Jim
Thunderjet
Micromaster Backside Monitor
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Post by Jim on Jul 30, 2020 10:48:24 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 30, 2020 11:23:11 GMT
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 30, 2020 13:43:52 GMT
Not the laminated book of dreams!
That's an arse actually; it's much easier to find stuff in the print version when you're in the shop. I suppose that means no in shop catalogue either.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 30, 2020 14:54:28 GMT
I still used the catalogue as the in-store terminals are useless.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 30, 2020 14:56:45 GMT
That's what worries me. The search on the website is useless.
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 30, 2020 17:03:38 GMT
The Argos website and in store devices are dreadful. Don't often shop there any more but can't see myself bothering at all now.
Never know. Maybe the money they must've been ploughing into the catalogue might be redeployed to improving their digital services.
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Post by Shockprowl on Aug 2, 2020 8:32:08 GMT
Ahhh, the hours I spent looking at catalogues...
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 7, 2020 21:34:14 GMT
It was a window into another world!
I have no nostalgia for Argos itself though. My first job was in an Argos and was treated like shit. I've never forgotten...25 years later!
-Ralph
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Jim
Thunderjet
Micromaster Backside Monitor
Now in glorious Ultra HD 4K
Posts: 4,608
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Post by Jim on Aug 7, 2020 21:55:19 GMT
I applied at Argos but didn't even get an interview. Maybe dodged a bullet then...
Plenty of nostalgia for the store though. Used to love watching the sloping conveyor belt at the Nottingham branch, eagerly awaiting our order.
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 7, 2020 22:52:41 GMT
I do remember the mission to find Transformers, probably Christmas 84, and my parents trying to discover what was in stock in different Argos shops. I think I ended up with Sideswipe that way.
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Aug 8, 2020 7:06:59 GMT
I worked at Argos for one Christmas. It was not an amazing job but worked with some nice people.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 16, 2020 22:21:10 GMT
I was fired. The store policy was that all employees were patted down when leaving at the end of the day or at lunchtime so they weren't stealing stuff. The (male) deputy manager did this. His hands tended to go where they shouldn't. I complained about this to the (female) manager and was promptly fired.
I was 17 at the time and not very worldly-wise in certain things. An older me wishes I had shopped the guy to the Police.
-Ralph
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