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  • sketchley
    sketchley Posts: 4,238
    Asprilla wrote:
    The tile shop. I'm not a tiling expert but I want my shower retiling. I tell the staff what I want and they get them for me. The plumber comes to fit them and discovers that they aren't compatible because they are different thicknesses. Tile shop fucksock employee won't take the tiles back (£40 a tile!) because they have been opened) and then tells me that providing the information that the tiles couldn't be used together 'isn't part of the service they offer'. We ask if he can recommend anything we can use instead and he comes back a white one to contrast nicely with the majority of tiles in the shower, which are white.

    Mrs A has just stormed out of the shop demonstrating some exquisite anglo saxon.

    I'd demand a refund. If not forthcoming then small claims court. They'd have trouble proving they advised you correctly so you would probably win.
    --
    Chris

    Genesis Equilibrium - FCN 3/4/5
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    CiB wrote:
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    ...the first of many excuses for not doing this year's big works charity cycle challenge. Probably.
    :)

    You can give me some hints about how to fix it rather than be sarcastic Mr "whyhasmypasswordsuddenlychanged?" :p
    Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
    2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
    2011 Trek Madone 4.5
    2012 Felt F65X
    Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter
  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    CiB wrote:
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    ...the first of many excuses for not doing this year's big works charity cycle challenge. Probably.
    :)

    You can give me some hints about how to fix it rather than be sarcastic Mr "whyhasmypasswordsuddenlychanged?" :p
    Amputation. It's the only way, and good for weight loss.

    Please don't touch my password.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,904
    Asprilla wrote:
    The tile shop. I'm not a tiling expert but I want my shower retiling. I tell the staff what I want and they get them for me. The plumber comes to fit them and discovers that they aren't compatible because they are different thicknesses. Tile shop fucksock employee won't take the tiles back (£40 a tile!) because they have been opened) and then tells me that providing the information that the tiles couldn't be used together 'isn't part of the service they offer'. We ask if he can recommend anything we can use instead and he comes back a white one to contrast nicely with the majority of tiles in the shower, which are white.

    Mrs A has just stormed out of the shop demonstrating some exquisite anglo saxon.

    I'm also buying some furniture but I want some changes making to one of the wardrobes. It currently has a shelf at the bottom but I want four additional shelves on the right hand side instead of the hanging space. After two weeks discussing this on the phone and in person I now have to drive to the shop tomorrow and draw a sketch for them.

    Heh, we try not to let our clients choose their own tiles - it always goes wrong. What exactly is the problem with the different thicknesses - could you build one part of the substrate up to compensate for the different thickness? As form the shelves - a drawing is ALWAYS better than verbal or written description.
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • Mr Sworld
    Mr Sworld Posts: 703
    rjsterry wrote:
    As form the shelves - a drawing is ALWAYS better than verbal or written description.

    Google SketchUp... Nuff said...

    http://sketchup.google.com/
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,904
    Mr Sworld wrote:
    rjsterry wrote:
    As form the shelves - a drawing is ALWAYS better than verbal or written description.

    Google SketchUp... Nuff said...

    http://sketchup.google.com/

    Good idea. Probably the easiest thing to use if your not au fait with producing technical drawings.
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! Trio of muppets on the way home, footage to follow.


    ...and relax!
    MTB/CX

    "As I said last time, it won't happen again."
  • chedabob
    chedabob Posts: 1,133
    City Link driver: is it really that difficult to read the address on a parcel? You managed to deliver my bike to the right address, but saw fit to deliver the lock to the building across the car park (it's not like the names are different or anything...). It's taken all day to find out where it went. Had I known this morning, I would've caught the goods-in guy before he finished for the day.

    I know I shouldn't take it out on Wiggle, but between this, and taking over a month to sort out a return because they sent the wrong item, I'm not sure I'll be shopping there much more.
  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,720
    Medical "specialists", in this case, a neurosurgeon. I'm sure you would be much happier in a gown and mask with a knife in your hand, but really, when a patient comes in for a review, you could at least make an attempt at communication. Who knows, you may even find yourself able to impart some useful advice?

