Latest moan from you and me, 2015

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  1. Sheal

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    I wish that was possible but I'd have to move the rocks each time to mow and they're to heavy for me to lift now......back issues like yourself.

    Ironically last autumn my neighbours were having some work done in their garden and the signage on the vans/lorry stated they were ecologically friendly and that they took care of the countryside being attached to DEFRA. After asking them politely to remove their vans from the verge because of the damage which they did, they then parked the lorry on it. I was fuming!
     
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      Good morning its such a beautiful day so this is not a moan just an observation:heehee:
      In a sardine packed food supermarket this morning at the cash till, "are you alright packing" Yes thank you "Would you like any cash back" No thank you "would you like a phone top up" No thank you "would you like any stamps" No thank you "have you any vouchers" No "have you forgotten anything" No I don't think so,and then I said are you having a good day ,the reply was " I would be if I wasn't here" so in future I shall have the shopping delivered:heehee:
       
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        Which supermarket was that in Woo as I will make a note of it to make sure I never go in there if I am ever down your way:biggrin:

        We always do self service so we just place the handset in the till and then fall through the floor as we see the speed at which we have spent our money.:snork:Havent heard the phrase "Unexpected item in the bagging area of late though":snork:
         
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          Good evening Kandy it was the one that says "thank you for shopping at Txxxo's:heehee:
           
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            Wow! I can't even begin to guess who that could be! :scratch:
             
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              lol wiseowl. This is why i don't go into them stores anymore. I'm so grateful that abel and cole exists i don't even have to see the delivery driver he just put the delivery in my porch and when i wake up there is lots of fresh food lol it doesn't get better than that lol
               
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              Good for you Beckie - I would do exactly the same. People just don't have respect or thoughtfulness any more and it drives me insane x
               
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                arrrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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                There was a car on my drive as well this time as my mate was visiting. Was well awkward for them to reverse off. Seriously tho is my house invisible to my neighbours visitors? Why cant they just pull forward a bit. I don't get it. Makes me feel as if i have done something wrong or something and its being done on purpose :frown:
                 
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                  Your neighbours know that you don't have a car there so they take advantage of the fact knowing you won't be using the drive. When you have a visitor go and knock on the appropriate door and tell them you need to move a car on or off the drive. If you do it every time they'll probably get fed up and park elsewhere.
                   
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                    The best way to get back at your least favourite supermarket is to get a delivery from them. They make a loss of £15 on every delivery apparently :yay:
                     
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                      Although I'm always polite I would still have a word with the store manager about the correct way to handle customers. Store managers know me quite well. :heehee:

                      Yesterday I had them remove out of date items from the shelves. :blue thumb: The staff need more instruction on stock rotation and in putting shelf tickets in the right place. I used to be the 'awkward person' in the staff training video for the local region of Sainsbury's (true :dbgrtmb:) :snork:

                      The area manager asked me to play the part and asked how long I needed to learn the script. I told him I didn't need a script, I'd just act as normal :lunapic 130165696578242 5:. My favourite bit was when I picked up a courgette, called over a young trainee (he wasn't in on the fact that I was part of the filming) and asked him 'how long it would take for this banana to ripen'! :old:
                       
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                        this is my first moan of the day!

                        my moan is my local b and q store. it is huge and its hard to find anything, the staff are all kids who know nothing about what you are asking for. I wanted some L brackets, when I finally found an assistant who seemed like they may have more than one brain sell he informed me that these brackets are in the builders yard. the builder yard is a completely different building.

                        while buying the brackets from the builder yard I noticed that this is where they sell all the larger sheet wood and timber. but guess what..............if yu want screws to use with the wood you cant buy them, its back to the main shop.

                        absolute joke!
                         
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                          Good morning @shiney my moan for to day is that I just cannot find anything to moan about:lunapic 130165696578242 5:
                           
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                            Don't worry, @wiseowl , I'm quite capable of moaning for both of us! :lunapic 130165696578242 5:
                             
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