Completely unrelated...but better than a picture-less post! |
Now, given that LLJ and I were discussing advancing years and grumpiness only this morning, does this qualify? On the bright side - it's the first time I've dragged out my set of Copics for ages!
You go, grumpy girl! Give em a piece of your mind! (Not too much though, just in case.. ;)).
ReplyDeleteYeah - give em what for.
ReplyDeleteSure the older I get the more cantankerous I become lol
Yay for the Copic - You go girl!!!
ReplyDeleteA second class stamp is MUCH cheaper and far more effective than a pricy phone call. Good for you and your copics. You knew they would come in handy some day!!
ReplyDeleteSounds like the perfect response, you tell them! Look forward to catching up with you on Wednesday. Take care Zo xx
ReplyDeleteWay to go!
ReplyDeleteHowever, now the Copics are out, how about using them for some nice colouring in LOL
Toni xx
Proud of you :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm falling out with cold callers at the mo because we are registered with phone preferences and still get at least two calls a day from companies!!!
Think I've become a grumpy old woman :-)
Hugs,
A x
I'm sitting here LOL! Another use for Copics, indeed. You go girl!!
ReplyDeleteWell, considering my blood pressure has gone up a couple of notches just reading how appallingly you have been treated, stick the second class stamp on it and then think nice thoughts......you were entitled to feel grumpy.
ReplyDeleteI'm usually not one to burn bridges, but given the circumstances.....I say burn it to the ground!
ReplyDeleteIt sure as heck qualifies!! Remind me never to fall out with you :D
ReplyDeletexx
Ha! I recently disconnected my cable t.v. I received a call a few days later asking why and I said it was the cost. Then she starts in with this unrehearsed pitch that they can hook me back up at a discounted rate. I say no thank you. Then she comes back with "I can hear your hesitation." to which I say - there is absolutely no hesitation and please don't call me again!
ReplyDeleteYes, I'm getting up in age..... yes, I hate solicitation calls. If they REALLY wanted me to remain a customer then they should have offered me "the great deal" while I was still a customer!
So I say - you go girl. All grumpy broads unite!!!
Hugs,
Kay
you give them hell and i personally wouldnt have put a stamp on and made them pay the excess postage.x
ReplyDeleteoh I LOVE that, All grumpy gitls untie.My husband is really good at getting the better deals, he speaks his mind in a nice firm way and it always angers me that there are deals they will offer but do not advertise.We have tried switching cable providers and also banks when we were doing the mortgage thing and as soon as they ask you why, then oh we can match that! Why is it that as soon as they think they are losing a customer and only then do they come down in price or offer better deals.Nothing is written in stone and it shows how inconsistent they are.A different price for everyone, sheesh, I agree "YOU GO GIRL", we hear you.
ReplyDeleteGo Julia! I too would be inclined not to put the stamp on the envelope... and I work for a financial adviser (but not "your" one!)
ReplyDeleteAll hail the grumpy old women! (I'm one too!)
Good for you!! I gave an Estate Agent we are not buying our new House with a piece of mind for ringing us every few days asking if our purchase was still going through!! I told them if we needed them we would ring THEM but I definitely will not!
ReplyDeleteJane
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I am officially a grumpy old woman... and I now see that I am in some super dooper company!! Absolutely right response to someone who obviously shouldn't be cold calling anyone let alone a GOW!! ;) I actually howled when I read the bit about her threatening to remove you from their annoying lists!! How do I get on this removal list???
ReplyDeleteAs an oldie and often grumpy I relish the thought of giving a tongue lashing. As an oldie I do get all the coffin cellars, plot sellers and other "Death makes me rich" types. They usually hang up when i tell them I have arranged with friends to have my carcass placed on a boat, set on fire and sent out to sea if they wish to retrieve the bits be my guest.
ReplyDeleteHowdy 'Grumpy' Julia,
ReplyDeleteMaybe this will cheer you up a tad. I got my WOYWW button today - and I'm in Chicago, IL USA. Very fast!
Thank you for doing buttons - and WOYWW!
Peace,'LuLu
I wish i had your tact!!! Lol I'm afraid i wasn't THAT polite !!! Yay for grumpyness !!! :)
ReplyDeleteYou Go Julia, I say Power to the Grumpies, (can I be in your gang!)May x x
ReplyDeleteHuzzah for Copic fueled rage! Get it all out on a Monday and then sit back to enjoy the rest of your week. :O)
ReplyDeleteWell done Mrs Meldrew, I'm proud of you!!! I'd have done the same myself but might not have used a copic, probably a Promarker.
ReplyDeleteHope the rest of the week improves but stand back anyone who dares cross you .......you've only just got going.
Lv Jo x
ROFL
ReplyDeleteLOL, I actually like cold callers ringing when I'm in a bad mood as I feel absolutely justified having a go at them - I think you were very restrained!! GOW (and proud of it) everywhere salure you!!
ReplyDeleteCindy x
Not grumpy at all!
ReplyDeletea good use for the copics for sure...I wouldn't even have wasted my ink on them...just let them stew...that phone call would have probably cost you a bundle...being grumpy is good sometimes!
ReplyDeleteGrumpy is my favorite of all Snow White's companions :D. Well done!
ReplyDeleteI'm a fully paid up member of 'grumpy old women' But I would have put the letter back in their envelope and not put the stamp on. Love that you used the copic though.... nice touch
ReplyDeletejanet
GOOD FOR YOU! Nad still LMAO about the Copic!
ReplyDeleteand still ... and still ... keeping it G-rated
ReplyDeleteGreat Post Julia, Laughing still! :-)
ReplyDeleteHelen
You are TOO funny!! And, hurrah, another fellow sister who takes a few minutes to write to those who unabashedly waste our time and resources or otherwise do annoying and dumb things - and usually treat us like we're the dumb ones in the process! I salute you and loved your recounting!
ReplyDeleteGood on you, the nerve of them. Shame they aren't local as you could go in and stick it to her forehead!
ReplyDeleteGo for the football bloke too, maybe you should suggest that next time you will all park on the rugby pitch.
Thank heavens our "do not call" register works over here.
Von :)
Good for you!!
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff! I'm with you all the way. Why should we have to suffer this kind of haranguing from people who only want our hard earned money. The only thing I would have done differently, would have been to not put a stamp on so they had to pay, and I would have stuffed the envelope with some of the other spam mail that we all get. If I get an envelope and form from an insurance company wanting my money, I fill the reply paid envelope with advertising for baths, carpets and anything else that has arrived in the same post. Have a good week, and I hope Mr Blogger behaves better this week for you. xxx Maggie
ReplyDeleteWell done you - how dare they be so bad mannered and actually downright rude when its YOUR money they are after. What on earth would tempt you to use their services??? