The grumpy thread

[Alan_Green]

But "gotten" is old English.  Shakespeare used gotten.

[vulgalour]

Shakespeare can sod off.

[puddlethumper]

I see 'out' creeping in to AS. As in changing 'out', swapping 'out', etc. 

I blame China bloke and old aat yer haand who use/overuse it. 

[barmatt]

My frickin Hermes, Useless fuckin tossers that call themselves a courier company. 

Expecting an alternator for the Honda on Thurs/Fri. I always get stuff sent to the shop I work at as it's open and manned all day. No sign of parcel on Thurs or Fri so I check the tracking history and they allegedly attempted delivery at 9:02 p.m Friday so I have to wait til Saturday for them to redeliver, bollocks I say, they know my shop isn't open at night so I check the cctv and there's no sign of any people or vehicles coming near my shop for half an hour either side of 9.  Checked traking again at lunchtime yesterday and it says your friendly courier will be with you between 12 and 4, fair enough. Did it turn up? Not a chance.

Check tracking again at 5 and it says they attempted delivery at 2 and 4 o'clock. Like fuck you did, I was there all bloody day. So I guess after 3 "failed" attempts it will be returned to the seller.

I can't stand this company, I used to use them a lot but they gradually got worse and worse until I just stopped. If I'd known the seller was using Hermes I would have ordered from somewhere else as you just can't guarantee getting anything from them ever.

Rant over. Thanks.

[MikeR]

a lot of these delivery people forget we have cctv !    

 

had a few non deliveries my self and nothing showing on the camera memory ....

[Tadhg Tiogar]

36 minutes ago, puddlethumper said:

I see 'out' creeping in to AS. As in changing 'out', swapping 'out', etc. 

I blame China bloke and old aat yer haand who use/overuse it. 

Also the word "fitment".

[GrumpiusMaximus]

It’s much easier to deal with if you just refer to them as MyHerpes instead.  

[barmatt]

12 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

It’s much easier to deal with if you just refer to them as MyHerpes instead.  

That is exactly what we call them at work.

I'm seriously pissed off as I could have had the car in for an mot this morning. It'll have to wait until next Sunday now. I'm tempted to invoice them for something, don't know what but I'm sure I can make something up.

[Tetleysmooth]

The news about Mrs Tet got worse today.

At around midnight last night, the hospital staff transferred her from the Medical Receiving Unit to the Coronary Care Unit. They've diagnosed a mild heart attack. In the next day or so, they're transferring her again to Barts in the City of London. Mr Tetley is a worried old Hector, but I know she's getting the best care possible.

Life does have a habit of kicking you in the 'nads when you're down, doesn't it.

[Tamworthbay]

7 hours ago, barmatt said:

My frickin Hermes, Useless fuckin tossers that call themselves a courier company. 

Expecting an alternator for the Honda on Thurs/Fri. I always get stuff sent to the shop I work at as it's open and manned all day. No sign of parcel on Thurs or Fri so I check the tracking history and they allegedly attempted delivery at 9:02 p.m Friday so I have to wait til Saturday for them to redeliver, bollocks I say, they know my shop isn't open at night so I check the cctv and there's no sign of any people or vehicles coming near my shop for half an hour either side of 9.  Checked traking again at lunchtime yesterday and it says your friendly courier will be with you between 12 and 4, fair enough. Did it turn up? Not a chance.

Check tracking again at 5 and it says they attempted delivery at 2 and 4 o'clock. Like fuck you did, I was there all bloody day. So I guess after 3 "failed" attempts it will be returned to the seller.

I can't stand this company, I used to use them a lot but they gradually got worse and worse until I just stopped. If I'd known the seller was using Hermes I would have ordered from somewhere else as you just can't guarantee getting anything from them ever.

Rant over. Thanks.

Sadly they are only as good as the local person at the end of the chain, around here they are superb and touch wood I have only had one issue. I sent a bike petrol tank to a guy in Wales but they couldn’t find the address after three attempts. When I sent them a screenshot from google Earth showing the Farm clearly visible from an A road including a 6’ high sign with their name on as advertising for their B&B they amazingly managed to find it. To be fair they did refund me, give me £20 credit and state the operative had been sent to a gulag for re-education, sorry, had been referred for enhanced training.

[Lord Sterling]

7 hours ago, barmatt said:

My frickin Hermes, Useless fuckin tossers that call themselves a courier company. 

[brownnova]

Don’t you just hate being second in getting to view a car... 

I can’t get to view a potential new (and possibly quite exciting) car until after work tomorrow, but apparently there’s one person viewing tomorrow afternoon... so i May be reliant on them not wanting it. That’s the third time recently I’ve been second in line.... 

[chaseracer]

Easily solved, Alex; go before work... ?

[beko1987]

8 hours ago, Tetleysmooth said:

The news about Mrs Tet got worse today.

At around midnight last night, the hospital staff transferred her from the Medical Receiving Unit to the Coronary Care Unit. They've diagnosed a mild heart attack. In the next day or so, they're transferring her again to Barts in the City of London. Mr Tetley is a worried old Hector, but I know she's getting the best care possible.

Life does have a habit of kicking you in the 'nads when you're down, doesn't it.

If you need a break point on a journey I'm in Thame, on the m40. Can't offer any more practical help though I'm afraid but if your driving back late and need somewhere to kip for a few hours that's not a layby, message me. 

[sierraman]

Got the worlds slowest bus driver today. He arrives late, then takes about four fucking hours to grasp that I want a weekly pass. Now we’re driving at 15mph the whole way. Every junction I can feel him slowly feeding the power on gently to take it easy on the bus. Idiot.

