Wednesday, April 30, 2008
At least they didn't ask about Rupert Murdoch...
This was hilarious.
Some would call me excessively cruel or arsey, but I couldn't help myself really.
I got a call asking me about my opinions about the major supermarkets! They hadn't checked my posts on various net fora over the years, that's for sure...
I recall describing Asda as an 'evil rapacious beast' and Tesco 'exploiting the community'. Then she got me started on Barclays bank...perhaps she'd spotted that I still have shares (I was bequeathed them and I've lost the form to send back for selling them off, but it still weighs heavily on my conscience...high time I did something about getting shot of them. I hate fecking Barclays.) I had to spell most of those words though, so it took ages. She didn't know the word 'ethos' (as in 'I'm directly opposed to their corporate ethos') either and didn't seem to understand what a local council was. Very odd really, but my wife was cackling like a loon beside the call - good comedy value. Would have liked a copy of the audio in all honesty...all credit to the poor dumb girl for keeping me on the phone mind you. A nightmare call for her I'd guess.
'So, how likely would you be to advise school leavers to join any of teh above companies..?'
Some would call me excessively cruel or arsey, but I couldn't help myself really.
I got a call asking me about my opinions about the major supermarkets! They hadn't checked my posts on various net fora over the years, that's for sure...
I recall describing Asda as an 'evil rapacious beast' and Tesco 'exploiting the community'. Then she got me started on Barclays bank...perhaps she'd spotted that I still have shares (I was bequeathed them and I've lost the form to send back for selling them off, but it still weighs heavily on my conscience...high time I did something about getting shot of them. I hate fecking Barclays.) I had to spell most of those words though, so it took ages. She didn't know the word 'ethos' (as in 'I'm directly opposed to their corporate ethos') either and didn't seem to understand what a local council was. Very odd really, but my wife was cackling like a loon beside the call - good comedy value. Would have liked a copy of the audio in all honesty...all credit to the poor dumb girl for keeping me on the phone mind you. A nightmare call for her I'd guess.
'So, how likely would you be to advise school leavers to join any of teh above companies..?'
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