Jump to content

The grumpy thread


Recommended Posts

Posted
  MrDuke said:

Why is it so HARD to get a cheap, simple, replacement gearknob? I don't want a ball machined out of billet alloy with an LED on the top, nor do I want a sexual aid covered in calfskin and stitched with chinchilla pubes. I just want a nice cheap curvy thing to put on the gearstick. :evil:

 

Actually, I may have some odd curtain-pole finials laying around in the cupboard, I could spray one of those silver and be really trendy, and unique, at the same time!! 8)8)

Posted Image
Posted

Been for my annual eye test.I now find that everything is very blurred since the drops went in and most things are far too close to me to be able to see properly - forunatly I can touch type.Anyway it now seems that my intr occular pressures are too much and that as i have a family histrory of Glaucoma that I may be going down the same road. fan fuckin tastic not only do I have deafness to look foward too in spades, but now my eye sight is likely to phail bil time too.Arsecakes.

Posted

Lazy bastards.How about you turn up at the end of the day (or week) after I've grafted my fucking bollocks off, then volunteer to 'help' just so you can tell the boss you did your bit.Tell you what dickhead, touch that brush/spanner/screwdriver/whatever again and you'll be fucking wearing it permanently.

Posted

Piss shit bollocks.Fanny arse tit wankhammer - cunt slag twat shitehouse.Fuck whore bitch.... Bell end cock valve!FUCKING BASTARDS :x:x:x etc etc.

Posted

Blue Screen Of Death. Fucking Anus motherboard striked again! Apparently it is suffering from an 0x0000124 error. A Fiat 124 error I might just understand...

Posted
  Minimad5 said:

If you need another motherboard i have MANY in a big box

Any that will take an AMD Athlon dual core?
Posted

I don't know what socket the AMD Athlon has, and i have not looked in the box for ages :lol: Next time i see you , or you are in the area i will show you

Posted
  Mr_Bo11ox said:

Piss shit bollocks.Fanny arse tit wankhammer - cunt slag twat shitehouse.Fuck whore bitch.... Bell end cock valve!FUCKING BASTARDS :x:x:x etc etc.

I see Mr_B has picked up a copy of watanabe's thesaurus again.... ;)
Posted

Just missing out on a pair of discovery rear lights for the Maestro van project. I missed out by 20p, they went for £2.70! Better luck next time I guess.....Oh, and ive been dropped from work for tonight. The fun of being an agency driver.

Posted
  Pillock said:
  Mr_Bo11ox said:

Piss shit bollocks.

 

Fanny arse tit wankhammer - cunt slag twat shitehouse.

 

Fuck whore bitch.... Bell end cock valve!

 

FUCKING BASTARDS :x:x:x

 

etc etc.

I see Mr_B has picked up a copy of watanabe's thesaurus again.... ;)
1st Edition. Will be highly worthless in 100 years.

 

Work : Even More Bollocks

 

So we trudge on in the Heald Green call centre, surely the satanic mills of the 21st Century. I think not getting this job has affected me beyond airs and graces. I pretty much shut down for Monday and Tuesday. I really wasn't myself during this time. I can't even get the photos right that I took at Oulton Park last night.

 

This job, this pathetic, badly paid shambles, is not worth the levels of stress that it's dumping on me at the moment. I think I'd be better off stacking shelves somewhere when I go back to University. The basic job is so tedious and soul destroying it's turning me into a very unpleasant person indeed. It is getting to the point where I'm losing interest in things outside of work.

 

So far I've managed to keep this post together without mouthing off. I'd ignore the next few paragraphs if you'd like your viewing to stay profanity free this evening.

You see, it turns out that my hated erstwhile colleague is going to have a data-entry job created for him after May 24, when his existing post finishes. The fact that he has nearly another month doing jack-shit is enough to elevate my blood pressure, but the fact that he's spent 18 months being an utterly useless cuntstain and is going to end up smelling of roses infuriates me to the point of smashing the office up.

 

Why? Why? WHY???????

 

Why the fuck does he get a cushy number out of all of this? How the fuck is that fair? Not only does he not have to work shift hours, he won't be in at the weekend, and doesn't have to deal with moaning customers over the phone.

 

I enquired as to why he gets this sideways promotion, and to why he isn't thrown back on to a FOH office position. Let's not forget, he got me chucked off that team in the first place after 12 months. I was given fuck all notice, and told I was back on the bastard phones the next day.

 

The answer: 'Well, he'll find it hard back on customer facing, won't he?'

Bless. He'll find it even harder with a gash taken out of the side of his head. He may be a big lad, but I could drop him hard if I was so motivated. I hate his fucking guts. I have never hated another person so much in my entire life.

 

This is going to finish me off. I can feel it.

Posted
  Minimad5 said:

Station can't you pop the Piston out of the caliper by using abit of Compressed air ? (Or they may wind out - Try using a pair of long nose pliers, or you could borrow my brake piston tool)This "might" help if i have read what you need correctly http://rover800.info/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4094

Awesome, you've just saved me a fortune (150 quid) in new (frigging) calipers.
Posted
  watanabe said:

This is going to finish me off. I can feel it.

Jon.Seriously, I know you need to pay bills etc. but if things are really this bad you need to walk. Now.If you let this job get this sort of a grip on you, it will take you years to get back to your proper self. And they will be very difficult years.I won't go into too much detail, just take it from one who knows.
Posted

Wat's venting remindes me of the call centre mentality. I was taken off a general admin call centre job into sales. I hated it, everyone in the building hated it, I just made no attempt to pretend otherwise. I was the only admin bod who had moved up from the Home Insurance Dept who knew the older system properly; still in use, despite management's best efforts to bump punters on the new system. My unique skillz didn't mean nowt though, they just tried to bully me into a crappy sales job and I left after they suspended me for being on the loo too often...

