The grumpy thread

[Bren]

Been prescribed doxycycline as amoxycillin did not dent the infection I have. The joy of having an immune system that does'nt function very well.

[xtriple]

Then set to selling some of the other watches that by your own admission you never wear?

 

I know a man needs his gadgets and toys, but he needs a fridge too.

I would sell a few but am hopeless at pricing them. I don't want to rip anyone off but equally, I don't want to rip myself off either! I sold a watch on here (to a very nice chap    ) for a reasonable price then saw the same watch on eBay at nearly three times the amount... and it was sold! So, friend got a bargain (so I'm not bothered/upset by this new knowledge, just glad someone decent got a bargain) but I sort of shafted myself. It doesn't come easily any more to sell stuff, I am overly honest and under-sell stuff, pointing out faults that no one else would see.

 

My own worst enemy

 

Though there are a few out there with a better claim to this!

[AMC Rebel]

Woken up full of cold. Ache all over and visiting down south. Nothing quite like having a full weekend planned and being sick in someone else's house.

 

I read that as "full of chod"

[The Moog]

Woken up full of cold. Ache all over and visiting down south. Nothing quite like having a full weekend planned and being sick in someone else's house.

Added to this bathroom sink in my house is leaking and now dog been rushed to vet with blood dripping from his back leg.

[Captain Furious]

Looking at that link to the Octavia for £42.70 a month wondering why

 

A) I am not driving one

2) Every other car on the road isn't one

 

That really is outstanding value, the missus had one on loan from work the other week and they really are quite nice

[dozeydustman]

FUCKING CATS.

 

That is all.

[mrbenn]

"Well, I'm sorry you feel that way."

 

'No you're not.'

 

 

Translation: I think your complaint is completely unreasonable, and you're starting to piss me off.

May have been used once or twice with particularly unreasonable customers I've spoken to at work, usually after they threaten to sue/try to put a claim in for labour etc.

 

Quite often the case, I'm sure.

 

However, alternative translation:

 

We've fucked something up but we're not going to accept responsibility on any level. Instead, we're going to make you feel like you're being unreasonable in some way.

[mrbenn]

Added to this bathroom sink in my house is leaking and now dog been rushed to vet with blood dripping from his back leg.

 

Shit. Hope the dog is ok.

[The Moog]

Dog walker took him to vet and is bandaged up and on antibiotics. Will find out what that actually means

[Aston Martin]

Bastard insurance.

 

The Cacti and the Alessi need doing (before ForFiatsSake stabs me)

 

Churchill was last year and renewel was £505 down from £550 last year. But I rang them up as go compare was cheaper.

 

"Let's see what we can do"

 

More than was £406.... Churchill said £413. Fine, saves messing about.

 

"I have a Panpan and I need multicar"

 

"no problem, the no claims doesn't cover so it'll be £650"

 

...

 

...

...

 

After I breathed again she said "we can sometimes clone the no claims to the other car.... It'll be £515"

 

...

 

I said that Hastings could do me for £301.

 

"Yeah, we can't match that... But you have 30 days for this valid quote"

[Kiltox]

Quite often the case, I'm sure.

 

However, alternative translation:

 

We've fucked something up but we're not going to accept responsibility on any level. Instead, we're going to make you feel like you're being unreasonable in some way.

If we are talking big company with call centre you can almost guarantee that the bloke on the end of the phone hasn’t fucked anything up, is trying to fix the mess and doesn’t need someone getting shitty with him.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

 but this contract is actually an absolute steal.

 

 

But who is the thief?

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Looking at that link to the Octavia for £42.70 a month 

 

 

Where?

[mrbenn]

If we are talking big company with call centre you can almost guarantee that the bloke on the end of the phone hasn’t fucked anything up, is trying to fix the mess and doesn’t need someone getting shitty with him.

 

No argument from me on that score. In most cases they are simply the messenger, and we know how the old saying goes.

 

However, we had an awful time last year with a company employed to fit a new kitchen and downstairs loo to my parents house. Should have cost 20k yet ended up at 30k. Should have taken 5-6 weeks but took over double that. Started late, terrible communication, house left insecure for weeks. Totally unacceptable and not what was agreed. Not the fault of the contractors involved, but the company managing the build.

