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Vulpes posted:You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means. You keep using that phrase, I do not think you realise it makes you sound like a dickhead 
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Infotainment! posted:
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Mar 29, 2016 08:09
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Couple of questions not really in the vein of the thread, but where else can I find a bunch of Kiwis all slumming together. Can anyone in Christchurch suggest somewhere I can get a good pair of shoes for work? Ill be on my feet 12 hours and they have to look half way respectable, I used to wear John Bull boots but they have been out of production a long time. I'm returning to work after being away for a year so price is a thing too. The second question reveals my ignorance.. I'm moving to a house that has NO internet at all, this has never happened to me before.. I roam the net and stream movies, what is the best way to do this? I probably don't use a lot of net compared to the average internet goon but I'm sure watching TV and movies will go thru a chunk. Come to think of it I have a router I can use already, but im not sure if I have a phone connection in the sleepout ill be using. Please educate me so I don't get rodgered by some salesman!
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Mar 30, 2016 07:20
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http://www.lastseason.co.nz Is great for really good quality shoes for cheap I got a pair of etnies in my size (massive) for $40, ordered them at 2pm and they were at my door by 9am the next day
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Mar 30, 2016 07:25
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504 posted:Couple of questions not really in the vein of the thread, but where else can I find a bunch of Kiwis all slumming together. In my experience as a wageslave, work boots are kind of like motorbike helmets & should be judged based on comfort first. Save fifty bucks, or gently caress your feet? The choice is yours  ! Regardless they still make and sell JB, and they're cheap.Cheaper then your internet bill anyway.
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Mar 30, 2016 08:16
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Oh I very much agree! Price is absolutely irrelevant to me when it comes to shoes normally, I managed to wreck two of my ligaments at the same time, but I'm caught in a bad situation where I need all the money I can get my hands on RIGHT NOW!! but am a good three weeks out from getting paid. I'm really trying to avoid borrowing money or jamming it all on my Q card. Got a drat dentist appointment tomorrow as well I have to pay for up front (broken tooth) and I have $400 to my name. Thanks for that link however, it never occurred to me to see if JB made other boots.. So used to wearing my old make.
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Mar 30, 2016 08:47
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Have you looked at skinny internet? It uses mobile networks but is $55 for 60 gig so not too bad
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Mar 31, 2016 03:12
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504 posted:Oh I very much agree! Also you can get some pretty mean shoes at the op shop in a pinch.
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Mar 31, 2016 05:11
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Slavvy posted:Also you can get some pretty mean shoes at the op shop in a pinch. Life being the hilarious dick it is has handed me a $250 gift voucher for shoes... I guess I cant complain, but why do these easy solutions always come up after I'm done with the worries and have been given decent ideas/advice?
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Mar 31, 2016 11:13
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504 posted:Life being the hilarious dick it is has handed me a $250 gift voucher for shoes... Also my dental bill today was "only" $200 so I still have $200 to live on, also the tooth I broke is very very dead and can drat well wait till ive been working a few weeks before getting jacked out. All in all it could be much worse. Thanks for all the advice and links guys.
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Mar 31, 2016 11:16
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http://i.stuff.co.nz/business/bette...nternet-dilemma Looks like Spark is paying to have content disguised as news put on to Stuff etc. The whole thing reads like it was written by a marketing copy writer.
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Apr 2, 2016 23:39
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Varkk posted:http://i.stuff.co.nz/business/bette...nternet-dilemma My brother-in-law used to write copy for Telecom. Frequently things he wrote would be put into newspapers verbatim.
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Apr 3, 2016 00:02
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It's more pronounced in the Sunday Herald, but basically every news piece about a corporation that is a positive human interest piece is a paid advertisement and has been for decades.
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Apr 3, 2016 01:29
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I don't think I've ever had a CSR who knew what they were doing except once when a CSR at Telstra transferred me to some grumpy gruff tech who was probably not expecting to talk to a customer. That convo was over really quickly, and to my satisfaction. The article almost goes out of its way to point out that Fenwick has a degree in computer science, implying csrs generally do....
