Author Topic: The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant. (Read 1627028 times)

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #7800 on:** 16 June, 2016, 04:41:37 pm »

I'd guess that in the specific case of M&S their average customer is older now than twenty years ago. Does anyone under 60 buy anything other than socks and pants there nowadays?

hellymedic · « **Reply #7801 on:** 16 June, 2016, 05:12:59 pm »

I am not quite 60. I do buy some things there.

I'm sure Young People buy their comestibles.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #7802 on:** 16 June, 2016, 06:29:20 pm »

Yes, their food appeals to all ages.

barakta · « **Reply #7803 on:** 16 June, 2016, 06:59:23 pm »

Some of their larger petite range of women's clothes fit me reasonably well. I'm only 36. Their basic tops are also useful, reasonably hard wearing, plain and not expensive.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #7804 on:** 16 June, 2016, 07:07:51 pm »

Are their larger petite sizes complemented by a smaller plus range?

Clare · « **Reply #7805 on:** 16 June, 2016, 07:10:41 pm »

Petite relates to height, sadly it does not have an anti petite counterpart.

barakta · « **Reply #7806 on:** 16 June, 2016, 07:12:17 pm »

Yeah, I'm 5'3ish about the top end of 'petite'.

Kim · « **Reply #7807 on:** 16 June, 2016, 07:14:13 pm »

Quote from: Clare on 16 June, 2016, 07:10:41 pm

Petite relates to height, sadly it does not have an anti petite counterpart.

I've always thought the maternity section fills this role, at least in practice. Usual context: "Ah, these look like a more sensible shape..." *looks up at sign* "Bugger."

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #7808 on:** 16 June, 2016, 07:28:56 pm »

Oh, I thought petite meant short and slender. Or stumpy and skinny, as you prefer. But definitely with an important or even dominant thinness component.

Actually, shouldn't the complement to 'plus sizes' be 'minus sizes'? No, maybe not.

ElyDave · « **Reply #7809 on:** 16 June, 2016, 09:03:48 pm »

I'm 42 and I buy underthings, shirts for work and the odd work (office) trousers and jumpers.

The longevity is generally good from them.

Unfortunately I now need to spend more time in both client offices and the mothership.

ian · « **Reply #7810 on:** 16 June, 2016, 10:32:35 pm »

I confess I buy the occasional pair of trousers from M&S because they do 30 inch waists and short legs (if you order them online). Yeah, they have skinny legs and I suspect all that cycling has made me calves of steel and thighs of, erm, something tremendously hard. I do apparently have very taut buttocks. I'd prefer I'd not been told that by a man. I have got to get some friends who aren't gay.

There is alas no 'petit' range for the modern man. They probably need a petitx for non-binary gender defiant dwarves. Can I say dwarves? Actually aren't they friends of elves? Little people. I'm not sure if they're from Middle Earth. You're not supposed to ask them.

Most other stuff I wear comes from those outdoor activity stores. I look like I may climb a mountain at any moment. Other than the general lack of mountains. Sometimes I wear corduroy. Just because I can. Mostly I look like Activity Moby.

hellymedic · « **Reply #7811 on:** 16 June, 2016, 10:36:07 pm »

ISTR M&S trousers in smaller waist sizes were rather Crystal Palace...

ElyDave · « **Reply #7812 on:** 16 June, 2016, 10:55:24 pm »

When going industrial jeans and polo shirt or walking troos and something merino are perfectly ok

Bledlow · « **Reply #7813 on:** 16 June, 2016, 11:18:05 pm »

Mrs B had to apply for a parking permit for her offices. The form had a confusingly named field with a drop down menu of postcodes of sites - offices, clinics, hospitals, etc. She picked one from the list, but wasn't sure (& nor was I) that this was what was wanted.

Application rejected. She should have ignored the drop-down menu & typed in her home postcode.

She has to re-apply.

What idiot designed that form? Rules: Thou shalt not present users with invalid options. All fields should be clearly & unambiguously labelled. A drop-down menu, if used, must present all valid options. And so on . . .

Pedaldog. · « **Reply #7814 on:** 16 June, 2016, 11:48:14 pm »

Quote from: barakta on 16 June, 2016, 07:12:17 pm

Yeah, I'm 5'3ish about the top end of 'petite'.

I'm as wide as I am high! 5' 8" tall and need XXXXl stuff on the top half or "Pull em under my belly" 42" waist 30" leg trousers.
I suppose I could eat less and move around more for a while?

Tim Hall · « **Reply #7815 on:** 17 June, 2016, 09:29:55 am »

Quote from: hellymedic on 16 June, 2016, 10:36:07 pm

ISTR M&S trousers in smaller waist sizes were rather Crystal Palace...

Presumably that's the same as Titanic trousers TAAW.

Diver300 · « **Reply #7816 on:** 17 June, 2016, 04:50:42 pm »

The work bus left bang on time as I got within 10 metres of it this morning so I had to wait 15 mins for the next one.
The roadworks mean that the busses have to go past the pick up point at my office on the way to the main office, but ROOLS say that I have to stay on it, be taken to the main office, get off there and cycle back on the main road. Only an 8 minute delay.
This afternoon's bus passed me on the way out, as I was on my way to catch it, 3 minutes before it was due.
The one 15 minutes later was bang on time but the WiFi doesn't work.
The data from the vehicle tracking system on the busses is considered too secret for the passengers to have access too.
40 minutes extra for the bus journey than it needed to be, or 20% of the journey time.
How long is the average commute in this country?

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #7817 on:** 17 June, 2016, 07:18:31 pm »

Those little spring clips that fasten V-brake blocks to the holders: sometimes they're taped to the backing card, sometime's they're just loose. In the latter case you can very easily lose them... And even if you don't lose them, they're really fiddly to get in. Why don't they use a retaining screw like sidepulls?

CAMRAMan · « **Reply #7818 on:** 18 June, 2016, 03:29:34 pm »

Eldest two offspring: working on a Saturday is bad enough, but coming home to two 'you weren't in' courier cards is going to piss me off when both of you plainly were in. Lazy gits.

hellymedic · « **Reply #7819 on:** 18 June, 2016, 04:04:29 pm »

Quote from: A Warwickshire Lad on 18 June, 2016, 03:29:34 pm

Eldest two offspring: working on a Saturday is bad enough, but coming home to two 'you weren't in' courier cards is going to piss me off when both of you plainly were in. Lazy gits.

Offspring or couriers lazy gits?

I have known couriers fail to use doorbell...

T42 · « **Reply #7820 on:** 18 June, 2016, 04:17:19 pm »

^^^ A couple of years back one of our posties was fired for doing that a bit too often.

Paul · « **Reply #7821 on:** 18 June, 2016, 05:45:52 pm »

I've heard this alleged. Even suspected it myself once. But it seems illogical to me. Isn't it more work to carry the parcel back? And doesn't it take longer to write the card than to wait for someone to answer the door?

Ashaman42 · « **Reply #7822 on:** 18 June, 2016, 06:16:58 pm »

But much easier to pre write the cards and not carry the parcel at all.

Paul · « **Reply #7823 on:** 18 June, 2016, 06:18:57 pm »

No! Is that what they do? But isn't there quite a good chance of getting caught doing that?

hellymedic · « **Reply #7824 on:** 18 June, 2016, 06:43:03 pm »

My (old) failed delivery anecdote did not involve a card. I had paid extra for M&S to deliver on a specified date.
Courier's website stated failed delivery at time when I knew I was sitting downstairs awaiting delivery.
The alleged 'no response' on the website got me to check the doorbell, which worked perfectly.

I told both M&S and John Lewis that I would not use their mail order service until they used another courier.