The grumpy thread

[myglaren]

4 minutes ago, Yoss said:

 

This is how they keep the waiting lists down. It's a great system for that. Nobody can get to see a doctor but they can say they've met their targets. 

My previous surgery was like that, had to phone at 07:00.  I don't do phones though.

The current surgery I can phone any time but I walk there, only a mile away, and talk to the receptionist.

Did this a couple of weeks ago, was there at about lunchtime, asked for an appointment and her immediate response was "Would you like one today"?

I said it was nothing urgent and had one for two days later.

First time seeing a doctor in over a decade.  They do call me in for a load of blood tests and the like, plus loads of injections.  Can't fault them.

They are always professional but at the same time relaxed and friendly and frequently clown around with patients they know well.

 

Grump of the day is daughter's C3.  Wouldn't start this morning but didn't see her text until an hour ago.  What a pain to get the battery out.  Loads of crap over and beside it and the battery cover pretty much trapped by the brake fluid reservoir.

On charge now but unlikely to be ready for her for 8 a.m. tomorrow, will have to borrow my car and take her to work.

[comfortablynumb]

I've given up trying to call our drs, 2 minutes of recorded " we're doing our best, don't be moody ' message, followed by a " you are number 34 in the queue "

If I actually need something, it's easier and quicker to get in the car and drive to reception.

Although even then it took a month to get a routine appointment!

[myglaren]

I did steel myself to phone them one day.  There is no set time to phone and I did end up in a queue but they phoned me back after a while, only about fifteen minutes.

[Pieman]

My doctor's surgery is a five minute walk away.  If they piss me around on the phones, I just walk down there and talk to them in person, and if they get shirty with me I explain what I'd tried to do to get through on the phones.

[LightBulbFun]

currently somewhat grumpy at Royal mail, I bought some lightbulbs off eBay, tracked, lovely, tracking shows on the 27th November, Accepted at post office, alright, then there is sweet fuck all, until the 2nd of December "Delivery attempted no one in" not even a prior "accepted at delivery sorting office" or anything of the sort

so excuse me, but I thought this was supposed to be a *tracked* parcel, maybe if the tracking was just a little bit more verbose i'd of stayed home to accept it (because of course they tried to deliver it in the 2 hours I was about in REV) 

[sierraman]

On 01/12/2024 at 20:35, Bren said:

Ebay. Utter shite.

Listed the insignia- did not tick the make offer box. Listing shows " make offer". Hence shite offers despite me typing in the text no offers or what will you end the auction for type questions.

People obviously cannot read.

What kind of wonderful swaps and offers have you been extended? 

[Yoss]

2 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

currently somewhat grumpy at Royal mail, I bought some lightbulbs off eBay, tracked, lovely, tracking shows on the 27th November, Accepted at post office, alright, then there is sweet fuck all, until the 2nd of December "Delivery attempted no one in" not even a prior "accepted at delivery sorting office" or anything of the sort

so excuse me, but I thought this was supposed to be a *tracked* parcel, maybe if the tracking was just a little bit more verbose i'd of stayed home to accept it (because of course they tried to deliver it in the 2 hours I was about in REV) 

I'm afraid even being a postman doesn't save you from random annoyances. I ordered some model railway scenery a couple of months ago, quite a big packet too. The tracking showed it arrive at Southampton Mail Centre and then allegedly it went no further. After a week of this Royal Mail admitted it was lost and the sender sent another packet out. That arrived the next day. I still try the original tracking number occasionally and it still claims it is at Southampton Mail Centre but somehow I doubt that. 

Also, they have changed the way we scan the Tracked packets in to our office (we are a delivery office, the next stage after Southampton Mail Centre and the place from which final delivery takes place). We used to have a few people in early who would scan all Tracked (with a capital T) packets as they arrive so that when you check the website it would show your item as having arrived at our delivery office. 

But they've got rid of those now and each postie has to scan them on to their individual deliveries as they sort them. But occasionally* deliveries don't go out due to staff shortages in which case the website will still say it is at the Mail Centre when it is in fact at our Delivery Office but nobody has scanned it in. 

