The grumpy thread

[sierraman]

  On 15/10/2023 at 23:25, Mrcento said:

People fucking HATE to see people working on cars. Brings out the absolute worst in everyone and seems to be a magnet that attracts them over.

Lost count of the amount of times i've ended up in an argument with somebody because they've come up to me to have a go whilst i'm doing something,  Would understand if it was causing revving engines etc but it's usually completely silent and mundane like changing brake pads, and they'll wade in telling me to fuck off, go and get things fixed by a garage instead, saying i'm going to get oil everywhere etc, even when it's clear i'm not doing anything where oil is involved.

Neighbours are the worst though, always watching, and always, if you have to do something like charge a battery, they magically teleport outside at the exact moment you get the battery out to start making comments like 'Oh its broken haha, You don't half buy some shite' etc.

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This is a bugbear of mine, I keep myself to myself, I don’t go drilling and grinding till all bastard hours plus believe it or not it’s my fucking house so if I want to mend cars outside on MY DRIVE I will. 😂

I get that as well, when you are doing a service or something and you’ll get ‘have you broken it again?’ ‘No, I just like to keep my car serviced myself instead of getting my arsehole reamed at Kwik Fit to the tune of £500’ I just become facetious and tell them if only I’d worked as hard as them and was in the position to be getting bummed every month by PSA Finance. I get how it would annoy people if it’s in a communal area and if I was hammering hub carriers out of struts at 7am on a Sunday. 

[Ghosty]

It's not like I'm doing anything antisocial either! All my cars are legal and I only work on them in the day. We have another neighbour that works on his cars as well, and he gets no grief, it's me specifically he has a problem with.

When I cut all my hair off a couple of years ago he made a really vile veiled comment, now I recall. No idea what his fucking problem is.

[hairnet]

Bugger 

Been to one before and this one scarily nearly could walk it 

But will be bothering Conan that day @Conan

[Lankytim]

  On 15/10/2023 at 23:10, Ghosty said:

Curtain twitching cunt neighbour has decided to wage war on us for no reason, calling me and Speedy 'fuckin arseholes' to himself loudly, for having the gall to work on cars at my place at the weekend. We called him out on that and he din't have much to say but childish deflections.
Had a go at me last week for parking a car of mine outside his house for 30 seconds to move another, and just being incredibly petty and uptight over nothing, just appearing and telling us to leave whenever we do anything.
Even had the pettiness to pressure wash half the dividing wall between our properties a while ago.
We haven't washed our side.

We've done nothing, but we're being harassed and abused for no reason.

Stupid cunt today said to me 'what are you going to do, go cry to your parents?' he's at least in his 60s, what a fucking belm.

Needs taking down a peg (probably knows I'm an easy target) but need to work out how. I've had people fired on Equality Act grounds for less than this.


I've been bullied my whole fucking life, I don't need this shit. 'Ignore it' doesn't work for me.

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I’ve had that a few times before, they often change their tune if their car won’t start or they have a flat tyre. I’m always happy to help though. One old codger was always on my case moaning about everything. When he died his wife often came over and asked me to help with stuff. Before I knew it I was up a ladder on her roof moving the TV aerial around trying to get a signal. I’m not sure what was worse, the moaning or all the odd jobs I ended up doing. 

[Noel Tidybeard]

  On 16/10/2023 at 16:28, Ghosty said:

It's not like I'm doing anything antisocial either! All my cars are legal and I only work on them in the day. We have another neighbour that works on his cars as well, and he gets no grief, it's me specifically he has a problem with.

When I cut all my hair off a couple of years ago he made a really vile veiled comment, now I recall. No idea what his fucking problem is.

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...and therefore can be parked anywhere without any restrictions stated on a sign

[sheffcortinacentre]

We had this for several years with a n old git opposite.

They thrive on getting a rise out of you as their jealous that your capable of doing stuff .

Unfortunately short of moving only two things work.

As said  give the impression your mentally unstable subtilty is the key ( keep them unsure of what your likely to do) showing any sign that their your aggrieved by their behaviour is just what they want ( their controling your behaviour/ life).

The second will get howls of derision & only really works as a first resort.

Calmly  & without them being able to prove it make a serious threat in return  the one we IE neighbours were having was sorted for some by threats of serious injury to the bully that were not flights of fantasy type things  I'll have my gangster mate shoot you EastEnders bollocks this can be hard to make convincing if your not used to  doing this type stuff.

Don't bother with official lines plod, council,housing Assocs aren't interested all they'll do is give you incident diaries ,pacifing talk anything to get you to go away & bother somebody else.

