All Hail Week 33!

[The Doctor]

Might rain. Might not. Thrilling stuff.

-Ralph

[Gav]

Sitting in our Bothwell Street offices, i wonder if it's worth it going into town for a look at DVDs. It might rain though.


Might not.

[Philip Ayres]

I am once more at war with the train ticket buying websites. I'm trying to find one that will let me use the ticket machine at Swindon to collect my tickets and will actually apply the discount my disabled railcard entitles me to to the Travelcard I want to buy.

[The Doctor]

I shall annihilate these websites!

-Ralph

[Philip Ayres]

Could you not use your mind control powers and get their manafgement to change their ways ?

[The Doctor]

*waggles eyebrows*

-Ralph

[Philip Ayres]

They got back to me ! Apparently the travelcard meant I couldn't collect the ticket. Soon sort that. There we go single to london for £7.

[andrewbcalculating]

I had problems using the Zavvi website last night. I was trying to input my card details to make a purchase but every time I pressed "Confirm" to complete the order, the site took me back to the previous page saying that I hadn't entered my card details correctly. This happened 5 or 6 times. In the end I gave up. Now checking my Zavvi account showed that according to them I haven't ordered anything with them and I also haven't received an email from them confirming any order. But I'm worried that I'm going to be billed for 6 items I don't want or that someone else other than Zavvi has my card details. Be cautious when using Zavvi online.

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[Shockprowl]

Hello sports fans! My situation of being blocked at work continues. Darn irritating. Jumped on my parent's PC. Mrs Shockprowl has finally relented in her quest to get my old PC to work, so we're gunna buy a new one. How exciting!

We've begun tentative potty training. Piglet's not taken to it too much, mainly 'cos it interferes with playing. Although when convinced to try it she seems to enjoy it. She was so happy this AM after doing a wee that she raced around the house without any pants on defying my attempts to catch her, all the time shouting "WEEEEEE!!!". Marvelous.

All time stopped yesterday when I discovered a superlynx combined figure I actually liked. I'd previously sworn to myself that I'd hate any combined Energon Autobot for all eternity. The figure was SWAT Prowl and Checkpoint combined. Don't look half bad, prob 'cos they're the same colour. So big thanks to Phil for the figs! Come to think of it, I've got loadsa figs of Phil. Does he infact own or has owned every TF figure ever made in the entire history of the universe?

Knackered my shoulder a bit lifting heavy patient's in odd situations. You don't realise how much strength you need weilding a toddler (aka Sack of Spuds) about 'till you pull something. Sign of getting old: once upon a time a pull like this wouldn't have bothered me and I'd have got over it in no time. Not these days.

Gunna have a five way battle tonight between R.i.D, Owl, Classics, Animated and SWAT Prowls. How exciting!!!

[The Doctor]

Aug 12, 2008 10:21:37 GMT Shockprowl said:

Come to think of it, I've got loadsa figs of Phil.

I had no idea action figures had been made of Phil! He kept that one quiet!

-Ralph

[kayevcee]

What does he turn into?

-Nick

[The Doctor]

A toy shop.

-Ralph

[andrewbcalculating]

My building society claim that its unlikely that anyone malicious has got my card details and that a number of people have been claiming that they've had problems with Zavvi. Also it seems that no unexpected transactions have occurred in my account.

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[Philip Ayres]

There's lots of TF toys I've never owned. But I think at one point or another I've owned *nearly* everything from BW through to Classics

[karla]

what is it with people that they think they can get a refund on anything, no matter its state upon its return.
I've had some proper nasty bras (I won't mention knickers) with unknown marks on them, they don't have the recipt sometimes but they want the money, and if you don't give them it they get so aggressive its unbelievable, I really can't understand it. oh well lol, I do wind some of them up though if they're being pathetic, thats the only way I can describe it.
This one woman did make one my colleges cry as well, for what £3??

sorry needed to get it off my chest i'm sure you all don't mind heh heh

[Andy Turnbull]

Ah the unreasonable world of retail. NICK!!!! The TRU post christmas battery story please!!

Andy

[grahamthomson]

Hmm. You had a "bra" story to get off your chest? Please, this is a public forum!

I would absolutely hate to work in the retail sector. Consumers these days take the "the customer is always right" theme far too far. I do remember being in the queue at a well known high street chemists and the lady at the till was complaining that the lipstick she'd bought the previous week "was a different colour under her bedroom lights" compared to the lights of the shop when she tried the tester before buying. She wanted her money back.

[chrisl]

I despise complainers like that, and the less said about moaning students the better! If you know you've failed an exam and must resit in the summer why go to camp america? ****heads!

[Andy Turnbull]

Working for "The Evil Empire tm" I've heard all sorts of ludicrous the customer is always right stories and almost always they never are. From people who wanted a promotion that ended over four years ago who were insistent they would not leave the call until they got their way. Needless to say the smacketh gets layethed down by me and they leave the call.

I hate twats like that and in most of my experiences the customer is almost always never right.

Andy

[grahamthomson]

I think the only time I ever returned something was Ultimate (Fuck Over) Bumblebee last year. But to ToysRUs's credit, they gave me a refund without hesitation.

