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  • Had a bad delivery once from an Ebay seller for plants. Still have the image but its on my comp not this ipad.

    Last  week I returned a DVD to a seller at Ebay and he is trying to say he never signed on its return so I have now involved Ebay. I either want the £10.01 back or the DVD.

    I have proof he signed from post office.

    I like Amazan more.

  • Probably crediting Amazan

    is there a bad seller thread lmaoooooo

    ?

  • PalaisglidePalaisglide Posts: 3,414

    Philippa, I was being flippant, any group of people who live in close company need to be polite that includes modern offices that seem to crush people together. Even if it was pass the B*-=8@ dy  blanco PLEASE at least we all knew there was no malice. I still open doors for Ladies even though it at times does not bring gratitude, ( I can open my own bloody doors), thank you Ma'am will get you a satisfactory glare. As a SNCO in the army and Manager in Industry I got the work done by being polite not by shouting and screaming. Why waste time swearing when a please or thank you gets you what you want.

    Frank.

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    No - doesn't work a lot of the time, unfortunately, philippa. image

    I open doors for anyone, regardless of gender, age or anything else. Women who are rude when a man opens a door are exactly that - rude. They don't realise that they do everyone a mis-service by behaving that way. I loathe it. Tempting to let the doors slam in their faces instead....

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    And there was me thinking you were a real pillar of society, Philippa....image

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • PalaisglidePalaisglide Posts: 3,414

    Fairygirl Daughter, Philippa is correct, with the right inflection of the voice miracles can be achieved. I would ask one of my planners how they would go about a job, listen carefully then with an open eyed look say "Oh, do you think that will work" a stunned silence usually followed by how do you think it should be done then? How about instead of stripping the whole chemical plant down to get at the boiler have everything ready including new boiler then knock out that single brick wall do the job and replace wall later I would think we could save several weeks work at £1,000,000 a day don't you. Politely of course, no point in upsetting some one who could not see the wood for the trees.

    My Thank you Ma'am with door opening incidents served the same purpose as Philippa's reply, it flusters them.

    Frank.

  • And there I am, simply holding a door open for a young lady who clearly had difficulty doing so for herself (evidenced by 'socially interacting' in such a fashion that it made her drop both her bag and her phone whilst going through the door.)  She picks her items up, looks at me, sticks her tongue out, and blows a raspberry.

    Lovely.

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    philippa smith2 says:

    Bob - that is truly awful behaviour.  Perhaps she was annoyed that you didn't also pick her stuff up and offer to carry it for her tooimage

    See original post

    ... or perhaps you should just have kicked her in the ****  Bob. Better than she deserved. 

    Seriously - WTF is wrong with people nowadays... image

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • PalaisglidePalaisglide Posts: 3,414

    Fairygirl Daughter, "What is wrong with people theses days"? There are not enough hours in the day for them to do all the inconsequential things they need to get through. Check phone constantly held in hand no matter what, driving getting on a bus, stopping in the narrowest part of a shop aisle or doorway then being downright nasty when asked to move. Stopping the children in mid flow, WE ARE ON THE PHONE are you blind? Must see so and so about Zumba lessons, must see Frank pole Dancing??? now there is a picture. What happened to sitting talking over a nicely cooked meal instead of a wobbly plate on the knee with bought in junk, what happened to cooking a meal from fresh, it took me thirty minutes from start to finish or twenty minutes to prime a one pot meal then leave it up to the oven for a couple of hours. I watch and wonder, how did we manage without all those whizz bangs, the mind boggles.

    Frank.

  • Men have refused to walk through doors I was holding open for them on many occasions...they insist you go through first and then you have to squeeze past each other because neither can hold the door properlyimage

    I haven't thought of a good way to deal with it yet? It's never happened with a woman or child though, but a couple of times with an ignorant horse.?

    Wearside, England.
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