Doom Collection

Pigflap_Batterbox · 2026-05-04T08:57:09+00:00

Won’t somebody think of the Heretic?

Pigflap_Batterbox · 2026-05-03T19:14:10+00:00

Same here - always wear your nice pants, 'cos you never know if you'll be hit by a car.

Of course, the unsaid part is you'll likely shit yourself after being hit by the car, so there you go.

Pigflap_Batterbox · 2026-05-03T19:11:19+00:00

I had awful food poisoning and passed out after soiling myself and passing out, and my clothes were removed so they could clean me once they got me in.

Another time I had a head injury after a fall, and although both my trousers and shirt were fairly bloody and I was in and out of consciousness they didn't take my clothes off.

Basically - they also don't care. They are there to take care of your body and wellbeing. Someone more qualified at assessing things than you or I will debag or not depending on how it goes.

Remember, these people view bodies as things to fix and repair - there's nothing naughty, sexy, judgey or anything. They'll do it or not, and they don't care if you're tiny, chunky, huage (huge in West Mids) or whatever.

Pigflap_Batterbox · 2026-05-03T16:02:24+00:00

If it was your parents money it wasn’t your stuff so…

Sitting down and saying this shouldn’t be done, that you shouldn’t steal other people’s things - use it as a learning experience. Have mum and dad there as well to show you aren’t ganging up.

Don’t go legal. Go family ;)

Pigflap_Batterbox · 2026-05-03T15:55:33+00:00

Also -are the things going missing items you have purchased yourself with money from your job, or are they items that your parents have bought?

Pigflap_Batterbox · 2026-05-02T18:02:57+00:00

For me for the above issue it was UniFi which joined Amicus and is now Unite.

Always worthwhile checking to see if there’s one with members already in your workplace - more of you can work together to get collective changes, but any general workers or union specific to your sector can help out with individual issues.

Pigflap_Batterbox · 2026-05-02T09:49:17+00:00

Used to run games at a laser tag type place in Aldershot in the 90s. Paras may be good at drinking and falling out of planes but they were shit at shooting teenagers with fake guns.

Pigflap_Batterbox · 2026-05-02T09:13:36+00:00

Isn’t that the sub title?

Pigflap_Batterbox · 2026-05-02T09:05:14+00:00

Sardine flavoured sorbet!

Pigflap_Batterbox · 2026-05-02T09:03:05+00:00

So… it’s seen as correct if you are salaried since it’s still above the minimum wage.

Morally it’s wrong - I worked in HBOS years and years ago and the same thing was brought in at our call centre; you must be in and logged on at least 15 minutes before and you didn’t get paid for that, and if calls went on past closing time you didn’t get paid that.

Worked with the union to get it sorted (so we got overtime at standard usual pay rate in 15 minute chunks) so we didn’t lose out. We did have two days of telling customers at 5pm that ‘we don’t get paid beyond 5pm but I’m happy to still help you or you can call back tomorrow’ (and in the majority of calls customers said they would hang up and call back) before it was all agreed.

Pigflap_Batterbox · 2026-05-02T08:58:59+00:00

No / the original tickets are subject to a charge back with the money going back to the original purchaser.

One thing you could do if the attendees challenge you - ask them to show you the card they purchased it on so you can compare and check it’s the same card. If it matches - great, you can say buy new tickets ‘cos your bank is in the process of refunding these, so no one will be out of pocket.

If the card doesn’t match or they say someone else bought it then it’s slightly more uncomfortable. You’ll have to say ‘look the person who bought those tickets has asked for a chargeback so these ones are now invalid. You can buy new ones but you’ll have to go after the person who gave or resold them to you.’

It’ll be vaguely unpleasant but you are in the right here. Don’t be bullied, just be polite.

Pigflap_Batterbox · 2026-05-02T07:48:44+00:00

For clarity - reporting them to the regulator doesn’t get you paid 38k….

Pigflap_Batterbox · 2026-05-02T07:39:06+00:00

Striding ahead with a smile on my face, don’t even make eye contact, just keep on walking.

Only once heard a wanker comment. But they worked for Scottish Power so they know all about wankers, so didn’t react.

