Sue

Oh FFS. I wish I'd never started this thread I should have known what would happen. Why can't people just be pleased for a local business and congratulate them on their well deserved award? Yes they have three other shops. They are a family owned business which is doing well. Good for them.

DonCiccio Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Postmark isn't even the best card shop in East > Dulwich! Well, we all have different tastes, so it depends how you personally define "best", doesn't it? Clearly the award was not just given at random. I'm not sure quite why you would want to post on here to diss a great local shop which has just won an award, particularly since it's only your third post since you joined the forum.

Was that the one slagging off his next door neighbour and giving the address?! His other posts seemed quite normal. He must have been very very very drunk :)) Or it could have been a her I guess. Certainly his neighbour was (keep your snotty legs together was part of it, if memory serves :)) And "posh t*at" )

It's not a question of one or the other, surely? We are very lucky to have two card shops locally, plus other shops selling cards. Whatever your taste you are likely to find what you are looking for in one of the shops, and it's great to have a choice. I started the thread to share the fact that Postmark has won a well deserved award!

Charming

KalamityKel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > KalamityKel Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > Upon reading a job ad for a basic office > > role... > > > > > > "We actively encourage people from a variety > of > > > backgrounds with different experiences, > skills > > and > > > stories to join us and influence and develop > > our > > > working practice. We are particularly keen to > > hear > > > from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) > > and > > > disabled candidates" > > > > > > !!!! > > > > > > Not sure what your problem with this is. > > > > People from those groups are probably > > proportionately under represented in the job so > > the company is encouraging them to apply. > > > > What has the fact that it's a basic office role > > got to do with it? > > ^^^!!! > > Oh come on Sue you know what it means. In today's > world we're meant to think EQUAL. No, we are not "meant to think EQUAL", whatever that is supposed to mean. We are supposed to think FAIRLY. ETA: It is unfair - and also illegal - to discriminate against people applying for jobs based on characteristics unrelated to their ability to do the job, such as their ethnic origin. And why encouraging people from groups who may be unwilling to apply for a job because they expect to be unfairly discriminated against should cause you irrational rage, I really don't understand. I'm assuming that you don't fall into any of those groups and have no empathy with jobseekers who do. It's about finding the best person for the job. Full stop.

I spilled a glass of wine over my partner's laptop once. Cue flash, bang etc.. Was told by someone I took it to (not a shop) that it was not repairable so I bought partner a new laptop. Gave old one away to someone else to fiddle about with, dismantle for spares etc. Found out much later that it had made a miraculous recovery. Don't give up! ETA: My cynical mind says if you take it to Apple they will tell you you need a new one ....

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The large St Christopher's Hospice shop has > changed its layout recently. For the second time!

sorry ignore

Hugs, but just wondering whether you have actually followed up any of these suggestions? I know it's hard, but organisations like Cruse who offer bereavement counselling can only help if you contact them. Apologies if you have, but it isn't clear from your posts on here that you have. I hope things get a little easier for you.

heath81 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > people being over politically correct and > labelling everyone else racists, sexists, > biggotts, uneducated etc! Genuinely interested to know how you define "politically correct" and "over politically correct", and to hear some examples of this labelling which so enrages you.

KalamityKel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Upon reading a job ad for a basic office role... > > "We actively encourage people from a variety of > backgrounds with different experiences, skills and > stories to join us and influence and develop our > working practice. We are particularly keen to hear > from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and > disabled candidates" > > !!!! Not sure what your problem with this is. People from those groups are probably proportionately under represented in the job so the company is encouraging them to apply. What has the fact that it's a basic office role got to do with it?

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Chicken IS virtually tasteless, apart from leg and > thigh meat. > > That's why it is used in Curries ... Tandooried > ... coated in spiced flour and fried .. to give > it flavour.. > Chicken is only tasteless if it is cheap factory farmed rubbish.

Natty, have you been able to follow up any of the suggestions in the thread?

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That's a fair point Inbound. > I guess Peckham and Camberwell are pretty close > though, also we still have the Mind shop up by > Goose Green. I've found the prices in the Mind shop quite high for a charity shop. And sadly I've also noticed that prices seem to be going up in the larger hospice shop.

Congratulations to Postmark in North Cross Road, just named the UK's best greeting card retailer! http://arounddulwich.co.uk/east-dulwich-card-shop-postmark-named-uks-best-greeting-card-retailer/

I had the same message from the same person about four or five times today, all at once. I thought it was somebody messing about, but then I had the same message twice from another person. I've deleted them, but I wonder if anybody else is getting this. The first lot were annoying because they filled up my inbox. I've never had this happen before.

Is it code?

BrandNewGuy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > On the BBC News just now: "... in the exact same > spot." What's wrong with "... in exactly the same > spot"? Probably doesn't sound informal and > American enough for modern tastes. Bah, humbug! At least "At this moment in time" seems to have died a death. Hmmm, "died a death" ?? Another stupid saying.

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Seabag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > H&G took on a management person who steered the > company into a brick wall essentially > > They never recovered from the impact > > Over diversification and egos ran amok ??? How did they over diversify? ??? Why did they keep this person on if things were going so badly wrong?

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The sloppiness of the poo depends what they've been eating, surely!

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I must disagree about the cat poo- they regularly > poo on grass and it is disgusting to remove > especially if it is a bit sloppy, and it stinks > and kills the grass Oh OK, fair enough, I've never seen cat poo on grass, but then I don't have a lawn at the moment.

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