The grumpy thread

[DodgeRover]

Work

Monday was spent snagging fixing someone else's fuck ups

Tuesday get started on my own job when I get a phone call that they have found some more fuck ups at the last place and can I go and sort it.

Today I have been sorting someone else's fuck ups on my own job

Tomorrow I hope to be able to get on with the job I started on Tuesday, but I've already had a call asking if I can pop and have a look at someone else's snags....

[Pillock]

Heard a story about someone having to replace a tyre when they handed theirs back as it wasn't an acceptable premium brand.

Absolutely. It's their car, they get to specify how you look after it.

On my lease car, premium brands only. If it went back with some dodgy rubbish not only would I have paid out for the crap tyre but they'd charge me for a new one too.

[xtriple]

Had to take Phoebe to the vets. Operation on her mouth today. Very unhappy at the moment.

[sierraman]

Absolutely. It's their car, they get to specify how you look after it.

On my lease car, premium brands only. If it went back with some dodgy rubbish not only would I have paid out for the crap tyre but they'd charge me for a new one too.

What do you define as a premium brand though? Would Barum or Avon be good enough?

[Slartibartfast]

Had to take Phoebe to the vets. Operation on her mouth today. Very unhappy at the moment.

 

Did she come through OK?

[Frogchod]

This was helpful:

Guess which way I went ?

[xtriple]

Did she come through OK?

Don't know yet, it's me that's unhappy! I bloody hope so, poor little bugger.

[Slartibartfast]

I'm sure she'll be fine, chap. Keep thinking positive.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

This was helpful:

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Guess which way I went ?

 

Straight through?

[chaseracer]

...contempt is a happy medium and rather underutilised these days.

 

I use it on a daily basis, as part of the job.

 

[Pillock]

What do you define as a premium brand though? Would Barum or Avon be good enough?

It'll be in the terms and conditions, or you phone them.

[hairnet]

Sneeze. Nosebleed.

 

Bastard.

 

Good job job wasn't on motorway

 

Last job flicked went back to work

 

Not happy

[xtriple]

Just had the call from the vet, she's doing well and can come home in a bit. Proper scary moment though, a real bum puckerer! She has had a wart type thing in her mouth for 5 years. I had it checked out back then and it was reported as safe(ish) but over the last 4 years, it has grown a bit and this morning, instead of being safely tucked up against her gum, it fell down between her teeth and she bit it! Blood everywhere and major panic. The vet today initially said it looked like cancer (which freaked me out a lot!) but they have just said it's probably this benign thing (the name of which I have forgotten already - concentrating on her being okay!) and it's out no problem.

 

Hope she is okay tonight, poor little lass, this is about her tenth operation over the past 10.5 years!

[sierraman]

It'll be in the terms and conditions, or you phone them.

"Hi can I fit some Achilles Radials?"

[Guest Hooli]

Good luck Pheobe.

 

 

Todays swearing is directed at google. Remember when google maps came out, you could drag your route about & send it to your phone so you'd go the route you picked?

 

Yeah,

 

Well they've improved* it lots since then...

 

Now you have to add 101 destinations to force it onto the route you want and you can't save it so you have to redo it to come home the nice way. Don't mention 'mymaps' that only navigates per stop so you are constantly taping away at your phone to force it to do what you need it to do.

 

FFS STOP IMPROVING THINGS TILL THEY CAN'T BE USED!!!!!!!!

[3VOM]

What do you define as a premium brand though? Would Barum or Avon be good enough?

Story was "it went out on Michelin/Continental/whatever, it has to come back on Michelin/Continental/whatever".

[meshking]

I use it on a daily basis, as part of the job.

 

You are my colleagues, AICMFP

 

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[Aston Martin]

I’ve replaced my tyre with the exact same Goodyear. My last flat tyre the local tyre place “we have another brand that’s better and cheaper.”

 

Fuck off and fit me a Goodyear, that always takes 3 days to order for some reason.

[Des]

Story was "it went out on Michelin/Continental/whatever, it has to come back on Michelin/Continental/whatever".

 

Cut sidewall out of old tyres and superglue onto Linglongs.

[Pillock]

I’ve replaced my tyre with the exact same Goodyear. My last flat tyre the local tyre place “we have another brand that’s better and cheaper.”

