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People who wait in the queue at Costa in front of you for several minutes with ample time to read the menu and decide what to order. Then when they get to be served they start looking at menu, shouting to their pals to ask what they want and generally take far longer than they should.
When you send someone a text/WhatsApp message and they read it knowing you clearly want/need a response but simply don't bother to respond. Leaving you hanging on read or blue ticked should be a criminal offence. :greengrin
Back to buses 🤬
Bus running well late (surprise) young loud lassie gets on the bus, gives the driver some verbals (mostly expletives) then gets off 2 stops later, prob 2 to 3 hundred yards at most 🤬
When someone tells you they need an item by the following AM. You jump through hoops to source it, confirm it can be delivered AM overnight, send all the information to the requester at 10am and tell them the order must be in by midday to get it next day (it actually needs to be in by 12.30pm but a wee buffer is always in order).
They don't reply to an email, read but don't reply to 2 WhatsApp messages and ignore 3 follow up phone calls. They then come back at 12.55 and say they want to go ahead before going in an almighty strop when they are told it's not possible as they have missed the cut off and the supplier and their carrier won't budge. Apparently I'm 'obtuse', a 'dick' and 'worse than useless'.
I hope after that response you told them you won’t supply them in the future.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
That's actually quite funny.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bridge hibs
I’ve observed a current Hibs player do the first one you mention. More than once as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
With the injury list we've got, I'm surprised there's only one abusing the blue badge bays 🙄Quote:
Originally Posted by overdrive
Grumpy old men.
There's one of them follows me about everywhere, moaning his face off about everything and everybody, telling everybody how much better the world was when he was young, whinging about cats, dogs, young folk, old folk, Brits, Foreigners,etc, etc....
Every time I look in the mirror... he's still bl**dy there!
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I hate it when people use metaphors that are physically impossible, it makes my blood boil.
Guy in Tesco that parked his car in the electric charging bays, the car park was busy but not so much that there weren't any spaces he could have used.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
DPD telling me daily that there's unexpected delays and to expect my parcel tomorrow. 3 days in a row now...
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Originally Posted by danhibees1875
had that with a couple of deliveries this week, not sure wtf is going on. It took them 3 days to collect my parcel from the sender at the start of the week
Think it might get worse. Noticed ebay have a notice up advising sellers to consider switching from Royal Mail to couriers due to the strike dates this month. I read earlier Curry's have stopped using Royal Mail temporarily for sending smaller orders, maybe using DPD?Quote:
Originally Posted by McD
It's Curry's my DPD parcel is from, so that checks out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Santa Cruz
Hasn't stopped them setting up the direct debit for the phone I'm yet to receive... Due today though!
Ditto DPD. They cancelled today's collection of my broken mobile.
This is so annoying. No explanation.
As an add on. Can whatsapp be used on a laptop, not mobile ? Thanks
Yes, but you'll have to confirm it's you on your phone first.Quote:
Originally Posted by pollution
https://www.digitaltrends.com/comput...top-or-laptop/Quote:
Originally Posted by pollution
Thanks for the replies but my phone is broken. So question two from a dinosaur: my phone will be out of service for a few weeks.
How do I cope in the meantime - can I buy a phone on a short contract or how does it work. I only need internet, texts and social media. Cheers again.
Just head to a phone repair shop, or a buy and sell shop for a cheap temp mobile. Then buy a pay as you go card from a supermarket. Never done this, but in your situation that's what I'd do to keep costs down.
Edit-think it might be worth double checking the second hand phone is unlocked before buying, if you opt to do this.
Not seen our postman since 30th November. 4 adults live in the house and all waiting on mail of some sorts. Checked with the neighbours and they not had any mail either. Getting ridiculous now.
