The grumpy thread

[Cavcraft]

Oh God, here comes the thrice annual police bashing.

 

 

 

Talking of Facebook, I've lost permission to post for a few days due to an alternative view on the (hopeful) fate of some animal bothering illegitimates.

[Guest Hooli]

Almost every interaction I've had with the police has led me to have zero respect for them. I'd rather trust a criminal.

I've known two socially & they were arrogant lying tosspots when not at work too.

[HillmanImp]

Sorry, my bad.

 

TBH, these days it seems to be different. Some of my mates in the police are quite normal, a couple of the others are exactly the people you'd expect though..but I don't think its like it used to be.

 

I remember I considered joining about 15 yrs ago or so. I told my mate Steve down the pub and he started laughing. Not chuckling, REALLY laughing.

 

About half an hour later, this is no word of a lie, he was still laughing. Proper pissing himself. Every time I spoke, he was imagining me arresting someone, the irony of it and just folded up.

[BavarianRetro]

I don't know. One of the obvious signs is there.

 

About 20yrs ago I used to deal with sussex police on a daily basis and I have to say 90% of them must've had single figure IQs.

 

 

Careers Officer: Do you have any idea of what you might do once you leave school?

 

Pupil: I've half a mind to join the Police

 

Careers Officer: That's more than enough.

[BavarianRetro]

Cops are like every other group of people including forum members.

 

There are some great cops and there are some absolute tossers.

[NorthernMonkey]

1. Wrapping a mountain bike is a pain in the arse.

2. Having to have a makeshift Christmas day on 27th for your kid due to a broken home is upsetting.

3. Shedding a tear because you've only been able to afford a 20 quid second hand bike off Facebook is heartbreaking. There'll be kids out there parading their 300 quid saracen-whatever-bollox bikes and there will be my boy on a semi rusty muddy fox that was probably someone's neglected Xmas gift from another year.

And you know what? He’ll probably appreciate it far more than those on their new shiny, fancy named things bought on daddy’s credit card.

[STUNO]

life is short

 

yet

 

its boxing day and people are driving up to locked doors of Tesco ..

 

 

I used to sit in a supermarket car park here in my Taxi days if I was working Christmas or boxing day.

Had some great laughs as people tried to get in the doors. As 3 or 4 cars gathered there suddenly others who saw a bunch of cars in the park would come in because "it must be open, there are cars in the car park". they just could not comprehend that it was closed.

[HillmanImp]

3. Shedding a tear because you've only been able to afford a 20 quid second hand bike off Facebook is heartbreaking. There'll be kids out there parading their 300 quid saracen-whatever-bollox bikes and there will be my boy on a semi rusty muddy fox that was probably someone's neglected Xmas gift from another year.

A lot of my mates are a fair bit better off than me. We go mountain biking a bit and they always turn up on new bikes that cost several thousand pounds.

 

I've got a bike I paid £300 for in 2007 2nd hand that was 7yrs old when I bought it.

 

Guess what. I'm still as fast, if not faster than my mates on their new bikes.

 

I'd love to be slower as it would give me a great reason to buy a new one.

 

But why would I. Its as good as theirs and costs me feck all. Just isn't as new. They don't care, I can still race with them and join in the fun.

 

If someone is very 'brand proud' its even more insulting if their ass is whooped on a lesser machine.

[Mrcento]

1. Wrapping a mountain bike is a pain in the arse.

2. Having to have a makeshift Christmas day on 27th for your kid due to a broken home is upsetting.

3. Shedding a tear because you've only been able to afford a 20 quid second hand bike off Facebook is heartbreaking. There'll be kids out there parading their 300 quid saracen-whatever-bollox bikes and there will be my boy on a semi rusty muddy fox that was probably someone's neglected Xmas gift from another year.

 

This breaks my heart, to be honest.

 

Without wishing to sound anti-christmas, i hate what Christmas has become.

 

I hate people feeling the need to show bundles of presents under the tree, so people see all the things they've bought.

 

I hate knowing parents are pushing themselves into debt because they feel they have to keep up with the Joneses, knowing their kids will see pics of all their mates presents and feel pressured into crippling themselves so they aren't left out or picked on.

