The grumpy thread

[Dyslexic Viking]

Dad will be here for the whole of Christmas and has just tested positive for covid and is very unwell. So our Christmas won't be as planned and I'm curious how I will cope with this as I have some health problems. 

[Out Run]

7 hours ago, hairnet said:

evri - dogshit

bought summat and it turned up via them with a few days no problem cant help that as it who the retailer picks

needed to send it back as it was short of items

on their site arrange return fine paid got label - yes we'll collect tomrrow (thurs last week) as requested

was at home prepping to go out deicing car etc

got email after 10am saying courier tried to collect it 9.53 - errr no we were out the front cocking about aint seen no evri truck baws

tried to rebook it and they said friday - again no show (been off since mid dec and been nowhere - fifth gear and popmaster ftw)

nope

on their site to complain and after much searching - their faqs ask three questions nothing to do with what you want

found an email to send to to get a response

finally today they reply - oh sorry etc - please outline your problem so we can resolve

their template in the email asks for a tracking number - err no its a collection

delivery address - errrr no its a collection

brief description of issue (insert rant here)

the email i replied with has just asked them why have you took nearly a week (there was my phone on it)

the number you asked i havent got - apart from the tracking number theres a 7 digit number on the label but theyve not asked for that and its not a qvc number

fuck them - chasing them for 4 quid (but thats not the point)

Use their drop shop service for returns.

Never had an issue, that way!

[dozeydustman]

Bastard Mini broke down last night. I’m hoping something simple as all the electrics went so my bet is loose battery connector.

[leafsprung]

Boilers gone on the blink. Grrrreat. Switch on 6 month old super digikals WiFi enabled immersion heater and that's stone dead too. FML. 

Day one of Xmas holiday to be spent waiting for the plumber to come and tell me it's fuckin fucked m8 and parts won't arrive till the middle of January, then bodging in the aged old immersion and probably having some catastrophic cock up in the process requiring a new cylinder. 

[PicantoJon]

The joys of working in social care... Working every day now until the 28th.

I'm feeling so fecking festive. 

[MikeR]

Spammers , would help them if they changed the picture .... Fail 

[outlaw118]

Beginning to think that I might actually be a massive cunt.

I don't go out much, time, money and arsedness (lack of) tend to get in the way these days, but pre-pandemic I reckon I went out at least once a week, met up with the lads, banger racing , gigs. 

Now, I don't know whether I'vew changed, or pissed someone off, but late summer all* the chaps met up at a local pub by the river, and judging by the photos on Faceybook it looked like a "return to the good old days".

Was I invited? Was I fuck. Never mind.

Last weekend a similar bunch of friends* went out in That London, for the "annual get together". Was I invited? This is despite one of the protagonists walks past Outlaw_Towers a couple of times a week to visit his olds, another I saw a week before, and another I went out with the night before!

I've been working in a depot for about 2 years, in every day during lockdown, then in and out itermittently since - one day a week I'm there all day, other times it's random/weather dependent.

They had their Christmas party last night, and I only know about it because the cleaner told me that the blokes toilets had overflowed because someone had bunged the urinal up with silly string.

I know I shouldn't let it bother me, but.....

[Zelandeth]

Anyone else been getting absolutely bombarded with spam calls claiming to be from HMRC this week?  Started on Tuesday morning for me and has been non stop since.  Have had six today already.

[MikeR]

1 hour ago, outlaw118 said:

Beginning to think that I might actually be a massive cunt.

I don't go out much, time, money and arsedness (lack of) tend to get in the way these days, but pre-pandemic I reckon I went out at least once a week, met up with the lads, banger racing , gigs. 

Now, I don't know whether I'vew changed, or pissed someone off, but late summer all* the chaps met up at a local pub by the river, and judging by the photos on Faceybook it looked like a "return to the good old days".

Was I invited? Was I fuck. Never mind.

Last weekend a similar bunch of friends* went out in That London, for the "annual get together". Was I invited? This is despite one of the protagonists walks past Outlaw_Towers a couple of times a week to visit his olds, another I saw a week before, and another I went out with the night before!

