The grumpy thread

[Mally]

Has she got something to replace it with -assuming it was prescribed for pain relief? I think I was on here someone said over time it looses it effectiveness as a painkiller as you build a tolerance to it.

Best wishes with it

 

Shes had some new fangled pain blocking injection.

Stops the nerves transmitting pain to the brain.

Injection seems to work for the pain, better than shes been for years, but getting withdrawal symptoms from the tramadol.

Cut them by half and still going I think.

Makes her snappy so I don't ask much.

[nebuchenezer]

Mrs nebuchenezer's elder brother died Saturday lunchtime - cue the remainder of the weekend attempting to comfort the rest of the family including wife, daughter, grandkids, brother, sister and extended cousins etc.

 

What a cunt of a weekend.

[nebuchenezer]

A2/M2 from Faversham to Canterbury- what the fuck is going on with lane 1? I've seen better made roads in Africa, must of passed a dozen cars on the hard shoulder yesterday with fucked tyres - presumably from pothole impacts.

[warren t claim]

Some millennial snowflake thought he knew the law by running from my taxi without paying and into his house shouting "it's a civil matter". Well firstly dipshit it isn't and secondly after kicking fuck out of your front door you actually thought that you could put the chain on the door and negotiate with me? Fortunately you learnt the error of your ways when I rammed the spade you left in your front garden into the gap. For someone who claimed that they didn't have the £15 you found it quickly enough when your door went through and a six foot two psycho taxi driver ran through into your hall with a shovel in his hands screaming that he's going to blind you. What an utter cunt you are.

 

Shock and awe works every time.

[Tickman]

Liked for getting what you were owed.

[warren t claim]

I'm a really nice guy and I just don't tolerate theft off me. If he'd arranged something before me I would of worked something out but this was premeditated. He'd phoned on a withheld number and claimed he was going to a different house in his Street.

[tooSavvy]

^^[shovel] Uber [Alles]

 

TS

[fordperv]

I don't blame you for putting the squeeze on him, it boils my pee that people think it's ok to rip someone off, no doubt the person has done it to many others, hopefully it was a wake up call for him

[Kiltox]

Running from a taxi into your own house is a special kind of retarded

[Roostybroon]

SWMBO is watching some American cooking programme, erbs? erbs? Wtf are erbs? There is a bloody H at the start of herbs why would you choose not to pronounce it ffs

[warren t claim]

Some get away and some don't. One guy bailed from my car at 29mph just to escape a £4.20 fare. He'd planned it in advance and chose to jump when I was going past a speed camera. He was nearly run over by the cars behind me. Oddly enough he got up and ran away. I didn't get chase him because I thought he'd earned his £4.20.

[Kiltox]

Holy fuck! Can you not use auto locking / child locks to stop that kind of idiocy or is that deemed to be against their ‘ooman rights?

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Well done WTC! The guy sounds like a 'life lesson' or two will be of great benefit to him in the future. What a dickhead!

[warren t claim]

My Avensis had auto locking which was handy but I'd never expect a 30mph bail out.

[warren t claim]

The official advice we're given is to let them go. Sadly my brain is bad at taking advice. I know it's wrong but I assume people shouldn't steal off each other.

[dollywobbler]

The official advice we're given is to let them go. Sadly my brain is bad at taking advice. I know it's wrong but I assume people shouldn't steal off each other.

 

Is that official advice that then repays you the missing money? I suspect not...

[warren t claim]

I can see myself and many other drivers involving the police from now on. For many years there's been a mutual understanding that they'll leave us alone and we won't ask for debt recovery and security assistance based on the fact that we clear all the shit off the streets at chucking out time. Recently there's been an ongoing purge on taxis and many would of read of my suspension on the other forum for having a scrape on my bumper. We are now beginning to demand a two way relationship with plod.

[purplebargeken]

Thank you. The spade antics have brightened my day massively.

 

I can imagine the fear and distress he was experiencing and all was good in the world again.

[warren t claim]

No harm came to any individual.

[LostnotFound]

Bravo for actually sorting one of them out.

 

A taxi driving friend of mine took up the council on their half price for cctv offer, and then had his car turned over a received a slap, I hope your local coppers are somewhat more useful.

 

They took a month before allowing the stills from the cctv to be used on posters, then stuck a post on their Facebook page and shrugged their shoulders.

 

Like my colleagues on the railway that have been assaulted recently there seems to be a feeling that 'it's part of the job' at least on the railway its not your own money they are stealing.

[warren t claim]

I'm 48 years old in a week. I know there'll be a time when I have to think about changing my working hours and stop working the really rough areas. I'm always aware that I'm nearer Boot Hill than Grange Hill. We even had a driver beaten up to the extent of needing a stay in Walton Neurological Hospital ON CHRISTMAS DAY! I'm going to give some thought to not working beyond 2am on a weekend and sticking to the ABC1 areas.

[richardthestag]

wycombe taxi drivers might have been known for dropping dodgy fares in the middle of nowhere with some tricky to explain bruises.

