The grumpy thread

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

Foreskin-cheese-eating-management-ignorant-spiteful-whale-felchers..............

Current role has been boring to point of death for a while now, ending mid March - no surprise. Third party I've presented demo's to and helped on occassion to sort issues emailed and interviewed within half-an-hour - all good. I disappear on holiday less stressed and thinking it looks a good'un.

 

Monday AM - My team is told I'll be going to them........so just a shuffle and should work out OK. (I'm on the slopes somewhere in Germany so not privvy to this)

Wed - AM - team meeting, all confirmed to team - fairy snuff (Germany - not included)

Thur AM - nope, not actually going to happen and all off. (Germany - not included)

 

I'm still not informed of a damn thing - all of the above is from my colleagues of the last 2yrs. No sodding clue as to what's happening but CV being updated and I'll have a month off before I head back into the fray I reckon.

 

If there's an issue and something doesn't work - MTFU and speak to me or let me know somehow. That's your job as a tech naive man management paper pushing team lead/PM you spineless where's Wally looking cunt.............

[Jazoli]

Further to this, a so-called 'mate' who got me I to this telecommunications malarky has decided not to let me know he'd left to go to work earlier than me. We're meant to be in the same van to go and meet some other operatives, his excuse was that he hadn't any credit on his phone (despite apparently being £minted and 'doesn't have to work). Spoke to our manager this morning (who happens to be an old school chum of this so-called friend) and explained to him the circumstance, he said he'd call me back and so far for the last 3 hours he hasn't called back and isn't answering his phone.

 

I've now, as an emergency measure, signed on the dole.

 

Fuck.

 

Is wasn't K*lly communications was it?

 

Bunch of shysters, you are better off without them, I have spoken to a few who have worked for them and they are utter theives.

[fraser.innes.3]

Winter Olympics.

 

It used to be fun, there'd be ice dancing, ski jumping, slalom, four-man bob.... This time round it's ice hockey, which is just war; curling, slightly less exciting than watching paint dry; and various snowboarding stuff, which is just puzzling. And are there any men involved at all? All the Beeb's presenters are female, as are their experts; and whenever I look (which, not being a sports addict, is little-and-random) so are all the competitors. I've managed to catch some two-man bob this morning, except, you guessed, it's two-woman. Where are the men? And how has it taken a week and a half to get even this?

 

FFS BBC, pull yourselves together!

When the women's curling team won gold back in the day, more people watched it than the FA cup final that year. The difference was that the curling started at 1am!

 

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[Cavcraft]

Spent three hours in a meeting at work with a bloke who sounds exactly like the geezer off that ‘Eat, Sleep, Rave Repeat’ song this morning.

[alcyonecorporation]

Spent three hours in a meeting at work with a bloke who sounds exactly like the geezer off that ‘Eat, Sleep, Rave Repeat’ song this morning.

 

Is it actually him?

I met Bez while working at the Co-Op. He was so skint he tried to set up a tab with my manager to buy a £4 bottle of wine. 

[oldcars]

Selling a couple of phones on gumtree, need the money to get the 75 serviced. All fecking scammers or half eaten twix's/deep fat fryers etc. 

[alcyonecorporation]

Selling a couple of phones on gumtree, need the money to get the 75 serviced. All fecking scammers or half eaten twix's/deep fat fryers etc. 

 

Was it someone on here who got offered a methadone script as straight swap for a Ford Escort? 

[oldcars]

Was it someone on here who got offered a methadone script as straight swap for a Ford Escort? 

More than likely 

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

Was it someone on here who got offered a methadone script after seeing the state of their new* Ford Escort? 

 

FTFY

[Lord Sterling]

Is wasn't K*lly communications was it?

 

Bunch of shysters, you are better off without them, I have spoken to a few who have worked for them and they are utter theives.

The very one. Yes, I've read the reviews about them and spoken to many of the crews. Not one of them has a single good word to sayabout them. I guess at least for the immediate future its the dole queue for me.

