The grumpy thread

[Timewaster]

Unless the seller had previous for dodgy tests then they will probably only get a slapped wrist.

[Parky]

My daughter has just been terrified by a large gang of young adults who turned up tonight trick or treating. I mean really boys? Are you that desperate for a fucking Maoam?

 

She shut the door in their faces and I fully expect to find my car egged or worse when I get home.

 

At what age does it go from cute to harassment?

[richardmorris]

OK. Grump this evening was dozy woman in a polo with no lights on at all. This was 6.30pm in heavy fog. I waved and flashed the bike lights at her but she just ignored me.

 

This is me and the bike by the way - just lit up with the camera flash for effect.

[wuvvum]

My daughter has just been terrified by a large gang of young adults who turned up tonight trick or treating. I mean really boys? Are you that desperate for a fucking Maoam?

 

She shut the door in their faces and I fully expect to find my car egged or worse when I get home.

 

At what age does it go from cute to harassment?

Are they not aware it's not Halloween any more?

[richardmorris]

Are they not aware it's not Halloween any more?

Sound more like demanding money with menaces!

[tooSavvy]

Sound more like demanding money with menaces!

... not a moan (no axe grinding) on the Poppy front here.....

 

People in the meejaaa are flounting the Red Devils from mid (July. fffs!>> whenever) and it makes the whole thing out to be like Children in Need!

 

We have 3 (£1 a pop) from the ankle biters school, special assembly and some fund raising thrown in.. more ££.

 

We will wear a Poppy on Sunday, and mebbies the 11th... and bin it!!

 

That was the way it used to be......

 

 

TS

[fordperv]

OK. Grump this evening was dozy woman in a polo with no lights on at all. This was 6.30pm in heavy fog. I waved and flashed the bike lights at her but she just ignored me.

 

This is me and the bike by the way - just lit up with the camera flash for effect.

Well done to you, great visibility aids you've got there, obviously you value being alive, unlike most of the idiots I come across, i cringe when I see almost invisible cyclists riding down the road

[AlabamaShrimp]

... not a moan (no axe grinding) on the Poppy front here.....

 

People in the meejaaa are flounting the Red Devils from mid (July. fffs!>> whenever) and it makes the whole thing out to be like Children in Need!

 

We have 3 (£1 a pop) from the ankle biters school, special assembly and some fund raising thrown in.. more ££.

 

We will wear a Poppy on Sunday, and mebbies the 11th... and bin it!!

 

That was the way it used to be......

 

 

TS

I'm the same really I hate how everyone on the BBC seems to start wearing them weeks in advance weather they support/understand it or not.

 

As always I've given them some money and will go to the war memorial on the day but I won't wear anything but that's just me being strange

[richardmorris]

Well done to you, great visibility aids you've got there, obviously you value being alive, unlike most of the idiots I come across, i cringe when I see almost invisible cyclists riding down the road

 

The thing is, those are the people that never seem to get hit. Anyhow- every little helps I think. The spokey dokeys are from aldi so not expensive.

[mercrocker]

5p bag crisis - Found a way to beat it.  Don't use a trolley, don't use a basket.  Only buy what you can carry round the shop (and home).    OK I went to work with no cornflakes or milk in me today and fuck knows what I will be eating tonight - probably a ten quid Domino's.  BUT THEY DIDNT GET MY FUCKING FIVE PEE....

[myglaren]

I forgot to take a bag the other day when I went to asda so scanned thr shopping straight back into the trolley, and unloaded it into the passenger footwell, and carted it out when I got home. Screw you system... It does annoy me as we used the carrier bags for loads of stuff, lining the bins, packing clothes into in order then putting the packs into boxes into the loft etc. Now we have to buy bin liners on a roll which works out at 7p a bag not 5p, and all our bins are lined with far too big bags...

I have always bought them from Aldi - at 3p they are better and cheaper than dedicated binbags.

I keep finding little hoards of them, tucked away and forgotten.Hardly ever remember to take them into a shop.

[Stanky]

Re 'Bag-gate' - I had to change my home insurance, the 'bag of bags' is now the most valuable single asset I own!

[purplebargeken]

Back to work tomorrow. Fucking whoohoo. Not.

[HH-R]

I had expected the carrier bag thing to be a massive ballache, but touch wood so far I've not been caught short. Only issue is it's always blowing a fugging gale here so anything not heavy or strapped down in your boot goes flying across a car park every time you open the tailgate. GR-49 4 carrier bags.

[scaryoldcortina]

Flipping parking ticket... here's my latest attempt, in reply to their request for a "detailed timetable of events"

 

 

 

 

Dear Sir/Madam

 

Thank you for your reply concerning my appeal, in which you request a detailed timetable of events relating to the loading activity which was occuring at the time I was served the penalty charge.

 

My original appeal letter described the incident to the best of my recollection, so I will quote it again here for you.

 

On 19^th August I visited the shop to collect some speaker cabinets that the owner, George Wilkinson, had asked me to test for him. This is an ongoing arrangement, I do electrical repairs and testing for him on a casual basis. I arrived at around quarter past two – I cannot confirm the exact time, but the PCN records first sight by the CEO at 2.19. I parked my car in the loading bay, with the rear seats folded down ready to accommodate the speakers. This can be seen clearly in the photos submitted by the authority as evidence.

