £18, but I have no holiday left so will have to blag an unpaid afternoon off work

 

Or... Get someone to take a photo of me against a white wall in the office, resize it to passport sze, laser it out and stick it to the d28573932 form, get my step dad to write me a cheque for £17 and post the lot off and hope for the best...

 

May have a look for the passport tomorrow just in case there's an 'upload jpg' option somewhere...

 

Ffs, why could I not have more notice? Its not like its said Expires: 04/01/2015 since I got it on 03.03.2010...

 

Wonder if my points I got on 05.2010 will be removed on the new counterpart...

Didn't do mine for maybe 2 years.  Even had the Police check my details when I was at a storage place and they'd had a call about the alarm so were looking around.

 

Ended up doing it online using my passport details, the photo's that small and printed over you can't tell who or how old you are anyway.  

[EssDeeWon]

Well I say the plate is a fake - two witnesses told me the number and they were identical, apart one thought the last three letters were GMV, and the other said GMY - easy enough mistake to make at night but bloody similar. Neither plates exist according to Allianz insurance.

 

No shop down my road but unless the Mum has another car on standby she will need to get around here sooner rather than later I would have thought. Even if the damage is fixed, it's still a fake plate. Be a shame if a patrol car just happened to be passing when she next visits.....

 

Parky, have you managed to enter the 'supposed' registration into any of the sites mentioned on the previous page?

[jakebullet]

Ma has a blue badge on account of being registered blind. Noticed yesterday that it expires next week. Fucksocks. So went to the council place yesterday expecting the usual are you still blind then? sign here to renew.

 

But no, we have a professionally unhelpful woman. You need an appointment. And Ha Ha, your fucked 'cos it will take 6 to 8 weeks to process! Fine, give me an appointment. Phone this number... ok, we have an appointment for today, in a totally different building. Before leaving I ask miss helpful what do we need to bring. Answer: BD8 form, something recent to prove you live here.

 

Fast forwards to today. Goes to other building, waits, and it's only miss helpful from yesterday doing it. This is going to be fun then.

 

National insurance number? You forgot to mention that.

Proof of address... here you go, recent bills. Oh we can't take bills, need a photo driving license. I'll ask the DVLA if they give licenses out to blind people then shall I?

Current badge number? In the car park over there in the car window. Got a pair of binoculars? No? well wait while I go fetch it then.

 

ETC ETC. Merry crapmass to you too love.

[Pillock]

The thing is, those Polaroid LCD TVs that the folks on telly were fighting over, are utter shit.

 

Hahaha I mentioned this to a mate who was ranting about all the fighting - they've been bagging themselves £140 LED TVs, which will be a damn sight worse quality than a 5 year old first-gen Samsung TV, no support from universal remotes, no spares backup when the remote fails to proceed in 12.1 months time.... Tesco were also knocking out Blaupunkts which I believe come from the same factory. Generic shite with a once-famous brand on it. Full HD is Full HD whether it's new or 5 years old.

 

We used to sell Polaroid, some unofficial figures showed we repaired 110% of all the ones we sold. That brand lasted 6 months with us which is pretty much the minimum for the buyers to get them out of the range again. 

 

The best picture I saw was an LG TV, brand new with the POS stickers still stuck to the side of the screen, with an utterly smashed screen - apparently done in store in the struggles. So you got your £200 TV home, can't watch it, no cover for damage - aren't you a winner!

[Cavcraft]

Just been watching that Black Friday nonsense on the local news.

All I saw what what I expected to see: a load of greedy fucking morons fighting over things they don't need. It's a shame more of them didn't get hurt, stupid fucking twats.

[cort16]

Well worth the 50 quid of a shite telly. Nobbers

[inconsistant]

The thing is, those Polaroid LCD TVs that the folks on telly were fighting over, are utter shit.

I'd imagine the delay on a Polaroid TV would make them pretty much unwatchable. Maybe the shopping plebs weren't fighting over them, they were shaking them to try to get a picture to appear.

[beko1987]

I looked on eBay for polaroid TV, and saw several nib ones identical to the boxes shown in the apparently stages photos of carnage. I also saw shit loads of PCBs and circuit boards...

 

I'll stick to my 7 year old 720i Foehn & Hirsch (with a samsung panel my PC says when its hooked up with HDMI) Ebuyer special telly thanks. When Eva smashes it, then I'll get a new one!

[Bren]

Why has'nt black friday extended to machine mart?

 

I need some new stuff, and fancy twatting somebody to get it.

[AnthonyG]

The thing is, those Polaroid LCD TVs that the folks on telly were fighting over, are utter shit.

