The grumpy thread

[eddyramrod]

Professional opinion: your boss is a bullying bellend with tendencies toward sociopathic narcissism.

Agreed, GTF out of there quick, and take anyone and everyone you can with you.

 

When people struggle to give away a free car do you ever wonder if the problem is not entirely the fault of the "buyers" but some responsibility may lie with the person giving away the car.

 

Piss poor comm skills really get on my nerves it's not like it takes much effort to say it's already gone or what the current situation is. Meh that is my venting for the day and it's not like I even need anymore cars but still.

 

It's nothing to do with anyone on here by the way so rest easy lol.

I do understand that.  OTOH where are all your PMs about my free Rover?

 

 

There's some quite good songs out there in the modern world so I'm far from saying all modern music is shit,

 

That part of your sentence is 100% RONG.  The other half of it was totally correct.

[AlabamaShrimp]

Aren't they £5 cheaper online? I remember my brilliant* plan to avoid rip off postal charges from Sports Direct involved me getting a bus to the nearest shop and then paying the exact same price as if I'd combined product and postage in the first place.

Nope exactly the same price both their website, amazon and I think on eBay too.

 

And to who ever said speel check. I was being pestered in burger King by my son when I wrote it so I didn't spell check or proof read but I've done it all for you now

[Sheefag]

beko, if you forward me your boss's phone number, I'm happy to test his telephone manner AT 03.45 IN THE FUCKING MORNING.

I have some considerable previous experience in this field, hth.

[Tamworthbay]

Dreams? fucking nightmare more like. Ordered a mattress during their sale which arrived today. When we unpacked it it's got a hole in the corner. Phoned up to be told 'cant replace it as it was a sale special and are out of stock' but we can give you credit against another one - not on sale though as it's ended. I managed (just) to keep my reply free of Anglo Saxon. The woman was of the dilligaf variety of customer service. Waiting for a phone call from the manager (6 hours and counting), bet it won't happen. Well the fuckers will be getting a claim back on the card or small claims action if needed, whilst I will sleep on their fucked up mattress.

 

Is it only me or do other people find it increasingly difficult to get what you pay for these days? Most things I deal with seem to have some hassle or other involved because the twats don't do what you pay them to do.

[Pillock]

If you bought it online, then you've got 14 days to return it. TEH LAW.

[alcyonecorporation]

Dreams? fucking nightmare more like. Ordered a mattress during their sale which arrived today. When we unpacked it it's got a hole in the corner. Phoned up to be told 'cant replace it as it was a sale special and are out of stock' but we can give you credit against another one - not on sale though as it's ended. I managed (just) to keep my reply free of Anglo Saxon. The woman was of the dilligaf variety of customer service. Waiting for a phone call from the manager (6 hours and counting), bet it won't happen. Well the fuckers will be getting a claim back on the card or small claims action if needed, whilst I will sleep on their fucked up mattress.

 

Is it only me or do other people find it increasingly difficult to get what you pay for these days? Most things I deal with seem to have some hassle or other involved because the twats don't do what you pay them to do.

 

Do Dreams still do that affiliated degree? 

[chaseracer]

beko, if you forward me your boss's phone number, I'm happy to test his telephone manner AT 03.45 IN THE FUCKING MORNING.

I have some considerable previous experience in this field, hth.

 

Please ensure the RECORD function is enabled.

[Sheefag]

Which time?

[AlabamaShrimp]

Please ask for Dave or if he has a block in his toilet

[dave21478]

Everything is shit. Everything.

 

R&B music? its shit. all of it. Rhythm and Blues to me means Cab Calloway, Ray Charles etc etc....good fucking music right there. Modern R&B sung by wannabe gangsters who say "nigger" every sentence can Fuck. Right. Off. Out. Of. Town. Seriously - they all need gassed.

