Author Topic: The RANT thread (often contains fruity language) (Read 2966771 times)

fuzzy · « **Reply #21150 on:** 10 July, 2018, 10:52:20 am »

Quote from: SoreTween on 07 July, 2018, 05:12:27 pm

Ah bucking follocks
I hate football. No, not true. I have no interest in football - tedious game. I dislike the attitude of footballists and detest the the attitude of most football fans. Waste of skin & oxygen the lot of 'em.
And now bloody England are into the last four and I'm going to have to watch a game. Why? Because for as long as I can remember whenever anyone asks if I watch football or what team I support the answer has been England, but only when they are in the last 4 of a major competition. The next game will be the second I've had to put up with in my 48 years.

Now I've got to find a decent pub somewhere that will be quiet enough to get near the bar. That I suspect is going to be a mission. No effing way am I totally wasting 90 minutes of my life.

Shit shit double shit, fuck, balls and damn!

I hope foryour sake it doesn't go to extra time and penalties

CAMRAMan · « **Reply #21151 on:** 10 July, 2018, 05:21:14 pm »

Quote from: CAMRAMan on 07 July, 2018, 07:11:29 pm

Quote from: CAMRAMan on 17 June, 2018, 07:07:47 pm
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http://www.halfords.com/cycling/bike-accessories/bike-pannier-racks/topeak-super-tourist-dx-pannier-rack?_br_psugg_q=topeak+rack
Halfords: That is a disc-compatible rack in the picture, which is why I bought one from you. You sent one not disc-compatible. Now you're telling me it's my fault and I ordered the wrong thing, so don't expect me to sound happy on the phone. Get an 'expert' in your team who actually knows the difference to look at the image and rectify your mistake instead of blaming me, you twats.
So, Halfrauds have admitted their mistake, sort-of apologised and offered to send me the rack I believed I had ordered for the price I paid for the 'wrong' rack - as a goodwill gesture; yeah right! It shows the folly of dealing with CS people who don't have the faintest idea of what you are discussing with them. Even then they were saying it doesn't fit all disc-braked bikes - probably true, but I know it fits mine, as I have the same, non-DX version - and say the description should have told me which rack it was - it didn't.

So, a partial admission of guilt and a grudging acceptance they were wrong - but not completely. I'll take that as long as I get my rack.
And so the saga continues: I was asked to return the wrong rack & I did so; including, as requested a note detailing the case number and outline details. I dropped it off at the nearest store. They were somewhat taken aback by my appearance there, as it's not the usual returns they get. I explained that all was detailed in the note I had included as requested by the CS team. They didn't have the rack I wanted there, so it was left as a return. I even photographed the rack in it's original packaging at the store, just in case. And it's a good job I did.

I followed up the return with an email message the same day and waited for a reply. And waited. And waited. Finally, I got fed up of waiting and got in touch. Their response today was to say that the manager of the shop I returned it to had confirmed that I had been given a 'direct' replacement rack. Had I fuck! So, in essence, by saying that, they are effectively accusing me of fraud by continuing the case.

Time to escalate this to a manager. Watch this space.

BTW, by clicking on the link in the original message, you'll see they are still incorrectly displaying a disc-compatible rack. Twunts.

OK, satisfactory resolution reached. At last.

A manager got back to me pretty quickly & was very apologetic for her colleague's handling of the case thus far. She has sent me the correct rack & refunded me the price of the original order. I'll call that a result, but it was all so unnecessary and they are still displaying the wrong image!

andrewc · « **Reply #21152 on:** 10 July, 2018, 10:47:50 pm »

Fuck Ticketquarter & all who sail in her. You moved the Liverpool booking office to a place that's impossible to get to without serious effort & your web service charges for delivery.

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #21153 on:** 11 July, 2018, 08:41:09 am »

effing Sony
Effing tech

My phone had a digitizer fault. I contacted Sony customer support. A tech support person (or a bot) responded with a sequence of suggested tests - the first of which proved it was a software fault rather than hardware failure.
Next step is to run the Sony Software Repair software

So I did that.

It has bricked my phone. Utterly dead. Can't reset, can't factory reset, can't rerun the software repair. Dead.

So I've gone from 'minor fault' to 'dead slab of electronics'.

Leaving me without any alarm clock, communication with family (I'm living away from home), etc. Terrific.

Ham · « **Reply #21154 on:** 11 July, 2018, 10:52:04 am »

Probably doesn't help your blood pressure but contrast this experience. Certainly increases my brand allegiance.

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Quote from: Ham on 28 June, 2018, 12:15:22 pm
Quote from: Ham on 27 June, 2018, 06:19:27 pm
(1) That the Google Nexus 5X boot loop of death can strike even a 2.5 year old phone (Mrs Ham's. And it had to happen when I scrolled a page on it....)
(2) That google support will tell you "Sorry your phone is out of warranty, go talk to the manufacturer"
(3) That when you tell them "Sorry, you're wrong, UK consumer rights extend past one year to at least five. Google it" they roll over without argument and provide a replacement phone.

