The grumpy thread

[Lord Sterling]

...the booking signed off with the delivery company that postman Pat does a shit job for, and 3 to 13 weeks later you get a leaflet through your door...

 

I got so bloody fed up of the amount of junk mail we got through the door, at times (because I live in a block of 3 flats) we'd get 3 X the amount of junk mail and probably 1 lonely letter hiding in between I stuck up a notice on the door asking for no more junk mail/circulars to be posted through the door. It has mostly worked except for the couple of times the postman hasn't bothered to read the notice.

[beko1987]

That won't work mo, royal mail are legally obliged to deliver anything in their duty. The amount of complaints I've brushed back with glee because of 'no junk mail' signs is immense!

 

There is an opt out service, but that only covers rm. There is a solution one, but only decent companies like us and a few others adhere to it (run by the dma). Little Johnny delivering leaflets for his uncle won't be exempt.

[cobblers]

On the face of it, I don't mind junk mail too much, it keeps the posties busy and essentially its an idiot tax because only a dullard would spend any money on something marketed to them blindly in a letter.

But on the other hand, the state is probably financing these dullards, and the people making money out of it are arseholes.

 

This feels like a question in a politics exam.

[beko1987]

It makes royal mail a fortune too. £64 per thousand up to £248 a thousand. But their not that great at the planning bits, probably why my company books more door to door than rm do themselves!

 

And hopefully we get a bonus out of it this year, so junk mail will help pay for stuff to be fixed on my car!

[dollywobbler]

Lanky - reminds me of when I was a temp in the office and we had a union rep who was properly work shy. He fell out with me after I told our manager that he seemed to mostly spend his time on the Internet looking at irrelevant stuff. People like that really so give union folk a bad rep.

 

For balance, the other union rep in the office was a very good egg.

[Noel Tidybeard]

What is it with some bastards at work?

 

Another driver has reported me for getting back to the yard, parking the truck and sending a text message. He was walking past my parked lorry as he went home, saw me fiddling with hy phone and rang the office up to say I was "wasting time on the internet" and "dragging the day out".

 

He's one of these guys who is deeply unpopular with his colleagues and classes himself as some sort of manager or "supervisor" despite being the same level as all the other drivers and so takes it upon himself to police the work of others. I must be about the only person working there who hasn't threatened to kick his teeth in. This may well change tomorrow. 

 

To make matters worse he's probably the most incompetent lazy driver we have. The other week he ripped all the air lines and electrical suzies from his truck because he forgot to disconnect them, a while back he was suspended for a road rage incident where he rammed a womans car, because of this they inspected dash cam footage from other days and saw his standard of driving was absolutley shocking. There are loads of other incidents. Because he's in the union he always seems to blag his way out of it though. The management know he's pretty much unfirable so he's spends his working day on a remote factory site where he can't cause any trouble shunting trailers about (which involves sleeping and telling visiting drivers to do his job for him) He's basically the company twat. I'm sure every work place has one.

 

Sooo, have it out with him? Tell him to mind his own bastard business? or something more subtle?

 

argos catalogue?

[gordonbennet]

What is it with some bastards at work?

 

Another driver has reported me for getting back to the yard, parking the truck and sending a text message. He was walking past my parked lorry as he went home, saw me fiddling with hy phone and rang the office up to say I was "wasting time on the internet" and "dragging the day out".

 

He's one of these guys who is deeply unpopular with his colleagues and classes himself as some sort of manager or "supervisor" despite being the same level as all the other drivers and so takes it upon himself to police the work of others. I must be about the only person working there who hasn't threatened to kick his teeth in. This may well change tomorrow. 

 

To make matters worse he's probably the most incompetent lazy driver we have. The other week he ripped all the air lines and electrical suzies from his truck because he forgot to disconnect them, a while back he was suspended for a road rage incident where he rammed a womans car, because of this they inspected dash cam footage from other days and saw his standard of driving was absolutley shocking. There are loads of other incidents. Because he's in the union he always seems to blag his way out of it though. The management know he's pretty much unfirable so he's spends his working day on a remote factory site where he can't cause any trouble shunting trailers about (which involves sleeping and telling visiting drivers to do his job for him) He's basically the company twat. I'm sure every work place has one.

 

Sooo, have it out with him? Tell him to mind his own bastard business? or something more subtle?

 

He's deeply popular with the management though but only for one reason, not just cos he's a grass either but blokes like him are a pawn in the divide and rule politics of any workplace where there's a union, i'm only surprised the management haven't selected a few cheaply bought wankers to get the twat elected as shop steward.

 

Ignore the sod completely and make sure your colleagues do too, don't let it be known he's sent to coventry or he'll raise issues of collective bullying but don't bandy words with the twat don't threaten him don't have anything to do with him at all, and quietly speak to your mates on the side so they do the same.

Ignore also any comments the other pawns in this silly little game make, the office wannabe gaffers/supervisory types who think they're on the greasy pole to great futures, ignore those bastards too, they've got no power at all, fuck all, what they say means jack shit, the only things that are important are what is writ in stone.

