Boycotts!

[Virote_Considon]

that was brought up after the comment was made, boss; try to keep up

It was also my original point. He'd probably like to sit back and relax when he got home from work before he would decide he wanted to get Chinese, and that would probably involve drinking, and therefore not being able to drive.

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

so essentially you're complaining about the fact that there is a premium for convenience and that you lack the willpower to either stop paying that premium or stop whining about same

generally the people who get all up in arms about boycotting something are self-important twits and/or attention whores, though, so at least you're not one of them

the only reason google returns the misspelling of marsellus wallace's name is because a lot of people are lazy/incompetent/uninformed and insist on spelling it as though he were some sort of roman; fortunately, the actual movie credits themselves have no such confusion

finally, if you're going to get bent out of shape/pretend to get bent out of shape/bring up the subject of me deliberately not capitalizing a single word in a given post to add a certain emphasis, then clearly you either fail at reading between the lines or you want to be perceived as such

Did I just stumble down the rabbit hole into the bizarro CFC land?

Did you seriously think I'm genuinely ranting against the injustice meted out to me by Eastern City? Surely you can see the self deprecating humor contained in my post? I'm not really making comment about the expensive sauces and the mistakes (that's called life, I can deal with it), I'm making comment on the fact that 12 years later I'm still ordering the stuff as I'm a slave to my base desires. What I'm saying is I suck at boycotting, not that Eastern City owes me the ultimate dining experience.

As for Marsellus, I was initially quite enthused to read your explanation. I had a laugh at yet another piece of knowledge you have tucked away. Why you needed to parlay it into an ill tempered little slice of superiority I'll never know. But come on man, you are the first person to jump in and correct people and you know your stuff so fair enough. If you're gonna correct spelling of proper nouns then leave out capitals, don't blow up at a friendly correction.

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

Oh crap. Just realized you mentioned you deliberately didn't capitalize it. Let me just wipe the egg from my face.

How come though? I don't get it?

 

[Grisu]

I'm boycotting Sunrise (swiss isp/phone/mobile provider). When we moved last year, I cancelled my internet/phone subscription with them because we didn't have a phone line installed at our house, and instead went with cable. The customer service then told me that cancelling half a year in advance wasn't enough because the plan I had for 10 years automatically renews each year and can only be cancelled at the end of that year.

In the end they charged me 300.-- for getting out early....next thing I did was cancel my wife's and my cell phone plan with them as well...

 

[Virote_Considon]

How come though? I don't get it?

I don't get it either .

Maybe Dachs has had a hard day at the office, and hasn't spent some time relaxing with a couple of beers when he got home, and is thus stressed and is subconsciously taking it out on CivFanatics?

 

[Dachs]

I don't get it either .

Maybe Dachs has had a hard day at the office, and hasn't spent some time relaxing with a couple of beers when he got home, and is thus stressed and is subconsciously taking it out on CivFanatics?

if that were the case one might expect to see it in all of my other posts tonight, no?

also, it seems to me that people are confusing the length of a "discussion" for the vehemence with which a person holds the opinions that contribute to same; the whole chinese food saga doesn't really matter to me much at all, it's not something about which i can reasonably be said to feel strongly, and it really stems from nothing more than a bit of mild annoyance about the moaning without followthrough

the only reason you'll find loads of dachs posts here and not in, say, the napoleon/republicans/louisiana discussion in wh is because people have responded to one and not the other

anyway: carry on

 

[Camikaze]

How come though? I don't get it?

Observation suggests various American colleges confiscate their residents' shift keys. My guess is it can create a lifelong habit.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

I'm boycotting this thread by not posting in it

 

[Borachio]

if that were the case one might expect to see it in all of my other posts tonight, no?

also, it seems to me that people are confusing the length of a "discussion" for the vehemence with which a person holds the opinions that contribute to same; the whole chinese food saga doesn't really matter to me much at all, it's not something about which i can reasonably be said to feel strongly, and it really stems from nothing more than a bit of mild annoyance about the moaning without followthrough

the only reason you'll find loads of dachs posts here and not in, say, the napoleon/republicans/louisiana discussion in wh is because people have responded to one and not the other

anyway: carry on

Good grief. The words "get a life" spring to mind. But I can't honestly say why.

Now then, let's get down to important business:

I've been boycotting a local kebab shop since 1993. Simply because the guy said, in his rather abrupt Turkish way, that he didn't have change for £10 and I must go next door to get some change before he'd serve me. "Matey," thought I. "I don't like your attitude. You may keep your kebabs. I don't care where you've sourced the meat, whether it be cow, horse, lamb, goat or iguana." And out I went, and into the pub next door. And I've never been back, yet. In fact I've boycotted the entire kebab industry ever since. I actually don't feel any different for it. Though I sometimes wonder if he could now find that change for £10.

 

[ace99]

What do you eat after the pub?????

 

[Borachio]

Who me? Yeah. I used to come out of a pub and feel ravenously hungry all the time. But as you get a bit older that curious effect of alcohol seems to leave a person. Or it has me. Or maybe it's because I just drink a lot less than I used to.

 

[ace99]

True that, there were times when we would leave the bar and get an entire tray of cheap Portuguese barbecue. I'm talking like a whole barbecue chicken, beef ribs on a bed of fries and rice. And we would devour the damn thing leaving nothing but bones. Those were the good days.

