Oscar the Grouch
One of our neighbours is known as Oscar the Grouch due to his ability to fall out with anyone over anything. He's had a two year long letter writing campaign going on with a local business that dropped an accent off his name.

About 12 years ago Oscar had a falling out with the next door neighbour over something trivial so to teach them a lesson he stomped off to his parents house and has stayed there for the last 12 years. Oscar is 50. His parents are retired. Yet he has them doing his laundry, cooking him meals and he lives with them rent free. He even sends them round to cut the lawn and tidy up his flat that he's not lived in for 12 years. Which they bought for him when he was in his 20s. Sigh.

First post, apologies over length etc.
(Iceborn, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:24, 8 replies)

Good first post...

Welcome to all things B3ta!
( Pooflake braces for an onslaught..., Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:40, closed)

Thank you
As subject
(Iceborn, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:36, closed)

He sounds retarded
No seriously, he sounds mental. As in sick mental, not as in killing puppies kind.
( Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:40, closed)

Mentaln and spoilt by the sounds of it...
and give my mum was commited yeaterday evening I know about these things.
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:12, closed)

I don't blame him for the letters
If someone misspelled my name, I'd be pretty pissed off too. Especially if they refused to rectify it. He should continue complaining until they see sense.
(EuroSong I love horse meat: best of all the animals, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:44, closed)

To be fair....
To be fair, the business apolgised at once and they did correct it, they even offered him a free car wash next time he came round to visit - possibly that was a mistake on their part. He is slowly working his way up the corporate ladder in his letter campaign, probably thinking if a 'minion' (his word) would offer a car wash, the chairman will offer a new car.
(Iceborn, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:36, closed)

Oh, I see.
In that case, he's just a twat!
(EuroSong I love horse meat: best of all the animals, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:46, closed)

people get my name wrong all the time
most people with my surname spell it with an "o" in it, whereas my family spell it with an "e". it's mildly irritating, but nothing worth complaining about.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 22:31, closed)