The grumpy thread

[michael1703]

Come and live with me for a week mate, you'll soon see how stressful it is and how it takes over their life.

 

The missus is a teacher and there are some days I wish she'd jack it in. The money is alright and the pension is good but fuck me it's not worth the hassle.

Amen brother, my wife's a teacher, I've had enough of it too. She's out of the house by 7.10 and rarely home before 8, she has had a run of ten o'clock finishes and then sat on the sofa and marked homework before bed

[RoadworkUK]

Followed an E36 convertible home today, obviously it was tailgating the poor sod in front, but I was more intrigued by its illumination. The rear numberplates were illuminated by crap LEDs with a really pathetic blue-white light, and from behind I could see that it had a set of those crap eBay xenon bulbs.

 

Nice of folk to willingly dress their cars in a visual 'likely to be driven by a tit' uniform to give us plenty of warning.

 

[purplebargeken]

My lad is 25. He teaches Y4 at the moment and also head of year. He has been a teacher for 4 years and is what he wanted to do since a schoolkid himself.

 

He leaves home just after 7am and doesn't get home until about 6pm. Quick bit of dinner and then he is marking and prepping for the next day. He has just finished and is now getting ready to climb into his pit. It stresses him out and he comes home in a grump at times, quite a lot of times tbh.

 

He is a great teacher, the staff love him to bits and the kids adore him.The majority of parents think he is ace. He gets so many 'thank you for the work you have done with...... messages and cards.The staff, kids and parents made so much for his 25th birthday in June, he came home laden with bits and pieces.

 

Weekends are very much the same re:work. It is a bloody hard job, long hours and with pay that doesn't quite reflect the amount and quality of work that he does. Holidays are a time when he can unwind a little bit but then he has to go in to prepare the classroom for the new term. All done in his own time.

 

To those who genuinely say... teachers have it easy with going home early and long holidays, I say you are talking out of your arse. Do the job and see how long you last. I know I couldn't do it.

[Eddie Honda]

Far from saying that teachers have it easy, but in the grand scheme of things it isn't the hardest game in the world. Plenty of other contenders for that. e.g as much as I'm not a fan of the filth, they get to see stuff which can't be unseen which I don't have to.

[twosmoke300]

Those hours seem pretty familiar ! That reminds me - vat return to do once I'm back from holiday .

[Guest Hooli]

My missus work at a hospital. If I never hear anything about the NHS ever again, it'll be too soon.

 

I work in one too. But I see loads of people who's jobs just aren't needed & achieve nothing, oddly enough none of them see patients. We have entire departments that achieve nothing of value and plenty of others that are so badly run they should cost half as much as they do.

[The Moog]

I accidentally wire brushed the back of my hand yesterday and now it is sore and a bit weepy.

 

Always wear gloves kids...

[Tickman]

I accidentally wire brushed the back of my hand yesterday and now it is sore and a bit weepy.

 

Always wear gloves kids...

that just gives you something to pick out of the wound.

[Supernaut]

Road rash stings. Sitting in a&e because the first aider at work insisted on it.

[Snipes]

Lady day of holiday. Flying back early this afternoon. Shit.

[Tickman]

Road rash stings. Sitting in a&e because the first aider at work insisted on it.

Bit extreme just to get a long weekend.

I guess cycling is good for you but the not cycling any more but still moving along the ground less so!

[Supernaut]

Aye, especially at about 20mph downhill!

 

More details in the push bike shite thread.

[Tickman]

Go into the shop, buy something for £2 and hand over a £20 note and I get this as change:

 

 

 

How? 

 

It is not a difficult sum and the till also tells you what to give back to the customer!

[Richard]

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[Ghosty]

Why are you complaining? You're 36p up.

(cue Life on Mars 'who cares about 27p?')

 

Could have been to balance the till for all you know.

[Tickman]

Why are you complaining? You're 36p up.

(cue Life on Mars 'who cares about 27p?')

 

Could have been to balance the till for all you know.

No complaint made just the 'how the fuck do you get that wrong' level of stupidity is astounding.

 

I one bought two little statue things in a charity shop which were 99p each. The young girl behind the counter messed about with the till for far too long and said "3.96 please" we told her she was wrong so she corrected it on the till and then said "5.94 please" big sighs all round.

[DeeJay]

Exchange rate for "Forrin money, innit".

[Supernaut]

I think you'll find that's legal tender, pal.

 

Said in a Glaswegian accent while handing over a Scottish £20 note.

[DeeJay]

[danthecapriman]

I accidentally wire brushed the back of my hand yesterday and now it is sore and a bit weepy.

Always wear gloves kids...

Just been trying to undo a very old rusty jubilee clamp from the Capri's crankcase breather catch tank. It was well on there so I got a set of grips to hold it and a nice big screwdriver to undo it.

The head started to round so I forced the screwdriver into the slot really hard...

 

It then slipped out and I was pushing on it very hard. It's gouged a nasty deep rip all the way across the palm of my left hand!

It's throbbing now and it's going to be a bitch to heal as it's right on the crease where your hand bends every time you move it.

Always wear gloves kids...

[twosmoke300]

Jubilee clips are shit ! The much hated spring lamps are much better if you have the tools

[danthecapriman]

Jubilee clips are shit ! The much hated spring lamps are much better if you have the tools

Yes! This one was really old, probably not been undone in the cars 43 year life either.

It was one of those where you think, 'if this slips it's going to hurt' then it did slip and did hurt. I did think about digging the hacksaw out and just cutting it off tbh but couldn't be arsed. That's exactly what I've just had to do to get it off.

[bramz7]

Looks like I'm still a month away from getting any form of classic car insurance, everyone I've called has said the same. 

Adrian Flux wanted £5000 to insure the AX. 

 

Dammit. Looks like I'll be at the CCC show in my Xantia then.

[Eddie Honda]

Jubilee clips are shit !

All worm-drive hose clips aren't equal. Some are total wank. Some are fine. Jubilee® Clips are fine.

[twosmoke300]

Not when some twat has put the clip on before some major components so you have zero access to the 7mm bit

[BavarianRetro]

Go into the shop, buy something for £2 and hand over a £20 note and I get this as change:

 

 

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How?

 

It is not a difficult sum and the till also tells you what to give back to the customer!

It's the bloody self service tills that piss me right off.

 

Tesco one had to give me £1.50 the other day. Two coins? No. Nine. Nine fucking coins for £1.50.

[alcyonecorporation]

I really need a lock up in the Halifax (HX3) area.

 

Finding it very hard to believe there's nothing available

[AlabamaShrimp]

Think only one person from Halifax is on here but I can't remember who it is.

[Cavcraft]

Probably been here before, but...

 

 

adverts on Youtube. It's just dogshit on toast that you can't bang StarSailor/Stevie Wonder/Squeeze/whoever on without watching the bastarding start like a hawk so you can skip the advert. Also, finding my 94th copy of Carter USM Straw Donkey under my van seat, and finding it's knackered.

[M'coli]

Think only one person from Halifax is on here but I can't remember who it is.

ForFiatsSake.

 

Why HX3 in particular?