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    • Tago MagoT
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      @Matt:

      How about put your fucking phone in your pocket and enjoy your meal.  It’s blatantly rude to the person you’re eating with and to every other person who has to listen to you.  Mobile phones are a privilege, not a right.  I expect to say things like that to my children, not to adults.

      Amen to that

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      • J
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        Had to post this here.   

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        • goosehdG
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          😃 😃 😃

          "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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          • mclaincauseyM
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            @Giles:

            @mclaincausey:

            On the plane this happens a lot too now.

            Yep, I had a guy next to me a year or so ago watching something on his speakerphone for almost the whole flight.  When we landed at Heathrow, he asked if he could borrow my phone to call his taxi driver, because his phone had run out of battery. I'm afraid I declined.

            With prejudice and a smile on your face, I would guess 😃

            Think it, be it.

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            • popvultureP
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              Speakerphone convos drive me absolutely apeshit. RIP tact.

              WTB
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              • GilesG
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                @mclaincausey:

                @Giles:

                With prejudice and a smile on your face, I would guess 😃

                With extreme prejudice and a scowl….

                "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

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                • NikN
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                  Builders finishing work on my house today. Got a text from him last night saying that he would appreciate 2k over the fixed price quote of 25000 for losses he has incurred on the job due to things going wrong, which we've already paid 2.5k extra for. He has explained that he hasn't been able to pay himself a wage for part of the job. My partner and I are cleaning toward no but it's a tough one.

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                  • GilesG
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                    I'd appreciate getting SAKURA for a £100,000 less, I'll drop the shipyard a text…...

                    "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

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                    • dinobarnesberlinD
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                      😃

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                      • goosehdG
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                        Paging @neph93 …he’s had more than his share of this situation.  Best of luck @Nik

                        I would have a really hard time paying that unless there was a really good justification, and I mean really good.

                        "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                        • ARNCA
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                          @Nik I’ll defer to those that know infinitely more than me, but are you likely to need the builder for any future projects? Maybe a chance to lock in favourable rates for next time if you have something planned?

                          Still my initial reaction was the same as yours!

                          “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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                          • NikN
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                            Told him that we had agreed the fixed quote and already paid extra and couldn't afford any more. He was upset, but we managed to end it on ok terms. There was some argument and difficulty, so I am pleased it is over.

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                            • GilesG
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                              Congrats and thanks for letting us know, I have been thinking about you since reading your post this morning….

                              "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

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                              • goosehdG
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                                That’s good news and I’m glad you held your ground.  The only way I would have paid is if:

                                1). My indecisiveness put the project on hold for a period of time
                                2). I changed the specs of the project which altered the scope of work.

                                Now, I’m really interested in seeing how @Giles text went for the boat… 😃 😃

                                "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                • GilesG
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                                  Hi Giles

                                  Am really sorry but after asking our production manager we are not anymore able to make any changes / adittions.

                                  Hope for your understanding

                                  Michael Heinig
                                  Sales & Marketing Manager

                                  "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

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                                  • goosehdG
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                                    😃 😃 :D…and you have to put the two halves together….

                                    "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                    • mclaincauseyM
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                                      @goosehd:

                                      2). I changed the specs of the project which altered the scope of work.

                                      TBF, if that were to happen, you'd want to specify the changes and their impact to the charges in an amendment or else you're effectively giving the person carte blanche to charge whatever they want.

                                      Think it, be it.

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                                      • mclaincauseyM
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                                        I mostly approve of Jared Polis, Colorado’s centrist Democrat governor. But the utility oversight panel that he appointed just rubber-stamps rate hikes by our for-profit utility company, who is at record profits right now and just raised rates significantly, and also drags their feet on adding solar power to the grid.

                                        The perverse economics at play for something so essential being run by a for-profit organization is supposed to be regulated by this board. Having become complicit in an immoral rate hike that is forcing families to choose between freezing and stable finances is an unconscionable act. Gas prices, for the record, have gone down.

                                        Fuck this shit. Sick of being a mark all the time, and being a natural monopoly, a mark without options.

                                        Think it, be it.

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                                        • popvultureP
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                                          Money always wins.

                                          WTB
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                                          • MattM
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                                            Time to get off grid bro.  Let’s get solar powered bunkers and we’ll be ready for anything.

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