» How I Skive Off Work

i like to..
click my own 'i like this' button all day

when i appear on the final 'top' page, i like to think its cos i'm witty and have friends

:'(
(Fri 29th Apr 2005, 12:34, More)

» Heckles

reading festival, 2004
50 cent have just come on. cue every single bottle in the main arena being thrown in his direction (unfortunately it had been rather soggy - so not as many bottles as usual) and, finally, a camping chair, which hit mr cent himself. the absolute highlight of the (fairly brief) show was the young lad i saw, about 6 or 7 years old. he was sat atop his fathers shoulders, holding up a large sign that read, simply

'your mum cost 50 cent, you cunt'.

ace.
(Mon 10th Apr 2006, 8:05, More)

» Call Centres

I install callcenters for a living
its mostly pretty dull, but mostly the staff are better to look at than programmers, so its not all bad

anyway a by-product of this is that I know all of the OFCOM rules and regulations. For instance

If someone calls you up, they must answer the phone within 2 seconds of you answering, or drop the call with a pre-recorded message, or can face a massive fine if you report them.

If they do hang up, they're not allowed to dial you back within 72 hours, except manually calling. if they get this wrong, they face a massive fine if you report them.

In addition, all automated outbound calls must present a local rate or free number on their CLI (the thing that tells you who's ringing). if they get this wrong, they face a massive fine if you report them

This is useful to know to put the shitters up a company who is annoying you, or you can actually report them and see what happens. Barclays got fined 50k last year, and they're not alone..
(Sat 5th Sep 2009, 9:43, More)

» Impulse buys

my birthday, 3 years ago..
after a fairly heavy night to celebrate getting old, I awoke one morning with little memory, and a very sore head. I nipped to the local shop, got a bottle of coke, pack of bacon and the obligitary cornetto. once these were completed, i decided to log onto my emails, see if anyones wished me a belated birthday.

I was rather surprised to see 4 emails in my ebay folder. 'probably spam' thinks I, and click to see them.

The emails appeared as follows

8th May, 5.15 am - thankyou for bidding on ebay item ...
8th May, 6.00 am - congratulations - you have one ebay item ...
8th May, 6.05 am - thankyou for your payment for ebay item ...
8th May,10.00 am - your ebay item, number ... has been dispatched

It appears that, having got home at around 5, I was summoned by my own brain to go on ebay, bid on an item, wait 45 minutes for it to finish, pay for it, then fall asleep and lose any recolections of the previous activities.

3 days later it arrived. I was the proud owner of this (ebay link)

snipurl.com/ihgnc

according to my mates, there had been someone playing in the market diner (local late night foodery) and I was smitten. to this day, I can barely play a note.
(Thu 21st May 2009, 13:52, More)

» Ignoring Instructions

Ignoring instructions
How to ignore instructions :

1) dont read the rest of these instructions
2) click 'i like this'
(Mon 8th May 2006, 17:22, More)