Posted: Mon 02 Jan, 2006 23.46
...and to carry on being ambiguous about your sexuality?Jamez wrote:To stop trying it on with with every attractive person I meet.
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Posted: Mon 02 Jan, 2006 23.49
marksi wrote:...and to carry on being ambiguous about your sexuality?Jamez wrote:To stop trying it on with with every attractive person I meet.
Posted: Tue 03 Jan, 2006 00.44
Why is that?Continue to treat bank workers, mobile phone companies and other big money-grabbing corporations with the contempt and distaste that they deserve.
If you can't stand banks, then the answer is simple. Don't use them.
If you hate mobile phone companies, then don't have a phone.
If enough people did this, then they would fold pretty quickly.
Posted: Tue 03 Jan, 2006 00.54
No offence intended, but that answer is 'simplistic' rather than 'simple'.Chris wrote:Why is that?Continue to treat bank workers, mobile phone companies and other big money-grabbing corporations with the contempt and distaste that they deserve.
If you can't stand banks, then the answer is simple. Don't use them.
If you hate mobile phone companies, then don't have a phone.
If enough people did this, then they would fold pretty quickly.
Bank accounts are essential for many aspects of one's life, not only for their intended use, but amongst other things proof of identity.
If you haven't yet had the need to discover this truth then you will have it all to come.
It's really a question of 'lesser of evils' when choosing bank, but there's really no getting round it.
Posted: Tue 03 Jan, 2006 01.04
i suppose if you really wanted you could simply have a bank account but not use it - ie, withdraw your salary the day you get paid but leave 1p in so it costs them money to keep sending out statements.Gavin Scott wrote:Bank accounts are essential for many aspects of one's life, not only for their intended use, but amongst other things proof of identity.
If you haven't yet had the need to discover this truth then you will have it all to come.
It's really a question of 'lesser of evils' when choosing bank, but there's really no getting round it.
i don't really have too much of a problem with banks personally, it's mobile phone companies which get me.
Posted: Tue 03 Jan, 2006 01.41
Banks are usually OK, and the staff at my usual branch of Natwest were lovely to me, so I had to go to another branch where I could rant and rave without feeling guilty.
O2 are officially the worst mobile phone company that ever dared to exist. It comes as no surprise really, as it's former mother company is BT - which as we all know is the biggest pile of corruption, greed and dishonesty ever to register with companies house. Plus it's chief exec is French and chairman is former BBC arsewipe, Christopher Bland.
Vodaphone and Orange are the only mobile companies I've heard positive things said about them, but by far the worst mobile company is network 3. They seriously take the piss - it's a shame that 3 are owned by Hutchinson telecom, the group behind Orange.
T-Mobile - neither heard good or bad things about, but they are German, so maybe it's best to steer clear.
O2 are officially the worst mobile phone company that ever dared to exist. It comes as no surprise really, as it's former mother company is BT - which as we all know is the biggest pile of corruption, greed and dishonesty ever to register with companies house. Plus it's chief exec is French and chairman is former BBC arsewipe, Christopher Bland.
Vodaphone and Orange are the only mobile companies I've heard positive things said about them, but by far the worst mobile company is network 3. They seriously take the piss - it's a shame that 3 are owned by Hutchinson telecom, the group behind Orange.
T-Mobile - neither heard good or bad things about, but they are German, so maybe it's best to steer clear.
Posted: Tue 03 Jan, 2006 02.14
I know it is a rather simplistic point of view, but perhaps inspired by my experience of dealing with a certain bank in the summer of last year, I feel if I could do away with the bank account, I would.Gavin Scott wrote:No offence intended, but that answer is 'simplistic' rather than 'simple'.Chris wrote:Why is that?Continue to treat bank workers, mobile phone companies and other big money-grabbing corporations with the contempt and distaste that they deserve.
If you can't stand banks, then the answer is simple. Don't use them.
If you hate mobile phone companies, then don't have a phone.
If enough people did this, then they would fold pretty quickly.
Bank accounts are essential for many aspects of one's life, not only for their intended use, but amongst other things proof of identity.
If you haven't yet had the need to discover this truth then you will have it all to come.
It's really a question of 'lesser of evils' when choosing bank, but there's really no getting round it.
And yes, it is definately a lesser of evils when choosing a bank - I am off to Natwest soon as Lloyds are not great.
As for mobile phones, that's much easier. I have one, but rarely use it (and even now that the battery has died or the charging mechanism has packed in, whatever is wrong with it, I don't feel any need to go and rush out to get one). I hate the damn things, and I hate calling people on them too, as it costs bucket loads compared to normal lines.
Unless you choose to go contract for 18/12 months, and pay them £25 or whatever it is for X amount of texts and X amount of minutes per month, you really get screwed royally - for my pay and go tariff with O2 it costs 45ppm to call someone else on another network. Now that's a rip off - £2.25 to talk to someone for 5 minutes!!!! If only I were paid that amount to talk to someone in real life - I am sure I'd be a rich, rich man by now.
But sadly, the mobile phone has taken off, and people are ditching their landlines in favour of these devices. I cringe when people say "I could never live without it these days".
I suppose as technology moves forward, companies are always there to capitalise on it, and get the general public hooked by their marketing ploys.
Posted: Fri 06 Jan, 2006 21.12
I currently work in a bank -- does that mean I deserve your contempt and distaste?Jamez wrote:Continue to treat bank workers, mobile phone companies and other big money-grabbing corporations with the contempt and distaste that they deserve.
Posted: Fri 06 Jan, 2006 21.13
Are you female with nice breasts?Corin wrote:I currently work in a bank -- does that mean I deserve your contempt and distaste?Jamez wrote:Continue to treat bank workers, mobile phone companies and other big money-grabbing corporations with the contempt and distaste that they deserve.
Yes? Then no.
No? Then yes.
Posted: Fri 06 Jan, 2006 22.05
Oh well, so long as it is "equal opportunity" contempt and distaste, that's alright then.Jamez wrote:No? Then yes.
Posted: Fri 06 Jan, 2006 22.27
i always thought you were a bankerCorin wrote:I currently work in a bank -- does that mean I deserve your contempt and distaste?Jamez wrote:Continue to treat bank workers, mobile phone companies and other big money-grabbing corporations with the contempt and distaste that they deserve.