The grumpy thread

[cobblers]

21 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said:

They have meat in them?

Depending on how hungover the guys on the production line were, there is definitely a chance.

[Fumbler]

On 16/01/2022 at 20:40, Crackers said:

 

 

I'd recommend not getting in a car with me for a while. Could be a bit... Beany...

I'm getting strong Blazing Saddles vibes from this...

[iainrcz]

Woke up with back pain.

Can't get back to sleep.

[paulplom]

On 1/16/2022 at 9:04 PM, dave j said:

Last Fray Bentos pie I had I couldn't get the lid off! Had a right battle with all the tin openers I could find. Haven't braved one since. Mind you, I should get a decent Tin opener too!

Put them in the oven with the lid on. They tend to open themselves.

[AnnoyingPentium]

Alarm set for half 6 for getting up for uni... what time do I wake up? Half fkn 5.

Any weegie shiters hear of a rammy going on then I've probably flipped a lid trying to work the self-service ticket machines at the subway station.

[cobblers]

3 hours ago, paulplom said:

Put them in the oven with the lid on. They tend to open themselves.

I cooked one like that in a campfire once. They start to massively swell up just as everything is nice and toasty inside.

Crust was a bit mushy still 

[cort16]

I remember coming home from a night out and finding my house mate passed out on his bed with a handful of fray bentos steak and kidney  pie in one hand and the rest of the half cooked pie in the other still in the tin with a big claw mark out it.

The next day his pillow had a big head shaped clear spot were his head was while he slept but rest of it was covered in gravy . Never really fancied them after that for some reason .

[Talbot]

18 hours ago, PhilA said:

Grumpy because a 1992 vehicle is now registered as "antique".

 

Phil

When that was brand new, the equivalent age vehicle was from 1962.  Might need a moment to process that.

[PhilA]

15 minutes ago, Talbot said:

When that was brand new, the equivalent age vehicle was from 1962.  Might need a moment to process that.

I took a moment, and no, I don't like it 

[Yoss]

On 1/14/2022 at 7:25 PM, Zelandeth said:

Postie this morning.

Rang doorbell.  I was actually downstairs at the time so got there pretty quickly.  Made direct eye contact through the window, then stuck a "sorry we missed you" slip through the letterbox.

Then proceeded to completely ignore me shouting (politely!) after him as he walked the (15 metres or so) back down the garden path to his van and buggered off.

Thing is...he never even took the parcels out of the damned van in the first place, so no idea what he was playing at.

That is very very wrong. I'll fully admit that I am more helpful to some people than others but they have to have been a miserable git to me in the first place. I always try quite hard to get rid of the packets because filling the form out is a pain in the arse. I'll try a neighbour if I think they'll be in or try and hide it somewhere. The latter is not official policy but as all the couriers do it our management have sort of accepted it as that is what we are up against. I almost take it as a challenge now to find a hiding place. I'll try the side gate and if it's locked, stick my hand over the top to see if it's just a sliding bolt. One I was particularly pleased with recently, someone left a lawnmower in the front garden so I took the grass box off it, put the packet it in and put it back on again. Then put a card in to tell them obviously as they'd never find it there. 

But as I say, I know some neighbours don't get on and it's usually obvious which one is the protagonist (it takes a while to gain this info but once you've been on a delivery long enough you pick these things up) so I won't try as hard for them but I'd still knock the door and politely hand it over (it's actually quite satisfying being nice and polite to miserable people). 

But I don't see any reason to behave like the guy above. We have a few idiots at our office, though probably no more than any other workplace of the same size, but I don't think any of them would behave like that. I would definitely complain, he doesn't sound like he should be a postman. 

[Fumbler]

The Asbo wannabes in the motorsport halls have brought their 'project cars' along with them. We've just been serenaded* with the dulcet tones of Fords and Hondas being redlined constantly for around 10 minutes. Then, they decided a round two was in order, but this time complete with handbrake turns and racing down the approach road.

