The grumpy thread

[Station]

My car now has that 'You don't want me anymore, so I'm going to malfunction'. 1am doing a good deed for a friend (no karma returned), returning home, the lights go off. No explanation, everything just goes off. I pull into an Asda carpark (the store of which is shut), and spend the next hour trying to trace the problem under a dashboard with no lighting apart from the illumination from my camera's display thing. I bodged it, which meant I had no brake lights or indicators and full beams only.

[Station]

And what the FLIP is this?

 

 

[Lord Sterling]

Car decided to throw a wobbly and bust its radiator hose. Its now sitting forlorn awaiting a replacement.

 

Computer also decides to throw a shitter and log me out of this and other sites whenever it feels like despite half the day clearing cookies, restting settings and resinstalling various bits of software.

 

Might have failed my course because the tutors dont where my file has gone.

 

Arse

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

I HATE HATE HATE captive nuts. About half of them on my car have broken free with no access to repair them or use a normal nut. Is there anything worse when undoing a bolt than having the inaccessible captive nut it is mated to break free?

 

And what the FLIP is this?

Frozen pizza takes about 15 minutes in an oven yet someone took the time to invent a microwavable version.

[Richard]

You can buy microwave toasties too.

[Pillock]

Tescos.

Bought a Toshiba tv from them in August last year.

....................

No, they will pick it up from my home.

I get home, unpack the TV, it won't switch on at all now.

They will call me back within 24hrs to arrange a pick up.

They haven't.

 

Best line of attack with Tesco is to stand at their customer service desk getting in the way until they just replace it from stock. They hate people loitering there, makes the place look untidy. They bought in the helpline thing to stop store staff getting ripped off (like bringing stuff back that wasn't even Tesco-bought, they just know more about asparagus and nappies than they do TVs) but to get you out of their hair, they'll make an exception.

[chaseracer]

And what the FLIP is this?

 

 

Inedible?

[ashmicro]

Tesco are bastards about replacing anything, especially electronics. I experiened the return codes bollocks when I bought a mobile phone for a mate. To get your return code, go to the customer service desk and use THEIR phone to phone the helpline and generally make a nuisance of yourself, but don't be rude.

 

My advice to you is to get your money back, and buy elsewhere.

[Station]

I've had nothing but 'pleasure' from Tesco's electronic dept returns.

I somehow cracked a 42" LCD screen TV thing (not a pleasant thing seeing that), and phoned the helpline. They gave me a code, and said take it into the store. Within an hour I had a new (bigger) TV, and it's the first time I've had to write a letter commending the member of staff on her superb level of service.

It was a bit sad seeing my poor old telly sitting in the shop looking all broken as I left with a newer/better one.

Now have a 13" CRT one. There's nothing to watch on it anyway.

[retrogeezer]

So you accidentally broke your TV and Tesco exchanged it even though it wasn't faulty?

Never heard of that before.

[Station]

Yeah, everything is guaranteed for 1 year. If it drops out of the boot of the car at speed, they'll replace it, accidental damage is covered. I was surprised!

[Lankytim]

Sainsburys must have a pretty lax exchange rule on electronics as every time I deliver to the stores theres always a big pile of returns to go back (although I cant take them).

[Lord Sterling]

And what the FLIP is this?

 

 

-- Nearly gave me a heart attack last night laughing at that! Sorry Station

 

Food almost always never looks it does on the packet. The amount of times I bought frozen food which looks great on the packet but comes out looking inedible.....

 

Got paid today for my last job. Because of all the overdraft expenses I only got £20 out of £70. That needs to last me at least 2 weeks before I get paid again.

 

Agency phoned me up out of the blue and it seems to company have booked me for work all next week. Hopefully, I will actually have some work and not be sent home due to some sort of "miscommunication"

 

I want a better, higher paid job, will I get one? Probably not

 

Nice

[Station]

Worst thing I've seen is a 'Potato Dog', which a mate bought from a petrol station on a Sunday. It was rock hard potato, with a tasteless length of 'meat' in the middle. It had the texture of a child's plastic toy. Reluctantly ate half of it, and then spent the night vomitting.