 

Ok, there's always been a little bit of that but the whole "LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT MY IMAGE" culture is sickening and has made it far worse. People now feel pressured to show off or show they aren't worse off.

 

My sister did that very thing this year... pics with half her living room full of presents, almost boasting how much her son is getting, i just thought to myself "You fucking insensitive bitch" and genuinely had to log off of facebook for the next few days, because i know plenty people who dream of being able to do that but some weeks don't have enough electric on their card to last the week, And their kids are seeing living rooms filled with tat? How is that meant to make kids feel? How do the parents feel seeing that and fearing how it makes their kids feel? The pressure is horrible.

What's that supposed to project? "Oh look at me, look how successful i am with my kids? I'm a great parent?, my kids are getting this what about yours eh?" even if it's not meant, that's how it comes across.

 

mate, it doesn't matter the bike cost £20, the effort, the thought, it's lovely, genuinely and i'm sure he'll appreciate it more than the spoilt brats appreciate their one of many £££ things bought on credit. You do what you can, how you can and that will ALWAYS mean more than lavishing piles of shite like some wannabe kardashians

[iainrcz]

Yep, not the valve, scheisse.

 

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Found it. Supply pipe to the rad in the nextdoor room. The floor was soaking.

Got it all dug out, going to have a look at doing a new section of pipe tomorrow.

 

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[MrDuke]

I watched 'Filth' earlier today, and it 100% confirmed that all police are bent arseholes. On a more personal level, I once got fined for not wearing a seatbelt. C**ts, the lot of them.

[Cheggers]

 

 

I watched 'Filth' earlier today, and it 100% confirmed that all police are bent arseholes. On a more personal level, I once got fined for not wearing a seatbelt. C**ts, the lot of them.

It seems you found one that did his job OK though

[purplebargeken]

On the whole the cops I have come across over the years have been no issue whatsoever, apart from one who was borderline at worst. He did have the grace to apologise for accusing me of being a liar, I did go a wee bit nuclear (but politely so) when he first made the accusation.

 

Former school mate joined the Miseryside police and became an even bigger asshole.

 

The majority of dickheads I have happened across have been nurses in the mental health system.

[Cheggers]

I've got to agree with Ken. My (albeit limited) first hand experience with the Police has been very good, the few I've had dealings with have been courteous and attitude-free.

[Guest Hooli]

I watched 'Filth' earlier today, and it 100% confirmed that all police are bent arseholes. On a more personal level, I once got fined for not wearing a seatbelt. C**ts, the lot of them.

 

I got fined for that too, after he'd watched me take the seatbelt off. He made it up as I pointed out he'd only seen half a situation & the reason I hit the kerb in a van was avoid a moron determined to cause an accident.

 

Years later some moron tried to kill me twice on my bike, he deliberately pulled out in front of me at a roundabout & then swerved at me & floored it when I went past as he was doing 10-15mph & shouting at me like a lunatic. Got to the lights down the road, he gets out walks up to me still shouting & screaming at me. Yet somehow when I got off my bike & told him exactly what sort of cunt he was, that whole situation was my fault too so I got 8 hours in a cell.

 

They are power mad fuckers who can't cope with anyone pointing out they might be mistaken.

[Remspoor]

Cannot find car enthusiasts to make a video?

[MikeR]

b*****^%   F$*&     W**(*     S&*$    Great

 

 

 

stupid place to put a F in great rock

[beko1987]

Ouch!

[beko1987]

Go back and ask if he is interested in a drone then, only been used a couple of times!

 

Actually WTF are they saying he's interested in kids because he is/ was a copper?

I full on flounced, not re joining now!

 

I think they must have thought I meant in a sexualnway, not as a little minion.

 

The only times I've ever heard 'I woz an ex copper m8' has usually preceded in said person being a bit of a wanker sadly! Not always, but usually

[FakeConcern]

I sometimes go out for a cycle with the partner of an ex collegue and he's a policeman. Hearing some of the people and shitty situations they have to deal with day in day out, it's no wonder some of them end up with a poor attitude themselves. Last time I went out with him he'd had to deal with three teenage twats causing caos in Sainsbury's on his own and help deal with three suicides over Beachy Head amongst other things all on one weekend.