If your not doing anything illegal, antisocial try your best to ignore them (IE do not engage in their games this is what they want)

Again it's hard like you I've had this all my life too don't want hassle just to enjoy my life & leave others to do the same , but it doesn't work for this type I can totally understand how some people end up going of the deep end & causing serious harm even death in these situations  others don't understand if they've not been through this sort of thing.

Good luck & don't let the bastard grind you down.

[iainrcz]

  On 15/10/2023 at 20:15, iainrcz said:

At work with fucking hideous toothache.

Rang the emergency what's it line. 

Can you drive to Doncaster tomorrow for 8pm?

Yes, I can drive, but not over an hour in case I'm smashed off my face on drugs.

So Scunthorpe it is 😆

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Hit something on the a180. 2 hours in the pitch black and cold with a shredded tyre, on the way home. Still got toothache.

[sdkrc]

@Ghosty, get a big ISIS flag for your window. If you were a curtain twitching 60yr old would YOU have the guts to confront someone who's been radicalised? 

Go one further and swap out all the Hondas for a Hilux pickup and start welding metal sheets to it

[Ohdearme]

  On 16/10/2023 at 00:20, New POD said:

I was going to suggest that you resort to the standard response which is to refer them to the universally adopted test case of Arkell vs Pressdram 1972....

 

Or less subtly 

Just walk straight up to them. Get a little close, look them in the eye and say quietly, with a scarey insane look about you "Fuck Off, you total and utter Cunt. Don't ever talk to me again, you pointless shit. In fact..don't ever look at me again" 

Maybe do it with a hammer in your hand. 

I mean what's he to do.......

 

Might make things worse but unlikely. 

 

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Never look someone you’re trying to piss off in the eyes. Look at the top and center of their forehead, freaks them out more than eyeballing them.

Brain does something weird and doesn’t like it… 

 

[Metal Guru]

  On 16/10/2023 at 10:55, New POD said:

I'm not some sort of hard man. Far from it. But I've always found growling at bullies works wonders. Don't need to get into conversation, just leave them believing you are unhinged, and unpredictable. 

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Tell them your Jehovah’s Witness . They’ll leave you alone.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

  On 16/10/2023 at 21:46, Metal Guru said:

Tell them your Jehovah’s Witness . They’ll leave you alone.

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[GMcD]

Trying to cancel a  sim card from voxi that I setup for my sister to use whilst she was here for a few months. 

You would think it would be easy to cancel it. But I cannot log into the account as it insists on a one time password sent by text. I don't have the sim. You cannot reset the account without sending a one time password by text. There is no email or memorable answer alternative.

The online chat is a bag of fucking wank. I'm now on their alternative contact (social media) and I've been waiting since yesterday afternoon for someone to message me back on Facebook because perish the thought they have an actual fucking last resort phone number you can call to speak to a fucking human. 

Online chat, Facebook or Twitter are the options (Musk and Zucker fans only please, get fucked if you don't subscribe to fake news) 

Normally in such circumstances I would just cancel the direct debit and ignore the threats, but they have my credit card details not direct debit details.  What a palava. 

[loserone]

When I was in France in the summer, they cancelled my SIM for "suspected fraud".  They were still trying to send me SMS messages to verify me.  

After 48 hours and about 10 hours of my life they got it reenabled.  They then refunded the 15 day data roaming pack as I'd only had 10 days, as long as I promised to stay with them.  As soon as the money came back I left.  

 

They used to be good, but now they are arseholes.  Contact your bank and tell them to block any transactions from them as you have already told them to cancel the service.

[Jazoli]

  On 17/10/2023 at 07:21, GMcD said:

Trying to cancel a  sim card from voxi that I setup for my sister to use whilst she was here for a few months. 

You would think it would be easy to cancel it. But I cannot log into the account as it insists on a one time password sent by text. I don't have the sim. You cannot reset the account without sending a one time password by text. There is no email or memorable answer alternative.

The online chat is a bag of fucking wank. I'm now on their alternative contact (social media) and I've been waiting since yesterday afternoon for someone to message me back on Facebook because perish the thought they have an actual fucking last resort phone number you can call to speak to a fucking human. 

Online chat, Facebook or Twitter are the options (Musk and Zucker fans only please, get fucked if you don't subscribe to fake news) 

Normally in such circumstances I would just cancel the direct debit and ignore the threats, but they have my credit card details not direct debit details.  What a palava. 

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Tell your CC company your card is lost, get another card which will have a different number/expiry, if its just a rolling contract (as I'm sure they all are) it should expire naturally if not paid.

[New POD]

  On 17/10/2023 at 07:21, GMcD said:

Trying to cancel a  sim card from voxi that I setup for my sister to use whilst she was here for a few months. 

