» Cheap Tat

I worked in a £1 shop once
Well, I managed a week.
Several people, not just one or two but several genuinely came up to me with items and enquired "How much is this, please?".
After biting my tongue and being polite too many times, I eventually broke and said "That one is £2.99". The (genuine) response to that? "Wow! Really?" "No" I replied. Why do you think they named the shop "Everything £1?"

I think that was followed by an obscenity under my breath. I may have known I wasn't staying but I didn't want to be arrested.
(Tue 8th Jan 2008, 22:06, More)

» Phobias

A really bizarre phobia...
Admittedly i've been cured of this in my advancing years but as a child and teenager I had what can only be described as a wholly irrational fear of pointed lightbulbs.

Yes, you read that correctly. Pointed lightbulbs used to absolutely freak me the fuck out, I can only think it stems back to an incident in my very early childhood. Once a bulb popped in my room and my dad replaced it with a pointed one...I went completely mental and had to be consoled by my mother.

My fiance finds it hilarious that I could be freaked out by something so random - i'm not afraid of them now but I do notice when they're in light fittings...
(Fri 11th Apr 2008, 23:20, More)