Little things in life that make you smile
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Re: Little things in life that make you smile
That Premier Inn advert that features two highly unsuccessful salesmen "enjoying" their one-star stay at one of their downmarket hotels. They arrive at the flagship Nantwich branch in their repmobile (a Mondeo, naturally),SHARE a room, then stare in disbelief at the all-you-can-eat breakfast. The fact that the ad elects to highlight the fact that the bathrooms have mirrors is quite telling. Surprised they didn't feel the need to mention the toilet rolls in the karsi, that the beds come fully equipped with pillows and made a point of telling how many different grumble channels there are on the TV.
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Re: Little things in life that make you smile
Is it wrong that I actually smiled at this?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-45745982
Darwinism in action.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-45745982
Darwinism in action.
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Re: Little things in life that make you smile
ave you just got a job at Meraki?DasNutNock wrote:There's ping pong and table football, too, but I'm only interested in the pool table. I'll let you know when I'm crowned work champion, should take me a day or so.
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Re: Little things in life that make you smile
No. Somewhere else.Eggchaser wrote:ave you just got a job at Meraki?
TBH, everywhere I've worked has had a table football in the kitchen (always bloody red vs blue, too), but this is the first one with a proper pool table.
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Re: Little things in life that make you smile
You do get huge piles of microwaved eggs, by the look of that advert.Clacton-ammer wrote:Sadly you don't get grot channels at Premier Inn.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/embed/0deL7orO96o[/youtube]
Seriously, look at those two c*nts. The absolute highlight of their day, probably their week, is getting to brush their teeth using a mirror, and leaving with a cup of hotel coffee.
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Re: Little things in life that make you smile
DasNutNock wrote:
Seriously, look at those two c*nts. The absolute highlight of their day, probably their week, is getting to brush their teeth using a mirror, and leaving with a cup of hotel coffee.
One of life's great pleasures?
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Re: Little things in life that make you smile
Presumably, bathroom mirrors are a rarity where they live. By the looks of them, I'd guess they both live on the outskirts of Stoke, possibly Telford.
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Yes, that was a bit sneery & childish. I retract that Stoke/Telford bit.
Still, that ad aims so desperately low it might as well have just been 30 seconds of text saying "Premier Inn - at least it's not a Travelodge! Or Toby Carvery Motel".
Still, that ad aims so desperately low it might as well have just been 30 seconds of text saying "Premier Inn - at least it's not a Travelodge! Or Toby Carvery Motel".
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Re: Little things in life that make you smile
Lucky sod.DasNutNock wrote:
No. Somewhere else.
TBH, everywhere I've worked has had a table football in the kitchen (always bloody red vs blue, too), but this is the first one with a proper pool table.
I did a visit to Meraki HQ last year, their support staff had ping pong, table football, can't remember if there was a pool table, but there were guys moving around the office on skateboards and one was dribbling a football across the whilst on the phone to a customer :lol:
It's a world away from where I work.
Re: Little things in life that make you smile
No, it's to keep out the ugly old uncastrated ginger tom from next door . . . .vietnammer wrote:
Do you usually get left outside?
and his cat!!
Ha-Ha, ba-dum tish, I'm 'ere all week, etc etc
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Re: Little things in life that make you smile
TBH, most of the time, that kind of environment makes my teeth itch. But, frankly, even I'm willing to deal with a bit of modern office culture if it means I can have a few frames over lunch.Eggchaser wrote:It's a world away from where I work.
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Re: Little things in life that make you smile
Has anyone ever stayed at a Wetherspoons hotel ? I'm dying to find out what they're like.DasNutNock wrote:Yes, that was a bit sneery & childish. I retract that Stoke/Telford bit.
Still, that ad aims so desperately low it might as well have just been 30 seconds of text saying "Premier Inn - at least it's not a Travelodge! Or Toby Carvery Motel".
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I wonder if they do an all-you-can-drink breakfast there.Greatest Cockney Rip Off wrote:Has anyone ever stayed at a Wetherspoons hotel ? I'm dying to find out what they're like.
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Re: Little things in life that make you smile
There's one in the middle Salisbury, stayed there after missing the last train. Wasn't bad, they don't mind if you piss the bed or puke in the wardrobe.
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It's 404ft high and 698 years old..swash wrote:Salisbury you say, were you visiting the world famous cathedral
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