The grumpy thread

[Ghosty]

EE are shit in general - old man's been in Abu Dhabi for work, and now he's in Sri Lanka for auditing purposes. EE have blocked his business contracted iPhone because of non-payment issues (happened before, American office's fault), and 'suspected illegal activity'. The boss wants to kill the contracts and get them all Samsung Galaxies on a different network as the iPhones 'aren't really good enough' for the company's needs.

 

Meanwhile, I'm 80% sure my own manager won't be in at Oxfam tomorrow, it'll be my 4th Saturday (5th if you count going in to sign forms), and so far she's only been in every other Sat. If she isn't, I'll have sod all to do unless there's some unsorted vinyls in (unlikely, they seem to get done in the week), which is annoying.

[SambaS]

I'm angry.

 

Work keep cashing my till up and telling me it is down, each week.

 

I know this to be false, so they are either bad at counting or scamming me.

 

My cash handling procedures are bang on as per my 4.5 years at McDs. it's really starting to fuck me off their lapsidazical approach to everything, and there are even staff members trying to tell me how I should and shouldn't be cashing up as opposed to the "supervisor" or owner.

 

Ready to tell them to fucking ram it.

 

They either cash up with me to witness in the future or they can fuck off, I see trouble brewing. As the superviser keeps making all my orders late and I'm getting the flack from the customers. he aint got a fucking clue, had a different supervisor other day, first time and EVERY order got there early. Coincidence? No other guy is a fucking tool.

 

I think the solution is to rescind my birth certificate. Walk away from my flat and belongings forever and live in the woods somewhere in a tent without money and fucking people.

[vulgalour]

If it's any consolation, which it probably isn't, my brother was getting the same bullshit about cashing up when he was doing pizza delivery in his own car.  Apparently they'd do it to all the new staff to see who stuck it out.  My brother just told them where to stuff it, the money really totally wasn't worth it.

[SambaS]

I wish I could switch off and go into "yes sir" "whatever sir" "sure here's ten pounds of my own money to cover your incapability to count" etc mode... but I get angry and as much as i try to push the anger down and down I cant!

 

Why do I still believe that I shoudn't have to put up with fucking cretins.

[Junkman]

Is it your company?

[SambaS]

Are you suggesting I become self employed?

[Richard]

Do you log every delivery in a notebook as you go along? It's quite important to do that, especially if the bosses are at it.

[SambaS]

I keep the pink slip from the receipt until the end of the night , at the end of the night I total cards, total cash and count my cash and take whatever is tips.

[myglaren]

As noted earlier, bought leather electric seats for the C5 (driver's seat cabbaged)

Also bought headlights for sensible price - great eBay seller!  

 

Fitted seats  No motors working

Discovered it was a hidden Maxi-fuse, bought and fitted, seats working fine but the auto-changer under the driver's seat won't eject the casette - probably my own fault as I removed it while cleaning the (very mucky) seats prior to fitting and may have reinserted it incorrectly - any advice on this very welcome.

 

Discovered the headlights were Xenon HD ones

As they need wash/wipe thingies that are not present on my C5 S then they won't be being fitted - may have a buyer for them 

 

Bought and fitted a replacement nearside headlamp as dipped beam on the one in packed up and I have been unable to remedy that

Refitting the bumper, cleverly clattered the washer sensor and split the washer bottle, which is now empty.  Also managed to push the seal inside while trying to bodge it

 

Bought an offside headlamp as the one in is clouded over and also a new washer bottle but have to defer delivery as I am always at work when the delivery guys come calling, no one else in the house and no family able to accept as they all are working too.

 

Had a minor bollocking at work when the managing director had to sign for the last delivery to work so will try and have them delivered to the guy who will get the heap through its MOT very soon.

[Junkman]

Are you suggesting I become self employed?

 

No, but you sound as wound up as if it was your company.

[SambaS]

Ahh good point I suppose Junkman, I should just chill the fuck out.

