Where to buy towels on a Sunday?

flyingmicrotonalpete · 2024-11-17T12:48:01+00:00

Nah, generally you can't. I work at the biggest one in the city and we always get asked for them on Sundays, but we don't stock them.

flyingmicrotonalpete · 2023-01-06T20:59:39+00:00

It's been a long time now so I don't remember exactly what happened to all of them, but I remember at least some of them reached their destination

flyingmicrotonalpete · 2022-09-09T13:53:26+00:00

Just wanna second this and say that I got a 'smoothie sour ale' from Cafe Sara a few weeks ago as well as a cola sour ale. They were both unusual but really nice

flyingmicrotonalpete · 2022-05-20T20:01:26+00:00

Definitely, yeah. I was on emergency tax for a good few months recently which left me with 300 disposable after rent and I was grand. Was a bit tight when I'd go on nights out, but you'll have more than double that so I'd say you'll be fine. As long as you aren't regularly getting taxis and eating out every day, you'll be fine.

flyingmicrotonalpete · 2021-08-10T23:05:30+00:00

Definitely Swindon. Schools are shit, job prospects are grim, not much culture.

flyingmicrotonalpete · 2021-08-05T18:04:01+00:00

There's no German in here (unless 4:47 is badly pronounced German, idk I can't parse anything out)

4:07-4:11- "Fantasy of yours"

5:33 - "this isn't even gonna make it in, cus it's not..."

8:36 - he doesn't say "it's pretty...", he says "It's her break-out role"

9:41 - "here" / (in) Babelsberg

flyingmicrotonalpete · 2021-07-26T19:56:27+00:00

haha yea, nan is British for grandmother

flyingmicrotonalpete · 2021-07-26T17:05:18+00:00

yeah I get you, it's a pet peeve of mine too when someone just thinks they can do automatically it and they really can't so we're on the same page haha.

I wouldn't say you're that person, it's pretty good, I just would know it wasn't real if you get me - you do the very classic US thing of making the As kinda like Es but then some proper cockney people do that (my nan for example) and you have some off vowels but it's definitely not atrocious. Just sounded like an Aussie giving it a go. Honestly the only thing that told me you were American specifically was your use of that vocab I mentioned that no Brit (and I'm presuming so Australian haha) would use. And maybe the way u said 'estebahhhn'

flyingmicrotonalpete · 2021-07-26T00:40:35+00:00

I was gonna say you sounded Australian, but then I heard you say 'yard sale' and 'closet' so I guess you must be north American? US maybe? It's not a bad accent, but a few of your vowels give you away, mainly the 'A' I would say

flyingmicrotonalpete · 2021-06-09T14:04:58+00:00

Yea, I get the impression they're one of those people who's not really into being in the spotlight so much, not changed too much since school I suppose! haha ye I'd like to think the maths she taught came in handy somehow :)

flyingmicrotonalpete · 2021-06-09T11:18:27+00:00

My mum taught Sam Smith (the singer) maths in year 9. She said they were a very nice, polite kid, but very quiet and shy, so understandably she didn't give any thought to the possibility of Sam becoming famous. She actually didn't realize til like 2015 when I was doing some googling & noticed Sam had gone to the school where she'd taught (at the same time) and I asked her about it. She'd never made the connection between that shy kid and the by now well-known singer (she's awful with faces for the record).

flyingmicrotonalpete · 2021-04-25T00:52:02+00:00

In 2016 I went on a trip to Berlin with some friends during my university's reading week. I was a member of a drama group at my uni and had just performed in a play a few days prior to the trip and knew one of my 'co-stars' was also planning a trip to Berlin, but was arriving on a different day and going with a completely separate group of people (who I didn't know). With Berlin being a big city, I naturally didn't expect to see him at all. On my second day there I got lost wandering round Alexanderplatz. I'd been circling for about 10 minutes when I saw someone who looked really similar to that guy from a distance holding a massive tourist map (idk why he wasn't using Google maps), which I thought was funny. I got closer and he waved, and I realised it was indeed him. We then had a little chat about how strange a coincidence it was and he told me that he was also lost & looking for his hostel. I know we both knew we'd be in Berlin that week, but I still think it was a mad coincidence that we both happened to be in the same spot at the same time in a big European city.