Couldn't agree more. Why the fuck would anyone want a TV 'made' by a bankrupt camera company? Would anyone with a brain want a Kodak dishwasher?

 

It is evidence of the sort of mouth breathers who turn up to this sort of thing though. Didn't someone get shot on the opening day of an IKEA in Croydon? That is SO South London (sorry RobT)

[fordperv]

Couldn't agree more. Why the fuck would anyone want a TV 'made' by a bankrupt camera company? 

 

i thought something like that would be the autoshite dream bought to life, it could only be topped by buying it from the fresh re opened rumbelows with free home delivery in this

 

 

now that i would assault some mouth breathers for

[Parky]

(not trying to sound like a shit) there's no way the police are going to do anything at all with this. I've spoken to literally hundreds of people this has happened to. Even if you have the correct details (in West Yorkshire) you need to go into the station to fill out a report within 24 hours then the suspect will get a phone call. They get a telling off then told to contact their insurance and it goes no further as there's nothing to be gained.

If you've got the incorrect details they're sod all anyone can do. If they had the time they can check the computer for all cars with a part reg, but it takes ages and won't be done as again there's noting to gain.

I know it's not right but all of this investigation* type stuff is what you pay the insurance for. They should be doing this. If they find anything fraudulent then they are supposed to contact the police internally.

I do have one ace up my sleeve - two family members are members of Her Majesty's Police force - one is very senior in scenes of crimes.

 

Have already been told traces of black paint on my car could identify the maker and even model year so that helps

 

But ultimately I am psychotic when it comes to cars so the poor sod who hit me has no chance. I WILL get them.

[Parky]

Parky, have you managed to enter the 'supposed' registration into any of the sites mentioned on the previous page?

Yup, no joy with either permutation sadly. Tried a few other potential permutations, trying w instead of v, that sort of stuff. Not a sausage.

 

I know it's a Maidstone reg though, so all I need now is a list of all people carriers registered in Maidstone during 2013 so i can go and smash them all up!

[AlabamaShrimp]

I do have one ace up my sleeve - two family members are members of Her Majesty's Police force - one is very senior in scenes of crimes.

 

Have already been told traces of black paint on my car could identify the maker and even model year so that helps

 

But ultimately I am psychotic when it comes to cars so the poor sod who hit me has no chance. I WILL get them.

Sadly so was I and know what it's like when things like this happen and they aren't resolved.

 

I'm sure your relative is right about CSI checking the paint but they won't as it's a fail to stop not a murder. You know they can't get involved either without following procedure or its disciplines all round.

 

As I said originally I'm not trying to be a shit and I'm sure you will get it sorted in the end

[Parky]

^^^ totally agree shrimps, they can't "officially" get involved but if they have a quiet ten minutes they can "have a quick butchers". It won't be prioritised and I wouldn't expect it to be so it might be a few weeks.....but like i say it's a useful potential source of info. Not relying on it though, and ultimately I won't need to on account of being pretty bloody sure of who it was.

[Cavcraft]

[inconsistant]

Didn't someone get shot on the opening day of an IKEA in Croydon? That is SO South London (sorry RobT)

 

The Croydon Ikea opened in early 90's, don't think that sort of thing happened back then. Are you thinking of this a few years ago, where several shoppers suffered heat exhaustion and a serious lack of queue camaraderie:

 

"Five people are in hospital today after hundreds were crushed as the opening of England's biggest Ikea store turned into a riot.

Up to 7,000 flocked to the Edmonton store lured by adverts promising huge discounts, including £45 sofas and £30 bed frames, to those who bought before 3am. When the main doors opened 40 security guards were overwhelmed and crowds pushed through, leaving people pinned to the wall or trampled on the ground.

 

Ben Adetimle, 31, from Leytonstone, added: "I bought a sofa but when I turned my back someone stole it. I'm not upset. It's just furniture, not worth dying over." As medics helped the injured, customers carried on shopping. A woman with pot plants said: "I've come from Birmingham for this." (Evening Standard 10 February 2005)

[Parky]

Just found a note on my windscreen! What's this I thought, an apology? Another note from a neighbour with information?

 

Nope - fucking parking ticket!

 

A R S E B I S C U I T S

[saucedoctor]

Thought I'd discovered a Van Halen album that I'd never heard of.

 

It turns out that "Astral Weeks" is by well-known Belfast fuckwit Van MORRISON.

[UmBongo]

Thought I'd discovered a Van Halen album that I'd never heard of.

 

It turns out that "Astral Weeks" is by well-known Belfast fuckwit Van MORRISON.

 

Fucking lolz at description of 'Transit' Van Morrison