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Posted
  Negative Creep said:
More shit at work - cctv, random personal searches and a ban on writing things down or printing them off, so that we don't steal credit card information.

 

Our contact centre only has a handful of people doing payments out of hundreds in total, but for the company to be allowed to take card details and store them the ICO require that the same rules are followed. Can't even have a cameraphone on the call floor in case you take a photo of card details.

 

It's not so much the taking of details, it's the storing of them that makes it difficult for everyone. It's after call centres abroad were selling card details for 10p a pop.

Posted

Broken phone saga continued.

 

Phone came back in the post today. Fine, I thought, it still kid of works so I'll have to make do. Problem is the highly skilled engineers have put it back together with a wire pinched between 2 halves of the casing in the battery compartment, meaning the wire is damaged, the battery won't fit and the back cover won't go on.

What amazes me is that some moron thought it would be ok to sent it back like that as if I wouldn't notice. Twats. I'm going to use this to complain loads and hopefully get a replacement.

Posted
  willswitchengage said:
Want green motoring? Buy a V8 Bentley! ...according to the informed motoring journalists at Forbes who have filled this review with warm phrases like "earth friendly" and other tittle-tattle.

 

If the green maths used are from cradle to grave then a V8 Bentley quite probably is one of the more environmentally friendly cars out there. Not a lot of Bentleys or Rolls Royce cars get scrapped. They're normally running properly and they tend to last a long, long time. If a Continental GT lasts 30 years then it will outlive rather a lot of Pious type hybrids for example.

 

I read a paper a few years ago which a university somewhere had done which proclaimed the Jeep Cherokee to be the most environmentally friendly car available as if the Jeep was half decently maintained it'd last 30 - 40 odd years, used parts tend to be reused on other Jeeps and the factory pressings to make the Cherokee were the same for 15+ years. There's nothing too environmentally dodgy in 'em so disposal wouldn't take a lot of energy when the Jeep finally died.

 

All this makes buying a slightly fuel guzzly beast more environmentally friendly than buying a Pious or similar and having to replace it or its battery pack every five or so years.

Posted

^ I think that article was substantiated more on the basis that the Bentley achieved OMG double digit mpg!!1

 

The Jeep vs Pious argument works and has a lot of credibility but not so much for the Bentley, of course few are scrapped but about ten Ford Focus's worth of oil, rare earth metals and polar bears went into its manufacture in the first place and if you eco-audit its manufacture it'll emit ten times the carbon dioxides of your family hatchback. Rule of thumb = the more you spend, the more oil yo use/gases you emit, no matter how greenwashed it is. Economic activity = destruction, so cynically speaking the world currently being in recession right now is the best way of being kind to the environment if you're into all that jazz.

Posted

Not into that Jazz at all.

 

Gimme something big and properly built over 'the largest user of rare earth materials on the planet' - the Pious.

 

As for the man made co2 thing, I still don't buy it. The atmosphere contains 720 billion tons of CO2 and human has activity contributed around 6 billion tons... The Earths oceans contain around 37,400 billion tons of suspended CO2... what the human race has done in regard to CO2 is minute.

 

So, gimme a V12 someone.

Posted
  Lacquer Peel said:
Good to get the facts on climate science from J. Clarkson lite.

 

Google. I've not noticed it being called "Clarkson", but if that's some sort of dig at me, go fuck yourself.

Posted

My contact details are doing the rounds again with PPI and Accident claim companies. This has me narked off because not only am I getting texts demanding I get in touch to claim the money I'm owed but that I'm getting phone calls at funny times and now I'm getting e-mails too. Every chance I get I opt out of the bit that allows an insurance company to sell your details and the only thing I can think is because I contacted Admiral lately to update details on the Polo, they've taken that as a queue to sell my details on... can't prove it, of course, and when I set up the policy I did the whole opt out thing so this wouldn't happen.

 

Generally speaking, I'm a solitary creature and I don't appreciate my solitude being interrupted by people doing a job that slowly kills their soul a little bit every day, much less the ones who seem genuinely excited to be offering me something I'm not entitled to in a form of English so thickly accented you could build houses out of it. It's a waste of my time and a waste of theirs,

Posted
  Lacquer Peel said:
Good to get the facts on climate science from J. Clarkson lite.

I reckon the "facts" are in short supply.

