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[Punishment]

Dropping off fittings to a bunk bed to an African couple renting 20 minutes out of my way while going home (thanks boss)

Ring the doorbell no answer

Ring again i hear shuffling inside

Ring again curtain twitches and eventually door opens.

"Hi im just dropping off these fitting for your bunk bed, your landlord was talking to my boss if you have any problems/questions give him a call in the shop."

These are for the bed ? (after looking at the bag of bolts and such for 20 seconds before replying)

Ahh yea they are for the bed yes.

*1 solid minute staring at the bag of bits* wife then arrives

Are those for to put the bed together ?

Husband stares at the bag like it has the answers to the mysteries of the universe before confirming they are indeed for the bunk bed.

Both stare at me in silence *That screams do you wan't to spend 1h putting our bunk bed together* (even though we chose not to pay the 30 quid to have it assembled)

Ohhhhhhhkay so ahh i was just dropping those off on my way home as a favour, once again ring the shop if you have any questions.

*Sound of spinning wheels and smell of burnt rubber*

 

[Punishment]

I find Currys even worse than pcworld for service but wont use either anymore.

I reserved a laptop for collection at pcworld - go there to be told its out of stock but currys had it.

Drive to currys - explain to first guy in the laptop section and show him the reservation - he walks off talks to another bloke for a few mins then comes back and says 'this is a reservation for pcworld!"

Tell him again why I'm there - he passes me onto supervisor.

He spends 5 mins on his computer - he passes me onto yet another guy who promptly wanders off.

10 mins later I walk out cursing loudly and vow never to buy another thing from Currys.

If it had been a one off I might have forgiven them but I had a similar disaster when it took 30 minutes to buy a TV when I went in with a reservation for the exact item.

Best way to get payback is to use such shops as a demo area for items you buy online

Halfords Ireland are the fucking worst (Heard Halfords UK are atleast somewhat competent)

Go in to reserve a Double din car stereo on special offer (Pricing mistake as it's for sale @ 199e it's 379 sterling in the UK)

I have done my homework so i know the adapter and facia i need. Facia is like 9 euros adaptor a tenner

Get in to pay for them and some dopey teenager at the counter tells me "Oh you had the wrong facia ordered so we went and got you the right one it was 25 euros though"

Im happy im getting a good deal on my stereo so i shrug it off.

They go outside as part of the deal was to get it fitted and because the bluetooth mic is abit of a pain to put in i left them at it and headed across the road to buy a new phone and some bits.

Come back 30 minutes or so later and the guy is filing the fucking dash of my ST above the a/c controls and explains "Uhh you ordered the wrong facia mate this is for a single din" *fume*

He then leaves the stero sitting out about 3/4 of a inch saying "That should stay in place *nervous smile*"

Now afew weeks later the lights on my a/c and blower controls are no longer working my beautiful stereo is still hanging onto the dash for dear life and my aircon is no longer working.

Fucking muppets

 

[rynnor]

My local halfords is pretty poor too - lots of staff - no-one serving - customer service = crap.

No wonder retail is going down the pan.

 

[Lamp]

Perfect Balance:

http://www.flixxy.com/the-incredible-power-of-concentration-miyoko-shida.htm

Awesome

 

[Zede]

Ace !

http://io9.com/old-spock-battles-new-spock-in-the-greatest-car-commerc-493836696

 

[Edmond]

Perfect Balance:

http://www.flixxy.com/the-incredible-power-of-concentration-miyoko-shida.htm

Awesome

Amazing, I didn't expect the last bit either

 

[Cadelin]

So all CERN people got sent the email in spoilers. Google are going to street view the entire CERN site tomorrow and we have been told not to do anything silly. Is it just me or is that possibly the worst way to get people to behave? Unfortunately, I just happened to fly back to the UK today so I won't be able to participate in any antics.

Spoiler

Google Street View is an integrated service of Google Maps, introduced by Google in 2007. This service allows users to navigate virtually through streets and to enjoy a 360° panoramic view. Here are just a few examples.

