Give me some dialogue from your day

[Arch]

Both...

Well yes.

When I eventually leave the job (probably not for a year yet), it'll be so tempting in the last week to tell people what I really think about them. Most people are lovely, say hello, thank us for a good job in bad weather etc. But some just seem to think they are clearly superior to us because we're only glorified binmen. I'd love to have a degree-off, with some of them - on some occasions two of us working together could have 5 degrees between us, and we do the job because we believe in it.

 

[Cubist]

Do we need a double or single duvet on a single bed poll? FWIW, since my hip got so bad I can't sleep on my normal right side, and that and the codeine are teaming up to make me snore for Britain, I am in a single. It's cold. I need a double duvet.

 

[MattHB]

4yo step son: what are those things under your winkle?
Me: silence while I think 'god, how am I going to answer that'
4yo step son: are they tanks for your wee-wee?!
Me (relieved): yes! That's exactly what they are!

 

[Archie_tect]

Don't worry Ad, he'll know soon enough.

 

[Cubist]

4yo step son: what are those things under your winkle?
Me: silence while I think 'god, how am I going to answer that'
4yo step son: are they tanks for your wee-wee?!
Me (relieved): yes! That's exactly what they are!

Can you imagine how f***ed up he is going to be somewhere along the way?

Don't worry Ad, he'll know soon enough.

Some friends of ours had a five or six year old daughter and a two or three year old son. The daughter got it into her head that they were indeed containers for wee. She was asked to help her little brother go for a pee, and gave them a jolly good squeeze to help him on his way.

 

[Andy_R]

4yo step son: what are those things under your winkle?
Me: silence while I think 'god, how am I going to answer that'
4yo step son: are they tanks for your wee-wee?!
Me (relieved): yes! That's exactly what they are!

hah...poor kid....everyone knows it's your landing gear for when you leap face down onto the bed

 

[Speicher]

Me: Whereabouts near the station is the Hearing Aid Specialist?

A N Other: Pardon?

Me :

 

[Theseus]

we do the job because we believe in it.

This is the crux of the problem, you are interested in getting the rubbish sorted because you believe in it and you are involved all day. For some of us it just something we think about when we are are chucking stuff out or putting the bins out.

 

[Psycolist]

Both...

Quite frankly, she dosn't give a dam

 

[Spinney]

This is the crux of the problem, you are interested in getting the rubbish sorted because you believe in it and you are involved all day. For some of us it just something we think about when we are are chucking stuff out or putting the bins out.

That's me - but it doesn't stop me sorting it properly!

 

[Sandra6]

7yr old was looking for her school tights this morning
Me - There are some tights on the table, wear the stripy ones.
7 yr old is thinking of saying "I have to wear my school tights" and I'm not in the mood for a drama
Me- I like stripy tights. I wish I could wear them to work.
7 yr old (taking the tights) - You can.
Me - no, I have to wear boring black
7 yr old - Can you wear cats with moustaches?

 

[gbb]

Portuguese Simeon, machine operator, asks if he can use my tools?
'What do you need them for'
'Its ok, it's for my car, I need to get some stuff out before I sell it tonight'
'Yeah, I guess that's ok'
'Maybe you can help me, I haven't got much time'
'Ill help if I can'
'I want to take the electrics out', maybe you can do it while we're at work'
'Wha ? ....no way Simeon, I don't do cars, and certainly not electrics' (Ido, but not for other people unless I really want to...and in his case, I don't want to)
'No, it will be ok, it's only car electrics'
'No, I will help, but no more, what if something gets shorted out'
'Doesnt matter, I've already sold it, he's picking it up tonight'
'Glad I'm not buying that car from you!'

 

[Arch]

Reported to me by my Mum.


My sister was out with Oli (5) and Max (2). They went to a local cafe they frequent, and Oli decided he wanted hot chocolate. Specifically, a large hot chocolate. Sis knew he'd never finish a large one, and was trying to persuade him to just have a small one. The waiter, who knows them, 'helped' by telling Oli that a small one was better than a large one, because if he had a small one, he could have marshmallows on it.

Oli apparently sighed and said. "Well, this is all very disappointing".

The small hot chocolate, with marshmallows, was duly brought. Oli looked at it, indicated the topping and asked "Did I order these?"

I think a boy can be too precocious!

 

[Archie_tect]

Perhaps you should take your sister to one side and have a 'quiet word' before it's too late Arch.

 

[Arch]

Perhaps you should take your sister to one side and have a 'quiet word' before it's too late Arch.

I don't think she knows where he gets it from!

He's just a very confident, voluble little chap. And bright. He's not been unduly spoilt (well, he was doted on for two years when he was the only grandson/nephew, but he's had to share the limelight with a brother for the last three years.)

Early on, my sister and I were discussing how confidently he spoke and picked up vocabulary. Her partner chipped in to say that in our family, being 3 meant he'd already been exposed to about 6 years worth of talking....