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Previously on "So who has been quiet recently?"

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  • northernladuk
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    Originally posted by vetran View Post
    actually something not dissimilar happened to me a few years ago. So you may have missed such exciting times but I bet a load of us have been screwed like this.
    Ahhh so YOU are PCs mate.....

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  • LondonManc
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    Originally posted by vetran View Post
    actually something not dissimilar happened to me a few years ago. So you may have missed such exciting times but I bet a load of us have been screwed like this.
    Zed's dead baby

    HTHBIDI

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
    actually something not dissimilar happened to me a few years ago. So you may have missed such exciting times but I bet a load of us have been screwed like this.

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  • LondonManc
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    Originally posted by psychocandy View Post
    Mate of mine worked as support for a dodgy place. His role involved being sent to customer sites to fix app problems. Trouble was the app was crap and just didnt work so lots of irate customers.

    He went to one place who'd had a right run in with mates employer and it all kicked off. They locked the gate, locked the doors and told mate he wasnt leaving until if was fixed.

    He ended up having to call the police to come and talk sense into them.
    It's always a "mate of mine" with you.
    "mate of mine" got taken hostage
    "mate of mine" was actually inside IR35 but pretended he wasn't
    "mate of mine" got stuck in a sheep

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  • northernladuk
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    Originally posted by psychocandy View Post
    Mate of mine worked as support for a dodgy place. His role involved being sent to customer sites to fix app problems. Trouble was the app was crap and just didnt work so lots of irate customers.

    He went to one place who'd had a right run in with mates employer and it all kicked off. They locked the gate, locked the doors and told mate he wasnt leaving until if was fixed.

    He ended up having to call the police to come and talk sense into them.
    Last edited by northernladuk; 28 January 2016, 19:14.

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  • psychocandy
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    Mate of mine worked as support for a dodgy place. His role involved being sent to customer sites to fix app problems. Trouble was the app was crap and just didnt work so lots of irate customers.

    He went to one place who'd had a right run in with mates employer and it all kicked off. They locked the gate, locked the doors and told mate he wasnt leaving until if was fixed.

    He ended up having to call the police to come and talk sense into them.

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  • LondonManc
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    We'd never have seen suity again.

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  • FatLazyContractor
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    Originally posted by DodgyAgent View Post
    I think we could be onto something Any agency head who tries to talk jargon and teccie as an excuse not to pay contractors should be held at gunpoint until the job is done . I like it
    FTFY, you forum per-ass-onality of CUK

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  • DodgyAgent
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    I think we could be onto something Any propeller head who tries to talk jargon and teccie as an excuse not to fix computer problems should be held at gunpoint until the job is done . I like it

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  • vetran
    started a topic So who has been quiet recently?

    So who has been quiet recently?

    This gun says you ain’t leaving until my PC is fixed • The Register

    On-call ABDUCTION 151228046, 2700 block of S. Grove Street. At approximately 11:00 a.m. on December 28, a male subject refused to let a computer technician leave the residence until his computer was fixed. The suspect allegedly had a gun in his possession and threatened to kill the victim. Joseph Nestor Mondello, 50, of Arlington VA was arrested and charged with abduction.
    blimey

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