 

But if a customer complains to the owner about an order being late it will INSTANTLY be my fault regardless of the fact the superviser holds all the orders back 30-40 minutes incase more come in

[warren t claim]

Fucking Yo Ho Ho Bay is running like a bag of spanners.

[Junkman]

Ahh good point I suppose Junkman, I should just chill the fuck out.

 

But if a customer complains to the owner about an order being late it will INSTANTLY be my fault regardless of the fact the superviser holds all the orders back 30-40 minutes incase more come in

 

If you remain calm, you have more energy available for plotting the nuclear strike on your supervisor.

[SambaS]

Well he's in the clique as he's Eqyptian as are the owners.. I probably had best just bite my lip and do my job and cause as little fuss as possible and keep looking for another driving job, which will probably be just as bad as this one but for other reasons, hey at least I dont have a camera in my face the whole time!

[SambaS]

I might rebel by doing the speed limit EVERYWHERE today!

[vulgalour]

Passive aggression is the most satisfying form of aggression.

[RedSparrow]

That's true. I adopted a tactic used by a mate of mine; when someone says something stupid or shitty, just be silent as if they never said a word. Really effective and it pisses them right off!

[autofive]

That's true. I adopted a tactic used by a mate of mine; when someone says something stupid or shitty, just be silent as if they never said a word. Really effective and it pisses them right off!

 

does it work with banger racers spouting shite ?

[maxpower]

I might rebel by doing the speed limit EVERYWHERE today!

 

Yeah just take your time, perhaps even go as far as to do this...........

[Rover414]

Wankers on the motorway. If I'm doing 70 down the motorway is it really necessary to tailgate, flash your lights then blast around and nearly crash into the front of my car as you cut back in to the lane? Three successive weeks on the M6 where wankerish attitudes like this have been in force.

[Wilko220]

It does sound unnecessarily aggressive - but, then again, by keeping left like wot the Highway Code says, I suppose you would deprive them of the opportunity to do it...

[Rover414]

Doesn't even matter what lane you're in for some of these tools. Or weather a queue is ahead (like today) which really is annoying.

[purplebargeken]

1986 for The Bangles? Can it really be that long? 

 

The girlie guitarist on the far right is cuuuuute! I miss the 80's.

 

I had a tool in a newish Audi drive right up my arse the other night, Flash, flash (which I ignored) , he swerved round me and vanished into the distance..... only to get caught a the red light at the end of the dual carriageway which we were on at the time. He got stuck behind three cars as I just rolled past him in the filter lane. I laughed. It's the little things that keep me amused.

[eddyramrod]

 unnecessarily aggressive

Unfortunately, that seems to be the default setting for waaaaaaaaay too many people these days.  I've met it a few times lately.  What's wrong with just getting along?

 

I must be on the wrong planet.

[Cavcraft]

does it work with banger racers spouting shite ?

 

 

No, because precious few people were actually quiet on 'that' thread.

[SambaS]

I jumped in the Samba from all night driving an 08 plate Fiesta and promptly understeered almost off a wet roundabout. 135 profile tyres - WIN.

[Junkman]

Shit. No more whiskey.

[CortinaDave]

The folk who buy my old cars. Almost all my old Cortinas have ended up wrecked by subsequent keepers.

 

My old yellow GXL was in superb condition when sold three or four years ago.. The guy that bought it slammed it YO! Then decided he was going to heavily mod the floor.

 

He cut all the floor pans out then got bored and let it rot in a muddy field with the result that its now utterly shagged.

 

Bought by a guy in Dunfermline after that who took the good bits including the full lights and grille and interior then sold the rest on to a guy in Ireland who has pinched more from it then emailed me asking if I'd like to buy what left back for £1500 plus shipping it over here again to "save it"

 

I'll pass.

 

Not his fault, just a string of bad luck for the car but frustrating when you put a lot of time and money into something. Once you've sold it though its not your call.

[chaseracer]

Passive aggression is the most satisfying form of aggression.

Oh yeah? You think so?

 

[autofive]

No, because precious few people were actually quiet on 'that' thread.

 

 

i was talking about a more recent thread