It appears "Climategate" has now been, ever so conveniently, swept under the carpet so we shall never know exactly who leaked the "FACTS" that climate data was being manipulated... :wink:

While the Green lobby may well compare a V12 jag owner to a paedo, id venture that a V12 owner would do precious few miles in their gas guzzler than they would ever do in a modern, so, to that end, they are not polluting the Planet and raping it of its resources, to wit, they cannot be compared to any kind of Gary Glitter whatsoever.

A Prius owner, on the other hand, always was and always will be a massive c**t.

See? Clarkson isnt always wrong, aye.

Posted

In the same vein, I'm sure my neighbours Prius did the environment a power of no-good when it went on FIRE. Summat to do with the back seat and a battery? I thought that was only Hitler era Beetles.

Posted

The whole thing is just a con to raise taxes. The Romans had vineyards in Kent and the Georgians held frost fairs on the Thames - don't remember them driving around in SUVs or leaving their tvs on standby

Posted

Simmer down about the climate change/global warming bollocks, the lot of you! We are fairly close to a mass-extinction event anyway, and there was a warm interglacial on the way - what makes the difference is that we're the first species to realise this, and to care while helping to cause it.

 

The human race will burn all the fossil fuels we can lay our hands on and continue overpopulating the planet until it can't take anymore so we'll either bugger off to other worlds or we'll all die off, just like we killed probably 99% of all species on the planet in the process. The planet will survive, and will continue to evolve new species.

 

We just won't be alive to see it happen.

 

Or our belief in god will save us all. One of the two!

Posted

Stayed in a hotel in Lincoln for our 2nd wedding anniversary last night, but on arrival I had managed to leave Trev's lights on, the net result being a nearly 3 mile trapse to acquire a new battery. :oops:

 

FUCKSTICKS.

Posted

Actually a second grump;

 

Don't advertise that you are breaking this:

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When all you actually have is a bare shell full of shit.

Posted

Money.

 

This is getting stupid now. The bank are still playing silly buggers with around half of my wage. I could really do with my stuff selling and \ or people not taking the piss \ making ridiculous offers \ pulling out at the last minute. In the case of the latter I 'sold' a lens to an acquaintance from Uni camera society. All went swimmingly and we agreed to meet after work.

 

After waiting 20 minutes I get a text: 'Sorry, can't have your lens because the girlfriend says I can't buy any more camera stuff'. So this is a lens you've mithered me for since I got back off holiday, and now you're crying off. Cheers for that pal. Fuckwit. That's going on eBay tonight then. If the little shit tries to bid I'll block him and report the bastard for malicious activity.

 

Work are being evasive, if not downright obtuse about me working extra hours. Every time I try to get some more they've mysteriously all being taken. Even when I replied to an email asking for coverage over the Games within two minutes, it had all been filled. If there's something I'm not doing that they're unhappy with, I'd prefer it that they spoke to me about it. I've told them how short of money I am and they know full well I'd take any shifts that are going including the shite graveyard stuff.

They flat out refused today. A colleague couldn't really work the extra hours but had agreed to it. I offered to take his shift on after mine and was told: 'I don't like the idea of you working a ten hour shift.' Look, I appreciate your concern, but there's enough space in between being on and off for me to get a cup of tea \ chill out etc.

 

I don't know whether I'm stunned management seems to give a shite or if I'm angry that I can't get the extra hours when they're bloody there and they won't let me work them.

 

I held off from finding another job in the week because of the promise of extra hours. Now loads of temporary stuff has gone and I'm having to compete with school leavers and shits from college just to get something crap for 20-30 hours a week. That the agency lost my CV twice doesn't exactly fill me with confidence.

 

Oh yeah, and a bloke on eBay has just called me a racist because I won't send stuff to Italy. Sorry - my call, been shit on twice and can't afford to take the hit if you claim the item doesn't arrive and paypal reclaim the money on your behalf. Tough shit I'm afraid - I lost nearly £300 last time on two separate auctions.

 

Bollocks.

Posted

Another Ebay grump, this time with a buyer. :evil:

 

Sold a pair of old trainers on fleabay last week.

Mint condition, over 10 years old, rare collectors items etc..... real "OMG retro" stuff. 8)

 

Buyer has come back saying they've fallen to bits and wants a refund.

