"All I ever did was try, but the story ends / So I guess I'll have to die!"
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Remember a year ago I won a stereo for being a good Caltex employee? That whole thing has rolled around again! This year I won...
Binoculars.
And they ain't big fancy ones either.
Whoo. Contain yourself Iago.
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I couldn't find the entry from earlier this year describing the crazy lady who got upset with me for providing friendly customer service, but she came by AGAIN.
This time she ignored me telling her that my till was open. But the other person was having Eftpos trouble and had to change tills to try and get it going, so I ended up swapping over to serve her anyway.
CL: I'll have filters. [exasperated] RED ONES!
Me: Certainly. [gets filters] Would youb like anything else?
CL: Did I ask for anything else!?
Me: ... No...
CL: Well, how much is that?!
Me: One dollar.
And she stormed off.
I mentioned that the woman was crazier than a barrel of Ben Afflecks and my co-worker said she thought the woman was lovely. Then she said that she thinks the woman knows Louise and I was confuse. She was crazy before things went down with Louise and me, right? I wish I could find the entry now...
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In addition to my mentioning of customers asking for quantities of fuel rather than spending amounts (with the admitted exception of filling up), I noticed something else this last week of working. Many many people appear confused by the notion of telling the service employee what you need.
A typical exchange would involve my walking up to the driver's seat and greeting the customer only to be greeted in return and then they get out and begin to walk in.
Me: Uh, what can I get for you here?
Customer: [displays befuddled expression, pauses] Fill it up? [as if I'm a poor braindead fool for not realising]
Me: Sure. [waits] With what?
Customer: Just regular. [again displays confusion at my lack of telepathy]
Of course, its just as easy to exchange the terms 'fill it up' with 'X dollars' or whatever, and the fuel type with another (Premium say, or Diesel) without changing the confusion in any way.
Damn youse people.
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I got Annalise from Friday night which has been good. After I put her to bed I went up to the ugly shirt drinks at the Firestation. 'Twas a good night. The bar, while cheap, wasn't free but they had coin tossing to see if the bar paid or you did. I ran 50% over the night, so not bad.
Chatted with a bunch of the people there and particularly got on with one couple who refered to the old people sitting at the back of the socialising room as Skeksis.
On Saturday I took Bubz up to Dannevirke where we met up with
Sarah and watched the Xmas parade. It was pretty cool, and Sarah hadn't been to one for the larger part of her life so we got to spread a little cheer there.
One float was a little disturbing though. It was a local kid's sport team I think and it had banners up that said something like "The real christmas mood is winning" or something. I actually forget now, but I want to remember, just to keep that travesty of the christmas idea of giving.
Then we went back to her place and she made delicious sandwiches that Annalise didn't really eat unfortunately. I felt like a bit of a sponge to tell the truth, Sarah's very good at offering everything you could possibly want.
We went out to the duckpond and let Annalise run around for a few hours (she wouldn't stop! Ever!) after icecream. It was a good little place, nice and sunny, ducks that bit my hand because I was holding tissue in the hopes that it was bread, an old guy sailing an awesome model yacht, everything.
Sarah's Dave came along too and he seemed just as nice as her. All in all a slow and enjoyable afternoon.
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Have you seen they've made the tags settings on LiveJournal more felxible? So I opened up mine to friends. From now on you can add new tags to my entries if you want. I thought it could be an interesting experience.
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I kind of fell on my feet in this flat. 100 a week includes power, phone (except tolls), broadband and sky (on a widescreen tv). And with that broadband I am watching Eddie Izzard documentaries today.
Eddie rox0rs.
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Remember a year ago I won a stereo for being a good Caltex employee? That whole thing has rolled around again! This year I won...
Binoculars.
And they ain't big fancy ones either.
Whoo. Contain yourself Iago.
--
I couldn't find the entry from earlier this year describing the crazy lady who got upset with me for providing friendly customer service, but she came by AGAIN.
This time she ignored me telling her that my till was open. But the other person was having Eftpos trouble and had to change tills to try and get it going, so I ended up swapping over to serve her anyway.
CL: I'll have filters. [exasperated] RED ONES!
Me: Certainly. [gets filters] Would youb like anything else?
CL: Did I ask for anything else!?
Me: ... No...
CL: Well, how much is that?!
Me: One dollar.
And she stormed off.
I mentioned that the woman was crazier than a barrel of Ben Afflecks and my co-worker said she thought the woman was lovely. Then she said that she thinks the woman knows Louise and I was confuse. She was crazy before things went down with Louise and me, right? I wish I could find the entry now...
--
In addition to my mentioning of customers asking for quantities of fuel rather than spending amounts (with the admitted exception of filling up), I noticed something else this last week of working. Many many people appear confused by the notion of telling the service employee what you need.
A typical exchange would involve my walking up to the driver's seat and greeting the customer only to be greeted in return and then they get out and begin to walk in.
Me: Uh, what can I get for you here?
Customer: [displays befuddled expression, pauses] Fill it up? [as if I'm a poor braindead fool for not realising]
Me: Sure. [waits] With what?
Customer: Just regular. [again displays confusion at my lack of telepathy]
Of course, its just as easy to exchange the terms 'fill it up' with 'X dollars' or whatever, and the fuel type with another (Premium say, or Diesel) without changing the confusion in any way.
Damn youse people.
--
I got Annalise from Friday night which has been good. After I put her to bed I went up to the ugly shirt drinks at the Firestation. 'Twas a good night. The bar, while cheap, wasn't free but they had coin tossing to see if the bar paid or you did. I ran 50% over the night, so not bad.
Chatted with a bunch of the people there and particularly got on with one couple who refered to the old people sitting at the back of the socialising room as Skeksis.
On Saturday I took Bubz up to Dannevirke where we met up with
Sarah and watched the Xmas parade. It was pretty cool, and Sarah hadn't been to one for the larger part of her life so we got to spread a little cheer there.
One float was a little disturbing though. It was a local kid's sport team I think and it had banners up that said something like "The real christmas mood is winning" or something. I actually forget now, but I want to remember, just to keep that travesty of the christmas idea of giving.
Then we went back to her place and she made delicious sandwiches that Annalise didn't really eat unfortunately. I felt like a bit of a sponge to tell the truth, Sarah's very good at offering everything you could possibly want.
We went out to the duckpond and let Annalise run around for a few hours (she wouldn't stop! Ever!) after icecream. It was a good little place, nice and sunny, ducks that bit my hand because I was holding tissue in the hopes that it was bread, an old guy sailing an awesome model yacht, everything.
Sarah's Dave came along too and he seemed just as nice as her. All in all a slow and enjoyable afternoon.
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Have you seen they've made the tags settings on LiveJournal more felxible? So I opened up mine to friends. From now on you can add new tags to my entries if you want. I thought it could be an interesting experience.
--
I kind of fell on my feet in this flat. 100 a week includes power, phone (except tolls), broadband and sky (on a widescreen tv). And with that broadband I am watching Eddie Izzard documentaries today.
Eddie rox0rs.