[SierraMikeHotel]

Police spend their entire working lives dealing with the worst people, or ordinary people having the worst day of their lives. They can end up believing that life is like this all the time - it's no surprise they get cynical.

 

Also, before you decide to bash an entire profession, just remember that you don't know who might be reading...

[Louise2cv]

Here is a generalisation: often the people who have loads of stories about how awful the police are, tend to have loads of stories about their many experiences of dealing with (*being dealt with by) the police.

[Supernaut]

Here is a generalisation: often the people who have loads of stories about how awful the police are, tend to have loads of stories about their many experiences of dealing with (*being dealt with by) the police.

Similar to the old adage: If you meet an asshole in the morning, they're an asshole. If you keep meeting assholes all day, you're the asshole.

[taxi paul]

Have met Loads of police officers through the course of fostering. All have been great and had a good sense of humour and also very professional. Of course there will be the odd idiot. Has in every occupation and life in general.

[chaseracer]

Similar to the old adage: If you meet an asshole in the morning, they're an asshole. If you keep meeting assholes all day, you're the asshole.

 

Generally the same assholes, IME...

[BavarianRetro]

I'd like to see the critics do a week of nightshifts in Ferguslie Park, Shettleston, Drumchapel or Morningside.

[DeeJay]

[myglaren]

Here is a generalisation: often the people who have loads of stories about how awful the police are, tend to have loads of stories about their many experiences of dealing with (*being dealt with by) the police.

Indeed!

I had a bad experience with a detective when I was 18 and minding my own business - He got shifted to another area.

Subsequently all interactions with police have been amicable if not entirely pleasant, due to the situation rather than the officer involved.

[MrDuke]

Sorry, should probably have been a bit less subtle with my sarcasm. I usually go too far the other way.

 

In all seriousness, I was once the victim of a gross miscarriage of justice when I got slapped with a producer for not having front fogs. I'm almost over it now though, the counselling really helped.

 

The same officer decided to overlook the fact that I had no breakaway cable on the 10 foot trailer I was pulling with a borderline-underweight car, but that doesn't fit the narrative so meh...

[pandamonium]

This breaks my heart, to be honest.

 

Without wishing to sound anti-christmas, i hate what Christmas has become.

 

I hate people feeling the need to show bundles of presents under the tree, so people see all the things they've bought.

 

I hate knowing parents are pushing themselves into debt because they feel they have to keep up with the Joneses, knowing their kids will see pics of all their mates presents and feel pressured into crippling themselves so they aren't left out or picked on.

 

Ok, there's always been a little bit of that but the whole "LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT MY IMAGE" culture is sickening and has made it far worse. People now feel pressured to show off or show they aren't worse off.

 

My sister did that very thing this year... pics with half her living room full of presents, almost boasting how much her son is getting, i just thought to myself "You fucking insensitive bitch" and genuinely had to log off of facebook for the next few days, because i know plenty people who dream of being able to do that but some weeks don't have enough electric on their card to last the week, And their kids are seeing living rooms filled with tat? How is that meant to make kids feel? How do the parents feel seeing that and fearing how it makes their kids feel? The pressure is horrible.

What's that supposed to project? "Oh look at me, look how successful i am with my kids? I'm a great parent?, my kids are getting this what about yours eh?" even if it's not meant, that's how it comes across.

 

mate, it doesn't matter the bike cost £20, the effort, the thought, it's lovely, genuinely and i'm sure he'll appreciate it more than the spoilt brats appreciate their one of many £££ things bought on credit. You do what you can, how you can and that will ALWAYS mean more than lavishing piles of shite like some wannabe kardashians

 

I was brought up as a Jehovah's Witness, so I've been guilty of over compensating in the past, but I do hate the commercialism of Xmas.

 

We've spent the day so far removing old stickers from the bike and adding new ones, he's over the moon.

 

Funnily enough, he told me all he wanted for Christmas was tools (He's 6!). I picked up a little tool box and a screwdriver set from the pound shop and he was delighted with it.

 

No pics of him working on it due to his mum's 'no pics on social media' policy, but here is the finished product.