The grumpy thread

[TimothyClaypole]

Customers...

 

Put a number/name on your house not hidden behind a bush with a van parked in front of it.

 

When I've been bothered to help you out by delivering something on my own time, in my own car with my own diesel and being uninsured to do

so into the bundle then I'm pretty sure that being late to the pony club by 5 minutes isn't going to kill you ffs, especially when you told the office

you would be in for an hour, if you are that busy you are not at home more than 25 minutes a day then you need to get a grip, wannabe snobs.

[Angrydicky]

Customers...

 

Put a number/name on your house not hidden behind a bush with a van parked in front of it.

 

 

+1

 

Wankers, the lot of them. "Does your house have a number, I can't find it on the satnav?" "Naaa it's the Oaks" (in best drawling Essex gurl voice).

 

10 minutes later you pull up outside some grotty 1960's house with "The Oaks" on a rotting 6" square sign covered in moss and partially obscured by brambles.

 

There are no excuses for having no number on your house/flat. The worst one is when you get three or four houses in a row with no fucking number, meaning you inevitably go to the wrong front door.

 

Fuck me, I need a new job, I'm better than this shit

[scaryoldcortina]

BIGGER than the brake drum??? I'd shit if I found a spider that size

 

My grump for today - Volkswagen wheel bearing. This time last month I changed a growling front bearing on my daughter's polo ('99) which is a nasty job anyway thanks to some tit at wolfsberg thinking it is a good idea to make the brake caliper carrier part of the hub carrier. This makes it close to impossible to press the new bearing in because the hub won't sit straight in the press. Golfs are also like this, it's a pain in the arse. So why am I complaining about something I did a month ago? I had the polo on the ramp again today because it suddenly got a HUGE oil leak and set off all the OMG LOW OIL warning klaxons and lights in the dash. Oil leak was a pinhole in the filter ( again.... It's blown out rather than pushed in so it must have been faulty) but the freshly fitted wheelbearing is completely toasted. Bone dry and knackered, it has so much play the back of the disk has been touching the edge of the bottom ball joint. Less than 1000 miles and 1 month is not fit for purpose so I have the hub in the sierra and I'm going into the motorfactors to complain about it tomorrow. I'm pretty sure they will try and tell me it has failed because of incorrect fitting even though I do this a lot and I know it was fitted right, my best argument is that there is no grease in it at all and it was a sealed bearing (there is none on the hub, it didn't escape - someone forgot to grease it). If I'm lucky, I'll get another one free because I'm a regular customer there, but it doesn't pay the labour for me fitting another one or provide my daughter with transport while her car is out of action.

 

BAH.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

What make of bearing was it? I have learned when doing wheel bearings, if the replacemrnt bearing is made by some shonky outfit you've never heard of, then the chances are it will indeed last approx 1 month, due entirely to shit metallurgy. If its a QH or SKF or whatever, or an OEM part, it will last ages.

[Danblez]

Since when has it been acceptable practice to use your fugging hazards as indicators and why is every man and his dog now doing this? The number of times people wang them on and then pull over is unbelievable. Yes that is what yor indicator is for you tw*t.

 

Also sitting at the side of the road with them on is even worse. The number of times a day I have to check if some idiot is indicating to pull out or is merrily sitting there parked up with 'OH MY GOD I IZ A HAZARD' lights on is just not funny.

 

Honestly the standard of driving in this country is now rediculous. I propose a retest at least every 5 years that would get half the drivers off the road with the hazard perception test at least. I would happily do this and pay for it just to get these liabilities off the road.

 

*and breathe*

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

sorry to hear that, tone...Don't negotiate with'em...just go there and pick them up!

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

Also sitting at the side of the road with them on is even worse. The number of times a day I have to check if some idiot is indicating to pull out or is merrily sitting there parked up with 'OH MY GOD I IZ A HAZARD' lights on is just not funny.

 

Why? Surely it's the right thing to do if you are in any way, shape, or form obstructing the flow of traffic.

[scaryoldcortina]

Also sitting at the side of the road with them on is even worse. The number of times a day I have to check if some idiot is indicating to pull out or is merrily sitting there parked up with 'OH MY GOD I IZ A HAZARD' lights on is just not funny.

 

Why? Surely it's the right thing to do if you are in any way, shape, or form obstructing the flow of traffic.

 

Nar, the correct thing to do would be to find somewhere to park that doesn't obstruct traffic!

 

Mr B, I agree about cheap bearings. I bought a "good" one which is why I'm so naffed off that it failed.

[tonedepear]

I left my phone at work on my lunch for literally the first time ever, and a white shitbox-spec 405 parked next to me. Bah.

[mattblack]

Nar, the correct thing to do would be to find somewhere to park that doesn't obstruct traffic!

 

But this could mean that people might have to WALK!!!! a few yards to the bookies/offie/cashpoint...

[maxpower]

Customers...

 

Put a number/name on your house not hidden behind a bush with a van parked in front of it.

 

 

+1

 

Wankers, the lot of them. "Does your house have a number, I can't find it on the satnav?" "Naaa it's the Oaks" (in best drawling Essex gurl voice).

