The grumpy thread

[RedSparrow]

I always thought it was a bit cheeky of Rover to call that a coupe. Any other cosmetic differences apart from a squished roof? I have never seen any.

[Lacquer Peel]

The coupé could be a classic coupé or four-door coupé. This definition was accepted by German manufacturers, the German press and German automotive environments, after Daimler introduced in 2005 the first four-door coupé, the Mercedes-Benz CLS.

 

Hmm, first*. The definition of coupé is pretty loose.

[Lacquer Peel]

The coupé could be a classic coupé or four-door coupé. This definition was accepted by German manufacturers, the German press and German automotive environments, after Daimler introduced in 2005 the first four-door coupé, the Mercedes-Benz CLS.

 

Hmm, first*. The definition of coupé is pretty loose.

[TimothyClaypole]

I'm again pissed off at jobhunting. This has become ridiculous. I had an interview with a council yesterday and they said they'd call today. Amazingly, they did, but somehow I couldn't hear them. So I rang them back an hour later, spoke to the second person who interviewed me (not the one who was doing the calling), and you could hear in her voice that she was trying to hide something. "We are very sorry, you made the grade but, erm, other people did better, but hmm, uh-oh it was good to meet you and...oh, I can't get to the paperwork to give you feedback, my colleague will e-mail you later on". This ties very nicely with the person administering the "Excel test" part of the assessment having told me that I did very well as pretty much everyone else had ballsed it up completely (they'd been interviewing all day and it was already past 3pm).

 

INBRED TWATS. I hope you die a slow and painful death.

 

(disclaimer: No generalisation intended towards everyone working in a council or the entirety of the public sector)

 

I would have thought that job was already "allocated" to someone before being advertised externally....

[TimothyClaypole]

I'm again pissed off at jobhunting. This has become ridiculous. I had an interview with a council yesterday and they said they'd call today. Amazingly, they did, but somehow I couldn't hear them. So I rang them back an hour later, spoke to the second person who interviewed me (not the one who was doing the calling), and you could hear in her voice that she was trying to hide something. "We are very sorry, you made the grade but, erm, other people did better, but hmm, uh-oh it was good to meet you and...oh, I can't get to the paperwork to give you feedback, my colleague will e-mail you later on". This ties very nicely with the person administering the "Excel test" part of the assessment having told me that I did very well as pretty much everyone else had ballsed it up completely (they'd been interviewing all day and it was already past 3pm).

 

INBRED TWATS. I hope you die a slow and painful death.

 

(disclaimer: No generalisation intended towards everyone working in a council or the entirety of the public sector)

 

I would have thought that job was already "allocated" to someone before being advertised externally....

[dollywobbler]

I always thought it was a bit cheeky of Rover to call that a coupe. Any other cosmetic differences apart from a squished roof? I have never seen any.

 

Rear quarter lights. That's about it!

[dollywobbler]

I always thought it was a bit cheeky of Rover to call that a coupe. Any other cosmetic differences apart from a squished roof? I have never seen any.

 

Rear quarter lights. That's about it!

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

I'm again pissed off at jobhunting. This has become ridiculous. I had an interview with a council yesterday and they said they'd call today. Amazingly, they did, but somehow I couldn't hear them. So I rang them back an hour later, spoke to the second person who interviewed me (not the one who was doing the calling), and you could hear in her voice that she was trying to hide something. "We are very sorry, you made the grade but, erm, other people did better, but hmm, uh-oh it was good to meet you and...oh, I can't get to the paperwork to give you feedback, my colleague will e-mail you later on". This ties very nicely with the person administering the "Excel test" part of the assessment having told me that I did very well as pretty much everyone else had ballsed it up completely (they'd been interviewing all day and it was already past 3pm).

 

INBRED TWATS. I hope you die a slow and painful death.

 

(disclaimer: No generalisation intended towards everyone working in a council or the entirety of the public sector)

 

I would have thought that job was already "allocated" to someone before being advertised externally....

 

That's it. They haven't e-mailed me yet, if they don't give me some comprehensive feedback tomorrow, I will be kicking up a stink.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

I'm again pissed off at jobhunting. This has become ridiculous. I had an interview with a council yesterday and they said they'd call today. Amazingly, they did, but somehow I couldn't hear them. So I rang them back an hour later, spoke to the second person who interviewed me (not the one who was doing the calling), and you could hear in her voice that she was trying to hide something. "We are very sorry, you made the grade but, erm, other people did better, but hmm, uh-oh it was good to meet you and...oh, I can't get to the paperwork to give you feedback, my colleague will e-mail you later on". This ties very nicely with the person administering the "Excel test" part of the assessment having told me that I did very well as pretty much everyone else had ballsed it up completely (they'd been interviewing all day and it was already past 3pm).

 

INBRED TWATS. I hope you die a slow and painful death.

 

(disclaimer: No generalisation intended towards everyone working in a council or the entirety of the public sector)

 

I would have thought that job was already "allocated" to someone before being advertised externally....

 

That's it. They haven't e-mailed me yet, if they don't give me some comprehensive feedback tomorrow, I will be kicking up a stink.

[Cavcraft]

I'm hoping to have a job interview shortly. I highly suspect I know the outcome before I even know if I get an interview but I suppose you have to try.

[Cavcraft]

I'm hoping to have a job interview shortly. I highly suspect I know the outcome before I even know if I get an interview but I suppose you have to try.

