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Lawliet · 24-10-2012 07:19PM

Jhcx wrote: »

Tbh when you man up and joke around and dont make any eye contact. Buying crap load of condoms is a breeze. till you get out of the shop and can breath. ha ha

Eye contact? What do you think the self service checkout is for?

Jhcx · 24-10-2012 07:29PM

Lawliet wrote: »

Eye contact? What do you think the self service checkout is for?

Self service in clare ha ha :pac:. only in dublin have i seen them

Lawliet · 24-10-2012 07:59PM

Jhcx wrote: »

Self service in clare ha ha :pac:. only in dublin have i seen them

They have them in my home town and the surrounding counties, which are more rural than Clare

Davidius · 24-10-2012 08:18PM

They need to make the voice of the self-service more local. There's more of an incentive to comply if the voice is threatening to burst you.

Pigwidgeon · 24-10-2012 08:19PM

Davidius wrote: »

They need to make the voice of the self-service more local. There's more of an incentive to comply if the voice is threatening to burst you.

You clearly haven't used the ones in superquinn. She's much more Irish than the tesco ones.

Lawliet · 24-10-2012 08:35PM

I didn't realize they talked /headphones

jefreywithonef · 24-10-2012 09:07PM

Self service machines are decent alright but I hate when they malfunction and you have to stand there waiting for staff assistance. Especially annoying if you're there with just an Animal Bar.

Palytoxin · 24-10-2012 09:11PM

Tesco ones are the worst, they keep shouting at you to take your stuff. Every time I go now I challenge myself to take all my change and pack up my stuff before it says something, I've done this about 10+ times and I still haven't won

jefreywithonef · 24-10-2012 09:18PM

^ Confine your shopping to a sole Animal Bar - victory will be yours.

Palytoxin · 24-10-2012 09:24PM

jefreywithonef wrote: »

^ Confine your shopping to a sole Animal Bar - victory will be yours.

Alas a hollow victory, unlike the solid, delectable beauty that is your beloved Animal Bar.

Screaminmidget · 24-10-2012 11:17PM

Palytoxin wrote: »

Tesco ones are the worst, they keep shouting at you to take your stuff. Every time I go now I challenge myself to take all my change and pack up my stuff before it says something, I've done this about 10+ times and I still haven't won

Pick up your stuff first....

Palytoxin · 24-10-2012 11:24PM

Screaminmidget wrote: »

Pick up your stuff first....

The alarm will go off then and someone will rush over to see what I'm stealing, you have to pay, then take the notes, then take the stuff, then the coins, then the receipt.

Screaminmidget · 24-10-2012 11:25PM

Palytoxin wrote: »

The alarm will go off then and someone will rush over to see what I'm stealing, you have to pay, then take the notes, then take the stuff, then the coins, then the receipt.

No, you pay, Pick up stuff while it tries to give you as many coppers as it can afford,then the change, and leave the reciept.

Always works for me!

PseudoFamous · 24-10-2012 11:31PM

Lawliet wrote: »

Eye contact? What do you think the self service checkout is for?

The self service checkouts make you have to call the cashier woman over with condoms. It amplifies the humiliation. AND IT SHOULDN'T BE HUMILIATING

Palytoxin · 24-10-2012 11:33PM

Screaminmidget wrote: »

No, you pay, Pick up stuff while it tries to give you as many coppers as it can afford,then the change, and leave the reciept.

Always works for me!

I usually scoop the change and grab the receipt at the same time, neither of them make it shout at you, I'll have to try your manoeuvre now someday to see will it make a difference

Jhcx · 25-10-2012 01:08AM

6 weeks is all it will take and i cant even think to pull it off. curse you eggs and your crunches

wnolan1992 · 25-10-2012 09:55PM

Really liking the new YouTube layout... Having the name of the video below the video will take some getting used to, but other than that things seem a lot easier to access. Especially the subscriptions and watch later stuff.

anirishlad · 25-10-2012 10:11PM

Im the exact opposite, hate the new layout

Jhcx · 25-10-2012 10:57PM

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Really liking the new YouTube layout... Having the name of the video below the video will take some getting used to, but other than that things seem a lot easier to access. Especially the subscriptions and watch later stuff.

is it possible to get a screen shot? i had an update but it was taken off and cant see any change at the mo. really want the new look back

wnolan1992 · 25-10-2012 11:01PM

Jhcx wrote: »

is it possible to get a screen shot? i had an update but it was taken off and cant see any change at the mo. really want the new look back

Yup, no bother.

