The grumpy thread

[warren t claim]

"Extreme Fisting With Robson Greene"?

LOLTIMATE ROFL.

I'd bet he'd be on the receiving end as well. Open your mouth Robson...I want to see what the time is...

[Arkle]

"Extreme Fisting With Robson Greene"?

LOLTIMATE ROFL.

I'd bet he'd be on the receiving end as well. Open your mouth Robson...I want to see what the time is...

I've only just arrived and already this place makes me laugh more than most others!

[Pillock]

Banks (again)So they can't take my instruction not to give my money to someone I have specifically instructed not to take money from my account?

Yup. If it was a standing order or direct debit, which are the way regular payments are meant to be made, then you can cancel it. But big faceless firms know this, so they ask for a cardnumber instead, hold it on file, and then run a cardholder-not-present transaction on it every month.It's actually quite naughty, DDs were set up to stop this kind of thing happening. As once someone has your cardnumber, expiry and CVV number they could take as much as they wanted, any time they wanted. BUT they must make millions from "Oh, sorry, you're too late to cancel this months payment" etc etc. Good luck with the claim.

[Guest]

As some know, the Laurel is out of action currently because it has "done a Galant" with the water pump. I was off work yesterday so no problem, but today I'm on the bus. The Charmant is stored in the driveway of a nice lady who appreciates a classy bit of Autoshite on her drive (mate's mum - makes her feel a bit safer having a motor there). It's in running order, so I want to get it back, but I don't like to go down there too early or late. So today I'm on the bus a lot as I want to pick it up after I've been to work. Check this for a series of bus tickets!

 

1. Home to Wakefield Bus Station

2. Wakefield Bus Station to Castleford Bus Station

3. Castleford Bus Station to Wakefield Bus Station

4. Wakefield Bus Station to Home

5. Home to Netherton

 

Wouldn't be so bad if buses weren't full of rat-faced bath dodgers.

 

 

"Oof Ken, there's a lot of disaffected youths on this bus"

[Guest]

Senior managers! Need to do an evaluation of jobs to adjust wages up and down accordingly? Worried your pay might go down too? Simply make it so it doesn't apply to you!

Going all the way back to this one for a bit, I was so annoyed by this situation that I fired off a polite Email to the department enquiring into the reasons for the decision not applying to people above a certain scale, as all I hear is "other places did it that way".They read it on the day, but I've not heard anything, been long enough so I've fired off another requesting confirmation of receipt now. Think I'll keep pushing at it and possibly do an FOI request. I can't drop it. It gives me a sense of achievement, something to work for.Obviously this makes me a problem, but that's just me all over.

[CIH]

Go for it Hirst. I saw some odd driving today. Peeps coming the other way crossing a light controlled cross roads. Pass their stop-lines on green but (presumeably) the lights on the far side hit red so they stop, on the far side of the junction, waiting on the lights like it's a pelican or something.I never use to see this but see it a lot the past 12 months or so.

[pogweasel]

Help. I need help at POG_SURVEYS, so I have been putting some feelers out for an assistant to come & work with me. Despite offering what I would consider a decent amount for a not very taxing job, I have had fuck all interest, even from spotty feral youths. I know it's only part-time, but gotta be better than McAsda type work??

[Rusty Pelican]

Help. I need help at POG_SURVEYS, so I have been putting some feelers out for an assistant to come & work with me. Despite offering what I would consider a decent amount for a not very taxing job, I have had fuck all interest, even from spotty feral youths. I know it's only part-time, but gotta be better than McAsda type work??

Try and get a Polish / Lithuanian english speaking bod , I worked with quite a few last year , they REALLY do work hard , cant fault them really

[pogweasel]

Aye, I've got a polski lad I work with alot on the contract stuff I do, he's a top lad but he's too far away for odds & sods days. Must be some about here somewhere. Just don't want to have to advertise with the job centre and have to sift through 100,000 scum applicants.

[Guest]

to sift through 100,000 scum applicants.

Of which 90% of them dont want it but have to be seen to be looking for work.

[pogweasel]

Exactly. Because 'pauline' has told them that they will lose their housing benefit if they don't apply for every job in the local rag.

[Cavcraft]

Srsly, have you tried a local college? There's got to be a chance there's a course that's reasonably similar to what you do, and you usually find with colleges they will recommend the decent kids who are less likely to nick your van and sell it for a bag of crack and ten L&B.

[Pillock]

I saw some odd driving today. Peeps coming the other way crossing a light controlled cross roads. Pass their stop-lines on green but (presumeably) the lights on the far side hit red so they stop, on the far side of the junction, waiting on the lights like it's a pelican or something.I never use to see this but see it a lot the past 12 months or so.

