Sweep Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 The only decent thing about Argos is you can order online and go collect it. Good luck to them. Argos shoul dhave changed their formula years ago. I would imagine the likes of Amazon and Tesco are wiping the floor with them. As Carlos says, the only good thing about them is the "click and collect" bit, but with next day delivery from the likes of Amazon and Tesco, is it really that good? I'll be very surprised if Argos are still around in 5 years, which is a shame as they were very good around 20 years ago, they just haven't moved quikcly enough with the times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Anyone else think that unemployment will just keep going up and up? I'm not sure, apparently unemployment went down 49,000 last month - now I'm sure there is an incredible amount of messing around with the numbers, and it doesn't say in what type of work people are in, but it seems to be going the right way. More and more manufacturing is coming back to the UK, so ideally we'll continue to create jobs There was some bloke on the radio yesterday who was clearly on the government payroll, as he kept saying how the UK has never had so many people in employment as they have today......it was pointed out to him that there have never been more people living here than there is today. Still, the employment level isn't as bad as it has been previously I also didn't realise how many "youth" are unemployed...just under 1M of them.....now I'm not sure what constitutes a youth these days, but I would reckon it's between 16~22, they're the fuckers that don't seem to be able to get anywork - I do wonder, is there no work for "youths" or is it that they won't work for an apprenticeship type wage?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Argos might as well be an online business anyway. You're buying stuff you can't see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled Girl Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 . As Carlos says, the only good thing about them is the "click and collect" bit, but with next day delivery from the likes of Amazon and Tesco, is it really that good? Yes, if you work and don't want to spend Saturday waiting in for a parcel to arrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Yes, if you work and don't want to spend Saturday waiting in for a parcel to arrive. I get around that by either asking the, to deliver to either mine of Mrs CWPs place of work, failing that, I ask for it to be delivered to my village post office who will hold it until I go to collect it. I would never wait in for something, I'm not sure anybody would in this day and age would they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 City Link deliver most of Amazon stuff and if you're not in, they'll try to squeeze it through your letterbox or just chuck it in your back garden. Absolute truth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freds dad Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Bolton NHS Trust are now threatening to sack 1700 staff and "re-engage" them on new contracts. It may be the case that the Government take over the running of the trust and that won't be good for the local community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HR Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Don't folk use redundancies to get rid of the shit anymore? It happens the other way round in some firms. They treat redundancy as the only way of getting rid of shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled Girl Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 I get around that by either asking the, to deliver to either mine of Mrs CWPs place of work, failing that, I ask for it to be delivered to my village post office who will hold it until I go to collect it. I would never wait in for something, I'm not sure anybody would in this day and age would they? Unfortunately, when you work airside at an airport, having stuff delivered to work isn't an option I've just had a massive performance getting some safety shoes delivered, they wouldn't leave them with a neighbour and I couldn't have them delivered elsewhere as I bought them with my business account. I end up knowing all the delivery depots around me - worst was when I had to do an 80 mile round trip to pick up from UPS who wouldn't even take it to a more convenient depot to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled Girl Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 City Link deliver most of Amazon stuff and if you're not in, they'll try to squeeze it through your letterbox or just chuck it in your back garden. Absolute truth. They put stuff in my dustbin once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 They put stuff in my dustbin once. I can believe it. We used to leave stuff wherever we could, as we didn't get paid for whatever we took back to the depot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieb Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 I've had 24 hour concierge in our building the last few years and it's been ace. Used to fucking hate going to fallowfield po to pick stuff up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted November 16, 2012 Moderators Share Posted November 16, 2012 I can believe it. We used to leave stuff wherever we could, as we didn't get paid for whatever we took back to the depot. preferable to waqiting 2 days to queue up at scuffersville i mean, calvin street Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andydee Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 I've had 24 hour concierge in our building the last few years and it's been ace. Used to fucking hate going to fallowfield po to pick stuff up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted November 16, 2012 Moderators Share Posted November 16, 2012 I recall a UCAS survey that said Manchester was the #1 place outside london that students wanted to live. Bolton and Salford Uni's both came towards the bottom of the desirability of actual unis to attend. Salford uni is possibly closer to the city centre than both Manc Uni's it's not closer than the one on oxford road, and the uni in fallowfield is pretty much a student town in its own right (though go out the centre of it, and it's no better than salford in terms of likelihood to get robbed and in being full of scrotes) as for redundancy, had it twice, 10 years ago, wouldn't fancy it now though my niche seems to be getting stronger with the demands for skilled folk increasing when I got made redundant at ICL, they'd basically fucked up by taking on a shed load of grads with the promise of working on a variety of projects but the project leaders needed skills to get the job done quck, not grads needing to learn the ropes, so they took on contractors - you'd have thought redundancy would've got rid the contractors but they basically fucked off all the grads as they were essentially sat around doing nowt (which I did for 2.5 years, it was ace, playing network half life and getting paid for it) - then about six months later the dot com bubble burst, the contractors fucked off where the now limited money was, and ICL went out and recruited a load more grads at great cost - probably more than it cost to get rid in the first place was a big old costly mess in the end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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