 

As the cabinets were heavy and located at the back of the cellar it took a short while to retrieve them – again I do not know the exact timing because we were working and time was not given any consideration. This is because the presence of the loading bay led us to believe that so long as we were engaged in activities pertaining to the loading of goods my vehicle was legally parked and therefore there was no reason to watch the clock. During this time the door of the shop was propped open.

 

We completed the loading as quickly as possible, but on getting into the car to leave I found the ticket which was timed at 12.24. I checked the time, it was 12.27 according to my phone. The CEO was not in sight. When I returned home I made an informal appeal by email.

 

As the business in question was informal, and it is a small business with no electronic bookkeeping or tills to provide timestamps I am at a loss as to how I can elaborate further. During the time I was in the shop, which was greater than five minutes but unlikely to be longer than ten I was engaged only with the task of fetching and loading the speakers. I didn't even receive a phone call – if I had I would have a call log to help with establishing the time. I can say that the job took longer than either Mr Wilkinson or myself anticipated – the cellar was quite full of other stock and the speakers turned out to be too large to pass easily so we had to move several amplifiers, a bandsaw and a large mural Mr Wilkinson was preparing for the local police station.

 

I hope this extra information is useful to you.

 

Like I can tell them to the minute what I was doing one random day in august. I only took any notice AFTER I got a bloody parking ticket.

[Pillock]

Did you get no further with the idea that their loading bays had been marked out incorrectly?

[Cavcraft]

I found out this evening why the M56 between Helsby and Daresbury is one of the most dangerous bits of motorway in Britain at the minute.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's because about 74% of the people who use it are absolute and utter wankers.

[chaseracer]

Did you get no further with the idea that their loading bays had been marked out incorrectly?

 

This is a central point that they are clearly desperate to avoid.

[scaryoldcortina]

They only asked for a timetable. Seeing as I have already mentioned the bay markings and am surely about to send the whole sorry mess of correspondance to the ombudsman I didn't think it was worth mentioning again.

 

I'm being pissed about, presumably in the vain hope that I will pay the ticket even though their previous attempts to piss me around failed.

[Craig the Princess]

As they are pissing you about I would, when they next send a delaying email, add that you are awaiting their final reply within 14 days at which point you will be going to the ombudsman/taking legal advice.

From working with complaints in a previous life those with a deadline get much more attention.

[D Spares & Tyres]

I would suggest to them to not bother sending any more letters and proceed to court so you can explain your case there.

 

Even if it made it that far which I doubt, then I can't see you losing

 

You are also entitled to ask for your costs back

[Junkman]

I am a member of another car related forum, it's coloured red and devoted to a single marque - I know that there are one or two shiters that are also members there - I am looking at you Herr Von TEH Junkman, and Mr. Conrad D. Conelrad.

 

Don't get me started on that forum. Check out my login history, it should tell you everything.

[Clanger]

I know... the last time I remember you getting all shouty about someting innit

 

There are some really helpful people there, but there are some real old sanctimonious knobs too.  I notice that a lot of the good uns don't seem to frequent there much anymore.  Plus you can't say cuntfuttocks over there without being sent to the naughty step.

[purplebargeken]

Nowt wrong with cuntfuttocks. Tis common parlance round my neck of the woods. 

[scaryoldcortina]

As they are pissing you about I would, when they next send a delaying email, add that you are awaiting their final reply within 14 days at which point you will be going to the ombudsman/taking legal advice.

From working with complaints in a previous life those with a deadline get much more attention.

 

 

I would suggest to them to not bother sending any more letters and proceed to court so you can explain your case there.

 

Even if it made it that far which I doubt, then I can't see you losing

 

You are also entitled to ask for your costs back

 

As it happens, I have taken some legal advice, thanks to knowing a few solicitors.

 

Advice was that I have a cast iron case on both counts and the right course of action is to keep replying politely until they reject the final appeal and then send it to adjudication with the ombudsman. You can't do this until they reject the formal appeal, and the requests for extra information and general fuddery are because if I am rude to them or don't reply it helps their case - "abusing" their staff or failing to comply with a time limit for information means they win by default.

 

Letter posted today, proof of posting stashed. I also collected a repair from the shop today and we had a good laugh.

 

Pushed it, pulled it, couldn't even move it, we was getting nowhere,

and so we definatly didn't have a cup of tea because we were engaged with a continuous process of loading or unloading....

[captain_70s]

I have always bought them from Aldi - at 3p they are better and cheaper than dedicated binbags.

I keep finding little hoards of them, tucked away and forgotten.Hardly ever remember to take them into a shop.

I have a cupboard full of "Bags for Life" bags. The issue being is that I forget to take them to the shop, so I buy new ones while I'm shopping and when I get home they get put in the cupboard with the rest of them and are promptly forgotten.

 

Actually, that's made me remember I was given a big bag of potatoes by a co-worker in February and stored them in a seldom used cupboard. I don't think I chucked them out...

[fred]

''Bags for life '' freak me out - If a handle breaks I fear Im on my way off the mortal coil very shortly - darn things are a portent

[Noel Tidybeard]

ahh so bag breaks you are end of life, ergo can't take bag back shop saves £££ on replacing bag- subtle

[bub2006]

Feel like death. Took ill last night. Cold,hot,shivering, sweating and everything in between. Neck back and left side really weak, struggling to breathe and resorted to having spontaneous conversation with myself for no reason

[chaseracer]

DISLIKE.

 

GET OFF INTERWEB, GO TO DOCTOR.