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It's the "Millwall FC" of Point broadcasts: "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care"They were actually going to dub Hoskins voice to sell this film to the US …..it’s his ****** voice/accent that makes this film ….. I listen to the soundtrack to this film at least once a month , there a good video on YouTube of Hoskins walking around old London talking of its past …..” I’ve **** im ”
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I still haven’t had the heating on and with minimum temperatures locally forecast at nine degrees (this coming Tuesday evening) the next ten days my prospects of making it into November sans heating on are bright!
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It's the "Millwall FC" of Point broadcasts: "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care"You should never need the heating on, Chezza. Just talk to yourself; the amount of hot air generated should keep you nice and toasty.
I’d be offended, but it’s a bloody good idea!
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It's the "Millwall FC" of Point broadcasts: "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care"I’ll buy one first thing in the morning – Just call me Harvey.
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It's the "Millwall FC" of Point broadcasts: "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care"“I always (9/10 times) do my supermarket shopping nearer closing time,
best thing about it is there are far less people there at that time of night
and the helper of the “self check-out” is a bit of a sort”I had an odd experience at Lidl today – After waiting about 20minutes in the que (they had very few staff working and no self-service checkouts) I finally handed my 6 items to the lad working the checkout, I asked him for a bag and he obliged by handing me one, he then scanned my first item and proceeded to sit there staring at me for about 20 seconds, after this awkward stand off he looked at me and said (in an incredibly blunt and rude tone of voice) “what are you waiting for?” I said “what am I waiting for? what are you waiting for mate? I’m waiting for you to scan my items as you’re just sat there staring at me.” I was incredibly bemused, confused and taken aback by this and even looked back at the que behind me to see if I’d missed something. The lad then tried to tell me off! He said “I’m waiting for you to put your first item in the bag because you’re holding the que up”
I stared at him for about 5 seconds, thinking do I lean over the counter and punch him square in the jaw? Do I tell him to go **** himself? Fortunately I’d just been to the gym and had relieved some stress so the better side of me came out and I simply said “You must be having a bad day mate, it’ll take me 2 seconds to put all the items in the bag, no need to be like that, just remember it could always be worse pal, lifes short and beautiful, I’m sure you’re having a cr*p time at work but I promise you it could be a lot worse”
I then told him to have a good day and went on my merry way.
Just had to get that story off my chest, it was an incredibly odd experience and on another day I’m sure I would have let rip at the lad, not today though, Ben was having a good day and wasn’t about to let that scrubby little sh*tbag ruin it.
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Well done you Ben, keeping cool 😎I normally take my own bag with me but when I go Iceland I do tend to ask for one of theirs as I use them for a few other things
The trouble is I can never get them open first time up. All my shopping has been scanned the cashier is asking for payment, the queue are all staring (Iceland seem to operate one till only) and I’m stood there rustling through trying to open the bag. I just ask them if they could open it for me now..
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Fascinating Ben and remember Christ when confronted by gambling in the House of God ( The Temple ) lost his rag and upturned the tables. You remained composed !
There was a poster Ben that was called Ken. He was banned but surprisingly was on the leading edge of change, but last seen tipping several Guinness’s through his oesophagus to deaden the pain.
I have rarely seen a Go Go dancer pine his energies away in such a destructive fashion.
He may well have been tempted by the pay…
Lidl is increasing staff wages for the second time this year in a £39.5m investment that propels it to the top of the supermarket pay league table. Entry-level hourly rates will increase from £10.10 to £10.90 outside London and from £11.30 to £11.95 within the M25 that circles the capital.
Let’s rejoice in your restraint
Cheers mate, it all sounds so trivial but at the time I was so utterly confused/annoyed that the lad could accuse me of holding the que up when it was him who was sat there refusing to scan my items for 30 seconds lol, I guess he must not be the sharpest tool in the box so it’s probably not his fault.
Those bags really can be a pain can’t they, half the time they’re stuck together and when you pull the ends apart they tear and you’re left with a torn bag that cost you 20p! First world problems I guess
Strange one that Ben. Whilst I’m sure that working in a supermarket can be a thankless task at times, there’s no need to be like that. It’s hardly your fault he’s having a bad day or whatever. That or he’s just a miserable git, you get plenty of those, but why work in a job where you’ll meet hundreds of people every day?
I know what retail is like, I worked in a bookies for years so I’m sure I got far worse abuse than a Lidl cashier ever will but I never felt the need to take that out on others.
It could never happen in Waitrose – I hope!
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It's the "Millwall FC" of Point broadcasts: "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care"A new Co-Op has opened nearby and in a marketing initiative they sent a charming young lady round the neighbourhood to give we locals a toothy smile, a robust cloth bag, a shopping list pad, a bar of fairtrade chocolate and a glossy brochure containing a generous ‘£1 off when you spend £5’ coupon
My allegiances are now torn: do I forsake the independent corner shop and bakers that have served me so well down the years for the agreeable business model of the Co-Operative Movement?
All three the ideal compromise I reckon: who needs supermarkets
Congratulate the manifestly overweight on gaining the upper hand in life’s eternal battle with anorexia nervosa – one in ten million might include you in their will out of gratitude for the positive spin on things….it’s a free bet.
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