Yeah agreed, ridiculous what is being proposed regarding their terms and conditions and pay. It’s an inconvenience butI fully support them.Quote:
Originally Posted by DH1875
Would this suit, tenner off if you buy the top up with it. Order now, allegedly DPD will deliver tomorrowQuote:
Originally Posted by pollution
https://www.tescomobile.com/shop/pay...fault_products
Carriers are always a shambles at this time of year. They get absolutely hammered with black Friday and it takes them weeks to catch up. Add in they will probably be taking on a lot of work because of the Royal Mail strikes as well.
We have a daily scheduled collection from DPD at work and twice last week the driver didn't show up as he was hours behind on his round. On Friday he was telling us it was his quietest day of the week and he had 117 drops!
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Originally Posted by Santa Cruz
Thanks for your reply but it is a Tesco phone that I have that is broken. Waiting for it to be collected by DPD. A double whammy if ever there was one !
On the courier carry on, came home from work the other day to a card hanging out my letterbox, card said in big bold writing ‘parcel behind plant pots at side of door’ no **** sherlock !! You could have spotted the parcel from outer ****ing space !!
Imagine having to explain to my Wife her Christmas present (Ironing board) got stolen before she could even use it 🫣
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Originally Posted by pollution
Argos pay as you go phones from £13 (need to buy top up card separate). Click and collect (from many Sainsbury stores as well as Argos) and delivery service is reliable and quick. After this post I'm all out of ideas.:greengrin
Tangent, but the Ken loach film about the life of a delivery driver is great but a very hard watch. Can watch on iplayer. Sorry we missed you
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod...-we-missed-you
Rude/selfish people. Sat in mcDonalds with my young lad and two blokes sit down a table away from us, fine no issue. Then one of them decides to pull out his phone and watch the Japan V Croatia penalties with his phone at full volume. Absolutely no need for that and luckily my lad was just finishing his meal so we could bugger off out of there. Total lack of respect from the boy or a complete lack of awareness of his surroundings. By all means watch the game but you do not need the volume up full blast in a small McDonalds.
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Originally Posted by danhibees1875
DHL messaged me this morning to say my parcel would be delivered between 1p-3pm, knew I wouldn't be in so I redirected the parcel to a collection point for me to collect at a later date. Message this afternoon form them We tried to deliver your parcel but nobody was in please choose another delivery date. Yes I know, thats why I redirected the parcel this morning. :rolleyes:
That really was a very hard watch. I've had the same courier for about a year or so, so I decided to give him a Xmas tip the other day. After watching that really glad I done that now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stairway 2 7
Advice taken. ThanksQuote:
Originally Posted by Santa Cruz
To go back to carriers they really must have some of the most inefficient processes going. I think we would all accept that getting a parcel picked up at 4pm and delivered by 10am the next morning is a huge logistical challenge.
Some of the journeys parcels take are laughable though. I'm tracking 2 DPD parcels for my work this morning. One left us in Edinburgh on Wednesday last week, destination Melrose. It made a journey to Birmingham where it arrived on Thursday, sat there until yesterday then yesterday travelled from Birmingham to a depot in Carlisle before being loaded onto a van there for delivery to Melrose this morning. Distance between Edinburgh and Melrose approx. 40 miles. Distance said parcel has traveled will be well over 500 miles by the time it is delivered. That's mental.
The second one is even worse. Parcel picked up from our Glasgow warehouse on Thursday last week, destination is Broxburn. Parcel went to a local depot in Cambuslang on Thursday evening, from Cambuslang to Hinckley on Friday, from Hinckley back to Cambuslang on Saturday, from Cambuslang to Edinburgh yesterday and then out for delivery to Broxburn this morning. That's pushing 700 miles for a a destination that is about 35 miles from point of origin.
My wife had a package that was meant to be delivered on Friday. Seemingly didn’t come. However, I went to put something in the wheelie bin on Sunday and noticed a package behind our side gate. Look at the Ring cameras and it appears the delivery driver never even rang the bell and just chucked it over the fence - luckily nothing breakable. I was in when he did that too!
Another one recently… normally I detest the amount of packaging Amazon put their stuff in but recently I’ve had a few things delivered in no packaging at all… not great when your wife takes delivery of their Christmas present!
