YES!!!

Didn't you just have a Bank Holiday last Monday? :eek:

yep worked that one too

Not quite in the 'things that make me happy' area but I don't mind working Bank Holidays, avoiding the crowds and staying out of the often miserable weather has its advantages!

On Sunday we had a burst pipe. Manage to turn water off quite quickly so not much damage really, but it still needed fixing. So I rang the insurance company...

Me: Hello, I have a burst water pipe
Company: You have home emergency cover, so that's fine. Where is the leak?
Me: We can't see it, must be under some floorboards.
Company: Ah, that means that investigative work will be required, and under clause 17.1 of the Home Emergency policy you aren't covered for that.
Me: What?!
Company: But you are covered for that under your Home Insurance policy.
Me: Great!
Company: But because of the bank holiday they are closed until Tuesday.
Me: You're joking.
Company: There is an online chat you can use on the website.
Me: And they can get it sort out a plumber before Tuesday?
Company: No.

I didn't swear, remembering it's not the person on the phone's fault, but I was very close. You can't slam a mobile down, but I did my best. My wife said I was sounding very passive aggressive!

A local plumber came and sorted it fairly quickly for £150. Now I can't be bothered to claim as we have a £75 excess.

I won't reel the stories off again but I genuinely hate the way insurance companies operate. I rarely use the word hate about anything but every experience I have had with insurance has ranged from disappointing, through every shade of rubbish to downright dishonest. If I thought I had enough years left to live and enough cash to waste I would sue the **** off our house insurer. Even the structure of the industry is designed to avoid paying out to the customer and to make it a nightmare to navigate.

Toilet paper and toilet paper holders in Premier Inns.

They are either packed so tightly that you can't get them out, so you have to dig them out. They are wafer thin, tiny squares that are released singularly, so you need several at once.

Inevitably, you run out cos you use so many.

Why don't they have bog brushes in Premier Inns. What are you meant to do when you leave a dirty great skiddie?

Mrs IOW

This morning the 10 year old iMAC crashed. Mrs IOW went into panic mode that "everything was lost" When asked what was lost she replied "passwords and everything" and we MUST get a new computer. I showed her the Old mac sitting quietly next to the crashed one and said she could use that. "No thats even older we need a new one it will be faster and better and that one wont have my passwords" I pointed out that a new one wouldnt have her paswrords either and that ALL her stuff was in the cloud so you didnt need a powerful machine as 100% of what she does is in the browser. "but it will make the browser run faster" So I offered a cheap PC if she really really really wanted one, but no she "wont know how to use that" at this point I left the room in exasperation as soon as the Imac had rebooted, telling her to write her passwords down so they can never be lost.

Don't you (or should that be doesn't the Mrs) use keychain ?? Understanding and using that should put a stop to her password stressing at least.

We are spoiled this month, we got 3 this month. 29th is the next one

Nope and if I suggest it will just all kick off again so I’m adopting the usual if I ignore it will all go away soon strategy

If you think dealing with a British insurer is bad, you want to try dealing with insurers in America, where insurance can be 10x+ the cost of in the UK and the tactics used to avoid paying out are ridiculous.

:D:p

Spanish insurers... "Hello, I have a flood in my house, can you help?"

" sorry, we dont cover you for flood caused by rain"

Caravan problems forum anybody ?

Rain=weather=Act of God.


You should have bought Act of God insurance, which will be so expensive you can't afford it. :D

Anyway what fkn rain?:love:

If someone can tell me of an insurance company that is honest and supports you I would love to move to them. Even medical. Mrs is with vitality “ I need some physio that you say I have 6 free sessions.” “No problem that will
Be £250 please” “but they are free?” Yes but you have a £250 excess “ FFs conning gits. Travel then house recommendations please.

Z list celebrities monetising mental health under the guise of "raising awareness"

There are some good intentions, but for some it just seems like its all been borne out of a meeting in their publicist's office. "Can't get you a quiz show or travelogue at the moment, so....."

You call the cleaner in!

Ponces. End of. Close thread.

That and a shït load of other things.

Hot water in a cup or glass supplied in the room and a few pours from on high usually deals with any excremental problems whatever your level of distribution or stickiness to avoid any embarassment.

Pre-treatment from the shampoo or bodywash supplied in the room will usually ensure success.

