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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 09:24 AM
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well for me its when the customer drives there car into the work shop parks up and walks out then when i go running after them they say "yea but the car is booked in for an mot!!!!"


and i all way say if you has an appointment with the doctor would you walk strate into the surgery or would you go to reception first??????

to witch they get the hump lol

what gets you lot then??
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 09:27 AM
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has to be hardly anyone talking english, in my eyes the biggest health and safety concern is lack of english, if theres a fire on site and mr polish dude is saying 'fire' in polish or something falls how the fuck would i understand???
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 09:29 AM
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has to be hardly anyone talking english, in my eyes the biggest health and safety concern is lack of english, if theres a fire on site and mr polish dude is saying 'fire' in polish or something falls how the fuck would i understand???
i would hope you no what fire looks like buy now mate?
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 09:30 AM
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The fact that I get an endless supply of free fresh out of the oven biscuits and because of that I now am sick of them
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 09:31 AM
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when i was in my last job it was trying to get hold of the kids social workers and always leaving messages but them never ringing back
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 09:32 AM
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seeing millions of pounds,, and its not mine LOL
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 09:32 AM
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useless cunts getting paid more than you, and me being expected to do the work of 4 men cause said useless cunts cant do the work.

And when you put your ntice in your suddenly worth more money and big pay rises are offered to keep you, if the company is offering it now then i must be worth it so why dont they just pay you that in the first place
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by ** T **
when i was in my last job it was trying to get hold of the kids social workers and always leaving messages but them never ringing back
its all true true these days sadly, that poor baby p wouldnt have died if social workers had done thier jobs .
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 09:37 AM
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 09:38 AM
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Im self employed, i love my work.

nothing "gets" me.

No collegues to get pissed off with, no boss to winge about, Only hard part is convincing the customer that they want to give you their money
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 09:39 AM
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Its not at work.... but to do with work.

TAX

drives me nuts. pay so so so much and I see it wasted on stuff like health care for unemployed immigrants or giving single mums with 9 kids from 10 fathers huge mansions and plasmsa tvs....

ARGGGGGGHHHHH
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 09:45 AM
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what annoys me about work is having to get up and go there every morning.....
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Porkie
Its not at work.... but to do with work.

TAX

drives me nuts. pay so so so much and I see it wasted on stuff like health care for unemployed immigrants or giving single mums with 9 kids from 10 fathers huge mansions and plasmsa tvs....

ARGGGGGGHHHHH
same here really, when people are prepared to work and are genuinly ill etc fair enough, but theres soo many ponses it just drives me mad. why do we house immigrants instead of deporting them?

I honestly dont know how people can want to be umemployed for soo long, its driving me mad being off for just 2 weeks at the moment due to wrist as i really want to be working and earning
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Originally Posted by Porkie
Its not at work.... but to do with work.

TAX

drives me nuts. pay so so so much and I see it wasted on stuff like health care for unemployed immigrants or giving single mums with 9 kids from 10 fathers huge mansions and plasmsa tvs....

ARGGGGGGHHHHH
Don't.........im dreading the end of january

"bend over now shall i?"
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Alps Pacino

And when you put your ntice in your suddenly worth more money and big pay rises are offered to keep you, if the company is offering it now then i must be worth it so why dont they just pay you that in the first place
that has ALWAYS got me, only a idiot would stay after that too as they aint EVER gonna get higher in life, my old place used to pay there staff MORE than most competion if you are about to leave,,,, but thats it you never get fuck all and when you try for other jobs you get questioned why you wanna take a pay cut to leave ect

but thats also how business works,,,, buy for what you can get and sell for what its worth
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 11:21 AM
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oh and companys who only pay SSP to staff,,,,, fucking anoying cause when your at work your there trying to do as much as you can to make the bosses rich,,,, when your ill they SHOULD be looking after you rather than " fuck him, hes not making me any cash today"

though theres a reason why im pissed off about this,,,,, cause im off work with a infection in my mouth and not being paied for it pmsl
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 11:22 AM
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What annoys me about work? Being there!
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 11:23 AM
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 11:28 AM
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having to sometimes work an afternoon
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 11:31 AM
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new mangaers that come in above me and think they know more than me

thet are "CUNTS"
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 11:31 AM
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Love my job, HATE Bath though (Where the office is)

Postcard beautiful city, crawling with crackheads and alcholics. Way worse than Manchester, seriously!


Not to mention horrific parking prices.

Shit place.
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 11:45 AM
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having to get up at 6 to go there

having to deal with electronics engineers that get paid £35+ an hour and have no mechanical sympathy or basic working knowledge of an engine.

the crap coffee from the vending machine
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 11:52 AM
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the amount of cash in this office, theres thousands scattered about and it could be sat there for weeks before anyone does anything with it
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 11:53 AM
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and jews, sorry if you are jewish but i hate ringing them and trying to make a simple appointment
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 12:08 PM
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There is nothing i like about my job !
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 12:16 PM
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My job docker/crane driver..... WAY too many cheifs and not enough indians!!

And most of the cheifs have never steped onto a boat or worked hard in there life and telling me how to drive a crane....you come fooking do it then!
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 12:33 PM
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Backstabbing children.
Guys getting treated like Mini Me, inc promotions even though they are arrogant tw@ts.

You can tell I just handed my notice in today!
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 12:37 PM
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People who get stroppy and angry with me when I cant fix their car at the roadside.

Had a guy raring up at me the other month with a VW passat which had thrown a rod through the block, explained that there was nothing I could do to fix it and that I would recover him to the garage. He wasnt happy with that, got really angry and aggressive towards me and said that we're supposed to be able to fix everything! Told him to stop shouting at me or I would leave him where he was and be stranded. After a while, went to get in my van and drive off. Surprise surprise, his attitude soon changed!

