The grumpy thread

[beko1987]

  TimothyClaypole said:

Freecycle, is it too much to actually turn up for something you are getting for free within less than a week... I can see why people put "Collect tomorrow or it will be taken to the tip".

 

Freecycle pisses me off at times. Around here, if anything good comes up as offered, there follows a fortnight of wanted posts for equal items. Every time I put a computer on I get hundreds of emails asking for it, some up to 3 months later. Then, see all the 'Wanted - Brand New PC/Coffee Maker/Vacuum Cleaner' etcs come through.

[Pillock]

I got annoyed with Freecycle and the "Wanted: xbox 360, must have games" sort of posts. People who expect the moon on a stick.

I put two things on Freecycle - one CRT TV (5 or so years ago, so a fairly decent item) - 32", still under warranty! The other was a 12 month old fridge freezer, mint condition. I was messed around on both of them, the TV chap made 4 or 5 promises to come and collect and just never turned up, stopped answering his phone. Went to the tip. The fridge freezer I had people DEMANDING that I offered it to them first because they had kids, or their giro had been cut or whatever. Bottom of the queue beckoned for them but again I had to wait in all day when the person I offered it to said 10am, and turned up after dark. They then tried to get it in the back of a 306 - FAIL - so I just went inside the house and shut the door.

[RedSparrow]

It's the same argument as with trying to flog cheap motors on ebay: because of retards decent old electrical stuff ends up in the tip just as decent old cars end up getting scrapped.

[Angrydicky]

I removed myself from the local freecycle group because I got annoyed at the sheer quantity of email notifications from illiterate "txt spek" morons who could barely string a sentence together. "Wanted free peple carier as im on benifits and ned to cart my 15 kids to asda" etc. Virtually everything offered was a load of rubbish, and the few decent things on there got snapped up so quickly I decided it wasn't worth bothering with.

[Cavcraft]

Advanced level knobrottery;

'How much tax?'

There isn't any, it says on the advert.

'What's your best price?'

Come and have a look at it, it's say so on the advert.

'I'm in Manchester though'

So?

'What's your best price'

That's when I put the 'phone down.

[seacow]

  Angry Dicky said:

I removed myself from the local freecycle group because I got annoyed at the sheer quantity of email notifications from illiterate "txt spek" morons who could barely string a sentence together. "Wanted free peple carier as im on benifits and ned to cart my 15 kids to asda" etc. Virtually everything offered was a load of rubbish, and the few decent things on there got snapped up so quickly I decided it wasn't worth bothering with.

 

 

i left for the same reasons - although I did get a superb collection of vinyl records once- but off a woman who seemed to be running it as a business bar the fact that no money changed hands

 

I much prefer gumtree now - had some great results from stuff I would probably have tipped otherwise!

[vulgalour]

The weather is intolerable. I just need 1 day to get the Princess MoT ready and cleaned out but no, that's not allowed, because of this sharp wind and icy rain an otherwise tolerable winter day has made it impossible to do anything on the car that involves using my fingers, even with gloves on. I shall try again tomorrow, I guess.

[Jimcit]

So the other half's Alfa Mito went in for a service today (meaning they're grumpy because they have gone from Cloverleaf Alfa to basic punto).

 

They get a phone call.

 

"Had an accident with your car, it came off the ramp and dented the boot. We've got another car lying about in the same colour, so we've just popped the boot off that onto your car, and we've got to order in another part as it has a vin number of it, you'll get it back tomorrow."

 

Other half is perfectly happy with this. Although I really wouldn't be, and would have a lot of questions.

 

Is the replacement boot off a new car? how did it 'come off' the ramp? was it from a great height? Is it a proper colour match?

 

Apparently I'm being miserable and need to chill out.

 

Will see what it looks like tomorrow.

[seacow]

  Jimcit said:

So the other half's Alfa Mito went in for a service today (meaning they're grumpy because they have gone from Cloverleaf Alfa to basic punto).

 

They get a phone call.

 

"Had an accident with your car, it came off the ramp and dented the boot. We've got another car lying about in the same colour, so we've just popped the boot off that onto your car, and we've got to order in another part as it has a vin number of it, you'll get it back tomorrow."

 

Other half is perfectly happy with this. Although I really wouldn't be, and would have a lot of questions.

 

Is the replacement boot off a new car? how did it 'come off' the ramp? was it from a great height? Is it a proper colour match?

 

Apparently I'm being miserable and need to chill out.

 

Will see what it looks like tomorrow.

 

Fuck that - throw the book at them - well out of order - and if it needs replacing thats some serious denting or they would be pulling and buffing!! Compensation and I would not be paying them a penny for the service

[Jimcit]

  seacow said:

 

Fuck that - throw the book at them - well out of order - and if it needs replacing thats some serious denting or they would be pulling and buffing!! Compensation and I would not be paying them a penny for the service

 

Apparently they're keeping all the damaged parts to be inspected tomorrow and there'll be a full walk around. The service manager isn't quite sure how it came off. I'm thinking there could have been some damage underneath though, so I'd like it raised in the air when inspecting.