I've been working in a depot for about 2 years, in every day during lockdown, then in and out itermittently since - one day a week I'm there all day, other times it's random/weather dependent.

They had their Christmas party last night, and I only know about it because the cleaner told me that the blokes toilets had overflowed because someone had bunged the urinal up with silly string.

I know I shouldn't let it bother me, but.....

No , everyone at work is a cunt , I had the same , I would be the one walking out with no gifts at the end of term when the teachers had armfuls , so when I left some other cunt got my job , now they have been off sick  for 8 weeks !! , Sound like it was not me then  , Anyway I have some new friends now I have stopped working , and dare I say it a "girl friend " at the van site .. so my wife calls her !! , So don't let them bother you ..

[hairnet]

more appointments one next week one the week after then one the end of the month

argh

the one for next week only turned up yesterday (dated 9th)

 

[myglaren]

Had a brief power cut.  Had been monitoring since they were mentioned in the Northern Echo, there were lots in the Stockton area and daughter who is a baker lived there, also granddaughter with w new great-granddaughter lives in the Stockton area too.

There were none posted for today, none in this area either.

When the power came back on, had another look.  Nothing posted now either.  Sent a report in but it was a bit crap as it was only for ongoing power cuts but couldn't report it without power.

Shit website.

https://www.northernpowergrid.com/power-cuts-map

[Remspoor]

22 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Dad will be here for the whole of Christmas and has just tested positive for covid and is very unwell. So our Christmas won't be as planned and I'm curious how I will cope with this as I have some health problems. 

Well take care. Limit contact is perhaps the best way over this.

[andyberg]

8 hours ago, MikeR said:

Spammers , would help them if they changed the picture .... Fail 

Hong Kong number, doesn't look very hongkonger to me. 

[New POD]

On 20/12/2022 at 20:13, MikeR said:

light blue touch paper and ....

Honda drivers , what is with their parking ????

went to the farm shop today , the big car  park was empty and I parked one small cars width from the log bunker so that the rear of my car faced the shop door .. we had the shop to ourselves most of the time which was great ..

and wife wife proceeded to buy out the shop , as she does , sack of spuds to start ,  it was totalled up as we went and I took the goods to the car and shoved them in the boot ..  and so on , I was surprised how much we squeezed in the C1 ....

in the time it took me to load the car ( which was quite a while ) , no fewer than three Hondas tried to park in the gap between the car and the log bunker , and every time it was just a bit tight !!!   , and they moved on .. after all they had another 50 or so spaces to choose from

then when we cashed up and walked out of the shop , and another Honda was tried to shuffle into the space after I got in the car !!   , somat like 6 inches between us , and the driver  was stuck in his car till I drove off !!   ,

even my wife commented on the parking  nonsense ..  and this is some one who normally  refers to a car by its colour ..

You know I have the identical car to her white 3 door 107 ? 

Edited December 22, 2022 by New POD

[Lacquer Peel]

8 hours ago, PicantoJon said:

The joys of working in social care... Working every day now until the 28th.

I'm feeling so fecking festive. 

I'm so glad I'm a sessional worker now. There is no incentive to work the holidays so I'm not. 

[MikeR]

10 minutes ago, Lacquer Peel said:

I'm so glad I'm a sessional worker now. There is no incentive to work the holidays so I'm not. 

I remember having that , worked every f in hour over Xmas , lived in the place to be then told we owed hours , the senior staff had grabbed all the double time days !! , The next time they went to do the same , but I put in my notice to go , was owed lots of days off , the seniors ended up living in the place over Xmas ! , I look back at the care system and it's shite . 

[Lacquer Peel]

At my place it's a flat rate for every day regardless if it's a holday or waking night. 🙄 Fuck em. 

There are rumours that they charge the local authority extra for antisocial hours but don't pass that on to staff. 

[Timewaster]

4 hours ago, myglaren said:

Had a brief power cut.  Had been monitoring since they were mentioned in the Northern Echo, there were lots in the Stockton area and daughter who is a baker lived there, also granddaughter with w new great-granddaughter lives in the Stockton area too.

