Life on the bench: in my dressing gown

[Sysman]

Has anyone, anywhere, ever bought anything from PC World and had it just work? I don't mean 'only just' work. I mean function 100% as promised.

Yep. Got a Tosh laptop there and it was very reliable. A neighbour worked there and he pointed me at a model which was being discontinued, hence a wodge off the price. One handy thing was that I could pay with a company cheque and walk away with the goods there and then.

But not for anything else since about 1996. I found I could buy elsewhere cheaper.

Edit: Oh yeah, some cheap studenty offer on Visual C, but it turned out it only ran on Win95 and I'd been using NT 4.0 for a year.

[chris79]

Don't get him started.

Ah, just flicked back a few pages and seen the update.. that's utterly f**king ridiculous from the clients part (if the story is true). Unlucky mate, at least you've shown you can get an interview, do 3 hours, and come out a winner.. something will come up, just keep plugging away.

[RichardCranium]

you've shown you can get an interview, do 3 hours, and come out a winner.

Thank you. I needed to hear that today.

[Joe Bloque]

you've shown you can get an interview, do 3 hours, and come out a winner..

I second that. I've had similar experience. Client noted down future holidays for the year on my CV and said, i'd be working on particular technologies if that is what i wanted. Asked me whether I would commute or move. More importantly said see you around when leaving me off at the reception. Day later agent calls and says they would consider me for a project in sept but not now.

You reminded me an old contractor saying - don't fall in love with the gig you didn't get

[chris79]

You reminded me an old contractor saying - don't fall in love with the gig you didn't get

And never love a job you don't have... that one has been a hard one to learn over the years but something I've now mastered.

[RichardCranium]

The invoice is in the letterbox.

That'll give them something to think about, even if they only bin it.

They didn't bin it. The Account Manager rang me up, had a go at me, then they binned it.

I've had a tulip day.

[Zippy]

They didn't bin it. The Account Manager rang me up, had a go at me, then they binned it.

I've had a tulip day.

Bugger! Worth a try though.

You shouldn't be up all night at parties either ...

[RichardCranium]

You shouldn't be up all night at parties either ...

<bluster> <splutter>

[Zippy]

<bluster> <splutter>

<cough> hypocrite (I know)

[BrilloPad]

They didn't bin it. The Account Manager rang me up, had a go at me, then they binned it.

I've had a tulip day.