Let's all change from the norm

monkeysnapper

Someone asked me the other day "what time does your shop close' 8pm or 9pm

I said 12 minutes past 8 pm

For now on this shop will close at 12 minutes past 8pm , unless it's saturday, then it will close at 7 minutes to 8pm
Why not..... ?

It's as good a time as say 8pm

Any other ideas are very welcome

WoollyRedHat

For every returning customer on a same day period, give them something free.

Shryke

Is it not easier to remember a time on the hour? Maybe I'm weird like that.

Tasden

Shryke wrote: »

Is it not easier to remember a time on the hour? Maybe I'm weird like that.

Nah i think thats the norm

M cebee

wouldn't you piss off a few customers closing 7mins early like that

monkeysnapper

M cebee wrote: »

wouldn't you piss off a few customers closing 7mins early like that

Aaagghh you see you got caught out ...... I didn't close early , I would have closed on time, ...your stuck in the norm my friend

Eathrin

Being a sheep is one thing.
Conforming to norms for the sake of convenience is entirely different and a good thing in my opinion.

Rayne Wooney

The next customer through your door gets a lifetime supply of chicken fillet rolls.

say_who_now?

I must be doing it wrong!


- posted from my iBath where I'm after getting iShampoo in my fúcking eye! :mad:

This is why people don't deviate from the norm OP, bad stuff tends to happen, and only gets worse when you're tapping away and your wife comes in and does a "Father Stone"-

eth0

The norm is so boring

2 kids

Massive mortgage

2 boring cars with lots of onboard gadgets

Semi detached house in an estate

Being terrible at anything that isnt your full time job

Being somewhat decent at your full time job but still doing the odd bit of bluffing

Having no real hobbies to speak of

Having 10 different types of insurance and a life assurance policy

Using up all your money and getting nowhere except maybe a bigger mortgage in a few years

monkeysnapper

I remember about 10 years ago I worked in dunnes and I was fronting the shelves at end of day and I decided to put all the items on one end display upside down, I thought it looked great, and I tell you everybody would have seen it, ..... Only I was told to change it ..... In a harsh way ....

say_who_now?

eth0 wrote: »

The norm is so boring

2 kids

Massive mortgage

2 boring cars with lots of onboard gadgets

Semi detached house in an estate

Being terrible at anything that isnt your full time job

Being somewhat decent at your full time job but still doing the odd bit of bluffing

Having no real hobbies to speak of

Having 10 different types of insurance and a life assurance policy

Using up all your money and getting nowhere except maybe a bigger mortgage in a few years

You must be a hoot at parties! :pac:

monkeysnapper

eth0 wrote: »

The norm is so boring

2 kids

Massive mortgage

2 boring cars with lots of onboard gadgets

Semi detached house in an estate

Being terrible at anything that isnt your full time job

Being somewhat decent at your full time job but still doing the odd bit of bluffing

Having no real hobbies to speak of

Having 10 different types of insurance and a life assurance policy

Using up all your money and getting nowhere except maybe a bigger mortgage in a few years

That's what I'm talking about dam it!!!!!!!!!

Pottler

"Norm" Yeahhy.(Cheers?) Sure everyone loves Norm.

BUBBLE WRAP

OP - you could..... wear your shoe on your hands and mittens on your feet..... Ya, that's all I have at the minute.

eth0

say_who_now? wrote: »

You must be a hoot at parties! :pac:

Dinner parties especially

Shryke

eth0 wrote: »

The norm is so boring

2 kids

Massive mortgage

2 boring cars with lots of onboard gadgets

Semi detached house in an estate

Being terrible at anything that isnt your full time job

Being somewhat decent at your full time job but still doing the odd bit of bluffing

Having no real hobbies to speak of

Having 10 different types of insurance and a life assurance policy

Using up all your money and getting nowhere except maybe a bigger mortgage in a few years

That's not the norm for most people, maybe on TV.

General General

OP, blast yourself with piss?

4zn76tysfajdxp

eth0 wrote: »

The norm is so boring

2 kids

Massive mortgage

2 boring cars with lots of onboard gadgets

Semi detached house in an estate

Being terrible at anything that isnt your full time job

Being somewhat decent at your full time job but still doing the odd bit of bluffing

Having no real hobbies to speak of

Having 10 different types of insurance and a life assurance policy

Using up all your money and getting nowhere except maybe a bigger mortgage in a few years

Thanks, Renton.

monkeysnapper

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

OP - you could..... wear your shoe on your hands and mittens on your feet..... Ya, that's all I have at the minute.

And then walk backwards

celticcrash

I used to go for a run at 5pm everyday, now I go for a run at 5am in my birthday suit. Its powerfull stuff I tell you, most liberating running around the streets in the nip while the neighbours sleep.

BUBBLE WRAP

monkeysnapper wrote: »

And then walk backwards

Exactly. You would be mighty crack aswell when you would try and give the change back. With the shoes on your hands. :pac:

Adyx

eth0 wrote: »

The norm is so boring

2 kids

Massive mortgage

2 boring cars with lots of onboard gadgets

Semi detached house in an estate

Being terrible at anything that isnt your full time job

Being somewhat decent at your full time job but still doing the odd bit of bluffing

Having no real hobbies to speak of

Having 10 different types of insurance and a life assurance policy

Using up all your money and getting nowhere except maybe a bigger mortgage in a few years

Woo hoo!
I have no kids, no mortgage, no car, no job, no house and no insurance. I have maybe 3 main hobbies. Does that make me abnormal?

eth0

Shryke wrote: »

That's not the norm for most people, maybe on TV.

