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Can anyone tell me why a resident in a flats complex should suffer
poor TV reception for three months, then report it in an email on the 21st Dec with the following words? My television reception has been very bad for three months at least. I do not have Sky and I dont intend to get it. All the others have it but I don't want it so you must make the aerial work please. I want to have this working properly for christmas and if you cannot arrange for this I will have it done myself and subtract the cost from the service account. Bill |
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In message , Roger Mills
writes In an earlier contribution to this discussion, wrote: Can anyone tell me why a resident in a flats complex should suffer poor TV reception for three months, then report it in an email on the 21st Dec with the following words? My television reception has been very bad for three months at least. I do not have Sky and I dont intend to get it. All the others have it but I don't want it so you must make the aerial work please. I want to have this working properly for christmas and if you cannot arrange for this I will have it done myself and subtract the cost from the service account. Bill A perfectly reasonable request - they don't say *which* Christmas! g Even though a problem had first started to manifest itself on Monday, the 'traditional' time for reporting a cable TV fault was usually 4.30pm on Friday. -- Ian |
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" wrote in message ... Can anyone tell me why a resident in a flats complex should suffer poor TV reception for three months, then report it in an email on the 21st Dec with the following words? My television reception has been very bad for three months at least. I do not have Sky and I dont intend to get it. All the others have it but I don't want it so you must make the aerial work please. I want to have this working properly for christmas and if you cannot arrange for this I will have it done myself and subtract the cost from the service account. Bill The simple answer is that he just wants normal TV. Maybe he does not understand SKY - not everyone does. He might have complained before and not got anywhere, but has been very patient up to now. His request is not unreasonable providing he is using a digital freeview box or a suitable TV and is not confusing analogue switch-off with an aerial fault. Maybe it would take someone to explain things in plain English to him. Would he be able to use one of the freesat boxes for example. He might go for that as he could be worried about huge costs each month with SKY. Maybe you need to be a bit more sympathetic and understanding towards people. His request is not that outrageous. Who did the work that left him without any reception on his digital box or TV? |
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, " writes Can anyone tell me why a resident in a flats complex should suffer poor TV reception for three months, then report it in an email on the 21st Dec with the following words? My television reception has been very bad for three months at least. I do not have Sky and I dont intend to get it. All the others have it but I don't want it so you must make the aerial work please. Plug him in a Sky FTA box. Tell him it's a digital box. I want to have this working properly for christmas and if you cannot arrange for this I will have it done myself and subtract the cost from the service account. Good luck with that, see you in court. Bill -- Clint Sharp |
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On Dec 21, 9:07*pm, "IanT" wrote:
" wrote in message ... Can anyone tell me why a resident in a flats complex should suffer poor TV reception for three months, then report it in an email on the 21st Dec with the following words? My television reception has been very bad for three months at least. I do not have Sky and I dont intend to get it. All the others have it but I don't want it so you must make the aerial work please. I want to have this working properly for christmas and if you cannot arrange for this I will have it done myself and subtract the cost from the service account. Bill The simple answer is that he just wants normal TV. *Maybe he does not understand SKY - not everyone does. * You've missed the point. He might have complained before and not got anywhere, but has been very patient up to now. I rung him this afternoon and gently quizzed him. He said he complained today for the first time because he wanted a good picture on the telly for Christmas. *His request is not unreasonable providing he is using a digital freeview box or a suitable TV and is not confusing analogue switch-off with an aerial fault.. I went though all the obvious things with him on the phone. Maybe it would take someone to explain things in plain English to him. Would he be able to use one of the freesat boxes for example. He was unaware of Freesat, but when I suggested it as a possible quick fix he said that he wasn't prepared to but a receiver. *He might go for that as he could be worried about huge costs each month with SKY. Maybe you need to be a bit more sympathetic and understanding towards people. No-one could be more sympathetic and understanding than me. I am renowned for it. *His request is not that outrageous. His attitude was outrageous. His request was unrealistic, although as it happens I intend to call on him tomorrow just to see what's what. The building is two years old and I've never had another complaint from it, so I have no idea what the situation is. It the problem is simple I'll sort it, otherwise I will be writing to the agent and there will be a delay of several weeks. Who did the work that left him without any reception on his digital box or TV? He won't have 'no reception', because he wouldn't have put up with it for so long. It will turn out that he has a few channels missing or something. Tomorrow I'll find out. I'll also find out who the installer was, but don't jump to the conclusion that they are to blame. There could be a genuine fault caused by equipment failure, or vandalism, or a change in reception conditions (it's in a city with big buildings nearby). Bill |
