» Call Centres

Worst Put Down I've Ever Had
My last job was as a Technical Helpdesk supervisor.
One Friday afternoon, when all the management were "at meetings", I was passed a call from an angry customer who wished to complain.
After a few minutes attempting to explain that as he hadn't paid for support for his products, he wasn't entitled for helpdesk support.
I'll add, at this juncture, that the gentleman concerned did not have a very good grasp of Englisgh and that it was obviously not his first language.
After another 10 minutes or so of trying to persuade me to send an engineer to his site, he lost his rag and called me a "shitting bastard".
It was all I could manage to tell him politely that I was going to hang up now, before pissing myself laughing!
I've never had the opportunity to top that insult, since!
(Thu 3rd Sep 2009, 14:52, More)

» Family Feuds

Not really a feud, I suppose!
I had an uncle who was a right cunt.
He's dead now!
(Fri 13th Nov 2009, 13:37, More)

» Insults

Another favourite
Find it difficult to say Buttmunch without cracking up.

Also, is it just me, or do all the people bigging themselves up as the best at slanging matches sound like they've rehearsed all their material that they've plagiarised from their favourite comedy show?
(Fri 5th Oct 2007, 14:41, More)

» Best Graffiti Ever

One from my childhood
On the back wall of a CO-OP in Portsmouth, which was on my way to School, someone had daubed Tories are Best, which later was adapted to read Tories are Bestial. Rather prophetic I thought
(Fri 4th May 2007, 14:05, More)

» I don't understand the attraction

The Relationship Between "Celebrity", the Media & the General Public
I just can't comprehend the obsession with knowing the ins and outs of a duck's arse, when it comes to "celebrities".
There have been many famous people during my life that I felt a genuine affection for. People I've "idolised" and would like to have lived their life, but this is a fantasy, which only really works in your own head.

I think Amy Winehouse has a good soulful voice, but don't care what she puts up her nose.
George Michael, wonderful singer, but does it really affect my appreciation of it knowing what he likes to put in his body.
Cristiano Ronaldo is a fantastically skilled footballer, but I don't care what car he drives.
I can't think of any positives to write about her, so why do I want to know what Victoria Beckham wears to the shops?
The piles of ex-rain forest that fill our newsagents with names like "OK", "Reveal", "Gossip", etc. are full to the brim of pictures of "celebrities" getting married. I'm hard pushed to turn up to the wedding of anyone further related to me than cousin, so why on earth would I be interested in the wedding of someone who's fortunate enough to not have to work because "daddy" has earned lots of money and is famous for getting "off their tits" on daddy's ill-gotten gains.
I could go on, but the bile is rising now.
(Wed 21st Oct 2009, 9:12, More)