 

They lock the doors until paid, any efforts to wriggle are not well received. sometimes polise are involved I guess more often they are not.

 

they all drive Prius', with eml on, like they stole them. many reasons why I drive everywhere

 

isnt there a risk wtc that you could be "had" for damage to door? 

[richardthestag]

HH-R "..Why is getting anything done with Tescos so hard?"

 

When we were away, at Leeds, the anklebiter got her eye on 'Walls Breakfast roll' at the local Tesco. She ate a few over the days and loved them...

 

 

Back here we don't have them at our local. I sent a 'Request' into the Tesco App, using our card details + phone number = "We will ring you back within 48hrs" in the automated response box.

 

  nothing, of course.

 

I chopped the store manager, yesterday, and he says he will look into the stocking of Walls = I see him around the store all the time & will chase him up.... We Will SEE 

 

TS

 

[andy18s]

The official advice we're given is to let them go. Sadly my brain is bad at taking advice. I know it's wrong but I assume people shouldn't steal off each other.

Used to work the night shift at a Shell petrol station where we were encouraged to leave the main doors open instead of the little window being used

I had 1 of the local "characters" in 1 night who had had a few beers then took a taxi to our place

Decided to grab a load of those Turkey microwave meals,leg it to the taxi and got him to drive off

Problem was that we knew 99% of the drivers by name as they often popped in for a free coffee when they filled up

Gave the driver a ring,told him what the shit had done then asked him to drop him at the local nick where the pre-warned boys in blue were waiting for him

The fine and court costs would have cost much more than some crappy micro meals

[Talbot]

Used to work the night shift at a Shell petrol station where we were encouraged to leave the main doors open instead of the little window being used

Likewise. This is how I funded driving while at college. Luckily, the Shell stations I worked in were on busy enough roads that we had very few cretins in overnight, so I had little issue in leaving the main door open.

 

One night, however, a well known shithead from the localish estate came in and for the first time I managed to witness him thieving stuff. challenged him at the desk, and he denied it, becoming quite agressive. I challenged him again and he tried to reach over the desk to me. We had a panic button under the desk linked to the police, so I pressed it.

 

Unbeknownst to me at the time, an officer I knew moderately well was already on his way up from the 2-mile-away police station to get night-time supplies for the night staff. After pressing the button, he was radioed from the Police station and arrived on the forecourt about 7 seconds after I pressed the alarm.

 

The look on the shithead's face was a picture. He was cuffed and removed, and my boss pressed charges.

 

There was a very good reason I used to allow ANY professional at work free hot drinks from our machine. Being the only 24hr station for a good number of miles around, it meant there was constantly a presence of Police, Ambulance crew, recovery crew, taxi drivers and various other hi-vis clad people in the shop.

[Supernaut]

I've written my resignation letter, and I'm this close to handing it in.

 

All my bosses are on strike until Friday due to a dispute over pensions.

I'm second-line support while also getting dicked with managing project work and infrastructure work, all while getting paid less than some people on service desk.

I nearly fell off some badly constructed scaffolding back in December 2016. I logged it as a near miss and the H&S team have done fuck-all since, and the team who built the scaffolding are still convinced it's my fault somehow.

 

I'm realising that this place is the source of all my stress, anxiety and depression. I'd rather be on the dole and volunteering somewhere than working here.

[tooSavvy]

.... Yeah, well

 

Talk the Talk.

 

or

 

Walk the Walk.

 

I made my choice....

 

 

TS

[warren t claim]

I've written my resignation letter, and I'm this close to handing it in.

 

All my bosses are on strike until Friday due to a dispute over pensions.

I'm second-line support while also getting dicked with managing project work and infrastructure work, all while getting paid less than some people on service desk.

I nearly fell off some badly constructed scaffolding back in December 2016. I logged it as a near miss and the H&S team have done fuck-all since, and the team who built the scaffolding are still convinced it's my fault somehow.

 

I'm realising that this place is the source of all my stress, anxiety and depression. I'd rather be on the dole and volunteering somewhere than working here.

Good luck. Ww spend so much of our lives working so never do any job that makes you miserable regardless off how much you earn.

[Talbot]

Find another job first.

 

The feeling of utter relief when you are offered and accept a different job elsewhere and you can tell your boss to shove his badly-paid stress-inducing wanky-bollock of a job so far up his own arse he can taste it, is wonderful.

 

It's been a long time since I've been able to do so, but the need to do so is getting a lot stronger every day at the moment.

[AMC Rebel]

wycombe taxi drivers might have been known for dropping dodgy fares in the middle of nowhere with some tricky to explain bruises.

 

They lock the doors until paid, any efforts to wriggle are not well received. sometimes polise are involved I guess more often they are not.

 

they all drive Prius', with eml on, like they stole them. many reasons why I drive everywhere

 

isnt there a risk wtc that you could be "had" for damage to door? 

 

Can't recall if I posted this but a Dublin Taxi driver (every one has a tale) told me he once returned two women to terminal 1 of the airport over a row about the fare.   He did say he'd be scared to do it these days though.