The grumpy thread

[cort16]

I'm trying to buy an apple mac so I can learn how to do apps and stuff and not feel like my IT skills are fading (like my youth) quickly  out of relevance. By fuck they're expensive. I'm looking at 2nd had i5 processor imacs that are near on 700 quid!

I don't think there's much point in getting a lesser spec than that as if I'm using it for writing apps/making da millionz if it's slow I'll just get pissed of with it. The thing is the fuckers are welded shut too so all you can do is add more memory. If the screen fluffs then the whole thing is a 700 quid paper weight. Also the operating system is shite I can't stand it.

 

At the apple temple..I mean shop it's 1049 quid for a decent new one. 1049 quid. As comparison I bought a new i5 PC with 16gb of ram, 21 inch monitor and SSD disc for £450. 

[Minimad5]

Work:

 

Pay - Okay

Distance - Perfect

Actual job roll, this goes from okay to slightly ridiculous, depending on a schedule that someone in an office makes up (and have no idea how long it takes to change over a machine, run it up and make all the running adjustments.)

 

So why 'Grump' ..... We get one complete weekend off a month, and night shifts are pushed onto us at times.

We get no sort of formal or full training, just dumped on a brand new piece of kit with " You're an Engineer, you shouldn't need training"

Every electrical job seems to be passed onto me, even though i'm not qualified in that area, yet because i graft and some how fix it / them, it's deemed okay.

Every time i / we ask for further training (Electrics, Fork-Lift licence, HNC in current Quals) , we just get fucked off.

 

When manager is off, everyone (even older Engineers) seem to come to me for answers and advice.

 

I think i'm slowly starting to dislike my job.

That is all.

[Cheggers]

Today I had a haircut,. Not usually enough to make me grumpy, but when the pretty young hairdresser asks if you'd like your eyebrows and ears trimmed, you know you're starting to get old

[Cheggers]

And (sorry Boll), the earliest we can have Dad cremated is February 4th.. Nearly a chuffing month away!

 

 

I guess there's no chance of a cancellation

[inconsistant]

Do you know George Street?

Those bloody trams weren't 'arf coming close to my lorry.

 

Yep, I don't envy you. Were you delivering to the mini troubled supermarket opposite the Whateverspoons pub? There's a Wimpy there too ftw. Must pop in there for a Bender In A Bun With Cheese at some point. I bet they're excellent.

[michael1703]

Insurance renewal, 28th jan isn't a great time and it will get nearer to Christmas every year as I lose a day per policy.

 

Not many insurers cover what I do so lots of phone calls trying to get a quote

[DS20]

The A15, between Lincoln and Sleaford - Y U SO SLOW?  

[chaseracer]

Not many insurers cover what I do so lots of phone calls trying to get a quote

 

It's the risk of crumbs... 

[MrDuke]

In the interests of balance, here's a trivial ALLMODERNZRSH1T!! rant:

 

Last weekend, while parked up outside Sister's house, the malignant Fiesta decided to chop a coil out of its own front spring. Because said springs are about 5 inches narrower at the ends, I couldn't bodge it by re-seating the broken end for the drive home, so I duly visited ECP on Monday for a new pair. A family friend kindly lent me trolley jack & axle stands, sockets, spring compressors etc etc and I figured I'd have them swapped in a couple of hours. Oh, the hilarity.

After breaking the plastic scuttle cover to get at the strut top and spending half an hour wrestling with a seized ARB droplink bolt, I realised that not only were the top bearings and bushes on the shock utterly shagged, but the top nut was rust-welded on. I duly took the shock to the local back-street garage, where the mechanic eventually managed to get the nut off after quarter of an hour, with smoke billowing from his windy gun. Back at the car, I discovered that the bottom bolt on the other shock was similarly reluctant to come out. It took me around 20 seconds to round the head off with a 15mm hex socket - I then hammered a 9/16 spanner over it, and within another 20 seconds had rounded it off again (the cheap, chinese spanner was barely scratched). So that side can wait until the spring breaks.

 

This is a 9-year-old German-built car with less than 100k on the clock, FFS. And we're talking about 'consumable' parts which are expected to need replacing during the car's lifespan. I appreciate that the bean-counters are kings of the industry at present, but I've actually seen better quality fixings on 30-year-old Eastern Bloc chod.

[andy18s]

Recently helped my new father in law to change a bust front spring on a Ford C-MAX

You actually have to take the windscreen wipers off to get the job done......ffs

[jakebullet]

Local paper has a twat in it moaning. Said twat has won the works raffle, top prize a scooter. Due to being a flid he can't ride a scooter so when he went to collect scooter from scooters R us said I'd rather have the cash. They offered him £800. Twat gets his mug in the paper that he's being mega conned 'cos it's worth £1500 innit.