 

I know of a good trade-plating company (NOT the people I originally left) less stress etc... and I know I said I wouldn't return to them but I have responsibilities which need paying for.

[Guest Hooli]

A shit job is better* than no job Mo.

 

If for nothing else than than knowing in yourself that you're doing your best to sort things without relying on others. At least that's what I keep telling myself when wanting to walk out the office & burn the building down several times a day.

[Wack]

Winter Olympics.

 

It used to be fun, there'd be ice dancing, ski jumping, slalom, four-man bob....  This time round it's ice hockey, which is just war; curling, slightly less exciting than watching paint dry; and various snowboarding stuff, which is just puzzling.  And are there any men involved at all?  All the Beeb's presenters are female, as are their experts; and whenever I look (which, not being a sports addict, is little-and-random) so are all the competitors.  I've managed to catch some two-man bob this morning, except, you guessed, it's two-woman.  Where are the men?  And how has it taken a week and a half to get even this?

 

FFS BBC, pull yourselves together!

I thought this was a top effort, the skier that can't ski but qualified for the olympics

 

Elizabeth Swaney, reached the 2018 Winter Olympics through a combination of cunning, awareness and exploitation of a sheer lack of female halfpipe skiers. Qualification for the Olympics involves achieving a certain number of top-30 World Cup finishes, and Swaney ensured she achieved 13 of them by simply turning up and competing at events where there were fewer than 30 athletes competing.

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/winter-olympics/winter-olympics-2018-pyeongchang-elizabeth-swaney-ski-halfpipe-video-average-a8218991.html

[Wack]

My shit day

 

I did a job today where I earned £50 driving, on the way back an artic in front of me hit what looked like a plastic lid off a cool box , launched it straight at me , it hit the windscreen smashing the wiper blade off, went left and took the passenger mirror off, luckily the windscreen survived with some plastic scuffs but no breakage

 

I've just priced a used mirror and wiper blade up on ebay £50

 

Fuck off

[John F]

Wack, on 21 Feb 2018 - 5:31 PM, said:

I thought this was a top effort, the skier that can't ski but qualified for the olympics

 

Elizabeth Swaney, reached the 2018 Winter Olympics through a combination of cunning, awareness and exploitation of a sheer lack of female halfpipe skiers. Qualification for the Olympics involves achieving a certain number of top-30 World Cup finishes, and Swaney ensured she achieved 13 of them by simply turning up and competing at events where there were fewer than 30 athletes competing.

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/winter-olympics/winter-olympics-2018-pyeongchang-elizabeth-swaney-ski-halfpipe-video-average-a8218991.html

 

What a self-centred piece of shit she is.

 

At least Eddie the Eagle competed for his own country. And I've sat on the bar on a ski jump... my arse was twitching just being sat there, wild horses wouldn't have made me go down the ramp on skis, hats of to him for doing it at all.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

My shit day

 

I did a job today where I earned £50 driving, on the way back an artic in front of me hit what looked like a plastic lid off a cool box , launched it straight at me , it hit the windscreen smashing the wiper blade off, went left and took the passenger mirror off, luckily the windscreen survived with some plastic scuffs but no breakage

 

I've just priced a used mirror and wiper blade up on ebay £50

 

Fuck off

Easy come, easy go..... 

[Guest Hooli]

The current radio advert for the fiat 500. Any car where the best* thing about it to advertise is a retardedly large touchscreen radio to piss you off looking shit in the middle of the dash isn't off to a good start.

 

Then the utter cuntwomble who tells you the 'wental' price! it's not even cute when a 5 year old female child creature says it & it's just cuntish & annoying to the extent he needs a kick in the face everytime he breathes when an adult male does so.

 

tl:dr

 

Fucking advertising cunts.