 

10 minutes later you pull up outside some grotty 1960's house with "The Oaks" on a rotting 6" square sign covered in moss and partially obscured by brambles.

 

There are no excuses for having no number on your house/flat. The worst one is when you get three or four houses in a row with no fucking number, meaning you inevitably go to the wrong front door.

 

Fuck me, I need a new job, I'm better than this shit

i get that shit everyday in my job even had one when sat nav took me to different address but near to where the customer lived, i called her to ask her for her full address... asked her for directions or even a landmark near her home her reply was " i'm sorry but i can't help you as i don't go out".. but delivery slip says deliver after 6pm so she is back from work?? does she live in a fuckin bubble so i got so pissed off i said "well i'm sorry but you will have to reschedule delivery if you can't help me" with that i drove back to depot

[Guest]

her reply was " i'm sorry but i can't help you as i don't go out"...

 

What, ever?

 

Jesus. Some people should have been swallowed.

[Cavcraft]

There's an estate on the other side of town and I swear there's loads of people like that. The only time they go to the city centre is at Christmas and they look like rabbits caught in the headlights.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

unfortunately, there are lots and lots of people like that...completely oblivious to the world around them. And it's not a local phenomenon- the Chinese are by far the worst at it.

[Guest]

Customers whinging on and on (and on and on and on and on) about the price of stock.

 

'I'm not buying that, it's too dear. I'll buy it from No Kum Suk AV in Kowloon Bay and get bummed for import duty and VAT but you're a shower of arseholes because your price is 20 p more expensive than theirs blah blah bling bollocks blah my mate said these shit speakers can take 200W why won't you price match this bollocks CD player why isn't my £200 TV Full HD dribble wobble splatter'.

 

Fuck off and fish it out of a skip then, you skinflint arseholes.

[dollywobbler]

Really does piss me off how people will just stop and park-up in the stupidest places to answer their phone, but it's ok, because they've got their hazard lights on. Blind bends, blind crests - JUST IGNORE THE FUGGIN' THING!

 

As for lazy f*ckers, the ultimate I've seen around here is an enormous fat twat taxi driver parking up outside Halfords. And I do mean outside. He was practically blocking the doors. If this was a busy town, I could understand it, but there were LOADS of empty spaces just a few paces away. Was very tempted to tickle the sides of his tyres with something sharp.

[boobydoo]

Once again this afternoon my complete cack-handed practical skills have shone.

Just been re-painting the grey Alpine bumpers with a dye recommended by a friend who did a fantastic job on his.

 

Took my time , carefully applied with a sponge as per instructions...the result? A friggin' horrendous blotchy mess thats worse than they were before. Now I'll have to get them painted properly.

 

The gene that gives you any practical talent is definately missing from my constitution and it right fugs me off.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

The bloody money-grabbing twohats that pretend to be a 'professional association' and go by the name of CIPD. They want TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE quid in exchange for a piddly little card and a useless quarterly magazine full of outdated job ads.

[tonedepear]

The gene that gives you any practical talent is definately missing from my constitution and it right fugs me off.

 

I have that problem. All the more frustrating that my dad can do literally anything (apart from sing and not break his pelvis while cycling) so, along with my prematurely greying hair, it must be all my mum's fault. Cow.

[chaseracer]

The gene that gives you any practical talent is definately missing from my constitution and it right fugs me off.

 

I have that problem. All the more frustrating that my dad can do literally anything (apart from sing and not break his pelvis while cycling) so, along with my prematurely greying hair, it must be all my mum's fault. Cow.

Gents, you are not alone.

 

My grandad was a talented painter, in both senses. My dad was a radar engineer, until he retired. Both very practical men. I talk for a living...

[Guest]

1. I have lost my gay* jacket. Left it in the pub[e] last night and someone appears to have robbed it.

 

2. 305 is running like a bag of shit. The blockage I thought had cleared hasn't. It now barely starts and runs on three when you can get it going. Also, it fucking reeks of fuel.

 

3. Ebay punters being cretins . JUST FUCKING BUY MY STUFF YOU IMBECILIC CUMSTAINS.

 

4. The [running] desk fan falling on my head when I was sorting some cabling out under my desk. Fortunately the Korean dog slaves who assembled my fan don't know shit about kimchi but definitely build a strong blade guard. Didn't shatter or anything.

 

Actually, that's bollocks. The stand bounced off my shoulder and the unshrouded fan blade smashed itself into the floor making a demented 'vrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrpppppppppppppppppppp' noise. It still works, that's the main thing.

 

*Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaave decided it was gay one night. By belting out said sentiment in the middle of a Bolton pub.

[trigger]

My dad's bloody handy as well, He's a very good carpenter and can turn his hands at pretty much anything, Me on the other hand is useless at diy and most stuff!

[Pete-M]

1. I have lost my gay* jacket. Left it in the pub[e] last night and someone appears to have robbed it.

 

2. 305 is running like a bag of shit. The blockage I thought had cleared hasn't. It now barely starts and runs on three when you can get it going. Also, it fucking reeks of fuel.

