life's small victories

Gongoozler · 06-01-2014 02:31PM

It's sunny. It makes it a nicer day when it's sunny. AND I'm actually warm at work. I also got a compliment about how well I look today, but as usual I'm taking it as an insult to how I usually look.
Lots of houses and jobs are added on Mondays so that kinda stupidly fills me with hope

Daqster · 06-01-2014 02:31PM

Down at Cineworld last week to see American Hustle, booked online, bag of munchies purchased, hand the girl the ticket and she asks for my Unlimited card, which I have of course forgotten. Miss Hitler tells me she can't let me in without it and so I head off resigned myself to yet another night alone crying. Then I had an idea and thought fcuk it, why not.

I went to my car, got my coat and reading glasses and walked back in, handed her the ticket and broke her concentration by asking her which level the toilets where on and it worked. Fecking win.

Movie was crap though.

Borat_Sagdiyev · 06-01-2014 02:39PM

Daqster wrote: »

Down at Cineworld last week to see American Hustle, booked online, bag of munchies purchased, hand the girl the ticket and she asks for my Unlimited card, which I have of course forgotten. Miss Hitler tells me she can't let me in without it and so I head off resigned myself to yet another night alone crying. Then I had an idea and thought fcuk it, why not.

I went to my car, got my coat and reading glasses and walked back in, handed her the ticket and broke her concentration by asking her which level the toilets where on and it worked. Fecking win.

Movie was crap though.

Are you seriously trying to tell me that the Clarke Kent disguise actually worked ?!

gugleguy · 06-01-2014 02:53PM

My normal breakfast newsagent is still closed having not re opened yet. On the pavement at the same location a number of plastic milk bottles have been dropped by the milkman. Oh, and a box of scones/danishes has been dangling on the door knob since Fri morning and is still there thus far. Who'll pay for this. Serves the place right. It should have been open to serve me my raisin (i only eat raisin,not apple/custard) danishes. One other gent who buys brekkie there had to go without as well today. Yeah, another schadenfreud mini victory tho.

Frank Black · 06-01-2014 02:56PM

gugleguy wrote: »

My normal breakfast newsagent is still closed having not re opened yet. On the pavement at the same location a number of plastic milk bottles have been dropped by the milkman. Oh, and a box of scones/danishes has been dangling on the door knob since Fri morning and is still there thus far. Who'll pay for this. Serves the place right. It should have been open to serve me my raisin (i only eat raisin,not apple/custard) danishes. One other gent who buys brekkie there had to go without as well today. Yeah, another schadenfreud mini victory tho.

You stole 3-day old pastries - that's your victory?

I'd hate to see one of your losses.

homemadecider · 06-01-2014 03:35PM

Daqster wrote: »

Down at Cineworld last week to see American Hustle, booked online, bag of munchies purchased, hand the girl the ticket and she asks for my Unlimited card, which I have of course forgotten. Miss Hitler tells me she can't let me in without it and so I head off resigned myself to yet another night alone crying. Then I had an idea and thought fcuk it, why not.

I went to my car, got my coat and reading glasses and walked back in, handed her the ticket and broke her concentration by asking her which level the toilets where on and it worked. Fecking win.

Movie was crap though.

I'm really hoping you had a pair of glasses with the fake nose attached! Like this: http://st.depositphotos.com/1022214/1940/i/950/depositphotos_19402445-Fake-nose-and-glasses.jpg

Pumpkinseeds · 06-01-2014 03:37PM

I hate using the self service tills in Tesco, but I managed to get a free box of cat food on both of my most recent visits. For some reason it only scanned one each time. I wasn't going to go back and ask em to charge me for it;)

I'm feeling a bit viral today and the weather is awful, but I managed to walk to the supermarket and back between downpours. Soup eaten now it's time for lemsip, Mr P drank the whisky over Christmas, no hot toddy for me:(

mathie · 06-01-2014 03:50PM

Went to SuperValu with a 7 euro off 40 voucher.
Bought two slabs of Guinness and a load of food and realsed I'd forgotten the voucher.
Got home and saw the guy only charged me for one slab of Guinness.
Take that liver!

06-01-2014 03:56PM

Had a girl naked back in a hotel room years ago before she told me she was a prostitute.. Kicked her out but got to see her tits for free. Beat the system.

krudler · 06-01-2014 04:00PM

Going to the bathroom in a restaurant and coming back to find your food just arrived at the table.

Having two bars of chocolate fall out of a vending machine.

Going to the cinema in the daytime and being the only person in the place.

Muise... · 06-01-2014 04:06PM

krudler wrote: »

Going to the bathroom in a restaurant and coming back to find your food just arrived at the table.

Having two bars of chocolate fall out of a vending machine.

Going to the cinema in the daytime and being the only person in the place.

aw, yours are the only victories that didn't mean losses for other people. Well, maybe the vending machine & cinema accounts departments, but yay for you and your non-zero-sum winnings.