You would think it would be easy to cancel it. But I cannot log into the account as it insists on a one time password sent by text. I don't have the sim. You cannot reset the account without sending a one time password by text. There is no email or memorable answer alternative.

The online chat is a bag of fucking wank. I'm now on their alternative contact (social media) and I've been waiting since yesterday afternoon for someone to message me back on Facebook because perish the thought they have an actual fucking last resort phone number you can call to speak to a fucking human. 

Online chat, Facebook or Twitter are the options (Musk and Zucker fans only please, get fucked if you don't subscribe to fake news) 

Normally in such circumstances I would just cancel the direct debit and ignore the threats, but they have my credit card details not direct debit details.  What a palava. 

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You could contact credit card company and get them to block future payments. 

[New POD]

  On 17/10/2023 at 08:40, Jazoli said:

Tell your CC company your card is lost, get another card which will have a different number/expiry, if its just a rolling contract (as I'm sure they all are) it should expire naturally if not paid.

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They link the old number to.the new card for things like credit agreements. Otherwise my Netflix account would have bounced. 

[GMcD]

Well it took about 2 hours this morning but eventual success going back to the chat. If you use the "report lost or stolen" function, it seems to put you in touch with a human straight away. 

Still, after explaining for the umpteenth time I don't have the sim so don't send a OTP.... they tried to send the OTP another two times. I also got cut of by them during the chat, and re-assigned to another person (possibly they got fed up dealing with me ) They then tried to get me to go through the whole rigmarole again. 

I have an email now confirming it's done. Will not be using that mob again.

[horriblemercedes]

  On 17/10/2023 at 11:26, GMcD said:

Well it took about 2 hours this morning but eventual success going back to the chat. If you use the "report lost or stolen" function, it seems to put you in touch with a human straight away. 

Still, after explaining for the umpteenth time I don't have the sim so don't send a OTP.... they tried to send the OTP another two times. I also got cut of by them during the chat, and re-assigned to another person (possibly they got fed up dealing with me ) They then tried to get me to go through the whole rigmarole again. 

I have an email now confirming it's done. Will not be using that mob again.

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If it helps, I've used iD Mobile several times for short term SIMs and they've been really easy to deal with. Just seems to work well.

 

It uses the 3 network though (I don't know what Voxi uses) and I do find 3 rubbish for signal in general

[iainrcz]

Someone decided to bump the side of the car today. Just sorting insurance out now. FFS.

[GMcD]

  On 17/10/2023 at 11:27, horriblemercedes said:

If it helps, I've used iD Mobile several times for short term SIMs and they've been really easy to deal with. Just seems to work well.

 

It uses the 3 network though (I don't know what Voxi uses) and I do find 3 rubbish for signal in general

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Cheers. ID mobile is who I use for my own phone. They seem ok for my usage. 

The voxi sim was the best bang for buck (90 gigashoogles for £15) for a few months for my sister (no free roaming on her aussie sim) who seems to just use her phone for scrolling through endless dross on Instagram (glasshouses I know!).  I'll be pointing her elsewhere next time! 

 

[Zelandeth]

Oh dear god, I've just had the misfortune of having to visit the new city centre Milton Keynes Santander "branch." Not sure I can even call it that - it's a cubicle about the size of an average bathroom containing a desk with a divider in the middle and two tellers crammed in with laptops, attached to what appears to be a coffee shop.

That was after I spent 15 minutes trying to get parked as they only started building the car parks about a week ago (the building opened at the start of last month), and another quarter hour walking around in circles trying to figure out how to get IN to the building as only one entrance is currently open and there's absolutely zero signage, and even once I was inside I had to ask a security guard where the bank was as it's near invisibly tucked away in a corner and has nothing visible from outside the actual cubicle identifying it unless you see the sign on the back wall through the open door.

Managed to in all take me over an hour and a half to go and pay in some cash... would have been 20 minutes at the old branch, including driving to and from there.

We will be moving banks soon as I'll be damned if I'm dealing with that nonsense again.

[High Jetter]

Went to local large Tesco this morning for a few bits. Noticed a '25% off 6 or more bottles of wine' ad on my way in, so thought I'd take advantage. Inside, no usual signage or banners advertizing the offer, and 2 members of staff stacking wine shelves said "no". Just got one bottle (in case wifey has an unexpected urge for it tonight, paid and left.

On my way out onto the main road, I saw the large banner I'd noticed on my way in, proving I wasn't imagining things, so looped round and went in to have a word with customer service. Turns out the offer IS on, started today whereas such nonsense usually begins on a Wednesday. She suggested I get another 5 (or however many) bottles, charged me correctly for all 6 with 25% off and credited the full price bottle (off the total, don't have to wait for it to go back on my card). I guess it's a grin really, but took a good 15 minutes longer than it would have if everyone in the store had their act together.