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On Dec 22, 1:48*am, (Richard Tobin) wrote:
In article , wrote: Can anyone tell me why a resident in a flats complex should suffer poor TV reception for three months, then report it in an email on the 21st Dec with the following words? Because he's found it annoying, but for christmas it's *extra* annoying. *Quite likely someone's started nagging him about it. *He hasn't been getting what he paid for, and he hasn't thought through the situation properly. *His attitude is unreasonable, but quite understandable. *All you can do is explain things to him, and hope he sees sense. -- Richard Yes, I think that's one explanation for these daft last-minute Christmas calls. If he'd simply said that he had a problem though, without issuing threats, he would have met with a more sympathetic response. Bill |
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On Dec 22, 7:40*am, "Brian Gaff" wrote:
Pressure of life. Probably the only time they watch is over the holidays and more than that, do not worry for themselves, but the inlaws are coming and I dont want them to know I get a crappy signal. Brian Yes, that's what happens. Now, this morning I have had a message from a housing association. It seems that they have just moved four mentally handicapped people into a bungalow, only to discover that there is no TV reception. None whatsoever. 'I know it's a bit late, but if you could possibly help out we'd be grateful'. A very different approach, and in fact the problem is genuinely rather urgent, as you'll gather. Yes the association should have checked, but they didn't. That isn't the fault of the residents. The problem is that the roof has 6" of snow, apparently. I'll go round and have a look at the place though. Bill |
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wrote: On Dec 22, 1:48*am, (Richard Tobin) wrote: In article , wrote: Can anyone tell me why a resident in a flats complex should suffer poor TV reception for three months, then report it in an email on the 21st Dec with the following words? Because he's found it annoying, but for christmas it's *extra* annoying. *Quite likely someone's started nagging him about it. *He hasn't been getting what he paid for, and he hasn't thought through the situation properly. *His attitude is unreasonable, but quite understandable. *All you can do is explain things to him, and hope he sees sense. -- Richard Yes, I think that's one explanation for these daft last-minute Christmas calls. If he'd simply said that he had a problem though, without issuing threats, he would have met with a more sympathetic response. Some people seem to think that they need to be aggressive to have their problem taken seriously and dealt with. -- Peter Duncanson (in uk.tech.digital-tv) |
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On Dec 22, 11:11*am, Peter Duncanson wrote:
On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:46:22 -0800 (PST), " wrote: On Dec 22, 1:48*am, (Richard Tobin) wrote: In article , wrote: Can anyone tell me why a resident in a flats complex should suffer poor TV reception for three months, then report it in an email on the 21st Dec with the following words? Because he's found it annoying, but for christmas it's *extra* annoying. *Quite likely someone's started nagging him about it. *He hasn't been getting what he paid for, and he hasn't thought through the situation properly. *His attitude is unreasonable, but quite understandable. *All you can do is explain things to him, and hope he sees sense. -- Richard Yes, I think that's one explanation for these daft last-minute Christmas calls. If he'd simply said that he had a problem though, without issuing threats, he would have met with a more sympathetic response. Some people seem to think that they need to be aggressive to have their problem taken seriously and dealt with. Yes, and they need to learn that service providers are human and react badly, deliberately giving the minimum service. Bill |
