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Slab

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popped to the shops this morning to get some steak and pastry to make pie and also came home with a new office chair, a set of pots and frying pans and a heated neck/shoulder wrap

When you walked into the shop did the guy walk up to you and say "Nice to see you to see you nice"?

(If he did then I think I know what your mistake was;))
 

Orikoru

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Uber has gone right downhill lately. Used to be brilliant and you'd never have to wait very long for a cab. However, something's changed. The drivers have become picky for some reason. Nowadays multiple drivers will turn you down if they don't deem the journey long enough to be worthwhile for them. Consequently I end up waiting 10 minutes for a cab for a 15 minute journey. (Nothing to do with my rating either which is 4.73.)
 

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Uber has gone right downhill lately. Used to be brilliant and you'd never have to wait very long for a cab. However, something's changed. The drivers have become picky for some reason. Nowadays multiple drivers will turn you down if they don't deem the journey long enough to be worthwhile for them. Consequently I end up waiting 10 minutes for a cab for a 15 minute journey. (Nothing to do with my rating either which is 4.73.)
Surely, the bold bit is the explanation! 10 mins doesn't seem a very long wait time to me!
 

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Surely, the bold bit is the explanation! 10 mins doesn't seem a very long wait time to me!
If you're not an Uber user you wouldn't understand. You can see there are loads of cars in the area and then watch as it keeps trying to connect you failing as the drivers all cancel it. It never used to be like that, all the drivers have ideas above their station suddenly. :LOL:
 

Dando

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getting asked by some cockwomble in a regional office to fill in an insurance certificate for a client we don't place the cover for - how about jog on and do it yourself
 

3offTheTee

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Getting a real knockback from my line manager. Real dent in my confidence and a problem I didn't even know existed until today.
Sorry to hear that H. Looking at the positive did he give you guidance on the way forward and a time scale. Taking the positive out of it it is better now than at your annual report. Hope he hs set a plan to ensure you are back on track, if that is the case, and there is a timescale in place.


Take it as a positive and ensure he also has taken ownership of ‘the issue’.

Do not let it get you down as you have been through enough recently.
 

Bunkermagnet

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Our toaster died today. A lovely, 4 slot, wide toaster, words have been said :cry:.

To add to the irritation, it matched the kettle but that version is no longer made. Not a big deal, neither of us are OCD about these things, but it is slightly annoying still.
Dualit.......the best toaster you can get. and fully repairable.
 
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