The grumpy thread

[mercrocker]

Respect in the workplace, a shorter commute, knowledge and understanding of what you are doing and all-round general happiness is worth a 50percent salary "cut" - and in this case not even a cut because you are already on it.  

 

 

Stay where you are!

[purplebargeken]

I'm tired. Hugely, massively, vastly tired. Actually probably beyond tired.

 

Each day that I go to work makes me feel like shit. Life is at the most tedious point ever.

 

I have to go to work tomorrow on the help line. It is a monumental waste of bloody time.

 

It is meant to be for telephone advice and support, this is for folks experiencing genuine emotional difficulty not for you to be waffling on about how it took you two hours to iron your socks last night or how your keyworker never called you back at some point in the past or how you need to change your doctors appointment but seemingly couldn't be arsed to do so when the team office is actually open. I don't work in your team, go phone them on Monday ffs. 

 

I really could not give a fuck anymore.  I have had enough.

 

Fuck this shit. 

[Sigmund Fraud]

Each day that I go to work makes me feel like shit.

 

Sounds pretty standard for our industry, Ken...

 

A week of annual leave, spent messing about with broken Triumphs, is bound to make you feel better !

[GrumpiusMaximus]

I'm tired. Hugely, massively, vastly tired. Actually probably beyond tired.

 

Each day that I go to work makes me feel like shit. Life is at the most tedious point ever.

 

I have to go to work tomorrow on the help line. It is a monumental waste of bloody time.

 

It is meant to be for telephone advice and support, this is for folks experiencing genuine emotional difficulty not for you to be waffling on about how it took you two hours to iron your socks last night or how your keyworker never called you back at some point in the past or how you need to change your doctors appointment but seemingly couldn't be arsed to do so when the team office is actually open. I don't work in your team, go phone them on Monday ffs.

 

I really could not give a fuck anymore. I have had enough.

 

Fuck this shit.

Statuatory services? I feel for you mate. I’ve worked in mental health (voluntary sector) and some of the shit the statuatory guys got from the top down, tying their hands and stopping them from doing their job was an utter tragedy.

[Aston Martin]

Decided my Twat ebay laptop buyer can have a refund but only on receipt of the return. In the original box it was issued in with everything exactly as it was sent and working perfectly as it was when it left my possession. And I have proof of that from an engineer friend who checked it out the day I dispatched it.

Cheeky sod has asked if I can send him his cash first. Needless to say I have referred him to eBay rules and made it clear that the eBay recommendation is don’t issue anything until the return is received. I can see this becoming a bit of a saga so might be giving Sheefag a call soon

 

Sick of ebayers and PayPal disputing twats.

[108]

Can I be pedantic?

1) It's not a camp unless there are tents. Are there tents? and if so how did they fix them to the car park.

2) Sainsburys doesn't have ' between y and s

3) pikey is none PC and you probably ain't allowed to use such an insulting term on the internet.

/pedant mode on:

 

3) pikey is none PC

 

Surely that should be: 3) pikey is non PC

 

/pedant mode off.

 

????

[andy18s]

It will make it easier to notice if the Cannabis farmer next door has hacked into your supply though

Most of the houses over here have a pre-meter socket hidden away,for when you want to run something a bit juicey like a welder.......

[GrumpiusMaximus]

The risk of getting done over by some rogue electricity meter readerer seems far more likely than someone stealing your electricity usage data, and if they do, so what?  I mean, actually, what's the worst that could happen?

 

This is typical however of the attitudes I came up against from other people when I mentioned I was getting one.  "Oh no, those smart meters, not for me, i'll carry on inputting my numbers manually THANKS!" 

 

Bizarre

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/01/uk-homes-vulnerable-to-staggering-level-of-corporate-surveillance

 

Front of The Grauniad, hours after this post...

[Sheefag]

Cheeky sod has asked if I can send him his cash first. Needless to say I have referred him to eBay rules and made it clear that the eBay recommendation is don’t issue anything until the return is received. I can see this becoming a bit of a saga so might be giving Sheefag a call soon

 

Parky, I stand ready with 'the simple sword of truth and the trusty shield of British fair play'. Or something.

[Parky]

You the man. A slightly scary one, but the man nonetheless.

 

This morning I get an email “oh I didn’t actually want to send the laptop back, I just wanted some money back because of the cosmetic damage”

 

So why send me a returns request saying “item damaged”? Why not have just sent me an email stating there was some damage you weren’t happy about together with a figure for a replacement part -I would have apologised, paid for the part, and probably sent a goodwill £20 on top of that. Maybe then use the returns process if I didn’t reply.