You're welcome.Quote:
Originally Posted by pollution
I can beat the lot of you.
The PO didn't put WA on the stamp on my son's birthday present. It went to Canada before returning to me. It then, after being clearly marked by my local postie, went to Armadale in West Lothian despite being clearly marked as air mail.
It finally arrived in Armadale, Perth WA 3 months after it was posted.
Back to buses, garlic breath !! The person sitting in front has chewed his way through a mountain of garlic cloves and he is on the whole journey with you, pure boakability 🤮
Ps, Ive prob been the same 🫣
You know you've added just the right amount of garlic to your food, when work colleagues are still asking you 2 days later if you ate garlic the night before.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bridge hibs
Totally, Ive threatened my Wife with kicking her into the spare room if she doesnt knock the garlic on the head 🫣Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg
As I get older I’m not keeping up too well with changes in language. So I guess because I have to Google, on occasion, certain expressions I instantly dislike them. One that irks me just now is the use of “drop or drops” which I have even heard BBC news presenters use when referencing an upcoming event or tv programme. Another is “he or she hasn’t got the minerals” I understand what is meant but it just sounds ridiculous to me.
Where’s my pipe and slippers?
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Originally Posted by Bridge hibs
Yet another reason to hate the French.
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Originally Posted by Keith_M
EVRI - bumble **** of an organisation. Lucky yo get your parcel on time. I had one out for delivery last week then the message changed. Spoke to the delivery driver and he said the package had been opened and the packaging was all that was left!!
Advantis Credit.
Plagued me with calls and texts to tell me I have "a debt". I don't.
I finally spoke to them this morning. They tell me that it's their mistake, and that they will remove me from their system.
I hae ma doots.
tbc.
Yep, they were s***e when they were called Hermes and they're s***e now. In my experience only Yodel are worse.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fuzzywuzzy
I think I must just get lucky, my Evri driver is cool as, always has a wee chat with me and never ever had any issues with themQuote:
Originally Posted by Fuzzywuzzy
We must have the same one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mon Dieu4
I do wonder whether he gets any work done, he gabs that much. :greengrin
Same here. Mines is lovely, even remembered a time I was really unwell and continued to ask how I was for a few drops after. I'm not one for filling out the online survey's sent from company's, but make a point of 5 starring Evri and adding a comment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mon Dieu4
Our Evri driver is sound too. We are on first name terms with our DPD driver too, Cliff.
We used to have a really good Yodel driver but then he was changed for another guy who was almost as good. Now he’s gone and it just isn’t the same.
That’s the last 3 packages we’ve had from Yodel that have had the out for delivery status, only for them to go missing before delivery has been attempted. All clearly booze as well. Wish Naked Wines, Beer Hawk and Beerwulf would move to unmarked boxes. The last couple of Beer Hawk keg collections haven’t made their way back either.
Been mentioned before I’m sure but people filming things on their phone at live events.
Just showed you the crowd after Messi scored and about 90% of them were filming it on their mobiles.
Nobody wants to watch their *****y videos, enjoy the moment.
I understand the reasons for it, but it's a shame when they don't show protestors running on the pitch when it happens. I want to see the chase with security.
You're hoping for an Erica Roe moment? 😂Quote:
Originally Posted by danhibees1875
Getting in before a goal is scored tonight and it comes across as sour grapes.
Contrived celebrations where guys throw beer all over the place for about 5 minutes after a goal is scored. So fake and so obviously just an attempt to get on a 'limbs' page on Twitter .
