The grumpy thread

[DodgeRover]

Redundancy.

 

Fuckity fuck fuck.

Crap, sorry to hear that - are they laying off the rest of your department? Will the combined redundancy payouts be enough to start the venture you were talking about?

[wuvvum]

What a bummer.  Happened to me 7 years ago - I had bloody good redundancy terms in my last job so got about 9 months' wages as a payout, but still, the uncertainty did not make for a pleasant time.

[robinmasters]

Fake cameras are distracting and cause accidents. The fake camera looks remarkably like a real one, which of course aren't distracting and don't cause accidents. 

 

 

 

Highways England, which has control over speed cameras, said fake installations could be distracting to drivers and cause crashes.

 

http://https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-45667993

[pandamonium]

Did some nosing around to look into the possibility of sticking the Lada into storage for a while (or over winter) given selling it seems to be an act in futility at present.

 

Yeah...at £100-250pcm that's not happening.

 

Someone remind me why I moved down south again?

 

Wish I could afford to buy it. and I can't offer much in the way of storage...  

[Ghosty]

I'm in a third year lecture,why the fuck is so someone behind me throwing little bits of rolled up paper at me?

[mrbenn]

I'm in a third year lecture,why the fuck is so someone behind me throwing little bits of rolled up paper at me?

 

This was actually one of the reason I dropped out of uni. There were some great people on my course, there were also some immature pricks. Unfortunately, that meant that we were all treated like morons who couldn't organise or think for ourselves. Did my head in.

[Aston Martin]

Iceland, the fuck are you playing at?

[Christine]

I'm in a third year lecture,why the fuck is so someone behind me throwing little bits of rolled up paper at me?

 

It's the KFC girls boyfriend

[wuvvum]

As part of my law degree I did a year abroad in a French university.  I remember one lecture where there was someone at the back of the lecture theatre playing the guitar and singing.  There are far (even?) more feckless idiots attending French universities than there are over here.

[New POD]

I'm in a third year lecture,why the fuck is so someone behind me throwing little bits of rolled up paper at me?

B3vause

 

1. You haven't punched them. HARD.

2. You haven't stood up and said "excuse me .....insert name of lecturer... but Mr....insert name of twat...is more interested in throwing rolled up bits of paper than your lecture, so would it be okay for you to ask them to leave"

3. You haven't made an official complaint to the university, which results in them getting a warning.

 

HOW much per hour of teaching time are you actually paying?

[mrbenn]

Iceland, the fuck are you playing at?

 

Tree flavour crisps..... I'm dying here

[Tadhg Tiogar]

 

Iceland, the fuck are you playing at?

Tree flavour crisps..... I'm dying here

 

They probably taste like chicken.

[anonymous user]

They probably taste like chicken.

No, Christmas tastes of misery, disappointment and arguments

[Aston Martin]

No, Christmas tastes of misery, disappointment and arguments

Turkey then?

[xtriple]

I have spent about 3 hours today effin' about with the horn on yon Jaguar. It still doesn't work! It has got me proper confused (not hard) but the relay clicks when you press the horn and if you connect 12volts direct to the wire that feeds the horns from the relay, the horns blare like good uns. Lost and a little confused...

[loserone]

Stupid D&V.

 

36 hours since anything I ate stayed in.

 

Haven't bothered trying "today". Passing out at 4am on the bathroom floor was a first for me.

 

All I can think about are proper homemade beefburgers.

[wuvvum]

Just take the relay out and join the wire from button to relay directly directly to the wire from relay to horns.

[Ghosty]

Unfortunately the person throwing paper at me appeared to be a woman in a headscarf.

Disaster waiting to happen, I'll just avoid her.

[Kiltox]

Unfortunately the person throwing paper at me appeared to be a woman in a headscarf.

Disaster waiting to happen, I'll just avoid her.

Sounds like she likes you

[richardmorris]

Two near misses on my ride into work this morning, first dozy bint in a bmw 1 series pulls out from the side road on the left to turn right about 20ft in front of me as I was doing 25mph downhill. Only she can’t turn right as the car she pulled out behind has stopped to turn right into the road she pulled out of. So she stops in the middle blocking the lane. Her licence number is clear on the video and I’m half tempted to report it as she clearly didn’t give a toss.

Then some white van belching so much black smoke the numberplate is as black as the rest of the rear, passes with plenty of space on a sharp left hand bend with a junction on the right, forcing the oncoming car to take emergency swerve into the road on its left. Can’t read the plate on it it’s so dirty.