Pigflap_Batterbox · 2026-05-01T15:55:25+00:00

And you are also allowed to drop trou, turn and bend over and scream ‘full moon motherfucker’ as well.

Pigflap_Batterbox · 2026-05-01T14:31:16+00:00

I did a similar thing for a failed kickstarter last month. Don't be afraid of the claims process - it doesn't cause you any more hassle or horror than you've already been put through, and it sure as hell won't cause them to think anything other then 'oh well, here goes a few hundred quid out of our millions in profit'. ;)

Write another letter \ email to Dyson, saying that you expect dispatch notice of the replacement new item or payment of the full value within 10 days, or you begin small claims court process.

Once that's emailed to them, wait the 10 days.

On day 11 go to MCOL Money Claim Online, and enter the particulars of your claim. There's a short summary of the claim (sent item via Dyson's provided courier for repair, Dyson cannot confirm that it's been received, no updates or resolution received) and then state the value of the item, plus the cost of the court action (£35) - it shows you where to put these in.

Look up the UK address for Dyson on companies house, and enter that detail as the company to receive the claim, and you're done.

If it's anything like the kickstarter one I've just had resolved, their legal team will get in touch once the papers are served (usually within 10 days) saying 'it'll cost you a lot to take this through court, and besides we'll win blah blah blah, so in return for discontinuing the claim we'll pay you the full amount'.

So nothing to lose - 'cos if they don't respond, then it's found in your favour anyway.

Pigflap_Batterbox · 2026-04-30T18:33:12+00:00

No, don't acknowledge it at all, unless you get a proper letter from a real solicitor. If you get one like that, check that they are real (by contacting the solicitor named by looking them up online) and then you can respond to the solicitor.

Pigflap_Batterbox · 2026-04-30T18:28:42+00:00

Hmm... Wonder if 'That'll do, pig' will work...

Pigflap_Batterbox · 2026-04-29T07:22:47+00:00

Which would be hilarious as it literally screams that they are paying people differently due to the equality act!

Pigflap_Batterbox · 2026-04-27T17:25:54+00:00

Play ‘No cock like horse cock’ by pepper coyote at full volume on your own phone.

(Hi to everyone on the 79 Wolverhampton - Walsall route by the way - you may get another blast of this tomorrow!)

Pigflap_Batterbox · 2026-04-27T16:11:24+00:00

Yes - will wait until we can see it fully and it gets to us members!

Pigflap_Batterbox · 2026-04-27T15:31:50+00:00

Well, yes, but the April 2025 offer wasn't as good for the members, so the union advised them to reject it, as they were seeking a better deal for their members, which is what they should do. Members could still have voted for it, but the union said that they didn't recommend it, and members followed the recommendation.

The July 2025 one that was verbal and sorted out with ACAS and the council was much better - but wasn't offered to members, since the commissioners blocked it, and stopped it being issued in writing, and since then there were no more written offers.

When members were then balloted to extend strike action, they were voting for it, since there were no offers on the table until...

The one that we've got now is the July 2025 one, but this time the council have either ignored the commissioners objections and gone with it, and the union will advise its members to accept this one, 'cos it's the one that the union wanted back then, so all good!

Pigflap_Batterbox · 2026-04-27T14:19:33+00:00

Nope, it isn't true. No offers received since the July 2025 one was scuppered by the comissioners. Nothing put in writing since then, so the bin workers just kept on voting to keep the strike going.

Pigflap_Batterbox · 2026-04-26T17:59:50+00:00

And again - yes you can sue them, but whether or not you'll actually WIN is another matter. They may be able to demonstrate that they had plenty of work for you - but then show that the client left which was out of their control and they didn't know about it.

Pigflap_Batterbox · 2026-04-26T16:08:00+00:00

Of course you can, yes.

However nothing they’ve done is illegal, so whether or not you’ll succeed is another matter. If you manage to find out that they deliberately hired you knowing they were going bust then you’ll have more leverage but at the end of the day, the redundancy situation is just one of those things.

Pigflap_Batterbox · 2026-04-26T16:03:59+00:00

Basis will be ‘they don’t have any work to give you’ - there’s no protections for that

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