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[TheBoy]

In the last few days, Chilitern have pissed me off for cancelling every train I've tried to catch. And they can't blame it on strikes.  DHL have also pissed me off for repeatedly forgetting to bring labels for parcels, hence not collecting them, then trying to charge for failed collections.

That's why I call them Don't Handle Logistics. I rate them almost as highly as Evrithingwillgetscrewedup

Although to be fair, all their international stuff seems to get here with no drama. But then I don't live in Brackley

Generally, DHL seem pretty good for us.  Quite a few of our vendors use them, and they are probably one of the better ones.

Not withstanding the fact the last Next Day from Holland took a week to get here

[TheBoy]

And, ironically, Herpes are pretty good at delivering here, but that more down to how good our local delivery lady is.  Obviously, anything sent via Herpes gets misrouted at least once.

[TheBoy]

Oh, and Amazon Warehouse have pissed me off.  The last few items "Used like New" have arrived with either bits missing, looking like they've been through a shredder, or in the case of a card reader I received over the weekend, the "Amazon Warehouse" packaged in in just a polythene bag, then shipped it in an unpadded envelope.

Its just about possible to make out the individual toe marks where its been trod on, and now being banana shaped, doesn't fit a 3.5" bay.  Idiots.  So now I need to look for another, and they are rarer than you might think!

[TheBoy]

and they are rarer than you might think!

Well, at sub £20, as I'm a tightarse!

[TheBoy]

And while I'm on a courier rant, a college posted me a PC, and the case has a massive size 10 dent on the edge of the case.  CBA to straighten that out, so I just recased it.  Surprisingly, a 10yr old Dell case needed no modification to the header plugs...   ...maybe I should buy a lotto ticket

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Old people taking so long at the supermarket checkout.

They take forever to put their goods on the belt then forever to take them off at the other end. They then take forever to pay. At this point they decide it is a good idea to bore the checkout girl shitless with details of their day.....wasting another 20 minutes or so.

Perhaps Logans Run had it right all along.

Use the self checkout then, you miserable old sod. 

When checkout girls finally become obsolete to save money how will  the old people deal with self checkout?...

[Raeturbo]

🎻 Where has all the cleavage gone?……🎤  Far far away🎼🎼

[YZ250]

And while I'm on a courier rant, a college posted me a PC, and the case has a massive size 10 dent on the edge of the case.........

Sounds like my old works PC.    When I was programming CMM's, if the software locked up or was generally slow performing I would kick shit out of the side of the tower casing. I then had the embarrassing task of straightening out the casing before any managers saw it. 

[TheBoy]

I then had the embarrassing task of straightening out the casing before any managers saw it. 

I'm quite familiar with that feeling.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Doesnt sound like you. 

[STEMO]

My lad has pissed me off, nothing unusual, but a massive piss off this time.
For those of you who have long memories, I have spouted my pride over the last years about how he has has made it to uni and on to a PHD research course in maths, despite his Asperger's. It was hard work for both of us, getting him to this point. I was particularly happy that he had managed to find a similarly erudite girlfriend, who enjoyed all of the same things that he did. (Apart from the veganism, that's a pain).

So.....he's been offered the chance to go to the university of Arizona, in Tucson, for a conference. All expenses paid by Sheffield and Tucson jointly.  I was very unhappy that he would attempt this journey on his own. He now tells me he's going early, stopping off at Phoenix for a couple of days and doing the Grand Canyon tour, etc.
I am beside myself with worry, and have refused to give him any help or support with the planning of his journey. 23 year old with Asperger Syndrome. Sheffield to St Pancras to Heathrow to Phoenix, then on to Tucson. Booking his own trains, planes, etc, for a nearly 24 hour journey.  If he makes it through to the end, his return journey is Tucson to LAX to Heathrow to St Pancras to Sheffield.

He will not listen to my concerns. His naivety is very worrying. I feel like kidnapping him and locking him up until he sees sense.

[STEMO]

He also thinks it's fine to embark on this journey with one, carry on backpack. He will turn up at the conference, which will attract all the brain boxes from across the world, wearing a shirt that has been stuffed into a backpack for four days, and won't see any harm in it. He has no idea how to behave in a different environment, and will end up walking in downtown Tucson on his own, in the dark, looking for a vegan restaurant. If he succeeds in finding one, the bill will make his eyes pop, and he will walk out without leaving a tip, causing an irate waiter to chase him down the street being very shouty.

[LC0112G]

Don't worry about him STEMO. The chances of him finding a Vegan resturaunt in Tucson is nil. He'll starve to death before any harm comes to him 

I can recommend a few steak joints though.

Oh - there are no direct UK to Tucson flights anyway. The nearest entry points are Phoenix, Las Vegas and LAX. Phoenix has the fewest immigration queues, so is a good choice. You can fly from PHX to TUS for thrupence ha'penny.

[Raeturbo]

Can you go with him?

[STEMO]

Can you go with him?

Thought of that, Rae. Bit bad when a 69 year old man has to accompany his 23 year old lad. I made some moves, on the internet, to see what would be involved. I got no further than the travel insurance price. Apparently, I'm falling to bits, and American hospitals are not exactly cheap.
A decent hotel, in a location close to the uni, without itinerants begging and pit bulls fighting, was £2500 a week. Cheapest, shitty, cramped flights were around £600. Train to London from Sheffield, around £80 return, plus Heathrow express £25 each way.
The cost, with comprehensive insurance, would have been in excess of six grand, and I really don't fancy it anyway. If he goes, despite all my pleading, emotional blackmail and bribes, he will be off my Christmas card list. Little fûcker.