"Inspired" by the Humbug thread.....

Rather than a scattering of "bah hambug" type sentiments through the other threads, I thought it would be a good idea if we could have one general thread where the moaners and whingers can let off steam.

Leaving the rest of us to sup on our half full glasses and enjoy the forum in peace.

So.... who's first???

Good idea McStumpy.

But this thread could end up longer than the Shamblers Club.

I'd like to have a moan about eBay bidders.

We've been shamelessly hawking a load of old junk... er, I mean, offering a range of quality second goods on eBay recently. As per normal, I start the price low, and let the auction take its course.

I could, of course, offer "Buy it Now", but I don't - as mentioned above, I just want to let the auction run its course. If I was open to an offer, I would have added a "Buy it Now" price to the auction.

Still with me? This is very complicated.

At least I assume it's all very complicated, as an irritatingly high percentage of our auctions attract a message along the lines of "Hi, mate - woud you be prepared to accept an offer to buy it right now?"

Well, excuse me Sherlock, but if I was minded to accept such a proposal, wouldn't I have listed the item with a "Buy it now" price? Is it not unreasonable to assume that as I didn't this, I'm likely to say "no thanks"? Did you perhaps assume that I maybe just forgot to click on the "Buy it Now" option when listing my item?

This has quickly gone from puzzling, to bemusing, to downright annoying. I've now decided not to respond to these queries, as the danger of firing back something drippingly sarcastic may be counter productive.

I'm assuming it's ironic. MacB always seems like a sensible, well-rounded individual. Unless he's having a bad day or something.

For my part - I'm personally the positive type... but I don't demand everyone else be and so don't tell people to cheer up (it's Xmas).  If people want to be miserable and moan all day long about everything, then so be it. Each to their own.

I'd like to moan about one of my work colleagues. He is the most miserable and surly individual I have ever met. He is also the most unjustifiably arrogant person alive, as I'm struggling to work out anything he is actually any good at. He isn't very bright, obviously not very charismatic, and he relies on our boss so much to do his own work for him.

We have a 30 employee company, and 29 of them are fine... he's the exception and I have the misfortune to have to sit in the same room as him.

Still, I just pretend he isn't there... I've tried being nice to him and cutting him some slack but he's beyond hope.

I want to moan about 3 months notice... 4 weeks in and I am so pi**ed off! Doing everything I can for them to ask me to leave the building quietly so I can go and play golf between now and Xmas.

BASTARDS!

Niblick (the original) wrote (see)

 MacB always seems like a sensible, well-rounded individual.

Haha - I tend to think anyone who dislikes cheery people has severe problems. It's one thing to not be like them, but quite another to despise them for it.

Although I did hint that I don't think cheery people should go around telling everyone to be like them. I can see that if someone is a naturally negative person that it could grate a bit... it probably reminds them how miserable they are!

Optimists have plowed us into trouble - don't forget that

Do not underestimate the power of the pessimist - who will be either right, or delighted. So potentially, pessimists slant on things keep them sane and internally cheerful.

I'm a pessimist, worked for an insurance company all my life, have always played life with a contingency plan and have had to use one a couple of times over the years to come through relatively unscathed. Now, I look at the stupidity of optimists and am not surprised when they eventually get what they deserve.

Prime example Gordon the Moron, totally inept in any capacity as a leader. He cheerfully insisted, no boom and bust under his watch - but he just couldn't see past his over padded ego.

Complete t*sser!

Optimists and pessimists both have their place Taz, which was my point really.

Incidentally, it's not quite as black and white as you state imo. You can be positive without being blindly optimistic. I'm naturally quite cautious and will examine all the possibilities before making a big decision, but I'm still positive. Blind optimism is usually just naevity, and I always have a contingency plan too.

My Moan... 

my bleedin' washing machine is pi$$ing water across my kitchen floor, and now responses my desperate post in the 19th Hole asking if anyone has any ideas about plumbing, have completely dried up as everyone is now trying to decide whether they are an optimist or a pessimist and therefore which of the "general" threads to whinge/cheer on!!!!! 

