He also smelt horrifically bad
Yeah, he actually said that. I was just kind of sitting there gobsmacked for a minute. He also nearly drew on my laptop screen with permanent market on multiple occasions, which would have resulted in him owing me even more money.

Also, I've seen several other versions of his 'innovative idea' that already exist, so he's going to make no money from it, whereas I did make some money for it. Screw you, orthodontist man.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 22:06, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

christ
well, however horrific it was - and it sounds it - at least you didn't have to trust him with your smile, eh?

also - i'm sorry, but my haircuts are worth every penny of three drumkits!!!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 22:10, Reply)

It's all part of the fun of working for people
Working in a coffeeshop taught me about working with the wider public. Freelance work taught me about working with mouth-breathing morons who think they know better than the trained people they're employing.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 22:12, Reply)

truefax
i learned everything i know about client handling (which, believe it or not, is my major strength area!) from being a letting agent. when you have to spend all day chatting to strangers and dealing with people who have had no toilet for a week, you get quite adept at joe public.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 22:14, Reply)

I once thought I was going to get punched in the face by someone demanding a bacon sandwich
We didn't sell bacon sandwiches. Then I thought he was going to punch my boss in the face.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 22:15, Reply)

haha the customer is always right
sorry, i mean a right twat.

when i was a teenage swipe my dad made me work for him at the bank, answering telephones. my god did i get a going-over from some woman who simply hadn't listened and had rung natwest when she wanted barclays... of course, that was my fault too...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 22:18, Reply)

Of course it was your fault. How could it possibly be hers?
I just conclude that everyone else is a moron until they prove themselves otherwise.

"Why isn't that the size I said?"
"Because it can't be that size and still work."
"Well, I want it to be that size."

That person did not prove themself otherwise.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 22:20, Reply)

my dad always said that when he was teaching me to drive
"assume everyone else on the road is a moron and might do something stupid at any second." this remains excellent advice, i think.

i approve of your sensible and cynical approach. whereas i am more like a red setter, i bound up to everyone expecting them to be lovely and to be my friend. and take me for walkies etc.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 22:22, Reply)

I imagine you're often disappointed on the walkies front then
I'm just surprised these days when people aren't morons. Especially when I was buying a new suit the other day, and the woman in the shop was actually useful and knew what she was talking about. It was a rare treat, I tells ya.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 22:24, Reply)

well you can always replace it with other activities of choice.
drinkies for one.

that is good though. i am sure you have exquisite taste, but most of the men in my office could have done with that sort of expert knowledge when purchasing their officewear.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 22:26, Reply)

Ha
My taste generally involves jeans, a t-shirt, looking scruffy, and, up until recently, long and fairly wild looking hair. This allows me to actually look smart, and may help with the whole job thing. Hopefully.

Man, I'm going to stick out horrendously if I work in London.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 22:29, Reply)

funnily enough
we just turned down an excellent summer student because he had long hair and a beard and looked a bit like a stoned jesus.

anyway, men do look hotter with short hair. i said it, so it must be true.

this being said, er no, you could sling a potato sack around your groin and dye your hair pink and silver, and still fit in just fine in london.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 22:31, Reply)

I imagine for a law office, looking neat is generally more important
In my opinion, designers can get away with being a bit scruffy.

And no. Short hair makes me look like I'm about 12. And for the record, I'm not.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 22:34, Reply)

correct
and ours is particularly anal.

i suppose you have more of a creative streak in design.

i didn't think you were 12. 16, maybe?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 22:36, Reply)

1) We're creative
2) We're a bit lazy
3) We're also childish, and you said anal.

I was going to say I wish I was 16 again, but I really don't. I'm a respectable 23. Neither old nor young, just kind of in the middle.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 22:42, Reply)

anal loses whatever fun you think it might have
(everyone is entitled to their own opinion there ) when you realise how it applies to ruin your life!

it must be your youthful complexion then.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 22:45, Reply)

This is one of those occasions
When you think "I don't think this person actually knows what I look like", but can never quite be sure.

Also, I'm presuming you're talking about things being anal ruining your life?

Also also, where the hell is everyone tonight? Not that you aren't company enough, Miss Swipe.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 22:49, Reply)

(i) i was kidding, i have no idea what you look like
although i am now picturing phil collins in the 70's, what with the drums and the t-shirts and the long hair;

(ii) anal things like my boss, judges, barristers' clerks; and

(iii) this outrageous slur on my chat might make me have to go to bed (in fact that would be my EIGHT AM meeting, inhumane) at 11......
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 22:52, Reply)

8am meeting?
I might manage to be awake by then, but unlikely.

