Submitted 1 year ago by tkc@feddit.uk to britishproblems@feddit.uk
Welcome to the Wednesday Whinge. A chance for us all get anything off our chest, no matter how small.
It’s cathartic!
What’s had you boiling over this week?
The weather isn’t very Augusty! I’m full of cold too, so it just feels like we’ve hit autumn early.
It was my birthday this week. Not only was the weather shit on the day for the first time I can remember, but I also got food poisoning from celebrating my partners birthday, and had to do all of the driving.
Good otherwise, just not the simple, relaxing time I’d hoped for.
Happy birthday, sorry it was a bit shit (possibly in more ways than one).
Our water supply had been severely tainted with what we think is e.coli for 3 days before we found out by accident - and another 24 hours before the estate manager decided to let us know.
Fortunately my other half had been away on business and I don’t drink water from the tap so we’re okay but our neighbours are pretty poorly.
We’re on a boil notice for at least another 4 days and the manager is bringing us bottled water which is nice but considering this is their fault in the first place it’s the least they could do.
And no word whatsoever from the landlord, WHO ALSO LIVES HERE.
Fucking raging.
I would be raging too. How does that even happen?
We’re not on mains water so it’s pumped up from an aquifer and stored. My limited understanding is that tank has UV filters to get rid of the nasty bacteria and those filters had/have not been properly cleaned so coliform and enterococci (I think) were detected in last week’s tests.
Further tests carried out by the council yesterday and we await results but don’t necessarily trust what the management tells us so are going direct to the council as well. We have a right to know what’s going on.
I just feel over everything media. Media this, media that, everything is fucking political and I think it would be just fine that way but everybody gets soooo butthurt about every little thing. It’s tiring, very tiring. A comedian says some stupid shit (he gets paid to do it) and the shows wouldn’t even be over and they’re already apologising for offending this or that. Fuck this! Offend and feel offended, it’s part of life! It’s like when we were kids and didn’t know how to take a joke and cried to our parents but instead of getting a “don’t cry, you know is not true, move on or tell them back the same thing” we got the “who said that about you? let’s gang up and beat the shit out of that kid right now!”.
Lorry driver decided I didn’t belong on the toad anymore, so though he’d helpfully push me off it. Then proceeded to fuck off.
Luckily there was no contact or damage to my car that I could see, but I think this finally convinced me to get a dashcam. I’d love to report that prick to the company he drives for and the police.
Was the toad OK?
Hahaha, thanks for the laugh!
The weather throughout July has been godawful all July and August seems no better. I keep telling myself it’s better than being slow cooked on the continent but still, let me see the sun!
TedZanzibar@feddit.uk 1 year ago
People talking on their phones like they’re eating a pie, and then trying to slide the contents into their ear, I guess? The analogy broke down, but you get what I’m talking about!
I blame The Apprentice for making the young’uns think that it’s the correct way to use a phone, but at least in the show they were doing it intentionally so that everyone could hear the call. Or perhaps they just think it’s the cool way to use a phone?
Showing my age but it reminds me of the “side talking” meme from the Nokia N-Gage. It was stupid then and it’s even more stupid now.