Red Neck Man

So are they just closing one of the Aberdeen stores then? You're right though, there was never really much point in having two Jessops in Aberdeen.

You looking for something else?

Yeah we in Market Street are still open. I'm not sure if any of the staff will be transferred to us though. I feel sorry everyone who's losing their jobs due to the closures

Dave hasn't worked for Jessops for a while now. Good luck to the rest though.

Cheers. I think one of the main reasons as to why the Bridge Street store closed was because there's no real point in having two stores in the same city. Especially in todays 'climate'. Mind you, I'm glad we're still open...for now.

Watched Old School last night. Far too many Whitesnake references in that film

That's a shame. He always came across as a decent bloke despite him catching me looking at porn in the I.T Centre.

The slags that work in Aitkens bakery in the indoor market. I don't care if I disturbed your fag break - I'm just after a rowie. Fuck off back to The Snuggery where you belong...

It can't be any worse than Claire's sandwich shop across the road from it. Don't get me wrong, their sandwiches are lovely, but they run out of bread at 12.45 every day. That's not a joke. They actually run out of bread and rolls, and if you go in after 1.00 all you can get is crisps and stuff. If you dare to query why they don't just order more bread, they simply tell you "you should have come in sooner". Amazing.

I always thought that place had shut down ages ago - looks like a right shit heap!

People with bad body odor who venture into town. Doesn't hurt to wash ya fuckin minks!

he has a point you know, you really do not contribute anything to anything ever.

If you think about it, neither does Dave.

Wok Wok on Crown Street is mintul.

People with annoying laughs on public transport. Mainly women.

Mink couples that call their babies Asia or India or Kaylee or Ashlee or Beyonc.

Yes. This pisses me off. The worst case being one time I was on a bus and the father snaps at the screaming child "LEVI - SHUT THE FUCK UP"

I don't think that is fair, I have enjoyed this thread just for Dave's photos. Maybe this thread will spur peoples' interest in the subject, which is no bad thing.

I think it's fairly obvious he started this thread so people would say such things like "oh hey, nice photos".

I seriously doubt there are enough people on this board interested in bird watching, let alone enough to necessitate an entire thread.

Dave, wise up.

YouTube - Jackie Chan - Project A

Does anyone here still watch Lost?

I thought the season 5 premiere was amazing although all this time travel stuff has left my brain fried haha. I'm looking forward to seeing how all this pans out

Grammar Nazis.

Fixed

When I was about 13 I really wanted to join my mates band as the drummer. I told them I had been playing drums for over a year when the truth is, I didn't even know what a fucking snare drum was, let alone how to play an entire kit.

Anyways, I 'phoned in sick' on the day of the first practice, but decided that I 'had' to learn drums sooner or later. That was 13 years ago and I'm still playing them haha.

this isn't quite as serious as previous posts but...

people that insist on behaving like arseholes when they have a complaint...

i went for dinner in ma cam's fairly recently and ordered a mushroom carbonara (which had the option of adding chicken for a quid) which i did...

when it turned up, there was no chicken, so i went to complain...did i behave like an asshole? did i look like a dogs arse chewing a wasp?(well maybe i did, but purely in a different context!)

i simply said "hey, sorry, i ordered this with chicken"

i was met with an uncountable amount of apologies and recieved my tasty meal with a minute or two

cue a woman at my work yesterday screaming about how she was overcharged (i wasn't involved in this btw, i just observed) "I ORDERED TWO DRINKS AND YOU'VE CHARGED ME FOR 3!"

"no miss, you've been charged for two, see how the third one has been voided here?"

"YES I CAN SEE THAT! BUT THE DRINK I HAVE BEEN CHARGED FOR WAS A LARGE! I DIDN'T ORDER A LARGE!!!"

"ok, fair enough miss, what was the drink you ordered?"

"A BOTTLE OF TANGO!!!!!!!!"

"oh, well, miss, maam, well, bottles of juice are charged as the same price as large draught drinks"

"WELL! YOU HAVE AN ATTITUDE PROBLEM!"

i observed all this feeling slightly shocked, but not really, after spending over 8 years in various facets of the customer service industry....it makes me weep that such a large majority of people are either insane/arseholes/stupid...

anyway, that's my bugbear...the human race...hahaha

nah, people that refuse to make civilised complaints and take out their petty frustrations on some poor fucker just doing their job behind a counter...if you have a complaint and are pleasant and nice when you make it, the person dealing with it (who will 9/10 have nothing to do with it) will actually want to help you...unlike when some poor sod is just standing behind the till, waiting for their shift to end, starts getting abuse from some random cunt of a punter....

phew, sorry, that was a rant and a half

I agree with this although something which equally annoys the shit of me is when someone is actually making a complaint in a nice way, and the person behind the counter clearly has an attitude problem.

For example, I was in Triple Kirks the other day (first time in ages, thought it might have changed, I was wrong) walked up to the bar right in front of a barmaid who was having a chat with her mate who was sat at the bar. Normally I don't mind, but having to wait for almost five minutes until she finished the convo, only to be greeted with "well?"

me "sorry?"

her "you want summin or what?"

me "yes, put down the face and get me a pint...if that's alright with you"

some people, eh? o_O

Anyways, another one of my pet hates is people who go out for lunch from work...yet keep their lanyard on around their neck. What are you trying to say? "look at me, i have a job"

cunts.

Jack Nicholson once mistook me for Kevin Bacon.

season 4 was by far the best season of Lost, so much more happens and gets answered, but yet more still going on. Looking forward to 5!

Heroes 3 just finished so surely 4 can't start as soon as this? Hope so tho!

Flight of....season 2 started yesterday

Agreed about Lost. Can't wait for season 5 although it's a bitch having to now wait about 8 months in between season.

I've got my Dharma beer ready for wednesday night

Watched The Wrestler last night. After all the great reviews I was looking forward to seeing Mickey Rourke's alleged return to form. It wasn't dull, it was awful, like a second-rate TV movie disguised as a cool, hip indie flick. The amount of money they wasted making this could have been better spent feeding a third world country. It has every cliche in the book - the wrestling version of, say, a bad Rocky.

The music starts with Quiet Riot blasting Mental Health then a bit of Ratt (Round and Round) then Accept/Scorpions/Cinderella and GNR, and just when it's a hair band singalong it's ruined by Bruce Springsteen crooning The Wrestler - fuck it is so crap. Micky Rourke's wrestler would have been great played by Jean Claude Van Damme. What a load of old shit

yass!

Watched Blazin' Saddles the other night followed by The Dark Night

...when I worked at the Gadget Shop.

What a surprise!

Simon Day once told me to fuck off.

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