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Neil.T said:
I'm behind the scenes, helping make things go seamlessly! ;)

I work early mornings, unloading the deliveries, keeping the sales floors clear and tidy, keeping the till points stocked with all types of carrier bags and... keeping the flow of those all-important hangers moving. :p

I checked, by the way, and it turns out our hangers are no longer provided by Mainetti: it's now some firm called Braiform.

SCANDAL!!! :mad:
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Ah gotcha! That's cool dude, do you enjoy it? I used to work for the rival: Debenhams. I was on the tills, slowly losing my soul!

Also, traitor! *even though the job is not mine, I still still feel the sting of betrayal* XD
 
~AyaMachi~ said:
That's cool dude, do you enjoy it?
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Meh, you know, it pays the bills. I've got pretty much the run of the whole store, though, so I'm not tied down to one area. I like that aspect.

I haven't worked anywhere else, mind, so I've nothing to compare it to.

Debenhams, eh? I hear they're pretty poor for pay and benefits these days, so I guess you got out while the going was good! What were they like as paymasters?
 
Phobos said:
Let’s not forget if you drive with it on then you bugger the car up and are in for some hefty repair bills...
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Yeah, done that a few times...not for long distances, but enough for me to actually think that I didn't apply it, and then feel like an utter muppet once I'd get to my destination, park the car, reach down to apply the handbrake only to find...

It was on all along!

MY LIFE! XD
 
~AyaMachi~ said:
Also, don't be a coaster. No, I don't mean the things you put your drink on, I mean one of those people who are too lazy to shift down a gear or three and just de-clutch to "slow down", taking all semblance of control from their vehicle. I mean, it's okay if you're actually going to stop, but not when your traversing long and windy roads (and there's loads of those here in Wales)!
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I barely know what any of that means yet, but once I do, I'll keep it in mind :p
 
Neil.T said:
Gasp! The 'C' word?! :eek:

And the dirty one at that! ;)
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XD Wash thine mouth with soap!

Dude, it will be here in 322 days...I'm pretty sure there are customers right now planning out just how much of a pain in the ar$3 they can be. They're rehearsing, like Shakespearian thespians.

"Art thouest able to deliver a sofa to thine residence for the eve of Christmas?" (an actual question someone asked, though, not in Elizabethan English XD)
 
Neil.T said:
What?!? There's another Xmas this year?! We just had one, dammit!

Are you sure there's definitely gonna be a Xmas in 2018? Has that actually been officially confirmed?

(I vote for having one only every four years, like the Olympics or the World Cup. ;))
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Neil. T for Prime Minister! Got my vote ;)

Make it so Neil, make it so...No-one should have to listen to Christmas songs on repeat for the duration of their shift.
 
Whilst on the subject of Christmas, have you seen how the Japanese wrap presents?


I'm sending all my gifts there, I cannot wrap for toffee! XD
 
~AyaMachi~ said:
Neil. T for Prime Minister! Got my vote ;)
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Oh, no! This country would be screwed if that ever happened! :D

Or maybe I could try to offer each and every citizen their own personalised Brexit. How do you like your Brexit? Soft Brexit? Hard Brexit? Crispy Brexit with a chewy centre? ;)

~AyaMachi~ said:
No-one should have to listen to Christmas songs on repeat for the duration of their shift.
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Oh, god damn. Yeah, you know you've heard a Xmas CD 100 times too many when you start to know the track order. I swear, if I'd heard bloody Slade just one more time... :mad::mad::mad::mad:
 
Neil.T said:
Oh, no! This country would be screwed if that ever happened! :D

Or maybe I could try to offer each and every citizen their own personalised Brexit. How do you like your Brexit? Soft Brexit? Hard Brexit? Crispy Brexit with a chewy centre? ;)


Oh, god damn. Yeah, you know you've heard a Xmas CD 100 times too many when you start to know the track order. I swear, if I'd heard bloody Slade just one more time... :mad::mad::mad::mad:
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Haha, well, I don't think you can do any worse than what we've got now! Oh God I laughed, I can just picture a Brexit menu with those kinds of options XD

Don't forget Shakin' Stevens; Paul McCartney; Wizzard, et al...we actually had customers leaving the store once because they were getting fed up of the songs. The CD (for some reason) was actually stuck on a loop, so it was the same song over and over (I don't know who it was; some youth choir singing "A Partridge in a Pear Tree") I had to phone down to the office and tell them it was stuck, and it was driving people mad!
 
Neil.T said:
♪ With gifts on the fire, and logs on the tree... ♪

Or some similar sentiment.
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Yeah, that's pretty much how I'd do Christmas XD Love it, made me laugh! I actually did boycott last Christmas though, on account of having no job, and therefore, no money!
 
~AyaMachi~ said:
on account of having no job, and therefore, no money!
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:(

You know, there are two things I do look forward to at Xmas, though. One is the days off work (obviously), and the other is the chocolate fudge yule log Markies sells. A nice thick slice of that with a good dollop of extra-thick double cream and some festive sprinkles? Mm-mmm, that's what I'm talkin' about! :D
 
~AyaMachi~ said:
The pay was pretty much in line with the wage for that kind of job to be fair. It was actually only a Christmas temp job; once that ended I worked for a concession within Debenhams. So pretty much I got to witness the world of Debenhams without actually being a part of it, though I still used to help out their staff at busy times, and get yelled at by THEIR customers! A thankless task! Christmas was the worst, it breeds an entirely new kind of customer - the kind that thinks you can make the item they want magically appear before their eyes, desite you telling them (multiple times), that it's a discontinued item.

Hey, it's all a lot of people want in this day and age (myself included) - something that pays the bills and at least keeps the roof above your head, so long as you're comfortable and get by :)
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The solution; just shout at their customers too! And as an added bonus for a limited time only if you apply this logic we’ll ensure your job lasts no more than one week!
 
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