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So go play with your toys.
My main computer has stopped working. :mad:
I have a strong suspicion that my video card is to blame but I won't be able to do much to it for the next couple of days. :(
Video cards can cause computers to stop working?!?!? :OQuote:
Originally Posted by BigPenney
Whenever my PC has broken, it's always been the power supply. Worth trying if you have a similar one in another PC.
Fixed it... for now :p.
It is either the video card or the PCI slot on the mother board.
What ever it is, I think it's a sign that I should do the upgrade that I've been thinking of doing for some time. :D
you would be surprise how often is the video card!Quote:
Originally Posted by SkyWarp91
actually... computer will still boot but no display.
3 hours and 40 mins in the waiting room. :mad:
Then 2 mins to get the referral.
Damn that sucks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tober
The local pub near home is up for sale, so gotta do work placement down in Hobart and stay in the bloody backpackers for another 2 weeks.:(
Got a call from the real estate agent for an apartment I was interested in. "Sold before auction," he says. Well that frees up my Saturday morning I guess. :(
I've been ordered to Mum and Dads for dinner to watch the premiere of "Hardliners" on Fox8 :rolleyes:
Probably going to cop a lecture of Dad about that could of been me.
Yes it could of been me if he hadn't fired me and kicked me out of home 10 years ago for abusing one of my uncles:p (yes I can laugh about it now thankfully)
Family Desktop computer at death's bed, going to have to wipe the harddrives clean or even replace it with new specs. Gonna cost a bit... the one thing I hate about comps!
Got OTFCC Dion yesterday and the paint apps on one of the shins is absolutely shocking. :(
I am also penniless after yesterday's Collectors Fair! XD Damn my wallet's bleeding. The hilarious thing is that I only really bought 2 toys from the fair itself... everything else was from trading with other OTCAers outside the fair! Waaagh!
On the plus side I can't wait to play with my new toys! TF room is pretty messy atm though, so I'll have to clean it up first, then get down to some serious toy playage!
Ordered a Predaking right fist off Ebay - the last limb bit I'm missing - package arrived today with a LEFT fist
:mad::mad:
I've emailed the seller for a replacement/refund... if things fall through anyone after a Predaking left fist?
wish somebody could read tonga
One more test and I'm a free man for the rest of the year (I would say till Feb next year but I have an inking I'll wind back up in a supp exam :p), and the test is in just over 24 hours. THE WAIT IS KILLING ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I bet Feleti Sevele can.Quote:
Originally Posted by Autocon
I bet Feleti Sevele can. Malo lilei!Quote:
Originally Posted by Autocon
:Our nightshift guy had a pretty bad car accident ,He was on his way to work and ended up in hospital with a broken leg and other injuries,So lately we all had to go out and cover the shifts,So I ended up doing 2 of these shifts usually I do 9am-5pm Sunday-Thursday,I wasnt real happy about doing the shifts but I did them to help my boss.My beef with the boss was Why did I have to do them,when the 2 other newish guys you hired to actually do some graveyards were kicking up a stink about doing them???,So the 3 of us ended up with a couple each to cover the shifts,After the first week the youngest 19 went to the boss literally crying and saying that he couldnt do 3 nightshifts in was killing him,the eldest 55-60 a couple weeks prior had rung the business manager on his mobile to complain about the shifts that my boss had given him i.e the nightshifts,so as you can see there were problems everywhere......I again stood up and said that seeing though my sleeping pattern and family life were ruined at the moment then I might as well do the other shift which took me to 3 nightshifts:mad::(.So we eventually hired another guy to do all the nightshifts so lately on my 3 nightshifts ive been training this guy getting him up to standards everythings been going good until tonight!I work at a petrol station,so after hours(11pm-5am) its lock door policy,Its Schoolies where I live so lots of young kids around they were all good,Most people you serve through the night counter are pleasant and have a joke with them and its all good,then tonight im trying to help a young guy with directions and then I have this moron with giant big mo like hulk hogan standing right in front of the buzzer for like 5 freaking minutes mind you there a big green sign saying please use nightcounter???:confused:,He eventually makes his way round the nightwindow and just lets abuse roll out his mouth im like WTF,Drunk as,Hurling abuse at me at like 2.30am in the morning.I said good one mate and threatened to ring the cops and he walked away,fuming off his head:confused: I am so over Drunk Aussies like that,What do you do?
Anyway its an epic but had to vent
Cheers
:D
I have learnt that people are stupid. My missus works at a petrol station as well. She deals with idiots all the time. Like when they mumble the pump number, or come back in and complain because the told her the wrong pump number, or point out of the window saying "the white one" when there are like 5 white cars. Worst is when they just through the money on the counter and walk off. I've seen some pretty bad ones as well. Like one night she was counting up, and the other person was on. A few people were waiting in line, and one guy speaks out about there being two people behind the counter and only one line, saying he wants to go home to his family and blah blah blah. He ended up getting the shits and walked up to the front, threw the note and took off.
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Originally Posted by 1AZRAEL1
Tell her I FEEL THE PAIN:D
When ever I have an encounter with a highly drunk individual, I verbally confuse 'em!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryathalas
They're usually at the state where sentence structure takes a back seat, do the same back. The look of confusion is marvelous.
And when you get the "wha fck ya just say ye bastard?" reply, hit back with "same thing you said. what was that?"
Will usually just go in circles till they leave. usually.....