I used to see this loads... mostly at one particular traffic lights (in Norwich, for the locals - at the Magdalen Road/Magdalen Street junction, turning left to go up the hill) where you turn the corner (on green) but the lights for the people coming from your right (which are obviously red) are miles around the corner, so people just think it's a pelican crossing or something and jam the whole thing up.

[pbottomley]

Life is about balance, yesterday I was over the moon at getting an MOT of the Viva HB, how soon it changes... today I attempted to get road tax on the wee beast.So I get all my docs together and notice the nice DVLA has not listed the car as a HISTORIC CAR (and therefore tax free) they have listed it as a PLC. No hassle pop down the local DVLA office (60 miles round trip so not local) and get it changed.So in I walk and join a queue as long as the world. 30 minutes later I reach the "check in" counter.I get all the paperwork looked at, and get told off for filling the BLUE form in BLUE ink, get given another Form and one a black pen and told to fill it in, I also get given a number and dismissed like a school child.It takes me 2 minutes to re fill in the form, but I have to re join the queue to hell and that's takes another 30 minutes.I get to the front of the queue again and hand in the nice BLUE form with the BLACK writing to be told, I didn't need to bring it to this counter, I should go to the official PROCESSING desk not return to the CHECK IN desk. Guess what, another 30 minutes in that Queue for a bloke to look at the form for 2 seconds place a rubber stamp on it, he then motions me to join the CHECK OUT queue. So I wander over and await my number to be called. My number is 233 and I look at the board its already at 245?? No problem be British and say nothing I am sure they are going to call my number in a second to two.I twiddle my thumbs for a few minutes, read the tax application form (this BLUE form) I glance at my ticket it was issued at 13:01 and its now 14:45, and the display board proudly proclaims the average waiting time less than 2 minutes Time drifts on and now I am thinking maybe they have forgoteen me, I wander back over to the last chap I spoke to (Mr PROCESSOR). Who is a little dumbstruck that I haven't be served and wanders off to have a high level conference with the team about how the computer system has issued me a number and its not been called. By now I am starting to heat up a little bit and offer some advice about, "why not just issue me with my tax disc and have this conference later".At this point the door bouncer (yes they have one) comes over and asks me to leave if I am going to get abusive , Having not been rude and having been very patient I was about to tell him to "butt the fuck off"when my number gets called.I make a quick exit to the CHECK OUT counter (saved by the bell) to get my tax disc, and before they would issue it they wanted me to pay for it...."Just what part of tax exempt don't you understand?" resulted in another high level meeting between important looking desk knobs.... "But the computer says its a PLG"....and our 4 foot nothing door bouncer hovering over my shoulder waiting his chance to justify his existence.I realise what has happened the BINT at the CHECK IN counter had done fuck all about my paperwork keyed in the wrong information and made a swift exit to lunch.Finally after 2 hours I get my tax disc (hip fucking horray) and leave. The final insult is the Bouncer is also issuing customer care leaflets out and hands me one! FUCK RIGHT OFF

[Father Ted]

1)Coughs - I haz one, I will haz one for bloody weeks now. Every time I get a cold I get a cough that lingers for weeks.2)People who say they have the flu when clearly they have nothing, or at worst they have a cold. Dont tell me you have the flu when your temp is 36.5 degrees and you are standing upright talking perfectly fine.

[seth]

Gah!I have once been to the local DVLA office to do the same thing with my Oxford. They are hideous places!If you can afford it it is worth going to the psot office and paying for anew disc. This sets the computers whirring at Swansea and you will (eventually) get a replacement V5, tax disc and refund. That's what I did with the Honda PC50 but then the tax was only £15.

[pogweasel]

1)Coughs - I haz one, I will haz one for bloody weeks now. Every time I get a cold I get a cough that lingers for weeks.2)People who say they have the flu when clearly they have nothing, or at worst they have a cold. Dont tell me you have the flu when your temp is 36.5 degrees and you are standing upright talking perfectly fine.

Snap. I've had it for about a month now, No work, no pay so soldier on.

[Pete-M]

There used to be an excellent DVLA local office in Liverpool, but they closed it and now it's a 35 mile hike to Manchester, which is a pisser.I have to give them some credit though, every time I've been I've been in and out of there in under half an hour and they've managed to do whatever it was I needed doing. For some reason, both times they've sent me two new V5C documents afterwards.It's still a nightmare for me as it means driving to Manchester.

[pogweasel]

I would have thought being away from Scouse would be a positive.

[seth]

I would have thought being away from Scouse would be a positive.