[artdjones]

44 minutes ago, Yoss said:

That is very very wrong. I'll fully admit that I am more helpful to some people than others but they have to have been a miserable git to me in the first place. I always try quite hard to get rid of the packets because filling the form out is a pain in the arse. I'll try a neighbour if I think they'll be in or try and hide it somewhere. The latter is not official policy but as all the couriers do it our management have sort of accepted it as that is what we are up against. I almost take it as a challenge now to find a hiding place. I'll try the side gate and if it's locked, stick my hand over the top to see if it's just a sliding bolt. One I was particularly pleased with recently, someone left a lawnmower in the front garden so I took the grass box off it, put the packet it in and put it back on again. Then put a card in to tell them obviously as they'd never find it there. 

But as I say, I know some neighbours don't get on and it's usually obvious which one is the protagonist (it takes a while to gain this info but once you've been on a delivery long enough you pick these things up) so I won't try as hard for them but I'd still knock the door and politely hand it over (it's actually quite satisfying being nice and polite to miserable people). 

But I don't see any reason to behave like the guy above. We have a few idiots at our office, though probably no more than any other workplace of the same size, but I don't think any of them would behave like that. I would definitely complain, he doesn't sound like he should be a postman. 

When I did the job for a year I found most people to be fine. The one Christmas I was there I got £5 tip from the father of Guto Harri, the BBC presenter. Which was very generous in 1988. And with all the other smaller tips I got it made up a good lump. But maybe people were nicer then. Also, South Wales is probably not as miserable as England.

[hairnet]

On 1/12/2022 at 5:38 PM, hairnet said:

royal phail

tldr

 

im expecting the letter for the 20th to be sometime here in march

 

had a letter off them today dated the 8th december for appt 16th december

a month ffs - no wonder they told me the time before last id missed appointments - just a shame they wont tell me about changes in phone messages - it causes them more grief than me if stuff is missed (like someone else could have a go with worse issues etc)

[chaseracer]

21 minutes ago, hairnet said:

had a letter off them today dated the 8th december for appt 16th december

Mark, is there no email option?

[hairnet]

apparently not

id asked them seeing as they have mobile number and they rang me to leave a 'please ring us' message why they didnt just say what they wanted to change - as what they were talking about wasnt medically senstive

they said they dont do it like that

letters it is - its soo 1923

which is a shame as it shouldnt be any type of hassle

 

[hairnet]

Just now, hairnet said:

apparently not

id asked them seeing as they have mobile number and they rang me to leave a 'please ring us' message why they didnt just say what they wanted to change - as what they were talking about wasnt medically senstive

they said they dont do it like that

letters it is - its soo 1923

which is a shame as it shouldnt be any type of hassle

but then its not the hossys fault - ITS ALL ABOUT ROYAL FAIL

the hospital(s) have been fine - its yon red feckers that are causing the trouble

 

[cort1977]

Parking ticket and a jury summons on the same day.  FML.

Then went to buy a Ford Ka for my mum.  Tried to start it and just squeaking.  Seller reckoned the starter motor was knackered, I reckon the AC compressor as i could see the belt running over the stuck pulley.  Not my problem but a pain as would have bought it otherwise.

[Crackers]

I recently discovered you can rent a Caterham for a day from Caterham Gatwick. My 21st is approaching in the next couple of months and I thought that might be a cool thing to experience even if only for a day or two; it's not even that expensive in the world of performance car hire as a 2-day hire starts from £199.

 

Minimum driver age?

Predicatble: 25.

Bollocks.

[somewhatfoolish]

4 hours ago, Fumbler said:

The Asbo wannabes in the motorsport halls have brought their 'project cars' along with them. We've just been serenaded* with the dulcet tones of Fords and Hondas being redlined constantly for around 10 minutes. Then, they decided a round two was in order, but this time complete with handbrake turns and racing down the approach road.

No wardens?

[Fumbler]

2 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

No wardens?

Somehow they get away with it. It's certainly not the first time they've done it but they sure do like to make their engines scream. I am waiting for one day when I hear one of their crocks bouncing off the rev limiter and then suddenly rip itself apart.

[AnnoyingPentium]

The wesbite (I know it's called a website, but wesbite sounds funnier) I commonly use for cassette shell labels has updated, removing the template for said labels.

Not a happy bunny.

[meggersdog]

Came home from work tonight, went in the lounge to make a fire up. There are lumps of cement and mortar in the grate. There is one completely loose brick one side of the chimney and a hole the other side. 

[somewhatfoolish]

Houses are bastards, there's always something crumbling, falling off, breaking or trying to set itself on fire.