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wrote: On Dec 22, 7:40*am, "Brian Gaff" wrote: Pressure of life. Probably the only time they watch is over the holidays and more than that, do not worry for themselves, but the inlaws are coming and I dont want them to know I get a crappy signal. Brian Yes, that's what happens. Now, this morning I have had a message from a housing association. It seems that they have just moved four mentally handicapped people into a bungalow, only to discover that there is no TV reception. None whatsoever. 'I know it's a bit late, but if you could possibly help out we'd be grateful'. A very different approach, and in fact the problem is genuinely rather urgent, as you'll gather. Yes the association should have checked, but they didn't. That isn't the fault of the residents. The problem is that the roof has 6" of snow, apparently. I'll go round and have a look at the place though. Bill Here I am again. I couldn't help the aggressive bloke much. The building had a loft but reception inside it was impossible. The aerial was outside but couldn't be seen from the ground and certainly couldn't be reached with a ladder. It gave the impression of having fallen over. Satellite reception was fine so I advised Mr Aggro that he should forget about his war with the management agent and get a Freesat box, for the sake of enjoying Christmas. I'll be along in the New Year with a cherry picker but until then he needs Freesat. I seriously think he might ruin the family Christmas on principle. The kids were wailing when I left. Mum was tight lipped. The 'living in the community' place was quick and easy. It's a place where you can spit on the main TX, so I just fitted a loft aerial. Then replaced the flylead and the VCR-TV flylead (both faulty), re- tuned, and drank the tea. Much happiness amongst the residents and I got a kiss! Back in the New Year to fit outlets in the bedrooms. Tomorrow I will visit a house where I installed a TV system earlier this year. The system has ten in-house channels (CCTV etc). A new TV set was bought the other day, and installed by someone from the retail chain. It seems that the TV system is 'overloading' the TV set 'with channels', and this is why the picture is 'dark'. Bill |
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, " writes I'll be along in the New Year with a cherry picker but until then he needs Freesat. I seriously think he might ruin the family Christmas on principle. The kids were wailing when I left. Mum was tight lipped. He's a prat, I have friends who do property management and they get idiots like that all the time. At least you explained the options to him and IMHO he's probably better off with Freesat anyway, especially if he's got an HD telly and gets the correct box. The 'living in the community' place was quick and easy. It's a place where you can spit on the main TX, so I just fitted a loft aerial. Then replaced the flylead and the VCR-TV flylead (both faulty), re- tuned, and drank the tea. Much happiness amongst the residents and I got a kiss! Back in the New Year to fit outlets in the bedrooms. I love jobs like that, it's really nice when people let you know you're appreciated. Like you I tend to dig my heels in when people get arsey (What, you didn't back it up anywhere and you've lost six months work? Shame that, shouldn't have acted the big man taking the **** in front of your colleagues then should you...) Tomorrow I will visit a house where I installed a TV system earlier this year. The system has ten in-house channels (CCTV etc). A new TV set was bought the other day, and installed by someone from the retail chain. It seems that the TV system is 'overloading' the TV set 'with channels', and this is why the picture is 'dark'. Hehe, great fun. Bill -- Clint Sharp |
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On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:50:06 -0000, "jamie powell"
wrote: Bill Pikey Gob****e Wright altruistically and heroically 'saves Christmas' at the last minute for a multitude of people who are nowhere near as good as he is! You heard it here first! Do you have to poison every thread in which you appear? -- Alan White Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent. Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland. Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather |
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On Dec 23, 2:54*pm, J G Miller wrote:
On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:08:21 -0800, wrote: Yes, and they need to learn that service providers are human and react badly, deliberately giving the minimum service. Which conveniently overlooks the fact that many (but NOT ALL) service providers are only motivated to provide the least service possible in order to maximize profits. And sometimes the employees of these outfits are caught in the middle ... I was talking about human interactions, not about large corporations. The fact is, if you ring up and give the innocent girl on the desk hell she won't move heaven and earth to solve your problem. She'll just do it by the book, and any discretion she has will go against you. I'm advocating decent good manners and respect for people as human beings. Bill |
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"jamie powell" wrote in message ... Bill Pikey Gob****e Wright altruistically and heroically 'saves Christmas' at the last minute for a multitude of people who are nowhere near as good as he is! You heard it here first! Tosser...... I just reformatted my computer and must have lost my killfile Plonk! |
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Tomorrow I will visit a house where I installed a TV system earlier
