Surfing Waves

Posted: **Tue Nov 09, 2004 5:37 pm**

sorry - I need to rant here.

I just got a phone call from my freight agent telling me my shipment of two McTavish Fireballs (both custom orders for customers) has picked a fight with a fork-lift truck. Guess which won! YEP! so I have two Fireballs with holes in the side of them.

THEN - my car packs in and the local garage tells me it'll cost more to fix than it's worth!

now, bad things always come in threes so I'm sitting just waiting now............ probably a bad time to go out on my skateboard......

Posted: **Wed Nov 10, 2004 7:23 am**

awww! your poor surfboards! can they be fixed?

Posted: **Wed Nov 10, 2004 7:40 am**

not sure yet - I'll post a couple of piccies here once I've seen them.

It frustrates me that blood, sweat and tears have gone into making those boards and some dumb-ass in a fork lift just smashes straight into them!

Posted: **Wed Nov 10, 2004 8:34 am**

stay off the skate....
I know you can air freight it to me to look after until Karma releases you :-)

Bad luck my friend.

Posted: **Wed Nov 10, 2004 10:02 am**

im not suprised mate bagage handlers just dont give a xxxxx tese days

will they pay up so you can replace them?

Posted: **Wed Nov 10, 2004 1:19 pm**

Sounds like a nightmare day. Any insurance?

jonny wrote:the local garage tells me it'll cost more to fix than it's worth!'

I have been told this a few times but I always buy a bomb to start off with.

Posted: **Thu Nov 11, 2004 8:07 pm**

Aaaw, dude I can almost feel your pain. :cry:

That must absolutely suck. Surely youl get compensation?!

Posted: **Thu Nov 11, 2004 8:45 pm**

yeah - you're right, the money side is fine.

It's just knowing that these boards that someone has taken real pride in making, were destined to be customer's dream surfboards and now some half-wit, idiot stoves a fork-lift into them and trashes them in an instant!

I just hate making the phone call - "Hi, you know how I told you your new board would be ready this week, well......."

Posted: **Fri Nov 12, 2004 4:04 pm**

Stupid damn person, grrr! Talk about a definite lack of respect.
I can see it now: 'oh well, it was only someones surfboard' :evil:

Posted: **Fri Nov 12, 2004 11:21 pm**

ive got a friend that works for BA in heathrow and deals alot with bagage handlers and customers and he says its unbelive able the lack or respect they have for peoples items

Posted: **Sat Nov 13, 2004 8:07 am**

Luckly I havn't had any probs yet... I always wrap my boards up REALLY wel... taking no chances the foam roll mats are good for an initial layer then bubble wrap.

Gutted dude...

But heres some good news - ME and EM are picking up our van today!

Posted: **Sun Nov 14, 2004 1:59 pm**

Ok u totally win on the crappy day stakes although mine is a little bit crappy today, was supposed to be surfing with surf club at uni but it was cancelled cos the two main dudes hav injured themselves and was supposed to be rock climbing tomorrow but that has been cancelled cos my instructor fell of the uni wall when he was free climbing and dislocated his ankle. Also just started a new job last week working from 5am till 9am 4 days a week so am up at 4am then have to go to lectures and then obviously i neeeed to go out drinking after that which is just painful the next morning when i have to get up at 4am again! So completley knackered but still have loads and loads of work to do, anyone got any idaes for 3000 words on any aspect of community ecology? How about tips for a practical report on the environmental microbiology of lake water? Me neither. And so just got lots of work and no fun stuff. Oh yeh and ive just found out my boyfriend cant swim, let alone surf, so i cant even teach him when im a bit better. And he wont come climbing either. grrrrrrrrrrrrrr. And just to top it off they have barred my credit card and my mobile bill is £160 so all my savings towards a board have gone out of the window because i talk to much. Am a total retard

Posted: **Sun Nov 14, 2004 4:47 pm**

Hahaha

That is pretty crap your right!! I dont know wether Im finding that funny actually, its now seeming kind of...ouch!? :shock:

Unlucky!

Posted: **Mon Nov 15, 2004 2:05 pm**

ok its deffently a crappy day.... that cvan we there picking up.. turned out to be a shitty petrol van not a TD... bugger.

Posted: **Mon Nov 15, 2004 3:21 pm**

man that really sucks, my commiserations (however its spelt) im sure u will find the perfect one eventually, just like i will get to surf this semester... eventually.

In the mean time enjoy the bus, i dunno how they r at your uni but at mine they deserve a whole post in the crappy day thread...........

Posted: **Mon Feb 07, 2005 3:24 am**

*hands out chocolate for all those having sh*tty days...

Posted: **Tue Feb 08, 2005 4:27 am**

don't forget the ice cream!