Never understood that one either. 🤔Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Started off as a genuine thing in the big games but if you saw the footage from Box park after the England Iran game it was clear what it had turned into. Mostly just young folk just wanting to enjoy themselves to be fair and people going tk these events know what will happen
I first experienced it at The Premier League Darts in Glasgow a few years ago, not my idea of enjoying myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by bingo70
Dug **** on pavements 🤬
Running late last week, ground rock solid with frost, bus approaching and I break into a jog only to plant my right foot into a frozen poop, obviously solid on the top and gooey in the middle 🤬
Slid for about a yard but stayed on my feet, thanks to my skateboarding youth which left me with very minimal nimbleness. Tried my best to scrape the remnants of some dugs breakfast from my boot before embarking on a very whiffy and eye watering journey to work
Apologies if anyone was on that journey and suffered, I assure you it was on my boot and not in my boxers 🤬
****ing manky *******s 🤬
I think the only thing I hate more than dog ***** on a pavement is the manky ****ers who pick it up, put it in a plastic bag then hang said bag from railings or throw it into a tree. I'd love to spend 5 minutes inside the head of someone who does that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bridge hibs
Yeah Ive seen a lot of that, I walk the dog regularly in Musselburgh and around the Newhailes estate and have seen **** bags hanging from trees, more surprising though as there are bins all over the shopQuote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Probably mentioned this before, but just back in from putting some grit down around local estate, road and pavement, few folk drive past, no one gave any signal of thanks - cheers :aok::grr: very minor thing but happens a lot
They do that in my locale, the most annoying are the ones who hang it on the railings behind the bin, the bin it literally right there and you've taken more time to find the loop and hook it around the fence than it would have taken to drop it in the bin.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
I don't think that's minor at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by weedgiehibbie
We have a car park at the bottom of our street. When it freezes it is an absolute ice rink and a nightmare to drive on. After the thaw started the other day I went out and cleared then gritted the whole thing so that it was fine on a morning like today. About 8 other guys who live on the street walked by or watched from their windows and not a single one offered either help or their thanks. It's the same every time it snows or there is a risk of a real thick frost.
They obviously all just think they have a mug to do it for them. I'm sometimes tempted not to bother but it would just be cutting of my nose to spite my face because I'd have to deal with the frozen sheet of ice as well.
I think it's just something that's in you or not though. When I see the guys who cut the grass and weed the communal areas in our estate I always say thanks, likewise when I pass the cleaners in my work etc etc. If I see anyone doing a bit of hard graft, paid or otherwise, that benefits me then I'll thank them. Not doing so is just the height of ignorance imo.
My guess is that they've carried it to the bin but the bin's full, so rather than carrying it home or to the next bin, they've put it next to the bin for collecting when the bin gets emptied.Quote:
Originally Posted by Oscar T Grouch
Don't really get why they l wouldn't just take it to an empty bin, though.
You get neighbours like that, when I first moved into my house there were overgrown planters that had spread onto the parking spaces, they hadn't been touched in years, my house looks out onto them, I set about them trying to clear it all and two of my neighbours commented in passing that I was doing a good job, no ****, if you had kept on top of this by spending 10 mins twice a year cutting it back then I wouldn't be heid first in ****ing plants right nowQuote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
This isn't my pet peeve but rather that of my wife.
Mail intended for both of us that is addressed to Mr & Mrs [insert initial of husband's name] [insert married surname], e.g. if my name was Robert Smith, the envelope is addressed to Mr and Mrs R Smith.
She chose to take my surname but hasn't taken my first name, so why should mail be addressed in that way?
I agree with her point but find it quite funny how angry she is getting about it. We only got married in September so, the recent influx of Christmas cards has highlighted this somewhat. We got a whole stack of them delivered today post-strike, most of which are addressed in this way. I've not opened any of them as I'll get a good laugh at how triggered she is by them when she gets in from work. :greengrin
Who do they think is going to remove it from the fence and put it in the bin when it is emptied? There is a bin at Lochend park that does get full a lot of the time, but like you said, they can even take it home and put it in their own bin (my neighbour does this although she has a chihuahua so the mess is minimal anyways). I also came into work last month and someone had let their dug diarrhoea on my office front door, down the brickwork and all over the doorstep. I made sure the neighbours could hear me shouting about effing, see you next tuesdays, dug owners as I used a kettle. hot water and a bit detergent to clear it away. Anyway rant over, I feel better for that. Thanks Matty :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by matty_f
Happy to help!! :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Oscar T Grouch
These black baraclavas that the youth of today wear. They just look so sinister and even when worn innocently I don’t like them.
