The grumpy thread

[Guest]

For several years, I based a career in IT on that very flowchart principle! Thank you Google.

 

This is more or less how I trouble shoot problems at work when some dullard rings up. THANX FOR LOTS OF TRAINING WERK U IS DA BEST.

[Negative Creep]

For the first 3 1/2 hours at work there was nothing coming in. I sat there for the entire time playing Angry Birds. Not as great as it sounds and i was lucky they let me wait around getting paid to do nothing. Since im earning such a crap wage there is no way i can afford to come in when needed - its either full time or nothing at all

[warren t claim]

I am now single. My life has changed so much in 48 hours.

[RoadworkUK]

Ah well, gives me an excuse to 'borrow' that Cyrus dAD3 I 'found' at work..............

 

You wouldn't happen to know anyone a bit handy with repairing old Cyrus gear, would you? I have an ancient dAD1.5, nothing amazing but I always loved the sound, especially through my little DAC. Unfortunately it's been unwilling to read anything for a while now, I've been using the PS3 for audio duties...

[RoadworkUK]

I am now single. My life has changed so much in 48 hours.

 

Shit mate, sorry to hear that. Here's to a better day tomorrow.

[Lord Sterling]

I am now single. My life has changed so much in 48 hours.

 

Shit mate, sorry to hear that. Here's to a better day tomorrow.

 

Sorry to hear that Warren, it cant be nice. Sometimes you will have to hit rock bottom before things really take a turn for the better and I hope it will for you.

[outlaw118]

"Mates".

 

Someone who I have been friends with for a long time - 15+ years, is the subject to a rumour that he's knocking off another mates fiance. He's got a bit of a reputation this bloke, but when someone mentioned it to me "Oh, what's the crack with "A" and "B", I thought she was supposed to be marrying "C", I laughed it off, and said that as "A" and "C" were long standing friends, that wouldn't happen, crediting "A" with more moral fibre than perhaps was expected.

Had a chat with another mate ("D") last night, and apparently "A" accused "D" of initiating the rumour, and spreading it about. They denied it - as they're entirely innocent, as far as I'm aware - so "A" said "Oh, it was Outlaw118 then".

He put a message on his facebook page a couple of weeks ago about people spreading rumours and the consequences blah blah, knock them out blah blah.

I'm not bothered if he tries it on, I'm so fucking angry that I've been implicated he'd better get the first punch because that's all he's going to get.

Why do I bother?

[tonedepear]

Sorry to hear of your ongoing shit wtc. Nasty business all round. Hope it all works out for the best in time.

 

In lesser news, I was up from 3-5am cos there were noisy chavs being noisy in the street, work 7am-7pm, and work so far has been an absolut crock of cunts. Nightmare day already. Aaaargh.

[maxpower]

I am now single. My life has changed so much in 48 hours.

 

Shit mate, sorry to hear that. Here's to a better day tomorrow.

 

now go out an put the lottery on..... ya just neva know

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

WTC, as long as you're still on the right side of the bars, I wouldn't worry too much about being single...I've been single for a while (and it doesn't look like changing anytime soon due to an unavoidable surge in standards- my last gf was a 19 y.o. Venezuelan that did part-time modelling and I obviously have no hope of finding anyone half as attractive!) and, while occasionally boring, it gives you inner peace of mind.

 

Now let's have a serious grump: Washing machines, and in particular the crooks who 'repair' them.

 

When I moved into the flat I was informed the machine was suffering from some kind of leak, so I got the landlord to agree to get it sorted. Called out a repairman, he came round, had a look and said "the tank's cracked, you can get it sorted for sixty quid". I obviously asked for his thoughts on whether the machine is in good enough condition to warrant spending that on it, and he was pretty positive about it (and I had no reason not to believe him, seeing as it's only about 6 years old). He came back, fixed it (no parts, mind, just a bodge with a very strong kind of putty) in 12 minutes, got the money (yes, that's 300 pounds per hour that he charged me!) and buggered off. Of course, he didn't bother testing it. Although the fix seems to be working, the machine is fooked! It doesn't use any washing powder, and the wash cycle seems to only last about 25 minutes instead of around an hour. I thought I'd beaten it by using the capsules that go inside the drum, but my clothes came out smelling a bit funny. Turned out that, for an unknown reason, the rubber bit separating the door from the drum contained more muck than the rusty wheelarch of an R-reg Sprinter...therefore my clothes quite possibly came out dirtier than they came in. I tried cleaning it and I'm doing an empty wash now, but I'm not too hopeful for a result...

[Guest]

Ah well, gives me an excuse to 'borrow' that Cyrus dAD3 I 'found' at work..............

 

You wouldn't happen to know anyone a bit handy with repairing old Cyrus gear, would you? I have an ancient dAD1.5, nothing amazing but I always loved the sound, especially through my little DAC. Unfortunately it's been unwilling to read anything for a while now, I've been using the PS3 for audio duties...

 

Have you tried ringing Cyrus themselves? They're happy to repair \ service any of their old kit. They do fixed price repairs on stuff as well, or so I'm told.

[tonedepear]

The photography thread has left me extremeley fucked off that I have currently 0 working cameras. (Not including the one on my phone, which does a job, but it's still tiny, and therefore a bit shit)

 

I snapped the battery door off my k100d which - it turns out, is not the simple fix I expected.

My shitty hand-me-down small digital camera has stopped responding to requests to turn on.

My out of date and not really very good anymore Sony H1 has disappeared off the face of the fucking earth.

 

Bol-locks.

[peter9000uk]

 

I snapped the battery door off my k100d which - it turns out, is not the simple fix I expected.

 

 

Gaffer tape, the autoshite way

[eddyramrod]

^^No, for a truly shite repair: Elastoplast!

