The grumpy thread

[Cavcraft]

Cheers lads. Not sure on him being funded, though I do have an idea why they 'can't afford' to keep him on. Fair play he's upstairs now bashing out a revised CV and then off to the job centre, WH Smiths for stationary, Post Office for stamps and a few hours on the net. Typically in my previous job I had stacks of contacts in garages for miles around but I'm ten years out of that game now.

 

Cheers for the heads up about AC too, FD.

[vulgalour]

The full time job that I recently applied for and landed an induction for today has turned out to be a right ball of string. I had my suspicions on the interview day when I found out it was actually an agency I was signing up to, not a company I was applying directly to.

 

On the plus side, I now know roughly how to operate a bin lorry, and which bit to put people in to dispose of them if they upset me. I also know roughly how the recycling centre works, and found out the smell is actually no worse than when I had a volunteer job mucking out stables. So that's a good thing, I learned stuff today, the Princess got praised by the other lads on the induction and they seem like a decent bunch to work with.

 

However, that full time work turns out to be on call holiday and sick day cover for permanent staff, no mention of the picking job I had applied for and no permanent work. It's also a 6:50am start, not a 7:30am start as I'd been told and the days while normally ending at 2:30pm can run on indefinitely. Pay is something I need to work out from the agency, not the employer themselves and now I'm in limbo because I have no idea when they want me to start or for how long.

 

I don't feel like I'm any better off for all this, I've just ended up having to spend money I don't have for a job that hasn't been offered to me far enough away from home that the agency likely won't call me because I'm the only one that needs 1 hour notice of work availability to be able to get there on time.

 

Back to job hunting it is, I don't think any work will come of this at all and it all feels like a bit of a fiasco.

[vulgalour]

The full time job that I recently applied for and landed an induction for today has turned out to be a right ball of string. I had my suspicions on the interview day when I found out it was actually an agency I was signing up to, not a company I was applying directly to.

 

On the plus side, I now know roughly how to operate a bin lorry, and which bit to put people in to dispose of them if they upset me. I also know roughly how the recycling centre works, and found out the smell is actually no worse than when I had a volunteer job mucking out stables. So that's a good thing, I learned stuff today, the Princess got praised by the other lads on the induction and they seem like a decent bunch to work with.

 

However, that full time work turns out to be on call holiday and sick day cover for permanent staff, no mention of the picking job I had applied for and no permanent work. It's also a 6:50am start, not a 7:30am start as I'd been told and the days while normally ending at 2:30pm can run on indefinitely. Pay is something I need to work out from the agency, not the employer themselves and now I'm in limbo because I have no idea when they want me to start or for how long.

 

I don't feel like I'm any better off for all this, I've just ended up having to spend money I don't have for a job that hasn't been offered to me far enough away from home that the agency likely won't call me because I'm the only one that needs 1 hour notice of work availability to be able to get there on time.

 

Back to job hunting it is, I don't think any work will come of this at all and it all feels like a bit of a fiasco.

[eddyramrod]

Billy and VA: Looks like you've both been dumped-on, not nice and you have my commiserations. VA, do you perhaps feel the agency has misrepresented what they offered you? Do you have anything in writing about the original job you applied for? Might be worth talking to your local CAB, or Trading Standards. When you say "picking job" I presume you are referring to a nice safe warehouse-based "order-picking" type of thing? That bears as much relation to bin-wagon work as I do to Naomi Campbell. You would have a right to get as angry on their ass as you like.

[eddyramrod]

Billy and VA: Looks like you've both been dumped-on, not nice and you have my commiserations. VA, do you perhaps feel the agency has misrepresented what they offered you? Do you have anything in writing about the original job you applied for? Might be worth talking to your local CAB, or Trading Standards. When you say "picking job" I presume you are referring to a nice safe warehouse-based "order-picking" type of thing? That bears as much relation to bin-wagon work as I do to Naomi Campbell. You would have a right to get as angry on their ass as you like.

[vulgalour]

The picking and bin job are related, the picking is sorting paper and plastics in the recycling centre, basically sorting the dry recycling that comes out of the bin lorries. I need to speak to the agency when I'm in a less of a foul mood about it so I can get a better idea of wtf is going on, especially since I'm not the only one that's been lied to. I still have a copy of the job spec from the Job Centre website which highlights what the job should be... I dunno, I need the work, but I need the work to be reliable and if this isn't I'm not sure how many weeks I could tolerate waking up at 6am on the off-chance of work.

[vulgalour]

The picking and bin job are related, the picking is sorting paper and plastics in the recycling centre, basically sorting the dry recycling that comes out of the bin lorries. I need to speak to the agency when I'm in a less of a foul mood about it so I can get a better idea of wtf is going on, especially since I'm not the only one that's been lied to. I still have a copy of the job spec from the Job Centre website which highlights what the job should be... I dunno, I need the work, but I need the work to be reliable and if this isn't I'm not sure how many weeks I could tolerate waking up at 6am on the off-chance of work.

[myglaren]

M&S have cancelled my insurance as they claim not to have received the NCB verification

They sent a letter dated the 20th asking for it, which I received on the 28th and returned the same day.

Eight days in the post - I hardly think so. I bet it wasn't actually posted until the 27th.

 

Going to have to try and phone them tomorrow at their extortionate phone rates and there is little that I hate more than using phones.

 

DON'T CALL THE TWATS. They will tell you something, then you'll call again and they'll say something else and, when you ask for the recording of the previous conversation, it will have been conveniently lost. GR2 4 when they tell you that it's all been sorted then you find yourself taken to court for driving without insurance!

