The grumpy thread

[mitsisigma01]

I'm sure there has been some folk on here that have had an experience with a shyster trader and had to change bits themselves..... Who defines what is simple enough ... 

[twosmoke300]

3 hours ago, abelw44 said:

Went to change a drive shaft on the A4 today, all set up, tea made, headphones on and whole day set aside for doing a couple of other little bits as well.

Best offer up the new driveshaft before taking off too many other bits, thought I, and so I did... Naturally, it being from Euro Car Parts, the finest* purveyor of automotive bits in the land, it's the wrong chuffing one.

Now I thought I was annoyed when I discovered that out. But then I stood up and kicked my mug of tea over, and now I know what real frustration feels like. I think I might close the wrong side of my socket set later, so they all fall out of place. One may as well drink to the very dregs, and all that...

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Your main mistake was using ECP . I say it regularly on here but I stand by my words .

Dont Fucking Use Them !!!

 

 

life will go better for you 

[Lankytim]

I shared a yard with a recovery firm that had a contract with the AA to recover vehicles broken down on a close by section of the M6. They used the garage next door to repair these cars. After a complaint was followed up it turned out this garage was invoicing for loads of work they hadn’t done. The end result was the recovery firm lost the AA contract and ended up going out of business. 

[omegod]

Not a royalist by any means but watching the cortege going through Edinburgh on the telly and every disrespectful twat has their phone cameras up recording as it goes past, no heads bowed solemnly,  just strikes me as being hugely disrespectful. It's not like it's not getting bloody televised 

[DavieW]

Using "of" when the correct word is "have". 🤬

[RoverFolkUs]

45 minutes ago, DavieW said:

Using "of" when the correct word is "have". 🤬

You could of approached the matter in a more educating way though... 

[Noel Tidybeard]

7 hours ago, twosmoke300 said:

Your main mistake was using ECP . I say it regularly on here but I stand by my words .

Dont Fucking Use Them !!!

 

 

life will go better for you 

for example-

and the Cox's price is without the extra £1ish they will knock off for being Civinfo member!

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, DavieW said:

Using "of" when the correct word is "have". 🤬

I would of pointed this out earlier 🤣

[Kiltox]

On 9/10/2022 at 1:58 PM, sierraman said:

I know it’s unbelievably annoying. Let’s just cancel everything for the rest of the year, let’s cancel Christmas while we are at it! 

My grump is in Screwfix, some absolute tit was at the front, dithering about which screws he should buy, then what fucking washers then what length. Couldn’t he have fucking figured all this out at home, then at the end it was a £1.75 sale after twenty minutes of deliberation. Off the back of this I can see why some places will only accept trade customers. 

Screwfix is getting terrible for this, full of folk that should be in B&Q asking for advice on how to breathe / dress themselves 

[High Jetter]

11 minutes ago, Kiltox said:

 full of folk that should be in B&Q asking for advice on how to breathe / dress themselves 

That's just the staff!

[GrumpiusMaximus]

On 9/10/2022 at 4:29 AM, PhilA said:

8th Folsom annual car show tomorrow, and by the very nature of my luck, I cannot go.

 

Wonderful. I think I'll stop putting these things on my calendar and pretend they don't exist instead.

You've got the Folsom Car Show Blues.

[High Jetter]

3 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

You've got the Folsom Car Show Blues.

Surely, the slowest 12-bar ever!

[jamescarruthers]

1 hour ago, High Jetter said:

That's just the staff!

I was in Screwfix a few weeks ago to collect and asked to add some C-cell batteries to the order. The bloke looked at me like it was a time-wasting-mentalist! He explained to me, like I was a simpleton, not that they didn’t have them but that they didn’t exist— but that AA’s do, and maybe that’s what I meant.
 

After suggesting that he search his computer for stock of what are basically big-boy AA batteries he found that they did exist and went to get them. I told him that D-cell batteries would blow his mind if he saw them but he didn’t have a sense of humour either. 
 

[GrumpiusMaximus]

@jamescarruthersNext time go in and ask for a 12-pack of LR6 batteries and watch the meltdown...

[Lacquer Peel]

20 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said:

I'm a trade customer. Feel free to invent any conspiracy you wish about money making etc...

What? I don't know who you are. I guessed you were an amateur mechanic/tinkerer like a lot of people here. 

How would this be policed? 

[sierraman]

I don’t think brake pad fitting as such is an issue, I can’t really see how you’d get it wrong. It would be impossible to police as someone that way inclined would get hold of some somehow. 

I can see how fitting a brake pipe could go badly wrong if you hadn’t flared it properly or whatever. How many accidents are caused by poor workmanship? 

In fairness though a big turn off on an advert is DIY maintenance, it’s rarely done properly, by that I don’t mean dangerous just everything done too tight/too loose, shit loads of copper ease applied with a spade etc etc

[barefoot]

Back from a week's holiday in the bay to find a couple of letters from the police telling me that my vehicles aren't on the MID and that I need to chase it up myself. I have a bank statement showing the money leaving the account & printed certificates for both the vehicles. Does anyone consider this particularly urgent?

[chadders]

No.

But for the sake of 2 minutes work I'd email the insurance cos just to cover my arse.

