dc20willsave Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 Jack, that completely sucks. Chris, a lot of the time smaller films will get a gradual release. First it'll be out in the bigger cities and gradually filter down, especially when it starts to rack up nominaions. It'll probably come out in your neck of the woods, it'll just be a couple of weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 Reason #7807954 I have ruined Christmas this year for someone. Her side: I am not taking her check because I heard her on the phone with her bank for about half an hour. She spends $1000 a week in the store and demands respect for such actions. I am depriving her children a Wii while her husband is in Afghanistan fighting for my freedom. I am un-American and should be fired on the spot. The truth: Yeah, I heard her on the phone with her bank. She was trying to get a new ATM card as her magnetic strip stopped working. I don't care. She wrote a check for over $200. As such, I must ask for ID. When the check is in her husbands name, I say I cannot accept the check as her name is not on the check. When she claims to have power of attorney, I state that unless the check states her POA, then there is nothing I can do. The result: She yells at me and my boss for a bit and then leaves. Her mother, who was in a wheelchair with a broken foot, apologized for her daughter before she wheeled herself. Five more weeks of this holiday shit and then I can go back to seeing five people every shift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 I still don't know how you guys run on a cheque system, it weirds me out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 Checks are gradually phasing out. They're getting used still for bills but as Debit cards and internet billing becomes more and more mainstream, there's less of a need for a checking account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 Checks are gradually phasing out. They're getting used still for bills but as Debit cards and internet billing becomes more and more mainstream, there's less of a need for a checking account. The UK's already phased them out for Chip and Pin. Speaking of Chip and Pin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 As for checks, my store switched to an electronic checking system. Basically, writing a check in the store is the same as using your debit card. The money is transferred immediately and the customer gets their check back. Generally speaking, like Will said, most people have stopped using checks. I write one check a month, and that is for rent which can only be paid with check or money order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 I only write checks for bills I can't pay online or over the phone, so I write one check a month. Weirdly enough it's to my ISP. It has my old address and the name of the bank before it merged but I'm not wasting money buying new ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 Guess who gets to be in damp clothes till at least seven tonight because of a busy schedule and a spontaneous typhoon? In other news, FUCK TODAY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 Guess who gets to be in damp clothes till at least seven tonight because of a busy schedule and a spontaneous typhoon? In other news, FUCK TODAY. Guess who had to wear damp clothes today because he forgot to do laundry last night and had to rush and do it before going to work? This guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunKL Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 Windows Media Center sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 Windows Media Center sucks. Yeah I couldn't figure out how to play a music CD the other day. How the hell! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 I wish you could set computers to an 'im not a fucktard' setting. I'm sick of programs assuming I want them to do things with my files, formatting, backups etc because ma and pa kettle are scared of technogy. Microsoft and Apple I'm looking at you. I shouldn't have to install a 3rd party program to get a clean ctrl-v I shouldn't have to opt out of you 'managing' my music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 Welp, I just spent about three hours trying to get home. Finally here. And can finally get into not-wet clothes. Yes, they are still wet. I'm exhausted, and I probably would've been better served by skipping today. ...I think I've gone beyond the realm of hating today into superhating today. The answer to this is to drink that 200 ml bottle of Bailey's I got earlier. ALL OF IT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 Fuck snow, fuck ice, and while I am at it fuck winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 I really have to learn how to just show people, how much their situations and all round dickery pisses me the fuck off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted December 6, 2010 Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 DVD cases really irritate me, especially when it comes to marketing. I just got Inception through the post, and it's listed as a Two Disc Special Edition. Except that there's nothing special about it, its the standard film. Plus of course they've put the frankly useless little cardboard surround on the jewel case too, which as far as I can tell is what they do with all so-called special editions. It's just asinine, I've taken to just throwing the cardboard out, it doesn't look any nicer on the shelf, its just useless extra packaging. If you're going to purpose-build me a card case, like with Fight Club or similar then fine. If the surrounding case is something of value, like the Judgement Day metal cases then fine. Don't give us this ephemera and label it "special", just give me the DVD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 6, 2010 Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 A moment in the life of Damien. Damien meets a lady. Said lady seems intelligent, well-adjusted, and quite easy on the eyes. Damien spends a certain amount of time with the lady, be it weeks, maybe even months, trying to court her. A point is reached where it appears the lady is ready to step up to the booth and buy a season pass to Dubs Land. Shortly before this moment, it's revealed to Damien that the lady has a boyfriend/has several boyfriends/has a girlfriend/thinks she's a vampire/thinks everyone but her is a vampire/thinks lizard aliens run the world via shadow government/is a drug dealer/has a vomit fetish/is an extreme racist/lives with people that play strip Yahtzee/ is a compulsive liar that just made up everything she's told him the past few months. Damien punches a wall and swears he'll never fall into this trap again. This has been a moment in the life of Damien. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kscriv Posted December 6, 2010 Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 Are you sure they're not just inventing this stuff after they find out you refer to a relationship as "stepping up to the booth and buying a season pass to Dubs Land"? On the other hand, I know all too well the feeling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 6, 2010 Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 If she can't take bad humour, a relationship with me won't last very long anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted December 6, 2010 Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 You should call it the Dub-shack. That way you can have your own B-52's theme music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted December 6, 2010 Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 You should call it the Dub-shack. Dubs' restaurant in my Earth-2.net noir fan fiction now has a name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 6, 2010 Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 The Dub Shack is a little old place where we can get together. And play Dreamcast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted December 7, 2010 Report Share Posted December 7, 2010 ...in my Earth-2.net noir fan fiction now has a name. Someone actually needs to write that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted December 7, 2010 Report Share Posted December 7, 2010 The Dub Shack is a little old place where we can get together. And play Dreamcast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted December 7, 2010 Report Share Posted December 7, 2010 Dub-Shack, babyyyyyyyyy! And now I'm curious to know who's all which stereotype in the noir fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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