Posted

Watanabe, i hope everything sorts itself out buddy.Maybe calling it a day at that job would be the best idea ?Save yourself whilst you can.Wish you the best sir, i really do.Station - No problamo dude

Posted

Yep... walk, Wat! Life's too short for that kinda shit.

Posted

Wat, you've taken your future into your own hands, and good luck to you at university. It may be time to work out exactly why this guy winds you up so much, or you could stop letting it bother you because it uses up so much energy - energy that you could use more creatively. In doing so you will rise above it and this WILL be noticed by bosses.PS, call centre remuneration market anchors are above those in some scientific sectors, including some that need a 2.2 minimum.

Posted
  Minimad5 said:

Watanabe, i hope everything sorts itself out buddy.Maybe calling it a day at that job would be the best idea ?Save yourself whilst you can.Wish you the best sir, i really do.Station - No problamo dude

Totally agree , I walked from a job that was making me really ill through stress , If its that bad Watanaby get out now whilst youve still got your marbles
Posted

Wat - Places like this will bring you down. I learned that a long time ago. The problem here is you will see many people who dont deserve a knats nut of any chance of promotion move up, this in turn will make you resentful and fill your head with evil ideas at how to get back at those bastards.I'd say firstly, talk it over with your boss/supervisor. Be frank and tell them how you feel. Explain to them that you appreciate they have thier own ideas on who is located where and what type of work they can but in order to perform well at work you need to be motivated by being invited to other types of internal jobs, just as your bastard colleague has.Talk it over with your family/friends. You may have bills to pay but you've also got your sanity and health to look after and in this day and age sometimes it is about looking after "Number 1"I once worked in possibly the best I've landed so far. Night shift, 4 nights a week, paid more than the 5-day shift no bosses and literally only 6 max people working there. Unfortunately a bit of a problem (A girl) occurred and caused no end of problems for me, it started really getting to me and felt like it was messing my mind. 1 day before being taken on as a permanent employee I was dropped. To say I was angry was an understatement. I'd lost good income and a cushy job I knew well.Another time I'd landed a really good job, it was an 80 mile round trip everyday (In a then previously crashed Rover 827) but for the money it more than worth it (It was also the first/last job I'd gone to an interview for and actually got!). unfortunately I just couldnt get on with the job, it hurt my back and I never got used to it. I decided to leave, it was the hardest decision I'd ever made.Eventually after a few shitty jobs I eventually found myself in a pretty good place, working weekends as a machine operator, working amongst friends and good understanding supervisors, I really enjoyed my work although it was much lower paid.As many have said already, its better to walk to now and take a lower paid job (Shelf stacker/Glass collector) than put yourself through misery. Some jobs might be lower paid and seem daunting but the people and atmosphere might surprise you.I wish all the best in whatever decision you take.

Posted

I worked in MBNA/Bank Of America in Chester. I'd rather defuse mines than work there again, it sounds the same as your place, only on a larger scale. I'm sure the 'A' in MBNA stands for arseholes. It must do.

Posted

Wat, you seriously need to make alternative plans that don't involve your current employer. I say 'make plans' rather than walk!

 

I'd suggest firstly setting yourself a STRICT time limit, say 2, 4 or 6 weeks, at the end of which time you WILL walk out if nothing changes. With that in your mind as a definite cut-off point, you'll start 'relaxing' slightly straight away.

 

Secondly, go to your manager, as suggested before, and lay out your problems calmly but openly, just to see what their response is. Go further up the 'ladder' if you want, it might help - you'd be surprised how many upper-level managers have been kept totally in the dark about what actually goes on in depts under their control.

Regardless of what response you get from your superiors, tell them after your discussion that you intend to walk out if there's no improvement. Try not to make it sound like foot-stamping.

 

If things don't change, simply remind them a couple of days before The Date that you will be walking. Then go. That extra few weeks will have given you time to explore other avenues, and netted a few extra pennies too.

 

 

I'd totally agree with past comments about work-related stress causing major health problems, and I know that from past experience too. It really isn't worth risking your health over something so (relatively speaking, in the long-term) trivial. At one time, many moons ago, I walked out of an office which thanks to a truly evil, psychotic colleague, had been making me utterly miserable for months on end, and took a job in a warehouse unloading trucks - the people I worked with there were brain-dead, and the job was mindless and repetitive, but the total absence of stress and harassment made it seem like heaven. I eventually went back to a decent, fulfilling office job elsewhere, but I desperately needed that break, otherwise I'd probably have ended up in a padded cell.

Posted

Bloody toothache Not that long ago i had some dentristry done , now i need to go back , any idea how to get rid of the pain , its bank holiday , dont fancy this for three days

Posted
  Rusty Pelican said:

Bloody toothache Not that long ago i had some dentristry done , now i need to go back , any idea how to get rid of the pain , its bank holiday , dont fancy this for three days

Whatever the old wives talers tell you - Do not be tempted to try clove oil.That fucker burns - you'll wish you had stuck to the toothache (Which you will probably still have btw)
Posted
  Rusty Pelican said:

Bloody toothache Not that long ago i had some dentristry done , now i need to go back , any idea how to get rid of the pain , its bank holiday , dont fancy this for three days

Get a clove - the one you cook with ham, not garlic - and stick it in your mouth next to the painful tooth. Seriously.Other bizarre yet true old wives' tales are available.Hope it feels better soon.
Posted

Cheers , il try the lot if needs be , told the dentist to pull the fucking thing out , but oh no , we can save it , bollocks

Posted

Get the tooth pulled. It's less profitable for the dentist, and you shouldn't feel pain from it when it's in your hand.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...