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  cortinadave said:

I got binned from my radio job last week so I'm now on the rock and roll. Basically I'd worked for the station for seven years with a blemish free record, suddenly new boss arrives and I get written warnings for "generally not coming up to the mark in the office", setting the scene so he could chop me as soon as he felt like it, and when i actually did make a cock up and slept in for the silly o clock sunday morning shift they fired my ass.So suddenly no income coming in whatsoever... Joy.

is that even legal ?
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  Lankytim said:

So if a child runs out infront of your truck you can't brake incase you get an infringement and get sacked.

There's an obvious solution here - can you recall seeing a poster saying "Remember - running over children is unacceptable"? If they want to treat you like little children, then act like little children and do EVERYTHING that they haven't specifically told you not to. Use the power of the english language to find loopholes in everything you do.Probably won't help you keep your job, but it's a fun way to get sacked.In general it is true that people who get treated like twats, become twats. I've seen a lot of really good workers just go "sod this" and give up because they get fed up of being second-rate. Unfortunately a lot of them are better workers, more talented, more reliable than their contracted counterparts but for whatever reason they arrived through an agency. I've been pushing as many people onto contracts as I can just to give them a little bit of security, but all I can do is recommend to their bosses that they are taken on.Don't get me wrong, I've also enjoyed the fact I've been able to get rid of some idiots who were through an agency with no fuss at all ("Hello, yes, can you not send Dave tomorrow? He's a moron") but these are the ones who have obviously been told by the job centre that they must go an agency, and would rather be sitting on a smelly sofa swigging White Lightning wearing just tracksuit bottoms whilst screaming at their five toddlers to stop crying.
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  Pillock said:
  Lankytim said:

So if a child runs out infront of your truck you can't brake incase you get an infringement and get sacked.

There's an obvious solution here - can you recall seeing a poster saying "Remember - running over children is unacceptable"? If they want to treat you like little children, then act like little children and do EVERYTHING that they haven't specifically told you not to. Use the power of the english language to find loopholes in everything you do.Probably won't help you keep your job, but it's a fun way to get sacked.
Cant do that incase it damages the truck. I guess I could turn up naked or something, or openly masturbating.
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The whole ethos of that company stinks, Tim - it's as if they're looking to find things to trip their staff up on. And that poster really is an outrage. To say they record these incidents is like having only one side of a telephone conversation - you might never know what the other party has to say.I was only thinking today when I saw tyre marks on the approach to umpteen roundabouts and junctions that there are wagon sudden stops everywhere? Is this policy unique to your company, or is it across the board? If so there must be a lot of truckers constantly up in the office explaining things ...

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I think "harsh braking" is only recorded under certain circumstances, for instance if the vehicle slows down from 50 to 30 in a very short distance. Its not designed for general braking, although what to flag up and what not to flag up is down to whatever muppet is analysing the data on the day. Its the first company ive worked for that has access to this type of data but as technology becomes more common and the older stuff gets replaced most companys will end up doing the same.BTW, those skidmarks from wagons on apporoach to rounabouts will be from empty trailers. Its common for them to lock up if theres no weight onboard.Oh yeah, I was meant to be in at 16.15 today but it got cancelled at short notice. Nothing to do with what happened this morning, they've decided they dont need 3 drivers and knocked them on the head for tonight.....Picked up and dropped whenever they want...

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i was doing forklift truck driving in a warehouse for an agency and one day boss came in shouting like a nutter because the nightshift had been messing about and hadn't done a stroke of work.. so i comes in at 8am jumps on truck and he comes over to me and says i want that lot (crates) moved over there, the ones outside brought in and stacked over there and blah blah blah.. bearing in mind they have 4 forklifts going on nightshift and i was only one there he wants me to do there work and my own work as well... crunch came when he barks "and i want it done in an hour"!!... so ithought fuck you wanker i aint takin shit like that..so he went to his office i drove about for 45mins... then went into his office threw the key at him and said ok fat arse you now have 15mins to do all that shit you gave me and walked out... felt so fucking good :D

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That poster is a disgrace - the author can't string a sentence together, so how do they expect you to understand the damn thing?

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1 spelling error, 4 punctuation mistakes, 1 incorrect use of a capital letter, and a load of bollocks.

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Snivellers: Instead of facing having to go to hospital to have your tongue surgically removed from a forum owner's arse, why don't you just drop the pretence and ask outright if you can be a moderator?Failing that just FUCK RIGHT OFF with your tediuos, odious drivel and let people speak their mind once in a while. Cunts.

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I know BOC have the sort of info you describe Tim, theirs log the movements of the tail lift too.Big Brother eh...?

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  Cavette said:

Snivellers: Instead of facing having to go to hospital to have your tongue surgically removed from a forum owner's arse, why don't you just drop the pretence and ask outright if you can be a moderator?Failing that just FUCK RIGHT OFF with your tediuos, odious drivel and let people speak their mind once in a while. Cunts.

+100000000I have been thinking about saying something similar myself recently...
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  Cavette said:

Snivellers: Instead of facing having to go to hospital to have your tongue surgically removed from a forum owner's arse, why don't you just drop the pretence and ask outright if you can be a moderator?Failing that just FUCK RIGHT OFF with your tediuos, odious drivel and let people speak their mind once in a while. Cunts.

I know what you mean!"humm, he seems very bossy/overly involved in everything, is he a mod?"NO!
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  Cavette said:

Snivellers: Instead of facing having to go to hospital to have your tongue surgically removed from a forum owner's arse, why don't you just drop the pretence and ask outright if you can be a moderator?Failing that just FUCK RIGHT OFF with your tediuos, odious drivel and let people speak their mind once in a while. Cunts.

