Minor Rant Thread - Part 9

[Dorothy rouse]

My minor rant above ( re new boiler) has turned into a possible 'major rant', as insurance company are not going to fund almost whole cost of new one, just the cost of the 'part', had it still been available, it isn't ! Etc etc . Meanwhile good thing it's summer, and not winter, good old kettle has become a thing of beauty, and is being well used!


DottyR

[Glutton4...]

The house I've found, being found by someone else, first.

[alldigging]

The house I've found, being found by someone else, first.

Not winning the lottery so can't afford to buy the house I like...
I've had a couple I would have loved slip away SSTC and I've not won the millions I need yet.

[Glutton4...]

Not winning the lottery so can't afford to buy the house I like...
I've had a couple I would have loved slip away SSTC and I've not won the millions I need yet.

Having just started a business, we can't get a mortgage, but even the rental market is nuts!

I did buy a ticket...

[Glutton4...]

Crossing your ankles, when sitting at the desk...
Whilst wearing Hiking boots...
The kind with metal hooks for the laces...


Pushed chair back, to get up, and nearly head-butted the Poota!

[bearded bloke]

I was gonna rant about many things but am now chuckling at the image set by G4 ^^^

[Florence Fennel]

If you have decided to come out of retirement to update a medico-legal report, surely you should have considered whether I wanted to type up said report? I'm still ill and now the bladdy printer's on the blink.

[PyreneesPlot]

Very sleepy as the next door but one village was en fete yesterday. Music and loud dj STARTED at 2am. Sound carries in these hills and valleys.

[marchogaeth]

Th0ms0n & M0rg@n (again). I spent my apology vouchers last week and made the order up to £60 with seeds to save on P&P. They sent some seeds today in one envelope. They sent a letter in a separate envelope explaining that they had reviewed their catalogue and some stuff wasn't available any more. The seeds that were missing had a catalogue value of £1.99, I've been refunded £0.53. They have obviously got some app that has calculated the exact proportion of my vouchers that goes against that pack which I find a bit petty. I'm only amazed that I've not been asked for the P&P now my order isn't over £60. Also peeved to find Kabuki calabrese no longer available as it over wintered really well for an early spring crop.

[Glutton4...]

People who read what I've posted, then add a comment telling me what I meant! NO! You stupid ignorant bleep, I meant what I wrote!

[alldigging]

Neighbour has died after a long illness.
This is horribly sad.

And then I get really angry when I hear a*sey neighbour across from here reply very loudly to his grandkid's question of 'where are you grandad' with 'I'm dead upstairs' - they've never got on but that's just vile.

[Two_Sheds]

this isn't a minor rant any more, it's been going on for a week now.

Vodafone offered himself an iPad for "£2 a month".

I said no way, check the small print: an invoice appeared: £26 a month. A total "rental" of £624, for an item that costs £430 online

[marchogaeth]

this isn't a minor rant any more, it's been going on for a week now.

Himself bought himself a Mac last month (£1800). The next week, Vodafone offered him an iPad for "£2 a month".

I said no way, check the small print. He didn't, but changed the sum to "it's £6 a month after VAT and that" (VAT would be about 40p, not £4, but I left it for a quiet life).

The thing arrived. I still smelt a rat, and said how are they making money off you at £6 a month? He denied signing a contract, but when I said I'd ring them myself, an invoice appeared.
£26 a month. A total "rental" of £624, for an item that costs £430 online, and which he doesn't even need because he's got a Mac, which he convinced me he "needed" because it would "do everything"

And now it's my fault, because he was perfectly happy believing it was £2 a month !!!

It has to be said, "OMG" - makes living with bagpipes look tame.

RANT:- Where is the "Deepest Empathy" button? It seems so wrong to press like.

[alldigging]

OK I've been told about another house you didn't deliver a leaflet to.
Am really hacked off cos this person is really really annoyed that they didn't get a leaflet and quite rightly so.
You annoying person you.
What makes it worse is I know you don't like this person, but you wouldn't have had to have any contact with them anyway so why not just deliver all the leaflets like you offered.

Who else didn't you bother with?

[Glutton4...]

Having full signal the whole time you're writing a text message, right up until you press 'send' then it disappears completely.