The grumpy thread

[iainrcz]

You don't watch Can't pay, we'll take it away!?

 

Good grief man.

I had to google to see who that is, sounds a plan if/when it gets to small claims court.

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[Kiltox]

Paul Bohill is a fucking hero

[HH-R]

Those fucking Alexa ads on the radio. Feel free to FOAD, Amazon.

[Mally]

Presumably you're within the standard IHT thresholds?

 

At the moment yes, and apart from property my assets are declining.

[fordperv]

I have just nearly kicked the crap out of a parking warden, I popped in to get my tea on my way home from a 13 hour shift and was parked on double yellows which is a fair cop, my car was outside the shop and could be clearly seen at the counter, their van was hidden in a side street, I was calm at this point thought I'd go and ask them why they don't think of giving people the nod before they ticket as it was obvious where I was, I just got to the van to knock on the window, perfectly visable he looked at me through his mirror, when the jumped up little prick sped off up the cul de sac almost running me down in the process, this sent me up like a bottle of pop, so I stood in the road so he pulled over so I could ask him what his game was, the cunt tried to square up to me when he got out antagonizing me because he had a body cam on so will only record my actions, I want to stamp on this cunts head repeatedly

[Guest Hooli]

Letter before court action.

 

You have 28 days to pay or I will take court action to recover what I am owed, interest, court costs and my out of pocket expenses, and the cost of my solicitor.

 

Then add up every single penny extra they have cost you, and go to what we used to call the small claims court.

 

I'm keeping track but I finally got someone who appeared to listen today, awaiting a call back tomorrow so we'll see.

 

You don't watch Can't pay, we'll take it away!?

 

Good grief man.

 

I don't own a tv, it's much too boring & an utter waste of life to watch it.

[Guest Hooli]

And they wonder why people hate them.

[DodgeRover]

Did you report his behaviour, his speeding off up the street and nearly hitting you in the process will also have been recorded.

[fordperv]

Mrs fp reported to the police on the phone whilst it was happening, going to report it to the local authority tomorrow, got both of their shoulder numbers, I attempted to be polite to the lady in the passengers side to get the numbers to be met with a real attitude so fuck them both

[iainrcz]

I don't own a tv, it's much too boring & an utter waste of life to watch it.

Furry muff.

To be honest I don't watch a lot. Watch more crap on YouTube really.

 

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[Ghosty]

Work.

 

We get paid weekly on a Tuesday,

For a couple of weeks one or two guys have been getting emails saying 'sorry, we'll pay you tomorrow'.

 

This week everyone in Manchester got an email saying 'sorry, we've had to request so much money from the parent company in France that the bank have had to put extra checks on the transfer, we know we've had a lot of issues lately so we're giving you all £5 extra, the bank will have this sorted by 12 noon tomorrow so you'll have your money 3-4 hours after that'.

1pm today we all got a text 'we are still waiting for funds to clear but we have spoken to the bank and they confirmed it will be done today, you will have your money by the end of the day'.

 

2am: it's not here.

Radio silence from corporate, and the lead rider, the only guy with a connection to higher up is quiet too.

 

Fuck sake.

 

If I hadn't happened to sell a laptop for £250 yesterday I'd be flat fucking broke.

 

£5 does not make up for this.

[chodweaver]

I'm thinking your employer might be making itself a candidate for the 'More well known high street chains...' thread.

Tidy up your CV and get some job apps sent out. Get ahead of the game, rather than having it crap on you.

[Ghosty]

They've also been baiting us into working.

 

One day we all got a system message '£20 bonus per booked shift' and we asked support and they confirmed it. Then a couple days later we got a message 'sorry that was only for the North Manchester zone' (a fucking shithole where noone wants to work). The people that'd actually booked on there and did shifts didn't even get paid the bonus.

 

Then last week they sent us all a message '£5 bonus per order tonight' or something, again a load of people ran out, only for a text to come through an hour and a half later 'sorry that was only meant for London' and we got fuck all. 

 

We're fearing the beginning of the end.

 

Thankfully UK Co-Operatives are having an event here in a couple of weeks called 'How couriers can take control', which we're watching with intent, as if all goes to shit we want to make our own company.

[Ghosty]

I also have people telling me I've no right to be annoyed that I've not been paid as my background is better off than theirs.

 

GET FUCKED, that's not how it works.

[SierraMikeHotel]

Delays in getting paid are a really bad warning sign. Ask me how I know...

 

Hope the co-op idea works out, but I'd certainly be looking for other things if I were you. Best of luck.

[chodweaver]

I have an ex-colleague in a similar situation. I've advised them strongly to not hang on hoping for redundancy and any associated payout (even though I didn't have the cahunas to do this and got paid off last year after hanging on through three separate headcount purges) because 1. having left, I can see how poorly my ex-colleagues are being treated and 2. going on your own terms is better than getting pushed 3. Restrictive practices in your contract about stealing customers notwithstanding, you may lose them to other operations if you are hanging on being faithful to your current employers, when your current employers are clearly headed for the rocks.

