Yeah that's grim. The Go Compare one takes it to a whole other level though I think - the whole thing is just so creepy
just remembered there's a thread somewhere specifically about adverts isn't there
Pointless But It Does My Head In
Yeah that's grim. The Go Compare one takes it to a whole other level though I think - the whole thing is just so creepy
just remembered there's a thread somewhere specifically about adverts isn't there
Patrick Swayze
I'm trying to shut up
yh i hate these lol your dissent is repackaged and used to sell the original product back to you. luckily I only make impulsive decisions based on as few factors as possible so 'gocompare' is completely useless to me. and i can't drive.
Patrick Swayze
I'm trying to shut up
sometimes I pop in there just to cover my face and elbows in meatball sauce and then sit staring wildly at the staff, wiping myself down with a mink handkerchief.
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Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
You're not really Patrick Swayze, are you?
baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
The staff in there are creepy - I don't think you could out-stare them. It's as if they've been trained in how to be as insincerely and unnervingly over-friendly as possible, but without a trace of actual friendliness. Not their fault, company policy, I'm sure.
Patrick Swayze
I'm trying to shut up
I'm convinced it's adapted from the social connivances of countless northern men who have mastered the art of being really friendly in an increasingly threatening way.
that said, I can out-stare a stuffed owl.
baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
Definitely not just a northern thing. A British thing, perhaps. 'Alright mate' can sometimes be the most chilling phrase known to man.
Patrick Swayze
I'm trying to shut up
yh 'alright mate' can be scary but 'where'd ya live pal?' is even more terrifying and that's just the taxi drivers.
Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
It's just American, isn't it all? All that awful "Have a wonderful day!" stuff, with beaming toothy smile and aggressively maintained eye contact throughout the whole transaction.
I'm not sure which is worse, that or the typical British style whereby the customer is basically ignored as a person and treated simply as a 'customer' in the most bare-bones economic sense of an entity that provides money in exchange for goods.
I'm not sure which is worse, that or the typical British style whereby the customer is basically ignored as a person and treated simply as a 'customer' in the most bare-bones economic sense of an entity that provides money in exchange for goods.
Patrick Swayze
I'm trying to shut up
I got asked for ID when buying superglue the other week, only realised once outside the shop that I'd been taken for a feckless addict.
Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
I'd just like to add that I fucking love Big Train, hard.
Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
Well I hope you had a good old sniff once you'd got home with your gear.
viktorvaughn
Well-known member
I got ID-ed for buying a magnetic knife rack because it was in the knife cabinet! When I pointed out that it wasn't a knife they guy just repeated it blankly and got the manager.
Totally insane.
Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
People who mindlessly follow orders like that are the people who actually perpetrated the Holocaust.
BTW, congrats on the 3,000th PBIDMHI post.
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Patrick Swayze
I'm trying to shut up
I sold it on to some local school kids
to be fair only psychopaths have racks for their knives.....
Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
Yeah, why can't he just keep his knives in a dead prostitute like a normal person?
baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
But if you were allowed a magnetic knife rack, your potential for possessing a dangerous weapon would be upgraded to the potential for possessing a dangerous weapon that you could store securely.
They were right to be cautious.
viktorvaughn
Well-known member
True! Tremendous vision from the Robert Dyas employee in retrospect.
viktorvaughn
Well-known member
Go me. What a load of moaners.