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Wowbadger the spelling mistake Posted Dec 1, 2003
Grump on my good friend.
You knows it does you good ! 
Good for you....
Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Dec 1, 2003
Just don't!
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Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Dec 1, 2003
Public service anouncements..... christ!
GRUMP GRUMP!
Petrol station pumps!
Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Dec 6, 2003
Christ is that the price, once again, am I the only person to fill up this bleeding car?...... £20...... I only just filled it up......(That was 2 days ago dear! from the voice next to me!) So off I trot to the counter, got the £20 in my hand, just the £20, no change, no need for change, as i've been very carefull just to buy a £20 worth of fuel, the pump told me so and these things are set by custom and execise and we all know how they think, so I wait in-line while this person buys everything but fuel....on a card.....1 at a time..... and then it my turn... pump, bugger I've forgotten the bloody pump no....well its the one with £20 on.... yes £20.... The blue car over there.... well yes its pump 5...... I FORGOT.....WHAT NUMBER I WAS ON OK!..... and its only £20.....NOT £20.01 as I hav'ent got the penny.
Now, as I was quite calm and only shouted i little bit, I thought that the assistant calling the manager was a bit out of order....but noooope out stomps the vision in corperat clobber, you know the type allways there from . to .. and it goes like this.....
Rev Jack> Hi.
Corperat clobber> Hi I'm sure you'll understand that the extra penny is important to set the balance of the till...
RJ> yes!
CC> Thank you, I'll just wait for you to get the extra penny!
RJ> Ok, Theres a £20 and thats all i'll be paying as I only put a £20 worth in the tank!
CC> No Sir, we have a policy of collecting the full amount, other wise its stealing.
RJ> WTF? STeALinG, I've just waited for whats nealry half an hour, for the prvlige!
CC> I can't help the ques, SIR but if you would go and get the money SIR!
RJ> Nope, I put £20 in that tank and thats all i'm paying for!
CC> then I'll just take your reg no!
RJ> WTF!!!!! If I put in £20 worth of petrol and the pump shows £20 worth of petrol, then I'll pay for £20 worth of petrol, BBUt all to frequenly now, you arrive to pay for the petrol, and a misterious penny has been add to the total! If this was a M&S store and the Knickers that you were buying were suddlenly an extra penny.......
CC> I think you don't understant SIR the pump only delivers the correct amount....
RJ> Thats right £20!
CC> The penny!
RJ> I'am beginning to understand now.....the fog is clearing..... its the way the company can put up its prices/profit with out displaying a price rise! So cool eh! I bet somebody go a few browney points for that one!
CC> I'm going to call the police!
RJ> Off you go then, I'll just wait here!
CC> THE PoLiCE!
RV> YES THE POLICE cus if you don't I Will and the customs & excise!
CC> You know this is over a penny!
RJ> Oh YES, and if you have 250 customers in here todday thats £2.50 that till is up! clear profit! and theres fuel still to be sold in your tank.... and over tthe weeks/year oooOOOoooo just think!
I'll be back later!
Go on Rev !
Wowbadger the spelling mistake Posted Dec 7, 2003
Never seen that one mate. Possibly 'cos I don't drive.
I am, however, fully aware of several establishments within our fair isle that charge x pounds and 99 pence for an item. Still to see the penny change though. 
They don't even pretend to look for coin but move rapidly on to the next mug. If questioned, most of them put on a great show of going totally out of their way to satisfy what is apparently a very miserly and cantankerous customer. Sod them I say. 
On the flip side of the coin, there are a few corner shops that I know of where rather than make 98p change they ask you to bring along the tuppence (or whatever) on your next visit. 
YAY for proper public relations.
Of course I do reappear with the money! What are you lot suggesting?
Go on Rev !
Titania (gone for lunch) Posted Dec 7, 2003
That actually brings to mind one of the cashiers in a supermarket that I visit frequently gave me change back as if I had paid with a 100 SEK bill rather than a 500 SEK bill (which I had).
So I told her I gave her a 500 SEK bill, and I noticed that she looked very sleep-deprived(?) - and her reply was 'OK, I'll take your word for it'
And next time I went there, she didn't comment, so I guess I was right (I know I was) but it is nice doing your shopping in places where people actually trust you
Yes, it's grump time.......
Wowbadger the spelling mistake Posted Dec 11, 2003
HAH
Got your attention.
The Wowbadger is now ungainfully unemployed.
Not a happy chookie but will still entertain your nonsense.
That is all.
Yes, it's grump time.......
Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Dec 11, 2003
Christ almighty
Yes, it's grump time.......
Wowbadger the spelling mistake Posted Dec 12, 2003
Not a problem Rev..
. Been down this road OH so many times before.
Just don't like it at this time of year.
<quote>Merry Xmas - now f**k off.
Got to get me a job in H.R. I could do that !
I'll still be here. I'll still be as crabbit. I'll still read your tales and believe that they are true
Seasons greetings...... Up yer er*e. 
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Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Dec 12, 2003
So then..... seasons greetings..... all this festive bile is rising.....
Yes, it's grump time.......
Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Dec 16, 2003
I'm bored, christ i'm bored, all this and much more! for what!
Yes, it's grump time.......
Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Dec 17, 2003
Yes, it's grump time.......
Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Dec 17, 2003
Yes, it's grump time.......
Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Dec 17, 2003
startes to whisle the tune from the great escape
Yes, it's grump time.......
Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Dec 17, 2003
Is that all you can do!
I'm I the only one with the grumps not one of you can even have the common courtsey to have a grump on-line starting a thread, and just don't go on about its a plan to get to you! a wind up, it is not! its just plain old bad manners, I'm off for a good old grump at thr retail company Comet now.... so when i get back i'll be expecting a few threads if not theres going to be the mother of all grumps on-line!
Yes, it's grump time.......
Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Dec 17, 2003
I'm back!
Yes, it's grump time.......
Titania (gone for lunch) Posted Dec 17, 2003
Stop sounding and looking so b***dy cheery!
_ - 
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Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Dec 17, 2003
cheery?
Yes, it's grump time.......
Titania (gone for lunch) Posted Dec 17, 2003
*picks up a huge cartoon-style mallet*
Yes. You. Just look at all those tongueout smileys!
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- 46: Titania (gone for lunch) (Dec 7, 2003)
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- 55: Titania (gone for lunch) (Dec 17, 2003)
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