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Apr 3, 2016 02:20
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So my missus works for samsung and currently she's involved with warranty claims on gadgets and stuff, this involves very frequently going out to retail outlets and collecting the massive stacks of broken rich man's baubles. On friday she got accused of theft by a certain noel leeming's and very nearly lost her job. Why? Because some random guy stole some poo poo and instead of looking at security camera footage to see who it was, or calling the cops, a certain noel leeming staff member decided to call the samsung boss directly to 'complain'. Later it turned out that the caller was a person who got knocked back after trying to hit on her and the whole thing was revenge for being rejected. hosed her whole day (naturally) and threw us off completely for stuff we were supposed to do friday night relating to our business. Not sure why I'm typing this here but sometimes I just get so loving infuriated by people's dumb retarded petty bullshit and it just drives me to despair. Who actually has the time and energy and inclination to gently caress with someone else's livelihood for no good reason like that? Like, I'm trying to achieve something with my life and devote my energies to productive, useful stuff that will improve our situation yet so many people don't think this way and just seem intent on swimming up storms inside their little teacups like little hamsters in their loving wheels sprinting furiously toward nothing. I swear most people actually enjoy drama and bullshit like this and do it for kicks or something and my brain is actually broken because I don't enjoy it at all and just want to tell everyone to gently caress off so I can do my own thing. Argh.
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Apr 3, 2016 03:00
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Does anyone want a free dominoes pizza code? 1 Free Trad pizza, delivery only, $20 minimum order, expires tonight. PM me for the code
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Apr 3, 2016 03:18
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Slavvy posted:So my missus works for samsung and currently she's involved with warranty claims on gadgets and stuff, this involves very frequently going out to retail outlets and collecting the massive stacks of broken rich man's baubles. On friday she got accused of theft by a certain noel leeming's and very nearly lost her job. Why? Because some random guy stole some poo poo and instead of looking at security camera footage to see who it was, or calling the cops, a certain noel leeming staff member decided to call the samsung boss directly to 'complain'. Later it turned out that the caller was a person who got knocked back after trying to hit on her and the whole thing was revenge for being rejected. hosed her whole day (naturally) and threw us off completely for stuff we were supposed to do friday night relating to our business. Because some people don't emotionally develop beyond year 8 and spend the rest of their lives being angry, pathetic fucks. I hope your SO got a grovelling apology from the person at Noel Leeming.
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Apr 3, 2016 03:51
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Yeah, sounds like your garden-variety shithead.
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Apr 3, 2016 03:58
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Vagabundo posted:I hope your SO got a grovelling apology from the person at Noel Leeming. Hahahaha yeah right.
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Apr 3, 2016 04:26
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klen dool posted:I don't think I've ever had a CSR who knew what they were doing except once when a CSR at Telstra transferred me to some grumpy gruff tech who was probably not expecting to talk to a customer. That convo was over really quickly, and to my satisfaction. CSRs are for the most part human firewalls. They literally risk their job if they diverge from the script / workflow laid out on the screen in front of them. As frustrating as it is, it is rarely the fault of the Muppet you're talking to and they are likely unable to actually resolve your issue, nor put you through to someone who can without first doing 25 bullshit things designed to get you to hang up the phone.
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Apr 3, 2016 04:42
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Slavvy posted:Hahahaha yeah right. Isn't this the point where you hit them with a personal grievance for sexual harassment.
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Apr 3, 2016 05:36
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Get her to send her story in to stuff and the herald and get a free tv
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Apr 3, 2016 05:57
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Varkk posted:Isn't this the point where you hit them with a personal grievance for sexual harassment. It's the point where we shrug and get on with our lives and a miniscule part of us deadens slightly more. I'm starting to understand why old people are so often perpetually hosed off and don't give a gently caress what you think.