Also we now have to try to deliver all packets twice if people aren't in the first time which is a pain in the arse for us and can confuse customers because they come in with their card and someone in the callers office has to point out the small tick on the card that says we will try again tomorrow. So while they are stood in the callers office their postie has taken it for another walk. 

Also at the moment we are in to Christmas pressure so we have lots of staff who don't know what they are doing or do know what they are doing but don't have the equipment to do it. 

There is a block of flats near the end of my delivery where I usually have a bit of a sit down. I was sat there today when another of our posties turned up doing big packets so I let her in. She was doing big packets with a trolley because they had run out of vans. You can't get that many big packets in a trolley, certainly not enough to fill her duty time, so she had to keep going back for more. 

Even better than that, they had run out of PDAs (the little scanner things)! So she couldn't scan anything and was writing all the numbers out on a piece of paper. Apparently someone was going to manually log them all in to a PDA later, assuming they don't lose the bits of paper in the meantime. So whilst the people who received the packets might know they have received them the sender won't because the website will say it is still at the Mail Centre. 

 

[jakebullet]

Mad Jean doesn't do technology well:

3 hours ago: I'd like a spell check please on my phone

2 hours ago: Link to dubious AI* phone cleaner app

1 hour ago: I am getting constant adverts which are stoping me using my phone. Is there a way to get rid of them, anyone know please?

[sheffcortinacentre]

10 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

At least you can phone!

The setup here is that you HAVE to do it through their website, there is no alternative.  They open for appointments at 0800 - and by 0801 they're gone.  No way to do it by phone or in person, you have to use their (terrible) web system.

As they're also chronically short staffed, there's an 85% chance that your appointment that you've waited 8-12 weeks for will be cancelled a day or two before and you have to go back to the end of the queue and try again.  Or equally likely they just won't call you when there's a phone appointment booked and then send you the angry "you missed your appointment, you're costing us £££££ per year!" letter.  Have been trying to get a referral letter so I can just get things handled through the private medical cover I have through my other half's work since well before COVID arrived.  I've just given up trying now until we move now.  It's not as though I'm trying to get the bottom of something which has a non-zero chance of being honestly sinister or anything important like that...Oh, wait...

I do wonder exactly how anyone who isn't IT literate enough to use the web portal (which really isn't clearly designed at all) who does actually need to regularly see their doctor is meant to manage - though I'm guessing the answer far too often simply that "they don't."

Same here kin nightmare.

[barefoot]

Drove up to Derwent dam yesterday in the 75.  47 miles took nearly 2 hours. M1 down to 3 lanes and 50mph in two places and sat nav took me a tour all round Chesterfield. The reservoir was astonishingly silent, but the journey in both directions was shit. I used to enjoy driving, but I'm seriously thinking of selling everything but the camper and buying an car that will do a million mpg and  thrives in slow moving traffic

[iainrcz]

Just been up in the loft for Xmas lights. 

Now I've put the ladder away and washed my hands "there should be some more"

Because of course there is.

[goosey]

F,kin Migraine 

[comfortablynumb]

Evri bastards.

"We've attempted delivery"

Yeah of course you have, we've been in all day, and taken several packages from other deliveries.

Apparently this is a 5 ring halogen hob

[iainrcz]

8 minutes ago, comfortablynumb said:

Evri bastards.

"We've attempted delivery"

Yeah of course you have, we've been in all day, and taken several packages from other deliveries.

Apparently this is a 5 ring halogen hob

We've had stuff delivered like that. A note through the door saying "over gate"

Best one was a pc motherboard just randomly lobbed over our 6 foot high gate.

[silvercar]

33 minutes ago, comfortablynumb said:

Evri bastards.

"We've attempted delivery"

Yeah of course you have, we've been in all day, and taken several packages from other deliveries.

Apparently this is a 5 ring halogen hob

Snap:

Idiots 

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, iainrcz said:

Just been up in the loft for Xmas lights. 

Now I've put the ladder away and washed my hands "there should be some more"

Because of course there is.

Every year for the last 5 years my wife has said 'there should be another box' as if I'm deliberately hiding it in the loft because I love the aggro!

