Discussion » A Story From Sul

This is a read-only copy. The forum ran on iamcal.com from 2000 until its database was lost in 2016, and this topic was rebuilt from copies saved by the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. Some replies may be missing.
Posted by cal, 10:50, 6th January 2003:
 
A person in a Sainsbury's store reported a faulty monitor. We got HP to send out a new monitor for them. The monitor arrived on site whereby it was promptly sold... as a TV.

Who's stupider, the person who sold it, or the person who bought it?
Posted by Victor Menendez, 10:54, 6th January 2003:
 
how much was it sold for?
Posted by jeff, 11:03, 6th January 2003:
 
i'd say the person who bought it. my reason for this being that when working in sainsbury's, the shop floor employees fall into an apathy/crap job induced trance.. if it has a barcode, sell it, who cares what it is...
well thats how i felt about it all anyway..
Posted by chandler, 11:10, 6th January 2003:
 
But how the hell did it have a barcode that goes through the tills? cos surely Sainsburys dont sell those monitors normally so it wouldnt be in the system
Posted by jlittle, 11:19, 6th January 2003:
 
Depends how much they got for it.
Posted by Sul, 13:48, 6th January 2003:
 
We couldnt get the ins and outs of what happened from the store. Only that it was sold as a TV.
Posted by jeff, 14:28, 6th January 2003:
 
maybe it was in a box that looked like a tv box so they just scanned another tv barcode... or maybe they were selling it outside the front and pocketed the cash. either way i still maintain the customer is the stupid one... who wants to buy a friggin tv from a supermarket anyway?
"hmm what do i need? some milk.. ooh cheese.. multipack of crisps, some bread, oh and a tv.."
Posted by jlittle, 15:44, 6th January 2003:
 
Maybe the customer really wanted a monitor, and got it for less than a TV.

Maybe the customer IS the clever one.
Posted by Sul, 15:48, 6th January 2003:
 
perhaps, perhaps someone stole it, then said they sold it
Posted by jlittle, 16:07, 6th January 2003:
 
Ah - Sul - while you are there, do you want to make a DNS change for sulnjames now I have my server up and running?
Posted by Sul, 16:16, 6th January 2003:
 
send me the details to sul@pressingbuttons.co.uk
Posted by plindoe, 17:27, 6th January 2003:
 
nowt wrong with getting a tele from a supermarket

safeway got a 28" widescreen for 299 from 599, whats wrong with that?
Posted by jeff, 17:58, 6th January 2003:
 
its just plain wrong.
Posted by plindoe, 18:07, 6th January 2003:
 
so is getting your elecy from your gas supplier then, just coz its cheaper you shouldnt do it then?
Posted by chandler, 19:18, 6th January 2003:
 
I dont have a gas supplier because we dont have gas in our village.

Do I win a special prize?

And I dont call electricity "elecy" cos I'm not a complete freakshow
Posted by Redmaiden, 19:36, 6th January 2003:
 
my dad a DVD player from Safeway for £50. People buy TVs at supermarkets because they do a cheap offer.
Posted by jeff, 21:42, 6th January 2003:
 
it just upsets me ok. JUST UPSETS ME.. i can barely deal with marks and spencers selling clothes alongside food.. electrical equipment is just wrong.. wrong... costco scares me..
Posted by Redmaiden, 23:33, 6th January 2003:
 
*pats jeff*
Posted by chandler, 23:35, 6th January 2003:
 
pats
taps
spat

Its late, time for bed
Posted by plindoe, 11:25, 7th January 2003:
 
fuck you i aint no freak show dude, i was being lazy!

but you are a freak for being named after a tv show character

:)
Posted by Victor Menendez, 11:26, 7th January 2003:
 
I get the feeling that, unless chandler is under 7, he got there first on the name score.
Posted by chandler, 11:40, 7th January 2003:
 
:D
Posted by plindoe, 17:51, 8th January 2003:
 
lol
Posted by chris, 19:24, 8th January 2003:
 
i wish i was best friends with postman pat
Posted by chandler, 19:46, 8th January 2003:
 
So that he could personally take care of your package?
Posted by Redmaiden, 19:57, 8th January 2003:
 
I kinda know the dude that created and writes the Postman Pat books
Posted by cal, 23:55, 8th January 2003:
 
yeah? cool!

how do you know him?
Posted by chris, 00:31, 9th January 2003:
 
and can he write me into a story please?
Posted by Redmaiden, 01:34, 9th January 2003:
 
Well my mum used to work in a book shop in Ilkley (where he lives) and she just became friendly with him. He's very tall with a beard.
Posted by cal, 02:03, 9th January 2003:
 
very cool

who else has famous friends?
Posted by chandler, 09:12, 9th January 2003:
 
Uh, I know Ian Watson the science fiction writer, but you may not have heard of him. He has written loads and providied the screenstory for the film AI, but speilburg wrote the actual script so there is someone to blame.

Edited to say that its Not Ian Rankin at all. sorry its Ian Watson, the sci-fi writer not the horror writer. I know him so well I cant remember his name.
Posted by jeff, 13:01, 9th January 2003:
 
my friend's auntie was in the borrowers! which makes the 7steps to anyone famous game easy because ian holmes was also in the borrowers.. yeaaah!
Posted by Grim..., 13:31, 9th January 2003:
 
My dad is mates with the Prince of Thialand.
I used to hang around with Sid Owen (Reee-kay!)
I DJ's a Stephanie Cook's (Olympic Gold Medal Winner) wedding.
My brother used to go out with Paula Radcliff.
My mate Hamish works for Madonna (literally in her house).
I know a guy who is on CrossRoads.
Posted by studlywonder, 13:32, 9th January 2003:
 
I used to play football with the guy who did the Honey nut loops advert. The one where the kid was sitting at the table eating and the cartoon bee flew in and did a loop!
Do I win? Also my mate at Uni punched the guy from the milk adverts in the face! "Acrington Stanley Whooo are Theyyyy" - "Exactly"
Posted by Victor Menendez, 14:15, 9th January 2003:
 
I once met King Harald of Norway.
Posted by jeff, 15:48, 9th January 2003:
 
i've met les dennis twice.. once was when i was on light lunch and we made a cake and mel was really impressed and gave me a sweetie... and eddie the eagle edwards studies law at my university..
ah where's arsepuppy when you need obscure celebrity stories..
Posted by cal, 19:17, 9th January 2003:
 
you were on light lunch!!??
Posted by jeff, 20:47, 9th January 2003:
 
i'm sure we've had this conversation before? I wrote and requested that they theme a show around our school, y'know cook school dinners and interview teachers.. for fun or something... anyway, they thought it was lame but said i could have as many tickets as i wanted.. so i got 10... my friend phil ended up introducing the show and being interviewed about his lunch (he stole one of those school dinner trays and froze his canteen pizza) and i sat next to him. My friend caroline had no idea we were going and almost spat out her drink when she saw phil pop up on screen.
we were also on some god awful thing called 'sofa melt' with the woman from cold feet (channel 5). smashing.
Posted by Redmaiden, 00:18, 10th January 2003:
 
I've met Michael Palin and I keep seeing lots of Emmerdale actors about as they film near me.

(omg at Paula Radcliffe connection)
Posted by cal, 09:06, 10th January 2003:
 
paula bloody radcliffe went to our school
and now they've named the new clapham-bedford bypass "Paula Radcliffe Way"

*yawn*
Posted by Grim..., 13:02, 10th January 2003:
 
*yawn* indeed.
It like - she can run fast. So? I can eat fast. Do I get nation-wide recognition? I do not.

Oh, Harriet has a pair of Madonna's hand-me-down trainers.