I had a problem a few years back when a manager of PC World called me an idiot when I was trying to return a faulty scanner. He regretted that.

[The Doctor]

I learned from my brief attempts many years ago that working in retail just wasn't for me. I found it unbearably stressful and anxiety-ridden so I genuinely have a lot of time for folk who work in retail as it's a job I just cannot do. There really is more skill required than is commonly given credit for. This is why I get hacked off at folk being nasty to shop workers, etc. Have you ever noticed how few people, for example, bother to say 'hullo' or 'thankyou' to the person serving them at the tills in supermarkets? Doesn't take much effort to acknowledge the human being who is helping you out. My ire is especially reserved for those who don't even pause from their mobile phone conversation to acknowledge the existence of the person behind the till. ARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!

Humanity must be destroyed.

-Ralph

[Andy Turnbull]

I'm always polite to folks in situations like that. It always amuses me to see people who are rude to waiters or staff in restaurants. Do these people not realise what gets done to the food of customers who are ignorant and rude?

Andy

[karla]

Aug 14, 2008 9:06:38 GMT @grahamthomson said:

Hmm. You had a "bra" story to get off your chest? Please, this is a public forum!

heh heh heh PUN!!!

the women i've found mostly nice to fit are the old ones who just don't care any more, some of them have never been fitted and only when they're 60/70 they decide to lol. They say the nicest things as well, one woman today said I fitted her better than another bird did at Peter Jones (hate that snobby name) and she respected the nasty job we do as, no, it isn't the most exciting jobs in the world

I also have to put my rabbit on a diet, he's to fat, he can't clean his arse properly and had to clean out some maggots around there the other day. I got the buggers, but also a hefty vets bill *sigh*

I don't mind all the shouting, or complaints, I don't care enough to mind. Just stare at them blankly until they let off they're steam, some apologize, some act as if they've won some kind of battle.....I should probably start handing out prizes to those winners, valiant wonderful winners.

[The Doctor]

I shall channel for the rabbit.

-Ralph

[grahamthomson]

I always used to let my rabbits get fat when I was young. They loved eating the leaves of the tomato plants and those white chocolate drops you could get especially for them.

If you like, I could set my dog loose where you keep your rabbits. Don't worry, he's very gentle and is trained not to attack anything fluffy. He will chase them for hours, however.

[Hero]

Retail... That ol chestnut. Never again for me.

Sorry I've not been around much gang. Hit a bad time in life and have lost my way. Will be back when ready.

[The Doctor]

OK.

-Ralph

[Philip Ayres]

Aug 14, 2008 20:23:52 GMT karla said:

Peter Jones (hate that snobby name)

On the other hand any Just A Minute with Peter Jones on is great. As is his HHGttG naration

[kayevcee]

"Hey pea-brain, want to go into the Off License for us?"

No. No I do not. For the following reasons:

1) You just called me a pea-brain.

2) You are 14 years old and alcohol abuse so early in life can lead to severe health problems later.

3) The area where you are loitering and I am walking past is under constant CCTV surveillance so if I did go to the Off License and buy you two litres of White Lightning and a litre of Buckfast for you and your dead-eyed mates to kill yourselves with I would end up in jail while you would get a slap on the wrist and a comfy night in A&E getting your stomachs pumped.

4) You still use terms like 'pea-brain' as an insult and thus probably have a mental age of five so providing you with alcoholic beverages would be even more irresponsible.

is what I wanted to say but there were three of them so I just said 'no' and walked past. Unfortunately I was going to the cashpoint and had to walk past them again on the way back, whereupon the spokesman asked me if I was enjoying my ice cream (I was) and informed me that I should be on Big Brother. I decided to be vaguely flattered that this trainee dialysis patient expressed an interest in my every move and thought no more about it.

At least it was better than yesterday, when a walk to the shops ended in a fight breaking out in Farmfoods between an employee's girlfriend (to whom he had been talking as he stood in the doorway smoking, most helpful to customers wishing to enter and exit) and the security guard over something he had allegedly said that ended in said boyfriend holstering the fag, pinning her arms and leading her outside for some calming words and, presumably, an intravenous tranquilliser.

You know, now that I think about it I can't remember being in any other branch of Farmfoods that needed a bouncer. I love this area.

-Nick

[Grand Moff Muffin]

Aug 15, 2008 16:45:00 GMT kayevcee said:

4) You still use terms like 'pea-brain' as an insult and thus probably have a mental age of five so providing you with alcoholic beverages would be even more irresponsible.

That reminds me of a thread I meant to start. May as well hijack this one since it's handy and the week's nearly over.

Why do people (grown-ups as well as kids) even when calm, use phrases such as:

'can't be arsed'
'bugger off''
'for f**k's sake'

which make no literal sense, uglify the language and carry no additional weight because they have been devalued by their over-use, instead of

'can't be bothered'
'clear off'
'for goodness' sake'

which actually mean what you mean?

I would commend the kid who called you a pea-brain (no offence, Nick) because the insult is actually logical - a pea is small, so he's calling you stupid. Would it be more mature to have called you a twat or a dickhead?

Discuss.

Martin