The Chillout Zone (Off-Topic Thread)

tk123 wrote: »

edited to add - I worked in (an outsourced) call center for one one of the utilities and got it all - didn't want to talk to somebody with a Dublin accent, woman who wouldn't deal with me because she only wanted to talk to a man, "I'm a doctor and my new baby will die because we've not heating tonight" when there was no available repair slots etc etc etc :rolleyes:

I'd always be nice to call center people but christ vodafone drove me up the wall today, 45+ minutes and countless phonecalls to get past the robots, eventually they must have copped my multiple phonecalls and patched me through to a human. When I explained my simple query my answer was 'haha your answer would be no, but il put you on hold while I ask my colleague to make sure', no joke she actually laughed at me. It took a lot to be pleasant with her but I put it down to a language barrier. I can well imagine the abuse call center staff must have to put up with at times.

tk123 wrote: »

:(:( an awful trip to the vets for Bailey's bloods. The vet was called out of the room as we were if sines and didn't come back, next a nurse came in apologising because a dog had been hit by a car. As I was paying I could hear somebody in the other room roaring and crying shouting 'NO NO NO!!' Heartbroken thinking of them

How awful

Oh how I envy people that get two weeks off for Xmas, I get a Mac of four days. This will be my first year in 7 years getting Xmas eve off so that's something I guess!

VonVix wrote: »

Eeep. I'm working Christmas day myself!

Ok you win! That truly sucks.

toadfly wrote: »

Ok you win! That truly sucks.

It's not so bad! At least I finally got a job LOL.

I was called into work this morning, I thought I had the day off so was up till 4am watching movies and playing board games with my family. So needless to say when I got home I was very tired and went for a nap. When I woke up from the nap, I was spooning Dude. He crawled over me and into my arms so I could hug him while I slept, and cream crawled into the crooke behind my knees to sleep. I fell asleep cat less and woke up feeling loved

tk123 wrote: »

:pac: my friend got this from a client and has it in her porch lol :pac:

Love it!!

My pair got a present of a doggy hamper, with all sorts of goodies, toys, blankets etc in it. It's sitting under the tree and they are MAD to get into it! Coco keeps doing her best to get into the front room and when she gets in she tries to nose past the cellophane. Benson wouldn't dream of doing that, he sits there and looks at it - then at me - then back to the hamper -then maybe a paw - then he stands up and does a little stamping dance! Anything to get it!

IP freely wrote: »

Where has the Christmas pet photo thread gone, was going to go in and give some thanks? ??

Probably taken down while the votes are counted? (You can still thank posts on a locked thread )

Oh, of all the timing! Nyssa was lame this evening, and I found a slash in her paw pad, the big middle one on her off fore. Poor wee pet Keeping it clean, applying castor oil, and she'll be having a sock fixed on with masking tape for her boggy playtime etc.

Should heal up fine, but it's not going to be nice for her, going to my parents for xmas, as they have gravel over most of their back garden :rolleyes: Any better ideas, apart from the socks etc, to make that easier for her, would be welcome.

Or should I call off visiting? Very reluctant to do that, even apart from not being that keen on spending another xmas alone (OH was in his Mum's last year, and I was home with Lola, as she was going through a bad patch, and had only just gone onto the NSAIDs.) Nyssa also needs plenty of exposure to the small kids, for which xmas at my parents' would be perfect. Just don't want to do it if it would be that her having a sore paw would make matters worse.

I think really she will be fine, and it doesn't even seem to be bothering her that much now, but just checking do others think I shouldn't do it?

Just found 2 wisemen decapitated on the stairs :mad:

I love when you see a pup that's the spitting image of what your dog used to be like! Getting one that isn't quite as angular as some choco labs but not rounded is odd, nevermind seeing a pup that's going to be the same! Tonight's going to be the first time I've seen him in over a month. Can't wait!!

I'm missing two knitted gingerbread men from the tree and I don't think they ran away.

I cannot enjoy a glass of baileys in peace with three cats around. They are like vultures! They can think again if they think they're getting some. They're much too young to be drinking :P