 

Their response? "I'm sorry you feel that way".

[Captain Furious]

Where?

 

https://www.leasehub.co.uk/content/what-a-deal-skoda-octavia/

 

Granted its £2500 down, but £3500 over the term is a friggin barg.

[SierraMikeHotel]

https://www.leasehub.co.uk/content/what-a-deal-skoda-octavia/

 

Granted its £2500 down, but £3500 over the term is a friggin barg.

Bloody hell. That's phenomenal.

[Kiltox]

VAG do seem to knock out stupid deals like this occasionally, not sure why

[Captain Furious]

If we are talking big company with call centre you can almost guarantee that the bloke on the end of the phone hasn’t fucked anything up, is trying to fix the mess and doesn’t need someone getting shitty with him.

 

I usually try and keep it nice with call centre staff, after all i'm usually expecting them to hook me up with a good price or some kind of discount, so I want them to like me not think i'm a cunt.

 

I tried it on with BT the other day, but its easier to negotiate brexit than negotiate with BT as an existing customer.  The conversation was perfectly civil, I said thanks for your help but you're still not close enough to plusnet's price for me to stay.  He was like, "well I haven't really helped you here have I, i'm just sorry I can't get it any cheaper for you, but since you are out of contract with us and can leave without penalty then you are correct, you're better off going with plusnet"

 

So I did, £23 a month vs BT's 58.99 out of deal price. No brainer really.  Difficult to believe they're owned by the same parent company.  Waiting to see if BT contact me before go-live with their 'real' counter offer.

[alcyonecorporation]

If we are talking big company with call centre you can almost guarantee that the bloke on the end of the phone hasn’t fucked anything up, is trying to fix the mess and doesn’t need someone getting shitty with him.

 

 

I've been on both sides of the phone and spoken both lines of that statement. 

 

In one particular context the person wasn't sorry for what had transpired (hence the feeble 'I'm sorry you feel that way'), was then over-ruled, tried desperately to patch up the situation by way of counter offer far too late and was shot down almost immediately.

 

Me: 'No, you're not'. 

 

Too little too late. Never mind telling me I'm 'extreme' and 'didn't try to resolve it in person'. I fucking tried for hours, and you rejected everything I suggested and offered outright.

 

What the fuck did you think was going to happen, exactly? Angrily grilling me for something YOU COULD HAVE SORTED HAD YOU WANTED TO ain't going to fly with me. You gave it a good go though, eh? 

 

'Well we could have offered [xyz] if you needed [abc]'

 

"You said I couldn't have [abc]"

 

'Who said that? I wouldn't have said that.'

 

"You did, three weeks ago. That's why I went over your head."

 

'Oh.....oh I remember now.' 

 

"Oh, you do, eh? Good. See you around." 

[Zelandeth]

Xantia is still at the garage...why?  Because the idiot writing this left them the wrong immobiliser key code.

 

This has now been corrected... hopefully have it back tomorrow afternoon.

 

Thankfully they're good guys and got a good laugh out of it rather than complaining at me.

 

Feel really bloody stupid though.

[SiC]

https://www.leasehub.co.uk/content/what-a-deal-skoda-octavia/

 

Granted its £2500 down, but £3500 over the term is a friggin barg.

Or £153.85 down and £153.85 x 23 months. A bit more expensive (like a tenner a month) but less down could be affordable to more. Iirc the PH thread said it's 3.8p per mile over allowance. So if you do 12k p/a instead of 8k, it works out an extra £12 per month over the period. I still wager that it's far cheaper than I'm paying on my moderns.

 

However it does mean that you have to drive a 115bhp car. Not a problem to some of course, but I'd like a car with a bit more poke.

 

I suspect VAG need to get their Octavia factory capacity used up and they must have a warehouse load of 1.0TSI parts or something.

[omegod]

I have the 1.0 Seat Ateca with 115 bhp, goes very well for a big car , quite nippy in fact 

[richardmorris]

According to naked wines customer service guy, yodel recorded no-one at home yesterday. Oddly a. They were collecting from the doorstep, and b. My nest security camera didn’t show anyone calling yesterday, oh and c. I was at home from 3pm doing paperwork.

Yodel lying yet again.

