The grumpy thread

[scaryoldcortina]

im still grumpy as i still have a leaking petrol tank on the Granada, after unsuccessfully applying leakfix

 

i spent most of the day waiting for the tank to empty so i could dry the leaking bit and try to block the leak, then tonight i had to add about a pint of petrol so i could move it to get stuff back in the yard hopefully it should be empty again by morning, then i can start all over again

 

If you want a job done well.....

[autofive]

it is true that scary sorted it today

 

after two days i was so pissed off with it, and very grateful to let a professional handle the job

[Minimad5]

Work:

 

How is it that you can run around like a mad bastard, and still get moaned at for not doing job "X" ? ... even if you were / are busy.

 

A little appreciation of the work that myself and the team i work with do, would go a mile, as not only would it boost the non-existent moral but possibly productivity and overall willing-ness to work.

 

i don't mind getting stuck in and doing my share of hard graft, but when you go that little extra inch and not so much get a "thanks" , then it starts to get a bit old ... really quickly.

 

I would normally voice my opinions, but have very quickly learn to shut the fuck up and get on with it , as you just end up in more shit , even if you're just voicing an opinion .

Next month will decide what happens anyway

 

p.s:

Ignore the bad spelling and punctuation - Using a free LCD TV as a monitor makes it hard to see

[Cavcraft]

Right with you Mark, but sometimes patronisation is just as bad. 'You're a valuable member of a great team/promotion opportunities/we believe in people/everybody is equal, yaddah, yaddah yaddah'.

You get used to the bullshit eventually but it can still grate.

[ashmicro]

You haff PM, Cav.

[Cavcraft]

Cheers Andy.

 

 

Whilst I'm here can we (Autoshite) not reply to spammers? Ta.

[autofive]

Whilst I'm here can we (Autoshite) not reply to spammers? Ta.

 

+1

 

these spammers are getting on my threpnys'

 

and replying - even though quite satisfying - just keeps the threads high on the page.

[retrogeezer]

I soon learnt that no matter how much extra work you did or how many times you put yourself out for an employer they never think any more of you, especially in a large company.

The more you do, the more they take the piss out of you.....

[eddyramrod]

I soon learnt that no matter how much extra work you did or how many times you put yourself out for an employer they never think any more of you, especially in a large company.

The more you do, the more they take the piss out of you.....

 

+1, the larger the company the worse it gets, in my humble experience anyway. I prefer to work in a small business if I have any choice.

[Negative Creep]

Whilst I'm here can we (Autoshite) not reply to spammers? Ta.

 

+1

 

these spammers are getting on my threpnys'

 

and replying - even though quite satisfying - just keeps the threads high on the page.

 

 

Can we not just have someone else with mods powers who can delete them straight away and ban the poster?

 

My grump - On Sunday I bought a Xbox 360 slim from the local CEX. As with all electrical items,it comes with a 12 month warranty and a 28 day exchange policy. As soon as I got it home, I found it had a problem where it would shut itself off at random (a bit of research indicates this is due to overheating, and the console automatically powers down to protect itself. On rebooting it will also reset to 480p display, although on the 3rd or 4th attempt will stay on.

 

Clearly, this item is faulty. So I went back down yesterday and queued for the customary 20 minutes behind chavs trying to sell their stolen dvds. They said they needed to test it first, so leave it with them and come back later. Due to work, that means I had to go in again today. After another 20 minute queue, I was told they had it on for 6 hours with no fault found, so would not consider an exchange. They even tried to claim might be because of a blown fuse in my multisocket! Whilst it is true the 360 does use a fair bit of power, I've had an older model running off the same socket as a PS3, tv and amp with no problems. I even tried it directly in the wall socket. I reluctantly took it home and - you guessed it, same problem.

 

So what can I do now? I know it is faulty; I want an Xbox and would not be wasting all this time for no reason. However they claim there's nothing wrong with it and I could potentially end up with a £140 lump of plastic. Next time I go in will be my fourth trip, and every journey is costing me time, petrol and parking charges. There isn't even a direct phone number for their store so I have no choice but to go in person. This time I've even taken a video of it shutting down (lasted a whole 2 minutes 19 seconds) but I don't think it will be enough. Any advice?

[HillmanImp]

 

 

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[M'coli]

Ask to witness them trying it, and mention it should take less than 5 minutes from them plugging it in to it fucking up.

[Negative Creep]

Ask to witness them trying it, and mention it should take less than 5 minutes from them plugging it in to it fucking up.

 

 

You just know that's the one occasion where the fucking thing will work perfectly

[TimothyClaypole]

"If you have an unwanted item or order, please contact our Customer Services department within eight days of receiving said

items at [email protected], detailing your order number and the item(s) you will be returning."

 

I think it's their online order policy but no reason these days why the shop should be different, mention Trading Standards to the dogs.

