What's upsetting you today?

[DanaC]

Not upsetting per se - more pissing me off - but I can't be arsed trying to find the other thread and this one popped up on New Posts.

The reason I can't be arsed looking is the reason I am posting. Phone and internet are suffering some sort of intermittent fault. They were down completely for a couple of hours yesterday and they were both down again when I got up this morning and didn't start working again until about 10:30. In betweemn the total outages every thing is a bit rocky. Phone calls have a lot of background hiss and my connection is cooky as hell.

I hate not having stable internet. It's been really quite well-behaved just lately and I got lulled into a false sense of security and then it remembered it's in a semi-rural Yorkshire village and reverted to type.

Actually, I think there's a problem at the exchange because a few other people are having problems and I can't get through to TalkTalk for love nor money because they are experiencing high call volumes. In theory I can go to their website and view current system problems and ongoing outtages across the network - but their site is a delicate flower and cannot load without the full trimmings of a stable connection.

#bottomrungfirstworldproblems

[BigV]

35-0

Then 35-7

There goes the shutout.

[busterb]

F!!@### paypal. Sis sent me a few bucks. Well it didn't show up. After all the Bs, I had to transfer it from their account to my bank. So they have been using that money for a few day. Which just might be big money over time.

[anonymous]

When you're really, really upset and you know no-one can help/definitely not the person in front of you, but someone bugs you to tell them anyway and eventually you think what do I have to lose? So you tell them and then they say back off like you have the plague

[sexobon]

Lump of coal for Christmas.

[DanaC]

Originally Posted by anonymous

When you're really, really upset and you know no-one can help/definitely not the person in front of you, but someone bugs you to tell them anyway and eventually you think what do I have to lose? So you tell them and then they say back off like you have the plague

Shit - that sounds rough.

[Griff]

yeah it does

[classicman]

Yikes. Hope it all works out.

[BigV]

I'm upset by people who park their cars illegally in handicapped spaces. Like the asshole right over there. I'm at the grocery store, and off work, no particular place to go, etc. It's a new Toyota Corolla, with standard license plates and no placard hanging from the rear view mirror, nor on the dash, nothing.

I'm just gonna sit here and wait for them to return to their car. I will make abundantly clear that he's parked illegally. I fucking hate it.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Don't assume it's a he. It could be someone who forgot to hang the placard or so old and feeble they couldn't hang it properly and it fell when they closed the door.

Just to be sure, shoot them on site... and steal their groceries.

[BigV]

I don't really give a rip about their gender, it's just a common pronoun convention. I've seen female assholes do the same shit, so to speak.

As for being too feeble to hang the tag, fine maybe. But it's still illegal, even if they're entitled. How else is a vigilante like me supposed to tell the ass holes from the merely dumb asses?

[xoxoxoBruce]

How else is a vigilante like me supposed to tell the ass holes from the merely dumb asses?

I told you...

Just to be sure, shoot them on site... and steal their groceries.

OK, I misspell sight, sorry.

[DanaC]

Maybe they have mobility issues, but have not yet acquired the tag. Maybe they have mobility issues that aren't properly covered by the scheme. I know over here some people have struggled to get parking badges for stuff like ME or intermittently severe sciatica, or whilst recovering from injury.

They may need the space without being legally entitled to occupy it.

Or they're inconsiderate twats.

Difficult to say without knowing their story :P

[glatt]

Yeah, so who was it?

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by DanaC

They may need the space without being legally entitled to occupy it.

I need a free bus pass. I'm not legally entitled to it (thanks ATOS!)
See how far that gets me with a bus driver.

After my Dad had his knee replacement he couldn't walk without a stick for weeks or without pain for longer. He still refused to use Grandad's disabled parking badge unless Grandad was in the car with him. I have little patience with people who abuse those spaces.

That said, I remember having a bit of a row with Rkzenrage, who believed if you could walk around a supermarket you should not be entitled to a badge...