this year. The system has ten in-house channels (CCTV etc). A new TV set was bought the other day, and installed by someone from the retail chain. It seems that the TV system is 'overloading' the TV set 'with channels', and this is why the picture is 'dark'. The signal at the outlet was absolutely fine. Not strong, but perfectly adequate. The TV set found two muxes only and reception was unwatchable due to very bad pixelation. The customer went back to the shop with the TV set. The man in the shop connected to set to his own aerial and it worked perfectly. I had warned the customer that this might happen, so he rung me from the shop. I told the shop bloke that I had checked the signals at the house blah blah blah. I told him that although the set might work on a strong signal it needed to work on a normal strength one as well. The shop wouldn't give the customer a different telly or a refund, so he left the set in the shop. At home he rung me again and I suggested he try another set in the room where the faulty one had been installed. This he did and of course it worked, so he rung the shop and told them. At close of play they were still refusing a swap or a refund. I went to a block of flats today where reception was affected by obvious hum bars. It's a very comman distribution amplifier fault, but I couldn't find the amp! There were five stairways with steel covers over the voids beneath. I spend 90 mins getting these off but there was no amp in any of the voids. The block has a strange design with bedrooms in the roof. There's obviously a small roofspace but no-one had an access hatch! There are no communal areas, and there is no communal mains meter. Maybe the TV signals come from another block. I asked a few homecoming residents and no-one in the other blocks had reception problems. This one will run and run. I'll write to all the residents and find out if any of the oldies know anything. Bill |
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On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:18:35 -0800, wrote:
I was talking about human interactions, not about large corporations. To which my comment about the employees being "caught in the middle" was made. I'm advocating decent good manners and respect for people as human beings. No disagreement there, and your advocacy is to be commended. |
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On Dec 23, 8:29*am, Clint Sharp wrote:
I seriously think he might ruin the family Christmas on principle. The kids were wailing when I left. Mum was tight lipped. He's a prat, I have friends who do property management and they get idiots like that all the time. At least you explained the options to him and IMHO he's probably better off with Freesat anyway, especially if he's got an HD telly and gets the correct box. I told he he should get an HD box but I don't know if he took any notice. The 'living in the community' place was quick and easy. It's a place where you can spit on the main TX, so I just fitted a loft aerial. Then replaced the flylead and the VCR-TV flylead (both faulty), re- tuned, and drank the tea. Much happiness amongst the residents and I got a kiss! Back in the New Year to fit outlets in the bedrooms. Yes, it makes all the difference. I love jobs like that, it's really nice when people let you know you're appreciated. Like you I tend to dig my heels in when people get arsey (What, you didn't back it up anywhere and you've lost six months work? Shame that, shouldn't have acted the big man taking the **** in front of your colleagues then should you...) I like it! Bill |
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On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:50:06 -0000, "jamie powell" snip Do you have to poison every thread in which you appear? That the way "Jamie" is. Not his real name, of course. You could delete his comment before replying as a courtesy to those of us with killfiles. Although admittedly, it was interesting when somebody recently quoted his comment about the grief he'd got at school when he came out - and how he feels bad about the resultant ruining of people's lives. It's the usual case of the abused becoming the abuser. The bigots that hurt him in school did quite some job on him, ensuring that people would be repelled by him for ever after. It's sad, but that's the way that assholes often win bigtime - they made him their sick reflection. |
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, " writes I told he he should get an HD box but I don't know if he took any notice. Like hell he will have and it will still be rumbling on in the new year.. (What, you didn't back it up anywhere and you've lost six months work? Shame that, shouldn't have acted the big man taking the **** in front of your colleagues then should you...) I like it! Sad thing is, this guy had been an arse before. What made it all worthwhile though was when I got his laptop back to the workshop I ejected the DVD drive (my bad, we are meant to check the drives before we uplift the machine for 'security and confidentiality reasons', I was so annoyed I forgot) only to find an original copy of a film, entertainingly titled 'Swallow my squirt 2'. Of course, being an honest kind of person, I had to return it to him. So I dropped it off at his office reception, in a clear A4 document wallet with his name clearly marked on it. So it didn't get lost anywhere. Oddly, last time I visited, he wasn't working there anymore.. Bill -- Clint Sharp |
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On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:50:06 -0000, "jamie powell" wrote: Do you have to poison every thread in which you appear? Why don't you killfile the little toe rag as others have done? At least don't quote its posts. -- "All religions bear traces of the fact that they arose during the intellectual immaturity of the human race, before it had learned the obligations to speak the truth. Not one of them makes it the duty of its God to be truthful and understandable in his communications" Friedrich Nietzsche |