 

FFS! £800 cash for doing nowt sounds oh so terrible. If it was my raffle I'd be saying pink 69? Nah, I meant red 11. You've won nowt Gordon.

[Richard]

Local paper has a twat in it moaning. Said twat has won the works raffle, top prize a scooter. Due to being a flid he can't ride a scooter so when he went to collect scooter from scooters R us said I'd rather have the cash. They offered him £800. Twat gets his mug in the paper that he's being mega conned 'cos it's worth £1500 innit.

 

FFS! £800 cash for doing nowt sounds oh so terrible. If it was my raffle I'd be saying pink 69? Nah, I meant red 11. You've won nowt Gordon.

 

Send the story to http://apiln.blogspot.co.uk/

[Sigmund Fraud]

This is a 9-year-old German-built car with less than 100k on the clock, FFS. And we're talking about 'consumable' parts which are expected to need replacing during the car's lifespan. I appreciate that the bean-counters are kings of the industry at present, but I've actually seen better quality fixings on 30-year-old Eastern Bloc chod.

 

Absolutely true ! Anyone who thinks that BL used shite fasteners should try working on a modern VAG !

[twosmoke300]

Try the rear suspension bolts on a mk1 focus. Every single one , and there is loads , will be seized solid in the bush tube. Junk.

 

On the subject of front springs , loads of cars need the wipers and scuttle panel removing to do the front struts. In fact i did one on a 307 about 2 hours ago.

[cms206]

0454 sign on at work tomorrow. In Kilwinning. 3am rise, open the depot, get bus organised, leave at 4am to get to start point in time. Finish at 8.45 even further from the garage. Awesome.

 

Whats that? I'm on a split shift? ARSES.

[cobblers]

Sat in the attic listening to slates being blown off the roof. Fuckin ell.

[steve_earwig]

Erk! That's scarey. Bugger all you can do about it now, and ffs don't go outside, they'll be falling somewhere.

[Bren]

The fuel sender on my SD1 is fooked after all.

 

I could make it work when not fitted to the tank, however once fitted it died. I opened up the box and discovered that the pivot is attached to a little arm which moves over a track of wires wrapped around a piece of plastic.

 

There was a groove worn in them and several strands had broken. At least I now know why it does'nt work.

[Parky]

The local cool kids thought the tarty girls they were with would be impressed if they lifted the drain covers off the street, turned them sideways, and dumped them in the drains. Twats.

 

Been out there tonight knackering up my back putting old paving slabs over the holes so some poor old dear / cyclist / owner of low profile tyres doesn't have a really bad start to their weekend.

 

Neighbours CCTV caught them nice and clearly so one copy of that recording shall be on their headmasters desk next week, and as I know who they are and where they live I am tempted to take a copy to their parents.....

 

Might even tell the council so they know where to send the bill for the replacements

[Noel Tidybeard]

Work:

 

Pay - Okay

Distance - Perfect

Actual job roll, this goes from okay to slightly ridiculous, depending on a schedule that someone in an office makes up (and have no idea how long it takes to change over a machine, run it up and make all the running adjustments.)

 

So why 'Grump' ..... We get one complete weekend off a month, and night shifts are pushed onto us at times.

We get no sort of formal or full training, just dumped on a brand new piece of kit with " You're an Engineer, you shouldn't need training"

Every electrical job seems to be passed onto me, even though i'm not qualified in that area, yet because i graft and some how fix it / them, it's deemed okay.

Every time i / we ask for further training (Electrics, Fork-Lift licence, HNC in current Quals) , we just get fucked off.

 

When manager is off, everyone (even older Engineers) seem to come to me for answers and advice.

 

I think i'm slowly starting to dislike my job.

That is all.

tis a legal requirement i'm afraid they gotta give it you

 

General duties 2 General duties of employers to their employees.

(1)It shall be the duty of every employer to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of all his employees.

(2)Without prejudice to the generality of an employer’s duty under the preceding subsection, the matters to which that duty extends include in particularâ€â€

(a)the provision and maintenance of plant and systems of work that are, so far as is reasonably practicable, safe and without risks to health;

(b)arrangements for ensuring, so far as is reasonably practicable, safety and absence of risks to health in connection with the use, handling, storage and transport of articles and substances;

©the provision of such information, instruction, training and supervision as is necessary to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety at work of his employees;

(d)so far as is reasonably practicable as regards any place of work under the employer’s control, the maintenance of it in a condition that is safe and without risks to health and the provision and maintenance of means of access to and egress from it that are safe and without such risks;

(e)the provision and maintenance of a working environment for his employees that is, so far as is reasonably practicable, safe, without risks to health, and adequate as regards facilities and arrangements for their welfare at work.