 

Fuck off and fit me a Goodyear, that always takes 3 days to order for some reason.

 

"We have another brand that we make more profit on".

It always amazes me that the "best" tyres and the tyres they have in stock always align perfectly. I've never heard of a tyre place saying "Well what you really want is XYZ, but we're out of those"

[Cavcraft]

Got rid of that cold thing going round. Contracted it again on my first day off of six, and subsequently felt like shit after a three hour tattoo session this afters.

 

 

Also, how come eBay haven't got to grip with those scamming bastards selling cheap classic cars on eBay? I've started playing one off a bit and signed him/her up for every bit of spam I can find, but eBay need to get a grip now.

[bub2006]

DWP. Nothing like leaving folk in the shit. No payment yesterday. Rang up and said not received sick note that I took into job centre last week but they would authorise payment straight away. Nothing in by this morming so rang back. Ever so sorry but apparently been an error with my bank details,you know the ones they pay my pip and esa into usually. They will investigate and ring me back by 1330. 1430 I rang again as no call. They said we will put an urgent call back on your notes and will ring you in an hour. Heard nothing by 1800 when they shut. Couldn't do much myself though as had to go parents evening.

This on top of ex wife's vectra bursting 2 brake pipes,1 which runs over tank and I lost all brakes. Spent most of Monday trying fix that thing and kept uncovering bodges by previous owner which meant it was uneconomical to try and keep fixing the hateful thing.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Got rid of that cold thing going round. Contracted it again on my first day off of six, and subsequently felt like shit after a three hour tattoo session this afters.

 

 

Also, how come eBay haven't got to grip with those scamming bastards selling cheap classic cars on eBay? I've started playing one off a bit and signed him/her up for every bit of spam I can find, but eBay need to get a grip now.

 

 

 

I thought it had eased up? I was reporting about 15 or 20 a night at one point. 

[taxi paul]

Smallish grump turning bigger. Older foster child missing for a couple if days. Call last night to say he has been arrested.so calls to social services to inform and they go and do the appropriate adult thing at police station. Police ring me at 1.33 am this morning to "pick him up. I can't,I explain . I have three kids in bed and I am on my own. Ring social worker who's phone is off,really very suprising*. The police ring back ten minutes later and say they will drop him off back home. Thank them for the help. It's now 3.15 am and no sign. So can't go back to bed just have to sit and wait for the future of society to get back. He us moving out today I hope. They really should move everyone off the isle of man and put all these people who don't want to contribute to society on there. With no boats. Moaning aside due to the little angel I have met loads of police officers over recent months and they are all fantastic and a great laugh. They all hate the little shits has well , but we don't admit that at meetings or write it down.

[paulplom]

Did you definitely SORN through the proper DVLA site? Not an imposter one?

Yes the dvla one.

[Zelandeth]

 

Oh just fuck off. I've not even sorted the gouge someone took out of the rear wing of the Saab without leaving a note yet.

Ow...

 

Hope your insurance are more helpful than mine were, who turned around and simply stated they couldn't get a screen for my car and that I'd be on my own.

 

...they didn't give me an option to take the glass cover off my cover though!

 

Yeah...Adrian Flux definitely won't be retaining my custom come renewal time.

[loserone]

Yes the dvla one.

Sorry, the publicity involved in doing this legally would never be worth it, and the likelihood of the site being compromised for that is so tiny it's untenable.

 

Either you've got something sniffing email addresses on your browser / OS, or your email address was already on the lists.  It usually takes a few weeks t start getting used for spam anyway as once sniffed it is added to a list and the lists are then sold on to the spammers.

 

I sorned a car just over a month ago with a dedicated email address ([email protected]) and have had nothing but the cnfirmation.

[cros]

What a lovely crisp morning for a walk with the shoots of spring poking up amongst the bottles of PISS. Everywhere is knee deep in garbage. Fucking revolting.

[SierraMikeHotel]

What a lovely morning for a walk with the shoots of spring poking up amongst the bottles of PISS. Everywhere is knee deep in garbage. Fucking revolting.

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Near a major road? I used to know a HATO, the approved name for this is apparently bottles of Lorrytizer.

[cros]

Doubtless there are not enough facilities for lorry drivers but if you are forced to urinate in your cab there are wider necked re-usable alternatives to a pop bottle which you can then empty down the next drain.