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Last night I popped in to local Sainsbury’s to get a couple of things and a bottle of bubbles as today is our 30th wedding anniversary.
As I had the audacity to purchase an expensive fizz the red light on the till was flashing at the self check out which resulted in two members of staff approaching my ‘SCO’ (if you know you know) from opposite directions. Upon arrival they decided to have a full blown row about who should go and cover the “manned” tills (what’s left of them in store) and who was due to take a break soon and at no point either worrying about attending to the customer whose purchases needed scrutiny in case I was nicking anything or was not old enough to purchase it.
Is it just because I am in my late 50s that I believe that any concept of customer service within the retail environment has gone or has the drive to reduce costs meant that service can do one as long as they can sell you something.
Is this the onset of grumpy old man syndrome or is society well and truly fooked?
Evening all, future son-in-law needs to do a data analysis project for his final module of his computer science degree.
He is going to look at certain trends of success tenure of managers during premier league years and transfer budgets v revenue etc etc.
Does anyone know of any websites that would be reputable that produce good genuine football data rather than the other clickbait nonsense out there please
Sorry Nix and others but my eldest daughter needs willing male participants to complete a survey on men's attitudes to mental health.
Some of you may remember me posting over the years about my eldest girls severe mental health illness, which at age 26 she is still dealing with and is awaiting treatment for an eating disorder and extreme OCD.
However, the good news is that she has a life plan now and is in her final year of a Psychology degree via the Open University.
Due to her inadvertently already being an expert in mental health conditions her final module is focusing on the attitude of British men in the 2020s towards seeking help for their mental health - and whether it is more likely that they will seek help if they come in to contact with other men who have previously sort help.
For it to be a valid submission she needs a minimum of 150 qualifying responders and I told her I knew just the place where there were thousands of 18+ men whose mental health has been tested to the limits due to their football club!!!
I piloted the survey and it does ask some challenging questions on attitudes but I can assure you on her behalf (and the introduction to the survey confirms) that it is 100% anonymous and no personal data (including IP addresses) are tracked or stored etc.
On my daughter's behalf I would love as many of you to help and participate in this online survey which should take around 10-15min max to complete.
During the match tonight the commentator pipes up…..
‘The last time they won against a top flight team in the 4th round was way back in 1985, when they were managed by Billy Bremner and beat Queens Park Rangers’.
We were the gift that keeps on giving even back then.
I know I have been less than gracious about Finney as host of my fave Podcast of the last 10+ years but a good hour with Warbs reflecting on times past and clear that Mark keeps an eye on what Marti and the team are up to.
Finney reined it in 99% with the Chelsea/Brentford hatred bile that makes some recent stuff go off in unnecessary tangents, so a good listen.
Warbs thinks that between Marti and the squad we should stay up. Let’s hope so.
The FT whistle went and for 1min the glass of Merlot with the Pizza, the two Black Bush and the ‘I’m on holiday tomorrow so I will try that bottle of Black Barrel’ kicked in and I was raging.
But I was at LF on Saturday afternoon for the draw against the Canaries.
Tonight after 44 mins we were shite.
But that was the first defeat in a while and those ‘we will easily win this!’ never comes true.
In Ennistymon for a wedding Friday and gutted I am not at HQ for Sunderland game. Have rental car and happy to travel the county in search of a QPR friendly publican with a dodgy box