The grumpy thread

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Ah, Bristol. I'm so glad I don't have to drive to work every day.

 

Went to pick the Saab up from the garage and it took half an hour to walk there, via a cash machine, Tesco for chocolate digestives and Toolstation. So far its taken 45 minutes to drive back and I'm still 5 minutes away. I'm going to be late for work...

[beko1987]

Your KFC is a bit undercooked...

[DodgeRover]

Off work due to an inner ear infection, an ideal time to catch up on my accounts, except the laptop has decided it's an ideal time to update windows 10 with massive downloads. Bloody thing, I'm only using it rather than the proper PC running Linux as it's in the coolest part of the house.

[John F]

Mobile phone service providers.

 

I could post a massive rant about these twats, but that would waste even more of my time than these swine have already wasted today, so I'll summarise them in one word: cunts.

[MorrisItalSLX]

^ I couldn't agree more.

 

I have been to the branch 3 times this week to try and change my plan and no progress has been made, 6 hours of my life I'm never going to get back.

 

Cunts. Staffed by cunts. Run by cunts.

[dozeydustman]

The humidity today has been unbearable. I don't mind dry heat as I'm perfectly content holidaying in the south of Spain when it's 42 Celsius and almost desert at this time of year.

It's only been 24 - 26 deg C the past couple of days but the humidity at 85% in my back garden just drains all life and soul out of me, not helped chasing around after a festering Rotopress full of fermenting garden waste.

 

I hope to feel less grumpy after a shower.

 

Mighty Þunor, can we have a thunderstorm please?

(Failing that I'll write Michael Fish a letter requesting the same)

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Got woken up at 4AM by Lady Grumpius going to a course.  Felt a bit sick.

 

Just as she's about to leave, she's sick.  Then I'm sick as she leaves.  She got as far as the petrol station and was sick there.  Came home.

 

She got back and I was sick again.  Then I was sick again this morning.

 

For fuck's sake.

[Ghosty]

 

(Failing that I'll write Michael Fish a letter requesting the same)

 

If you ask Fish for a storm, you won't get one. You have to ask for it to get hotter.

[dozeydustman]

If you ask Fish for a storm, you won't get one. You have to ask for it to get hotter.

 

 

[Guest Hooli]

Today is dragging so damn much, feels like I've been here a week since this morning.

[Talbot]

the person I'm talking to will walk away while I'm mid-sentence saying they "don't want to hear it".

And there is the problem.

 

Machinery can be fixed/bodged/adjusted, procedures can be changed, anything can be Engineered, but if your management are not willing to actually listen to the people doing the job, it's time to move on to a different job.

 

 

My own Grump:

 

Having just used my shitty old flatbed-car-transporter trailer for well over 1200 miles in 3 days without* incident, simply trying to turn it around in my road, I managed to twat one of the wheel arches on a concrete post so hard that I've ripped it clean off the trailer, shearing several welds and twisting the metal of the arch into something distinctly not-arch-shaped.

 

Grinder, hammer and welder to the rescue. Like I haven't got enough jobs at the moment.

[purplebargeken]

Am overheating and bored.

[anonymous user]

Am overheating and bored.

Try some K seal

[New POD]

 I am grumpy right now. Because under my name it has the number of posts I've made, the number of times I've been thanked and the number of warning points I've had.  Zero (at the moment)

It's like for me there is an option that I might collect them, whilst nobody else seems to have that feature. 

[cobblers]

You can only see your own warning points.

[New POD]

You can only see your own warning points.

 

I want to see everone elses now !!! 

[Guest Hooli]

I seem to recall when they appeared the green people said it's a feature we don't use so no one has any. Well except someone who demanded some so they could feel special, but I can't think who that was.

[beko1987]

I'm sure if you ask a mod nicely, or call them a cunt they'll give you a warning point so you can tick that box!

 

Slartibartfast changed my name for a few days once, that was fun

[beko1987]

In other news, several times tonight my clutch pedal didn't fully raise up after being depressed... The bite point went lower too when this happened. Hooking it back up the last few mm fixed it, and other times it was utterly fine.

 

Perplexing, can I squirt wd40 at the pedal and make it fixed? Will see what it's like tomorrow... Still drove fine mind

[Pillock]

I seem to recall when they appeared the green people said it's a feature we don't use so no one has any. Well except someone who demanded some so they could feel special, but I can't think who that was.

I gave someone a warning point because they wanted one. Can't think who but I'm sure they'll make themselves known when I win the lottery and everyone without a warning point gets five grand

[Guest Hooli]

In other news, several times tonight my clutch pedal didn't fully raise up after being depressed... The bite point went lower too when this happened. Hooking it back up the last few mm fixed it, and other times it was utterly fine.

 

Perplexing, can I squirt wd40 at the pedal and make it fixed? Will see what it's like tomorrow... Still drove fine mind

 

Return spring fucked?

[captain_70s]

Another work related grump, they've changed the shifts about. It used to be:

 

Early Shift, Mon to Fri - 7:00 - 14:30

Back Shift, Mon to Thur - 14:30 - 00:00

 

It is now:

 

Early Shift, Mon to Thur - 7:00 - 14:00 

                   Fri 7:00 - 16:15

Back Shift, Mon to Thur - 13:50 - 23:20

 

Why a long Friday? Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?!

 

[beko1987]

Return spring fucked?

I have no idea what or where that is, but it sounds much easier to repair than, say, the clutch!

[Guest Hooli]

Every car I've known has a return spring on the pedal to lift it up so it's not 'hanging' on the clutch mech.

[twosmoke300]

Another work related grump, they've changed the shifts about. It used to be:

 

Early Shift, Mon to Fri - 7:00 - 14:30

Back Shift, Mon to Thur - 14:30 - 00:00

 

It is now:

 

Early Shift, Mon to Thur - 7:00 - 14:00

Fri 7:00 - 16:15

Back Shift, Mon to Thur - 13:50 - 23:20

 

Why a long Friday? Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?!

 

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Meh , I tend to work 7-530/6 every day !

[Captain Furious]

Early shift - Winner

Friday shift - Not bad

Back shift - Fuck that!

[somewhatfoolish]

I want to see everone elses now !!! 

Just for you(and the rest of teh internetz).

 

[captain_70s]

Meh , I tend to work 7-530/6 every day !

I only work 36 hours a week, essentially the only reason I've stuck around as long as I have...

 

I don't really mind doing long hours, at my old job I used to do 7:00-4:30 but I was busier and the work was less tedious. Having said that I also ended up doing 12 days on 2 days off which pretty much finished off the remains of my social life and meant I never had the time to work on my cars which fell into disrepair...

 

Early shift - Winner

Friday shift - Not bad

Back shift - Fuck that!

 

I quite like back shift in winter time 'cause it's dark and miserable by 15:30 anyway. At this time of year it is depressing as you miss the vast majority of the sunshine, I try and wake up at about 10ish which gives me three hours of productive time in the morning to get ready/work on cars/maintain the flat etc.

 

I'd rather do the Friday shift on Monday, just get the long day out of the way early...

[New POD]

I'm sure if you ask a cunt nicely, or call them a mod they'll give you a warning point so you can lick that fanny!

 

Slarticuntfast changed my name for a few days once, that was fun

 

EFTWP

[Ghosty]

I seem to recall when they appeared the green people said it's a feature we don't use so no one has any. Well except someone who demanded some so they could feel special, but I can't think who that was.

 

I think they might have been a Dave idea, and since he parted ways with us they haven't been issued much of at all.

I think they were a 'three strikes' thing.