(3)Except in such cases as may be prescribed, it shall be the duty of every employer to prepare and as often as may be appropriate revise a written statement of his general policy with respect to the health and safety at work of his employees and the organisation and arrangements for the time being in force for carrying out that policy, and to bring the statement and any revision of it to the notice of all of his employees.

(4)Regulations made by the Secretary of State may provide for the appointment in prescribed cases by recognised trade unions (within the meaning of the regulations) of safety representatives from amongst the employees, and those representatives shall represent the employees in consultations with the employers under subsection (6) below and shall have such other functions as may be prescribed.

[Minimad5]

Jesus, wasn't expecting such an in-depth reply, thanks Frank.
How do you work that, to ensure you A) Don't get told to FRO !
and  B ) Look like i know what i'm talking about

[cms206]

0454 sign on at work tomorrow. In Kilwinning. 3am rise, open the depot, get bus organised, leave at 4am to get to start point in time. Finish at 8.45 even further from the garage. Awesome.

 

Whats that? I'm on a split shift? ARSES.

Lost the skylights on the bus at 4.30am... in the depot at 5.30am...

 

 

Oh yeah. The parts are NLA from the manufacturer, the conversion kit is special order, costs a fortune and is a cunt to fit? Excellent.

 

Now been waiting on a relief driver at Ardrossan for an hour 'cos I had to steal his bus to finish the first part of my shift. He's bringing me a Sherpa down so I can drive an hour up the coast to the other depot to get their spare bus 'cos all of mine are fucked. Then tonight at midnight I need to drive an hour and a half up the coast from Ayr to the other depot to take their bus back, collect the Sherpa and then drive an hour back to my depot. All in storm force winds.

 

YEAH MATE HAVING A GREAT DAY TA

[cort16]

Booked a man in a van to help me humph new fence panels and posts back from b&q to fix the damage done when next doors trampoline blew through the fence. Got to b&q and found the garden bit shut because of high winds. Gaaaa

[AlabamaShrimp]

As the above story about fiesta springs. My ST it 9 year old and has had other front springs done too. They both just fired themselves out of the cups within about 6 months of each other ruining the tyres.

 

The replacements aren't genuine Ford and so far have been OK. Can't remember how long ago they broke

[Chas4545]

Locking wheelnut seized, resulting in knackered key, and visit to several places until one could undo it using large hammer and fancy gizmo.  Well done  fast fit Norwich.

Admitted  defeat with Mcgard original set as years of airgun abuse had rendered then knackered.

Ordered new set of *** locking wheelnuts, put the first one on and the security collar fell off...

[chaseracer]

The local cool kids thought the tarty girls they were with would be impressed if they lifted the drain covers off the street, turned them sideways, and dumped them in the drains. Twats.

 

Been out there tonight knackering up my back putting old paving slabs over the holes so some poor old dear / cyclist / owner of low profile tyres doesn't have a really bad start to their weekend.

 

Neighbours CCTV caught them nice and clearly so one copy of that recording shall be on their headmasters desk next week, and as I know who they are and where they live I am tempted to take a copy to their parents.....

 

Might even tell the council so they know where to send the bill for the replacements

 

Do this.  Otherwise we all end up paying.  And there are far more deserving beneficiaries of the Collective Principle...

[michael1703]

Took the jag sovereign to the polish car wash,it looked pretty smart washed,went to work,came out in the dark and as I drove away I noticed my headlight on the N/S was stupidly bright and illuminating the verge,got out to find there is no headlamp lens,I think they jet washed the bastard off. It was there before they washed it

[jakebullet]

Fuel filter on the disco rotted at the top and was pissing fuel out due to land rovers brilliant* positioning.

So as I was driving past wilko motorsave I called in and they had one on the shelf! Win!

 

Fast forwards to today, 3 weeks later. Hmmm, stinks of diesel. Soaking filter. Investigation reveals rubber washer on the drain is mega split & swollen. Cunning plan to use none diesel proof rubber

 

Fortunately I've been too bone idle to empty garage bin, so fixed at no cost.

[tooSavvy]

0454 sign on at work tomorrow. In Kilwinning. 3am rise, open the depot, get bus organised, leave at 4am to get to start point in time. Finish at 8.45 even further from the garage. Awesome.

 

Whats that? I'm on a split shift? ARSES.

 

well... I'm at the dealers at 8am... 40k service... get a loaner/ring office with reg for insurance... off to Castle Douglas/Dumfries/Gateshead.

 

Collect parts en-route, in Carlisle, & get back to Tyneside in time to collect van and drop $hite at TNT Depot to return it to stores... nothing really....

 

 

TS

[xtriple]

My broadband is running at  0.362mb/s!!!!

 

It's so fucking slow I want to scream and scream until I'm sick!