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Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Worn to hide their faces whilst doing whatever dodgy stuff they're up to.
Does anyone have a legitimate reason for wearing one?Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Cos their mas told them to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jones28
Not really, but COVID requirements have paved the way for their use without question.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jones28
Just as adults can wear face masks when they see fit, it enabled the ne'er do wells to guise up and creates havoc with anonymity. They seem to be very popular with those that enjoy riding scrambler style motorbikes sans protective headwear 🤔
They have moved on from grey joggers, the ones where you used to see the wee manks clawing their bawsQuote:
Originally Posted by J-C
To be fair, I know some local lads who wear them as a matter of course during these cold temperatures as they appear to be the in thing to wear. Nothing dodgy about these lads at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by J-C
To revisit the discussion about carriers people might like to be aware that DPDs logistics have all but collapsed. If you are wanting anything before Christmas and will be relying on them delivering it then prepare to be disappointed.
We have a daily scheduled collection from them at work. Since 7.30am yesterday their system won't allow us to create any shipments and just keeps advising to 'check back in 48 hours'. The driver still comes in, there is still a pile of parcels for him but because we can't create a shipment and label he can't take them. He said this is the case across the network. He delivers his parcels AM then does a collection run PM. He visited 25 places yesterday and not one was able to create shipments. He said the depots are chaos.
It's been coming really. I sent 21 parcels in a single shipment to Manchester last Monday. 7 arrived on Thursday, I chased the others as they were required by the weekend but was told they were at the depot and would 'go out when they go out'. They finally arrived yesterday evening, a week and 2 days after being sent on a 24 hour service.
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Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
True. I am still waiting for my collection 10 days ago.
Cafés that serve you coffee in cups with saucers that don't match and you have to carry them to your table like you've got a bad case of the shakes.
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Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
They were wearing them during the summer on their electric bikes/scooters, nowt to do with the weather
As I said, some were them innocently whilst others don’t.Quote:
Originally Posted by J-C
After recent experience with DPD we've renamed them Deeply Dippy.Quote:
Originally Posted by pollution
The onstage dancing girls at the darts. Just why???
Lads. Lads Lads Lads.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hiber-nation
It's the darts intit, beer, darts, Lads.
I wonder why they don't have dancing men when one of the female players is on.
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Originally Posted by Hiber-nation
You could apply that question to all forms of 'Cheerleaders' or 'Podium Girls'.
They've done away with the 'Grid Girls' at Formula One but I'd imagine they're still in place at loads of other sporting events.
Or how the male players would feel if they had to take the stage with The Chippendales oiling up behind them, to You Sexy Thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Onceinawhile
Never noticed them other than at the darts although I don't watch too many different sports these days. I know about the "lad" thing but I thought all this nonsense was on the wane.Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
The darts starting at 8.10 is another peeve. Way too late. I'm usually in bed by half 10...it's not the same recording the last game!
I think 'lad' culture is definitely on the wane.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hiber-nation
We were talking about Soccer AM in the early 00s and the 'soccerette' feature a few weeks ago. A girl barely out her teens getting asked her age then a group of men all giving it 'wheeeeey' then being asked if she was single. Answer no and it was 'it will never last', answer yes and it was another 'wheeeey'. Then she strips off her teams kit to reveal a Soccer AM T shirt and she'd encourage to jump up and down a few times for good measure.
At 14/15 I thought that was hilarious, looking back now it's horrendous. I don't think something like that would fly now and rightly so. The dancing girls at the darts is a bit of a relic really. I like the game but the PDC crowd just leaves me cold. For all the quality was often lacking I always thought the Lakeside crowd looked more of a true darts fans day out.
That's what unwashed working class people like. Even the women. Sun readers the lot of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hiber-nation
Trying to locate battery size info on toy packaging. Some of the packaging has 100's of words in several languagues with the font so small it is taking ages to find the basic info I'm looking for. Should be bigger on the front so it stands out.
