what grinds your gears

nick... · Jun 13, 2018

I visited them today at cereals and had a moan.the chaps i talked too coukd not care less and said it was due to fraud and drug money laundering and told me it is coming for private accounts too.i asked how i coukd prove were money came yo start a business if it was several generations ago and they did not really care and one was very arrogant.luckily talking to barclays they were keen to come out and discuss things and said they would be pleased to help out.
Nick...

Hard Graft · Jun 13, 2018

when you put something somewere safe, then when you need it you can neaver find it
in this case the controler for the weedswipe

roscoe erf · Jun 13, 2018

7610 super q said:
Why is everybody part of a " crack " team these days ?
A crack team of IT consultants.
A crack team of gardeners.
A crack team of wallpaperers.

" In 1972, a crack team of wallpaperers was sent to prison for a crime they did not commit. These wallpaperers promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground........"

Drug dealers are part of a crack team

melted welly · Jun 13, 2018

Toddlers and tv remotes.

Rescued it recently from bin, washing machine, bin again and then hedge, but now alas after an hour of fruitless searching I think he's finally succeeded in ridding the household of access to the idiot box.

holwellcourtfarm · Jun 13, 2018

melted welly said:
Toddlers and tv remotes.

Rescued it recently from bin, washing machine, bin again and then hedge, but now alas after an hour of fruitless searching I think he's finally succeeded in ridding the household of access to the idiot box.

Make a note to return the favour with whatever device his life revolves around when he's a teenager

PaulNix · Jun 13, 2018

melted welly said:
Toddlers and tv remotes.

Rescued it recently from bin, washing machine, bin again and then hedge, but now alas after an hour of fruitless searching I think he's finally succeeded in ridding the household of access to the idiot box.

Nephew put my fathers remote in someones handbag, it ended up 60 miles away and TV stuck on judge judy all night

smcapstick · Jun 13, 2018

Messers.

Messer #1: Calls last Wednesday, definitely wants the thing but must speak the the business partner first.
Calls again in Friday, definitely wants the thing. Business partner phones up, too - definitely wants the thing. They both want the thing dismantled for transport, though... and the thing is a BIG thing.
I tell them I’ll dismantle it when it’s paid for.
They grumble, twist, twine... give it the old ‘we don’t want to pay for it until we’ve seen it’ line. Blah blah blah... but they eventually agree to pay, so I send them an invoice with BACS details. They’ll pay the invoice immediately and collect Wednesday (this Wednesday, today).
Lo and behold, no payment Friday.
No payment Monday.
No payment Tuesday... but a call to say their man would be here in the morning.
Wednesday (today) arrives. No lorry, no payment, no call.

Good job I didn’t take the thing to bits, eh?

Messer #2: Calls every other day for three weeks solid, trying to buy half of a thing I have for sale. Call after call, text after text. If I’m late replying, he calls or texts again. Plus several messages on eBay.
This guy is a real pain - he wants s the serial number of this tiny component. He wants the year of manufacture of that bolt. He wants s the length of the gap between cable ties holding two bits together. It was insufferable.
We finally get round to invoicing. It’s sent, then... nothing.
A week goes by (bare in mind that he was DESPERATE for this thing, hence the zillion calls) so a send him a message. Nothing. I call him. Nothing.
Get a text, today. Reckons his tractor has literally exploded and that he needs to sell it, so no need for the bits.
Splendid.

I love my job.

marcot · Jun 13, 2018

7610 super q said:
Why is everybody part of a " crack " team these days ?
A crack team of IT consultants.
A crack team of gardeners.
A crack team of wallpaperers.

" In 1972, a crack team of wallpaperers was sent to prison for a crime they did not commit. These wallpaperers promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground........" [emoji23]

Porn stars have a lot of crack in their team ....

DrWazzock · Jun 13, 2018

nick... said:
I visited them today at cereals and had a moan.the chaps i talked too coukd not care less and said it was due to fraud and drug money laundering and told me it is coming for private accounts too.i asked how i coukd prove were money came yo start a business if it was several generations ago and they did not really care and one was very arrogant.luckily talking to barclays they were keen to come out and discuss things and said they would be pleased to help out.
Nick...

I find it really does stretch credibility to say it's for anti money laundering reasons. We have verified our identities and we sometimes pay cash into the account. Nobody at the bank has ever asked us where we get that cash from. It's ludicrous of them to think that these measures will stop money laundering. All these measures do is cause inconvenience for longstanding customers and drive them away, which I think might be the real intention.

Slippery Slope · Jun 13, 2018

smcapstick said:
Messers.

