The grumpy thread

[Metal Guru]

10 hours ago, 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. 

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

[GrumpiusMaximus]

30 minutes ago, Metal Guru said:

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

 

[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]

1 hour ago, 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. 

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]

2 hours ago, 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. 

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

[New POD]

1 hour ago, 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.

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]

Just now, 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.

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]

16 minutes ago, 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

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]

38 minutes ago, 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.

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

[New POD]

1 hour ago, Metal Guru said:

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

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

You are all piss heads aren't you ? 

[EyesWeldedShut]

5 minutes ago, 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 ? 

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]

1 hour ago, 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?
 

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 18:39, 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

Why not train it?

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

[vulgalour]

On 16/10/2023 at 17:28, 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.

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]

27 minutes ago, 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. 

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

[richardmorris]

3 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Why not train it?

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

Have one of those. It’s £3.98 on my exchange rate for the life of the car.

[iainrcz]

On 17/10/2023 at 12:43, iainrcz said:

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

Front wing is bashed to hell.

[Metal Guru]

2 hours ago, iainrcz said:

Front wing is bashed to hell.

Lucky bugger! Just what I need. (I have rusty wings , all 4 arches, could do with a couple of low speed collisions to get someone else to pay for them).

[goosey]

Sat waiting since 8am as I can’t get on-site till my RAMS are approved, and the only guy who can approve them won’t answer his phone.

[iainrcz]

8 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

Lucky bugger! Just what I need. (I have rusty wings , all 4 arches, could do with a couple of low speed collisions to get someone else to pay for them).

Come to Grimsby, look for an old guy in a white Ford Kuga.

[Rustybullethole]

Since when the fuck did you have to pay to park your bike up town. 

To be fair there was a sign though i didn't see it as never knew paying to park a bike was a thing. Arse. 

[alcyonecorporation]

21 hours ago, vulgalour said:

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.

He's a miserable old cunt who will die soon. Just focus on that. 

[sheffcortinacentre]

No he won't his type thrive on this stuff.

[barefoot]

It appears that my central heating boiler has died.

Fuck sticks.