I hate being a verbal punchbag just because the people i go to are having aproblem with the car and need to take it out on someone.

And being in the cold, shitty weather!
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i hate people that think they' re smart than you but they are stupid as fuck and telling you how to do your job
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Fiesta_ie
i hate people that think they' re smart than you but they are stupid as fuck and telling you how to do your job
we have them people where i work, we refer to them as, customers
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 12:51 PM
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Being treated like a jobsworth by boring and clueless suburbanites....

I deal with a lot of the company car servicing and the AMOUNT of self important yuppy pricks who treat the cars like dogshit then want to blast me for their tidy excess bill. Gets pretty annoying getting shouted out by a Topman suit 5 days of the week. Funny bit is how many of them find out how expendable they are when they get cars whipped off them in just under a service, reality hits like a bare metal pad on a warped disc
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Cossie Helen
There is nothing i like about my job !
I'm with Helen
if i didn't have to i wouldn't ever ever work - it's bollox

My main gripe is working with people who absolutely no integrity and will try any scam they can to get their way - whether it be in sales, credit control or parts of accounting
Just do things decently ffs
i might hate work but i will not settle for a bad job with anything, unlike some i work with past and present
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 01:17 PM
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i love to work because i love cars but i don´t like people anoying you everytime
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 01:43 PM
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1) Office politics pisses me off big style. Go to work, do the job, go home. Its only a small part of your life for fucks sake.

2) Inept fucking Indians I work with who think they understand how Active Directory works because they once read an NT4 book and know the difference between a PDC and a BDC, Arseholes Stop telling me the fault pal cos the server your talking about hasn't existed for 10 years YOU CUNT!!!!
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the ginger fire knackerd prick touching my fan at work pisses me off, i just get it set up nice for me and he turns it onto sweep so he scrounges some cooling lol. i blew up last week 35 degrees working in a black hummer and he turned the fan away i was so hot i blew a gasket at the ginger fooker. other than that it's not bad lol
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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 06:05 PM
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i dont mind my job, just hate working out doors layin in wet jacking up 20 ton wagons and being cold all day

and the wankstain who is so far up the boses arse he gets treated like a king and we get treated like cunts
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I enjoy my job, but when the weather is horrible it can be a pain in the arse

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Originally Posted by clarke5700
well for me its when the customer drives there car into the work shop parks up and walks out then when i go running after them they say "yea but the car is booked in for an mot!!!!"


and i all way say if you has an appointment with the doctor would you walk strate into the surgery or would you go to reception first??????

to witch they get the hump lol

what gets you lot then??
I have EXACTLY the same problem! In my workshop, the entrance is throug ha shutter and runs along side the office before opening out into the full workshop area. When we drive in or pull cars in we drive in, pull round to the right and park, leaving the access clear.

99% of my customers think a) it's fine to just drive in without a word to anyone - DESPITE the NUMEROUS signs that say the point after the shutter is authorised personal only, no public - and worse still, think B) they can pull into the bit alongside the office and stop there, blatently blocking the whole workshop and stopping anyone going in and out!

Others seem to think they should pull up to the shutter and stop there, again, blocking people from getting in or out!

I mean, how fucking dumb do you need to be! Considering that outside the windows of my unit are three parking bays, all clearly marked, and a fuck off sign on the door saying RECEPTION, with another fuck off sign on the wall next to the shutter saying "ALL CUSTOMERS GO TO RECEPTION" along with a sign at each parking bay with fucking arrows POINTING you to reception!

Yet they STILL do it day in and day out!

Thats pet hate number one.....

Pet hate number two is people that think appointments don't apply to them. Prime example this morning. I ring up customer at half 8 - who's booked in for the first appointment, and explain that it's raining and I need them to drive in to have the work done. I give directions, the guy asked clearly when should he come in, and I CLEARLY stated straight away as he's my first appointment. I think my exact words were "come in straight away, so I can get it done straight away for you". Quarter to 10 I ring him up (he lives 3 miles away) and he's still at home. He says "Oh, I was gonna leave at 10am after the traffic dies down" FFS, which part of "straight away" do you not understand??!?!?!?!"

Same with virtually ALL the customers I have booked in to have work done in the branch - we give them on the hour appointments - ie, 9am, 10am, 11am, etc etc. Yet they still turn up at quarter past, 20 past, half past - sometimes several HOURS late, and then get miffed when I tell them they won't be getting their car done as they are late and missed their slot! Some give it the "oh, well we were told BETWEEN 9 and 10" Yeah, you turn up at 9 and I work on your car between 9 and 10, so it's ready for you at 10

Third pet hate: people who drive their car in - into a business that WORKS ON CARS - and then close all the windows and lock it up and walk off with the keys! I mean FFS!

Finally - those that come down to have work done, and you do the inspection etc on the vehicle, explain to them that it will take say an hour or 2hrs etc, find out if they are going to be waiting there the whole time etc, then ask for their keys, and they insist on taking the ONE car key off their entire bunch of keys. I mean, when your 5 miles from home and it's pissing down outside, and all you are going to be doing for the next hour is sitting in reception - WTF do you need your house keys, your bike lock key and your gym locker key for?!?!?! GIMME THE DAMN BUNCH!!!!



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Dont mind it on the whole.

Although waiting for people to pay gets my goat - one example, we done £800 worth of work for a bigish local company over a month ago, and the fuckers have only paid £400 to date - that annoys me, but i guess its just business, they will pay im sure but when, no one knows

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