I know it sounds daft but I honestly never expected anyone would be stupid enough to pay £40 for a pair of ancient old trainers and then wear them to go shopping in, I really thought they'd gone to some geeky collector who'd stick them in a rack with the rest of their collection. :roll:

 

Inclined to tell them to GTF, they were A1 when they left here and I made quite a thing about the age of them in the ad, but would Ebay intervene and suspend my PP account and make life shite for me if they raised a complaint?

Posted
  studebaker hawk said:
Another Ebay grump, this time with a buyer. :evil:

 

Sold a pair of old trainers on fleabay last week.

Mint condition, over 10 years old, rare collectors items etc..... real "OMG retro" stuff. 8)

 

Buyer has come back saying they've fallen to bits and wants a refund.

I know it sounds daft but I honestly never expected anyone would be stupid enough to pay £40 for a pair of ancient old trainers and then wear them to go shopping in, I really thought they'd gone to some geeky collector who'd stick them in a rack with the rest of their collection. :roll:

 

Inclined to tell them to GTF, they were A1 when they left here and I made quite a thing about the age of them in the ad, but would Ebay intervene and suspend my PP account and make life shite for me if they raised a complaint?

 

depends how you described them in the ad. i would offer a refund, and write a suitable feedback, paypal will always side with the buyer.

 

buyer may have a similar pair of trainers that they will reurn to you claiming they are yours

or perhaps the parcel was empty of trainers when you receive it :wink:

Posted
  studebaker hawk said:
Inclined to tell them to GTF, they were A1 when they left here and I made quite a thing about the age of them in the ad, but would Ebay intervene and suspend my PP account and make life shite for me if they raised a complaint?

 

If your ad did indeed contain a clause that the trainers were vintage and old and for collectors, then the buyer doesn't have a leg to stand on.

 

eBay and PP will take their side immediately, but just escalate the issue with them and tell them to look at the ad. Soon as the eBay agent sees that he/she should drop the case.

 

Been selling and buying on eBay since its inception and know how to play the game.

Posted

fucking BT :evil:

 

fault with the phoneline and broadband speeds lower than dialup.

reported last wednesday morning

 

"we aim to rectify the fault within three working days"

 

so this morning i, foolishly, expected progress. no knock on the door, or calls to the mobile, or emails. i emailed BT to complain and received a reply that they tried to contact us but the contact details were wrong (yeah, right) and now they say it will be rectified by the end of the 26th - so 6 working days then

 

twats

Posted
  autofive said:

buyer may have a similar pair of trainers that they will reurn to you claiming they are yours

or perhaps the parcel was empty of trainers when you receive it :wink:

 

I've politely asked for photographs of the damage. They still had the original shop's price written on the sole (and I have several photographs of them) so if they're pulling a fast one with a different pair of shoes they're getting told to do one.

 

I didn't specifically say in the ad that they were for collectors and shouldn't be worn, but I never thought for a moment someone would be wearing them to go to Adsa in.

 

I know Ebay tend to offer zero support for sellers so I can see me having to cough up a refund, bums. :evil:

Posted

I was outbid on an Ebay item today in the last second by £544.00.

 

I wouldn't mind but the item was broken.... :lol:

Posted
  autofive said:
fucking BT :evil:

 

fault with the phoneline and broadband speeds lower than dialup.

reported last wednesday morning

 

"we aim to rectify the fault within three working days"

 

so this morning i, foolishly, expected progress. no knock on the door, or calls to the mobile, or emails. i emailed BT to complain and received a reply that they tried to contact us but the contact details were wrong (yeah, right) and now they say it will be rectified by the end of the 26th - so 6 working days then

 

twats

 

 

not only twats but lying twats; they sent another email at 18:10pm

 

  Quote
Firstly accept my apologies for the ongoing fault on your line and the level of service we have given you.

 

Because of the inability to reply to your initial email the fault was not sent to the engineers until today and so the standard commitment time starts from today. As of now the engineers are hoping to deal with this fault on 25/07/2012. We will check this again tomorrow to see if there is any movement and update you accordingly.

 

We will certainly try to find out why we were not able to respond to your initial report via email as it is most unusual.

 

With regard to rebates etc., we will be able to credit your account for the period you were without service.

 

Once again, please accept my sincere apologies for the difficulties you have encountered, I hope this information helps and if you should have any further queries please do not hesitate to contact us again by responding to this email.

 

Thank you for contacting BT.

Posted

Someone's had a pop at the 460. AGAIN.

 

What the hell is it about this car?