 

I needed to change a toilet fill mechanism today. The old one is ancient and started leaking. Not repairable. I bought a new one to replace it....No fucking about, bought the dearest in the shop as the cheaper ones looked fucking terrible. "Silent fill" they say. The old one was silent, right enough. This new piece of wank sounds like the space shuttle taking off. I would return it, but had to take the fucking angle grinder to it just to get the fucker to fit in the first place....these things are fairly standard and should swap right over with no fuss, but getting the length of the inlet pipe right is obviously beyond the skill of the makers.

 

The MGF is shit. They are super rare here....you just dont see any others on the road so apparently people dont know what it is and seem to mistake it for something actually fast or valuable. As such every cunt from wide-boys in hot hatches to bellend taxi drivers just absofuckinglutely MUST "race" me at all times and do everything possible to get past me, even if that means pulling wildly dangerous overtakes. Im sick of it. 

 

LeBonCoin is shit. Well, its not shit itself, its the dicks that use it who are shit. Here is a fucking tip - if you have sold your item, REMOVE THE FUCKING ADVERT and dont get the hump with me for phoning to see about buying it. 

Also, typing phonetically isnt big or clever, probably doesnt save you any time, makes you sound like a braindead moron and I almost certainly dont want to deal with you.

 

My neighbours are shit. I am good at fixing things, but am not a fucking miracle worker. "We bought a new printer and cant get it to work, can you....."etc. I dont know a lot about computers, but I can do the basics like printers, know how to use google effectively and can follow instructions, so by local standards that makes me some kind of Bill Gates tier IT hero. I go round to find an old laptop running Vista. No exageration, it takes a solid six minutes to boot up and another full ninety seconds to open a browser window. Its like some kind of Reddit meme with seven different tool bars taking up the top quarter of the screen and the home page is some shady looking search page that nobody has ever heard of.

Uhh.....yyyyeah.....im not sure about this......  Then I see its running McAfee trial version that looks like it hasnt had an update since about 2003. Fuck this. Cant help you, sorry.

Three days later they have "been pirated" and someone has spent several hundred on their bank card in various countries around the world. The implication was that I somehow let this happen by notfixing their computer previously. Well, thats them all out of favours from me thats for fucking sure.

 

Other neighbour has recently got a collie puppy to go with their elderly Barbara Cartland dog. I know its only young, but its hopelessly, laughably disobedient and as soon as they open the door it fucks off at warp factor three down the road and the guy just shouts and shouts after it trying to get it to come back. It also likes to bark non-stop for hours at a time when they are not home. Cunt. Not sure if I mean the dog or the owner, but "cunt" generally.

[purplebargeken]

Mo, a dead bird on the bonnet is better than a horses head in the bed. Possibly.

[fordperv]

There was some road works outside my house earlier and they put a sign right opposite my drive, I was reversing out couldnt see it as it was lower than my boot and clipped it with my rear bumper sending it flying, luckily it looked worse than it was half hour with the polish and the scratches were gone

[captain_70s]

To expand on yesterday's grump. The bit of the headlight that the spring clip holds onto has broken off. "Permenantly" fixed the bulb in the correct position with electrical tape. The other side still won't budge, looks like somebody has fitted the clip on backwards or something, I'll need to get some pliers in there...

[RoadworkUK]

My Rover has acquired a minor dent in the n/s/r door where somebody has opened a white car door onto it.

 

I wouldn't mind on the Audi, but the Rover has spent the previous 21 years entirely dent free.

 

Makes me quite cross.

[beko1987]

beko, if you forward me your boss's phone number, I'm happy to test his telephone manner AT 03.45 IN THE FUCKING MORNING.

I have some considerable previous experience in this field, hth.

No chance, she's lovely when your not useless (staff not you obv!)

 

She only does it when standards slip and internally things have been done (training usually) as a last resort.

 

Im all for it, I had it many years ago and passed the 'test' because I'm at work so will answer the phone with whatever speil they tell me to.

 

The rot is deep in our place. People trained by idiots who were trained by idiots themselves, no one really giving a shit. Those who do have moved on from customer service to be account managers now.

 

And there's me in the corner, who will be asked some obscure question that no one has ever heard and mot only be able to answer it but find the long, detailed email I wrote on the subject 7 years ago... Which has been lost in time! Then people will think it's amazing and my head will swell for a bit!