Got in before me! I was going to say that was your fault for living in Liverpool!

[Cavcraft]

There used to be an excellent DVLA local office in Liverpool, but they closed it and now it's a 35 mile hike to Manchester, which is a pisser.I have to give them some credit though, every time I've been I've been in and out of there in under half an hour and they've managed to do whatever it was I needed doing. For some reason, both times they've sent me two new V5C documents afterwards.It's still a nightmare for me as it means driving to Manchester.

Won't Chester be nearer Pete?Norroy House,Nuns Rd,Chester.A stone's throw from the race course. Parking is a bit wank and it's slap twat next to the dole office so if you get lost look for some people in slippers with Aldi bags and Special Brew.

[Pete-M]

Pah @ the pair of ya.As for Cavette, Nuns Rd is near enough the same distance, but as you say, parking there is nigh on impossible. At least the Mancs have a car park.

[M'coli]

It's still a nightmare for me as it means driving to Manchester.

Manchester is bloody awful to get out of, I've found. The only time I go to Manc is for music gigs, but still haven't found a way that lets me go east to the M62, rather than west to the M60 (it's been at least 3 years since I last visited though!).

[wuvvum]

Had another eBay plonker today. I bid on a Fiat Punto in the spares section, was the only bidder and "won" it for a ridiculously low price considering it had about £400-'orth of audio equipment in it as well as a shedload of T&T. So I was fully expecting the seller to email me and start trying to make excuses. But he didn't even have the decency to do that. He just filled in a transaction cancellation request, giving as the reason "the buyer purchased the item in error or has changed their mind", with no further explanation from him at all. So I declined his request, which should leave him with the full eBay fees to pay. And I've bought something else this evening, for similar money, which is much better than a Punto - more of that on Saturday when I can get some pics.

[Rusty Pelican]

Local Doola orifice is too far for me , I had the same problem trying to tax the untaxable as its in the wrong tax class bollocks, went to my local post office with all the bumph , Its historic Nope PLG Its pre 73Ah historic , you need to change the taxation class . cant do that here , the DVLA do it Have to post all my documents , MOT ,insurance and the old V5CMeamwhile im driving the thing about , its insured MOTed so WTF . I phoned the local cop shop and explaned the situation , driving with no tax etc , They said it was iligal as its failIer to DISPLAY so i could get nicked even though im not trying to get out of paying , its bloody FREE , drove it about anyway , fuck em all , do me if you want , the systems at fault Not me

[pbottomley]

Gah!If you can afford it it is worth going to the psot office and paying for anew disc. This sets the computers whirring at Swansea and you will (eventually) get a replacement V5, tax disc and refund.

Give money away even for a short period of time is a little fucking against my ethos...The DVLA would only get my Car Tax cash from my cold dead hands

[Pillock]

Had another eBay plonker today. But he didn't even have the decency to do that. He just filled in a transaction cancellation request, giving as the reason "the buyer purchased the item in error or has changed their mind", with no further explanation from him at all.

Wow. Every time I hear about anyone's eBay transactions, it gives me another reason never to go near it at all. What a plonker, I really wish there was some way of forcing him to sell it at that price without all the tedious legal twattery. Like turning up with a beavertail, putting the cash through his letterbox and just loading it up without saying a word.Wonder if he'll relist it in the proper section?

[Claypole]

Bleeding scrapmen. That's the 3rd one this week, good job I'm at home or I'd be missing my replacement BMW 2002 bonnet that's stood in the back garden but just visable from the cab of a transit tipper...Caught one doing the knock and run as well, knock to see if you are in then nick whatever's there if there's no answer as by the time I'd got to the door he was off down the drive ffs.

[Polystratus]

Had another eBay plonker today. But he didn't even have the decency to do that. He just filled in a transaction cancellation request, giving as the reason "the buyer purchased the item in error or has changed their mind", with no further explanation from him at all.

Wow. Every time I hear about anyone's eBay transactions, it gives me another reason never to go near it at all. What a plonker, I really wish there was some way of forcing him to sell it at that price without all the tedious legal twattery. Like turning up with a beavertail, putting the cash through his letterbox and just loading it up without saying a word.Wonder if he'll relist it in the proper section?

Same with best offers, even if you offer a few £10 pounds off, some will always refuse it - it's all down to seller greed. As for cars I don't even bother with the auctions just look at those with a fixed price.

[peter9000uk]

Was at the local Citroen dealer today and well pissed off when I espyed the latest scrappage victim1993 520 BMW estate with one owner and 56k miles from new!4 new bloody tyres as well.I nearly cried in my coffee