Pet Peeves IV

People who play the system, and who care about nowt but themselves.

Personal rant here - my dad rents out his flat, he's not a "rich landlord", far from it. He bought the 3 bed council flat he'd lived in for years, then when didn't need 3 rooms, moved out into a rented one bedroom place himself, and rented the ex council flat out.

It's basically been almost a year since he received a penny in rent. He's been going through the (painfully) slow system of trying to have her evicted, which is costing him more money to pay for solicitors. Court case this week found in his favour, but she now gets 30 days to appeal the verdict. So, she'll now be able to have her christmas in my dads flat, and buy gifts with the thousands of pounds of benefit money she's been given to pay her rent, which she's kept for herself. While my dad waits for a remortgage to come through, as he's having to borrow money to pay off the debt this has all got him into.

He'll never get a penny of the money back. It's an absolute joke.

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Originally Posted by easty

People who play the system, and who care about nowt but themselves.

Personal rant here - my dad rents out his flat, he's not a "rich landlord", far from it. He bought the 3 bed council flat he'd lived in for years, then when didn't need 3 rooms, moved out into a rented one bedroom place himself, and rented the ex council flat out.

It's basically been almost a year since he received a penny in rent. He's been going through the (painfully) slow system of trying to have her evicted, which is costing him more money to pay for solicitors. Court case this week found in his favour, but she now gets 30 days to appeal the verdict. So, she'll now be able to have her christmas in my dads flat, and buy gifts with the thousands of pounds of benefit money she's been given to pay her rent, which she's kept for herself. While my dad waits for a remortgage to come through, as he's having to borrow money to pay off the debt this has all got him into.

He'll never get a penny of the money back. It's an absolute joke.

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Outrageous that something like that can drag on for so long.

People who run a washing up basin, do the dishes, empty the the basin into the sink, then put the basin back in to the sink so the bottom half of the outside gets covered in grease from the dirty water.

Mcdonalds, what is the fascination ?
Cars queuing for probably 20-30 minutes.
I label those people ****my.
To specifically drive/walk for a ***** burger.

Wouldn't eat it for free

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Originally Posted by stoneyburn hibs

Mcdonalds, what is the fascination ?
Cars queuing for probably 20-30 minutes.
I label those people ****my.
To specifically drive/walk for a ***** burger.

Wouldn't eat it for free

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I don't get the hate for McDonald's, it is what it is.
Never known anyone to queue for half an hour though!

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Originally Posted by speedy_gonzales

I don't get the hate for McDonald's, it is what it is.
Never known anyone to queue for half an hour though!

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Same.

I wouldn’t queue more than a few mins for it, and I definitely prefer Burger King, but McDonald’s is what it is. It’s fast food and doesn’t try to be anything else. You can get a cheeseburger for about £1. Fries for another £1. There’s not much to hate.

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Originally Posted by speedy_gonzales

I don't get the hate for McDonald's, it is what it is.
Never known anyone to queue for half an hour though!

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Of course it is what it is, but to queue for bogging food I'll never ever understand

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Originally Posted by stoneyburn hibs

Of course it is what it is, but to queue for bogging food I'll never ever understand

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I doubt the people queueing for it think it's bogging, which is probably your answer.

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Originally Posted by Future17

I doubt the people queueing for it think it's bogging, which is probably your answer.

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Aye probably.

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Originally Posted by stoneyburn hibs

Mcdonalds, what is the fascination ?
Cars queuing for probably 20-30 minutes.
I label those people ****my.
To specifically drive/walk for a ***** burger.

Wouldn't eat it for free

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I pulled in to the drive in queue for the Alloa McDonald’s not realising there was probably 20/25 cars in front of me. I was only there 10 minutes. They’re a production line and it’s almost better to wait because the stuff you get will be fresher than if you’d rolled in and out in a couple minutes.

I wouldn’t go out my way for it, and wouldn’t do a journey especially for it, but it does what it says on the tin.

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Originally Posted by Future17

I doubt the people queueing for it think it's bogging, which is probably your answer.

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The same people seen queuing at Primark. It's what they can afford.

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Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns

The same people seen queuing at Primark. It's what they can afford.

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Does that work for fast food?

McDonald's is cheap, but I'm pretty sure you can make better yourself for the same/less money. The same might also apply to Primark clothes right enough but you'd need a bit of skill at least there. :greengrin

I used to never go to McDonald's, went once for convenience and found their chicken selects to pretty darn tasty! Their burgers are no good though, IMO.

Burger King for a burger and then over the road to McDonalds for their fries.

Once a decade for me.

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Originally Posted by Future17

I doubt the people queueing for it think it's bogging, which is probably your answer.

