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Post by ceefer on Sept 3, 2024 19:40:37 GMT
And don't get me started on Royal Useless mail.
A bunch of jokers a 48 hour tracked took 7 days to arrive - their excuse was it had to be re-routed, so the useless tw*ts sent it to the wrong sorting office, all of 5 miles up the road from where it was supposed to be - it then took them another 3 days for it to make it to the finishing line.
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Post by gazz on Sept 3, 2024 20:09:31 GMT
And don't get me started on Royal Useless mail. A bunch of jokers a 48 hour tracked took 7 days to arrive - their excuse was it had to be re-routed, so the useless tw*ts sent it to the wrong sorting office, all of 5 miles up the road from where it was supposed to be - it then took them another 3 days for it to make it to the finishing line. Then there's the "we'll need a signature", but when I try to update the delivery to leave with a trusted neighbour or deliver on a day when I'm not in work or sleeping between nightshifts, it won't let me! I wouldn't mind, but it would save them a load of hassle too! |
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Post by gazz on Sept 4, 2024 11:13:55 GMT
My parcel is still in f***ing customs. There's no way this isn't going to cost me, jobsworth tw##s.
Scumbags.
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Post by gazz on Sept 5, 2024 8:10:43 GMT
Why are customs still not releasing my vinyl record? What the f*** is it with the HMRC, do they enjoy pissing people off?
If my record ends up damaged or warped, they're getting the f***ing bill for it.
Absolute tw##s.
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Post by gazz on Sept 5, 2024 13:39:07 GMT
Finally, they've released my parcel and Royal Mail will deliver tomorrow. It says nothing about a fee to pay either, so fingers crossed there won't be.
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Post by dudleyhatter on Sept 6, 2024 23:44:37 GMT
Why are customs still not releasing my vinyl record? What the f*** is it with the HMRC, do they enjoy pissing people off? If my record ends up damaged or warped, they're getting the f***ing bill for it. Absolute tw##s. My son tells a story of an acquaintance of his who bought some records in a New York store on his way to catch a plane. They swabbed positive for drugs and he was only able to avoid being detained because he has the receipts saying he had literally bought them an hour earlier. He needless to say missed his flight and most tragically had to give up the records! Careful the drug squad don’t come knocking on your door Gazzman! |
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Post by gazz on Sept 7, 2024 0:16:41 GMT
Why are customs still not releasing my vinyl record? What the f*** is it with the HMRC, do they enjoy pissing people off? If my record ends up damaged or warped, they're getting the f***ing bill for it. Absolute tw##s. My son tells a story of an acquaintance of his who bought some records in a New York store on his way to catch a plane. They swabbed positive for drugs and he was only able to avoid being detained because he has the receipts saying he had literally bought them an hour earlier. He needless to say missed his flight and most tragically had to give up the records! Careful the drug squad don’t come knocking on your door Gazzman! Thankfully, that wasn't the case, but your cautionary tale has been duly noted for future reference! |
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Post by gazz on Sept 10, 2024 18:48:24 GMT
Big thumbs up to the sh*t-stirring ITV for their coverage of the national anthem tonight.
First, showing the players singing, then switching to Lee Carsley who has already explained why he doesn't sing, then back to the singing players - classy.
The national anthem is a piece of shite and can be replaced by the Spitting Image chicken song for all I care.
God save all of us, b*ll*cks to just the one person.
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Post by woznorthyorksexile on Sept 11, 2024 12:57:00 GMT
Big thumbs up to the sh*t-stirring ITV for their coverage of the national anthem tonight. First, showing the players singing, then switching to Lee Carsley who has already explained why he doesn't sing, then back to the singing players - classy. The national anthem is a piece of shite and can be replaced by the Spitting Image chicken song for all I care. God save all of us, b*ll*cks to just the one person. Yessir! I don't sing it either, not least because it's a f***ing dirge but also because it requests a God I don't believe in to 'save' a medieval institution that has no place in a modern, healthy democracy, the present office holder being the latest descendant of minor north German nobility, there by an accident of birth. Not only that, but said King is also head of a seriously tax averse family who, despite wealth beyond the dreams of avarice continue to be the biggest benefit scroungers in the country. And....breathe..... |
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Post by gazz on Sept 11, 2024 13:31:04 GMT
Yessir! I don't sing it either, not least because it's a f***ing dirge but also because it requests a God I don't believe in to 'save' a medieval institution that has no place in a modern, healthy democracy, the present office holder being the latest descendant of minor north German nobility, there by an accident of birth. Not only that, but said King is also head of a seriously tax averse family who, despite wealth beyond the dreams of avarice continue to be the biggest benefit scroungers in the country. And....breathe.....  |
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Post by gazz on Sept 19, 2024 18:27:26 GMT
'Bazball'.
Sorry, but I'm not seeing the benefit of it at all. He may not be involved directly with the white ball team (yet), but he's directly involved with many of the white ball players.
I find it frustrating, rather than entertaining.