I called it worse things than "cock" but it still wouldn't stop...

Did you mean "a little chap"..

 is that a technical term.. I'm not a real plumber...

All I got to say is Supermarkets, its humming with people down here and every one of them thinks they're the only person in the poxy shop in between chats with all anybody that'll listen, its not a meeting place it a supermarket, you buy things in them!!!

I'll have to clip some air horns on the trolley, stop blocking the ailes, and ave that you feckers! COMING THROUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ah I feel so much better, Ill have to post on the general gratitude thread now.

Self-centred people in supermarkets seems to be an all year occurrance in my area. Why people can't acknowledge that they exist in a world where there are "other people" is bewildering. And just to keep up the tone of "pigeon-holing"... Mothers and the Elderly are the biggest offenders.

*Runs*

Niblick (the original) wrote (see)

I'd like to moan about one of my work colleagues. He is the most miserable and surly individual I have ever met. He is also the most unjustifiably arrogant person alive, as I'm struggling to work out anything he is actually any good at. He isn't very bright, obviously not very charismatic, and he relies on our boss so much to do his own work for him.

We have a 30 employee company, and 29 of them are fine... he's the exception and I have the misfortune to have to sit in the same room as him.

Still, I just pretend he isn't there... I've tried being nice to him and cutting him some slack but he's beyond hope.

Blimey Niblick, do you work at the same place as me?

There are two of us ( I better call him niblick and see if he responds) and from the minute he walks in he starts his victor meldrew act. "Bloody traffic", "any bloody nuisance clients today?, if not, there soon will be.." "Have you been to xxx city? "No" "it's a dump, don't ever go!" Absolutely everything is negative. No wonder he is 40ish, lives at home with his mum and brother, doesn't have a girlfriend or wife and probably never has! 

He is supposed to be here at work so that we can bounce idea's/problems off each other; He can't fix anything so after 2 days of faffing around he bounces it to me to fix. I bounce something to him and it seems to miss and keep bouncing until it eventually (within minutes) comes back round to me. Technically, he is supposedly more qualified than me, yeah right....

Rant over.....

MacBludgeon wrote (see)

My moan is simple, I'm sick of chirpy, cheery, tw*ts, who bang on about half full glasses and go around saying things like it's Xmas and cheer up. The world would be a better place if we shot all of the perpetually cheerful and all those of a positive disposition.

  Does somebody need a hug?  Although don't think my arms can stretch that far.....

Niblick (the original) wrote (see)

I'm assuming it's ironic. MacB always seems like a sensible, well-rounded individual. Unless he's having a bad day or something.

I refer you to my comment above 

Don't worry, Nibs, MacB is just winding me up. But he created this monster - I used to sit on the fence a lot, and MacB gave me dogs abuse for it. Now I'm telling it how it is... sort of... but in a chirpy, cheery, annoying sort of fashion.

Jeez guys, do I have to start using loads of smilies to highlight an obvious joke?

It was a sideswipe at McStumpy, Niblick got it right.

Ok, next moan, SCUMBAGS, why, why, why, why, why do we claim to live in a democracy and yet our elected(and the many behind the scenes unelected) leaders believe they can do what they think is best rather then what we want. No-one even tries to argue that the death penalty wouldn't get the popular vote. The Baby P abhorrence, paedophiles, murderers, line them up!!! Prison overcrowding?, not if you put me in charge of law and order. I reckon I could reduce the crime rate by 99% inside 6 months, maybe even 3 if my mood worsened.

Woo hoo... see, I can spot a fellow "ironer"

Birdie Boy: Phew... thankfully it isn't me!  

This is what I get every day. I come in and say "Good morning" in my cheeriest voice possible and I get greeted with  a mumbled (and miserable) "morning". And that is probably the last word he will say to me in the entire day. I'm not kidding, we're in a room with only 3 people, and me and the other guy (when he's in) get on and have a laugh and a bit of a chat. 

He does IT support, and this is where he's arrogant. He talks down at the people he's helping even though he often has to ask the other guy in our room (our boss) for assistance in dealing with issues.

