Venti Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 People who say the last season of Game of Thrones was shite. The last episode was bad, but they seem to forget the Battle of Winterfell was in that same season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetterlund Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 The main supplier who I get the majority of my materials & equipment from for work was recently taken over and the service has turned to shit. Funny thing is, the competition watchdog wasn't happy with the original takeover and made them sell off part of the business to someone else first, as they thought customer service would suffer otherwise. A year ago they offered next day delivery and had their own delivery fleet. Now they use couriers and you're lucky if you get it by Friday if ordered on Monday. This week I was promised Wednesday which didn't turn up, then on Thursday was told it's 2 hours away but didn't turn up, then today it'll be here before 11 but didn't turn up. Had to cancel the job today, my customer seething, and to top it all off if the delivery miraculously appears this afternoon I'll be working the weekend. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 1 hour ago, Zetterlund said: The main supplier who I get the majority of my materials & equipment from for work was recently taken over and the service has turned to shit. Funny thing is, the competition watchdog wasn't happy with the original takeover and made them sell off part of the business to someone else first, as they thought customer service would suffer otherwise. A year ago they offered next day delivery and had their own delivery fleet. Now they use couriers and you're lucky if you get it by Friday if ordered on Monday. This week I was promised Wednesday which didn't turn up, then on Thursday was told it's 2 hours away but didn't turn up, then today it'll be here before 11 but didn't turn up. Had to cancel the job today, my customer seething, and to top it all off if the delivery miraculously appears this afternoon I'll be working the weekend. Surely, in this BrexiTory capitalist utopia of free-marketeering & choice, you must have hunners of alternatives ?? Or have they been lying to us ?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetterlund Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 1 hour ago, Florentine_Pogen said: Surely, in this BrexiTory capitalist utopia of free-marketeering & choice, you must have hunners of alternatives ?? Or have they been lying to us ?? The free market offers one or two more expensive, further away, and less well-stocked alternatives. I'm sure my strongly-worded email will sort this mob out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 8 minutes ago, Zetterlund said: The free market offers one or two more expensive, further away, and less well-stocked alternatives. I'm sure my strongly-worded email will sort this mob out. It does suggest a market opportunity given your possible departure from the spear point due to training requirements. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetterlund Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 1 hour ago, TxRover said: It does suggest a market opportunity given your possible departure from the spear point due to training requirements. An interesting idea, although if this shambles of a package that turned up at 5pm is the standard to beat, I'm not sure I have it in me. Is it just me who thinks there's a general crisis of competence in just about every walk of life these days? 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 1 hour ago, Zetterlund said: An interesting idea, although if this shambles of a package that turned up at 5pm is the standard to beat, I'm not sure I have it in me. Is it just me who thinks there's a general crisis of competence in just about every walk of life these days? Stems from managers who were abject workers and companies littered in nepotism. At least when it was mason only they knew they had to keep up standards. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 1 hour ago, Zetterlund said: An interesting idea, although if this shambles of a package that turned up at 5pm is the standard to beat, I'm not sure I have it in me. Is it just me who thinks there's a general crisis of competence in just about every walk of life these days? Couldn't agree more. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Got the wee man a Happy Meal from McDonald's (yes, yes, I know) and the book that came with it about adventurers and pioneers had a wee glossary at the back... "Ick-thee-oh-saw" indeed. We aren't in England, we pronounce our Rs. And even if we were in England, that's still wrong. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 ^^^ Can't spell 'paleontology' either. Burn that detritus. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Referring to 'a protein' in cooking. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 4 hours ago, Zetterlund said: An interesting idea, although if this shambles of a package that turned up at 5pm is the standard to beat, I'm not sure I have it in me. Is it just me who thinks there's a general crisis of competence in just about every walk of life these days? Standard these days, except for a series of packages I’ve received from Japan for a car I’m working on. Every single one of them wrapped to protect the contents, contents with additional protection inside the package, absolutely clear and readable address, and they all arrived as fast or faster than stuff from Michigan. H4H headlight bulbs, in bubble wrap OEM bags, in a small cardboard box, with additional cardboard folded and taped around each one of them to protect them. And a note of thanks for buying. Blooming impressive. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 46 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: Referring to 'a protein' in cooking. I often endorse the qualities of 'a protein' in sex. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 3 hours ago, Salvo Montalbano said: Got the wee man a Happy Meal from McDonald's (yes, yes, I know) and the book that came with it about adventurers and pioneers had a wee glossary at the back... "Ick-thee-oh-saw" indeed. We aren't in England, we pronounce our Rs. And even if we were in England, that's still wrong. Judging by that definition ichthyosaur should be pronounced "Archie McPherson" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 (edited) 6 hours ago, Zetterlund said: An interesting idea, although if this shambles of a package that turned up at 5pm is the standard to beat, I'm not sure I have it in me. Is it just me who thinks there's a general crisis of competence in just about every walk of life these days? I've taken boxes of rubbish to the tip in better condition than that. Edited March 30 by Swarley Spelling 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 On 28/03/2024 at 09:32, Venti said: People who say the last season of Game of Thrones was shite. The last episode was bad, but they seem to forget the Battle of Winterfell was in that same season. The battle where all the Dothraki just attacked and vanished. All of them. Then they all turned up later apparently unharmed. The plot armour in that battle was unreal. Everyone ended up in situations that should have seen them dead, but apparently the deadliness of the undead comes and goes depending on how main a character you are. Arya, whose arc had finished and she was now just cutting about like a spare part, killing a hitherto formidable and fairly invincible adversary with whom she had no connection or history. Said adversary developing sudden onset stupidity because it was convenient the plot. The last two seasons weren't very good, but the last was utter, utter pish. It's a landmark series in the way that it was wonderful, wildly popular and crashed and burned so badly that it has been more or less forgotten. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 (edited) 14 hours ago, Zetterlund said: An interesting idea, although if this shambles of a package that turned up at 5pm is the standard to beat, I'm not sure I have it in me. Is it just me who thinks there's a general crisis of competence in just about every walk of life these days? Business to Business packaging should meet certain standards (as should private). I know you were already pissed off with the delay, and your customer was pissed off, but that should've been refused acceptance and sent back. Folk can't work like that. Edited March 30 by johnnydun 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 9 hours ago, TxRover said: Standard these days, except for a series of packages I’ve received from Japan for a car I’m working on. Every single one of them wrapped to protect the contents, contents with additional protection inside the package, absolutely clear and readable address, and they all arrived as fast or faster than stuff from Michigan. H4H headlight bulbs, in bubble wrap OEM bags, in a small cardboard box, with additional cardboard folded and taped around each one of them to protect them. And a note of thanks for buying. Blooming impressive. All my years of going without plastic straws up in smoke in one delivery! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetterlund Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 48 minutes ago, johnnydun said: Business to Business packaging should meet certain standards (as should private). I know you were already pissed off with the delay, and your customer was pissed off, but that should've been refused acceptance and sent back. Folk can't work like that. I usually cant be here in person to accept deliveries, which wasn't an issue when the supplier had their own fleet as they're in the industry and you could trust it'd be well packaged and transported. In this box the 18kg gas cylinder was sitting on top of coils of soft copper tube ffs Utter morons everywhere. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 P&b recently, if going to p2 of the list of topics from the bottom of p1, takes me to the bottom of page 2. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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