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  • MarillionFan
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    Originally posted by TestMangler View Post
    I'm sure I'll miss it at times. Do you miss yer tat shop or glad to be rid ? (Or, I suspect, a bit of both)
    Well rid to be honest. I used to go into shops and be like 'oh that's nice, I wonder if that would sell' then start a conversation with the owner and have a chinwag(being in the business and all that).

    Now when I walk in to someones shop I think 'Tat. What a bunch of mugs'.

    So no, I miss it like like a hole in the head. Actually, I'd prefer a hole in the head.

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  • TimberWolf
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    Dear Agent,

    Give us the money or else (the granny get it).

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  • eek
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    Dear Agent,

    As part of our new corporate sustainability and responsibility policy implemented due to the bribery act 2011 SC unlimited need to increase our prices to allow us to accurately account for the bribes (sorry, I meant) commission our mutual end client is paying for my services.

    yours,

    SC
    Last edited by eek; 23 September 2011, 11:11.

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  • TestMangler
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    Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
    Mad leftie birds can be quite good at bedtime activities.
    Except for the expectation of equality

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  • Mich the Tester
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    Originally posted by TestMangler View Post
    Ha. She didn't want to do the cafe thing in the first place. And she's now crying about selling it.

    Her background is in Social Work, early education etc The mad lefty cow
    Mad leftie birds can be quite good at bedtime activities.

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  • alreadypacked
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    Originally posted by TestMangler View Post
    Please forward the relevant paperwork and also take note of the fact that Agency's continued business relationship with both Spacecadet Ltd and Client Co relies on you not completely f**king this up.

    Chin Chin

    SpaceCadet (Managing Director).


    Note to Cojak - f**king, in this case, is being used as a substitute for 'forking', so please hold back on you usual 'non specific' infraction notice.

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  • TestMangler
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    Originally posted by eek View Post
    But what will your wife now do? I bet within 6 months she will be bored and want to open another business.

    Ha. She didn't want to do the cafe thing in the first place. And she's now crying about selling it.

    Her background is in Social Work, early education etc The mad lefty cow

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  • Mich the Tester
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    Originally posted by eek View Post
    But what will your wife now do? I bet within 6 months she will be bored and want to open another business.
    No, he said she has the patience of a fecking saint, so I suppose she'll stay busy at home fecking saints.

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  • eek
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    Originally posted by TestMangler View Post
    Any time we got pain in the arse customers, my Mrs (who has the patience of a fecking saint) could be heard chatting/reasoning/winning them over.
    )

    But what will your wife now do? I bet within 6 months she will be bored and want to open another business.

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  • d000hg
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    Dear agent,

    in your request to explain a requested rate rise; things are expensive and it's not fair I have to spend so much on petrol for the same money. Also, the client canteen stopped giving cheap prices to contractors.

    Love,
    SpaceCadet.



    The sad thing is, to many this would be a fair reason

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  • Mich the Tester
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    Originally posted by Paddy View Post
    Dear Agent,

    Do you think it important to cut Co2?
    Would you want to help prevent global warming?
    Is it important for all of us to care about the environment?


    You can do something, you can offset the Co2 emissions from a contractor by paying a nominal amount of £30 per day…
    Brilliant! Especially seeing as my agent has issued a 'sustainability and corporate responsibility statement'.

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  • TestMangler
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    Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
    These types of businesses are quite fun. Don't expect to make a fortune from them but you can make a living for a normal person. As a contractor you think to yourself 'What a cock' as you smile as some moaning customer as they complain over some £3 purchase 'I could ******* buy you!'.

    Numbers dont stack up.
    Any time we got pain in the arse customers, my Mrs (who has the patience of a fecking saint) could be heard chatting/reasoning/winning them over. Then a voice would boom out from the kitchen along the lines of "Tell the **** to **** off and take his ****ing £2 and ram it up his ****ing ****"

    As I said, I'm not a people person

    I'm sure I'll miss it at times. Do you miss yer tat shop or glad to be rid ? (Or, I suspect, a bit of both)

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  • Paddy
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    Dear Agent,

    Do you think it important to cut Co2?
    Would you want to help prevent global warming?
    Is it important for all of us to care about the environment?


    You can do something, you can offset the Co2 emissions from a contractor by paying a nominal amount of £30 per day…

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  • MarillionFan
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    Originally posted by TestMangler View Post
    That's how I got it in the first place

    Previous owner bought it, screwed it up and closed it.

    I bought it for roughly 25% of what they paid and sold it for roughly 75% of their purchese price (or 3x my purchase price).

    In all seriousness, it's feckin' hard work and I don't think I would do it again, but it was good fun at times too. I'm not enough of a 'people person' for that kind of life
    These types of businesses are quite fun. Don't expect to make a fortune from them but you can make a living for a normal person. As a contractor you think to yourself 'What a cock' as you smile as some moaning customer as they complain over some £3 purchase 'I could ******* buy you!'.

    Numbers dont stack up.

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  • TestMangler
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    Originally posted by eek View Post
    Given the number of people over the years I have met who have bought a cafe and screwed up something or other I would keep the cash to hand.

    You will probably be able to buy it back at 1/2 the price in six months time.
    That's how I got it in the first place

    Previous owner bought it, screwed it up and closed it.

    I bought it for roughly 25% of what they paid and sold it for roughly 75% of their purchese price (or 3x my purchase price).

    In all seriousness, it's feckin' hard work and I don't think I would do it again, but it was good fun at times too. I'm not enough of a 'people person' for that kind of life

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