[High Jetter]

Mine moves, too. When I get back from the pub it's not quite in the same place I left it. In the morning? Back to where it should be.

[myglaren]

On 16/01/2022 at 16:52, Jamie said:

The fucking state of this today at the services on m61 😢

It seems to be around those prices around here now.

Had my car for the first time in a fortnight to get new tyres fitted and passed a couple of petrol stations and clocked the prices.  Driving of course so can't be certain of exact prices but near enough.

May have been less at my usual Sainsburys but I didn't need any so didn't go that way.

Won't need any for a month so hopefully the prices will have fallen by then.

[Metal Guru]

2 hours ago, myglaren said:

It seems to be around those prices around here now.

Had my car for the first time in a fortnight to get new tyres fitted and passed a couple of petrol stations and clocked the prices.  Driving of course so can't be certain of exact prices but near enough.

May have been less at my usual Sainsburys but I didn't need any so didn't go that way.

Won't need any for a month so hopefully the prices will have fallen by then.

£2 / litre can’t be far away at rip off services somewhere on the motorways.

[Pieman]

Went to visit a friend in Coventry yesterday and I'm 99% sure that I drove down a bus lane by mistake on the way there - was making sure I'd gone the right way from a junction and didn't notice til it was too late.  Daft mistake on my part - if I get done I get done, shit happens.

[Spurious]

59 minutes ago, Pieman said:

Went to visit a friend in Coventry yesterday and I'm 99% sure that I drove down a bus lane by mistake on the way there - was making sure I'd gone the right way from a junction and didn't notice til it was too late.  Daft mistake on my part - if I get done I get done, shit happens.

I'm pretty sure it's a council fine if you did get caught. 

I got caught in Oldham, £30, no points as it wasnt the police doing the enforcement. 

[New POD]

7 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Houses are bastards, there's always something crumbling, falling off, breaking or trying to set itself on fire.

If they didn't go up in price faster than inflation, nobody would bother buying one...or repairing or improving them. 

I reckon that we've spent £60k on our £50k house over the last 24 years. And I reckon that it needs £5k spending on it over the next 3 years.  If we'd done nothing it would be worth £50k less. 

[Zelandeth]

19 hours ago, Yoss said:

That is very very wrong. I'll fully admit that I am more helpful to some people than others but they have to have been a miserable git to me in the first place. I always try quite hard to get rid of the packets because filling the form out is a pain in the arse. I'll try a neighbour if I think they'll be in or try and hide it somewhere. The latter is not official policy but as all the couriers do it our management have sort of accepted it as that is what we are up against. I almost take it as a challenge now to find a hiding place. I'll try the side gate and if it's locked, stick my hand over the top to see if it's just a sliding bolt. One I was particularly pleased with recently, someone left a lawnmower in the front garden so I took the grass box off it, put the packet it in and put it back on again. Then put a card in to tell them obviously as they'd never find it there. 

But as I say, I know some neighbours don't get on and it's usually obvious which one is the protagonist (it takes a while to gain this info but once you've been on a delivery long enough you pick these things up) so I won't try as hard for them but I'd still knock the door and politely hand it over (it's actually quite satisfying being nice and polite to miserable people). 

But I don't see any reason to behave like the guy above. We have a few idiots at our office, though probably no more than any other workplace of the same size, but I don't think any of them would behave like that. I would definitely complain, he doesn't sound like he should be a postman. 

This is the same guy who a few years ago never even took the parcel out of the van.  Literally got out of the van, card already in hand and popped it in the letter box.

Away in a world of his own, he totally missed the fact that I was standing ten feet away on the driveway working on the car so saw this first hand.  He was not amused when called out on the nonsense.  Wouldn't hand over the parcel though..."Once it's logged has to go back t'dlvery office!" Cue van door slammed and him disappearing bouncing his Vauxhall Combo off the rev limiter.

We complained then, and on a couple of other occasions when they've done things to just be obstinate seemingly for the sake of it, he's still on the round though...so doesn't seem to do anything!

Drives like an absolute lunatic as well.  

Think there are three or four regulars we see on our run here and we've had zero issues with any of the others, just the one guy who seems to be a miserable git who just enjoys making people's lives difficult.