[outlaw118]

Bloody stoopid fotobukkit. Trying to upload 5 photos, and so far it's taken 19 minutes. It's stuck on 96% loaded, and i need to go to work, like, now.

I'd have been better off drawing a picture.

 

And I'm SHIT at drawing.

[boobydoo]

My little Candy tumble drier that I bought for £80 in 1992 when I bought my first house has finally given up the ghost after 20 trouble free years!

It was with a heavy heart that I took it to the council tip in the back of the Simca 1100.

 

R.I.P.

[fiatdaft]

At least it went in style!

[boobydoo]

^^ Aye.Twas the least I could do.

[ashmicro]

And you can be damn sure that whatever you get to replace it won't last 20 years. My parent's got a fridge as a wedding present in 1970, and it lasted until 2002. Since 2002 they've had 3 more modern fridges.

[Caffiend]

Charity muggers now going door-to-door.

 

*Adds charity muggers to fuck off sign on the door which says "NO advertising leaflets, catalogues, so-called 'charity' clothing bags"*

 

Actually I might leave the clothing bags off the new sign, it's been up a year now and I'm running out of bin liners.

 

World Vision: you may have a worthy cause, but you are now on my increasingly long "never donate to" shit list.

[Louise2cv]

Charity muggers now going door-to-door.

 

*Adds charity muggers to fuck off sign on the door which says "NO advertising leaflets, catalogues, so-called 'charity' clothing bags"*

 

Actually I might leave the clothing bags off the new sign, it's been up a year now and I'm running out of bin liners.

 

World Vision: you may have a worthy cause, but you are now on my increasingly long "never donate to" shit list.

 

Glad it's not just me!

[messerschmitt owner]

we get about three of those charity bags a week, including some dodgy ones (Bernardos, which we reported).

 

I never give to charity at the house. It always gets dropped off at my local worthy cause which spends all its money in our local area.

[myglaren]

Charity muggers now going door-to-door.

 

*Adds charity muggers to fuck off sign on the door which says "NO advertising leaflets, catalogues, so-called 'charity' clothing bags"*

 

Actually I might leave the clothing bags off the new sign, it's been up a year now and I'm running out of bin liners.

 

World Vision: you may have a worthy cause, but you are now on my increasingly long "never donate to" shit list.

 

Glad it's not just me!

 

Although it may be better regulated now most of the charity baggers were 'for profit' organisations that gave a very meagre portion to the named charity and sometimes nothing at all.

 

I get half a dozen a week and they all go straight in the bin with all the blasted takeaway menus and invitations to make ninety squillion pounds a week in my spare time.

[M'coli]

Charity bags are good so long as they don't have holes to stop the little kiddies from suffocating. To counter this, I use one turned 90 degrees inside another to counteract the holes in each one and use it for putting the used cat litter in.

[Lufthansa-Terminal]

Work / had a performance review (load of old twaddle if you ask me). Given the business is getting better speech profits up etc during it but can I get anymore money out of them? No payrise in 3 years and its a struggle at times to survive. The only good bit out of it was at the end when he said thank you for all the hard work you have done. My answer? "You cant spend a thank you".

[Caffiend]

Charity bags are good so long as they don't have holes to stop the little kiddies from suffocating. To counter this, I use one turned 90 degrees inside another to counteract the holes in each one and use it for putting the used cat litter in.

OMG, and I thought I was so clever (this is exactly why I need to change my sign and restock)

[vulgalour]

Put the windscreen in the house, it'll be safer. Put the windscreen in the house and you won't need to buy another one and save lots of money.

 

Guess what I just knocked over in the house and put an MoT failing crack in top to bottom?

[Negative Creep]

Took my faulty 360 back to CEX and explained what went wrong, showed them the videos, so they offered to retest it. Of course, the Law of the Sod meant it worked perfectly. Eventually, although the Manger did not believe there to be a fault, he agreed to an exchange on the agreement I wouldn't be going through all this if I didn't think there was a problem, The replacement unit has thus far worked perfectly.

 

Overall, very pleased with that. Got what I wanted whilst remaining calm and polite throughout. I didn't even have to queue that time.......

[ashmicro]

Shame you were pissed about NC, but you got there in the end. I bought a soundcard, years ago, which was u/s from a now defunct computer shop. I took it back, and they said they'd have to test it. I said "fine, while you're testing it, I'll have my money back. When you've finished testing it, I'll come back and return the money". The bloke was so shocked he gave me my cash back, and I never heard from them again.

[dollywobbler]

Chuggers really boil my piss. There aren't many of them here but I did encounter some in Aberystwyth a while back. Just don't stop walking. I generally try to be at least slightly polite. Sometimes.

 

We don't get many sales folk coming door to door around here. The last one was a chap trying to sell is aerial photos of our house. Well, we've got some from the previous owner dated about 1982, and not a lot has changed since then so we're fine thanks. Oh and we're skint. Ta-ra.