What's mildly irritating you today? - Page 172

Crimson Ghost · 03-19-2010, 12:08 AM

"Can I have your phone number?"
"Sorry, I'm already married, but thank you for the offer."
"Sir, I need your phone number to complete this..."
"No you don't, sweetheart. I'm paying cash. Since when do you need my phone number for a cash transaction?"
"Sir, I'll have to call a manager if you don't give me your phone number."
"Go ahead. Call a manager. While you're doing that, I'll call the police, and I'm sure they will be more than happy to hear this explanation."
"I'll just put in the store number."
"Yes, that would be best for all concerned."

Radio Shack used to ask for personal info.
I used to give 3 Church Rd., Suffern.
No one ever got the joke...

monster · 03-19-2010, 12:20 AM

Art Van furniture was like that.

BTW Crimson Ghost, I have to say -and probably should have said earlier- your username just screams euphemism for period to me. am I alone in this?

Crimson Ghost · 03-19-2010, 01:04 AM

Never thought of it like that.

Period to me always meant "Thank God! The condom didn't break..."

Shawnee123 · 03-19-2010, 07:54 AM

Frickin' frackin' rassin frassin grumble bitch frack frick.

(Work stuff, you don't really want to know.)

classicman · 03-19-2010, 11:16 AM

oh yeh we do, c'mon . . .

lumberjim · 03-23-2010, 08:23 PM

I keep making hard boiled eggs to eat for breakfast.... like this morning I made 9....so I'd have some for tomorrow and maybe Thursday.... I ate 2 this AM. I just checked, and there's ONE left. Damn wiener kids.

monster · 03-26-2010, 09:29 PM

dye them green

ZenGum · 03-30-2010, 03:20 AM

They'd get teased at school.

limey · 03-30-2010, 04:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum

They'd get teased at school.

Haggis!

monster · 03-30-2010, 07:05 AM

No more than usual.....

(homeschooled)

Carruthers · 03-30-2010, 08:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

Art Van furniture was like that.

Wasn't he one of the lesser known Dutch Old Masters?

Shawnee123 · 03-30-2010, 08:10 AM

Art Vandelay?

lumberjim · 03-30-2010, 08:38 AM

fucking re-sign first thing in the morning and the dickhole salesman couldn't be bothered to be here to handle his customer.

monster · 03-30-2010, 10:33 AM

feed him green eggs.

Sundae · 03-30-2010, 11:16 AM

Here we are never asked personal details in shops, so I admit it's not something I can relate to. That said, I can't think of any reason NOT to give my postcode if requested. If someone in the shop is intending to stalk me, I imagine the easiest thing to do is follow me home! My postcode only gives the path where I live after all.

As for phone numbers, well if asked I will give my home phone number, and have happily done so online. I've only had one unwelcome call, and that was from an Indian gastric band company - my own silly fault for making the enquiry.

Europe is perceived as a place of binding bureaucracy sometimes (esp by the British press) but I'm pleased to hear at least I have the ability to shop without worrying I'll be harrassed afterwards.

Oh - Benefit have my details. But they're American anyway. And all they do is send me occasional emails. I have a junk filter for that.

03-19-2010, 12:08 AM	#2566
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	"Can I have your phone number?" "Sorry, I'm already married, but thank you for the offer." "Sir, I need your phone number to complete this..." "No you don't, sweetheart. I'm paying cash. Since when do you need my phone number for a cash transaction?" "Sir, I'll have to call a manager if you don't give me your phone number." "Go ahead. Call a manager. While you're doing that, I'll call the police, and I'm sure they will be more than happy to hear this explanation." "I'll just put in the store number." "Yes, that would be best for all concerned." Radio Shack used to ask for personal info. I used to give 3 Church Rd., Suffern. No one ever got the joke... __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

03-19-2010, 12:20 AM	#2567
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Art Van furniture was like that. BTW Crimson Ghost, I have to say -and probably should have said earlier- your username just screams euphemism for period to me. am I alone in this? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-19-2010, 01:04 AM	#2568
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	Never thought of it like that. Period to me always meant "Thank God! The condom didn't break..." __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

03-19-2010, 07:54 AM	#2569
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Frickin' frackin' rassin frassin grumble bitch frack frick. (Work stuff, you don't really want to know.) __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

03-19-2010, 11:16 AM	#2570
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	oh yeh we do, c'mon . . . __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

03-23-2010, 08:23 PM	#2571
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I keep making hard boiled eggs to eat for breakfast.... like this morning I made 9....so I'd have some for tomorrow and maybe Thursday.... I ate 2 this AM. I just checked, and there's ONE left. Damn wiener kids. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

03-26-2010, 09:29 PM	#2572
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	dye them green __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-30-2010, 03:20 AM	#2573
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	They'd get teased at school. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

03-30-2010, 07:05 AM	#2575
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	No more than usual..... (homeschooled) __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-30-2010, 08:10 AM	#2577
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Art Vandelay? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

03-30-2010, 08:38 AM	#2578
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	fucking re-sign first thing in the morning and the dickhole salesman couldn't be bothered to be here to handle his customer. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

03-30-2010, 10:33 AM	#2579
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	feed him green eggs. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-30-2010, 11:16 AM	#2580
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Here we are never asked personal details in shops, so I admit it's not something I can relate to. That said, I can't think of any reason NOT to give my postcode if requested. If someone in the shop is intending to stalk me, I imagine the easiest thing to do is follow me home! My postcode only gives the path where I live after all. As for phone numbers, well if asked I will give my home phone number, and have happily done so online. I've only had one unwelcome call, and that was from an Indian gastric band company - my own silly fault for making the enquiry. Europe is perceived as a place of binding bureaucracy sometimes (esp by the British press) but I'm pleased to hear at least I have the ability to shop without worrying I'll be harrassed afterwards. Oh - Benefit have my details. But they're American anyway. And all they do is send me occasional emails. I have a junk filter for that.

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