 

Now part of me is thinking “ok, let’s talk about compo figures” with a view to offering something like £50 quid back (replacement part is £18 but cheaper alternatives are out there and all it is is a scratch on the headphone socket which has cracked off a minute piece of the plastic surround, socket still works fine) but part of me is thinking that this bloke will be the sort of guy who comes back in six months complaining the battery isn’t quite as good as a new one. It would be cheaper to offer a partial refund obviously, but now he has started the process, does anyone know if he can cancel it or should I just take the hit and get this joker out of my face?

[New POD]

You the man. A slightly scary one, but the man nonetheless.

 

This morning I get an email “oh I didn’t actually want to send the laptop back, I just wanted some money back because of the cosmetic damage”

 

So why send me a returns request saying “item damaged”? Why not have just sent me an email stating there was some damage you weren’t happy about together with a figure for a replacement part -I would have apologised, paid for the part, and probably sent a goodwill £20 on top of that. Maybe then use the returns process if I didn’t reply.

 

Now part of me is thinking “ok, let’s talk about compo figures” with a view to offering something like £50 quid back (replacement part is £18 but cheaper alternatives are out there and all it is is a scratch on the headphone socket which has cracked off a minute piece of the plastic surround, socket still works fine) but part of me is thinking that this bloke will be the sort of guy who comes back in six months complaining the battery isn’t quite as good as a new one. It would be cheaper to offer a partial refund obviously, but now he has started the process, does anyone know if he can cancel it or should I just take the hit and get this joker out of my face?

 

 

No. Definately make him send it back. Then Refuse to accept the return because "you never returned it" - be a painful as possible. 

[chaseracer]

Parky, I stand ready with 'the simple sword of truth and the trusty shield of British fair play'. Or something.

 

Let us know where to send the cake with the file in it, etc.

 

[Des]

No. Definately make him send it back. Then Refuse to accept the return because "you never returned it" - be a painful as possible. 

 

Exactly, don't engage with clowns, you'll get pie in the face. I walked completely away from ebay many years ago after something similar, was already resigned to dropping them over introduction of the one sided feedback thing when I had a twat kick off over something petty, last straw so told him to return and I'll happily refund but he never did. Twat claimed his money back, about £500 odd and I then had paypal ringing me for the best part of a year. Must admit I enjoyed that bit, they'd demand my details before they can proceed only for me to point out who called who now state your business fucko and go round in entertaining circles of pleading and mild threats for a bit, eventually one of them had the stones to circumvent security protocol only to struggle to explain how their terms and conditions can justify someone being refunded and keeping item. I feel sorry for anyone trading on ebay, was a great help to me when first self-employed, could still be earning on the quiet weeks, luckily work picked up so I wasn't dependent on the greedy bastards and could present the big middle finger of denigration when they went too far.

[Wack]

What makes me grumpy is the new "smart" managed motorway sections

 

Not sure if it's the first death in one but an 8 year old boy was killed J6-5 on the M6 , this section has a hard shoulder that they can turn on and off , don't know if it was a live lane when it happened

 

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/man-custody-after-eight-year-14731426

 

Any twats (usually at this time of year) parked on the hard shoulder so their kid can pee, fuck me what cunts they are, have they no idea how dangerous stopping there is , plus they have no idea how to rejoin the motorway so usually enter lane one at 10mph

[dean36014]

What's really peeing me off now is bloody adverts and autoplay videos on news websites. My local site, Coventry Evening telegraph insists on popping up a video normally completely unrelated to the news item. Damn things autoplay and block the screen making reading the news painful

, take an age to close them too. This is also a grump because years ago I didn't give a stuff about the news but as I've got older I find myself concentrating on radio news and actively reading it on the internet. Why can't I be carefree anymore?

[xtriple]

My front tooth has been loose for a while, pretty much ever since a puppy gave it a biff (actually knocked the one next to it out on the spot) but it has been really wobbling around the last few days. I have just pulled it out I did hurt, but not too bad but now I am a gap toothed moron. I cannot believe how long the tooth is with the root; good inch long!

[Lord Sterling]

Fuck. Just found out last night that Ma was involved in a minor accident yesterday evening. The Micra was shunted into by a Mini One, which shoved the Micra forward into a Zafira taxi obviously Mini_girl admitted liability. Just been helping Ma report it to her insurer but not make a claim through her insurer.