[Pillock]

I never realised Tesco covered accidental damage in the first year! They must lose a shedload of cash doing that.

 

And for comparison, if you returned your TV to my employer, having had it fall out of your car, even with accidental damage cover, you'd be getting it back broken! Accidents are covered, negligence isn't

[Cavcraft]

Hey big name supermarket, THX 4 DA 3 GFT. Unfortunately my missus didn't actually want the weird looking slug type creature in her salad, just like she didn't want the cockroach you gave her a year or so back.

[retrogeezer]

Yeah, everything is guaranteed for 1 year. If it drops out of the boot of the car at speed, they'll replace it, accidental damage is covered. I was surprised!

Well I never.....thats quite impressive even if the customer service isn't!

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Hey big name supermarket, THX 4 DA 3 GFT. Unfortunately my missus didn't actually want the weird looking slug type creature in her salad, just like she didn't want the cockroach you gave her a year or so back.

This is why I avoid salad.

 

People say processed food is bad, but it does at least make the insects in it unidentifiable.

[Father Ted]

A cunt.

 

I take some small comfort from the fact that its not his fault he is a cunt, its his parents and his upbringing.

[Polystratus]

I HATE HATE HATE captive nuts. About half of them on my car have broken free with no access to repair them or use a normal nut. Is there anything worse when undoing a bolt than having the inaccessible captive nut it is mated to break free?

 

 

Work of the devil those things

[Claypole]

Spilt pins and castelated nuts... why?

 

I've yet to find one on my BMW that I could remove without cutting it off and so far mangling the part is was attached to.

 

Oh and I've sheared a downpipe stud off and there's not even room to get a drill to the remains.

(I was trying my new stud extractor socket and did get one out but the other broke off after I've broken the 10mm socket and gone down to the 8mm. )

[Cavcraft]

The river Mersey near Bromborough is awash with nylock wheel nuts from super single axles.

I know because I used to throw hundreds of the fucking things in there when I used to change truck wheels.

 

Sometimes I'd get a good launch and ping them off the side of passing boats, and then hide in the bushes as scores of Phillipino seamen rushed to the side to see what was being fired.

[Pillock]

Hey big name supermarket, THX 4 DA 3 GFT. Unfortunately my missus didn't actually want the weird looking slug type creature in her salad, just like she didn't want the cockroach you gave her a year or so back.

This is why I avoid salad.

 

People say processed food is bad, but it does at least make the insects in it edible

Fixed that for you.

[Richard]

Surely bagged salad is processed food?

 

My gripe is my neighbour. If he thinks I've parked in front of his house he will park his car right up against my car/van. Last night was the closest yet. Is it illegal to park like that? I'm sure it must be.

 

 

My Unobtainium pre-2001 plate was undamaged therefore his face remains undamaged- for now.

[trigger]

Just start your car in gear so it bumps his, he won't do it again.

[Louise2cv]

What about parking opposite a road junction? Also it really winds me up that people think they own the road outside their house. We were constantly moving one guys cones at our old place.

 

Get a friend to park quite close behind him, then go out for the day.

[Father Ted]

Surely bagged salad is processed food?

 

My gripe is my neighbour. If he thinks I've parked in front of his house he will park his car right up against my car/van. Last night was the closest yet. Is it illegal to park like that? I'm sure it must be.

 

 

My Unobtainium pre-2001 plate was undamaged therefore his face remains undamaged- for now.

Get somehing else and ark behind him thus boxing him in completely and then go on holiday. On a 4 week cruise.

[Justin Case]

http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/news ... ILC-SEARCH

 

Further comment is not necessary

[trigger]

If you want to read about real twat's then read this from my local rag yesterday, Talking about giving Suffolk people a bad name.

 

http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/news/woman ... p_1_399691

[Station]

Is nothing sacred? Why didn't the court (or whoever) that gave her the re-naming tell her to get out and never, ever come back unless it's a normal name?