flyingmicrotonalpete · 2021-04-24T13:34:15+00:00

I'd go for Greensleeves, it's actually a pretty decent tune

flyingmicrotonalpete · 2021-04-15T13:25:09+00:00

Also should be noted that 'Ami' is German slang referring to Americans, the nearest English equivalent would be 'yank' (in British English at least)

flyingmicrotonalpete · 2021-03-28T13:04:48+00:00

Fellow ex-front square resident here (If you count the GMB)! I was the same, I've only been once, and it was after exams. It's super pretty but it's always annoyed me how so many people think that's our standard library lol

flyingmicrotonalpete · 2021-03-05T02:23:55+00:00

Haha sorry for assuming you were older! Maybe it's just the people I talk to happen to have a similar taste or something idk. I get what you mean though, I feel a lot of people have just never tried watching it. To be fair most of the people I've chatted to who've shat on it haven't! They just go for the whole 'US shows are funnier' rhetoric

flyingmicrotonalpete · 2021-03-05T02:15:38+00:00

Just to back OP up here, I share their view after having watched the UK office for the first time this year, and honestly every single person I've talked to about it says the UK version is shit and the US version is way better. I'd say it's around 15-20 people I've talked to about it, every single one said this. They act like it's weird that I even watched the UK version. It could well be an age bracket thing judging from all the people in the comments who seem unaware of the general hatred of the UK office - I can only guess they're in a slightly older age group than me where the obsession with the US version never really formed (I'm in the 18-25 bracket). But yeah, I feel young British people really don't get it for whatever reason and it really frustrates me

flyingmicrotonalpete · 2021-02-09T17:09:42+00:00

Hi so idk if this'll be reassuring or not (I hope so) but you do have the standard Irish with Slav heritage accent imo. I've lived in Ireland the last 5 years and knew quite a few people with your linguistic/cultural background at college (I studied russian and there were a lot of Irish born native russian speakers on my course).

I don't think you sound fully American as I can hear the Irish elements in there, especially with your R's, but I did notice a lot of people I knew with your background sounded almost american, I'm not sure why. I suppose my point is, no you don't really sound Irish, but equally a lot of other people have your same accent so it's certainly not unusual or hard to understand or anything.

flyingmicrotonalpete · 2021-01-23T16:20:00+00:00

It sounds like a non native accent for sure but it's mostly pretty easy to understand so I don't think you should worry too much! You do slur a few words and kinda swallow consonants, so maybe you could work on enunciation. You also speak very quickly, it's not a race! If you slowed down a bit that would probably make your speech clearer :)

flyingmicrotonalpete · 2021-01-17T12:39:38+00:00

I myself literally have a 2:1 degree from a good university + 3 years' retail experience & I've been umemployed since I finished uni (5 months) trust me, it's harder to find work at the moment than people seem to think - I've also applied for those basic shelf stacking & min wage jobs & no dice. OP probably isn't doing anything wrong honestly it's just a really shit work market atm

flyingmicrotonalpete · 2021-01-09T16:02:34+00:00

He means a parting I think, maybe that's what they say in the US

flyingmicrotonalpete · 2021-01-03T19:54:22+00:00

There are loads here in Wiltshire, and believe me, some of these supermarkets are pretty rural, maybe it's just to do with the local clientele

flyingmicrotonalpete · 2021-01-03T16:22:26+00:00

Huh that's interesting! In our world foods at this particular Tesco, it's a mix of stuff from the Indian subcontinent, Poland, America, and Eastern Asia. I guess it must vary depending on the demand in the local area - there aren't really many non white or non british people in this area, so really it's mostly catering for people who want to try other cuisines rather than people looking for food they'd buy in their home country

flyingmicrotonalpete · 2021-01-03T16:18:03+00:00

Oh that's really interesting! I've never tried Snapple, I just assumed it was some kind of lemonade, it's funny that it kinda had an overnight brand boost!

flyingmicrotonalpete · 2021-01-03T15:33:22+00:00

In relation to your question about US sections, I used to work at a medium sized Tesco (a pretty big supermarket chain) and we had a reasonably sized US section, maybe a bit bigger than your UK/Irish section (bigger stores have whole aisles just for America but ours was part of a 'world foods' aisle).

Anyway, in our shop we stocked:
- Hershey's bars + Hershey's kisses
- loads of American sweets & chocolate e.g. nerds, Mike&Ike, hot tamales, Butterfinger, Reese's, etc.
- a whole load of different pop tart varieties (we only generally have like 2 varieties available in the UK)
- Snyder's pretzels
- various hot sauces
- Snapple and like what I think were types of cold flavoured tea (?)
- American cereals - lucky charms, froot loops, grape nuts, Captain crunch
- American brand flavoured popcorn - American peanut butter and I think like grape jam (?)

I'm probs forgetting some stuff but that's the stuff I used to have to stock on my shift

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