Yes I travel a lot and have a fairly sensitive stomach! :p

What is wrong with you snowflakes??

Just grab a handful of toilet paper, stick your hand in and wipe it off. You may need a couple of flushes / visits to complete the job.

I do about two 'solid' poos a year, the rest vary in consistency between liquid and a thick stew or curry, so dealing with residue is a regular occupational hazard.

Bog brushes are the most unhygienic things on the planet, nobody should have one. Unless you clean or replace the things after every single use you are basically storing a pool of festering shitty water in your bathroom.

Absolutely this :p

The towel they leave you as a shower mat suffices. Make sure you only use one side and leave that side face down on the floor when you depart.

My arse. Today I have had three poohs, all of which needed an epidural. I now have a very sore baboon’s Harris. However I do have some cream. I am a martyr to my bum.

I have three poos a day. I no longer use toilet paper at home, I just jump in the shower instead. My arsehole is pristine, you could eat your dinner off it.

Prole who don’t have bidets really shouldn’t be allowed on this BBS.

Unless you deep clean your shithole every time I wouldn't recommend it.

Guilty!

hahaha, I am seriously resisting from posting a reply hahaha

I shall not be recommending his shithole under any circumstances - regardless of whether deep-cleaned or otherwise - however I applaud your more flexible open-mindedness.

Good to know.

LOL.

The bbs has gone to shit!

Well you've got to get to the bottom so you can aim higher.

How can you close the thread when there are a shit load of other things to add to it?

People who say close thread. Where else would Hedge post if this one dissappeared?

Not even a reach around ?

We don’t want that now do we, as his posts in this thread are the bees knees

Not sure if ive complained about this before. I'm part of a global supply diversity task force at work, after being volunteered against my will by a senior manager, so I have to sit on zoom calls on Thursday evenings to discuss commercials and how we ensure our suppliers are diverse. I'm an engineer - I don't do commercials and have no interaction or influence over supplier selection; I have no idea what they're talking about the majority of the time. Everything is financials and acronym speak.

The problem is, I've left it too late to say something. They gave as all an award a few weeks ago for being part of this group. :moo:

It has to be viewed as an opportunity, Joe. A chance to influence the £numbers of a business, and £numbers are the thing that matters the most. (And diversity ia of course of increasing importance).



I think I am wearing rose-tinted specs - who wants to do Zoom meetings of any sort? - but I think that's the only good state of mind.

I am guessing your role on the group is to comment on what 'good looks like' in a fully diverse business and representing your peers. I doubt they want you to define a marketing campaign or negotiate the contract do they? Aren't they trying to engage employees through representatives in the shift to being a consciously diverse business.

The alternate is a suit does it 'top down' and then you all moan, well that's a stupid idea AND they never asked us for our opinion. It does rely on the work force engaging in it though and it doesn't sound as if they have you fully on board :)

But I bet it looks great in the annual corporate report ......

What be a "global supply diversity task force"?

Tsk tsk. They are a force tasked with ensuring diversity in supplies, globally.

It's never too late and, personally, I'd ask loads of questions like ".. so how does that feed into our aims for diversity?"... and I always ask people what the acronyms they're using mean, if I don't know. But, while I don't care what people think about me, I do accept that doing so can cause quite a lot of resentment from people who are insecure or rely on blagging and bloviating. On the other hand, you find them out pretty quickly and anyone authentic / self-possessed enjoys those challenges. Good luck, Joe.

Fuxake. I am clearly more stupid than the mutant bastard offspring of the BBS' dago expat Peters.

Well done for finally realising it.

Indeed.

To us dago expats it was pretty obvious what "global supply diversity task force" was.

This from Martin H was a massive clue if wcb had bothered to read the other posts first 'But I bet it looks great in the annual corporate report'

I did post a little while back about little rural englanders not really having much of a grasp of the World outside their own (dis)comfort zone. Wcb said it was bollox. Case closed, me thinks.

Proof, if it were needed, that you are an absolute rotter. And a c~nt.

u can get bent 2 lol

Grate bantz.

I still have no idea what a “global supply diversity task force” is.

Well, you know what a task force is? And you know what global supplies are ? And you surely know what diversity is?

Just a matter of putting all that together. HTH.

