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Good night, Lesley, hope tomorrow is kinder to you.
Reply #5081. Sep 10 12, 8:35 PM
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| lesley153
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| Thanks, J. Yesterday was kind too - except for FT! |
Reply #5082. Sep 11 12, 4:40 AM
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| lesley153
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I am taming my kitchen and I think I'm winning. The double cupboard under the sink was crammed and is now almost empty but the dustbin was full to bursting. I found things I forgot I had or couldn't remember how to use or when I bought them. I found 1lb of French chalk in a paper bag with the Boots logo, inside a tin that had once contained Peek Frean Cheeselets.
The four drawers next to it contained a load of odds and ends that went into rubbish, recycling, charity shops, but nothing went back into circulation.
The cupboard at the end has swivelly baskets for shelves, so it's perfect for lobbing things in and forgetting about them. I found four plastic mixing bowls I don't use, ten colanders, eight trays, and a hideous cheese board with a built-in cutting wire that I'd managed to forget I had. One bowl was marked two pints. A lot of the items were marked British Made or even Made in England.
Much more of this and I may even be able to start putting things away. |
Reply #5083. Sep 11 12, 8:52 PM
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Professer
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Sounds like you could start a museum Lesley :) Hope FT problem now sorted.
Reply #5084. Sep 12 12, 12:55 AM
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| lesley153
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| Ooh yes - a shrine to the 70s! |
Reply #5085. Sep 12 12, 6:10 AM
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| lesley153
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| I can post and send messages normally - just that one anecdote I couldn't post or put in any sort of message, I have no idea why, and may get round to finding out about one day. |
Reply #5086. Sep 12 12, 6:12 AM
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| lesley153
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One more try, completely rewritten.
Many lifetimes ago, when I worked by Green Park, Swan & Edgar was alive and well and full of good things.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_%26_Edgar
A colleague decided to nip up there one lunchtime, to get a new lipstick. She went to the make-up counter, showed the current one to the sales assistant and asked her if she had any more like this. Apparently not, so she dropped it back into her bag and set off back to work.
Not so fast! As she went out through the doors, she felt a hairy hand on her shoulder, and she was frogmarched right to the back of the shop, to the manager's office.
The store detective had seen the lipstick go into her bag, never mind that it was an empty one, and dropped in full view of a member of staff. He was going to get her for shoplifting if it was the last thing he did.
I hope it was, but it is not on record if he kept his job, or if my colleague ever went in there again.
This was written in response to Gary's post about knuckle-draggers being employed in security. Gone off the boil a bit, though. |
Reply #5087. Sep 12 12, 7:03 AM
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| C30
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Oh dear - do my knuckles drag on the ground then?
I worked in the Security Industry from 1969 - 2006 in various capacities. Most of my colleagues, like myself, work long and unsociable hours for low pay and little thanks.
Reply #5088. Sep 12 12, 8:24 AM
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Professer
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Ray theres security and security, i have seen many security folk do a decent job one i came across was the exception, I agree the folk that do the job are unappreciated, but some how ever do let the power the feel they have go to their head.
On a good note i was in Asda recently when i was in dire need to use the facilities, so asked the security guard would he mind my troley which had my shopping in whilst i used the facilities, he did.
Reply #5089. Sep 12 12, 9:03 AM
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| lesley153
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Oh dear - do I have to end each post with a caveat?
"References to knuckle-draggers being employed in security are not intended to imply that all persons employed in security are knuckle-draggers."
How's that, Ray? Will you take that as a compliment? |
Reply #5090. Sep 12 12, 11:04 AM
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| C30
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Oh dear (again).........the first sentence was supposed to be "tongue in cheek"!
The second more serious.
Gary.........The trouble is people think that Security just make up the rules, they do not. The client makes the rules, and Security has to implement them. It is all well and good citing cases of "jobsworths", but look at it this way, should Security be seen to NOT implement required rules, even only ONCE.............guess who will be off down the road!
Lesley's tale of the lipstick is a good example.........now let us suppose that Security ignored what he saw, and someone who had maybe fallen foul of Security in the past and had an "axe to grind" spotted this lapse. I have known people get given their notice for even minor "blind eye" acts.
I can tell you, Security is on a hiding to nothing, dammed if they do and dammed if they don't. The old adage applies, "When I am right, nobody remembers, but when I am wrong, nobody forgets".