Strange thing is, we used to get on fine... or at least ok, but his attitude has plummetted since he asked for a pay rise (go figure). Maybe the fact that the company gave it to him has made him think he's important. I did wonder if I did something to offend him (highly unlikely) but stopped caring a while back. I'm not questioning myself because of the behaviour of someone else. 

Phew... got that off my chest!

Paul L 12! wrote (see)

My Moan... 

my bleedin' washing machine is pi$$ing water across my kitchen floor, and now responses my desperate post in the 19th Hole asking if anyone has any ideas about plumbing, have completely dried up as everyone is now trying to decide whether they are an optimist or a pessimist and therefore which of the "general" threads to whinge/cheer on!!!!! 

Unlike your washing machine!

Sorry couldn't resist!

 My moan of the day is people who park in petrol bays not the parking bays to go shopping and buy their stupid scratchcards in the petrol station but not buy any petrol!!!!

hO hO hO

gLUG!

Potential "customers" who come in and asked to test drive a second hand car I have on the forecourt. Bend over backwards to please them, take them out for a lovely run in the car of their dreams and return to the showroom.

"Well Mr Jones, what did you think of it?"

"I loved it Robert, absolutely loved it"

"So you want to go for it then?"

"No, I don't like the colour"........

Used car salesmen who want you to buy the car that they have shown you - despite the fact that the only reason they have it for sale is the previous owner couldn't live with the godamn awful colour.

Do they think you have no bl**dy taste or summat

These people who go on about Gordy loosing a few billion quid and leave " Trust me i am a christian Blair" alone. How many billion is Iraq and Afganistan costing us not to mention the loss of lives on both sides.

Rant alert!

Decided that we would treat ourselves to a Plasma TV for Christmas. Ordered it via Amazon on Sunday. On Monday I tracked the order on line - estimated delivery date between 5th -11th Dec. Made arrangements to be home this Friday (5th) - and provisional arrangements for the following week, if needed.  Arrived home TODAY - card on the mat from City Link informing me that they had tried to deliver my parcel but were unable to do so, and that I could call at the nearest depot to collect it.  Their nearest dept is 35 miles away!!!

Will phone tomorrow and ask them to re-deliver, otherwise they can return it to Amazon.

Ooooh, that feels better - I like this thread.

Mary wrote (see)

Rant alert!

Decided that we would treat ourselves to a Plasma TV for Christmas. Ordered it via Amazon on Sunday. On Monday I tracked the order on line - estimated delivery date between 5th -11th Dec. Made arrangements to be home this Friday (5th) - and provisional arrangements for the following week, if needed.  Arrived home TODAY - card on the mat from City Link informing me that they had tried to deliver my parcel but were unable to do so, and that I could call at the nearest depot to collect it.  Their nearest dept is 35 miles away!!!

Will phone tomorrow and ask them to re-deliver, otherwise they can return it to Amazon.

Ooooh, that feels better - I like this thread.

You didn't miss anything Mary

There was sod all on this evening

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Bus Drivers!

Bus to work this mornning, some old boy who i can remember doing the school bus runs 20 years ago was on duty.

Getting near to my stop so gets up the front in plenty of time.

'You'll need to ring the bell neebour'

i think to myself.... eh what's he on about.

now a bit louder 'ring the bell neebour'

I'm like 'but you know i'm here'

'aye but i dinnae ken if you want off or no'

So stops the bus, opens the doors and says it again, 'ring the bell' 

so my rant ensues...

'Why? you know i'm here. It's not as if i'm up stretching my legs on a half hour bus journey. Does the bell NEED to ring for the bloody bus to be able to stop? You'll be a bit F@*%ED if you come across a set of traffic lights. Will you be shouting at passengers 'ring the bell or we're all going to die?'. No, so stop blethering crap about having to ring the bell for the bus to stop!'

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Big issue sellers in £100 Nike Trianers / Timberland boots....

The wiring diagram for the space shuttle or is it my surround system - still living under the stairs.....

My boss and his general incompetence.......

Fog / Frost / Snow / Ice and peoples inability to cope with it.

I could go on, and maybe tomorrow i shall