There were none posted for today, none in this area either.

When the power came back on, had another look.  Nothing posted now either.  Sent a report in but it was a bit crap as it was only for ongoing power cuts but couldn't report it without power.

Shit website.

https://www.northernpowergrid.com/power-cuts-map

You should be able to contact the network operator by calling 105 from any phone.

I'm a bit confused about them being in the paper. Were they predicted faults due to weather or planned cuts?

[Dave_Q]

Obviously xmas overall is prime grump material but I have a couple of specifics to moan about:

• Multi-generational Christmas shopping trips with mum, nan, and kids, forming a 2-trolley rolling roadblock in the meat aisle of the supermarket at peak time. IN THE SEA
• Recyclable wrapping paper - soz trees but this stuff is absolute shite, tears under the force of a sparrows fart such that you end up using nearly double of it. Nice try but lets do it again in 5 years when it's usable, I'll take the turtle-killer stuff for now thanks. Oh you can only buy recyclable literally everywhere? CHEERS FAM

[somewhatfoolish]

I gave up using wrapping paper; I use yon shiny paper tote bag things as I R lazy, if minge bag you could ask for the tote back after giving the present. 🤣

[Spiny Norman]

I once wrapped a mate's gift in a few pages from an old Auto Trader. Like a cat that sleeps in the box its new bed came in he briefly looked at the Airfix kit I'd got him then spent twenty minutes reading the wrapping paper.
"Hey, a Renault 6 for £1000..."

[Dyslexic Viking]

On 21/12/2022 at 20:21, Dyslexic Viking said:

Dad will be here for the whole of Christmas and has just tested positive for covid and is very unwell. So our Christmas won't be as planned and I'm curious how I will cope with this as I have some health problems. 

I have also gott the plague and have never been so sick. But the biggest problem with the variant we have is that it causes sore throats, but we have both had it really badly so our throats are completely destroyed and we can't get food or anything down.

[PicantoJon]

14 hours ago, Lacquer Peel said:

At my place it's a flat rate for every day regardless if it's a holday or waking night. 🙄 Fuck em. 

There are rumours that they charge the local authority extra for antisocial hours but don't pass that on to staff. 

Yup, we don't get shit all extra for holidays now. Funny how the company can afford to pay the executives more each year though! 

[Rust Collector]

12 hours ago, Dave_Q said:

Recyclable wrapping paper - soz trees but this stuff is absolute shite, tears under the force of a sparrows fart such that you end up using nearly double of it. Nice try but lets do it again in 5 years when it's usable, I'll take the turtle-killer stuff for now thanks. Oh you can only buy recyclable literally everywhere? CHEERS FAM

Last year I was scratching round the house looking for wrapping paper when I remembered that I had some rolls of brown paper set aside for car bodywork. It's nice and robust but I did get some long stares from my family members as I handed the gifts over that year 😅

[MiniMinorMk3]

Only another couple of days until the Easter eggs are in the shops, yippee!

[hennabm]

Cadbury crème eggs already in our local shop. The owner says it’s the earliest they have been available that she knows of.

[Datsuncog]

These were in the Spar locally last week.

I might have let out an involuntary "oh for fuck's sake..."

[Dobloseven]

1 hour ago, hennabm said:

Cadbury crème eggs already in our local shop. The owner says it’s the earliest they have been available that she knows of.

Had some a few weeks ago at our local shop. Think they've sold out now. Thought they might have been old stock but not so. 

[myglaren]

17 hours ago, Timewaster said:

You should be able to contact the network operator by calling 105 from any phone.

I'm a bit confused about them being in the paper. Were they predicted faults due to weather or planned cuts?

A mixture but mainly planned cuts.

I don't do phones other than in a dire emergency.  I was only letting them know of a cut that wasn't on the planned list.

[myglaren]

Fixing rear indicator on C3, went into the house for some tools and:

 

Shelf pulled out of the wall.  Funny smell?  Punctured butane canister.

Also bottle of sulphuric acid smashed, lots of broken glass.

May have to clean it up.  One day.