Yes, it certainly seems like both you Ryathalas and 1AZRAEL1's partner, like most service attendants, certainly seem to be at the raw end of the stick and I agree that some of the louts that stumble in a circa 3:00am can be completely ridiculous - but it's the sober ones who think you're purely there for their sake are the ones that I get most annoyed at (I'm not a servo attendant, I just despise the rudeness of some people). :mad:
You can imagine what it would be like if there were to be another fuel shortage crisis like that of the 70's?... :o
I've learn one thing to say to annoying people; especially to those who are so nosy about what you do in your personal life and tell you that you should do things their way, and that word is:
Chipotle.
Leaves them confused as a baby in a strip joint.
Ahhh... that brings back memories of my childhood :pQuote:
Originally Posted by SkyWarp91
We call people like that...entitlement whores.Quote:
Originally Posted by hursty boy
My brother worked in a servo for 4 years and when people would do that he'd put the money in his pocket and say "Cheers mate... Now how are you going to pay for your petrol?" They'd get so mad. Then once they joined the line they'd usually bitch and moan really loudly, so when it would be their turn to pay he would be over the top nice to them. Funny thing is that used to upset them even more:DQuote:
Originally Posted by 1AZRAEL1
That has to be the funnest game of all time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bartrim
I do it to the grumpy people when they order coffee at my work.
I quite like the 'I-no-speak-English' game too.
I'm to white for that and I can't pull off a good enough European accentQuote:
Originally Posted by Ode to a Grasshopper
Got an Asian friend who was born here that will play it. Usually throws in as many "o-harro-prease" as he can
I knew a white guy who would play that game.
One time I was walking next to him and someone offered him some religious pamphlet, and he just looked at the guy and said - in a full Anglo-Australian accent, "Sorry mate, I don't speak English" then when the guy got confused and tried to point out that he was speaking English, he got all mad and said, "LISTEN MATE, I TOLD YA I DON'T SPEAK ANY BLOODY ENGLISH, NOW STOP BEING A RACIST!" and walked off in a huff... then after we were out of that guy's sight he just cracked up laughing. :p
Woke up this morning with a sore throat, blocked sinuses, an infection in both ears AND conjunctivitis. :(
:DQuote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
Sound similar to something one of my friends did once.
We were walking through a shopping mall and someone tried to offer her some pamphlets. She just looked at them straight in the eye, looking very serious, and then waved her hand and said "These are not the droids you are looking for", and then walked away.
I did 10 years at perol station(s). Nice job, shame about the customers though. Petrol is a grudge purchase, so many people object to paying for it in the start. Then they usually buy on the way to/from work and allow no time so they will be running late. Then they object to having to wait as everyone else is doing the same. I found the nice people were being drowned out by the prats.Quote:
Originally Posted by 1AZRAEL1
Soul destroying job and I wold do practically any other job to avoid working in one again.
The things that made me laugh though was:
1. Why when customer forgets their wallet, is it MY problem/fault?
2. Apparently I have personal control over the price of the fuel (this was at the tme when Perth's fuel went from 60c/l to 80c/l) and I put it up just before each individual customer came in.
This one was GOLD. Cust. 'bought' 2 disposable cameras from my sevo. 3 weeks later, they return saying they want a refund. I asked why, as we don't refund for the heck of it. Were they broken? Couldn't tell as they were still in packet.
'Why should I refund?' I ask. Because they can buy a real camera at Big W for the same price. I told them we don't price match and perhaps, if Big W opened on a Sunday (when the date of the receipt was) we might price match, but that was unlikely.
Cust: Blah blah blah, rant, rave and a bit of swearing. After the swearing I questioned whether they actually bought the cameras at all. They waggled reciept (which had been through the washing machine at me) More swearing and threats to call consumer affairs.
"why did you buy 3 disposable cameras anyway as you had mentioned that you weren't going anywhere."
more raving and carrying on. Eventually I said that I was not gonna refund the cameras (well I had been saying it the whole time, just this time more definite) and they should leave before I call the police as I didn't appreciate their behaviour to my staff and other customers. They asked to speak to the manager. I told them they were (I loved that one). Evantually they left.
One other time I had an ex-staff member threaten to bash me and run me down in the street if they saw me. Then they would come back to the site and wonder why I would't let their pump work...:rolleyes:
I could go on and on, but I won't. To summarise, console operators at servos are generally nice people. Be good to them as buttweeds give them a lot of hassle they don't deserve.
Exactly. They are only doing their job. Whenever someone complains about the price, she just tells them to call up price office and complain, they are the ones that make the changes. Unfortunately, they are the ones on the front line that have to deal with unruly people. And I do feel sorry for them. Hence why I am nice to people behind counters. Even at Maccas when they forget something in my meal, or give me something wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tetsuwan Convoy
When people used to complain to my brother about petrol prices he used to offer a smart arse explanation like...
"Of course I set the price that high. Do you have an idea how much it costs to insure a Ferrari?" or " Well those trips to Bermuda every year don't pay for themselves":D
I can sympathise with servo console operators -- I worked as a console op one summer (after finishing high school and before uni started), so I know about stuff like how they don't set petrol prices. But sometimes when I ask them question about the prices, some operators get overdefensive and just don't want a bar of what I'm asking, because they're automatically assuming that I'm assuming that they set the prices... which isn't true. So I often can't get straight answers about fuel prices from console operators because they probably do cop a lot of stupid questions and abuse from other people. :/
Finally got a AU Post matchcode on an item I purchased from ebay germany over a month ago. I paid for express post and when I rang up Australia Post today they said its being sent by sea mail - up to 3 more months to wait :mad::mad::mad:
what a bastard. you should get that in writing or electronic mail and make a refund claim with paypal. because if you wait too long paypal wont do shit in your favour.Quote:
Originally Posted by Skullcruncher