Minor complaints thread (17 Viewers)

[David Kronenbourg]

We've had new neighbours move in downstairs mid-pandemic. They both smoke. I smoke, so that's grand. But I always make sure my smokes are extinguished and the butts go in the bin. These silly fuckers are just flicking their butts into the front yard,

Last night at about 2 in the morning the bins caught fire. I'm sure since everyone knows me as that guy who sits on the front steps smoking that I'll get blamed. Or at the very least the estate agent will concoct some fire safety bullshit to take a bit of our deposit.

Put them through their letterbox. My friend did this to her upstairs neighbours who kept flicking lit fag ends down onto her outside window sill and they stopped pretty quickly.

 

[Cormcolash]

Collect a load of them up and then wait until they are outside smoking again, then go down and through the whole lot of them right in their faces and shout "CLEAN YOUR FUCKING LEFTOVERS UP YOU ABSOLUTE BASTARDS!".
Also doing this whilst naked will probably improve the results even more.

 

[seanc]

I'm not touching anything that has been in the hands or mouths of these plague rats.

We just had a look at the damage with the (sound) neighbour. The ADSL cable has melted through to bare copper. Another cable, it's armoured, so I assume it's the fibre optic* has also melted through to the steel mesh bit. But internet and everything works fine for now so no one wants to do anything. I said just because it's fine today doesn't mean it's ok.

I took a bunch of pics in case of future shitshows with the estate agent/landlord/internet provider/neighbours.

Our (not sound) neighbours have been particularly quiet today.


*I don't really know what I'm talking about. I'd welcome the input of anyone who knows better. Also, this is turning into a major complaint.

 

[Cormcolash]

Why did you stick your bins on top of the internet cables, that's the question

 

[seanc]

Why did you stick your bins on top of the internet cables, that's the question

That's a question for the person who installed the cables. They run along the fence between us and the neighbours next door, in their land but to our building. Then there's a mess of junctions I don't understand. They're just hanging free off the wall. At the cost of it, you'd expect better, but that's a different minor complaint.

I never gave it much thought myself before now. However, I have seen people fired for less.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

I'm not touching anything that has been in the hands or mouths of these plague rats.

We just had a look at the damage with the (sound) neighbour. The ADSL cable has melted through to bare copper. Another cable, it's armoured, so I assume it's the fibre optic* has also melted through to the steel mesh bit. But internet and everything works fine for now so no one wants to do anything. I said just because it's fine today doesn't mean it's ok.

I took a bunch of pics in case of future shitshows with the estate agent/landlord/internet provider/neighbours.

Our (not sound) neighbours have been particularly quiet today.


*I don't really know what I'm talking about. I'd welcome the input of anyone who knows better. Also, this is turning into a major complaint.

Can you rat them up to the landlord and get them to pay for the damage?

 

[seanc]

Can't prove it was them and not just some fella walking down the street, flicking a butt our way.

 

[Cormcolash]

I saw it happen, it was some lad in a Motherwell shirt did it

 

[Kermit McDermott]

Music magazines heading for extinction.
A bit bit hypocritical of me as I haven't bought any in years.

Q Magazine to close after 34 years due to pandemic

Music publication Q Magazine is set to close after 34 years.

www.independent.ie

 

[therealjohnny]

I thought Q had folded years ago.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Always thought Q was a bit rubbish.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

I used to read it when I was in school, at that time it wasn't a bad way to find out about music in an era of limited information

 

[therealjohnny]

The second hand record I bought (15 English pounds) is scratched

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

I used to read it when I was in school, at that time it wasn't a bad way to find out about music in an era of limited information

Same here. Late 90s for me, turned me onto Swans and Miles Davis so not bad!

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Roy Harper, Robert Wyatt, Incredible String Band and probably loads more for me. The kind of generic classic rock articles that are in every magazine I suppose, but invaluable for planning your next tape buying expedition to the record shops Dublin

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

.

 

[Cormcolash]

-

 

[Jerry Twig]

The second hand record I bought (15 English pounds) is scratched

That's not a "minor" complaint, that's a felony.

 

[nuke terrorist]

Always thought Q was a bit rubbish.

Q was the only long running mag i never bought and was never even tempted to buy.

Wire, Mojo, Terrorizer, Kerrang, NME, Melody Maker, Raw, Option, Rolling Stone, Select, Plan B,
Classic Rock, Shindig, Metal Forces, Inrockuptables, Spin, Classic Prog, Gramophone, Classic Pop,
BBC Music, Metal Hammer, Vive Le Rock, Uncut, Iron Fist, Vox (UK one)...
and many other glossy mags i was tempted to buy, even if only once.

Q was so bland it never seemed worth bothering with.

 

[hermie]

Q was the only long running mag i never bought and was never even tempted to buy.

Wire, Mojo, Terrorizer, Kerrang, NME, Melody Maker, Raw, Option, Rolling Stone, Select, Plan B,
Classic Rock, Shindig, Metal Forces, Inrockuptables, Spin, Classic Prog, Gramophone, Classic Pop,
BBC Music, Metal Hammer, Vive Le Rock, Uncut, Iron Fist, Vox (UK one)...
and many other glossy mags i was tempted to buy, even if only once.

Q was so bland it never seemed worth bothering with.

We yeah it was bland because it was non-specialist. Mojo was for old folks, Wite for party types, kerrang and metal hammer for rockers, NME for teenagers etc etc. They had a reasonably comprehensive review section and definitely discovered plenty of stuff that way. Probably haven't bought a copy in at least 20 years mind.