Grumpy Dude

WHAT THE FUCK HAS HAPPENED TO KIDS TV!?

I was just flicking through the TV and came across Postman Pat. I thought I’d indulge in some nostalgia. I was bitterly disappointed to see what a load of crap they’ve turned it in to. Since when does Postman Pat have a helicopter!? I love how it’s now politically correct, in that there are some ethnic minorities living in the town. And they’ve changed the theme tune!
I was very disappointed to see what they’d done with Thomas the Tank the other day too. Animated face, crappy theme tune, more women…! It’s just not the same.

FUCK OFF AND STOP CHANGING WHAT WE LOVED AS KIDS!

Ok, so it was just a matter of time before this one came out. I just thought now seemed to be the most appropriate time.

Is it just me, or are the council resurfacing every road in the arseing county? Obviously I do quite a lot of miles, especially back and forth to Taunton and it just seems wherever I go I’m faced with a “this road will be closed…” sign.

According to Google Maps, it is 14.1 miles from Porlock to Watchet, the route I would normally take, and it takes me about 25 minutes. Due to the sodding road closure at Carhampton, my route last night took me via Luxborough, which according to Google Maps is 21.7 miles. This took me close to an hour to get home. Luckily I know this road or I would’ve instead had to go via Wheddon Cross which is 29.1 miles. And if you know Wheddon Cross, you know it’s not very heavy-traffic friendly. Imagine if people had been diverted in their horse and carts. It would’ve taken several extra days to get to taunton!

So why is this road closure in effect? Because they’re resurfacing a section of road about the size of my thumb nail. I have to drive up to 15 miles out of my way, just to avoid this? Would it not make more sense to just resurface one side of the carriageway at a time and keep the road open? I know this is possible because I’ve seen it done before. I’m not saying the roads don’t need resurfacing because some of the fucking potholes are big enough to accomodate a family of 5 (who, by the way, would probably be on the dole - but that’s not for now).

But just piss off, get out my way and let me get on with my life!

I am beginning to feel that I am probably the grumpiest youngish person I know! I keep seeing things which annoy me. It’s nice being able to vent it here. Perhaps I should write a book. Hmm…!

Anyway, I was looking for a car parking space a couple of days ago. The car park was fairly busy, and I’d been driving around for a little while and was a bit fed up. I was pleased when I found an empty space, only to find as I started to drive towards it, that it contained a moped. Why do motorcycle users find it necessary to take up an entire space with their bike/ped, when in actual fact they could park almost anywhere? Most car parks contain a designated area for motorcycles. So BLOODY USE IT! Thanks.

I haven’t moaned for a few days, so here goes!

Why, when there’s a perfectly good pavement, do people feel the need to walk in the road? Or run in the road. Ok, so the road is slightly flatter, but surely it doesn’t make that much difference. GET OUT OF MY WAY!

And when there’s a pavement on the other side of the road, why not cross it instead of walking in the middle of it?

I thought I’d post something short, to show that on occasion, I can be happy!
I was just browsing quickly through last weeks Free Press before recycling it, and came across an article about a lady who’d turned 100. She was smiling in the accompanying picture and a nearby table was full of chocolate, given I believe, as a gift. I can understand why she’d be smiling at this, but it did make me happy to see! So there, I’m not ALWAYS grumpy (just most of the time!).

Obviously not everyone is reading this blog yet. The government should take note…! I ordered some more stuff at work and guess what… It came in so much packaging, it made me angry!
Ok so I may be being a bit hot-headed about this, but surely there should be some kind of law which prevents companies from sending their stuff in like 4 bags. Seriously, 4? There was little need for 1, but 4!? And I can understand the need for bubble wrap or air bags if your order is something fragile, but my order was for cables, which were already in 4 bags, so why not decrease the size of the box and send it without air bags? Argh!

Also, people need to learn what doors do. That is all!

So, I was at work yesterday and at one point during the day, I had to walk to the hall, passing through a corridor with doors at either end. You would think, as these doors have glass in them, and by their very nature (ie. opening), people might be aware of people on the other side of them. But no, it seems not.
It pissed me off that there was a bunch of kids standing on the other side of the first door in my way. I was polite and asked them to move, but they seemed unable to follow this command, so I just had to find a gap.
At the other end of the corridor, I came across the same situation, only this time with a few staff. It seems that a few years at uni doesn’t train teachers how to GET OUT OF MY WAY when I’m coming through a door.

One of the biggest things that pisses me off is packaging. I ordered some stuff at work which arrived today. Great! But then I opened the box and it becomes like a game of pass the parcel. First you have to get into the box. Good luck without a knife or a good pair of scissors. Then after you’ve thrown out all the air bags, your box is half the size. Why not send it in a sodding smaller box?

I was also pissed off to find the headphones I’d ordered in the horrible sealed plastic things you can never open, which in themselves are annoying, but more than that, they were in plastic bags. WHY?! There was nothing fragile in my box and all of the extra packaging was completely pointless. I really wish people would stop doing this. It’s annoying.

So much for saving the planet, huh!