Hedgecutter Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Getting a phone operator with a Scottish accent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Hedgecutter said: Getting a phone operator with a Scottish accent. I'd completely forgotten this but a few years ago I phoned a (USA) help desk to hear a gentleman with a very refained Morningsaid type accent. Delighted, I asked him where he was from. Mumbai. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 2 minutes ago, Shotgun said: I'd completely forgotten this but a few years ago I phoned a (USA) help desk to hear a gentleman with a very refained Morningsaid type accent. Delighted, I asked him where he was from. Mumbai. I wonder how much they'd pay you in a Bangalore call centre if you have a genuine and clear Scottish accent, nothing too weegie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 19 minutes ago, welshbairn said: I wonder how much they'd pay you in a Bangalore call centre if you have a genuine and clear Scottish accent, nothing too weegie. Judy Dent scored a gig as a corporate trainer at a Jaipur one in 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel'. Her accent's not all that Scottish though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duszek Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 (edited) Managing to get the petrol pump to stop at xx:00. “Get in” plus nod of satisfaction, then off. Edited November 27, 2021 by Duszek 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 The clicking sound that cobbles make as they get dragged by waves Pebbles too, but cobbles sound better. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 On 27/11/2021 at 16:06, Duszek said: Managing to get the petrol pump to stop at xx:00. “Get in” plus nod of satisfaction, then off. I dunno if I'm just showing my age (36) or the petrol pumps are more sensitive these days, but in my youth I used to always get it to stop on the :00. Now it's very rare that I do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackdaybob Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 ^^^^ I've long given up with that ^^^^ Used to but I've realised life is far too short to be worrying about that. It used to tick me right off too if I missed it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Why don't you just use the £5,£10 or £20 buttons? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 3 hours ago, TheScarf said: I dunno if I'm just showing my age (36) or the petrol pumps are more sensitive these days, but in my youth I used to always get it to stop on the :00. Now it's very rare that I do. By the time you hit 36, the answer to "is it just my age, or" is always that it's just your age 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 34 minutes ago, Mr. Alli said: Why don't you just use the £5,£10 or £20 buttons? It’s only the Tesco ones up here that have that function. And they’re always mobbed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empty It Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Why don't you just use the £5,£10 or £20 buttons? I've always found they slow the pump down massively, more fun trying to get it to land on a whole number. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountyFan Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Mr. Alli said: Why don't you just use the £5,£10 or £20 buttons? The what nows? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Mr. Alli said: Why don't you just use the £5,£10 or £20 buttons? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 34 minutes ago, CountyFan said: The what nows? Most stations have moved on and now have £5, £10 & £20 buttons. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 I'm going to sell all the Tesla shares I don't have and put them in Petrotec. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountyFan Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Mind genuinely blown. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 That's what they have on the continent. Actually, they've got all kinds of weird systems, but that's one of them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meldrew Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 3 hours ago, Mr. Alli said: Why don't you just use the £5,£10 or £20 buttons? because i don't put fuel in by the £, i fill up by the litre, usually 30 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuckleMoo Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 I dunno if I'm just showing my age (36) or the petrol pumps are more sensitive these days, but in my youth I used to always get it to stop on the :00. Now it's very rare that I do.Nothing to do with age and everything to do with the price of diesel/petrol nowadays. The counter spins that quickly that it's frigging impossible to stop it on the zeros 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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