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-- Graham. %Profound_observation% "Mike Thomas" wrote in message ... Alan White wrote: On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:50:06 -0000, "jamie powell" snip Do you have to poison every thread in which you appear? That the way "Jamie" is. Not his real name, of course. You could delete his comment before replying as a courtesy to those of us with killfiles. Although admittedly, it was interesting when somebody recently quoted his comment about the grief he'd got at school when he came out - and how he feels bad about the resultant ruining of people's lives. It's the usual case of the abused becoming the abuser. The bigots that hurt him in school did quite some job on him, ensuring that people would be repelled by him for ever after. It's sad, but that's the way that assholes often win bigtime - they made him their sick reflection. |
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writes On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:50:06 -0000, "jamie powell" wrote: Bill Pikey Gob****e Wright altruistically and heroically 'saves Christmas' at the last minute for a multitude of people who are nowhere near as good as he is! You heard it here first! Do you have to poison every thread in which you appear? He only appears to me when someone I haven't killfiled quotes him. -- Ian |
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"Mike Thomas" wrote in message ... Alan White wrote: On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:50:06 -0000, "jamie powell" snip Do you have to poison every thread in which you appear? That the way "Jamie" is. Not his real name, of course. You could delete his comment before replying as a courtesy to those of us with killfiles. It's unimportant, but I am convinced Jamie Powell is his real identity. He used to post anonymously; the circumstances of the change made it appear to me as some kind of cathartic release. -- Graham. %Profound_observation% |
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Graham. wrote:
"Mike Thomas" wrote That the way "Jamie" is. Not his real name, of course. You could delete his comment before replying as a courtesy to those of us with killfiles. It's unimportant, but I am convinced Jamie Powell is his real identity. He used to post anonymously; the circumstances of the change made it appear to me as some kind of cathartic release. Possibly, but during the abuse that I saw him spewing, before I added him to the killfile, he made mention of "anonymous cowards" on this group, *then* he added the "Powell", and *then* he was caught out using the new anonymous identity "Just another thicko". He even altered the newreader app to try to hide it but missed a problem with the anonymizing feature of the news- server. It seems that he's a dedicated nasty piece of work now, and is perfectly happy to use lies and deceit to further his main purpose in Usenet which is being abusive. |
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On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:50:13 +0000, Ian wrote:
He only appears to me when someone I haven't killfiled quotes him. Sorry, people, I should have known better. -- Alan White Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent. Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland. Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather |
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Another Christmas panic:
The lady had complained to the landlord that she had no TV reception. I rung her. The conversation was roughly as follows: "Could you describe the fault to me? Firstly, is is satellite or terrestrial reception or both?" “Oh I haven't got satellite. It's the DVD. It keeps stopping half way through, and it’s a special one I bought for a seven year old who’s spending Christmas here.” “What happens if you try to watch BBC1?” “Oh, that’s all right.” “What about BBC2?” “Yes that’s all right.” “ITV? Channel 4? Channel5?” “Oh, they’re fine. It’s just that the DVD stops half way through and it’s a real shame because I bought for a seven year old who’s [blah blah].” “Well, it sounds to me as if the problem lies with the DVD player.” “Yes I’ve been thinking about it and I agree with you.” “It’s lucky I rung you before I drove to Derby to visit you.” “Err, yes, I was going to ring you but I . . .err . . . didn’t . . .err, sorry.” “Don’t worry about it. Why don’t you go to the supermarket and get a £20 DVD player?” “Oh, I never thought of that. I will. Thank you.” “That’s all right. All part of the service.” Incidentally, what worries me is that the woman teaches Technology. What chance have the kids got? Still it could be worse. She could teach Logic. Bill |
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On Dec 23, 4:50*pm, "jamie powell" wrote:
Bill Pikey Gob****e Wright altruistically and heroically 'saves Christmas' at the last minute for a multitude of people who are nowhere near as good as he is! You heard it here first! I can quite understand that from your standpoint, Jamie, an altruistic act must seem very unusual and well worth boasting about. But most of us are happy with ourselves and that lets us be happy with others, so we perform little acts of kindness all the time without really thinking about it. It's just the way normal people behave all the time. It's something that makes life enjoyable, and I'm so sorry that this is beyond your comprehension. However I can't see anything atruistic or heroic about simply doing the job you are paid for. Incidentally my record in the pre-Christmas period for getting people's tellys back on has been abysmal. I have had one block where it turned out that a cherrypicker was needed and there wasn't time to order one, one where we are now attempting to get planning permission for an outside aerial, and one where I couldn't find the amplifier! Bill |