 

Sale's gone to shit in my opinion. I grew up there and had some great times but it now seems to be home to the most spiteful curtain twitching little bastards I have ever encountered.

 

After moving the Volvo further down the road (well away from where twat boy pushed it forward with his skip lorry) I get in only to find that someone's pelted the driver's side of the windscreen with two or three eggs, which have hardened to a crust all over the glass. They've helpfully wiped it round to the edges to make damn sure I can't see out. Mysteriously only my car had been targeted, so I can only assume some bitter arsehole has taken a dislike to it. I hope for their sake I don't find out who they are.

 

Fumbled down the road to several filling stations only to find that they've stopped doing water buckets. Squinting fitfully down the dual carriageway, I manage to get the unit without planting the fucking thing in a hedge (although I did see Derek* out on his bike - I slowed down, lowered the window and shouted 'CUNT' at the top of my voice several times which cheered me up a bit) only to find that:

 

1. Two of Andy's cars had gone**

2. The Karcher didn't work.

 

I ended up soaping down the encrusted mess off the windscreen with a sponge I found in the sink. Some fairy liquid and a lot of elbow grease eventually cut through it.

 

The Hyacinths in Sale will no doubt be thrilled to know that I'll be taking it to the unit at the end of the month because the tax runs out - although that presents another set of problems altogether.I'm still getting reamed over the space available.

 

Biscuit shit for brains next door still has cars all over the shop, Andy's stuff's everywhere else and I tell you - if I hear one person whinge about that Volvo, ONE voice of complaint, anything at all moaning about it, I don't care - then I swear to fucking Christ that person will regret it. I haven't smacked someone hard in the mouth for about 2 years, so that'll be fun, won't it? Knocking some arrogant wanker out cold really will clear the air.

 

*Former cunt headed manager in my last job who unfairly dismissed me on New Year's Eve 2011. Not his real name.

 

**After walking the whole perimeter of the farm compound, I found that the Saab and 405 had been moved past our fence so that the landlord could get his tractor past our unit. I could have done without that to be honest.

Posted

Hearing the Ford Ka called the "Kay Ay" by otherwise pleasant insurance woman...

Not sleeping again as well.

Posted

Prize winning contestants on 'Deal Or No Deal' (and probably other programmes too): Yeah, that's it, have a good whinge that you 'only' went away with £24,000 when you could have won fifty large. Stop being a greedy bastard and accept your fate.

It's not like you went there with f*ck all and have come home considerably richer is it? Oh wait... :roll:

Posted
  Cavette said:
Prize winning contestants on 'Deal Or No Deal' (and probably other programmes too): Yeah, that's it, have a good whinge that you 'only' went away with £24,000 when you could have won fifty large. Stop being a greedy bastard and accept your fate.

It's not like you went there with f*ck all and have come home considerably richer is it? Oh wait... :roll:

 

It's a well known fact that Noel Edmunds came up with the format for Deal Or No Deal as a way to settle compensation payments to the families of Late Late Breakfast Show contestants.

Posted

"Pro Rata". Get a good seven eighths of the way through an application form for an administration assistant job I'd like to go for only to find that when they said 'full time, good wage' they actually meant '18 hours a week, crap wage'. I'm pretty sure that one of the companies I've applied to for a job have sold my e-mail address on too because I'm getting so much PPI spam it's unbelievable, and medical products/services spam too, it's insane. I've got my suspicions as I have only applied for one medical admin type job and that was via their website, but I can't prove anything.

 

The job search itself isn't worrying me, there's actually a lot of work in the 13-17k salary range, some of which is pretty close to home, but I may well end up grumping about that a few months down the line when I still haven't had an interview.

Posted

These fucking things:

 

IMAG0335.jpg

 

What is the fucking point in having a fucking trike? Its a like a motorbike in that you get pissing wet through in the rain, but like a car in that you can't filter traffic.

 

Only no one told the dickhead riding this one that, and he very nearly became people pate along with his passenger.

 

What are the rules with regards building them? This one seemed to have been an unholy meeting of a railway station bench, some knackered cruiser and a woefully undergeared rear axle. I'm not sure if I'd want a seat belt on the back of it or not, it certainly didn't seem to have them. I mean with one, at least you aren't going to fall off, but the downside is when the knob doing the driving eventually sticks it up a tree, you are firmly attached to half a ton of angle iron and pigeon shit...

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