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Post by woznorthyorksexile on Sept 19, 2024 18:47:23 GMT
'Bazball'. Sorry, but I'm not seeing the benefit of it at all. He may not be involved directly with the white ball team (yet), but the he's directly involved with many of the white ball players. I find it frustrating, rather than entertaining. The game seems to be in the process of being reduced to the dubious spectacle of watching a batsman hit a ball out of the ground. And the point of that is...well...err...what...exactly? Cricket has become yet another circus for fat wallets. On the subject of which, did you see the coverage of the Birmingham City V Wrexham game. There was nearly as much interest in The former gridiron player and part owner of Birmingham sitting next to that perennial bandwagon jumper David Beckham as there was in the game. Like I said, a circus. |
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Post by gazz on Sept 19, 2024 19:02:28 GMT
'Bazball'. Sorry, but I'm not seeing the benefit of it at all. He may not be involved directly with the white ball team (yet), but the he's directly involved with many of the white ball players. I find it frustrating, rather than entertaining. The game seems to be in the process of being reduced to the dubious spectacle of watching a batsman hit a ball out of the ground. And the point of that is...well...err...what...exactly? Cricket has become yet another circus for fat wallets. On the subject of which, did you see the coverage of the Birmingham City V Wrexham game. There was nearly as much interest in The former gridiron player and part owner of Birmingham sitting next to that perennial bandwagon jumper David Beckham as there was in the game. Like I said, a circus. I did see it, mate and I couldn't have put it better. Beckham has always been like sh*t in a field, f***ing everywhere - the ultimate self-promoter. His talentless wife used to call them 'Brand Beckham', but 'bland' would have been a better choice. As for the path that Cricket seems to have taken, they're starting a 'Major League' Cricket in the States - say no more. |
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Post by gazz on Sept 21, 2024 8:55:18 GMT
Virgin Media - absolute con merchants.
I've lost count of the amount of times my connection has dropped at random, like just now. Sometimes it's the early hours, sometimes early morning, but never when they think I'll more than likely be in the house and not in work or asleep.
I go through their troubleshooting section, not even bothering to follow their 'switch off and on' b*ll*cks, I touch and change
NOTHING - simply clicking past each stage and then clicking 'no that didn't work'.
Then, they say they're 'looking into it' and voila, my connection is back within minutes.
I'm convinced they have an algorithm that monitors customers' activity, which randomly kicks us off their network when they think we're not using it. Then, when they realise that a booted customer has noticed, they reinstate their connection and boot someone else off.
As I say, the drop-outs are never, ever in what are widely regarded as peak times, and this has been going on for years. I think they have a hot-seating system going on, that is constantly switching their customers either on or off.
Why? I honestly don't think they've got the capacity to provide every single customer with the speed they're paying for. Allow me to give you an example.
Remember the Liverpool v Real Madrid Champions League final where Ramos 'did' Mo Salah's shoulder? That final was free-to-air on YouTube and, I kid you not, everyone where I live must have been trying to watch it for free online, as the entire area went down with no Virgin internet anywhere.
I called Virgin and was told that there was an 'outage' and their engineers were "working on it". Then, miraculously, the internet came back up almost as soon as the game had finished.
This genuinely happened, it's not bullshit.
They charge a fortune for their services, but are clearly not investing it back into the product they're selling.
Shareholders, huh?
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Post by woznorthyorksexile on Sept 21, 2024 13:49:44 GMT
Virgin Media - absolute con merchants. I've lost count of the amount of times my connection has dropped at random, like just now. Sometimes it's the early hours, sometimes early morning, but never when they think I'll more than likely be in the house and not in work or asleep. I go through their troubleshooting section, not even bothering to follow their 'switch off and on' b*ll*cks, I touch and change NOTHING - simply clicking past each stage and then clicking 'no that didn't work'. Then, they say they're 'looking into it' and voila, my connection is back within minutes. I'm convinced they have an algorithm that monitors customers' activity, which randomly kicks us off their network when they think we're not using it. Then, when they realise that a booted customer has noticed, they reinstate their connection and boot someone else off. As I say, the drop-outs are never, ever in what are widely regarded as peak times, and this has been going on for years. I think they have a hot-seating system going on, that is constantly switching their customers either on or off. Why? I honestly don't think they've got the capacity to provide every single customer with the speed they're paying for. Allow me to give you an example. Remember the Liverpool v Real Madrid Champions League final where Ramos 'did' Mo Salah's shoulder? That final was free-to-air on YouTube and, I kid you not, everyone where I live must have been trying to watch it for free online, as the entire area went down with no Virgin internet anywhere. I called Virgin and was told that there was an 'outage' and their engineers were "working on it". Then, miraculously, the internet came back up almost as soon as the game had finished. This genuinely happened, it's not bullshit. They charge a fortune for their services, but are clearly not investing it back into the product they're selling. Shareholders, huh? I can't speak for Virgin as I don't know enough about them or their products but the well known convenience store that I work part-time at, and for whom I do the baking most mornings advertise their products as freshly baked in-store. They are definitely baked in store but these products have a display life of up to 4 days so yes, on the day of baking one might reasonably advertise them as fresh baked but not if they are still there on the shelf 4 days later. It seems to me that what one might charitably call bending the truth or what one might less charitably call mis-representing the facts is standard for business these days. |
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