To which I now have to add another learned item:

(4) That google can get a replacement into your hands in just over 12 hours from reporting it. Impressed.

SoreTween · « **Reply #21155 on:** 11 July, 2018, 10:35:41 pm »

Quote from: fuzzy (retd.) AAGE on 10 July, 2018, 10:52:20 am

I hope foryour sake it doesn't go to extra time and penalties

Thanks, I left 5 minutes into the 2nd half of extra time as it had been clear from minute 30 it would take a miracle for England to win. They were like rabbits in the headlights coming down the tunnel. The kick (which was exquisitely executed) gifted England 25 minutes of calm revealing something of the team promised but by 10 minutes to the break they were 11 men on the field not a team. The commentators kept going on about the well executed set pieces, my arse. Watch the All Blacks, that's set piece play. Even the commentators couldn't be bothered to call all the -ich names out as they ran rings round the boys in white by the middle of the 2nd half. And what's with only having two commentators from England in the commentary booth? Where's one from the opposition and one independent like there always is in the 6 Nations.

150 minutes of my life utterly wasted. See you (grudgingly) in another 28 years.

andrewc · « **Reply #21156 on:** 11 July, 2018, 10:53:05 pm »

Did something bad happen ? All the shouting appears to have stopped....

(You have no idea how socially isolating it is to be a Scouser who can't stand football....... people shun you as if you'd got suppurating pustules & bits dropping off)

SoreTween · « **Reply #21157 on:** 11 July, 2018, 10:57:02 pm »

Woking cuntcil strikes again. I wish they would go on strike, services would improve immeasurably.

Tonight after leaving the farce I returned to retrieve my means of transport from Export House. Only to find the shopping centre which one must pass through at the moment* in lockdown. I understand why precautions were taken given the all purpose cuntishness of football supporters in general but Woking cuntcil need to think things through. We have a service level agreement that states 24 hour access. We don't get that, Peacocks is alway locked at midnight, frequently at 23:00. Tonight as I left I checked with the guard, 23:00 or maybe 22:00 for lockup. Getting there at 21:30 finding the place sealed I was unimpressed. But what really got on my tits was that they did not have a soul in sight to let passholders in, the guards had all fucked off to McDonalds or something. Sure, lock the doors. Turn the pissheads away. But have a plan to provide the service to which YOU agreed.

*Due to all other entrances being demolished to make way for a redevelopment that is a) extraordinarily expensive to the Woking cuntcil tax payer and b) very good looking indeed on a cuntcil planners CV. The only entrance left is through the shopping centre.

andrewc · « **Reply #21158 on:** 12 July, 2018, 06:47:43 pm »

Quote from: andrewc on 09 July, 2018, 07:59:38 pm

Bloody online train booking. Trying to sort out tickets for myself & a bike from Harwich back to Liverpool in September. Try & book a through ticket & it comes out at £109. Book Harwich to London then London to Liverpool and I can do it for approx £60...... but .... I can't reserve a seat or bike space for the first part of the trip :-( I'll have to go to the booking office in Liverpool & see if they can sort me out.

Oh no. Looks like there is engineering work or something, they are running a bus service between Marks Tey & Ingatestone. 26-30 miles between the 2 stations depending on which route I ride. And then train to Liverpool St, across London to Euston & train home.

The other option is Harwich - Manningtree - Ipswich - Peterborough - Leeds - Liverpool 4 changes & 6 1/2hours

Canardly · « **Reply #21159 on:** 13 July, 2018, 08:42:31 pm »

You are welcome to stay at our place if you wish to go via Peterborough/Cambridge and split the journey Andrew. I could pick you up and probably then take you over to the midland line to Lpool via MK or Bletchley. Dunno how that would affect ticket prices. Or failing that just tranfer you over.

David Martin · « **Reply #21160 on:** 14 July, 2018, 10:11:19 pm »

RinGo/NCP. Parked my car for 24 hours. used the app to park. Didn't notice that I had selected the wrong registration (a car which I haven't had for 3 years) so got a PCN (which I have appealed.) ANd hit park again for the next 24 hours, then discovered I can't change it because I realised more than 15 minutes after parking (it took me 30 mins to get back from the car with the PCN to be able to check online and work out what the issue was).
My fault, but there was no intent to park without paying and I had paid, so will not pay the PCN. And have now paid the parking fee for the correct reg, and asked the incorrect one to be refunded. Lets see if they are actually sensible people.