    After 7 weeks in a neck-to-waist brace, enough x-rays to make me glow in the dark and very considerable stress over the whole thing, I expect more than 10 minutes worth of umms and ahhs while you scroll through the images, then say, and I quote, "Looks OK. Stop wearing the brace and see how that goes. If it gets sore, come back and see me."

    That's it? That's really all you have to offer? Thanks for your contribution.
    Open One+ BMC TE29 Seven 622SL On One Scandal Cervelo RS
  • suzyb
    suzyb Posts: 3,449
    Chuffing City Link. Package sent on the 8th, still not delivered, customer now asking me where it is and for the first time in 200 sales I may get negative feedback.

    I mean wtf does 6 "Goods returned to depot" lines on the tracking mean, after the goods were supposedly delivered. Have they been left in a garden, left on the van so keep going out and returning to the depot every night, what!!
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    bails87 wrote:
    GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! Trio of muppets on the way home, footage to follow.


    ...and relax!

    I blamed you :D
    Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
    2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
    2011 Trek Madone 4.5
    2012 Felt F65X
    Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter
  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    bails87 wrote:
    GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! Trio of muppets on the way home, footage to follow.


    ...and relax!

    I blamed you :D
    :lol:

    Some friend you are!
    MTB/CX

    "As I said last time, it won't happen again."
  • davis
    davis Posts: 2,506
    Just got the washing out of the machine to find I'd thrown a Planet X Merino top in with the cottons at 60°C. Damn.
    Sometimes parts break. Sometimes you crash. Sometimes it’s your fault.
  • Mr Sworld
    Mr Sworld Posts: 703
    Children on the Helmet Cam thread... :-(
  • Stone Glider
    Stone Glider Posts: 1,227
    O T @ W/spinner - is that good news you are disguising in your, typically Aussie, manner?
    The older I get the faster I was
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    The idiot who sent my Dad an email with a PDF attachment.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,720
    Stone Glider wrote:
    O T @ W/spinner - is that good news you are disguising in your, typically Aussie, manner?

    Thanks for asking!

    Well, it seems not too bad. Range of motion is still limited, but improving, muscles are sore as all hell in places, but apparently the fracture is ok. Still some question about whether I have any further trapped nerve issues around the fracture site, or if the symptoms such as numb leg and occasionally forearm are unrelated to that.

    I have no patience though, and *need* to do some exercise or I will go nuts.

    GP thinks I should wait and see how it settles down with some (gentle) exercise. May try first ride in a few days, somewhere flat and slow, find out if I can tolerate the position. Took my motorcycle out for a run on the weekend which was ok. Mind you, weather not helping. Last night, a storm hit town about 9.30pm. Three and a quarter inches of rain in 57 minutes. Cleaning up is a whole other rant!!!!
    Open One+ BMC TE29 Seven 622SL On One Scandal Cervelo RS
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Haven't slept properly now for 5 nights.

    No good reason. I'm really very f*cking tired, really really.

    As soon as I get to bed, I'm awake. Everything feels uncomfortable. I have this kinda itch for my right arm constantly move, that at worst, spreads to my feet and legs.

    Got so frustrated with it all I bashed the headboard and took all the skin off my elbow in the process.
    _
  • suzyb
    suzyb Posts: 3,449
    Insomnia seems contagious. I've been having trouble getting to sleep for the past week as well.

    End result, I can barely concentrate today. It's going to be a looong day in the office.
    Whippet
  • el_presidente
    el_presidente Posts: 1,963
    Get an 8-month old baby who is teething. I fell asleep in front of Top Gear last night :(
    <a>road</a>
  • the_fuggler
    the_fuggler Posts: 1,228
    Every time I think that our Global HR team has reached rock bottom, they find a new and extraordinary way to plumb even greater depths. If it wasn't so utterly incredible, I would be in tears...!