Also, no slurs here. I'll be relying on you if I come to London now.

Also also, that's the first time I've ever been compared to Phil Collins. It's made me sad.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 22:55, Reply)

i will sleep through it myself
except that there's only 4 of us on the team, so my boss might notice.

just remember that i will corrupt you into shoe shopping and perfume rather than manly music things.

sorry dude. it was just the image you put in my head. let's pretend you were being ironic.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 23:00, Reply)

Right, ironic all the way
As I said, once I have a salary, I'll be up for all sorts of shopping. It'll be great. I'm going to be well poor.

The key to meetings that are dull is to play games in them. Bingo is best, although potentially problematic in such a small meeting.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 23:05, Reply)

i count my client/colleague/opponent's
verbal tics. hard not to laugh sometimes though.

right, on that note, bedtime it is... sleep well, y'all.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 23:09, Reply)

You enjoy that
And be sure to remember that I'll still be sleeping when you're already working. It'll make your meeting all the more pleasant.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 23:11, Reply)

Just to say...
I've read this thread because I'm bored but I feel like I'm eavesdropping on a private conversation.

Apolgies. POD - I know absolutely nothing about engineering, but a mate of mine, his brother has a small engineering company (in Bristol), if you want to Gaz me a few basics, I'll find out exactly what it is they make/do and if relevant, pass on some details.

As you were.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 22:52, Reply)

feck no
the more the merrier, right POD?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 22:53, Reply)

pemguin of death

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 22:54, Reply)

What?

(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 22:59, Reply)

did you find my lover?

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 22:53, Reply)

Sadly not Bob.
I never went up Gloccy Road in the end, I got distracted by the things in Cabot Circus and ended up buying two new suits I can neither afford or need.

I now need to buy at least one pair of shoes in order to be able to wear one of the suits.

FUCK. I've turned into a bird.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 22:55, Reply)

that is slightly feminine
however if you can ensure you don't buy a matching belt you can keep some man points. I do like a nice new suit though.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 22:56, Reply)

Ha, good old Cabot Circus
Definitely an easy place to get distracted.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 22:57, Reply)

I wnet for the first time the other week
had lunch in carluccios. very nice.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 22:58, Reply)

We played at a wedding
Possibly in Brasserie Blanc earlier this year. Brilliantly posh.

edit - I checked, and it was Brasserie Blanc. The staff were cocks.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 23:01, Reply)

def on my list
it looks pretty swanky that place. What kind of playing?
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 23:02, Reply)

A ceilidh at a friend's wedding
Meant I got a free weekend in Bristol. Not even free actually, paid for. Win.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 23:06, Reply)

Or, 'Ray Whites' as us locals call it.
'Yer, you'm been down that there Ray White's place in Broadmead?

Right posh it is, they ain't got prawn cocktail or scampi on the menu.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 23:04, Reply)

I got scowled at by staff a lot
Something to do with the volume of my bass amp perhaps.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 23:09, Reply)

cabot circus landlord
is one of my clients!

/excites
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 22:58, Reply)

Cabot Circus is shit though.
If they ain't got it in the first shop you visit, they ain't got it at all.

/meh
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 23:02, Reply)

I've been in very few of the shops
Was in the Apple store and an alarm was going off, and there was an anti-fur demonstration going on somewhere just up the road from there. I considered going in and buying some fur just for the hell of it.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 23:12, Reply)

Remember kids.
Buying fur isn't cool.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 23:19, Reply)

I was just going to do it
To annoy the protestors.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 23:20, Reply)

I wouldn't worry about it.
The sort of people who protest about fur being sold in a 250 million quid shopping centre are the sort of people who'd only go to Glastonbury in some twelve-grand wig-wam that comes with an organic shower and a resuced Thai orphan making them green tea.

If they cared that much, they'd get involved with the hunts and go sabbing.

But of course, it's so difficult to find a nice pair of black hunter wellies and matching outfit these days...

But as long as Daddy pays the credit card each month, who cares eh?

Protest-lite. I hate it.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 23:28, Reply)

Hey up Jeff
Sounds great. I'll boot up the gazzing.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 22:56, Reply)

Like I say, I've got no idea what they actually do - but if it's a lead you haven't already got
It might be worth a call or e-mail.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 22:57, Reply)