jefmcg
Guru
This^^^^
Just because you are in cycle kit does not mean you are cycling. I've certainly filled up my car on the way back from an Audax in full cycling kit.
It`s priceless, you just have to laugh
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Just because you are in cycle kit does not mean you are cycling. I've certainly filled up my car on the way back from an Audax in full cycling kit.
byegad
Legendary Member
- Location
- NE England
My pet hate and it happens to me about 50% in cafes.
I ask for a black coffee and the numpty behind the counter asks, brightly, :-
'With milk?'
I ask for a black coffee and the numpty behind the counter asks, brightly, :-
'With milk?'
jefmcg
Guru
I bet about 25% of the time when someone orders black coffee, they go on to say "can I have milk with that?"My pet hate and it happens to me about 50% in cafes.
I ask for a black coffee and the numpty behind the counter asks, brightly, :-
'With milk?'
John the Monkey
Frivolous Cyclist
- Location
- Crewe
I never do, but I know folk who order this way so that they can add milk to suit their taste.
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
and thats correct. The glass bit is the bulb the whole assembly is a lamp . neither works without the other bit hence called lamp .
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
Same at the canteen, I refuse to call it a restaurant, at work
I can go in, in uniform, with an ID badge clipped to my shirt pocket, & if it's someone on the tills who is new, they'll ask.....
"Staff??"
Okay, granted, it's not a particularly difficult uniform to source elsewhere, but still.....................
I can go in, in uniform, with an ID badge clipped to my shirt pocket, & if it's someone on the tills who is new, they'll ask.....
"Staff??"
Okay, granted, it's not a particularly difficult uniform to source elsewhere, but still.....................
jefmcg
Guru
"To save energy costs, find the bulbs with the light output you need, then choose the one with the lowest watts"
So, if you are right, and Philips have the same understanding of "bulb" as you do, then they think the glass bit emits light.
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
Marketing is done to sell to those in society who are a little more hard of thinking/understanding ....
jefmcg
Guru
People using the standard english words to describe common objects does not mean they have limited understanding. It means they want to communicate successfully.
hopless500
Trundling along
- Location
- not-as-flat-as-you-think Norfolk
Similar thing winds me up in supermarkets..... you plonk half a dozen bags down and they ask if you need a bag 
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
to people who don't understand things correctly.
does my BULB thermometer, or my DRY/WET BULB relative humididty meter emit light ......
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
A mate of mine at uni bought one item in Poundland.
The cashier said, 'that'll be a pound, please.'
'Nah, getaway,' was his cheeky answer.
The cashier wasn't too happy.
The cashier said, 'that'll be a pound, please.'
'Nah, getaway,' was his cheeky answer.
The cashier wasn't too happy.
swee'pea99
Legendary Member
jefmcg
Guru
<sigh> Has no one here ever worked in retail?
Trust me, if you think it's a funny joke and relevant to the shop you are in, then they probably hear it every day. I used to work for an American hamburger chain that wasn't McDonalds*, and every day multiple young men would come to the counter and ask for Big Mac, then laugh and order something off the menu. I bet every one of them reported to their friends how they had "got me", but my forced smile was because if it was the first time I had heard that joke today, it's because I'd just started my shift.
*no, not Burger King either.
