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Bah! Humbug! Thread

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Walked to Sainsbury's as usual this morning ( I always get there for 10am on Sunday and if I'm early I walk round the block until it opens) and there was a huge queue to get in at 9:55. I did extra walks around the block until the queue had cleared. I'm really lucky that it's only 3/4 mile away so I don't have to use the car except for the big weekly shop. I realise not everyone has that luxury.
 
My bah humbugs recently

People who park in disabled spots without blue badges.......and usually say im only going to be a minute......dont care, move it.....ive become a bit of a parking nazi since i got my own blue badge

Supermarkets full stop.......esoecially ones that started playing xmas music in november.......people with trollys that just stop and chat in the most awkward places.......if you want to chat bugger off to the cafe

Just call me victor meldrew
 
silver minion said:
My other half would not fit in a Fiat 500. He barely managed to fit in my mini cooper on the very odd occasion I would let him drive it.
I'm afraid we drive a biggish SUV but as we live in very rural Lincolnshire, the roads are pretty awful. Plus our driveway gradient is approx 1:4 with a raised hump in the middle.
The new neighbours removals truck managed to ground itself.😱
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Well I might be prepared to give you an exemption then! However, your "Mini Cooper" would have to be crushed, I'm afraid, unless it's a 'real' Mini Cooper, rather than a modern imitation that has no connection at all with John Cooper.
silver minion said:
My other half would not fit in a Fiat 500. He barely managed to fit in my mini cooper on the very odd occasion I would let him drive it.
I'm afraid we drive a biggish SUV but as we live in very rural Lincolnshire, the roads are pretty awful. Plus our driveway gradient is approx 1:4 with a raised hump in the middle.
The new neighbours removals truck managed to ground itself.😱
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paultrose said:
My bah humbugs recently

People who park in disabled spots without blue badges.......and usually say im only going to be a minute......dont care, move it.....ive become a bit of a parking nazi since i got my own blue badge

Supermarkets full stop.......esoecially ones that started playing xmas music in november.......people with trollys that just stop and chat in the most awkward places.......if you want to chat bugger off to the cafe

Just call me victor meldrew
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If I saw someone without a Blue Badge in a space I'd take a photo of their car and report them, so that hopefully they'd have to spend Christmas in prison. My mother has a Blue Badge for my car and really needs those spaces.

I also hate people who get their trolleys in the way - especially people who keep their trolleys next to them when they're searching through items on shelves. What terrible thing do you think will happen if you leave your trolley a few yards away from you, out of the way? Are you worried that someone will steal your broccoli?
 
CliffH said:
Well I might be prepared to give you an exemption then! However, your "Mini Cooper" would have to be crushed, I'm afraid, unless it's a 'real' Mini Cooper, rather than a modern imitation that has no connection at all with John Cooper.
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It was a BMW mini.but I loved it. Hubby is happy he has an exemption. He is not someone to be trifled with.20220607_125352.jpg20220607_125352.jpg
 
CliffH said:
He can have my mum's Blue Badge space!
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Don't know how I managed to post the photo twice. o_O . Funnily enough he will be applying for a blue badge after Christmas because of his COPD. Sometimes he struggles to walk the length of our driveway.
 
silver minion said:
Don't know how I managed to post the photo twice. o_O . Funnily enough he will be applying for a blue badge after Christmas because of his COPD. Sometimes he struggles to walk the length of our driveway.
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Well he still looks like someone not to be trifled (or mince pied) with.
 
CliffH said:
Well he still looks like someone not to be trifled (or mince pied) with.
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Great to go shopping with. Just load him up with a few shopping bags and the crowds just part to let him through. I tuck in behind him and don't get jostled at all.
 
silver minion said:
Great to go shopping with. Just load him up with a few shopping bags and the crowds just part to let him through. I tuck in behind him and don't get jostled at all.
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He reminds me of Willie John McBride (the Lions rugby captain from the 1970s): "like a charging water buffalo".

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CliffH said:
He reminds me of Willie John McBride (the Lions rugby captain from the 1970s): "like a charging water buffalo".
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He is an ex rugby player. Not professional though. Played Flanker. Also did Tug of War when he was in the army. Won medals at the Royal Tournament in the early 80s
 
silver minion said:
He is an ex rugby player. Not professional though. Played Flanker. Also did Tug of War when he was in the army. Won medals at the Royal Tournament in the early 80s
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I'm not surprised! I never made it beyond school level: I was a prop forward but then the other boys started outgrowing me .
 
silver minion said:
He is an ex rugby player. Not professional though. Played Flanker. Also did Tug of War when he was in the army. Won medals at the Royal Tournament in the early 80s
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If he was a flanker, he could have been Tom David in The Try!

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My grumble is people who reverse into parking spaces and take 3 or 4 goes at it holding everybody up whilst they mess about.
 
Leadinglights said:
My grumble is people who reverse into parking spaces and take 3 or 4 goes at it holding everybody up whilst they mess about.
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I don't like people who manage to park actually on the white line dividing parking spaces. I always aim to park next to them properly in my space but in such a way as to make it difficult for them to get into their car. That'll teach them!
 
I think we should spare a thought for the overworked leading up to this season? Just been tracking an Amazon parcel & I thought I’d walk up the road & find the delivery van “1 stop away.” (Save some time. It had been an hour in one spot.) I found the van with the hazards on blocking a neighbour’s drive with the driver wiping his face when I shone the torch in. “Oh” he said, “I’ll move it.” No worry’s I’m a customer tracking you. “Oh. I felt unwell & my colleague has just pick up the stuff & gone back to the depot. I’m just getting air before I go home.” I know the places round here are hard to find. I somehow felt the route was the straw that broke the camel’s back? I felt sorry for the guy.
 
Today's Bah Humbug is about a bill I got on Friday. Going through it I have a query and have tried to call them a number of times this morning without success. Although I have chosen "Pay Your Bill" and "Enquiries" a number of times the first cuts out after a period and the second rings before going to a full VM box! I better not get a "Pay Now or Else" later in the week or they will get an ear bashing as I have had my fill of companies that are near impossible to contact if you have a query with websites that never answer your query! :(
 
myba humbug
people who dont make allowences for you space wise if you are disabled ie use a wheelchair/mobiliy scooter
Biggest one people who stop in the isles with their shopping trollys blocking the wayjust so that they can have a gossip I have been knowen to use indies horn and shout loudly excuse me disabled person coming though
Rant over
 
MikeyBikey said:
Today's Bah Humbug is about a bill I got on Friday. Going through it I have a query and have tried to call them a number of times this morning without success. Although I have chosen "Pay Your Bill" and "Enquiries" a number of times the first cuts out after a period and the second rings before going to a full VM box! I better not get a "Pay Now or Else" later in the week or they will get an ear bashing as I have had my fill of companies that are near impossible to contact if you have a query with websites that never answer your query! :(
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I find that the bigger the company the worse their customer service is. Does the company you are trying to contact have a chat icon on their website? You usually get a chatbot at first but they will pass you onto a real person. Plus the contact information is all recorded.
Good luck Mikey
 
gail2 said:
myba humbug
people who dont make allowences for you space wise if you are disabled ie use a wheelchair/mobiliy scooter
Biggest one people who stop in the isles with their shopping trollys blocking the wayjust so that they can have a gossip I have been knowen to use indies horn and shout loudly excuse me disabled person coming though
Rant over
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Good for you Gail! Never stop ranting :star:
 
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