 

Let this twat dig his own grave, karma will come  trust me, sooner or later he'll find another job somewhere, hopefully applying where one of you lads has contacts, thats the time to sharpen the knives up.

 

My Mrs has a saying, the only thing that hurts most people is when something hits them in the pocket, and she's right thats all that so many now care about, so leave payback until you can hit this one right in the pocket by pulling the rug out when he's on his arse, it might take several years but it will come to pass.

[taxi paul]

For your horrible workmate. I once hid a uncooked chicken breast under another drivers seat, he was a tit who deserved it. After a couple of days it goes lovely and smelly.

[Tamworthbay]

For your horrible workmate. I once hid a uncooked chicken breast under another drivers seat, he was a tit who deserved it. After a couple of days it goes lovely and smelly.

Fish is better, near the heater works very well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allegedly

[xtriple]

We had a boss who was horrible and his wife was far, far worse. When it came in for a valet a couple of fish found their way into the vents (eyeball type) and down into the hot bits. That car smelled truly appalling and got topped up by everyone in the valet bay, workshop etc.

 

She sold it and got another new car which mysteriously acquired the same odour very rapidly.

[Lankytim]

I've had think about it, and I've downgraded the revenge level from teeth smashing to just ignoring him. I'll have a word with him and ask why what I'm doing is anything to do with him but I'm not going to strangle him or anything. After that he can fuck himself.

 

The guy is genuinely thick as fuck so I don't think he'd cotton on that any sort of incident happening to him was some sort of retribution anyway.

 

The other week he grasses someone up for not strapping their load up properly. Instead of accosting the guy with no straps the health and safety boss instantly did a "spot check" on this guys load and found he hadn't strapped up either. Off he went for retraining.

 

That's how mind blowingly dumb this guy is, and how desperately unpopular he is with management.

[fordperv]

Tim may i suggest you downgrade from teeth smashing level to annoy the fuck out of him and cause him as much low level annoyance as you can, dog shit under his door handles would be a good annoyance if you require any good quality dog shit for the purpose my lovely pooch will supply some, alternatively post him a few argos catalogues

 

Or you could ignore my internet childishness because i think youve made the right choice

[Cavcraft]

I'd still piss through his letterbox at 3.00am, Tim.

[oldcars]

Seem's like this chap is pish at his job and trying to divert attention from himself to others. As hard as it will be i would just ignore him, from whats been said he will dig his own grave quick enough.

[Sheefag]

Just saying like...

 

[sporty-shite]

I'm still amazed he didn't get the bullet for the road rage incident. 

[fordperv]

Just saying like...

 

You think tim should fist this bloke in the anus?

[strangeangel]

junk mail

 

 

 

 

 

[cort16]

I bought a Laguna Xenon headlamp off ebay for £27 as it had the ballast resistor I need for my Cadillac on the headlamp. It's untested but I thought it was worth the risk, the worse scenario I can re-list for 10p. 

It turned up today and of course it's a different headlamp with a different kind of ballast resistor than specified in the advert, which also had specific pictures of said ballast resistor in them.

[AMC Rebel]

 

It turned up today and of course it's a different headlamp with a different kind of ballast resistor than specified in the advert, which also had specific pictures of said ballast resistor in them.

 

Bastardos!

 

I might need it as a spare for the Vel Satis I am about to win in the raffle though.

[Craig the Princess]

Won't eBay give you a full refund (and probably the headlight as well) these days?

[cort16]

And £100 compo for my troubles. 

They're 80-90 quid normally. I thought I was being clever.

[Lankytim]

I don't have this guys address, or an Argos catalogue would be a good idea. Unless I sent it to work addressed to him.

[JeeExEll]

I don't have this guys address, or an Argos catalogue would be a good idea. Unless I sent it to work addressed to him.

What's with the Argos catalogue?

[panhard65]

I bought a Laguna Xenon headlamp off ebay for £27 as it had the ballast resistor I need for my Cadillac on the headlamp. It's untested but I thought it was worth the risk, the worse scenario I can re-list for 10p. 

It turned up today and of course it's a different headlamp with a different kind of ballast resistor than specified in the advert, which also had specific pictures of said ballast resistor in them.

I have got 3 Xenon headlights in the loft from Lagunas. I know the resistor is fucked on one of them but if you want the resistors they look like this and I can send for the price of postage.

[cort16]

Thanks. The one in your picture is the one they sent me on the light. The one I need is the one in this picture from the advert (LAD5G).

 

[garbaldy]

What's with the Argos catalogue?

Someone thinks it's a good way to get back at bad buyers on eBay,

if you ask me life's to short though.

[panhard65]

Thanks. The one in your picture is the one they sent me on the light. The one I need is the one in this picture from the advert (LAD5G).

 

Like this one then. I will try and test it as I only have 1 of this type.

Just tested it whilst waiting for the picture to load and it works

[cort16]

That's the one!

[JeeExEll]

Someone thinks it's a good way to get back at bad buyers on eBay,

if you ask me life's to short though.

Thanks for reply but the whole sending an Argos catalogue thing has gone over my head, maybe just one of those days today.