CERN and Google have joined forces to create a panoramic virtual tour of the CERN site and those of its experiments on Google Street View and Google Maps. Google has already taken some shots inside certain experimental facilities.

Tomorrow, Saturday 15 June, a team from Google will be taking street images across all of CERN’s sites using, among other things, a bike-mounted camera system known as the “Street View Trike”. These images will then be uploaded exclusively into Google Street View and Google Maps, with CERN’s consent.

To facilitate this filming work, you are kindly requested, should you come across the Google film crew, to go about your business normally (or keep your distance, should you prefer) and refrain from displaying or carrying banners or any kind of message, especially of a commercial or private nature.

Google has undertaken to blur out all faces and vehicle registration-plates appearing on the images filmed at CERN to ensure they cannot be recognised.

Many thanks in advance for your collaboration.

 

[rynnor]

So all CERN people got sent the email in spoilers. Google are going to street view the entire CERN site tomorrow and we have been told not to do anything silly. Is it just me or is that possibly the worst way to get people to behave? Unfortunately, I just happened to fly back to the UK today so I won't be able to participate in any antics.

Cant you just leave a large dildo out somewhere semi-inconspicuous ?

 

[rynnor]

The most appalling piece of feminist claptrap masquerading as Science brought to you by our expensive inaccurate friends at the BBC.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22886668

 

[Edmond]

There has to be an arse out shot somewhere, it would be rude not too

 

[Tuthmes]

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[megadave]

 

[caLLous]

Very clever.

 

[Lamp]

Well, since its almost 1am, its time for some nudity.

NSFW

Spoiler

 

[Job]

The most appalling piece of feminist claptrap masquerading as Science brought to you by our expensive inaccurate friends at the BBC.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22886668

I like the arguments though..Im constantly trying to deciphr what causes what in evolution in my bored moments..do men like young women because young women prefer older men or the other way around..or something else.

 

[DaGaffer]

It's nonsense. Until relatively recently in evolutionary terms most women didn't live long enough to reach the menopause, and for those that did, I thought women were born with a fixed number of eggs anyway?

 

[dysfunction]

It makes sense because if they have eggs later in life they will have defects due to the fact the body is degrading after a certain age...

Its a safety feature to prevent defective offspring.

 

[Chilly]

milf

 

[TdC]

blue hair gets me every time 0o

 

[caLLous]

Am I your son?

 

[mooSe_]

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWvQn_GYwYw&NR=1&feature=fvwp

 

[rynnor]

It's nonsense. Until relatively recently in evolutionary terms most women didn't live long enough to reach the menopause, and for those that did, I thought women were born with a fixed number of eggs anyway?

You are correct - women are born with all of their eggs - the menopause starts when they are all used up but in reality the eggs degrade over a women's fertile time so that the chances of diseases like Downs Syndrome become much greater near the end.

The other problem with such analysis is that it ignores the fact that up until a few thousand years ago old people were rare and humans would naturally start breeding when a girl reached puberty - to do otherwise would have risked extinction.

Its not unique to humans either - our nearest relative the chimpanzee has the menopause in captivity (where they live longer), whales have it - presumably other mammals too - it just hasn't been studied much because it wouldn't be common for creatures to survive that long in the wild.

Edit - Blokes on the other hand could be fertile at 100+ - there is some decline in the genetic material but its tiny compared to how eggs degrade and not really significant.

 

[TdC]

http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2013/06/14/25-reasons-why-we-love-scotland/

 

[BloodOmen]

 

[Edmond]

http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2013/06/14/25-reasons-why-we-love-scotland/

Best one is 25, 'Choo Choo, I'm a train'

Pissed myself

 

[TdC]

50 years ago today...

 

[Job]

 

[Lamp]

The ultimate office? Pff. Seems like an incredible waste of money on what is essentially a dentists chair and three screens.

Link

 

[caLLous]

Not entirely my kind of music but these guys are pretty amazing...

 

[Gwadien]

Pretty much Jimi Hendrix, haha