I know enough people who live like that. These people arent intentionally boring but they're stuck. Beside the odd piss up and a package holiday once a year for escapism thats it

Stained Class

eth0 wrote: »

The norm is so boring

2 kids

Massive mortgage

2 boring cars with lots of onboard gadgets

Semi detached house in an estate

Being terrible at anything that isnt your full time job

Being somewhat decent at your full time job but still doing the odd bit of bluffing

Having no real hobbies to speak of

Having 10 different types of insurance and a life assurance policy

Using up all your money and getting nowhere except maybe a bigger mortgage in a few years

Yup' that's my life alright.

It should have been diffrent, but I simply just didn't have the financial freedom to do otherwise.

Grand if you have inhereted money/property, but most of us are just trying to get by & raise our kids the best way we know how.

The best people in this country are being taxed to the bollix to support the stupidity that existed in this country for so many years.

I'd love to indulge in my hobbies, but unfortunatley, despite working like a dog for the last 25 years in a skilled job, it ain't possible:mad:

M cebee

Adyx wrote: »

Woo hoo!
I have no kids, no mortgage, no car, no job, no house and no insurance. I have maybe 3 main hobbies. Does that make me abnormal?

what hobbies?

NegativeCreep

Instead of watching porn on at night, you could have actual sex instead
Might be hard for some of you but no one said this was gonna be easy.

Stained Class

Adyx wrote: »

Woo hoo!
I have no kids, no mortgage, no car, no job, no house and no insurance. I have maybe 3 main hobbies. Does that make me abnormal?

Nope, it makes you young, rich, or being confident of being rich sometime.:)

monkeysnapper

Seriously I was going to work the other day at about 9:27am and as I passed though my local town I saw 3 local fellers outside the local tavern , I know for a fact these fellers haven't worked in years!

I was just thinking as they laughed at each others jokes with the cigarette and pint in their hands, i used to think these people were wasters

Now I'm thinking these people are free , they opted out and decided to live life

Senna

monkeysnapper wrote: »

Seriously I was going to work the other day at about 9:27am and as I passed though my local town I saw 3 local fellers outside the local tavern , I know for a fact these fellers haven't worked in years!

I was just thinking as they laughed at each others jokes with the cigarette and pint in their hands, i used to think these people were wasters

Now I'm thinking these people are free , they opted out and decided to live life

No you were right the first time, they're wasters.

Adyx

M cebee wrote: »

what hobbies?

Well I used to read a lot when I was younger so I'm trying to get back into that. I play bass in a band and I also do a lot of recording/production. I'm rather partial to the odd computer game too. But the music takes up most of my time. Oh and job hunting of course.

Stained Class wrote: »

Nope, it makes you young, rich, or being confident of being rich sometime.:)

Yeah I'm none of those things so I'll stick with abnormal. :pac:

Witchie

OP please set your clock to my time instead. Close at 8.08 or 7.57 as long as the last number and the first number match everything is good. Trust me. My life is perfect coz I do this. I will be sleeping by 2.52.

kneemos

monkeysnapper wrote: »

Seriously I was going to work the other day at about 9:27am and as I passed though my local town I saw 3 local fellers outside the local tavern , I know for a fact these fellers haven't worked in years!

I was just thinking as they laughed at each others jokes with the cigarette and pint in their hands, i used to think these people were wasters

Now I'm thinking these people are free , they opted out and decided to live life

Drinking pints at 9.27am ain't living life.

Canis Lupus

kneemos wrote: »

Drinking pints at 9.27am ain't living life.

In your opinion buddy!

Potential-Monke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80fR94EgtSk

BOF666

Why not just change the system of time your shop operates on. Make it as metric as you can. Just to be different...

A metric second will be 0.864 normal seconds.
A metric minute (100 metric seconds) will be 1 minute, 16.4 seconds long.
A metric hour (100 metric minutes) will be 2 hours, 44 minutes long
A metric day will be 10 metric hours, which will be the same length as our normal days (sorry if that’s too normal for you).

Then you can just tell your customers you open at 3.75 and close at 8.33, end of problem….

monkeysnapper

BOF666 wrote: »

Why not just change the system of time your shop operates on. Make it as metric as you can. Just to be different...

A metric second will be 0.864 normal seconds.
A metric minute (100 metric seconds) will be 1 minute, 16.4 seconds long.
A metric hour (100 metric minutes) will be 2 hours, 44 minutes long
A metric day will be 10 metric hours, which will be the same length as our normal days (sorry if that’s too normal for you).

Then you can just tell your customers you open at 3.75 and close at 8.33, end of problem….

And based on this what time will I tell them I can serve alcohol on a week day at and until and Sunday trading.

AnonoBoy

Start closing 7.5 minutes before you open and when people walk into the shop tell them it's past closing time but you've already opened so they can buy goods but they've missed the closing time bargains.