Naked wines guy has offered a free case ( although it wouldn’t be the first time yodel actually walked off with a case instead of delivering it).

 

 

And, and and, this still has me riled. Took ages driving home tonight as m25 and m3 both down to one lane, so everything uses the local roads. So, in Bagshot at the lights, mine change to green and I move off, only to have some gimp in an mx5 drive through the red light from my right and park in front of me in a yellow box junction. And he started effing and blinding at me as I sat there with both the horns going. Honestly he was one incident today from being pushed out of the way by a German tank. The car is going in for paint next week anyway.

[iainrcz]

Bought a new suit today. A blue one.

30 seconds after I'd paid for it I overheard a geezer saying "everyone is buying blue suits these days, they're really popular"

 

Fuck, I'm 38 and suddenly I'm trendy, I didn't sign up for this shit. I've even got the popular beard going on.

 

Although thankfully mines fuzzy and orange.

 

How would suit trousers, an iron maiden t-shirt and a waistcoat look?

 

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[DodgeRover]

According to naked wines customer service guy, yodel recorded no-one at home yesterday. Oddly a. They were collecting from the doorstep, and b. My nest security camera didn’t show anyone calling yesterday, oh and c. I was at home from 3pm doing paperwork.

Yodel lying yet again.

Naked wines guy has offered a free case ( although it wouldn’t be the first time yodel actually walked off with a case instead of delivering it).

 

 

And, and and, this still has me riled. Took ages driving home tonight as m25 and m3 both down to one lane, so everything uses the local roads. So, in Bagshot at the lights, mine change to green and I move off, only to have some gimp in an mx5 drive through the red light from my right and park in front of me in a yellow box junction. And he started effing and blinding at me as I sat there with both the horns going. Honestly he was one incident today from being pushed out of the way by a German tank. The car is going in for paint next week anyway.

Traffic was similarly screwed in the same area this morning, was aiming to be at a job for 8, got there at 9:30! Coming back was only slightly faster

 

When it comes to shoving out of the way remember the saying from banger racing of "drivers door is NOT the way to score" doesn't hold true when there's an arsehole about.

[twosmoke300]

Xantia is still at the garage...why?  Because the idiot writing this left them the wrong immobiliser key code.

 

This has now been corrected... hopefully have it back tomorrow afternoon.

 

Thankfully they're good guys and got a good laugh out of it rather than complaining at me.

 

Feel really bloody stupid though.

Was it 1234 instead of 1111 ?

[Alfamale]

Got some Christmas parties coming up so needed to buy a shirt. Usually wear polo shirts but wanted something a bit smarter. What I want is a proper collar, short sleeves, and a subtle stripe pattern in a dark colour that won’t show up the gravy stains.

 

Been round York Outlet, Meadowhell and the local shopping centre and they have nothing unless I want long sleeves and to look like either a lumberjack or James May.

 

Came home and ordered one online. Why didn’t I do that in the first bloody place.

[richardmorris]

Traffic was similarly screwed in the same area this morning, was aiming to be at a job for 8, got there at 9:30! Coming back was only slightly faster

When it comes to shoving out of the way remember the saying from banger racing of "drivers door is NOT the way to score" doesn't hold true when there's an arsehole about.

 

It’s really only making me grumpy as I didn’t cycle in as it was pissing down with rain and blowing 40mph wind this morning. More often than not now, I’m faster on my bike over the 7.5miles than the car.

[iainrcz]

Been round York Outlet, Meadowhell and the local shopping centre and they have nothing unless I want long sleeves and to look like James May.

I'm sure I own all his shirts.

 

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[MrDuke]

Got some Christmas parties coming up so needed to buy a shirt. Usually wear polo shirts but wanted something a bit smarter. What I want is a proper collar, short sleeves, and a subtle stripe pattern in a dark colour that won’t show up the gravy stains.

 

Been round York Outlet, Meadowhell and the local shopping centre and they have nothing unless I want long sleeves and to look like either a lumberjack or James May.

 

Came home and ordered one online. Why didn’t I do that in the first bloody place.

 

Either 1) bright coloured shirt, packet of Dylon and 2 wash cycles to colour it, or 2) charity shop and 2 wash cycles to lose the dodgy smell. Easy peasy.