Am I Boring? Page 3

Quote: Anorak @ March 23 2010, 1:08 PM GMT

I think we have all missed the point here: namely, the observation that Tuumble was boring was in fact a reference - mistaken, in my humble opinion - to the notion that by declining the offer of travel insurance and credit card, he was illustrating to this young counter assistant that he was passing up the opportunity of travel (which, as the saying goes, is supposed to broaden the mind) and a somewhat racier attitude to consumer purchases than he would otherwise be able to achieve without said credit card.

Perhaps you would like to return to the assistant in question and discover if this was indeed the meaning? That will surely put all our minds at rest.

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Yes, it may well have been that but I still don't think you should say to a customer that they are boring, joking or not.

I don't want a credit card because they've been in no small measure a reason why I screwed up the last decade financially. That's not their fault but I have to answer this question every time I go in there and frankly, I'm bored with it.

We've only been abroad once in 10 years so being asked about travel insurance is annoying too. Maybe that's the issue - they are just offering a service and I'm pissed off that I'm not in a position to take advantage of them.

Maybe next time I go in I'll wear a badge that says: "Please DON"T ask me about credit cards and Travel Insurance"

Let's get ready to Ruumble.

Ant and Dec accuse putupon BCGer Ruumble of being boring. But this is one button they shouldn't have pushed. After killing them with a thick wad of travellers cheques. He is forced to make ITV replacments from a mixture of mashed potato and his own poo.

It is a great improvement.

If someone said that to me I would assume they were just having a joke. Maybe it just came out wrong, or you were being a bit oversensitive?

Or maybe she was just a cow.

I've been told by a sales assistant that I live dangerously because I turned down breakdown cover for a washing machine. Poor attempt at sales banter and trying to charm the customer.

It was a joke but I was already annoyed by the staff at the bus station which probably didn't help. It's just a Gruumble in the Tuumble.

I've never had backchat from a shop assistant.

I've just remembered that when I was 9 months pregnant Sainsburys got my online shopping wrong and I had to go back to the store to sort it and do most of it again. The manager saw me struggling round, got me a seat and sent some staff off to do it and gave me a bunch of flowers and a box of chocolates.

Quote: sootyj @ March 23 2010, 4:22 PM GMT

He is forced to make ITV replacments from a mixture of mashed potato and his own poo.

It is a great improvement.

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Quote: EllieJP @ March 22 2010, 4:23 PM GMT

Yeah I would complain too, by writing a really long letter.

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Quote: Dolly Dagger @ March 22 2010, 5:14 PM GMT

I once stormed off a stagecoach bus in Oxford because the driver was being vague.

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I did that once too, and spent a night sat in a bus station a hundred miles from home. That was the night my principles died.

Quote: Tuumble @ March 23 2010, 4:17 PM GMT

Maybe next time I go in I'll wear a badge that says: "Please DON"T ask me about credit cards and Travel Insurance"

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Please, please do this.

Quote: chipolata @ March 22 2010, 7:10 PM GMT

In defence of shop assistants, they deal with a colassal number of cocks during the day.

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So do prostitutes but they're cheerful enough... apparently.

Quote: Dolly Dagger @ March 23 2010, 5:09 PM GMT

I've just remembered that when I was 9 months pregnant Sainsburys got my online shopping wrong and I had to go back to the store to sort it and do most of it again. The manager saw me struggling round, got me a seat and sent some staff off to do it and gave me a bunch of flowers and a box of chocolates.

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Brilliant, now that's a REAL manager.

Quote: Dolly Dagger @ March 23 2010, 5:09 PM GMT

I've just remembered that when I was 9 months pregnant Sainsburys got my online shopping wrong and I had to go back to the store to sort it and do most of it again. The manager saw me struggling round, got me a seat and sent some staff off to do it and gave me a bunch of flowers and a box of chocolates.

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They are very manipulative, pregnant women. Working all the angles.

Quote: Dolly Dagger @ March 23 2010, 4:24 PM GMT

I've been told by a sales assistant that I live dangerously because I turned down breakdown cover for a washing machine. Poor attempt at sales banter and trying to charm the customer.

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Best to keep a ladybird in a matchbox for such occasions. Remind the shop assistant that you know where to find them, remove the ladybird from the box and squash it between your fingers, whilst quietly asking them "who's living dangerously now?"

Quote: Dolly Dagger @ March 23 2010, 4:24 PM GMT

I've been told by a sales assistant that I live dangerously because I turned down breakdown cover for a washing machine.

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I believe the plot of The Year Of Living Dangerously was taken directly from this dilemma. (I won't ruin it for you by revealing what happened to the protagonist's washing machine in the denouement.)

Was it something like he decides not to take the breakdown cover at £50 per year on a £250 washing machine, then three years later the washing machine breaks down and he spends the £300 he saved on break down cover on buying a better washing machine for £300? Because if it's not, I'm going to write that movie.