 

[Mouthwash]

Boycott Facebook. Whoopee.

 

[Carras Dad]

I'm boycotting Sunrise (swiss isp/phone/mobile provider). When we moved last year, I cancelled my internet/phone subscription with them because we didn't have a phone line installed at our house, and instead went with cable. The customer service then told me that cancelling half a year in advance wasn't enough because the plan I had for 10 years automatically renews each year and can only be cancelled at the end of that year.

In the end they charged me 300.-- for getting out early....next thing I did was cancel my wife's and my cell phone plan with them as well...

it's a common cell phone provider tactic.
these fees shouldnt hold shite at the ECJ, somebody should really take it there.

 

[Grisu]

it's a common cell phone provider tactic.
these fees shouldnt hold shite at the ECJ, somebody should really take it there.

All providers in Switzerland except Sunrise abolished that tactic except in the first year of signing the contract...after that you usually can quit with 1-3 months notice

 

[Kennigit]

i'm going to bump this thread for no real reason but realize it's a good place for me to say that I boycott ticketing for movies shows that lists dates of shows wrong. This is referring to the "buy ticket in advance" websites/etc.

I used fandango 1 time in my life (actually friend used it) and I will never, ever use a similar service again.

I took an example from upcoming show for movie theater for a show listed as friday and occurring at Saturday 01:00

Date of Show:

Friday, Apr. 12, 2013
Time of Show:

12:50 am

Accessibility devices available

Note: You have selected a late Friday night (Saturday morning) show.

Eff you mate, you can't say something that happens on Saturday as having a timeslot of "Friday". This show ACTUALLY occurs Saturday Apr. 13, but lo and behold, "date of show: friday"

So late into friday night that it's saturday. You can't just make up things and say one day is equal to the next day. You can't say "I'll turn this in on Wednesday" then turn it in on Thursday and say "Well Thursday = Wednesday!"

The entire world has adopted the same calendar system and has defined time zones and dates to avoid this kind of barbaric making up s*** just because people are dumb.

 

[dutchfire]

Saturday morning: "Ah, I booked a cinema ticket for today, let's see at what time I should get there."

 

[Kennigit]

I'm not sure I follow your post. It's your [edit: the "royal you", meaning the individual's] own fault if you booked a ticket on Wednesday and can't read that the you booked a time for 00:50 AM saturday, and you can't book a ticket after the show starts. The world has defined notions of time and dates.

also want to note we didn't show up friday 00:50 because we eventually figured that friday means saturday on fandango time, but I did lose 5 USD for betting that "the world couldn't possibly be that dumb and say that 'date of show: friday' means saturday"

all this happened like 5 months ago, and I said I was going to write a letter to Fandango to complain--never did, but always wanted to make up either 2 stories of me being a European immigrant confused by how Americans seem to think Saturday = Friday or pose it as some Father concerned that my teenage daughter was lying about needing to be out late friday night because no one would say saturday = friday.

but the rage will be carried with me for life, and now is immortalized into the canals of cfc.

*double edit* I guess by extension I also wish that the world would use 00:00 or 24:00 to clarify problems as well, but I still suffer being an USian and using "AM" and "PM" too much in daily speech. I say "I'll be there at 6" and I need to start saying "I'll be there at 18:00".

Friday 24:00 = Saturday 0:00, as in the movie business it is very common to have midnight releases (which is where this problem came aboutanyways, but at a 00:30 show I think). That way on the website they can list "Friday 24:00" and everyone will be happy.

 

[warpus]

Wait, some people will print "12:50am on Friday" and mean it to say "Saturday, 12:50am"?

Am I reading all this right? Because that's beyond stupid. Not that stupidity should lead to boycotts, because there is too much stupidity out there, but you should get your money back if you bought your ticket for a Friday, but they gave you one for Saturday instead.

 

[dutchfire]

I'm not sure I follow your post. It's your [edit: the "royal you", meaning the individual's] own fault if you booked a ticket on Wednesday and can't read that the you booked a time for 00:50 AM saturday, and you can't book a ticket after the show starts. The world has defined notions of time and dates.

also want to note we didn't show up friday 00:50 because we eventually figured that friday means saturday on fandango time, but I did lose 5 USD for betting that "the world couldn't possibly be that dumb and say that 'date of show: friday' means saturday"

all this happened like 5 months ago, and I said I was going to write a letter to Fandango to complain--never did, but always wanted to make up either 2 stories of me being a European immigrant confused by how Americans seem to think Saturday = Friday or pose it as some Father concerned that my teenage daughter was lying about needing to be out late friday night because no one would say saturday = friday.

but the rage will be carried with me for life, and now is immortalized into the canals of cfc.

*double edit* I guess by extension I also wish that the world would use 00:00 or 24:00 to clarify problems as well, but I still suffer being an USian and using "AM" and "PM" too much in daily speech. I say "I'll be there at 6" and I need to start saying "I'll be there at 18:00".

Friday 24:00 = Saturday 0:00, as in the movie business it is very common to have midnight releases (which is where this problem came aboutanyways, but at a 00:30 show I think). That way on the website they can list "Friday 24:00" and everyone will be happy.

I dunno, I consider the new day to start somewhere between 04:00 and 06:00 AM. I know the Dutch train system uses "Friday" for trains which go between midnight friday and 04:00 Saturday, while the Germans don't do this. This always confuses me.