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Jhcx · 25-10-2012 11:07PM

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Yup, no bother.

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Thats much nicer. did you have the black google bar? i got that when i had the update?

wnolan1992 · 25-10-2012 11:21PM

Jhcx wrote: »

Thats much nicer. did you have the black google bar? i got that when i had the update?

Black Google bar? Do you mean the one in the attachment? Because I've had that with ages.

Or a different one.. (sorry, I'm a little sleepy tonight :P)

Jhcx · 25-10-2012 11:38PM

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Black Google bar? Do you mean the one in the attachment? Because I've had that with ages.

Or a different one.. (sorry, I'm a little sleepy tonight :P)

Ya on the new update of Youtube i got the Black google bar was built into the webpage. so any page you visited on youtube the bar was at the top

wnolan1992 · 25-10-2012 11:41PM

Jhcx wrote: »

Ya on the new update of Youtube i got the Black google bar was built into the webpage. so any page you visited on youtube the bar was at the top

No, I don't have that. But it could be because my Google account and Youtube account use different email addresses. My YT one was registered with hotmail IIRC. Might get the bar at the top if the same account I have for G+, blogger and gmail was used for YT.

Jhcx · 25-10-2012 11:46PM

Ya I'm not quiet sure. Like I only got to experience it for an hour. They seem to have several different platforms

Aisling(",) · 26-10-2012 12:45AM

PseudoFamous wrote: »

The self service checkouts make you have to call the cashier woman over with condoms. It amplifies the humiliation. AND IT SHOULDN'T BE HUMILIATING

When ever I'm buying condoms,sanitary lady items or anything like that I go to the most awkward young lad sales assistant and make eye contact to see if he squirms.usually only do it with y mates though.

We did it in tescos and ended up buying,baby oil,condoms,tampons,rope, a scissors,underwear and then some other normal stuff the poor lad disnt know where to look.we didn't even plan it just we were scanning them all through as one thing because only one of us had a club card.

I'm aware were easily amused.

wnolan1992 · 26-10-2012 12:49AM

Aisling(",) wrote: »

When ever I'm buying condoms,sanitary lady items or anything like that I go to the most awkward young lad sales assistant and make eye contact to see if he squirms.usually only do it with y mates though.

We did it in tescos and ended up buying,baby oil,condoms,tampons,rope, a scissors,underwear and then some other normal stuff the poor lad disnt know where to look.we didn't even plan it just we were scanning them all through as one thing because only one of us had a club card.

I'm aware were easily amused.

Baby oil, rope and scissors?

Sounds like my kind of party! :P

I've always wanted to do the thing where you get a slab of beer, condoms and a pack of nappies, then when checking out pretend you don't have the money and put the nappies back...

I know it's cliched, but I wish I had the stones to do it. :P

Lawliet · 28-10-2012 01:09PM

Trying to write an email to my lecturer about working in their lab over the summer, but I'm not sure how to approach. I usually keep emails to lecturers very formal, but then that was when I was in a class of over 300 students and the lecturer has no idea who I am. But I know this lecturer, we've spoken several times, she definitely knows who I am and is always super friendly, so being formal might come across as very stiff and odd, but then I am asking for an internship so being too casual might seem rude and unprofessional. Ah dilemmas.

Palytoxin · 28-10-2012 01:30PM

Lawliet wrote: »

Trying to write an email to my lecturer about working in their lab over the summer, but I'm not sure how to approach. I usually keep emails to lecturers very formal, but then that was when I was in a class of over 300 students and the lecturer has no idea who I am. But I know this lecturer, we've spoken several times, she definitely knows who I am and is always super friendly, so being formal might come across as very stiff and odd, but then I am asking for an internship so being too casual might seem rude and unprofessional. Ah dilemmas.

I'd say if in doubt keep it formal-ish. You don't want it to seem like you think you're guaranteed a job there by being overly friendly either. In my experience anyway there's nothing worse than being overly or inappropriately friendly with someone.

Lawliet · 28-10-2012 01:48PM

Palytoxin wrote: »

I'd say if in doubt keep it formal-ish. You don't want it to seem like you think you're guaranteed a job there by being overly friendly either. In my experience anyway there's nothing worse than being overly or inappropriately friendly with someone.

Yeah, you're right, I've decided to keep it formal, polite and short, if she responds in a more relaxed way I'll take it from there

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