Grumpy Old Man
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@antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:
@No-Quarter said in Grumpy Old Man:
A thread for grumpy old men that complain about kids
I do like how old people complain that children have access to quality of life improving innovations.
In all seriousness, I think kids today have as rough a life as any generation. Materially better off, but life throws them much more shit like cyber-bullying than in days gone past.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:
@No-Quarter Loved this one for some reason...
... cardboard box in middle t'road ...
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So like, I love TikTok, like its the best, like I spend so much time on it, like I don't know what, like boomers did before.
Why has the word like now become the young person's um, I literally struggle to listen when every other word is like..... It shits me to tears.
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@chimoaus said in Grumpy Old Man:
So like, I love TikTok, like its the best, like I spend so much time on it, like I don't know what, like boomers did before.
Why has the word like now become the young person's um, I literally struggle to listen when every other word is like..... It shits me to tears.
yeah our generation was so much more imaginative
So shit, I love TikTok, shit its the best, shit I spend so much time on it, shit I don't know what, shit boomers did before.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:
@antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:
@No-Quarter said in Grumpy Old Man:
A thread for grumpy old men that complain about kids
I do like how old people complain that children have access to quality of life improving innovations.
In all seriousness, I think kids today have as rough a life as any generation. Materially better off, but life throws them much more shit like cyber-bullying than in days gone past.
I feel like I lucked out being a kid in the 90s, a lot of the comforts of modern life without what the internet and social media has spiraled into now. We were free to roam the streets on our bikes, then come home and play on the Nintendo and Sega. Good times.
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@chimoaus said in Grumpy Old Man:
So like, I love TikTok, like its the best, like I spend so much time on it, like I don't know what, like boomers did before.
Why has the word like now become the young person's um, I literally struggle to listen when every other word is like..... It shits me to tears.
I’ve seen some ferners use “like” in an overly gratuitous fashion it must be said
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@No-Quarter You're clearly too young to post on this thread. This irks me.
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Bitching about the younger generations is literally as old as Socrates:
"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers."
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Grumpy Old Man:
Bitching about the younger generations is literally as old as Socrates:
"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers."
Speaking of literally; that's just over a hundred years old and written by a Cambridge student, Kenneth Freeman.
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@antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Grumpy Old Man:
Bitching about the younger generations is literally as old as Socrates:
"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers."
Speaking of literally; that's just over a hundred years old and written by a Cambridge student, Kenneth Freeman.
Tis true, but point stands that they've been bitching about this since ancient Greece.
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@Bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
I have hardly heard of Paul O'Grady since I got here, now the cumt's death is dominating the news for the second day in a row.
The BBC keep quoting a list of his best one liners as both himself and Lily Savage. None of them actually funny. One or two mildly amusing if you’d heard someone in the pub come out with it, but not more than that.
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@Frank said in Grumpy Old Man:
Heard a guy in his 50s say - "That's ridonkulous."
It's still annoying me.
Never misunderestimate the ability of youngsters to annoy Grumpy Old Men..
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You think Grumpy Old Men are bad? Can't have met Grumpy Old Teenagers then!
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@Bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Frank said in Grumpy Old Man:
Heard a guy in his 50s say - "That's ridonkulous."
It's still annoying me.
What prexactly don't you like about it?
Stop joshing, this thread is supposed to be serious.
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Fucking Car Dealerships - service team specifically.
Wife bought a 2019 Kia Cerato. Good value for $26k with bells and whistles etc. "Capped price servicing" as advertised. Firstly, it is $590 or thereabouts, which is taking the piss.
An hour after I drop it off they call Mrs TA who passes the phone to me. They want to inspect and clean the throttle body for $120.
Me: "Isn't that part of the service schedule?"
Them: "No but we recommend it after 35,000km"
Me: "The car has done less than 30,000km"
Them: " ... "
Me: " ... look do it if you think it needs doing and I'll look into it after I pick it up " (Mrs TA signalling I shouldn't be too aggressive with them).Another hour passes and the old "Your rear wiper needs replacing" so Mrs TA passes the phone to me
Me: "Oh yeah? I used it this morning and it seemed fine. How much?"
Them: "$71"
Me, no longer able to hold back my disdain: "Mate you are kidding yourself if you think I'm paying you seventy bucks for something I can do in 5 minutes with a part from Supercheap. Not a chance." (Mrs TA looking upset that I've done my rag at these gouging fluffybunnies).Went in and picked up the car, expecting the original $590 service + $120 throttle body clean. Whole service was only $615, which is still a fucking ripoff, but it wasn't going to end well if they reached for $700. It was a very quick, very quiet handover.
I was relaying this story to a work colleague today, who mentioned their mum has the same model Kia. She got the same bullshit about throttle body and wiper blades.
So I'm off to write some Google and FB reviews.
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@NTA Yeah, this could be a thread on it's own. Your sort of trapped with a modern car as buyers / traders expect main dealer servicing, otherwise when it comes to selling it they gouge you.
Had an opposite case on our X5 once, needed 4 new tyres ( it has comedy tyres on it, 335 wide) and they quoted 1350. I thought wasn't actually too bad given the size, but then I went on blackcircles which is a comparison website and could get the same for 950. So I called them up to ask what else I get for 400 addtl. Expected a spiel about vectoring, balancing etc etc .... instead he just said "we outsource it, so go with your one and pocked the 400".
