Pet Peeves

[Ducky]

People who follow a satrical page, yet don't understand satire in the slightest.

[Trev]

The poxy engine warning light coming up on the drive to the NCT. Thought it'd be tight enough to get a pass anyway but no chance now.

Feels like I'm pumping a couple hundred into it every few months as it is, probably just need to bite the bullet and get a new one

[Ollkiller]

The poxy engine warning light coming up on the drive to the NCT. Thought it'd be tight enough to get a pass anyway but no chance now.

Feels like I'm pumping a couple hundred into it every few months as it is, probably just need to bite the bullet and get a new one

When they turn into a money pit get rid of it.
I had the nct last week and went to clean the inside of the car and the passenger door wouldn't open. 2 hours of clicking on/off while yanking from outside and inside. Would it fuck open. Drove to the nct centre and tried once more and opened just before yer man took it in. Sometimes life ain't shit 

[The Heretic]

Engine management lights are a cunt, once mine was on for the guts of a year, took it to a few garages and none could figure it out, swapped various parts, no difference, they could turn it off then it would come back on a few hours/days later, complete pain in the hole and the NCT was well overdue at that stage.

So the garage man gave me the device to turn the light off and chance the NCT, they took it in and sure as fuck the light came on and they refused to test it, explained my situation and they refused to budge, so I said if the light was off will you continue with the test they said well yes in a kind of "where the fuck are you going with this" way, so I went outside, turned the light off then told them to retest and it passed, I think it was more my attitude that got me through has well as I was fit to be tied at that stage, 6 months later I took it to a garage who had specialised testing equipment and he found the issue, a broken wire.

[Jward]

What a dose!

Things can be over-engineered

Bring back the Model-T!

[Ollkiller]

What a dose!

Things can be over-engineered

Bring back the Model-T!

This 100%. Old cars had none of this plugging the car into a laptop bullshit. Also wtf have they made changing light bulbs in cars so fucking hard compared to years ago.

[Maggot Colony]

I had a bad job interview this morning where I was asked what I think the values of the civil service are, and how I exemplify those values...or some shite like that. I had to restrain myself from running out of the room.

[Ollkiller]

I had a bad job interview this morning where I was asked what I think the values of the civil service are, and how I exemplify those values...or some shite like that. I had to restrain myself from running out of the room.

You should have bullshitted your way through it. Civil service jobs beat working in the private sector all always long.

[Ducky]

Not so much these days. I've two friends and a family member in three very different departments and they all hate it. I was there for a year and was genuinely one of the worst jobs I've ever had. May as well have hung a sign that read "Bhopal" above the office door, it was that toxic.

[astfgyl]

While we're on the subject of cars and peeves, my timing chain snapped the other day and the engine is gone for good.

I fucking loved that car and I'm pure sad about it. We'd been through so much together

[Ducky]

Barely slept a wink and off to the Rory Gallagher festival. Gonna be a lllooonnnggg day.

[Mooncat]

Fucking airlines...

My ma was just visiting. Her flightpath home is Edmonton to Calgary, then Calgary to Dublin. She's legally disabled and needs the wheelchair assistance through the airport.

Her layover time in Calgary was very short, like 50mins, and the flight ended up being delayed because of stormy winds so she missed the Dublin flight. They said they'd get her on a flight to England instead and then Dublin, but the winds meant she was so delayed she missed that flight too. She gets into Calgary at 10:30pm and they basically tell her to go get her suitcase and come back the next afternoon for a different flight. She tells them she can't get her case (a fully packed 50lb suitcase) as she needs assistance. Also will they help her with a hotel. They basically just say no to all and fuck you and now this disabled old lady is stranded in a foreign city airport having to try and manage a heavy suitcase and sort out a hotel at her own expense. Luckily she got some random to help with the case and there was a helpful staff at a customer service desk who helped her get a hotel and a taxi, but fucking hell it was enraging. They basically said 'the weather is beyond our control, not our problem'. Genuinely makes me want to find a Westjet office somewhere and burn it down.

[Snare]

Jesus, that treatment is beyond contempt  Fair play to those who weren't found wanting though

[Eoin McLove]

Shocking customer service. Unbelievable.

[astfgyl]

When I'm having a pure simple pleasure of a night but I suddenly remember there's work in the morning