 

*Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaave decided it was gay one night. By belting out said sentiment in the middle of a Bolton pub.

 

Point 1 made me giggle.

Point 2 suggests a stuck or buggered carb float. When are you off work? Gimme a shout and I'll try and have a large bird not dissimilar to a duck at it.

[Danblez]

Also sitting at the side of the road with them on is even worse. The number of times a day I have to check if some idiot is indicating to pull out or is merrily sitting there parked up with 'OH MY GOD I IZ A HAZARD' lights on is just not funny.

 

Why? Surely it's the right thing to do if you are in any way, shape, or form obstructing the flow of traffic.

 

I agree if you are in a place in which you constitute a hazard but I am talking about idiots just parked in a line of other parked vehicles.

[CIH]

Fell off my mountain bike today. Proper "over the handle bars in front of a pretty lady" job. She didn't even crack a smile the miserable cow.

[Cavcraft]

Fell off my mountain bike today. Proper "over the handle bars in front of a pretty lady" job. She didn't even crack a smile the miserable cow.

 

I trust you had a quick look up her skirt to make up for it?

[scaryoldcortina]

The gene that gives you any practical talent is definately missing from my constitution and it right fugs me off.

 

I have that problem. All the more frustrating that my dad can do literally anything (apart from sing and not break his pelvis while cycling) so, along with my prematurely greying hair, it must be all my mum's fault. Cow.

Gents, you are not alone.

 

My grandad was a talented painter, in both senses. My dad was a radar engineer, until he retired. Both very practical men. I talk for a living...

 

My dad has two left hands, composed entirely of thumbs. He's a really clever bloke but anything practical ends up a right mess. He messed up changing a tyre this week and has crumpled the sill on their octavia by getting the jack in the wrong place.

[ashmicro]

My brother in law is a really brainy chap, with qualifications coming out of his ears. Yet he broke his ankle changing a lightbulb.

[Rhythm Thief]

Customers whinging on and on (and on and on and on and on) about the price of stock.

 

'I'm not buying that, it's too dear. I'll buy it from No Kum Suk AV in Kowloon Bay and get bummed for import duty and VAT but you're a shower of arseholes because your price is 20 p more expensive than theirs blah blah bling bollocks blah my mate said these shit speakers can take 200W why won't you price match this bollocks CD player why isn't my £200 TV Full HD dribble wobble splatter'.

 

Fuck off and fish it out of a skip then, you skinflint arseholes.

 

Maybe this story will cheer you up and give you some ideas. Lifted from www.international2cvfriends.com

 

My favourite scrappy has a rather large lake at the end of the yard, it goes straight from scrapyard into a sort of nature reserve place. A few years back I was there harvesting some parts and chatting to the owner when a guy turned up wanting a speedo. He asked the owner of the yard if he had this particular speedo and got pointed in the direction of a car that had one and he got told it was 20 quid.

 

The chap goes and gets a few tools and proceed to get the speedo out of the car. He made a bit of a meal of it and about an hour later, slightly bloodied and rather dirtier he has his speedo in his hand.

 

Off he goes to the yard owner, hands him the speedo and asks how much he owes him? He gets told "20 quid like I told you".

 

The guy then says, "but I had to get it out, I'll give you a fiver".

 

The yard owner lobbed the speedo straight into the middle of the lake without even a moment's hesitation. "You can have it for a fiver if you want to dive for it."

 

The guy looked like he was going to cry, "I've been looking for one of those for months, I couldn't find one anywhere."

 

"Well mate, you now know where there is one."

 

[Lord Sterling]

INSURANCE UNDERWRITERS ARRGGHH!!!

 

Woke up this morning to find a letter from my insurance company stating that they are cancelling my insurance on the G-reg Rover Sterling, I only took the policy out 20 days ago. I got on the phone straight away to find out what the hell was going on, it turns out that my car doesnt meet the insurance underwriters 'criteria' whatever that was, she couldnt say what exactly the criteria was that it didnt meet but my policy should never have been sold to me in the first place.

 

I was given the excuse that the girl who sold me the policy was new etc... I told them I'd heard it all before and that I hope she wouldnt lose her job over this mistake as we all make mistakes. However after a little more probing I find out that this isnt the first time this has happend, people have had thier policies cancelled as late as 6 months later due to the sudden changes in criteria that underwriters make and despite the protestations of the brokers, the underwriters have the final say which means the brokers have to explain to the customer who thought they were fully covered why they will no longer be covered and the brokers lose business.

 

Now, I just dont get it, all I want to do is be a good citizen and insure my car to stay on the right side of law, why the hell should myself and policy be held to ransom by bloody underwriters because they decide to change the criteria? Why cant I simply buy and insurance policy and be covered until it ends?

 

I dont condone people who drive without insurance and they should be caught and have the full wieght of the law thrown at them, but it seems increasingly difficult to stay on the right side of the law these days what with policies being cancelled whenever underwriters feel like "making changes"

 

I hate having to find insurance, I find it a painful and long-drawn out process, I know other people find it easy but I dont. Look like I'll have to go back on the long road to finding somone else who will accept me and my car on classic insurance.