• Home
    • Recent
    • Calendar
    • Register
    • Login
    Iron Heart Forum
    Iron Heart Forum

    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Collection Preview - Now Live

    Random Rants

    General Chat
    406
    13.5k
    4.3m
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • Morose_PenguinM
      Morose_Penguin
      Raw and Unwashed
      Joined:

      "So… I know you started work at 6:30, but how about working 'til 16:30?"

      Later that day...

      "Would you come into work on Thursday?... I know it's one of your holidays but I'm really struggling..."

      (Slap bang in the middle of three days off...).

      I ****ing love my job some days!!

      Icing on the cake? This years staff bonus isn't happening. The response from our wonderful store manager edited highlights:

      Apologises for the length of this rant, but it's really getting me down at the moment…*wanders off in search of beer and #DoctorWhisky

      last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • SeulS
        Seul
        Joined:

        Slight passive-aggressive action in that "communiqué"… Really rubs me the wrong way...

        I just volunteered to come into work on my day off (Thursday) btw… Due to the hot weather, I have a much bigger delivery of stuff coming in on Friday and not the time to do it... Rather split it between two days than do it on one... Fucking sucks cause my boss knows this but refuses to add someone on Friday... In his defence: the only guy who could've been added quits May 31st  :-\ 😉

        last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • ChrisC
          Chris
          Raw and Unwashed
          Joined:

          "…and hopefully be rewarded with a better bonus next year"?  Wouldn't that require them to give you a bonus this year?

          That truly sucks, dude.  Terrible memo that makes me pissed and I don't even work there.  Sorry.:(

          last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • hecticH
            hectic
            Joined:

            Yep, corporate wank to the max. Symps.

            last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • GilesG
              Giles
              IHUK Crew
              Joined:

              "over something that shallow" - just feck right off…...

              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

              last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • FurattoHeddoF
                FurattoHeddo
                Joined:

                I'd bet you the wanker will be getting a fat bonus for himself though…

                "Don't ever be sorry"

                last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • emceeQE
                  emceeQ
                  啓蒙家
                  Joined:

                  After a long day of delayed flights my last one was cancelled and I'm stuck in Chicago.  Fuck.

                  last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • ChrisC
                    Chris
                    Raw and Unwashed
                    Joined:

                    I know you're tired and ready to be home, but there are worse places to be stuck.  Though I suppose if all you're doing is camping out in the airport, where you are is irrelevant.

                    last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • emceeQE
                      emceeQ
                      啓蒙家
                      Joined:

                      @Chris:

                      I know you're tired and ready to be home, but there are worse places to be stuck.  Though I suppose if all you're doing is camping out in the airport, where you are is irrelevant.

                      Definitely true, and I am thankful to be stuck at O'hare instead of Midway as well.

                      That being said holing up  in the airport overnight is never all that pleasant

                      last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • GilesG
                        Giles
                        IHUK Crew
                        Joined:

                        Someone just sent me an email and asked what would my best price be of a pair of IH-9634Z to a first time buyer.  My reply was USD350 (i.e. list).  He just came back and said "I was thinking more like USD300".  I told him to think what he liked…..

                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

                        last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • L
                          LandoCal126 0
                          Banned
                          Joined:

                          @Giles:

                          Someone just sent me an email and asked what would my best price be of a pair of IH-9634Z to a first time buyer.  My reply was USD350 (i.e. list).  He just came back and said "I was thinking more like USD300".  I told him to think what he liked…..

                          Hahahahaha, I had no idea you had a stand at the Rose Bowl G?

                          last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • ChrisC
                            Chris
                            Raw and Unwashed
                            Joined:

                            Awesome!  I didn't know prices were negotiable; that's great news!  You'll be receiving an email soon with my revised offers for various items.  I look forward to at least a 10% break, since I'm a repeat offender customer…

                            last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • bagley920B
                              bagley920
                              Joined:

                              @Giles:

                              Someone just sent me an email and asked what would my best price be of a pair of IH-9634Z to a first time buyer.  My reply was USD350 (i.e. list).  He just came back and said "I was thinking more like USD300".  I told him to think what he liked…..

                              I've always been a proponent that you give discounts to loyal customers, not new ones. Sadly, most companies do just the opposite these days.

                              If I am not I, who will be? -Henry David Thoreau

                              last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • GilesG
                                Giles
                                IHUK Crew
                                Joined:

                                Agreed.  Text from last email I sent him…

                                1. Someone who negotiates as a first time buyer is usually only a one time buyer
                                2. If they do return a precedent has been set
                                3. First time buyers are the most costly in terms of returns etc
                                4. Why would we favour a completely new customer over our 1'000's of repeat customers?

                                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

                                last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • bagley920B
                                  bagley920
                                  Joined:

                                  @Giles:

                                  Agreed.  Text from last email I sent him…

                                  1. Someone who negotiates as a first time buyer is usually only a one time buyer
                                  2. If they do return a precedent has been set
                                  3. First time buyers are the most costly in terms of returns etc
                                  4. Why would we favour a completely new customer over our 1'000's of repeat customers?

                                  Thumbs up!

                                  If I am not I, who will be? -Henry David Thoreau

                                  last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • JCar2666J
                                    JCar2666
                                    Joined:

                                    The only time I ever negotiate on prices is on big ticket items such as cars, bikes and someday a home.  I can't imagine doing this with clothes.  Especially brand new.  If you don't want to pay what it cost then don't buy it.

                                    last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • SeulS
                                      Seul
                                      Joined:

                                      I've had people trying to get a bargain on new PERISHABLES… As in: trying to lower the price of a bar of choc...

                                      Nothing amazes me anymore in that department, you can imagine...

                                      last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • SeulS
                                        Seul
                                        Joined:

                                        I also once had a customer follow up on his question on how much a box of cereals costed with "Why does it cost that much?"…

                                        I thought of giving him a line of Socrates, maybe Aristoteles, but instead just turned around...

                                        last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • Morose_PenguinM
                                          Morose_Penguin
                                          Raw and Unwashed
                                          Joined:

                                          "The cover of this magazine I want is ripped, could you knock £1.00 off the price?"

                                          No, but I'll wait patiently while you fetch another… etc etc.

                                          last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                          • daynymD
                                            daynym
                                            Joined:

                                            Just took a look at cultizm. Theres an ad of lvc. Slogan: tribute to the biker.
                                            Could be an IH slogan too. Furthermore they have a black overdyed 505.
                                            Seems like the big L found some inspiration in our beloved label…

                                            why so serious?

                                            last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                            • First post
                                              Last post
                                            Copyright Iron Heart 2025.