    I've now spent 6 hours trying to sort out an issue that would take 2 minutes to fix if I could find the right person who owns the relationship with the flexible benefits supplier in the UK.
    FCN 3 / 4
  • king_jeffers
    king_jeffers Posts: 694
    Just watched bails87 road rage incident :-( Totally shocked. Hope the guy gets charged, no excuse for that behavior.
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Not being able to FF through the ads on live TV.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • tigger123
    tigger123 Posts: 60
    redvee wrote:
    Not being able to FF through the ads on live TV.

    You could just switch channels, set a timer for four minutes and when you switch back your programme will be starting again.
  • Blacktemplar
    Blacktemplar Posts: 713
    Farking. Laptop. B*ggered.

    14 months old HP G62 laptop - working fine on Saturday, on Sunday battery running low so plug in AC adapter. Nothing. No lights, no charge, laptop dies. Can't restart. Get tech guys at work to check adapter, output fine. Power port fine (not loose) but no power. Out of sodding warranty as well.

    Read a few alarming threads about motherboard and nVidia GPU failures.

    Anyone else come across this??

    Grrrrrrrrrrrr. :x
    "Get a bicycle. You won't regret it if you live"
    Mark Twain
  • flimflam_machine
    flimflam_machine Posts: 263
    [vicarious rant]

    Tosspot driver of an Already Hire van nearly took out a cyclist this morning because he was happily chatting away on his mobile while driving. Grrrr.

    [/vicarious rant]
  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    King Jeffers wrote:
    Just watched bails87 road rage incident :-( Totally shocked. Hope the guy gets charged, no excuse for that behavior.
    Can't remember if I said here or somewhere else, but he wrote a letter saying he "regrets that we bumped into each other". And that's the end of it. Crime and "punishment" in unelected Shameron's broken Britain :roll:

    [/DailyMailCommenter]
    MTB/CX

    "As I said last time, it won't happen again."
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    bails87 wrote:
    King Jeffers wrote:
    Just watched bails87 road rage incident :-( Totally shocked. Hope the guy gets charged, no excuse for that behavior.
    Can't remember if I said here or somewhere else, but he wrote a letter saying he "regrets that we bumped into each other". And that's the end of it. Crime and "punishment" in unelected Shameron's broken Britain :roll:

    [/DailyMailCommenter]

    Seriously, is that all that's going to happen?
    _
  • davis
    davis Posts: 2,506
    Wheelspinner wrote:
    Stone Glider wrote:
    O T @ W/spinner - is that good news you are disguising in your, typically Aussie, manner?

    Thanks for asking!

    Well, it seems not too bad. Range of motion is still limited, but improving, muscles are sore as all hell in places, but apparently the fracture is ok. Still some question about whether I have any further trapped nerve issues around the fracture site, or if the symptoms such as numb leg and occasionally forearm are unrelated to that.

    What did you do, if you don't mind my asking?
    Sometimes parts break. Sometimes you crash. Sometimes it’s your fault.
  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    bails87 wrote:
    King Jeffers wrote:
    Just watched bails87 road rage incident :-( Totally shocked. Hope the guy gets charged, no excuse for that behavior.
    Can't remember if I said here or somewhere else, but he wrote a letter saying he "regrets that we bumped into each other". And that's the end of it. Crime and "punishment" in unelected Shameron's broken Britain :roll:

    [/DailyMailCommenter]

    Seriously, is that all that's going to happen?
    Yep.

    When it was heavily suggested by the PC that this was the way the case should proceed I went to the station to see the 'apology' and was going to ask what she'd want done if one of her colleagues was subjected to a similar attack, but walked in and was told "Here's your letter. Now sign this form. Bye".
    MTB/CX

    "As I said last time, it won't happen again."

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