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" wrote in message ... On Dec 23, 4:50 pm, "jamie powell" wrote: Bill Pikey Gob****e Wright altruistically and heroically 'saves Christmas' at the last minute for a multitude of people who are nowhere near as good as he is! You heard it here first! I can quite understand that from your standpoint, Jamie, an altruistic act must seem very unusual and well worth boasting about. But most of us are happy with ourselves and that lets us be happy with others, so we perform little acts of kindness all the time without really thinking about it. It's just the way normal people behave all the time. It's something that makes life enjoyable, and I'm so sorry that this is beyond your comprehension. However I can't see anything atruistic or heroic about simply doing the job you are paid for. Incidentally my record in the pre-Christmas period for getting people's tellys back on has been abysmal. I have had one block where it turned out that a cherrypicker was needed and there wasn't time to order one, one where we are now attempting to get planning permission for an outside aerial, and one where I couldn't find the amplifier! Bill Self deprecation, a concept that Jamie has much experience. I think that's the right expression. -- Graham. %Profound_observation% |
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... Another Christmas panic: The lady had complained to the landlord that she had no TV reception. I rung her. The conversation was roughly as follows: "Could you describe the fault to me? Firstly, is is satellite or terrestrial reception or both?" “Oh I haven't got satellite. It's the DVD. It keeps stopping half way through, and it’s a special one I bought for a seven year old who’s spending Christmas here.” “What happens if you try to watch BBC1?” “Oh, that’s all right.” “What about BBC2?” “Yes that’s all right.” “ITV? Channel 4? Channel5?” “Oh, they’re fine. It’s just that the DVD stops half way through and it’s a real shame because I bought for a seven year old who’s [blah blah].” “Well, it sounds to me as if the problem lies with the DVD player.” “Yes I’ve been thinking about it and I agree with you.” “It’s lucky I rung you before I drove to Derby to visit you.” “Err, yes, I was going to ring you but I . . .err . . . didn’t . . .err, sorry.” “Don’t worry about it. Why don’t you go to the supermarket and get a £20 DVD player?” “Oh, I never thought of that. I will. Thank you.” “That’s all right. All part of the service.” Incidentally, what worries me is that the woman teaches Technology. What chance have the kids got? Still it could be worse. She could teach Logic. How do you know it isn't a faulty DVD? You should have asked her to try a different disc. -- Max Demian |
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On Dec 24, 8:31*pm, "Graham." wrote:
" wrote in message Incidentally my record in the pre-Christmas period for getting people's tellys back on has been abysmal. I have had one block where it turned out that a cherrypicker was needed and there wasn't time to order one, one where we are now attempting to get planning permission for an outside aerial, and one where I couldn't find the amplifier! Bill Self deprecation, a concept that Jamie has much experience. I think that's the right expression. Ha! I'm just being realistic. The fact is (and I'm sure many people in this group will agree) it's very disagreeable to walk away from a job without having sorted it out properly, even when circumstances make it impossible. Bill |
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On Dec 24, 9:58*pm, "Max Demian" wrote:
" wrote in message ... Another Christmas panic: The lady had complained to the landlord that she had no TV reception. I rung her. The conversation was roughly as follows: "Could you describe the fault to me? Firstly, is is satellite or terrestrial reception or both?" “Oh I haven't got satellite. It's the DVD. It keeps stopping half way through, and it’s a special one I bought for a seven year old who’s spending Christmas here.” “What happens if you try to watch BBC1?” “Oh, that’s all right.” “What about BBC2?” “Yes that’s all right.” “ITV? Channel 4? Channel5?” “Oh, they’re fine. It’s just that the DVD stops half way through and it’s a real shame because I bought for a seven year old who’s [blah blah].” “Well, it sounds to me as if the problem lies with the DVD player.” “Yes I’ve been thinking about it and I agree with you.” “It’s lucky I rung you before I drove to Derby to visit you.” “Err, yes, I was going to ring you but I . . .err . . . didn’t . . .err, sorry.” “Don’t worry about it. Why don’t you go to the supermarket and get a £20 DVD player?” “Oh, I never thought of that. I will. Thank you.” “That’s all right. All part of the service.” Incidentally, what worries me is that the woman teaches Technology. What chance have the kids got? Still it could be worse. She could teach Logic. How do you know it isn't a faulty DVD? You should have asked her to try a different disc. My account was abbreviated. She mentioned that the same thing had been happening for a while. Bill |
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