[tonedepear]

 

I snapped the battery door off my k100d which - it turns out, is not the simple fix I expected.

 

 

Gaffer tape, the autoshite way

 

That was the simple fix I expected. Seems there's metallic current-carrying gubbins within the door which remain hidden some 6 months after the actual incident. So it doesn't bloody work.

 

Also, all my neighbours are ignorant wankers.

[Father Ted]

Spotted a very tidy MG-ZR parked up with a notice in the window "For Sale £795".

No phone number, asked in the pub, no one knew whos it was. What kind of balloon doest put a bloody phone number on the ad?

 

Left a note under the wiper.

[Pillock]

I snapped the battery door off my k100d which - it turns out, is not the simple fix I expected.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/PENTAX-K100D-BATTER ... 0513402463

[tonedepear]

I snapped the battery door off my k100d which - it turns out, is not the simple fix I expected.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/PENTAX-K100D-BATTER ... 0513402463

 

Yeah, that also lacks the metal gubbins which are causing me the grief.

[Negative Creep]

Realising i didnt fully back up my NZ photos, so around 10% or so are on my laptop with a likely corrupted hard drive. Fuckbeans.

 

Also a lack of work resulted in me putting letters in envelops this afternoon

[M'coli]

Realising i didnt fully back up my NZ photos, so around 10% or so are on my laptop with a likely corrupted hard drive. Fuckbeans.

Ubuntu can sometimes retrieve what Windows can't.

[Negative Creep]

Realising i didnt fully back up my NZ photos, so around 10% or so are on my laptop with a likely corrupted hard drive. Fuckbeans.

Ubuntu can sometimes retrieve what Windows can't.

 

Im waiting for my folks to send down their old xp disc so i can run recovery console and at least get the data i need off. Then use it to reinstall xp on my desktop as i cannot get the wireless to work due to a likely software conflict. THEN i can send off more job applications as i doubt ill be at my current place for much longer

[RoadworkUK]

Ah well, gives me an excuse to 'borrow' that Cyrus dAD3 I 'found' at work..............

 

You wouldn't happen to know anyone a bit handy with repairing old Cyrus gear, would you? I have an ancient dAD1.5, nothing amazing but I always loved the sound, especially through my little DAC. Unfortunately it's been unwilling to read anything for a while now, I've been using the PS3 for audio duties...

 

Have you tried ringing Cyrus themselves? They're happy to repair \ service any of their old kit. They do fixed price repairs on stuff as well, or so I'm told.

 

The thought did cross my mind, but I feared they'd just laugh at my geriatric player. Might still call them, though. Mind you, I've found where I can buy a complete replacement Phillips transport, while I'm feeling brave I might just have a go. Can't be any worse than a KV6 cambelt...

[garethj]

Yeah, that also lacks the metal gubbins which are causing me the grief.

Is the metal thing just a contact that connects the positive from one battery to the negative of the other?

 

If so, you can use any nickel plated metal part like the clips from an office folder, old chewing gum wrapper, pulled apart fuse... Make sure you've got loads of pressure applied, so the door might need a double layer of tape to hold it on.

[Negative Creep]

Nothing to do at work again so im relegated to printing off letters. Its a three click process but because the computers are so useless and outdated you have to wait 15 seconds after each click.

 

 

Still, thank god i got that degree and A levels, otherwise id be in a shit dead end, low paid job right now.

[RoadworkUK]

Still, thank god i got that degree and A levels, otherwise id be in a shit dead end, low paid job right now.

 

I feel for you. Since I changed my role from full-time salesmonkey to "Sales Co-Ordinator" I've earned piss all. Most recently of all, I've become hardly anything more than a driver. Factor out any commision (I haven't earned any this year at all) and I'm earning less than I was when I did Home Delivery driving for Iceland during Uni.

 

Getting involved in car sales was the worst decision I ever made, but as a peniless graduate the company car and ludicrous "on target" earning capability appealed to me. There are some very wealthy salesmen indeed, but they're willing to spend all their lives chasing targets and jumping through corporate hoops. And, with practice, anyone can do it; there are no educational requirements whatsoever. I might as well have not bothered with A-Levels, let alone going to University to chase my dreams.

 

And it doesn't help that an awful lot of salesmen you meet are total arseholes. I need out. I need to be doing something a little more creative, a little more cerebral, but I can't afford to jump ship and begin to seek a better life on a full-time basis.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

My response to this crap is deciding to become an academic- sure, the pay won't be that good, but at least you get to do something that requires a little bit of thinking and doesn't often require you to stay till 9pm or get entangled in pointless meetings. I just finished my MSc and will try getting some extra experience before making the switch, but I won't be too bothered if I don't manage to get it and end up having to dive straight into a Ph.D.

 

Of course, acedemia is not for everyone, but then again call centres are for no-one!

[pompei]

What is your subject, LAU ?

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

Human Resource Management. I actually quite enjoy the work itself in HR, but it's a well-known PHACT that 80% of HR people are either clueless about the work ("hmm, she's been on the sick for 3 months and we can't let her lift boxes anymore, but firing her would probably get us sued...I know what I'll do- STICK HER IN PERSONNEL!") or complete tossers - I 've only ever had one job where my HR colleagues were professionals with more than two functioning braincells, and that was just a temp gig for about 3 weeks.

 

Becoming a professor would hopefully rid me of that bollocks and, if I'm a bit lucky later on, I may get some consultancy work on the side to help make up for the 'lost earnings' compared to a traditional career.

[pompei]

Your biggest asset is your workforce ... I cringed every time I heard that mantra spouted!

[scaryoldcortina]

^ it's true, as long as you work for yourself.....

 

I realized long ago that my education wasn't going to get me a "good" job I was happy with