[comfortablynumb]

Just now, High Jetter said:

Every year for the last 5 years my wife has said 'there should be another box' as if I'm deliberately hiding it in the loft because I love the aggro!

Number the boxes when you put them away? 😁

[GrumpiusMaximus]

9 minutes ago, comfortablynumb said:

Number the boxes when you put them away? 😁

Make sure to number them '1', 2' and '4'.

[chaseracer]

4 hours ago, iainrcz said:

Just been up in the loft for Xmas lights. 

Now I've put the ladder away and washed my hands "there should be some more"

Because of course there is.

Is your missus related to mine? 🙂

[iainrcz]

15 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

Is your missus related to mine? 🙂

I hope for your sake not 😆

[Chas4545]

Smart bulbs are pissing me off.  I buy name brands in pairs, about £20 for 2. Its worth it for me to be able to tell the light to come on because Leukemia makes everything hard.  Every 2 pack has had one duff bulb, the remaining one that works lasts 6 months.  And the wife has crashed the new car. Not the old one, the new one. No hurt  people thank the Lord.

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, comfortablynumb said:

Number the boxes when you put them away? 😁

Sure I could, say 1 to 6 - but 'there's still one missing!!!!!!!!!!'

[comfortablynumb]

1 hour ago, Chas4545 said:

Smart bulbs are pissing me off.  I buy name brands in pairs, about £20 for 2. Its worth it for me to be able to tell the light to come on because Leukemia makes everything hard.  Every 2 pack has had one duff bulb, the remaining one that works lasts 6 months.  And the wife has crashed the new car. Not the old one, the new one. No hurt  people thank the Lord.

Since we had a few lights with those square fluorescent tubes, I bought a multi pack of 12.

They arrived, and 10 of them were smashed 🤦 

At least no-one was hurt in the crash, it's annoying but just a lump of metal when alls said and done.

Hope things improve for you soon 👍

 

[adw1977]

13 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Sure I could, say 1 to 6 - but 'there's still one missing!!!!!!!!!!'

Number 1/6, 2/6 etc so there's no dispute.

[Heidel_Kakao]

Did car insurance always get more expensive if you buy it on the day or is this a recent thing? It's annoying as I always get a quote if going to view a car but as it's obviously not guaranteed I will buy it I take it out after purchase.

[horriblemercedes]

3 hours ago, Heidel_Kakao said:

Did car insurance always get more expensive if you buy it on the day or is this a recent thing? It's annoying as I always get a quote if going to view a car but as it's obviously not guaranteed I will buy it I take it out after purchase.

Get the quote online earlier and save it. It's usually guaranteed until it would be too late to take it out today.

Then just buy it when you decide you will take the car.

I've never had a different price when doing this

[Pieman]

Go to post office with a card for a friend in Canada.

"All post to Canada is suspended until further notice because of strike action over there."

Why is it whenever I try to be nice to anyone, something has to fuck it over?

[nev_jr]

The old girl's car has been keyed 😑 

And we have finally received the logbook from the DVLA so we can tax it, but it has arrived with the private plate it had with a previous owner so I am technically the owner of a Range Rover Evoque. Fuck sake.

[jakebullet]

Avoided eastenders by going to wash my hair. Normal until I try to open the door and the fucker won't. Eventually got out by applying max force to handle and lifting door.

Ma, do not close the door fully until I've fixed it. The catch mech is knackered.

Well you bought them!

Yes I did. 20 years ago. Stupid me buying shite that will never last.

Well I don't know why I can't just close the door, worked last time I used it.

Great idea Ma. Going to be huge fun* coming back to find you dead in the bathroom after the weekend. Have a nice time proving me wrong.

[maxxo]

i don't often venture into this side of my life and try to hide it

but i am fucking skint

i have £1.20 to my name

i have been trying to find work but at this present moment it is far from easy

i don't know what to do

lassie is coming for a few days at the weekend and i want to treat her but literally i do not know what to do

i'm so sick and tired of life being like this and it has massively been getting me down

i want to work, but either i get interviewed and nothing or not even a response from the applications and i can't stand it