 

There's a lot on unknowns at the minute, so will wait and see, then decide how annoyed is necessary tomorrow.

[Lankytim]

Won an ebay auction for a coil pack to use as a spare for the Saab. I emailed the seller for an address to collect from and they have refused, saying they are going to throw it in the bin. THANKS.

[eddyramrod]

  Jimcit said:

  seacow said:

 

Fuck that - throw the book at them - well out of order - and if it needs replacing thats some serious denting or they would be pulling and buffing!! Compensation and I would not be paying them a penny for the service

 

Apparently they're keeping all the damaged parts to be inspected tomorrow and there'll be a full walk around. The service manager isn't quite sure how it came off. I'm thinking there could have been some damage underneath though, so I'd like it raised in the air when inspecting.

 

There's a lot on unknowns at the minute, so will wait and see, then decide how annoyed is necessary tomorrow.

I'd be telling them not to lay a finger on it until I've been and taken many photos, including underneath. And telling them immediately!

Also, pay precisely nothing and start filling out the bank slip for the cheque they will be giving you.

[Pillock]

Meh, if they've fixed it they've fixed it. If it was a genuine accident there's no reason to make someone's life hell over it - if you kick off maybe someone will get the sack over it? These things happen, nobody died.

[Jimcit]

  Pillock said:

Meh, if they've fixed it they've fixed it. If it was a genuine accident there's no reason to make someone's life hell over it - if you kick off maybe someone will get the sack over it? These things happen, nobody died.

 

We can't get out of work to rush over and inspect.

 

You're right, so long as it's fixed to the same standard as before, it'll be fine.

 

I keep getting worked up by situations before they arise because I'm used to ending up having to do battle to get things put right. Probably why the better half has politely told me to shut up and let them deal with it!

 

Free service would be nice though. Or maybe wine. The Honda garage used to give me bottles of wine with every service - it was branded "Brindley Honda" and made me look extra classy at dinner parties.

[Cavcraft]

Part 2, another cockwand:

 

'Your KIA, is it manual?'

Sigh, not it's an auto, it says it's an auto on the advert.

'Did you say manual?'

No, I said auto.

'How much tax'

Sigh, snotty voice, THERE IS NO TAX IT SAYS SO ON ADVERT.

''What's your best price?'

Did you not read the advert?

'Yes. What is your best price?'

Tell you what, you fucking tell me: what's YOUR best price then?

Long silence...'I give you £400'

Absolutely fucking no chance, forget it.

'It's an auto, nobody want them. Is wrong engine, nobody want 2.9, no tax I need tax'.

So it's the wrong engine, the wrong gearbox and it's not taxed, that's your issue with it?

'Yes, not popular car'

Well you won't want it then will, you, fuck knows why you 'phoned in the first place?

Then I put the 'phone down and promptly saved his number as 'knobhead2 01.13'. Ten minutes later, the 'phone rings. Anyone want to guess who it was? I didn't answer it.

[mattblack]

  Jimcit said:

"Had an accident with your car, the apprentice backed into a post when he nipped round to the chippy at lunchtime in it. We've got another car lying about in the same colour, so we've just popped the boot off that onto your car, and we've got to order in another part as it has a vin number of it, you'll get it back tomorrow."

 

EFA

[Mr Lobster]

^ Sadly thats probably accurate.

 

Many years ago I worked at a VW dealer. One day I was asked to move a freshly PDI'd Polo from the workshop to the valeting bay as the new owner was picking it up a week later.

 

Being the responsible* 19 year old I was* I obviously didn't* reverse it at full pelt towards narrow workshop door and therefore didn't* hit the edge of it meaning that the shiny new Polo needed a new o/s/r quarter, rear bumper, bootlid, bootfloor straightening, fuel tank and a few other bits.

 

The bodyshop pulled their finger out and fixed it in about three days and the customer picked up their new car none the wiser.

[chaseracer]

When I lived in Creepy Crawley about 250 years ago, I used to get the train to work at Gatwick as it was easier than using the car.

 

The local VW dealer was close to the station; one spectacular morning, I witnessed one of their oily neanderthals spin a then-new Golf GTi 16v out of the workshop straight into the retaining wall...

 

 

[retrogeezer]

My dad came arrived home in his brand new Metro 1.1 back in 1988ish so I took a look. Opened the rear door on the drivers side to see a load of grey primer overspray all over the door shut. It had clearly been damaged in the compound and repaired (badly)

 

He also bought a brand new Escort in 86ish and about a month after getting it took the spare wheel out to find a pdi sticker dated 2 months before it had supposedly arrived at the dealer. It was a demonstrator that the dealer had clocked! My dad had seen the car with about 1500 miles on the clock in the compound and when he picked it up as a 'new' car in only had 12 miles on it.

I told him to tell the dealer he wanted an XR3 as a replacement or he would go to the local press about it but he just got a proper new one in it's place on this occasion, he didn't even push for a 5 speed gearbox.

[TimothyClaypole]

Makes the few quid of plastic and stuff you see stuck on new cars on transporters worth the expense.