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Apr 3, 2016 06:03
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Dude Free TV
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Apr 3, 2016 06:21
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I don't watch tv 
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Apr 3, 2016 06:41
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Slavvy posted:I don't watch tv But with the free one you could!
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Apr 3, 2016 06:51
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Slavvy posted:I don't watch tv
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Apr 3, 2016 07:04
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Fucken hipster bastard too good to watch the bachelor
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Apr 3, 2016 07:39
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I don't know what to say when my female coworkers all gather around to discuss the Bachelor. Mostly because I watch Archer, so I'm not really in a position to condemn mindless entertainment. edit: gently caress I was all geared up to sleep and then I spot my laptop clock. DLSsssssss 
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Apr 3, 2016 09:44
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WarpedNaba posted:Mostly because I watch Archer, so I'm not really in a position to condemn mindless entertainment. Anything written by Adam Reed and Matt Thomson is not mindless entertainment. 
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Apr 3, 2016 12:06
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WarpedNaba posted:I don't know what to say when my female coworkers all gather around to discuss the Bachelor. Don't work for a goverment department do you? I'm not even allowed in the room when my gaggle of woman friends watch that show.
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Apr 3, 2016 18:49
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It amazes me that so many women love that show when it's literally a televised gold-digging contest with a knob as the prize. Also the noel leeming's employee evidently got fired so all's well that ends well or whatever.
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Apr 4, 2016 00:40
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ha, serves the oval office right
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Apr 4, 2016 00:42
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/78514533/prominent-new-zealander-on-trialquote:A prominent New Zealand man has gone on trial accused of committing indecent acts on two women. Does this sound like the Sabin thing, or someone else?
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Apr 4, 2016 01:25
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I think there is an actor facing some charges as well. I think the other prominent NZer trial is scheduled for June.
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Apr 4, 2016 01:34
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I knew it wouldn't stop at ponytail pulling
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Apr 4, 2016 02:40
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Binkenstein posted:http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/78514533/prominent-new-zealander-on-trial His name suppression is lifted in about 12 days, so we might find out then.
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Apr 4, 2016 04:11
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I thought Sabin's victims were underage but maybe not. I wouldn't be surprised if he got permanent name suppression tho
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Apr 4, 2016 07:00
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The Rabbi T. White posted:CSRs are for the most part human firewalls. They literally risk their job if they diverge from the script / workflow laid out on the screen in front of them. As frustrating as it is, it is rarely the fault of the Muppet you're talking to and they are likely unable to actually resolve your issue, nor put you through to someone who can without first doing 25 bullshit things designed to get you to hang up the phone. This plus the fact that like 95% of the time their script will solve the problem because it could be fixed by restarting the modem or making sure it is plugged in.
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The Rabbi T. White posted:CSRs are for the most part human firewalls. They literally risk their job if they diverge from the script / workflow laid out on the screen in front of them. As frustrating as it is, it is rarely the fault of the Muppet you're talking to and they are likely unable to actually resolve your issue, nor put you through to someone who can without first doing 25 bullshit things designed to get you to hang up the phone. Yeah I know and it's really annoying, especially since the article makes them out to be more qualified. I am okay with it because 99% of issues can be solved by them and Telco's don't need to hire expensive highly qualified people to man the phones, but I still find it frustrating because when I ring it's always something on their end. Always. Most of the time it's absolutely fine, because I either know exactly what I want and they give it to me, or they will skip the script and give me to sonewho can help. But every now and then, I get some idiot (and there are idiots in all industrys) who is a pain in the arse - I had one who insisted that I need to reboot my "router" (he meant the cable modem) because it hadn't been rebooted in months. When I told him that I rebooted it moments before ringing he informed me that he was looking at the router status page and I was incorrect. When I told him I was looking at the same page and he must be looking in the wrong location he got really lovely and insisted that it was my wifi.... After a bit more back and forth, the internet started working mysteriously after no changes on my end. I suspect DNS issues, since I could ping the local loop Telstra gateway the whole time....
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