 

I like my job. Especially now im in the app support bit where I've unofficially been for the past 4 years!

 

Said scary director is also usually quite nice past her hard shell. When she's drunk she's a fucking riot (and usually relaxes her own expenses rule which is ace!)

[alcyonecorporation]

Van didn't make reserve again. 

Not sure what to do now. 
 

[Cavcraft]

Remove reserve and relist, or second chance the highest bidder. If it's causing you so much grief (as it seems to do) then you're better off without it, even if it means taking a knock on it.

[DodgyBastard]

 or second chance the highest bidder. 

 

 

 

That would be me...

[alcyonecorporation]

Yeah, rather less than I wanted for it though. 

[richardmorris]

A grump from Saturday. Took my parents out for dinner in Chester as I was up swapping the cars about. I did not know it was race day unfortunately and it really made ladies day at Ascot seem a low key event ( I used to have the house in course Road next to the race course ).

 

The number of drunk, tattooed women staggering across the road was an eye opener! Literally, if I'd been distracted I'd have collected a few on the bonnet! I parked in the grosvenor multi-storey and had to avoid several packs of ex race goers in the road.

 

The p'tite France In bridge street is highly recommended and Fred ( owner ) has told us to park on the pavement outside next time I take the 2cv and he'll pay any fine.

 

http://www.laptitefrance.co.uk

[Guest Hooli]

The rot is deep in our place. People trained by idiots who were trained by idiots themselves, no one really giving a shit. Those who do have moved on from customer service to be account managers now.

 

 

You could be describing my office there too.

[strangeangel]

Van didn't make reserve again. 

 

Not sure what to do now. 

 

 

Accept that it's not worth what you're trying to get for it?

[alcyonecorporation]

Accept that it's not worth what you're trying to get for it?

 

Not helping. Not in the mood. 

[Pillock]

I honestly don't know if there's a "better" time of year to sell a 305 van but I can't imagine you're keen to keep paying listing fees so you probably need to abandon eBay as a medium.

 

Tried lobbing it on Autotrader? Free adverts for sub-£1000 cars, you'll get a different audience at least.

[Guest Hooli]

Accept that it's not worth what you're trying to get for it?

 

Things are only worth what buyers will pay, so I'd say this is correct.

[Guest Hooli]

Job interview this morning, didn't get it.

[eddyramrod]

Things are only worth what buyers will pay, so I'd say this is correct.

http://autoshite.com/topic/22739-1989-rover-213se-project-now-yours-for-free/

 

Apparently even Free is too much to pay for something I've invested a quarter of my year's pay into!

[alcyonecorporation]

The problem that I have is that - even in the state it's in - a 305 van is supposed to be the holy grail among enthusiasts, of which there are few. 
It's a rare commercial vehicle with a diesel engine. I've never tried to disguise how bad it is, because it's bad. 

Even with my sights drastically lowered the bids (and therefore "what someone is/was prepared to pay") are all over the place. Top bid last time was £570, buyer pulled out "because of ferries". 
Deal done outside eBay, seller pulls out at £500 after I bent over backwards to help him but I couldn't drop everything to let him take the van on a new day after zero notice was given. This meant he was "pissed off."

I would have been happy with £500. 
Bloke on the 305 FB group offers £400. I tell him I need to have a think. Go back to him an hour later saying "yes" having taken yet another hit and he isn't interested, it's now £250 or get fucked. I need it to pay a bill and £260 simply isn't enough. I've seen vans in worse states than mine go for double that. 

Basically, I'm sick of people and their fickle buying habits. There is no compulsion to complete a sale on eBay because there's no comeback. Ebay needs a rocket up its arse because it's a law unto itself.
 

Job interview this morning, didn't get it.

See, that's properly shit. 

Said my piece now, will shut up.

[Guest Hooli]

See, that's properly shit. 

 

Said my piece now, will shut up. 

 

On the bright side, I've still got my current job. Just sick of it due to shit management.

[alcyonecorporation]

I can empathise with that.