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Mike Tyson said:
Today the customer isn't in, so we've had to scoop the offending articles up. And earlier in the week one cunt tried to argue that it was his garden, so he can do what he wants. Regardless of that fact, not picking shit up is absolutely unforgivable.

Mate the fact that it's minging aside, it imposes a health and safety risk on you having to work around that shit. Full of all sorts of bacteria and parasites. I know sure as hell if I had to scoop it up I'd post it through the letterbox.
 
This bloke:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/landlord-bans-coloured-people-curry-smell-racism-fergus-wilson-kent-a7653851.html?cmpid=facebook-post
 
revert
verb
rɪˈvəːt/Submit
1.
return to (a previous state, practice, topic, etc.).
"he reverted to his native language"
synonyms: return, go back, come back, change back, retrogress, regress, default; More
2.
INDIAN
reply or respond to someone.
"we texted both Farah and Shirish, but neither of them reverted"

I do not live in India, and the people I work with are not Indian. So why, oh why, has "REVERT" come to mean "REPLY TO" Should I just get over it and accept a hange in use? I find it painful, eye bleedingly painful!
 
andy popp said:
Dear god! Do people really do that?

Yep.

In Dubai, it was common for people to end an email with “please revert soonest”.

The temptation to reply with a photo of myself in “Early Homo Erectus” costume was often overwhelming.
 
andy popp said:
Dear god! Do people really do that?

My boss,his boss (regularly), a guy from a shipping company (Aberdonian), a women from finance (Aberdonian) and I've seen a few other emails with it shoehorned in there.

:sick: :shit:

Does this mean I have free reign to shoot these fuckers down? (already done it to my boss).
To what would you like me to revert?
 
The phrase "fast forward" used to denote a passing of time when describing events or telling a story. Had enough of it now,
 
Vintage Inns. The pub chain that has been systematically buying old country pubs that you might pop into after a walk or a climb and pouring bleach over whatever charm or individuality they once had. They are SO uniform it makes my skin crawl. Fucking awful.

I see that they are part of the same group that owns Toby Carvery and Harvester. I'm not surprised.

A colleague and I were discussing them and I think our displeasure is directed equally at the pubs themselves and those people who actually think that they're nice.
 
I generally fall foul of them when our team at work goes for lunch somewhere together. There's one near the office which has (inexplicably. There are lots of other options) become the de facto leaving lunch venue. This week it was The Dormouse in York.

They make a habit of slow service, presumably to increase drink sales while you wait interminably. It took an hour and 45 minutes to serve a main and a dessert to a table of 6 people on Monday. There were 2 other tables having food and virtually no-one at the bar.

They also used to do this thing where the waiter/ress would ask you "you can upgrade to wedges for only a pound, or you can just have the ordinary chips", with the second half of the sentence being delivered in a drawn and disgusted tone. And then when the food eventually came, if you asked for some ketchup or mayo or whatever, the great condiment tray would be brought out from it's strongbox and the server would glare at you while you timorously spooned some onto your plate, after which it would all be whisked away to be put back under lock and key.

They are not so much pubs/restaurants as Margin Optimisation Facilities, and little is done to hide the fact. They act as a metaphorical vice which serves the dual purpose of wringing money from customers while keeping them only as comfortable as necessary to avoid them standing up and leaving.
 
Those insanely bright headlights people seem to insist on having. I now have a considerable commute home once a week - two and a half hours - at night. I typically spend most of the journey half-blinded, even if I don't directly look in any of the mirrors - doesn't help they are often found on monster pickups and are thus directly at the level of the rear window. Over a long journey it gets incredibly tiring and stressful and they seem inescapable. Just why?
 
Will Hunt said:
I generally fall foul of them when our team at work goes for lunch somewhere together. There's one near the office which has (inexplicably. There are lots of other options) become the de facto leaving lunch venue. This week it was The Dormouse in York.

It upsets me a little that the Cow and Calf pub is one of these. A location that iconic with so much passing trade should be easily runnable as a profitable independent surely? But then what do I know about running a pub.
 
andy popp said:
Those insanely bright headlights people seem to insist on having. I now have a considerable commute home once a week - two and a half hours - at night. I typically spend most of the journey half-blinded, even if I don't directly look in any of the mirrors - doesn't help they are often found on monster pickups and are thus directly at the level of the rear window. Over a long journey it gets incredibly tiring and stressful and they seem inescapable. Just why?