Its a task force set up to look at how to improve the supply of global diversity. Forced interbreeding, deporting people to random locations, that sort of thing.

The Burundi scheme or whatever it’s called?

It is ensuring we get all our cabbages from different countries across the world with the orders split out to as many countries and regions within those countries as possible.

Typo.

Supplier* not supply. Oops.

Tut tut. You made me bullshit.

We need to know if Joe's firm are global suppliers or if they employ the services of other firms globally to supply.

They’re a global investment bank, although our “taskforce” is concerned only with realty. It’s incredibly shit and boring.

I guess the answer is both.

I sacked off the zoom call, btw, and played Dark Souls 2 instead.

While I’m here: Dark Souls 2.

I have that, unplayed. Does it annoy you because it is so damned hard?

Though not as hard as short people and high shelves, which I understand is a problem globally that needs zooming in on.

It’s actually not too difficult. Just frustrating. Good game though. I’ve been trying to platinum the series on PS5. I’ve finished Demon Souls, Bloodborne, Dark Souls and Elden Ring. All that remains is DS2 and 3.

Picked up the trilogy box set from Amazon for £30. Good deal, I think.

I have no idea what you’re talking about.

This sounds like Klingon to me as I have to admit I never played video games.

That would be a great entry for this...

It just means Joe (and a group of colleagues) is tasked with ensuring his business buys lots of the same type of products from different companies all over the world. I reckon. :D
Hasn't anyone told them that cost is important?

Haha, sounds good

Just tried to update my method of payment on my dartford crossing account and despite using account number and password it kept signing me out. Finally phoned and they informed me they closed the account in November due to limited use. They said an email should have been sent to say this but it wasn’t. They said I should receive a refund cheque in next few weeks which is an amazing coincidence after me phoning. Looking online it seems they have done this to a lot of others who have also not been informed or been given a refund. Almost like a government scam when the crossing is a gov.uk site. Be warned.

Penfold loves diversity, but not so much now the little fella that seemed so bendy has grown up a bit.

I understand that the game arc for most of those is dependent on the player constantly dying.

There was some funny animated videos based on that - and Diablo.

LOL. Sounds like they picked the right person for the Zoom call.

I could do with some extra cash - how about sub-contracting the task out to me.

They sound like a fun listen and I have bookmarked the page.

This drew my attention....Les Dennis tries cheese for the first time??? WTF How is that even possible?

:D

It’s variable but some of them are really good. Hope you enjoy.

Email Junk mail.

Need to hire a secretary just to check through it these days.

I wouldn’t bother but so many important emails have slipped into there.

I'm with you there. Just checked. 252 of the feckers in the last 5 days. Seems someone has matched with me each of the last 5 days running on Tinder. Never been where near the cesspit. Should be a law against it.

As you say, need to check though just in case something important has been diverted there. No real stuff there this time though.

Yet another prick that thinks they don't need to use their indicators when turning right on a roundabout

Soz

I seem to get a lot of junk mail offering me an extension to my member.

Can give a man a complex

Be careful Bubbs there seems to be a helluva lot of cowboy builders out there.

Anyone that puts super in front of what they're saying is a super c*nt.

They're getting quite good at targeting adds nowadays !

Politicians, usually Tories, who complain about the decline of The Party, when their concern should about the decline of the country.

Motorway driving when it's busy or in roadworks.
My god, there are so many dickheads about.

That should go on a thread called "Things that make you spit blood"...
... and lest we forget, Cameron enabled Brexshit for exactly that reason.

EDF energy yet again, took 1300 quid from my account today, even though I already pay them an agreed amount every month.

Adverts you find stapled in the centre pages of magazines, when you have already tipped out a load of other junk

A car alarm going off at 5.30 this morning waking me up and most annoyingly not being able to get back to sleep

Get up and do something then.

I did went on the BBS😊

People who phone radio stations to like a particular song. They have been "dancing round the kitchen". sick making!

Talking about dancing around kitchens, I hate any TV ad where consumers dance for joy because they've got a new kitchen (or mortgage offer, got telephone banking, effortlessly cleaned their bathroom til it sparkles etc).

There’s a bloke at the gym wearing a beanie.

Seeing 6 guys bent double drying their hands is the loos at DTX a they they are all wheelchair accessible. Not one at average height. What about all the really really really tall people? Don’t they have a voice?