[Metal Guru]

  On 17/10/2023 at 12:52, High Jetter said:

Went to local large Tesco this morning for a few bits. Noticed a '25% off 6 or more bottles of wine' ad on my way in, so thought I'd take advantage. Inside, no usual signage or banners advertizing the offer, and 2 members of staff stacking wine shelves said "no". Just got one bottle (in case wifey has an unexpected urge for it tonight, paid and left.

On my way out onto the main road, I saw the large banner I'd noticed on my way in, proving I wasn't imagining things, so looped round and went in to have a word with customer service. Turns out the offer IS on, started today whereas such nonsense usually begins on a Wednesday. She suggested I get another 5 (or however many) bottles, charged me correctly for all 6 with 25% off and credited the full price bottle (off the total, don't have to wait for it to go back on my card). I guess it's a grin really, but took a good 15 minutes longer than it would have if everyone in the store had their act together.

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We’re not grown up enough in Scotland to be trusted with such offers. 

[New POD]

  On 17/10/2023 at 13:31, Metal Guru said:

We’re not grown up enough in Scotland to be trusted with such offers. 

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When describing a Scottish Alcoholic, Doctors in the rest of the UK, just say Scot. 

You are all piss heads aren't you ? 

[EyesWeldedShut]

  On 17/10/2023 at 14:45, New POD said:

When describing a Scottish Alcoholic, Doctors in the rest of the UK, just say Scot. 

You are all piss heads aren't you ? 

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Aye. 
I moved to Wales and the government here saw me coming and did the same thing (kinda - they force Tescos to do the 25% deal on bottles over £7) - you can still buy cheap plonk for a fiver so it's not saving anybody's liver?
 

[artdjones]

  On 17/10/2023 at 14:55, EyesWeldedShut said:

Aye. 
I moved to Wales and the government here saw me coming and did the same thing (kinda - they force Tescos to do the 25% deal on bottles over £7) - you can still buy cheap plonk for a fiver so it's not saving anybody's liver?
 

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It's being seen to do something, especially as wine is a normie's drink. The campaigners pushing it are probably also all out in favour of dope legalisation.

[hairnet]

so i want to go to retromobile in paris

but booking the time and day (the preview day) i want i only get air france

having been shat on by them previously fuck that

but then it happened again

techno(techno techno) classica essen

lots of ways to this - have driven/ridden to classic remise in dusseldorf but not doing it in winter

but cant fly into eindhoven 100 miles away cos ryanscare only do monday and sat

if you fly into cologne (75km away) from here it goes to munich first)

frankfurt would be ok but even then all flights even 6 months in advance - start with a 3

i do NOT wanna drive it

bastard

[Remspoor]

  On 17/10/2023 at 16:39, hairnet said:

so i want to go to retromobile in paris

but booking the time and day (the preview day) i want i only get air france

having been shat on by them previously fuck that

but then it happened again

techno(techno techno) classica essen

lots of ways to this - have driven/ridden to classic remise in dusseldorf but not doing it in winter

but cant fly into eindhoven 100 miles away cos ryanscare only do monday and sat

if you fly into cologne (75km away) from here it goes to munich first)

frankfurt would be ok but even then all flights even 6 months in advance - start with a 3

i do NOT wanna drive it

bastard

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Why not train it?

If you use a car you will need a Crit'Air

[vulgalour]

  On 16/10/2023 at 16:28, Ghosty said:

It's not like I'm doing anything antisocial either! All my cars are legal and I only work on them in the day. We have another neighbour that works on his cars as well, and he gets no grief, it's me specifically he has a problem with.

When I cut all my hair off a couple of years ago he made a really vile veiled comment, now I recall. No idea what his fucking problem is.

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I wouldn't normally recommend it, but a little gaslighting might work here.  When he comes out to criticise you working on the cars just say calmly that you're not, while you are.  Everything he complains about you doing, just tell him you're not doing it, while you're doing it.  Ask him periodically if he's feeling okay and assure him that you're definitely not doing the thing you very clearly are.

That or just sadly and politely reject his advances that he hasn't made.  The more fuss he kicks up the louder you get about how you really aren't interested in him that way and would he please stop causing a scene.  If he wants to be a ridiculous old codger, just out-ridiculous him.  If nothing else it's a good giggle.

[loserone]

  On 18/10/2023 at 19:20, vulgalour said:

That or just sadly and politely reject his advances that he hasn't made.  The more fuss he kicks up the louder you get about how you really aren't interested in him that way and would he please stop causing a scene. 

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This is perfect.  He'll very quickly stop talking to you, especially if he thinks the neighbours think he's coming on to you.