[Guest Hooli]

 

I know of a good trade-plating company (NOT the people I originally left) less stress etc... and I know I said I wouldn't return to them but I have responsibilities which need paying for.

 

I think it's been suggested before but have you tried local bus companies? they are always looking for drivers, free training if you agree to stay for two years most of the time. The pay is probably better if you can cope with the damn self loading freight (that was the bit of the job I hated).

[chaseracer]

Trains?

[Lord Sterling]

Well, my uncle has been going on at me now for the last year or so to do training as a driving instructor. It marries up two of interests in life, cars and teaching people. I had a small stints at teaching/presenting stuff to people. I ended up teaching people (mostly pensioners) basic IT skills (how to access the web, setting up an email address and addressing thier questions about IT etc...) and I enjoyed spending time teaching people about stuff I knew about but could explain in a less technical form. I also taught a mate of mine to drive and helped him pass, again, that helping someone to achieve something made me feel quite happy.

 

I'll be having a serious look into it as I now need something long term. For now though, a simple paid-by-the-hour job is what I need.

[Guest Hooli]

I don't think instructing pays as much as they claim unless you work mega hours, not from what I've heard from people who've done it anyway.

[Guest Hooli]

Trains?

 

Doesn't that need degrees & you end up on a waiting list etc?

 

Just thinking it's not a turn up tomorrow n get paid job.

[chaseracer]

Doesn't that need degrees & you end up on a waiting list etc?

 

No degree required, but it is a popular choice.  Probably because, once qualified and with some experience, it can be a very well-paid job.

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

Aaaarrrrggghhhhh!!!! Almost totally run off the A14 by a tit of a lorry driver... AGAIN!

 

Twice this month. Words absolutely fail me right now.

 

Both occurrences have the same thing in common and that is this: they don't want to slow down.

 

So instead they change lanes whilst a car is next to them. Has the world gone fucking mad? When was this acceptable? IF you don't want to slow your pig iron dinosaur down because it'll take 700 gear changes and 2 months to get back up to your restricted limit then DONT BE A FUCKING LORRY DRIVER!!! 

 

Shit a duck...

[D Spares & Tyres]

Had this whilst driving a truck that limited to 56 mph

 

Another truck overtook doing 57 mph.

 

Once parallel he decided he wanted to exit at the next junction. I kept the cruise on. He was going bonkers at me for not moving over. Sometimes these situations are so bizarre you end up doubting yourself briefly!

[Eddie Honda]

I kept the cruise on.

No need to be a bawbag as well.

[D Spares & Tyres]

I think it's been suggested before but have you tried local bus companies? they are always looking for drivers, free training if you agree to stay for two years most of the time. The pay is probably better if you can cope with the damn self loading freight (that was the bit of the job I hated).

Haha you have obviously not seen our local bus company. It deserves its own thread on here.

 

Diamond buses, what a joke. As in genuinely funny. Some overheat, some catch fire, some just break down. The drivers occasionally get lost and ask passengers for directions.

[D Spares & Tyres]

No need to be a bawbag as well.

Nor you m9

[tommytwo]

BoggyMires, I had a similar experience last year on a single track country road in Hertfordshire. Blood 8 wheel tipper truck, obviously  was not going to  slow down  or stop and coming around a blind bend. I had to go cross country. It certainly tested my suspension and I just avoided a collision. Did not drive on that road again.

 

Driving standards are getting lower and lower!

[Guest Hooli]

Haha you have obviously not seen our local bus company. It deserves its own thread on here.

 

Diamond buses, what a joke. As in genuinely funny. Some overheat, some catch fire, some just break down. The drivers occasionally get lost and ask passengers for directions.

 

Route learning wasn't good when I did buses either, I once had an old dear show me most the 91 to Petersfield one bank holiday/sunday.

 

I worked for Stagecoach, I know all about faulty shite buses & crap management. The coach company I went to afterwards wasn't much different.

[nebuchenezer]

Nor you m9

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