 

To top it off a little while later some girl in a vw polo overtook just to swerve across me to join the queue of traffic at the junction. She was watching the tv on her phone! Yes, clear as day phone mounted on the windscreen showing the news. Sadly the camera didn’t show this as it’s mounted too low.

 

I’d had quite enough so left work after lunch to go to wickes to collect some stuff we needed. A322 is closed because a huge tree is blocking three lanes! Getting to Bracknell was ok, but had to detour back through ascot with more than it’s fair share of drunk Range Rover and Audi Q7 drivers.

 

I’m also continually surprised to find the world is still here when I wake up in the mornings. I think I’m depressed!

[pandamonium]

Bad things come in 3s?

 

 

Bad thing 1. Matiz failing MOT.

 

Bad thing 2. Trying to do a good deed and give two tyres(wheels) from the Matiz to an older lady neighbour with a Micra, before realising halfway through the swap that the Matiz is 4 x 114.3. Bollocks. I should know this sort of thing. 

 

Bad thing 3. In doing so, my tennis elbow has flared up again, badly.

 

Not a good evening.

[chaseracer]

Getting to Bracknell was ok...

 

This is your opportunity to reconsider that proposition.

 

[Frogchod]

Redundancy.Fuckity fuck fuck.

It's a bugger when that happens, turns your life upside down, and uncertanty looms.

For me it gave me the kick up the arse to try something different, which is how I'm here in France.

Being self employed is a royal pain though.

99 % of my workmates who were also made redundant went on to better things.

I hope things work out for you.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

No, Christmas tastes of misery, disappointment and arguments

...and weird gifts:

 

https://youtu.be/rwBewhVy3sc

[Christine]

Unfortunately the person throwing paper at me appeared to be a woman in a headscarf.

Disaster waiting to happen, I'll just avoid her.

Milf 

[fordperv]

Unfortunately the person throwing paper at me appeared to be a woman in a headscarf.

Disaster waiting to happen, I'll just avoid her.

Perhaps she sells headscarves and will approach you after the lecture saying she saw what was happening, a headscarf will stop balls of spit and tissue from sticking in your hair

[Parky]

Current contract confirmed as ending today. Suspected it would be but still a horrible email to get.

 

Biggest grump is I lined up a load of guys for a lunch event today and three didn’t show. One had the courtesy to tell me, the other two didn’t show. It would have been ok if there had been 20 folk coming, but it was a small event for 8 so it looked a bit sparse in there. Plus I had to pre order food so those who didn’t show still had food prepped so overall I ended up a few quid out of pocket there.

 

Chat tomorrow about another contract, proper interview due at some point for another firm, another guy wants a word next week so am hustling away. But god I miss a regular secure 9-5 role with benefits

[leanycan]

Current contract confirmed as ending today. Suspected it would be but still a horrible email to get.

 

Biggest grump is I lined up a load of guys for a lunch event today and three didn’t show. One had the courtesy to tell me, the other two didn’t show. It would have been ok if there had been 20 folk coming, but it was a small event for 8 so it looked a bit sparse in there. Plus I had to pre order food so those who didn’t show still had food prepped so overall I ended up a few quid out of pocket there.

 

Chat tomorrow about another contract, proper interview due at some point for another firm, another guy wants a word next week so am hustling away. But god I miss a regular secure 9-5 role with benefits

I’m on a 18 month contract through an employment agency. So it least it’s guaranteed work however knowing the pitfalls of agency work we could all be withdrawn at a moments notice. To top it all the buggers have not been taking tax off me which leaves me with another headache as I have to deal with hmrc and find out what is going on with my tax code. Interview next week for a permanent job.

 

 

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[Craig the Princess]

Unfortunately the person throwing paper at me appeared to be a woman in a headscarf.

Disaster waiting to happen, I'll just avoid her.

Just get there early and sit at the back.

Then lob an R8 exhaust at her.

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

Lend touring to missis' for a couple of days. Neighbour knocks on door last night... "Your interior lights are on..." She says.

 

Yes they are. *Goes and turns them off....

 

Gets home tonight and the missis' says... "The car didn't start today..."

 

*Removes battery and puts on charge in kitchen...

 

Now this is the thing. The car goes for thousands and thousands of miles without an issue, the missis' has it for 1 DAY and it FTP'd!