My annual salary review is a rise less than inflation, wah wah

In fairness, that is a wah wah - you've effectively had your pay cut.

Shout.

What's a pay review?

I've had 3 years of no rise.

I've had 3 years of no rise.

I've had 3 years of no rise.

More like 2 years 8 months for me.

Fucking children.

That's not a solution, you know.

I've had a rise above inflation for every year since 2007 and still only earn about one-third of what you do.

This thread seems apt enough for that.

I have reluctantly acknowledged that there's no point in having an Android phone and refusing to change from my Talkalot tariff (where every day that I access data in any shape or form I get charged £1 until the witching hour), when I can pay ten quid per month and get 1000 texts, 150 minutes and 500mb. I used to top up £20 whenever my credit got down to about £2, i.e. about once every six months. Bloody skinflint/billy no-mates was what I was. So I will now be able to Google things on my phone, but I'm damned if I'm going to sync my Gmail account on it .... just yet.

But ... £10 per month!!!111

My Mini Pet Bee Quad Copter is quite hard to control.

You realise that even at £10 a month you're being overcharged for that?

http://giffgaff.com/goodybags/10pound-goodybag

Why are those bottles so heavy? Surely they're just wasting glass and losing profits, and they wouldn't have so many disappointed customers either.

They're still 750ml as well, so it's not even like they're trying to pretend they're a normal wine bottle when they're not, because they are.

Wine by the box is the way to go, then you can squeeze the fucking bag out when it's nearly done.

Really??

It's that the drink is somewhat more pressurised.

Glass bottles of things like lemonade aren't any thicker than a normal wine bottle.

For six and a half years (since we moved into this house basically), we've had a spare washing machine.

The reason for this is simple, the last place we lived in was rented and was unfurnished, it had a fitted kitchen with a dishwasher and a fridge unit, but there was no washing machine or fridge freezer, so we had to buy both when we moved in.

When we bought this house it came complete with white goods, so we left the fridge freezer behind in the rented house (it wasn't a very good one), but brought the washing machine with us (as it was a nice one), even though this house already had a combi washer-dryer installed.

So for six and a half years that washing machine has just sat in the kitchen and done nothing, as the washing machine that was already in the house has done sterling service. In the back of my mind I've always figured having a spare isn't such a bad thing in case the one that was already here ever breaks - but it never has.

A couple of weeks ago one of my mates said his washing machine was on the blink, so I said to him we had a spare one that he could take away for a modest amount of cash, 'It's just been sat there doing nothing for over six years'.

We agreed on £70, I helped him get it into the boot of his car, and off it went to his house, where he installed it and it worked fine.

SEVEN FUCKING DAYS LATER, our washing machine breaks.

Got a new combi washer dryer coming on Tuesday, £540 including delivery and installation, and disposal of the old one.

For fuck's sake.

Last time I checked, Lemonade was not the same thing as champagne.

I left my cell phone in a bar last night

I left my faucet on the sidewalk then when I returned got hauled in by the cops for jaywalking.

Did you tell that bunch of jackasses to get off of your case?