Saturday 23rd August : Whoopee, today is the day HE comes back - and HE is bringing HIS new face.

ecchi · 2014-08-23, 06:52 AM

An annoying visit to the supermarket yesterday. I had just gone into the shop to buy a pastie for lunch, but they were having a clearance of a brand of curry paste, selling it off at half price. They had two flavours, and I picked up two of each flavour. Then I paid via their self scanning till. The till misread the last coin I put in and insisted I put in an extra 8 pence. This is only about 12 cents, but I called the supervisor over anyway. He basically told me I was either mistaken or lying because the machines NEVER made a mistake.

That was not the annoying part. The really annoying thing was that I could have proved him wrong easily, but did not want to. You see the curry paste had been reduced from £2.40 to £1.20. But the self scanning till had rung them up as 20p each. Since I had bought 4 jars that meant it had undercharged me by £4, which is about six dollars. But if I used that to prove the tills were not infallible I'd have to pay the extra £4, so I kept quiet!

I guess the punishment of being thought a liar was the penalty for not coming clean about the under-pricing.

Anyway, I at least have the consolation that I can look forward to when HE comes back later today, and brings HIS new face with HIM.

Cleo · 2014-08-23, 07:36 AM

No paste or new faces here.

Doing something new today. Going to go out on a Dragon boat and paddle.

Other than that I would have gotten another hour of sleep, but first my cats and then an annoying client call this morning call has gotten me out of bed.

ecchi · 2014-08-23, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Cleo

Doing something new today. Going to go out on a Dragon boat and paddle.

Dragon boat races are popular up where my dad lives, which is not China, but the West Midlands of England, near the border with Wales. I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that the national symbol of Wales is the dragon.

ecchi · 2014-08-23, 02:18 PM

I may not be around next week. I've watched so much Amazon TV that I only have 5 MB of data transfer left before I exceed my limit. Since it renews at the end of the month I may decide it is not worth purchasing extra bandwidth just for a few days.

P.S. If anyone replies to this message with the "party" smilie, remember: I know who you are, I know which websites are yours, and I know how to hack into them and replace all your content with pictures of naked gorillas!

Cleo · 2014-08-23, 06:47 PM

2014-08-23, 06:52 AM	#1
ecchi Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: About to be evicted!!!! Posts: 4,082	Saturday 23rd August : Whoopee, today is the day HE comes back - and HE is bringing HIS new face. An annoying visit to the supermarket yesterday. I had just gone into the shop to buy a pastie for lunch, but they were having a clearance of a brand of curry paste, selling it off at half price. They had two flavours, and I picked up two of each flavour. Then I paid via their self scanning till. The till misread the last coin I put in and insisted I put in an extra 8 pence. This is only about 12 cents, but I called the supervisor over anyway. He basically told me I was either mistaken or lying because the machines NEVER made a mistake. That was not the annoying part. The really annoying thing was that I could have proved him wrong easily, but did not want to. You see the curry paste had been reduced from £2.40 to £1.20. But the self scanning till had rung them up as 20p each. Since I had bought 4 jars that meant it had undercharged me by £4, which is about six dollars. But if I used that to prove the tills were not infallible I'd have to pay the extra £4, so I kept quiet! I guess the punishment of being thought a liar was the penalty for not coming clean about the under-pricing. Anyway, I at least have the consolation that I can look forward to when HE comes back later today, and brings HIS new face with HIM.

2014-08-23, 07:36 AM	#2
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	No paste or new faces here. Doing something new today. Going to go out on a Dragon boat and paddle. Other than that I would have gotten another hour of sleep, but first my cats and then an annoying client call this morning call has gotten me out of bed. __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289

2014-08-23, 06:47 PM	#5
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2014-08-23, 02:18 PM	#4
ecchi Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: About to be evicted!!!! Posts: 4,082	I may not be around next week. I've watched so much Amazon TV that I only have 5 MB of data transfer left before I exceed my limit. Since it renews at the end of the month I may decide it is not worth purchasing extra bandwidth just for a few days. P.S. If anyone replies to this message with the "party" smilie, remember: I know who you are, I know which websites are yours, and I know how to hack into them and replace all your content with pictures of naked gorillas!