Certain chevron based forum perhaps?
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  Cavette said:

Snivellers: Instead of facing having to go to hospital to have your tongue surgically removed from a forum owner's arse, why don't you just drop the pretence and ask outright if you can be a moderator?Failing that just FUCK RIGHT OFF with your tediuos, odious drivel and let people speak their mind once in a while. Cunts.

Have i missed something ? :lol:
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  Father Ted said:
  Cavette said:

Snivellers: Instead of facing having to go to hospital to have your tongue surgically removed from a forum owner's arse, why don't you just drop the pretence and ask outright if you can be a moderator?Failing that just FUCK RIGHT OFF with your tediuos, odious drivel and let people speak their mind once in a while. Cunts.

Certain chevron based forum perhaps?
No, but just twigged who you mean. Thinking about it I wonder if these brown nosing GOBSHITES are the same at work. I expect they spend all day telling the boss how wonderful his car is, what nice hair his kids have and how Dave from accounts takes 6.17 minutes for his fag breaks.
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  Cavette said:

Snivellers: Instead of facing having to go to hospital to have your tongue surgically removed from a forum owner's arse, why don't you just drop the pretence and ask outright if you can be a moderator?Failing that just FUCK RIGHT OFF with your tediuos, odious drivel and let people speak their mind once in a while. Cunts.

Yeah, I know the feeling. Not sure if you're talking about the same place, but it really got under my skin when I logged on to a certain forum earlier tonight... :evil: I don't mind the odd comment, but a 3-paragraph spiel about 'attitudes' takes the piss, however senior the member is.
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Ebay twats. I'm trying to sell my caravan and it's already been bid over its value by a zero-rated member and three other members with a score under 5. I know we all have to start at zero but none of these bidders have even asked a question. Then I got a question asking if there was hot and cold running water and a shower. Yes there is- IF YOU GO TO THE TOILET BLOCK ON THE CARAVAN SITE. :evil: I think I'm going to have to pull the auction and stick a card up in the supermarket instead.

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  Richard said:

Ebay twats.I think I'm going to have to pull the auction and stick a card up in the supermarket instead.

Stick with it, i pulled mine on the last day having sold it off ebay to someone who saw the ad either that or remove the zero rated bidders bids and block them ( I tend to do that to anyone who asks a really idiotic question too as mouth breathers cause no end of grief).
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  MrDuke said:
  Cavette said:

Snivellers: Instead of facing having to go to hospital to have your tongue surgically removed from a forum owner's arse, why don't you just drop the pretence and ask outright if you can be a moderator?Failing that just FUCK RIGHT OFF with your tediuos, odious drivel and let people speak their mind once in a while. Cunts.

Yeah, I know the feeling. Not sure if you're talking about the same place, but it really got under my skin when I logged on to a certain forum earlier tonight... :evil: I don't mind the odd comment, but a 3-paragraph spiel about 'attitudes' takes the piss, however senior the member is.
Correct. I've just logged on there and trawled through some of the absolute fucking bollocks he's posted and sent him a pm.
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Just managed to get Mrs Parky a replacement flight back from the US - next Tuesday. So thats two key university exams missed and very real risk she will fail the whole year because of this. Not an issue except I used all my redundancy getting her through this course so am well pissed off. British Airways no help whatsoever. Yes, we can get her on a replacement flight to Spain tomorrow if required. It will be $7000 usd. What about duty of care to passengers? No sir, we are only obliged to get them back to their destination. So how are you getting people from the US back to Europe then?We arent sir......but we have a flight to Spain tomorrow for $7000 if thats of interest?So wife has nice extended holiday in US with friends whilst I am here holding down job and looking after two kids and the travel insurance wont cover most of her costs. What a f*ckin nightmare. She is NEVER going off on some last minute gallivanting trip to see a mate in another part of the world again. Thats it. It always backfires on me, and I am supposed to be relaxing and taking it easy!

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Jeez thats pish.........can you not phone Gogs Broon and ask him to send a ship over to collect her? everyone else seems to be.....

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Mrs P is out in the middle east on a cruise ship. She was meant to fly back last Thursday but as the plane which was bringing them all back failed to fly from the UK, the ship has gone off cruising around the Red Sea for another week. She and her mate are in a top cabin with all meals etc supplied. There's been talk of sailing the ship to Southampton, but they're not even going to consider that option until Thursday at the earliest. I've got the step-juveniles and the infant to look after, so I reckon I'm due BIG CREDITS

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The last time that Icelandic volcano blew up it was going for 2 years apparently!I feel very bad for all the stranded passengers and the certainty of companys going under e.t.c but I think theres something special about looking up into the sky and it being free of jet contrails, just the way it looked 70, 80 or a million years ago.GR8 4 THA BBC 2 FILM PERIOD DRAMAS OUTSIDE.

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  Cavette said:

Correct. I've just logged on there and trawled through some of the absolute fucking bollocks he's posted and sent him a pm.

Are we talking about a certain green mini that's been posted here before?.If so i totally agree, I'm sure you should be allowed to speak your own mind and not be told what to think.And the one's that start agreeing about how great it looks are just sheep trying to look good in front of people.
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Someone PM me a link to this thread, I want to read it and be offended/outraged- just like reading the Daily Mail.

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  Lankytim said:

Someone PM me a link to this thread, I want to read it and be offended/outraged- just like reading the Daily Mail.

+1, please!

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