Give me some dialogue from your day

[Mike Ayling]

This customer changed their mind about the bike and reserved it, twice. They were a bit upset that the bike cost 200€ even after I pointed out that I'd actually reduced it from the normal price, so they were effectively getting some items free.

They came to buy the bike after I'd finished work and because I knew they'd try, I asked my colleague on the till not to enter into negotiations.
This morning my colleague said that they'd come and sure enough the first thing they asked was if he could "Do something about the price". His response was that it wasn't his department, so no, he couldn't negotiate.

They paid €200,00.

Well done you!

 

[Chris S]

"That's a nice e-bike"
It was my Sturmey Archer 3-speed.

 

[Andy in Germany]

"That's a nice e-bike"
It was my Sturmey Archer 3-speed.

Reminds me of the lady riding a high-end Ebike who turned to a friend and said "That poor chap over there has one of those really old bikes with the gears on the frame".

I'd just built the bike at the time...

 

[KnittyNorah]

"That's a nice e-bike"
It was my Sturmey Archer 3-speed.

I get that all the time with my low-step-through folder having hub gears.

'Oh it's an e- bike!'
'No it's not, you're looking at hub gears. Less maintenance and cleaner in the house than a derailleur ...'
'Are you sure it's not an e-bike ...it looks like one ...'
'Well, if you can show me where the battery is, I'll plug it in and charge it up!'
'Oh ... er.... well now you mention it ...'

 

[Mike Ayling]

I get that all the time with my low-step-through folder having hub gears.

'Oh it's an e- bike!'
'No it's not, you're looking at hub gears. Less maintenance and cleaner in the house than a derailleur ...'
'Are you sure it's not an e-bike ...it looks like one ...'
'Well, if you can show me where the battery is, I'll plug it in and charge it up!'
'Oh ... er.... well now you mention it ...'

We have been asked if the Rohloff on our tandem was an electric motor!

 

[Chris S]

We have been asked if the Rohloff on our tandem was an electric motor!

One of the reasons I ride a 3-speed is because it's low theft risk. If people mistake the hub gears for an electric motor then it's going to increase.

 

[gbb]

It's been an insane day for many of us at work, non stop, ever shifting from one job to another. Technical manager appeared, she opened with...
'Ah Colin", ...(a short discussion about checkweighers followed)...followed by " I cant tell you how many steps I've done today trying to catch up with you

I replied (jokingly)
I can't tell you how many steps I've done trying to keep ahead of you

 

[Ming the Merciless]

What would you like, Ghost Ship or Guinness ?

 

[ColinJ]

I was grunting my way up a short stretch of 10% in my 42/15 grunting gear. Two little boys were sitting at the side of the road at the top. I just got up there and one called out...

Boy #1: "Nice shoes, mister!"

ColinJ: "I want to make sure that drivers see me..."

Boy #2: "They WILL!!!!"

 

[Chris S]

"The data roaming charges were acquired by my sons watching football on a family holiday."
Watching porn more like

 

[wiggydiggy]

"Press the Edge key on your keyboard" - from a work colleague.
"I don't have an Edge key on my keyboard" - me

Just spent nearly a minute looking for the Edge key, offered to take a picture of my keyboard as it has no Edge key. Finally realised they meant the "H" Key. We've both got accents foreign to each other so definately lost in translation lol.

 

[Ripple]

A new guy at work asked me "How many colonies your country had?" Made me wonder what's being taught in Nigerian schools.

 

[wafter]

A new guy at work asked me "How many colonies your country had?" Made me wonder what's being taught in Nigerian schools.

Their own country's history, presumably.

 

[Chris S]

Last night I was walking through the deserted part of Digbeth. A young man with bulging eyes on the opposite side of the road shouted, "Hey you! Come here!" I just grinned at him and carried on walking. He shouted it a couple of times more and then stopped. Do thugs expect their victims to come over to them these days?

 

[Chris S]

On Bank Holiday Monday I went back to my old school and had a walk around the edge of the grounds. A member of the maintenance staff asked me what I was doing. When I said I was a former pupil he called me 'Sir' and apologized for challenging me. The school had gone upmarket since I left.