Like all walks of life, in whatever profession, some are better than others, some may even be "rotten apples", but in the main 99% of the Security Staff I had dealings with did a good job. I was "Management" for a lot of the time, responsible to the Branch Manager for the actions of over 50 work force, the efficient operation of nearly 30 Cash vehicles engaged in 78 different scheduled "trips" every week and satisfying the requirements of over 500 clients.
After moving North. I reverted to "Grass Roots" level for remainder of working life.......I think I can safely say that I know the Security Industry inside out and round the wrong way.
Reply #5091. Sep 12 12, 2:59 PM
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| lesley153
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Thank goodness for cheeks with tongues in!
I can understand the man in Swan & Edgar misunderstanding what he saw, and needing to wait until she was leaving, but did he have to clamp his hand on her shoulder, and maul her the length of the shop? OK, things have changed a lot since then - I've spoken to supermarket staff who say security men aren't even allowed to stop or challenge a suspected thief, let alone touch them - but even then I thought it was ridiculous, bullying behaviour: heavy-handed in both senses.
Actually, now I think of it, I've watched supermarket security men spend hours chatting up the customers, lurk in the entrance to talk on the phone, bury heads in the greetings cards display to talk on the phone, do a runner when the door alarm sounds - anything but what I thought they were paid for. |
Reply #5092. Sep 12 12, 4:21 PM
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Professer
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Funny you should mention that Lesley, as i was going through the door the other day, saw this woman talking on her mobile, i was pushing my trolley and as i got side on to her the alarm sounded so i stopped she carried on walking, security fellow waved me on and just hit a switch and went back to screen watching.
Reply #5093. Sep 13 12, 12:12 AM
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| lesley153
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Sounds about par, Gary - nobody cares so we may as well not care either.
Annoyed with Debenhams - complained, got £15 to spend.
Annoyed with my online shopping company - they sent a wrong item, charged me for the correct one, and didn't answer my email, as promised, in 48 hours. By the time I phoned, it was 72 hours. Got a refund and £7 off my next shop.
Annoyed with TripAdvisor - wrote two reviews, and then they sent me an email asking about one of them. Apparently there have been suggestions that there are two local establishments of the same name. That's nonsense but they pulled the review (of one of the worst meals in living memory) and haven't replied to my emails.
They keep writing to me, asking me to write more. No point. Think I'll just carry on sulking, and see if I can delete the other review. *sulk* |
Reply #5094. Sep 15 12, 5:47 PM
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| lesley153
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Wrote a snotty email to TripAdvisor, but presented it as a review. That way I know they've got it because they thanked me for it. Checked the one remaining review, can't see any way of deleting it. Shame.
Nephew in Israel rang me up to wish me a happy new year, which was nice. Son's in Croatia for a week. Niece rang me from hospital, and that was nice too. I haven't heard from her since I visited three weeks ago. She's known from the beginning that she's going to be in for at least six weeks, and she said whoever told me two to three weeks was talking rubbish. Going to see her tomorrow.
Happy new year, everyone. :) |
Reply #5095. Sep 16 12, 3:16 PM
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satguru
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Happy new year Lesley, I think you did more in the last one than I remember in all the previous others, that new part is doing its job pretty well!
Reply #5096. Sep 16 12, 3:35 PM
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Professer
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happy new year Lesley and i hope niece will be feeling better when you see her tomorrow,
Reply #5097. Sep 16 12, 3:47 PM
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redwaldo
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Happy New Year Lesley!
Reply #5098. Sep 16 12, 5:16 PM
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| lesley153
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| Thanks, all. David, I thought the new spare part would undo two years' damage, but I think it's undone fifteen. O joy of being able to walk a mile, instead of getting breathless walking the length of the car! |
Reply #5099. Sep 16 12, 7:11 PM
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| lesley153
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I wrote a narky message in the review software, and headed it “Get a grip, TripAdvisor.”
"I wrote a perfectly good, valid, accurate review of a series of visits to this pub, each worse than the one before, culminating with an evening visit, which produced one of my worst meals in living memory.
"Out of the blue, someone somewhere decided that there was some doubt about which pub I was reviewing (so find me another Pheasant in Bedford!). I replied immediately but you'd already pulled the review without giving me a chance to respond, and you have ignored every single one of my emails querying your information and decision.
"And yet you still have the nerve to email me asking for fresh reviews.
"Why should I bother? If you're going to act on ludicrous misinformation, and find fragile pretexts for deleting what I've written, and not have the courtesy to answer my questions, why should I put myself out to write any more?"
They've published it, as a valid review! Who runs this site?
Stand well back and hope the fan isn't running.
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Reply #5100. Sep 17 12, 6:46 AM
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