Heard in B&Q today. "Could we have a male member at the checkout please"

Followed by: "We are still waiting for a male member"

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Heard in B&Q today. "Could we have a male member at the checkout please"

Followed by: "We are still waiting for a male member"


Reminds me of a PA, not made by Tannoy, announcement that the
switchboard operator was conned into making at a factory in Cambridge
where I worked for a while. We had various stores, one was for small
hand tools..
" Would John Thomas please return to the small tool store"
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Bill

In article , Bill
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In message , John
writes
Heard in B&Q today. "Could we have a male member at the checkout please"

Followed by: "We are still waiting for a male member"


Reminds me of a PA, not made by Tannoy, announcement that the
switchboard operator was conned into making at a factory in Cambridge
where I worked for a while. We had various stores, one was for small
hand tools..
" Would John Thomas please return to the small tool store"

Same as where I worked once,

"Can Sandra Wood come in reception"

With a great chorus of "Oh no she can't" or " she wood if she could but
she can't" from the male members on the shop floor!.


Poor girl took it all with good grace....
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tony sayer

On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 21:54:51 GMT, Bill wrote:

Heard in B&Q today. "Could we have a male member at the checkout
please"

Followed by: "We are still waiting for a male member"

Reminds me of a PA, ...
snip
We had various stores, one was for small hand tools..
" Would John Thomas please return to the small tool store"

Or at a certain training establishment not a million miles from
Evesham where the standard form of PA call was "Telephone call for Mr
firstname lastname, Mr initial surname". Peter Niss was quite
popular, I forget the others. B-)

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I forget the others. B-)

Ivor Biggun

G&M wrote:

I forget the others. B-)


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G&M wrote:

I forget the others. B-)


Ivor Biggun

Mike Hunt


A friend went to another friend's company and managed to use a fake
Scandinavian accent to introduce himself.
The dotty receptionist must've had a hard day because she didn't spot the
joke so she phoned through to her boss and said "There's a Hugh Jars in
reception for you"!

Mungo

P.S. Before you know it we'll regurgitate other classics like the wedding
announcement between someone from Africa and someone from Scotland which
was printed in a local paper. The surnames of the allegedly hitched parties
were "Mbosa" and "Ritchie" :-)

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G&M wrote:

I forget the others. B-)


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I forget the others. B-)

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one from the net

Excellent handling of a difficult situation! An award should go to the
Ansett Airlines gate attendant in Sydney for being smart and funny, while
making her point, when confronted with a passenger who probably deserved to
fly as cargo.
A crowded Ansett flight was cancelled after Ansett's 767s had been with
drawn from service. A single attendant was re-booking a long line of
inconvenienced travellers. Suddenly an angry passenger pushed his way to
the desk. He slapped his ticket down on the counter and said, "I HAVE to be
on this flight and it HAS to be FIRST CLASS." The attendant replied, "I'm
sorry sir. I'll be happy to try to help you, but I've got to help these
people first, and I'm sure we'll be able to work something out." The
passenger was unimpressed. He asked loudly, so that the passengers behind
him could hear, "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHO I AM?"
Without hesitating, the attendant smiled and grabbed her public address
microphone: "May I have your attention please," she began - her voice heard
clearly throughout the terminal. "We have a passenger here at Gate 14 WHO
DOES NOT KNOW WHO HE IS. If anyone can help him find his identity, please
come to Gate 14." With the folks behind him in line laughing hysterically,
the man glared at the Ansett attendant, gritted his teeth and said. "F***
You!" Without flinching, she smiled and said, "I'm sorry, sir, but you'll
have to get in line for that, too".

Excellent handling of a difficult situation! An award should go to the
Ansett Airlines gate attendant in Sydney for being smart and funny, while
making her point, when confronted with a passenger who probably deserved
to
fly as cargo.
A crowded Ansett flight was cancelled after Ansett's 767s had been with
drawn from service. A single attendant was re-booking a long line of
inconvenienced travellers. Suddenly an angry passenger pushed his way to
the desk. He slapped his ticket down on the counter and said, "I HAVE to
be
on this flight and it HAS to be FIRST CLASS." The attendant replied, "I'm
sorry sir. I'll be happy to try to help you, but I've got to help these
people first, and I'm sure we'll be able to work something out." The
passenger was unimpressed. He asked loudly, so that the passengers behind
him could hear, "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHO I AM?"
Without hesitating, the attendant smiled and grabbed her public address
microphone: "May I have your attention please," she began - her voice
heard
clearly throughout the terminal. "We have a passenger here at Gate 14 WHO
DOES NOT KNOW WHO HE IS. If anyone can help him find his identity, please
come to Gate 14." With the folks behind him in line laughing hysterically,
the man glared at the Ansett attendant, gritted his teeth and said. "F***
You!" Without flinching, she smiled and said, "I'm sorry, sir, but you'll
have to get in line for that, too".

rof

"John" wrote
| Heard in B&Q today. "Could we have a male member at the checkout please"
| Followed by: "We are still waiting for a male member"

This is blatant sex descrimination and I'm surprised they haven't been
pulled up for it. Why do the blokes have to do all the heavy lifting?

"Male assistant or Maud the ladies heavy throw champion to checkout six
please"

I hate shopping in B&Q, it's like being in an airport. I have been tempted
on several occasions to commandeer a publically-accessible microphone and
make my own announcements ;-)

"Attention shoppers. Today is '50% off for all ukdiy subscribers' day."

Owain