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Post by dudleyhatter on Sept 27, 2019 18:23:38 GMT
Qatar buying up sport.
If the world athletics are an indicator for the World Cup then football soul is screwed. On the opening night of the athletics they have covered up the entire top tier with fabric and there are more empty seats than the etihad.
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Post by gazz on Sept 27, 2019 18:40:43 GMT
My new, temporary, 7-week (assuming nothing goes wrong) rota starting tomorrow morning. Due to my employers suddenly becoming concerned with their carbon footprint (shame they can't develop a conscience over the utter sh*te they print), both of the print finishing production lines in our department will now have to be modified to run without poly-bagging. This means that one line at a time will have to be modified while we run all week on the opposite line, with my working week changing every week - the first two seeing me working all weekend on days this weekend then on nights next weekend. I'm really not looking forward to it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2019 19:02:28 GMT
My new, temporary, 7-week (assuming nothing goes wrong) rota starting tomorrow morning. Due to my employers suddenly becoming concerned with their carbon footprint (shame they can't develop a conscience over the utter sh*te they print), both of the print finishing production lines in our department will now have to be modified to run without poly-bagging. This means that one line at a time will have to be modified while we run all week on the opposite line, with my working week changing every week - the first two seeing me working all weekend on days this weekend then on nights next weekend. I'm really not looking forward to it. And there was me thinking my week hadn't been that great. Best of luck with that mate.
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Post by gazz on Sept 27, 2019 19:06:39 GMT
And there was me thinking my week hadn't been that great. Best of luck with that mate. Cheers, mate.
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Post by another_ruined_saturday on Sept 27, 2019 20:20:20 GMT
I read that as we've signed a player called 'Buxton Brown', which sounds more like a hipster IPA from a microbrewery. i was thinking west indies fast bowler, but ^that definitely works too.
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Post by gazz on Oct 24, 2019 14:27:42 GMT
Apologies for quoting myself from way back in January this year, but please bear with me... HMRC - a shower of tw##s. Thanks to my having to take TWO jobs in 2017 to try to earn an honest living and not take up benefit money needed by those less fortunate, I ended up paying less tax than I should, because the total tw##s that my additional employer used for their staffing totally f***ed up my TAX, culminating in my owing a f***ing huge payment to HMRC. Rang HMRC to pay, but they can't take payments over the phone - what a f***ing joke of an organisation they are! So, having gone through their ridiculous account set up online, I finally made my payment for which I received an email confirmation. Did I get a "Thank you" in there? Did I f***. I absolutely f***ing LOATHE that shower of sh*t and anyone that works for them - if that includes you.....meh! It's not the first time a company has f***ed up my tax, yet I'm the one left carrying the f***ing can for it - how can this be allowed to happen? HMRC, f*** YOU - how about chasing the 'creative' f***ing billionaires and stop hammering the hard working majority into the f***ing floor! w**kers. Now, onto today's irrational dislike. Recieving a letter from HMRC claiming you STILL owe that amount 10 months later! Needless to say, I rang them to tell them I've got proof it's been paid by way of an email payment confirmation receipt, payment reference number, plus statement evidence to show the payment left my account bound for HMRC. I'm now waiting for them to get back to me! Wonder if Jeff's had his letter today?
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Post by another_ruined_saturday on Oct 24, 2019 19:13:40 GMT
just imagine how many bureaucrat hours are going to go into this^ before the computer says 'no'.
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Post by gazz on Oct 24, 2019 19:44:32 GMT
just imagine how many bureaucrat hours are going to go into this^ before the computer says 'no'. ... Or the amount of people waking up to one of those letters and just not bothering to contest it? They adopt this 'we never make mistakes' attitude with you over the phone, yet offer no apology whatsoever when it's clear that they've f***ed up and inconvenienced you. I've now got to wait 21 days for them to get back to me with a resolution, but in the meantime I've been asked to ring them again in a week's time for an update - how about they ring me? I'm not the one who f***ed up! A**eholes.
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Post by dudleyhatter on Oct 24, 2019 23:17:50 GMT
I’m looking forward to sending them my new address in Spain. Hopefully in 12 months or so I might see some rebate....
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Post by gazz on Oct 25, 2019 10:27:32 GMT
I’m looking forward to sending them my new address in Spain. Hopefully in 12 months or so I might see some rebate....
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2019 20:46:17 GMT
just imagine how many bureaucrat hours are going to go into this^ before the computer says 'no'. ... Or the amount of people waking up to one of those letters and just not bothering to contest it? They adopt this 'we never make mistakes' attitude with you over the phone, yet offer no apology whatsoever when it's clear that they've f***ed up and inconvenienced you. I've now got to wait 21 days for them to get back to me with a resolution, but in the meantime I've been asked to ring them again in a week's time for an update - how about they ring me? I'm not the one who f***ed up! A**eholes. It's the bureaucratic mind mate. The TV licensing authorities are no different. I moved over here in May last year. Within a fortnight I got the first letter telling me that the address wasn't licensed. They've been sending them at regular intervals ever since with the most recent arriving this week telling me that my continued silence has left them with no option but to continue with the final stages of their "investigation". Whatever! I haven't had a TV in the 18 years I've lived on my own and I used to let them know that I hadn't got one until the tenor of their letters changed to "we'll have to come and check". Ok, f*** you. If you don't believe me come and check but since you can't enter my premises without an invite (no chance) or a warrant (equally, no chance since digital signals can't be detected like analogue signals could and they need just cause to get a warrant) your wasting your time lol.
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Post by gazz on Oct 27, 2019 12:21:11 GMT
Black Friday.
If you want to save money on the crap nobody else wants, you're going to be quids in. If, however, you want to feel like you've invested your money wisely, leave your money in the bank and sit back enjoying YouTube videos of gullible magpies clawing each others eyes out for sh*t they didn't need a week earlier!
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Post by dudleyhatter on Oct 27, 2019 12:31:06 GMT
Black Friday. If you want to save money on the crap nobody else wants, you're going to be quids in. If, however, you want to feel like you've invested your money wisely, leave your money in the bank and sit back enjoying YouTube videos of gullible magpies clawing each others eyes out for sh*t they didn't need a week earlier! I wonder if it’s a thing over here too! I’ll let you know. I only ever bought one thing on a Black Friday because I’d wanted it for ages and there is was £60 cheaper!
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Post by Epworth Hatter on Oct 27, 2019 13:26:59 GMT
Typically, we’ve imported the greed of Black Friday, but not Thanksgiving from the yanks.
Maybe this week take bit of time to send kind messages of appreciation to friends and family.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2019 13:49:55 GMT
I once made the mistake of forgetting to make sure I had enough milk to tide me over the Christmas period. I made the bigger mistake of going to Sainsbury's in Hazel Grove on Christmas Eve to buy some. Bloody hell! I've never experienced anything like it first hand, on one occasion being almost manhandled out of the way by a woman with a look of grim determination on her face that suggested that there would be bloodshed if I didn't get out of her way immediately. There is a certain satisfaction from watching people queue all night and then fighting to get stuff safe in the knowledge that there is no way you'd demean yourself in the same way.
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