The grumpy thread

[chaseracer]

Mate of mine's wife was out in her car last night on an A road in the middle of nowhere. Somehow had her windscreen shattered, so much so that the car was undrivable. She tried to use her RAC membership but they declined to assist as it wasn't a mechanical problem? New one on me. Arseholes. 

 

https://www.rac.co.uk/breakdown-cover/breakdown-help/other

 

Second FAQ.  Yet another reason to swerve what used to be halfway decent breakdown cover.

[The Moog]

Very odd experience just now: phone rang (house phone) and a woman was on the other end -

 

'who's that' she asked

'Dave' I replied,

'Well Dave, I'd really like it if you'd stop ringing me every five minutes!'

'Er, I haven't rung anyone at all, are you sure it's this number?'

'Yes I've just redialed it back so it's you and fucking STOP IT!'

 

Now, I never use the house phone to ring anyone and when I did 1471 it was an 0209 number - who (where) the hell is that? Did have me a tad worried but now just curious...

 

 

its number spoofing - Ambulance chasers etc use internet magic to make it look like it came from your number so they are more likely to pick up. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

its number spoofing - Ambulance chasers etc use internet magic to make it look like it came from your number so they are more likely to pick up. 

 

...and fraudsters make it look like they're from your bank.

[anonymous user]

...and fraudsters make it look like they're from your bank.

I'm always wary about calls from my bank, they don't have my unlisted phone number

[artdjones]

XTriple's experience doesn't sound like any fraud attempt I've ever heard of.

[Kiltox]

Sounds more like someone has done 1471 and written the number down wrong to re-dial it

[Tamworthbay]

DPD tracking, two days after the parts for the leaky Ovlov were despatched their tracking page still comes up with a very informative ‘delivery booked’, yup that’s a fat lot of use ain’t it.

[fairkens]

Girl from the house at the end has reversed her Bini in to my mondeo and cracked the previously pristinely* uncracked front bumper then pretended not to be in when i knocked the door

[treehugger]

I'd say it's a scam. They're hoping you'll ring the number back out of curiosity and it'll be redirected to some premium service.

 

The trick with phones is never to answer them under any circumstances.

Sounds like a scam. Some strange ones about. Ignore it. (sorry quoted wrong one).

[mrbenn]

DPD tracking, two days after the parts for the leaky Ovlov were despatched their tracking page still comes up with a very informative ‘delivery booked’, yup that’s a fat lot of use ain’t it.

 

Agreed. Delivery from them due yesterday. No further contact apart from an email (from them) telling me it was out for delivery.

 

I checked the tracking late on in the evening and found it was being returned to the sender as it "could not be delivered". Yeah, couldn't be arsed to deliver it you mean.

[Parky]

Interview confirmed for Thursday next week.

 

Told I need to do a presentation and subject would be advised. Then told it will be more of a test rather than a presentation. Now told I will be doing a presentation but won’t be told on what until I get there. Apparently it is to test how I think on my feet.

 

If it’s something complex like tax rules for 2012/13 for non residents, I might just talk about Renault 5’s for a bit and piss off again.

[richardmorris]

Interview confirmed for Thursday next week.

Told I need to do a presentation and subject would be advised. Then told it will be more of a test rather than a presentation. Now told I will be doing a presentation but won’t be told on what until I get there. Apparently it is to test how I think on my feet.

If it’s something complex like tax rules for 2012/13 for non residents, I might just talk about Renault 5’s for a bit and piss off again.

 

It’s crap like this that apprentice contenders expect, and why I’m glad I work for my own company

[Parky]

It’s crap like this that apprentice contenders expect, and why I’m glad I work for my own company

I don’t mind too much except it’s a firm that manages complex investment structures within a complex tax environment so they need to know the salesman can handle some pretty weird queries.

 

Personally my answer would be “definitely check that with HMRC”. I am being employed as a sales guy, not as a tax advisor so why they would expect me to know what a non dom can use as relief for the previous year if his Panamanian wife has already taken a dividend for that year etc etc. Sure I can pick that stuff up quick but am not a tax expert. Can’t have done too badly though, made it to final 3 out of 15 applicants, some of whom were apparently very experienced in this area. Must be my natural boyish charm

[richardmorris]

As long as the questions and presentation are relevant to your application I am sure you’ll know how to answer. I absolutely hate interviews and my last was in 1995.

[AMC Rebel]

Saw 3 lads on decent looking trail bikes waiting at a junction in Nottingham earlier - no lights (it was dark), no plates. The Police have lost control and no-one seems to care.

[chaseracer]

^ Organ donors.

 

They just haven't realised yet.

[Fumbler]

Children are a Blessing:

You never know when you'll need blood or a spare kidney.

 

Probably their sentiment.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Best of luck Parky!

[clayts450]

Saw 3 lads on decent looking trail bikes waiting at a junction in Nottingham earlier - no lights (it was dark), no plates. The Police have lost control and no-one seems to care.

 

I got seriously cut up by one such idiot on the A610 yesterday. Did look and sound rather good, shame it was being ridden by a twat.

[loserone]

There's a bunch of them round here.

 

One wheelied round the back of the leaf at about 60 the other day, as I was reversing. In a 30.

 

His dad just shrugged it off (he was watching), so it's obviously fine.

 

One of the other bairns died this year, passenger in a car which left the road, through a wall, off a bridge and into a tree. All occupants under 18, drunk and drugged. Car 'borrowed' from a grandparent at 4am, and was doing 80+ in a 40.

 

No, I can't see any issues this attitude might be causing either.

[Fumbler]

Flushes out the gene pool?

[GrumpiusMaximus]

When I was about 13, I remember hearing the news that a 12-year old boy had died on a trail bike in the woods near my old Primary school.

 

Turned out it was a kid that had been in my class at Primary school.  That stuck with me.  Bikes are great but are deadly in untrained hands...

 

EDIT: I must have been 15.  Turns out he was 14 and I had my dates wrong:

 

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/boy-killed-in-freak-accident-nam-a9830/

[loserone]

Motorsport can be dangerous.

 

But there's a difference between riding off road, somewhere you have permission to do so, and riding a non-road legal bike like a twat on the road.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Motorsport can be dangerous.

 

But there's a difference between riding off road, somewhere you have permission to do so, and riding a non-road legal bike like a twat on the road.

 

 

Not disputing that mate.  You're quite right.

 

My grump for today is the twat in a lorry that decided to pull out on me at a roundabout this morning.  Fucking lethal.

[Mrcento]

Fife.

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

Didn't fully melt the cheese in my spicy bacon sandwich... Darn it, sweaty cheese sucks.

[chaseracer]

And continues so to do, on its journey through YOU.

 

Good luck.

 

[Wack]

Picture was on facebook but I guess he's not paying for that fuel

 

[320touring]

The Saab 9-5 I helped a mate buy last month appears to have shat it's clutch..

[adw1977]

Picture was on facebook but I guess he's not paying for that fuel

 

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It would be a shame* if someone helped that false plate to fall off while he was concentrating on filling that can.