New - The things that really annoy you

[Lycan]

Retail food waste of perfectly good food.

We've had these new ready meals at work which are pricey at £6.50 a pop and are blocked from being reduced when they're coming up to expiry.

I'm going to have to chuck a load of them tonight and after checking we've chucked each one which has come into store, nobody is buying them. Nearly £300 worth in 10 days.

COL crisis and kids going hungry and we're throwing food out by the bagload for no reason. Really fucking winds me up.

I used to get so pissed off with this

At M&S we used to partner with a charity called Neighbourly to donate surplus food waste to food banks but they would only take certain products like bread, fresh produce and ambient food. Any prepared veg, ready meals, dairy etc just went straight in the bin. We were a mid sized food hall and used to 'generate' about a full wheelie bin worth of waste every day.

Then there were days when the charity wouldn't collect or days where we weren't allocated the resource to sift through all the waste and arrange the pick up. Donating food to charity makes the business 0 profit (The hidden cost that the negative image of wasting so much food brings is the only reason these supermarkets donate at all) so when late shift managers are faced with the choice between keeping tills open or completing tasks and having someone sort through waste for the best part of an hour they're going to make the obvious choice.

 

[Kenny]

Nettles won't stop him. He's in a lorry

Absolutely aced that Dad joke

 

[Wolftone]

If the lorry thing keeps happening, what about stingers?

Sounds rash.

 

[The Bear]

I'd definitely be complaining to the post office. You should have took a picture of it in situ and then the state of the letters.

Whoever it was needs a bollocking tbh, and it'll be more effective coming from them than you who they'd just dismiss as a moaning resident.

 

[North Shropshire Lad]

Don’t complain to the Post Office, they are now a completely separate company to Royal Mail. You need to contact your local RM Delivery Office and speak to the Delivery Office Manager or PIC (Person in Charge).
As Kenny says it’s probably agency staff at this time of year and a ‘regular’ definitely wouldn’t do that. RM have delivery protocols (unlike AMazon, Evri etc) that don’t permit what you’ve described. A regular postie would know that.

 

[EpsomWolf]

Thanks for the replies.

Makes sense the postie would be a Christmas temp, will try and grab him tomorrow but still very annoying nonetheless.

As for the verge, thing is, the skip palaver is likely to be just the start. It’s one of those annoying jobs where the old girl died and a builder/developer has got hold of the place and is going to turn a good few quid. Neighbours that had work done previously said they’d had to get permits and put boards down to protect the verges and ensure it wasn’t an unregulated mud bath. It look like the responsibility here lies with developer/builder (who doesn’t appear to give a shit) and not the skip guy. It was other concerned neighbours that attempted repairs between skip deliveries but that’s not sustainable.

I dunno, if it was likely all done and dusted I’d just drop it but it’s going to get a lot worse. It’s right at the end of of my drive so I’ll need cooperation and access so the ramifications of upsetting them are an obvious concern, but it shouldn’t be allowed to become an unregulated mudbath either.

Tricky one.



There’s no way it’s recovering by itself

 

[pagey]

I'd send the pics to the council, they'll warn him, then charge for restorative works.

Bloke by us moved in last year, parked a transit with a trailer and mini digger every night outside his house on a verge(house is next to a primary school) trenches started getting deeper, now about a foot deep. We've all complained and council sorted it, blokes put the house back up for sale.

 

[Wolf Hunting]

Bought a book on Amazon about travelling around Scottish Railways with a load of photographers. (me)
It was written by a mate of mine whose not doing too well, he's had a stroke.
After a month or so, I rang him up for a chat and he suggested I whizz it over to him in Stockport and and he'll sign it etc.
So I did.
Now the Customs and fucking Excise wont let me have it back until I pay Import Duty.
Told them it wasn't bought in the UK. They want proof that I sent it in the first place.
Unfortunately I didn't record my phone call with Arnie....
Cunts.
And fuck Brexit!

 

[Boozad]

Printed papers are exempt from import duty.

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

And fuck Brexit!

Absofuckinglutely

 

[Wolftone]

Bought a book on Amazon about travelling around Scottish Railways with a load of photographers. (me)
It was written by a mate of mine whose not doing too well, he's had a stroke.
After a month or so, I rang him up for a chat and he suggested I whizz it over to him in Stockport and and he'll sign it etc.
So I did.
Now the Customs and fucking Excise wont let me have it back until I pay Import Duty.
Told them it wasn't bought in the UK. They want proof that I sent it in the first place.
Unfortunately I didn't record my phone call with Arnie....
Cunts.
And fuck Brexit!

Last Christmas my sister sent me and the mrs a Christmas card, she put it in an envelope and also enclosed two others, one each for my son and daughter and their respective partners. Irish customs wouldn't deliver them until I'd paid tax and duty to get them. Fucking scum.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Go into your Amazon account and print off the receipt for the original purchase surely?

 

[Boozad]

https://www.revenue.ie/en/tax-professionals/tdm/value-added-tax/part03-taxable-transactions-goods-ica-services/Goods/goods-printed-matter.pdf

 

[Boozad]

https://www.revenue.ie/en/tax-professionals/tdm/value-added-tax/part03-taxable-transactions-goods-ica-services/Goods/goods-printed-matter.pdf

It doesn’t matter where you bought it, it’s exempt.

EDIT: I’ve no idea why I replied to myself, I meant to edit the post not quote it. Oh well.

 

[Kenny]

Will presume the customs declaration has been filled in wrong.

So glad I don't sell shit online these days. Used to be a piece of piss selling to the EU now its a clusterfuck.

 

[Wolf Hunting]

Bloke in the Post Office said the same thing.
I'm standing there with 4 parcels, Norway, Spain and 2 for the UK.
Norway and Spain, took them off me, weighed them, printed off a stamp and tossed them into a stack.
Then he cast a baleful look at me and sighed, Those for the UK?
And started filling in forms, one after the other, and a load of precise questions about content. None of this 'GIFT' shite, oh no...
took him 4 or 5 minutes for each one.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

You need to make it fucking clear it’s a book which is VAT exempt.

However, your problem is instantly solved by printing off your Amazon receipt and give it to the fuckwit involved.


Brexit. Pile of shite. Who saw that coming?

 

[Boozad]

To be honest it probably won’t matter what evidence or info you give them, they’ll piss about with it for longer than the 28 period they’ll hold it for then send it back anyway. Extremely annoying when it’s a Batman #251 9.4 on its way back to the States. But I’m not bitter. Not at all.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

I used MyComicShop as they seemed clued up on the paperwork. Had some very expensive RPG books charged on and the publishers in the states seem to be less keen to even sell to the UK market now.

 

[Kenny]

You need to make it fucking clear it’s a book which is VAT exempt.

However, your problem is instantly solved by printing off your Amazon receipt and give it to the fuckwit involved.


Brexit. Pile of shite. Who saw that coming?

Problem is if the form has not been done properly and incorrect codes used then...
The only way he can prove its a book is by opening the parcel
The only way his Amazon purchase of said book can be verified is by opening the parcel.

Jobsworth at the IPO won't be allowed to open it and will probably say "nothing I can do. Customs form is incorrect"

Be easier, less stressful and cheaper for WH to drive to Dublin Airport, jump on a Ryanair flight to Manchester, taxi to Stockport, back to the airport, book in hand luggage, fly back to Dublin and drive home.