 

*the opinions expressed here may not be those of a wise or even rational individual.

[SierraMikeHotel]

I very occasionally have a sausage sandwich for breakfast, from the work canteen. I didn't this morning because the bread was still frozen.

[New POD]

I very occasionally have a sausage sandwich for breakfast, from the work canteen. I didn't this morning because the bread was still frozen.

 

I very occasionally have a sausage sandwich for full breakfast, from the work canteen for £3. I didn't this morning because the bread was still frozen.        .......I'm a fat abstard, and need to not eat so much. 

[New POD]

They've also been baiting us into working.

 

One day we all got a system message '£20 bonus per booked shift' and we asked support and they confirmed it. Then a couple days later we got a message 'sorry that was only for the North Manchester zone' (a fucking shithole where noone wants to work). The people that'd actually booked on there and did shifts didn't even get paid the bonus.

 

Then last week they sent us all a message '£5 bonus per order tonight' or something, again a load of people ran out, only for a text to come through an hour and a half later 'sorry that was only meant for London' and we got fuck all. 

 

We're fearing the beginning of the end.

 

Thankfully UK Co-Operatives are having an event here in a couple of weeks called 'How couriers can take control', which we're watching with intent, as if all goes to shit we want to make our own company.

 

those texts are "a contract"...... mistake or not.  

[Mally]

I have just nearly kicked the crap out of a parking warden, I popped in to get my tea on my way home from a 13 hour shift and was parked on double yellows which is a fair cop, my car was outside the shop and could be clearly seen at the counter, their van was hidden in a side street, I was calm at this point thought I'd go and ask them why they don't think of giving people the nod before they ticket as it was obvious where I was, I just got to the van to knock on the window, perfectly visable he looked at me through his mirror, when the jumped up little prick sped off up the cul de sac almost running me down in the process, this sent me up like a bottle of pop, so I stood in the road so he pulled over so I could ask him what his game was, the cunt tried to square up to me when he got out antagonizing me because he had a body cam on so will only record my actions, I want to stamp on this cunts head repeatedly

 

Anyone who wants to stamp on a human head has no place in my life.

[chodweaver]

Re Ghosty's employer: for all those that haven't already found it, googling 'Companies House beta' followed by the name of the company in which you are interested (you may need to know who they are 'trading as' if they're a tricksy bunch) can yield the details of the directors and other company officials plus records of their filed accounts for previous years. While not always a sound indicator of the state of a business, it may give some insight into the behind the scenes shenanigans that they don't willingly reveal to employees. Oddly, this brilliant resource is unlimited and free. God bless digigov...

[fordperv]

Anyone who wants to stamp on a human head has no place in my life.

Extreme figure of speech from an angry person right there, in reality I wouldn't have the heart to hurt someone like that, I rather not have conflict in life because I don't like hurting folks

[bramz7]

On top of all the shit going on with my own cars, that knobs Hyundai Matrix is still outside. I'm reporting it to the council now, fuck it.

[captain_70s]

My internet is down due to a problem on the line. Grim times...

[SierraMikeHotel]

My internet is down due to a problem on the line. Grim times...

My god, he's got a direct telepathic connection to Autoshite!

[dozeydustman]

FFS the DVLA need yet more information from my GP regarding my HGV licenses application. My GP has given me the all clear to drive HGVs for at least the last 6 fucking months. My consultant has also given me the all clear and I have been discharged from the ENT/vertigo clinic.

 

What the fuck do those idiots in Swansea do? They'll probably decline my sodding license again.

[AMC Rebel]

Delays in getting paid are a really bad warning sign. Ask me how I know...

 

Hope the co-op idea works out, but I'd certainly be looking for other things if I were you. Best of luck.

Me too - that is really the writing on the wall - whatever the excuses it's a sign that they have things they consider more important than paying their number 1 asset for work already done - which means they have lost all concept of reason and/or about to go bust.

[New POD]

Re Ghosty's employer: for all those that haven't already found it, googling 'Companies House beta' followed by the name of the company in which you are interested (you may need to know who they are 'trading as' if they're a tricksy bunch) can yield the details of the directors and other company officials plus records of their filed accounts for previous years. While not always a sound indicator of the state of a business, it may give some insight into the behind the scenes shenanigans that they don't willingly reveal to employees. Oddly, this brilliant resource is unlimited and free. God bless digigov...

Yes you can see how much I earned last year.

[New POD]

Extreme figure of speech from an angry person right there, in reality I wouldn't have the heart to hurt someone like that, I rather not have conflict in life because I don't like hurting folks

We all experience anger. It's good to verbalize it alone in a dark room

 

Smiley face

[vulgalour]

Council:  We need your accounts and a form from the HMRC that we're going to refer to by a name it hasn't been for 20 years.

Me: Okay, here you go, it's called this different thing now.

Council:  Oh.  Yeah.  We don't want that, that's no use.  Can you send us some different accounts from a totally different period to the first period we asked for but can you also make sure you fill in this form we sent you that includes none of the information applicable to you or your business.

Me:  ¬.¬