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In my experience it’s queuing to get something for the wee one. For some reason kids absolutely love it, personally I very rarely get anything for myself.

Some folk like McDonalds some don’t, I don’t see the issue myself, if people want to queue for stuff they like, let them.

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Originally Posted by lord bunberry

In my experience it’s queuing to get something for the wee one. For some reason kids absolutely love it, personally I very rarely get anything for myself.

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Maybe. When my baby son went to Doctors for his jags, i told him he was going to McDonalds. Should be a while before he asks to go again.

Wellies. In the winter I need to change into them when I drive to somewhere to walk the dog - everywhere is really muddy. Trying to put them on with a sore back, dodgy knees, groin strain and pain in my left hand is a bloody nightmare, especially with a mad spaniel who's desperate to get going. Then you walk 20 paces and a stone gets into one and you have to do it all over again without falling over :grr:

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Originally Posted by Hiber-nation

Wellies. In the winter I need to change into them when I drive to somewhere to walk the dog - everywhere is really muddy. Trying to put them on with a sore back, dodgy knees, groin strain and pain in my left hand is a bloody nightmare, especially with a mad spaniel who's desperate to get going. Then you walk 20 paces and a stone gets into one and you have to do it all over again without falling over :grr:

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If it wasnae for your wellies where would you be?

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Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY

If it wasnae for your wellies where would you be?

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Wellies = one of the standout inventions in all history.

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Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY

If it wasnae for your wellies where would you be?

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:faf:

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Originally Posted by Jones28

I pulled in to the drive in queue for the Alloa McDonald’s not realising there was probably 20/25 cars in front of me. I was only there 10 minutes. They’re a production line and it’s almost better to wait because the stuff you get will be fresher than if you’d rolled in and out in a couple minutes.

I wouldn’t go out my way for it, and wouldn’t do a journey especially for it, but it does what it says on the tin.

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I always order with pickle removed.
That way its always freshly made.

Pet peeve - when the mcdonalds order comes with pickle despite having the order label to have it without.

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Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY

If it wasnae for your wellies where would you be?

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:greengrin

Wellies don't even smell now, that's the only good thing.

That's some leap the stone has to make to get into a pair of wellies :greengrin

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Originally Posted by The_Exile

That's some leap the stone has to make to get into a pair of wellies :greengrin

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It's a bloody miracle. Happens every time. Tiny wee stones of course...

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Originally Posted by Future17

Maybe. When my baby son went to Doctors for his jags, i told him he was going to McDonalds. Should be a while before he asks to go again.

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He'll thank you for it eventually.

Breggsit. Why can't they say Brexit

People becoming famous online for lip syncing to people like Trump or Gervais

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Originally Posted by Mon Dieu4

People becoming famous online for lip syncing to people like Trump or Gervais

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You have to admit, the Gervais guy is pretty decent.

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Originally Posted by easty

People who play the system, and who care about nowt but themselves.

Personal rant here - my dad rents out his flat, he's not a "rich landlord", far from it. He bought the 3 bed council flat he'd lived in for years, then when didn't need 3 rooms, moved out into a rented one bedroom place himself, and rented the ex council flat out.

It's basically been almost a year since he received a penny in rent. He's been going through the (painfully) slow system of trying to have her evicted, which is costing him more money to pay for solicitors. Court case this week found in his favour, but she now gets 30 days to appeal the verdict. So, she'll now be able to have her christmas in my dads flat, and buy gifts with the thousands of pounds of benefit money she's been given to pay her rent, which she's kept for herself. While my dad waits for a remortgage to come through, as he's having to borrow money to pay off the debt this has all got him into.

He'll never get a penny of the money back. It's an absolute joke.

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Not taking away from your dads story but I’m glad that I’m no longer renting. When I moved to Dundee I went to an agents near the Tay Bridge with a blue sign (just in case anyone knows anyone who is looking and who to avoid) and found a place. When I moved in it was filthy - used chip forks on the floor, smooshed crayons and hairs down the sofa. Was refused a cleaner coming in as “they’d already paid a good chunk of money to clean it”.

Left there after a year and they tried to keep hundreds of pounds of my deposit for things like a snib on a door missing (which it always was but didn’t think to mark down), paint splatters on a window left by a workman they had in, lots of stuff that was in their photos at the start of the tenancy, and for it requiring a professional clean. We genuinely left it spotless.

Went through the appeals process and it took hours to complete and weeks to be finalised. The documents I sent in got lost somewhere in the chain and I lost over £100 of my initial deposit for no apparent reason.

It’s genuinely disgusting how badly so many people in the rental market are treated, it appears only the letting agencies have a good time and get money for nothing.