Messer #1: Calls last Wednesday, definitely wants the thing but must speak the the business partner first.
Calls again in Friday, definitely wants the thing. Business partner phones up, too - definitely wants the thing. They both want the thing dismantled for transport, though... and the thing is a BIG thing.
I tell them I’ll dismantle it when it’s paid for.
They grumble, twist, twine... give it the old ‘we don’t want to pay for it until we’ve seen it’ line. Blah blah blah... but they eventually agree to pay, so I send them an invoice with BACS details. They’ll pay the invoice immediately and collect Wednesday (this Wednesday, today).
Lo and behold, no payment Friday.
No payment Monday.
No payment Tuesday... but a call to say their man would be here in the morning.
Wednesday (today) arrives. No lorry, no payment, no call.

Good job I didn’t take the thing to bits, eh?

Messer #2: Calls every other day for three weeks solid, trying to buy half of a thing I have for sale. Call after call, text after text. If I’m late replying, he calls or texts again. Plus several messages on eBay.
This guy is a real pain - he wants s the serial number of this tiny component. He wants the year of manufacture of that bolt. He wants s the length of the gap between cable ties holding two bits together. It was insufferable.
We finally get round to invoicing. It’s sent, then... nothing.
A week goes by (bare in mind that he was DESPERATE for this thing, hence the zillion calls) so a send him a message. Nothing. I call him. Nothing.
Get a text, today. Reckons his tractor has literally exploded and that he needs to sell it, so no need for the bits.
Splendid.

I love my job.

I pity you @smcapstick .Why can't people just stop wasting other people's lives with bollo###. If they want to mess about wasting their own lives then that's just dandy. It grinds my gears thinking about these morons that think the world revolves around them and what they want. Rant over.

melted welly · Jun 13, 2018

holwellcourtfarm said:
Make a note to return the favour with whatever device his life revolves around when he's a teenager

Possibly a large Panasonic tv (less a remote control) that his father insists on fitting to his bedroom ceiling so it's the last thing he sees as goes to sleep.....

milkloss · Jun 13, 2018

melted welly said:
Toddlers and tv remotes.

Rescued it recently from bin, washing machine, bin again and then hedge, but now alas after an hour of fruitless searching I think he's finally succeeded in ridding the household of access to the idiot box.

My little toad managed to make a Cheque book disappear. One for a share club that I’m supposed to be a responsible treasurer of, the night before I’m supposed to write 15 members a dividend cheque of 2k each. Embarrassing to say the least.

Serves me right for teaching her to tidy her own crap into the bin I suppose.

roscoe erf · Jun 14, 2018

holwellcourtfarm said:
Make a note to return the favour with whatever device his life revolves around when he's a teenager

Wouldn’t that involve surgery

nick... · Jun 14, 2018

DrWazzock said:
I find it really does stretch credibility to say it's for anti money laundering reasons. We have verified our identities and we sometimes pay cash into the account. Nobody at the bank has ever asked us where we get that cash from. It's ludicrous of them to think that these measures will stop money laundering. All these measures do is cause inconvenience for longstanding customers and drive them away, which I think might be the real intention.

Last time i withdrew cash in my local bank was 11years ago and the last time i went in.id paid in £10k of business cheques and girl on counter says can i help you with anything else.yes i say,can i have £3k in cash.she said have i any id.i said id just f-in paid you 10 grand and i had 6people queing behind me and she was very embarrised.i removed several credit cards,driving licence and tax card and another licence from my wallet and threw em across the counter.i was well angry and called the powers to be to tell them.
Nick...

7610 super q · Jun 14, 2018

Messers # 3

Someone posts an add wanting hay on FB.
I reply to the add saying, I've got some hay.
" Tidy I'll have some "
Send my address and phone number.
Someone else posts with some hay for sale.
Messer starts asking them questions.
All goes quiet.

A deal is a deal surely ?

nick... · Jun 14, 2018

Pretty typical of those wanting stuff on facebook.not work bothering in my opinion.allways ends up say must deliver and must be cheap regardless what it is
Nick...

smcapstick · Jun 14, 2018

I find Facebook to be full of kids and dole-types. Lot's of 'best price pal' etc.

7610 super q · Jun 14, 2018

" wud u take £12 m8 ?"

But I've got it advertised for £20,000...................

smcapstick · Jun 14, 2018

7610 super q said:
" wud u take £12 m8 ?"

But I've got it advertised for £20,000...................

"£12 qwid cash 2day"

That's a common one. I bet if you said yes, they'd go deathly silent!

7610 super q · Jun 14, 2018

smcapstick said:
"£12 qwid cash 2day"

That's a common one. I bet if you said yes, they'd go deathly silent!

Might have to post this on my adds in future..

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