TheAuthority Posted November 3, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted November 3, 2018 On toilets: Why is it now "derigueur" to make the toilet signs in restaurants/bars an IQ test? Why can't you have an obvious "MENS" or "WOMENS" instead of pulling some esoteric reference from 18th Century French literature which represents the feminine and masculine within us all on your bog door? The amount of time I've wasted trying to decipher which door to open to have a piss before going home whilst avoiding an expensive lawsuit and professional ruin is very irritating. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted November 3, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted November 3, 2018 14 hours ago, rodders0223 said: because we are lads, and we need to show other lads that we are in fact absolute lads. Bonus points for really squeezing out a raucous fart. Mate of mine is an anthropologist. He wants to write a book about fluids and what they mean in different cultures. It's sounds very whacky but hearing him talk, it's actually pretty fascinating. Urine, spit, menstrual blood - all take on different meanings in different parts of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 On 31/10/2018 at 19:55, Xela said: One of the few things our place is efficient at! Unlike our IT 'help' desk. I manage an IT help desk. Every helpdesk thinks their user base are a bunch of morons and every user base thinks their helpdesk is shit. The truth is normally somewhere in the middle. I know my team do a good job but our users moan like hell. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 My hunch is that a lot of help desk requests could be serviced by a good chat bot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 2 hours ago, Dr_Pangloss said: My hunch is that a lot of help desk requests could be serviced by a good chat bot. Yes and no. We're currently onboarding a virtual agent and the amount of shite that's come up. We're about a year behind because of both our customer's red lines and the technology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 10 hours ago, StefanAVFC said: I manage an IT help desk. Every helpdesk thinks their user base are a bunch of morons and every user base thinks their helpdesk is shit. The truth is normally somewhere in the middle. I know my team do a good job but our users moan like hell. The problem with our place is the huge range of systems we use across the world. Not sure how many employees we have worldwide now but it was 250,000 a few years back. The IT for the company is based in India and they probably have 1000's of bespoke applications to manage. I've been waiting 3 weeks for a simple fix (my internal landline isn't connecting to my new soft phone on my tablet) It's frustrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 12 hours ago, Xela said: The problem with our place is the huge range of systems we use across the world. Not sure how many employees we have worldwide now but it was 250,000 a few years back. The IT for the company is based in India and they probably have 1000's of bespoke applications to manage. I've been waiting 3 weeks for a simple fix (my internal landline isn't connecting to my new soft phone on my tablet) It's frustrating. Yeah I can imagine. We have tickets get stuck too but it's usually for complex things, not something like yours. On my desk, we'd be tracking your ticket daily and give it a nudge. Maybe move your IT to Poland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mjmooney Posted November 4, 2018 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted November 4, 2018 Going to see The Decemberists on Saturday, and got an old mate from student days coming up from London for the gig and a few beers. Haven't seen him for over forty years. Cheer you up thread, no? Yeah, except he's just told me he's been diagnosed with cancer of the oesophagus. The same as killed my mate Steve two years ago. F*ck this. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 5, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted November 5, 2018 13 hours ago, mjmooney said: Going to see The Decemberists on Saturday, and got an old mate from student days coming up from London for the gig and a few beers. Haven't seen him for over forty years. Cheer you up thread, no? Yeah, except he's just told me he's been diagnosed with cancer of the oesophagus. The same as killed my mate Steve two years ago. F*ck this. That's shit, Mike. Same cancer that killed my Grandad too Cancer is a word removed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 (edited) M&S petrol stations which double up as a mini supermarket. This means if you want to pay for petrol you end up in a queue behind loads of people doing their weekly shop. Offer pay at pump for people that just want fuel you twunts! Edited November 5, 2018 by Wainy316 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 5, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted November 5, 2018 16 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: M&S petrol stations which double up as a mini supermarket. This means if you want to pay for petrol you end up in a queue behind loads of people doing their weekly shop. Offer pay at pump for people that just want fuel you twunts! I've always said these kind of places should have at least one checkout for "Just Fuel" purchases Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted November 5, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted November 5, 2018 Having to spend my day off dealing with various tradesmen to complete "mandatory fire protection works". On the plus side, they've now covered up the big hole in the ceiling and put on the first coat of plaster. I'm expecting them back shortly to apply the 2nd coat and finally all being well they'll be back this evening to apply a coat of paint. I've had to tell them to complete it all today - I can't keep on having days off for these cowboys (they failed to show up twice previously). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 5, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted November 5, 2018 52 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: I've always said these kind of places should have at least one checkout for "Just Fuel" purchases The Sainsburys Local near me has three regular checkouts and one which is 'fuel only and/or four items maximum'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 5, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted November 5, 2018 2 minutes ago, mjmooney said: The Sainsburys Local near me has three regular checkouts and one which is 'fuel only and/or four items maximum'. This pleases me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mottaloo Posted November 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 5, 2018 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: The Sainsburys Local near me has three regular checkouts and one which is 'fuel only and/or four items maximum'. On a similar vein, I'm usually the poor sod next in line to use such a petrol pump.....I'm waiting for the owner of the car in front to return to their vehicle....and I'm waiting....and waiting....and waiting until they finally amble out with 5 full bags of groceries and to cap it all off they give me a gormless, "huh !?!" look as the queue behind my own car stretches in to the road. Go to a proper fckin supermarket next time you massive word removed !! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 29 minutes ago, mottaloo said: On a similar vein, I'm usually the poor sod next in line to use such a petrol pump.....I'm waiting for the owner of the car in front to return to their vehicle....and I'm waiting....and waiting....and waiting until they finally amble out with 5 full bags of groceries and to cap it all off they give me a gormless, "huh !?!" look as the queue behind my own car stretches in to the road. Go to a proper fckin supermarket next time you massive word removed !! Absolute wank stains the lot of them. My mild social anxiety and desire to not cause any waves means I go to the petrol station, I have cash dollars ready (no dicking about with the cashpoint either), I go in the store and won't even dare to purchase any single item. Straight to the cashier, money handed over. Straight out. Straight in car. GTFO. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted November 5, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted November 5, 2018 3 hours ago, trekka said: Having to spend my day off dealing with various tradesmen to complete "mandatory fire protection works". On the plus side, they've now covered up the big hole in the ceiling and put on the first coat of plaster. I'm expecting them back shortly to apply the 2nd coat and finally all being well they'll be back this evening to apply a coat of paint. I've had to tell them to complete it all today - I can't keep on having days off for these cowboys (they failed to show up twice previously). I was probably expecting too much but the plaster needed a 3rd skim. fuuuuuuuuuuuu... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 5, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted November 5, 2018 People who don't use WhatsApp. Trying to organise a stag and some people on the invite list don't have WhatsApp. It's 2018. Download it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 5, 2018 Moderator Share Posted November 5, 2018 6 hours ago, Wainy316 said: M&S petrol stations which double up as a mini supermarket. This means if you want to pay for petrol you end up in a queue behind loads of people doing their weekly shop. Offer pay at pump for people that just want fuel you twunts! M&S petrol stations are BP. You can pay at the pump with an App Tip: If the Wild Bean Cafe has someone manning it, pay there and jump the queue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bickster Posted November 5, 2018 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted November 5, 2018 2 hours ago, Stevo985 said: People who don't use WhatsApp. Trying to organise a stag and some people on the invite list don't have WhatsApp. It's 2018. Download it. People who use Whatsapp 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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