[Negative Creep]

 

not a coupe

 

 

not a coupe

[Negative Creep]

 

not a coupe

 

 

not a coupe

[Quintus]

TimothyClaypole wrote:

 

Luxobarges_Are_Us wrote:I'm again pissed off at jobhunting. This has become ridiculous. I had an interview with a council yesterday and they said they'd call today. Amazingly, they did, but somehow I couldn't hear them. So I rang them back an hour later, spoke to the second person who interviewed me (not the one who was doing the calling), and you could hear in her voice that she was trying to hide something. "We are very sorry, you made the grade but, erm, other people did better, but hmm, uh-oh it was good to meet you and...oh, I can't get to the paperwork to give you feedback, my colleague will e-mail you later on". This ties very nicely with the person administering the "Excel test" part of the assessment having told me that I did very well as pretty much everyone else had ballsed it up completely (they'd been interviewing all day and it was already past 3pm).

 

INBRED TWATS. I hope you die a slow and painful death.

 

(disclaimer: No generalisation intended towards everyone working in a council or the entirety of the public sector)

 

 

 

I would have thought that job was already "allocated" to someone before being advertised externally....

 

 

 

That's it. They haven't e-mailed me yet, if they don't give me some comprehensive feedback tomorrow, I will be kicking up a stink.

 

 

I worked in a branch of the civil service for several years up until recently and sadly this isn't surprising at all.

 

One department I worked in had a vacancy for a short-term line manager job, which they wanted to offer to someone who was already working there at the grade below. Absurdly, they had to advertise the position and go through the process of interviewing candidates etc. even though they knew the preferred internal candidate would be selected at the end. This was all so they could tick a box saying that the job had been advertised/candidate selected under 'fair and open competition', when really it was anything but.

 

Shit like that is just one one of the many reasons I left.

 

Good luck with your job hunting though.

[Quintus]

TimothyClaypole wrote:

 

Luxobarges_Are_Us wrote:I'm again pissed off at jobhunting. This has become ridiculous. I had an interview with a council yesterday and they said they'd call today. Amazingly, they did, but somehow I couldn't hear them. So I rang them back an hour later, spoke to the second person who interviewed me (not the one who was doing the calling), and you could hear in her voice that she was trying to hide something. "We are very sorry, you made the grade but, erm, other people did better, but hmm, uh-oh it was good to meet you and...oh, I can't get to the paperwork to give you feedback, my colleague will e-mail you later on". This ties very nicely with the person administering the "Excel test" part of the assessment having told me that I did very well as pretty much everyone else had ballsed it up completely (they'd been interviewing all day and it was already past 3pm).

 

INBRED TWATS. I hope you die a slow and painful death.

 

(disclaimer: No generalisation intended towards everyone working in a council or the entirety of the public sector)

 

 

 

I would have thought that job was already "allocated" to someone before being advertised externally....

 

 

 

That's it. They haven't e-mailed me yet, if they don't give me some comprehensive feedback tomorrow, I will be kicking up a stink.

 

 

I worked in a branch of the civil service for several years up until recently and sadly this isn't surprising at all.

 

One department I worked in had a vacancy for a short-term line manager job, which they wanted to offer to someone who was already working there at the grade below. Absurdly, they had to advertise the position and go through the process of interviewing candidates etc. even though they knew the preferred internal candidate would be selected at the end. This was all so they could tick a box saying that the job had been advertised/candidate selected under 'fair and open competition', when really it was anything but.

 

Shit like that is just one one of the many reasons I left.

 

Good luck with your job hunting though.

[willswitchengage]

 

Coupé

[willswitchengage]

 

Coupé

[tonedepear]

Coupé

 

Edit: Beat me to it willswit...wait...

[tonedepear]

Coupé

 

Edit: Beat me to it willswit...wait...

[Morgan84]

 

Coupé

 

Wheelie Bin

[Morgan84]

 

Coupé

 

Wheelie Bin

[Richard]

I suppose strictly speaking this is a five door but SAAB were churning these out nearly forty years ago.

 

Back to the Mid 70's - Saab 99 Combi Coupé 1977 by Golfhunter, on Flickr

[Richard]

I suppose strictly speaking this is a five door but SAAB were churning these out nearly forty years ago.

 

Back to the Mid 70's - Saab 99 Combi Coupé 1977 by Golfhunter, on Flickr

[Guest]

COUPE

[Guest]

COUPE

[Tayne]

.

 

 

 

 

[retrogeezer]

 

not a coupe

 

 

not a coupe

 

We had this a while ago and it is a pet hate of mine.....Renault started it with the Megane 'coupe' which was just a 3 door Megane really. Now all manufacturers seem to call their 3 door version a Coupe, maybe I should put coupe badges on my Mk1 Fiesta!

[retrogeezer]

 

not a coupe

 

 

not a coupe

 

We had this a while ago and it is a pet hate of mine.....Renault started it with the Megane 'coupe' which was just a 3 door Megane really. Now all manufacturers seem to call their 3 door version a Coupe, maybe I should put coupe badges on my Mk1 Fiesta!

[jakebullet]

Mouth breathing ebay tossers who live in flat 5 shitehole street, and instead of going and collecting the parcel I sent them from the sorting office think it's a much better plan to whine they "haven't got it m8!" and "send another quick!"

 

Ditto the current crop of tossers who claim you've not sent it and kept the money. Shit! You've foiled my scheme! I spent 5 years running up 17,000 legit sales just so you would be fooled into trusting me with £1.70.

[jakebullet]

Mouth breathing ebay tossers who live in flat 5 shitehole street, and instead of going and collecting the parcel I sent them from the sorting office think it's a much better plan to whine they "haven't got it m8!" and "send another quick!"

 

Ditto the current crop of tossers who claim you've not sent it and kept the money. Shit! You've foiled my scheme! I spent 5 years running up 17,000 legit sales just so you would be fooled into trusting me with £1.70.