 

ONLY COMMUNICATE IN WRITING. E-mail's your friend.

 

Yep, found an email address for them and sent copies of all relevant documentation. Ta.

[myglaren]

M&S have cancelled my insurance as they claim not to have received the NCB verification

They sent a letter dated the 20th asking for it, which I received on the 28th and returned the same day.

Eight days in the post - I hardly think so. I bet it wasn't actually posted until the 27th.

 

Going to have to try and phone them tomorrow at their extortionate phone rates and there is little that I hate more than using phones.

 

DON'T CALL THE TWATS. They will tell you something, then you'll call again and they'll say something else and, when you ask for the recording of the previous conversation, it will have been conveniently lost. GR2 4 when they tell you that it's all been sorted then you find yourself taken to court for driving without insurance!

 

ONLY COMMUNICATE IN WRITING. E-mail's your friend.

 

Yep, found an email address for them and sent copies of all relevant documentation. Ta.

[boobydoo]

Fair play he's upstairs now bashing one out

 

Fair play indeed!

[boobydoo]

Fair play he's upstairs now bashing one out

 

Fair play indeed!

[Cavcraft]

Fair play he's upstairs now bashing one out

 

Fair play indeed!

 

[Cavcraft]

Fair play he's upstairs now bashing one out

 

Fair play indeed!

 

[cort16]

I see Morrissey's at it again by which I mean he's being a twat.

 

Morrissey: Olympic Spirit 'Like Nazi Germany'

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/morrissey-olympic-spirit-nazi-germany-134000994.html

[cort16]

I see Morrissey's at it again by which I mean he's being a twat.

 

Morrissey: Olympic Spirit 'Like Nazi Germany'

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/morrissey-olympic-spirit-nazi-germany-134000994.html

[dollywobbler]

Hang the DJ? No. Hang Morrisey. Utter. Berk.

[dollywobbler]

Hang the DJ? No. Hang Morrisey. Utter. Berk.

[tonedepear]

This should be mostly in the grin thread, cos after a ropey few months overall I had a lovely week away in France last week with t'bairn, and it was thoroughly ace throughout.

 

With the exception of Friday afternoon, when I didn't manage to adequately MIND THE GAP on the stupid French train thing and fucked my left leg up a bit. Ambulance LOLs notwithstanding, 5 hours in a hospital sat on my good knee with nothing to do does not a happy 6 year old make. She was a hero though, and good as gold considering we didn't get out til 10pm and she'd not had tea and her bedtime should be 7. Bless her. She also took the piss out of me while Baron Samedi made light work of stitching me up.

 

IMG_20120803_164713 by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr

IMG_20120803_210000 by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr

 

Tidy work really. And then 7 hours later I drove home to Sheffield! Automatics best.

[tonedepear]

This should be mostly in the grin thread, cos after a ropey few months overall I had a lovely week away in France last week with t'bairn, and it was thoroughly ace throughout.

 

With the exception of Friday afternoon, when I didn't manage to adequately MIND THE GAP on the stupid French train thing and fucked my left leg up a bit. Ambulance LOLs notwithstanding, 5 hours in a hospital sat on my good knee with nothing to do does not a happy 6 year old make. She was a hero though, and good as gold considering we didn't get out til 10pm and she'd not had tea and her bedtime should be 7. Bless her. She also took the piss out of me while Baron Samedi made light work of stitching me up.

 

IMG_20120803_164713 by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr

IMG_20120803_210000 by Tony Lloyd, on Flickr

 

Tidy work really. And then 7 hours later I drove home to Sheffield! Automatics best.

[vulgalour]

Morrissey is a conceited, self-important clunge-donkey of the second highest order (the highest being Bono). Shame really because I quite like The Smiths.

[vulgalour]

Morrissey is a conceited, self-important clunge-donkey of the second highest order (the highest being Bono). Shame really because I quite like The Smiths.

[dollywobbler]

Ouch! Glad les medics sorted you out. Nasty.

[dollywobbler]

Ouch! Glad les medics sorted you out. Nasty.

[cobblers]

Morrissey is a conceited, self-important clunge-donkey of the second highest order (the highest being Bono). Shame really because I quite like The Smiths.

 

I too, wish I could go back to years ago when I first heard "PUUUUNCTUUUUUURED BICYCLE" before I knew what a complete tosspot was singing it. It's a shame really, but it takes a special level of head up arse syndrome to walk off stage in front of thousands of people because you can smell burgers cooking.

[cobblers]

Morrissey is a conceited, self-important clunge-donkey of the second highest order (the highest being Bono). Shame really because I quite like The Smiths.

 

I too, wish I could go back to years ago when I first heard "PUUUUNCTUUUUUURED BICYCLE" before I knew what a complete tosspot was singing it. It's a shame really, but it takes a special level of head up arse syndrome to walk off stage in front of thousands of people because you can smell burgers cooking.

[willswitchengage]

The Ryedale Rumble has been cancelled

[willswitchengage]

The Ryedale Rumble has been cancelled

[Cavcraft]

The Ryedale Rumble has been cancelled

 

http://www.kidscanevents.org.uk/cycling ... cc-Monster

 

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[Cavcraft]

The Ryedale Rumble has been cancelled

 

http://www.kidscanevents.org.uk/cycling ... cc-Monster

 

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[pompei]

Cav and VA:- you need to get Evil Warren onto the case