[Tetleysmooth]

8 hours ago, beko1987 said:

If you need a break point on a journey I'm in Thame, on the m40. Can't offer any more practical help though I'm afraid but if your driving back late and need somewhere to kip for a few hours that's not a layby, message me. 

Thanks beko, but I can get to Barts on the tube from where I live in Rainham. They haven't transferred her yet, she's still in Queens Hospital, Romford at the mo. Thanks for the offer though, much appreciated.

[Split_Pin]

I really hope things stabilise quickly for Mrs Tetley_S. I can't begin to imagine how worried you must be right now.

[Tenmil Socket]

12 hours ago, brownnova said:

Don’t you just hate being second in getting to view a car... 

I can’t get to view a potential new (and possibly quite exciting) car until after work tomorrow, but apparently there’s one person viewing tomorrow afternoon... so i May be reliant on them not wanting it. That’s the third time recently I’ve been second in line.... 

But then do you need to ask yourself why the first person didn't want it?

[New POD]

18 hours ago, Lord Sterling said:

TUESDAY orders 2 armchairs. Amazon. In delivery details. I say: Someone will be in to sign on 2nd or 3rd. 

THURSDAY : YODEL,  try to deliver.  I eventually work out how to get them to deliver on Monday.

Thursday night Seller emails to say he's trying to get delivery changed for Friday.

I Send him a response saying :  no. Don't you fucking dare. And by the way, when I said Phone me, that's not an email. 

Friday sends me an email to say it's arranged for Monday( no shit) I respond with phone me if you want more than one star. 

SUNDAY: WIFE has a flip out and decides she won't be in on Monday.

Monday: wife has is tracking parcel we are 46 out of 91 and he's doing 10 an hour and there are 18 stops before her. 

I just hope they fit through the fucking door. 

[sierraman]

20 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

But then do you need to ask yourself why the first person didn't want it?

More to the point does the first person even exist? Everybody bullshits about a ‘bloke coming this afternoon who sounds dead keen on the phone!’

[beko1987]

1 hour ago, Tetleysmooth said:

Thanks beko, but I can get to Barts on the tube from where I live in Rainham. They haven't transferred her yet, she's still in Queens Hospital, Romford at the mo. Thanks for the offer though, much appreciated.

Ah sorry, I thought you were more up north than that! Apologies

[Tenmil Socket]

3 minutes ago, sierraman said:

More to the point does the first person even exist? Everybody bullshits about a ‘bloke coming this afternoon who sounds dead keen on the phone!’

True...

[sierraman]

Nobody ever says ‘Wow your the first that’s called since March!’

[Lord Sterling]

2 hours ago, New POD said:

TUESDAY orders 2 armchairs. Amazon. In delivery details. I say: Someone will be in to sign on 2nd or 3rd. 

THURSDAY : YODEL,  try to deliver.  I eventually work out how to get them to deliver on Monday.

Thursday night Seller emails to say he's trying to get delivery changed for Friday.

I Send him a response saying :  no. Don't you fucking dare. And by the way, when I said Phone me, that's not an email. 

Friday sends me an email to say it's arranged for Monday( no shit) I respond with phone me if you want more than one star. 

SUNDAY: WIFE has a flip out and decides she won't be in on Monday.

Monday: wife has is tracking parcel we are 46 out of 91 and he's doing 10 an hour and there are 18 stops before her. 

I just hope they fit through the fucking door. 

What I'll say is; I do this as a real-life job and we are sadly caught in the crossfire between the buyer and the delivery guys.

No, we cannot change our delivery people because its a BATTERY, basically a plastic box filled with acid to be delivered with France, FRANCE. Not the easiest place to deliver anything. Very few delivery people will take batteries and those that will charge a FORTUNE. 

So yeah, for sellers its not as if I can travel to Normandy in France, pick up the battery and hand deliver it personally to a customer in Montpelier. 

[Kiltox]

Why are big companies like BT so awful?

Me: I want to pay you more money for some fancy WiFi signal boosting shit but your website doesn’t let me upgrade my current package to include them, it actually tries to charge me more money for slower internet

Them: please hold

Them: I’ve raised a fault report regarding the website, someone will be in touch within 7 working days

Me: can’t you change my package now, over the phone?

Them: No

WTAF

[brownnova]

15 hours ago, chaseracer said:

Easily solved, Alex; go before work... ?

Sadly I don’t think the seller would want a 7am viewing!! He said he’d let me know if my viewing at 4pm was still on, so far I’ve heard nothing... 

[New POD]

When I sold a mini Mayfair, I had people racing across the country to buy it. 

I had to phone someone in Scotland at 8pm , to say, I know you'd planned to come and view tomorrow, but it's actually gone now. 

It was proper 1st to see will buy. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

7 hours ago, sierraman said:

Got the worlds slowest bus driver today. He arrives late, then takes about four fucking hours to grasp that I want a weekly pass. Now we’re driving at 15mph the whole way. Every junction I can feel him slowly feeding the power on gently to take it easy on the bus. Idiot.

This is one of the reasons why I stopped using public transport in London - a journey that never took less than 90 minutes to cover a distance that could be done in 25 minutes by car.....

[Aston Martin]

M5 northbound there was a young guy hanging off the fucking gantry.

I made eye contact which made it even worse. I called 999 and they said yeah we've had many calls.

I couldn't find anything online so I hope he wandered off and got arrested.

[Datsuncog]

Sainsburys.

Go and collectively fuck yourselves with a rusty spoon, you bunch of spaffwinkling dungpuppets.

Seriously.