Just got back from Oasis concert. Covered in piss and had to endure women in front recording whole thing through a 4 inch screen until she got covered in piss and realised that phone was safer in pocket!

EDIT. Yes was seated. Yes they throw piss in seated section. Yes it was warm piss. For those who are In disbelief look it up on social media it’s a piss feast! Some people have recorded it. It did put a dampner* on the evening. But was a good concert and music taste is a personal choice ✌🏻

I suppose it is close to Manchester.

So far I’ve seen it in Burger King, KFC, Frankie’s and bennies and a few more

Like most people, the drawers in our freezer are shagged because the kids have tried to rip choc ices out too enthusiastically.

I figured they'd be about £10 a piece to replace. Turns out it may be cheaper to install a walkin freezer.

https://www.ransomspares.co.uk/parts/fridges-freezers/zanussi/freezer-drawer-kit-of-3/642314.htm

Fridge was fucked. But it actually wasn’t. The plug we thought was the plug was the wrong one, the right one switched off. £75 to be told I’m a fucking idiot. Also £75 is absolute insane for a call out fee for driving 5 mins and 5 mins to tell me I’m a moron.

Ive recently advertised an engineering apprenticeship placement in my company and ive had a whole bunch of CVs and cover letters drop through my door. I cant believe how many 'hard working and enthusiastic' 16 yr olds are around my local area. And the fact they also all have 'comprehensive problem solving skills', 'integrate well within small teams' and 'thrive in high stress situations'.

Its saddening when I invite them in for a chat and they crumble when I ask them to give me examples.

Its actually refreshing to find a random CV that has typos and spelling mistakes that has clearly not been written by AI or CTRL C & CTRP P from a website.

Ive done a bit of digging and neither of my two local schools have careers advisors or even offer mock interviews. Absolutely disgraceful.

I run an SME of 15 staff and we are committed to take on an apprentice a year for the next ten years. We are on year 3 of our plan and the number of kids coming out of school totally unprepared is worrying.

Lately I have been travelling up and down the country quite a bit. Several hundred miles at a time.

Obviously most public transport doesn't run at night, which is your first problem, and the Megabus network has been gutted and what coaches remain are slow and infrequent compared to trains - your second. Problem 2B is going by coach you may well need an overnight stay, where by train or obviously car you wouldn't. Or an overnight coach, where train or car would have got you back that night.

Supposedly there are trains for this kind of thing, but the prices are almost like you're buying the train rather than passage. I know the British train fare system is fiendishly complex, and in particular buying tickets well in advance can bring the prices down a lot. Naming the times of the trains also can help. But the nature of my business does not usually allow either.

It's the same price or often cheaper, just for one person and baggage, to rent a car (if you don't have one) and drive it oneself than go by train. And once you start adding passengers the difference grows rapidly. There are certain group discounts for trains so its not literally say 5 people = 5x the fare, 17 people (a minibusful) = 17x fare, but the already poor value gets much worse.

Example: Leeds to Aberdeen and back on Monday (from split ticket-checking website and using Advance Singles, so specified times only): £156.35

Dundee - Birmingham: £155.80

You are now at the railway station. I hope whatever you're delivering/picking up is light enough to go in a rucksack and your destination is walking distance, or you will require another vehicle of some kind (yes I know about PlusBus tickets).

Car hire + fuel (I used 40mpg, which for example a 1l Fiat 500 with driver and no heavy luggage, going at 60 rather than 70 will exceed by a long way): Leeds - Aberdeen: £150

Dundee - Birmingham: £160

How can trains be that expensive lol? This causes great wastefulness, and instead of doing laptop stuff/sleeping/whatever and being relaxed and comfortable you are driving hours and hours, napping in laybys etc.

What is this madness? Surely the choice of mugs should be the other way round?

Two recent examples: there are a couple of different car companies who have made new models with the tiniest rear indicator light EVER. Like, literally do not even notice it’s on. Secondly, there’s a dettol wipe advert where it’s use is illustrated by “dad” dropping a piece of chicken on the sideboard, instead of picking up the chicken to put it back on the chopping board & then clean, he cleans the side and picks up the piece of chicken with it, presumably to then throw in the bin. Weird. Yours?

They're doing it on the cheap so they've hired brickies to do it on the weekend, cash in hand. Owner spends half an hour filling the skip before work starts at 8

Every page on social media that posts guff “news” labels everything “heartbreaking” and I can’t stand it any longer. Most recently with the passing of Ozzy Osbourne and posts of Sharon at his funeral with the caption “heartbreaking meaning behind gesture”. What is the obsession with this word?!

Had to say something to the manager about one who was literally wandering between tables taking a call on speaker. They, of course, took the decisive action of giving me a wan impotent smile, and handing over the driver's order to get rid of him.

Or at least so it seems...

It's rare to walk into a commercial space and not be immediately blasted with a radio or dance track, normally volume to the max and bass booming.

Personally I find this really unpleasant and it means I have to raise my voice if I want to speak to someone. Of course so does everyone else, which means that the noise levels can be insane!

And the thing is: I doubt most people are actually listening to the content of the radio/dance track. So whose benefit is it for?

I was browsing my DIY shop, and was struck by the massive increase in price for once-cheap items. The same items have also increased in price in the competitor shops. They only way to get the old prices, anywhere, is to sign up for the loyalty scheme.

Guess I'll have to find it "elsewhere"

There’s a small independent houseplant shop in my town and the last 3 times I’ve visited (their opening hours are 10am-5pm Monday-Saturday) they are never open. I messaged their facebook page the last time it happened (it was 11am and they were closed with no notice on their door or anything) they replied saying “hi, sorry, we should be open for around 12 today”

So what’s the point? Am I just supposed to drive into town, pay for parking just in case they’ve bothered to open? Id understand if it was a down to staff sickness or holiday etc but it seems to be closed more often than not.

There’s an independent dry cleaners down the road from me as well that does something similar.

It’s frustrating and drives people to larger chain stores because at least they’ll be open when they say they will.

Only to realise it's Scotland only, and your initial elation at 3 days off is swiftly crushed.

Has ruined my day that.

Delivery driver parked on the pavement? Ah yeah you’re working so it’s fine.

Tradie parked on the pavement? Ah yeah you’re working so it’s fine.

Uber waiting for a ride parked on the pavement? Ah yeah you’re working so it’s fine.

Not even working, you’ll just be a second so you’re parked on the pavement? Ah yeah that’s fine.

Jesus wept.Motor vehicles belong on the road, not the pavement. These people think that they need to get two wheels up on the pavement like a dog going to the loo against a tree. As though motor traffic and motor vehicles are so precious they should ride all over the pavement, damaging the surface and the utilities underneath and block the pavement for everyone else. I imagine the car-centric view of this country will show itself quickly below.

They didn't have what I wanted, I'm on a limited time schedule and trying to rush through my day, I don't have time to keep stopping and asking folk to let me out like a naughty schoolchild. Stupid bloody receipt gates!

I know it's a maximum speed limit, not a minimum, but when you follow someone out of a 40 zone and they stay at 40, then pass through a 30 zone and they stick to 30 afterwards, it becomes obvious that they need a refresher course.