Poor old Ma was shaken up, she's never been in accident like this before.

 

Damage:

 

To say I was pissed off and very concerned is an understatement. However, Ma now wants to repair the Micra and then 'retire' it. So I'll be on the lookout for a garage or covered storage (Tamworth garage project; hint hint) or rent another garage. Ma has said that she wants the Grey roffle Micra on the road to use as her car.

 

Other grump; our block have lost our bins because some twat from the next building put a fucking barbecue in the bins to which they set on fire and completely melted them to nothing. Woke up last evening to see firemen in our garden putting out the melted bins. I've told the twats I'm taking thier bin as a replacement to which they offered anyway.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Feckin' battery needs charging again.

[fordperv]

Lord sterling hows your mum's neck

[Wack]

Fuck. Just found out last night that Ma was involved in a minor accident yesterday evening. The Micra was shunted into by a Mini One, which shoved the Micra forward into a Zafira taxi obviously Mini_girl admitted liability. Just been helping Ma report it to her insurer but not make a claim through her insurer.

Poor old Ma was shaken up, she's never been in accident like this before.

 

Damage:

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To say I was pissed off and very concerned is an understatement. However, Ma now wants to repair the Micra and then 'retire' it. So I'll be on the lookout for a garage or covered storage (Tamworth garage project; hint hint) or rent another garage. Ma has said that she wants the Grey roffle Micra on the road to use as her car.

 

Other grump; our block have lost our bins because some twat from the next building put a fucking barbecue in the bins to which they set on fire and completely melted them to nothing. Woke up last evening to see firemen in our garden putting out the melted bins. I've told the twats I'm taking thier bin as a replacement to which they offered anyway.

 

I got ran into by a jag in november , same situation but no shunt into something else, this is the third time I've been hit from behind,other 2 I wasn't injured but this time I took a proper crack to the back, didn't think it was that bad at the side of the road but 2 days later I was in some pain so tell your mum to monitor how she feels, if she's got pain get to the doctor 

[sierraman]

That Micra will be a write off if you claim. Probably I'd put it down to experience and try hairdryering the dent out.

[Parky]

Neighbours have gone away for the weekend. A friend of theirs has gone with them and left their car parked outside and it’s alarm has been going off since 7am. On a Sunday. What utter bastards.

 

I think every person on the street wants to lynch them, I know I do

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I left my job on 6th April. The dopey twats have not even bothered to take me off the payroll! Got paid a full month's salary at the end of may. Obvs I have to pay it back, plus no doubt much of the salary I received at the end of April (which I have spent already of course). FFS man.

[Des]

Or,,,,, there's the funds to get the horsebox shifted, which immediately becomes the new address where they can't find you.

[Eddie Honda]

Obvs I have to pay it back,

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go whistle

 

[rainagain]

Royal Mail lying bastards, I’ve got a parcel coming from the States, twice now Royal Mail have ‘tried’ to deliver it to my work but have said no one was in. Despite where I work being open 24/7 except for just four days a year. I’m so tempted the pull the Cctv for the last ‘failed’ delivery that apparently happened on Friday and ask them to show me when their van enters site.

[Guest Hooli]

I left my job on 6th April. The dopey twats have not even bothered to take me off the payroll! Got paid a full month's salary at the end of may. Obvs I have to pay it back, plus no doubt much of the salary I received at the end of April (which I have spent already of course). FFS man.

 

I've got a feeling the law is they can only ask for it back. I'd check up before sending them anything, as a money bonus like that could be handy.

[chaseracer]

Employment Rights Act 1996, section 13, applies: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/18/section/13

 

This is also helpful - https://www.crunch.co.uk/knowledge/employment/ive-been-overpaid-what-should-i-do/ - especially the bit toward the end of the FOR EMPLOYEES paragraphs.

[yellowperil]

Aaaaghhhhhh!

I have just say down to watch an absolutely brilliant TT race, finger poised over the mute button for when that Kidd woman comes on.

 

What a cracking race...

Except i only got 40 minutes of an hour long programme, the rest didn't record.

 

FUSSAKE!

[davehedgehog31]

Took the Rover to have it's alignment done on Friday, had booked it in at National Tyres in Bearsden with a voucher I had. 

 

Got it down there for the allotted time after leaving work early and got the excuses "another car on the ramp, bring it back during the week". Another 40 minute detour and wasted annual leave? No thanks. 

 

Also got the "It's an old car so no guarantees" pish and bollocks. Hate garages that try and use a cars age as an excuse without having even looked at it.