What is a 3.75v battery btw, is this the same as the square D battery? Google flinging up several images for different sizes. These pressies are getting collected soon. I always like to give the batteries to save the parents the hassle. I've got the batteries, just don't want to give the wrong ones. Advise would be really welcome.
It might be easier actually posting what the present is, 3.75v is not a standard "battery". A battery is a combination of cells, nominally 1.2 to 1.5 volts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Santa Cruz
So a D cell is the big round cylinder battery you'd put in a big torch/maglite, they're 1.5v.
A square battery, that you'd find in a smoke detector is 9v.
I reckon your 3.75 could be a rechargeable style battery pack that you'd maybe have found in an old style cordless phone or remote control car?
You get some specialist cells that are 3v, the thickness of a AA but half the length.
As I say, might be easier posting what the present is and the hive mind can figure it out 🤔
Bus drivers who sit a terminus with the doors closed when they can see people standing freezing at the bus stop.
Last week when we had that really cold spell I was waiting at the Asda Jewel terminus on a 5. Bus was there, driver was sitting in his cab, reading a paper, pissing about on his phone and smoking (which I'm sure isn't allowed). He kept giving little sideways glances and smirking at the 4 or 5 people assembled before eventually letting us all on just at departure time. There was an elderly couple and woman with 2 kids ffs. same guy this morning with exactly the same behaviour albeit it wasn't as cold today.
I get the guy is entitled to a break but would allowing less than half a dozen people on to the bus really have inconvenienced him all that much?
Cheers. It's an interactive toy called Owleez. Your suggestion prompted me to google the actual toy (no idea why I never thought to do that). Reading it, sounds like it's a toy with a usb charger, so could be the battery is for the charger? Does that sound likely?Quote:
Originally Posted by speedy_gonzales
https://owleezcdn.s3.amazonaws.com/d...ctionSheet.pdfQuote:
Originally Posted by Santa Cruz
It's got a 3.7v rechargeable battery pack included in it. So you shouldn't need anything other than a bog standard usb charger or plug it into a computer with charging ports.
When I say "included" I mean embedded inside the "nest" part of the toy which has a usb cable attached to it that you plug in to some usb charging device you already have.
Not sure about bus drivers but I'd imagine it's the same as for truck drivers. They have to have 45 minutes rest involving no work at all after 4½ hours. This can be taken as a 15 minute + 30 minute break. If passengers are on the bus then I'm guessing that counts as duty time. If these breaks are interrupted then they have to start the clock again otherwise they risk being fined.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Thank's for this, added bonus is I get to keep my battery stash for my hoose. :aok:Quote:
Originally Posted by JeMeSouviens
It’s likely that when the bus is out of service it’s not covered by insurance to have passengers on board.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Trying to break into a loaf of ****ing bread when Im hank marvin 🤬 you know, the ones with the wee bit of tape that has no wee tabs to pull it apart, I end up just tearing at the plastic as Ive no ****ing patience 🤬
Oh and whilst Im at it, milk cartons, twist the lid of to find the wee foil thing and you pull off, only to find either no tab or the thing tears in half, Im sure theres some smart ***** ****ers who unscrew the lids and tamper with the tabs just to annoy me 🤬
I can handle a lot in life but those two issues really grind my gears 🤬
I am sure, iirc it is to do with their break times. If there is a passenger on their bus they cannot be considered to be on a break (I think that is why the check the whole bus for stray/asleep passengers at the terminus too), they are required to have so many minutes off in a shift so it is important that this is heeded otherwise they will be considered to have missed their break times. It is something like that I am sure, I just cannot remember exactly why but there is a good reason for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
The signature strip on debit/credit cards. Are they making them from a different material these days? It’s pretty much impossible to sign them with a normal pen these days. Biros don’t work at all on them. Liquid ink works but smudges. Sharpies don’t fit in the space.
Haha that's a very good pointQuote:
Originally Posted by overdrive