 

 

Remember someone buying a new diesel Maestro at work and the 1st thing I noticed was the black paint on the door trim between front and back had cracked and shrunk away at the top, went back a week or so later when he noticed it.

[Mr Lobster]

Same VW dealer used to do warranty claims for speedos on its demonstrators quite often as well. Also, it used to be the case (early '90s) that in the first (IIRC) 1500 miles you could reset the speedo on a VW back to zero. Obviously this happened on ever single demo / courtesy car they ran

[michael1703]

I've got something wrong with my left bollock, a strand of wire from a grinder brush embedded itself in to it, gonna have to get my clackers out for the female doc while harnessing a semi

[Cheggers]

  michael1703 said:

I've got something wrong with my left bollock, a strand of wire from a grinder brush embedded itself in to it, gonna have to get my clackers out for the female doc while harnessing a semi

 

How did you?...why did you?...why weren't you?...I bet it's the first grinder-brush-bollock injury she's seen this week

[cort16]

  michael1703 said:

I've got something wrong with my left bollock, a strand of wire from a grinder brush embedded itself in to it, gonna have to get my clackers out for the female doc while harnessing a semi

 

 

You could have just used a razor and some shaving foam if you really wanted that last chicken in sainsbury's look so bad.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I've had that happen to me while de-rusting my bollocks after a long period of inactivity, and its not a lot of fun i can tell you

[michael1703]

Occupational hazard, the love of my life is called makita, I know every bump on her slender body from holding her so much all week, I was de rusting a lorry hub and sort of crouching over it at a jaunty angle and was in the line of fire

[Guest]

Bad evening.

 

FATHA_WATANABE brought home from work because he felt light-headed. Blood pressure through the roof. Coming down now, now at home. Never drove back from the unit so fast in all the time I've had it. Got stuck behind two needlessly slow twats doing 20 in an NSL, one of whom fucking BLOCKED me when I tried to get past. He's fucking lucky I didn't run him off the road. I came damn close, I could have made a right mess of that little i10 had I wanted to.

 

Not bothering with Facebook any more because some of my more pointed comments about University have thrown up a shitstorm and apparently people are 'upset' with me. Ah, well - I can't be arsed with any of them, anyway. There comes a point when you get sick of smashing your head repeatedly into the sharp edge of a wall and go and do something else. Now is that time. I cannot be arsed participating in their shit parade. The best thing they could do is refund part of my tuition fees - I'm that pissed off with them. Like that'll ever happen. I am fulfilling the minium attendance requirements, finding out what the coursework is and then buggering off on placements for the time I have left. If they don't give a shit neither do I, and I'm quite happy to say that to whoever's in charge. I don't owe them fuck all, least of all any respect.

 

Garage are being pricks and refusing to give my money back over some unwanted parts I ordered, despite the fact they're unused and unopened. I don't think they quite understand how far I'll go given that I do not take kindly to being £90 down over parts they could re-shelve and sell on without any difficulty.

 

That said, I've just sold a crap load of parts to a VOC member who isn't a cretin, and the shop I took my NP30 back to couldn't have been nicer about exchanging it.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

Wat, can't they just give you an IOU for future purchases instead of cash?

 

I am pissed off at jobs. Once again.

 

- I asked the admin team for some feedback, and they told me to contact you [hr Manager]. Which essential criteria have I failed on?

- Erm, I have your application here...mmm...er...You don't have a year's experience

- Correct. I have five.

- Er...hmhmmmm...Ah, we had lots of applications and we went on the desirable criteria.

- But I should have a guaranteed interview as I applied under the 'two-ticks' scheme [public sector thing that guarantees an interview to everyone with a disability/long-term condition].

- I will speak with the admin team and call you in two hours.

 

She's still calling me apparently. Nasty e-mail duly sent already, I hope she enjoys the formal investigation which I've asked- I'll also be sending a nice little form to the relevant professional association (CIPD).

[richardthestag]

Wat best wishes for your dad. Seriously hope he gets better.

 

Rant

Good family friend of ours had a massive heart attack on sunday morning, air ambulance to john radcliffe where he remains critical and unconscious. Fingers are crossed, prayers are being said. When he comes out of this stage he has a multi bypass op waiting. Poor bugger. Only just 50 and not what i would class as lardy.

 

Scary fucking shit that.

 

This and Just 3 weeks since mutha thestag lost the war, not sleeping well, finding the red rage a lot closer than it has been which means i have to continually step back, fucking eyesight seems to be failing and work is driving me up the bastard wall.

 

Just let me at a troll or some cunt vigilante in a shitbox hyundai and i would make em wish they never left the womb. And this is not how i usually am.

 

Not about to do anything stupid, except maybe buy an 11 year old volvo estate that has been to the mon and back and wears 3 weeks mot but this being on the edge crap cant be good. Maybe need a visit to the old witch doctor.

[Guest]

Cheers Mr RTS. All the best to your CREU as well.

 

I need some turbo nutter RWD goodness to cheer me up. We shall have to see what I can dredge up from the Autotrader \ eBay etc.