[Wack]

What is it with travellers

Just been into the BP,  all pumps in use so I pull up behind a Ford ranger with somone in it but it  doesn't move. Next pump becomes free so i move over , somebody else pulls up behind the ranger 

I fill up, pay, come out and the 2 of them are still in the ranger stuffing their faces laughing with this guy still waiting behind

I move and he pulls on to the pump , are there any normal travellers.

It's like they want everyone to hate them 

[goosey]

2 hours ago, Wack said:

What is it with travellers

Just been into the BP,  all pumps in use so I pull up behind a Ford ranger with somone in it but it  doesn't move. Next pump becomes free so i move over , somebody else pulls up behind the ranger 

I fill up, pay, come out and the 2 of them are still in the ranger stuffing their faces laughing with this guy still waiting behind

I move and he pulls on to the pump , are there any normal travellers.

It's like they want everyone to hate them 

they are just a massive pain in the arse.

I did mobile hydraulics repair in my last job, hyd hose replacement mostly.  If I got to a call out that was at a Traveler site or a job that Travelers were involved with I would just tell them “sorry can’t do the job I don’t have the fitting/parts/expertise “.  It would just save the hassle of not getting paid or getting paid and then having them constantly whining/threatening you on the phone expecting you to just drop everything and come and fix their bag of shit Machine for free because I touched it last 

[Zelandeth]

4 hours ago, Wack said:

 

I move and he pulls on to the pump , are there any normal travellers.

It's like they want everyone to hate them 

Yes.  However you'll either never see them because they want to keep themselves to themselves, or if you met them in town wouldn't have a clue they weren't anybody else on the street.  Two of my friends back up north are part of a small travelling group, and the whole group based on my experiences are the sort of folks who would give the coat off their own backs to someone on the street if they thought they needed it.  A lot of their day to day living relies on the goodwill and cooperation of the general public (even moreso these days than in the past), so why the hell would they want to be disliked?

Sadly there are a lot of assholes among the greater community and they have a tendency of being very, very, very visible.

I used to manage two park and ride sites...trust me, I've had plenty of run ins with the asshole type and had to funnel tens of thousands of public money I didn't have into sorting out the mess they left.  Especially the year they didn't just break down the height barriers, but *nicked* the height barriers...

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Today's grump from me: What the fluffing HELL is going on on the roads today?!?  I've done about 40 miles today and must have nearly been wiped out half a dozen times between people just not paying attention (especially the idiot in the French plated lorry on the M1 who wound up having drifted across two and a half lanes before noticing), or just being willfully idiotic.

I know, it's central England...a large amount of twattery on the roads is par for the course, but today's just been ridiculous.

[horriblemercedes]

Walked up to the car, spotted a bulge on the inside sidewall of one of the tyres. Not the end of the world as it's a Landsail that is now nearer the end of the tread than the start, but still inconvenient 

[Low Horatio gearbox]

The modern Volvo has an rumbly wheel bearing and the stereo will no longer go loud enough to drown it out. I've not actually been able to have a close inspection as  the locking wheel nuts have all been gunned up good-n-proper and the locking wheel chuck/socket no longer fits.....

[chaseracer]

You know the saying 'no good turn goes unpunished'?  A colleague borrowed the Lexus to take her daughter back to university, and brought it back with the tank full.

Of diesel.

🙄

[inconsistant]

On 9/9/2022 at 7:52 AM, cobblers said:

It's the poor kids in the bunting factories that I really feel bad for.

This might just be the most profound thing ever posted on AS

[Popsicle]

Other than hitting folk with a cricket bat thats how I've been since the wrist op 11 days ago. First check up today, nice to get the heavy cast off, healing up nicely, even though the skin on my arm looks like a cross between ET and my  nutsack.

Put straight back into a splint though, caution is the name of the game, so other than weekly check ups this bloody thing is on for the next month or two. To be honest it hurt like hell when unsupported, so probably no bad thing.

Bugger, knuckles to past the elbow again, can't see me working or getting the underseal on the fleet for a while.

[Pieman]

Apparently the landlord of my girlfriend's house has put the property up for sale.  The first she knew about it is when someone put a for sale board outside it without even telling her, and she was sitting inside it at the time.

Can they legally do that??

[hairnet]

needed a chain and sprockets

usual 2 places i buy from no stock and nearest dealer 35 miles away (and wouldnt)

ordered off a place that has a presence (wrexham apparently)

chain is too short according to garage 🙄 (listing is 100% correct) not a huge problem - more a faff for the garage than me as no need for bike atm

[BorniteIdentity]

14 minutes ago, Pieman said:

Apparently the landlord of my girlfriend's house has put the property up for sale.  The first she knew about it is when someone put a for sale board outside it without even telling her, and she was sitting inside it at the time.

Can they legally do that??

Yes. 

They can stick a board where they want. Yes, they can market the property (whilst she gets quiet enjoyment of the house, access must be given when requested correctly). 

They may advertise it with a sitting tenant (unlikely but possible) but she should expect a section 21 notice to land soonish. 

[Kiltox]

2 minutes ago, BorniteIdentity said:

Yes. 

They can stick a board where they want. Yes, they can market the property (whilst she gets quiet enjoyment of the house, access must be given when requested correctly). 

They may advertise it with a sitting tenant (unlikely but possible) but she should expect a section 21 notice to land soonish. 

This.  If they were to sell it to another landlord all they'd need to do was provide her with an amended tenancy agreement.

I'm sure they're about to urgently need to move back into the home that used to be their permanent residence though