Think you've hit on the answer - I don't think the lights are brighter per se (as I'm betting there's some legal limit on luminescence on a dipped beam bulb) - it's just that more people drive SUV / crossover / Quashqai type things that sit higher on the road.
 
spidermonkey09 said:
Will Hunt said:
I generally fall foul of them when our team at work goes for lunch somewhere together. There's one near the office which has (inexplicably. There are lots of other options) become the de facto leaving lunch venue. This week it was The Dormouse in York.

It upsets me a little that the Cow and Calf pub is one of these. A location that iconic with so much passing trade should be easily runnable as a profitable independent surely? But then what do I know about running a pub.

I'm sure the Cow and Calf could be run profitably as an independent, but VI may have paid a high price to get it and their margins are likely to be higher than any independent could achieve. The beer that is available, for instance, is identical across all their outlets, so the bargaining power they hold with the brewery's must be huge.
 
tommytwotone said:
andy popp said:
Those insanely bright headlights people seem to insist on having. I now have a considerable commute home once a week - two and a half hours - at night. I typically spend most of the journey half-blinded, even if I don't directly look in any of the mirrors - doesn't help they are often found on monster pickups and are thus directly at the level of the rear window. Over a long journey it gets incredibly tiring and stressful and they seem inescapable. Just why?

Think you've hit on the answer - I don't think the lights are brighter per se (as I'm betting there's some legal limit on luminescence on a dipped beam bulb) - it's just that more people drive SUV / crossover / Quashqai type things that sit higher on the road.

I think the other thing with newer headlights is that they're a bluer light than old headlights which tended to be yellow-ish and the rods in the eye are more sensitive to the blue part of the spectrum.
 
Will Hunt said:
I'm sure the Cow and Calf could be run profitably as an independent, but VI may have paid a high price to get it and their margins are likely to be higher than any independent could achieve. The beer that is available, for instance, is identical across all their outlets, so the bargaining power they hold with the brewery's must be huge.

Yeah...it'll never be an independent again if they're making money from it! Its funny how chain pubs vary so widely; e.g. the Spoons in Ilkley is a reasonable option for a lunchtime half (if only because its the only pub in Ilkley that has reasonable prices) but others are utterly grim. Perhaps its a perception thing; one expects something a little different in a country town/village pub and then its disappointing when its an anodyne chain clone outlet.

Incidentally, I'd have thought the Dyneley Arms is an absolute prime candidate for being bought up by Vintage Inns or similar in due course. Go while you can before it becomes a poxy carvery joint.
 
Nutty said:
tommytwotone said:
andy popp said:
Those insanely bright headlights people seem to insist on having. I now have a considerable commute home once a week - two and a half hours - at night. I typically spend most of the journey half-blinded, even if I don't directly look in any of the mirrors - doesn't help they are often found on monster pickups and are thus directly at the level of the rear window. Over a long journey it gets incredibly tiring and stressful and they seem inescapable. Just why?

Think you've hit on the answer - I don't think the lights are brighter per se (as I'm betting there's some legal limit on luminescence on a dipped beam bulb) - it's just that more people drive SUV / crossover / Quashqai type things that sit higher on the road.

I think the other thing with newer headlights is that they're a bluer light than old headlights which tended to be yellow-ish and the rods in the eye are more sensitive to the blue part of the spectrum.
And they'll probably be some sort of tilt up n down option control and they'll be all tilted right up all the time.

On a similar note incredibly bright bicycle lights. Generally as bright as car lights these days. Not tilted down and even worse flashing away. Really blinding and distracting.
 
spidermonkey09 said:
e.g. the Spoons in Ilkley is a reasonable option for a lunchtime half (if only because its the only pub in Ilkley that has reasonable prices)

Only if you’re happy supporting the shitty business practices of the owner, did you enjoy the brexit beer mats?

Dyneley is Sam Smiths so won’t be being purchased by anyone else in a hurry.
 


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