PaulF · « **Reply #21161 on:** 14 July, 2018, 10:24:45 pm »

Good luck with that. I did almost the same thing (paid for my car rather than my wife’s that I was using that day) but Ringo refused on the basis that I couldn’t prove that I hadn’t used two cars that day.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #21162 on:** 15 July, 2018, 11:42:10 am »

Fucking seagulls.
There's a pathetic whistling juvenile gull in/around our garden, so of course there are 2 parent gulls defending it. So the cats are too frightened to go out, and because there are already gulls here the rest of the population think there must be free food on the go so every so often there are tens of the fuckers.
So much for a nice relaxing afternoon in the garden.

slowfen · « **Reply #21163 on:** 16 July, 2018, 09:05:25 am »

Why is it the great British public is great

BUT the specific British public are complete f*****g A-holes

T42 · « **Reply #21164 on:** 16 July, 2018, 10:38:20 am »

Because we're polite about the former but truthful about the latter?

Beardy · « **Reply #21165 on:** 17 July, 2018, 11:08:03 am »

LOUD very bad swears!

Our development governance (hahahahahahahaha) process grinds forever onwards. This being corporate Britain, the governance and planning team like to be seen to be governing and planning. However, no matter what they do, the business side of the house can't possible tell them in November how many of which type of developer they are going to need for the following FY. but they've got to be SEEN to be adding value. So they base the future demand on the outline ideas contained in the vapourware of a few marketeers and noting the lack of specific demand down size teams accordingly. The upshot is that when the next release predesign closed yesterday the G&P team analysed (ie counted up the different coloured counters in their playset) and found that the business is making massive over demand on the resource. Three of my stories require 103 person days from a team where only 80 person days is available (and this was bounced from the last release!) and there is another 290 pd of demand form the same team!

The planning team have shared their 'findings' and have arranged a call. It does amuse me that some of my colleagues have already sent emails to the distribution list claiming that their work is vital, either ignoring or being unaware of the fact that ALL the work is considered vital otherwise it would not have been submitted as funded work.

The 12:30 call is going to be a riot!

matthew · « **Reply #21166 on:** 17 July, 2018, 11:24:44 am »

Sounds like you need to redeploy the G&P team into the holes they have created, and then manage them out on their inability to perform the new role.

Beardy · « **Reply #21167 on:** 17 July, 2018, 01:12:03 pm »

Further to my rant. We've just had the governance and planning lead¹ telling the architects that there is a cheaper way to do achieve the client goals and that the estimates are way over the top. I'm not sure why we bother employing the architects... Sigh

1. Who I actually like and respect for most of what he does (and he IS a cyclist), but on this occasion he was playing the role of bad cop.

chrisbainbridge · « **Reply #21168 on:** 17 July, 2018, 08:27:30 pm »

So i regularly get asked to work extra as demand is immense. we were told for a long time that this was good for the unit as we still made money despite the overtime payment. That may actually not be true, although as we are not told whether they are costing on marginal or full for the overtime we have no idea!!

I generally do not do overtime as i have a life and some of my colleagues may have seen overtime as part of basic salary rather than as a fun bonus but that is their problem.

We then get the consultants in who tell the top floor people that perhaps we do not work very hard during the week to get more overtime. So now somebody has to spend 4 hours filling in a form to justify the overtime!!

it is truly no skin off my nose not to do the overtime. I can actually be paid more for doing my hobby business. Idiots.

Beardy · « **Reply #21169 on:** 17 July, 2018, 08:32:24 pm »

I have formed the opinion that bring in consultants is an admission that you don’t know enough about how your business works.

hatler · « **Reply #21170 on:** 17 July, 2018, 09:27:28 pm »

Quote from: Beardy on 17 July, 2018, 08:32:24 pm

I have formed the opinion that bring in consultants is an admission that you don’t know enough about how your business works.

You're on the money there.

chrisbainbridge · « **Reply #21171 on:** 18 July, 2018, 01:27:09 pm »

I have now sent an email to management. That has provoked a response. Talking about poking the bear!

ElyDave · « **Reply #21172 on:** 18 July, 2018, 07:38:09 pm »

Quote from: Beardy on 17 July, 2018, 08:32:24 pm

I have formed the opinion that bring in consultants is an admission that you don’t know enough about how your business works.

There are cases where that is true, undoubtedly.

However there is a subset of consultants that simply have the skils to do stuff the organisation does not want to retain the skils for, or provides a required degree of independence. I'm in that subset

chrisbainbridge · « **Reply #21173 on:** 18 July, 2018, 08:59:13 pm »

I think that is the difference between consultants and management consultants.

The latest management consultant tried to cancel an empty Friday clinic on a Monday to save money not realising that it was for emergencies that filled it during the week!

I think he will leave ITU next week but may never walk again after Matron finished with him.

Beardy · « **Reply #21174 on:** 18 July, 2018, 09:44:28 pm »

In a firm that employers the thick end of 100,000, it’s unlikely that there is no room for specialist. And out sourcing of none core functions makes little sense either as it’s unlikely that an outsourcing company is going to achieve greater economies of scale than those that can be realised internal, therefore profits have to come from poorer service delivery. This has now been discovered, after 20 years, with farcilities management which is now provided internally again.