LD 50 · 06-01-2014 04:06PM

Cycling to the gym yesterday, found a 20 euro note. Then on the way home, travelling a different route I found another 20.

Free monies!!

LD 50 · 06-01-2014 04:07PM

Or buying one ticket to the cinema, and managing to see 3 movies.

06-01-2014 04:14PM

Dublin Criminal mate rang me today, an assassination attempt was made on him today, gun jammed ! Take that Decko !!!

norrie rugger · 06-01-2014 04:18PM

Inspector Dhar wrote: »

Diet bedamned. I needed a chocolate fix & bought a purple snack. Guess what? No biscuit... just chocolate. Almost like winning the lottery.

I frakken love when that happens!!

sbsquarepants · 06-01-2014 04:33PM

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

I hate using the self service tills in Tesco, but I managed to get a free box of cat food on both of my most recent visits. For some reason it only scanned one each time. I wasn't going to go back and ask em to charge me for it;)

About 50% of the time, when I've bought 6 packs of Prazsky beer they only scanned as single cans.
Free beer kicks ass!:D

tin79 · 06-01-2014 04:37PM

krudler wrote: »

Going to the cinema in the daytime and being the only person in the place.

I would actually find that eerie and depressing!

whiskeyman · 06-01-2014 04:39PM

Getting on a flight with no one sat beside you.

Billy86 · 06-01-2014 04:45PM

Ordered a Thai takeaway a few days back over Just Eat. Went to 'pay with cash' option... but when it came they said it was paid already, and refused to take my money. I was in shock!

Felt like a bit of an arse though, I was so shocked I forgot to tip the delivery guy...

Santa Cruz · 06-01-2014 05:33PM

When moving to a new office block one of my tasks was allocating food lockers in the canteen area to the different members of staff. The lockers were in columns of five. I made sure to allocate a bottom row locker to a few bastards that made life hard for the rest of the lads on the shift whereas the rest of us got ones at shoulder height.
I have a little victory every day seeing the bastards coming in and having to bend down to get their lunch stuff from the locker.

GvidoR · 06-01-2014 05:35PM

Went to the bank to pay for rent and to the post office to pay for electricity in under 10 minutes (about 8 or 9). That must be some kind of a record.

robindch · 06-01-2014 11:22PM

Walking down the street holding a fresh coffee, see this pigeon take off from the footpath in front of me and fly straight towards me, but -- like a boss -- keep walking dead ahead towards the wildly flapping pigeon who suddenly darts off to the left and craps on the road, instead of flying over my head and crapping into my coffee and all over me.

Ush1 · 06-01-2014 11:24PM

LD 50 wrote: »

Cycling to the gym yesterday, found a 20 euro note. Then on the way home, travelling a different route I found another 20.

Free monies!!

Sure there wasn't a hole in your pocket?

IRLConor · 07-01-2014 06:18AM

whiskeyman wrote: »

Getting on a flight with no one sat beside you.

On my last work trip to the US I had been assigned a middle seat in a full row. The layout was 2-4-2 and I was in one of the middle seats. No aisle, no window.

(I also couldn't change the seat since it was booked via my company's travel agent. :mad:)

I had a few hours layover in Chicago and since I had to change terminals anyway I figured I'd go to the check-in desk and see if I could use some air miles to upgrade myself. The guy on the desk said I didn't have enough but then said "... but I'm sure I can put you in a better seat."

I ended up in a window seat at the bulkhead with no-one in the aisle seat! Usually you have to pay extra for those and I got them for free.

Sir Arthur Daley · 07-01-2014 06:23AM

Getting it up while Dogging earlier in sub 10 degree temperatures.

hairyslug · 07-01-2014 09:03AM

Got up this morning, kids had burnt out my bins,don't have to bring down my bins today

smallerthanyou · 07-01-2014 10:11AM

Rushing for the bus this morning but was going to miss it as hadn't reached stop to hail it but someone was getting off so bus had to stop allowing me to sprint to reach it. Its the little things really. I'm still late for work though so if the boss is off getting her morning tea as I arrive in that'll be double win.

Professey Chin · 07-01-2014 10:12AM

Professey Chin wrote: »

Made it to work before the bastard that always takes my favorite parking space.
Up yours silver mondeo man

BASTARD!! Ill get him tomorrow

Oops69 · 07-01-2014 07:13PM

Went for a run in the wet last week , had to run off the path onto the road because the usual herd was shuffling along with umbrellas etc blocking the path ,was cursing said shufflers to myself , when I ran across a wet 20 euro in the middle of the road , it dried out well on the radiator ......result!!

PizzamanIRL · 07-01-2014 07:18PM

Getting a roll from the deli with red sauce and when you get to the end of it, instead of being crispy and crunchy it's soft and soggy from the sauce.

life's small victories

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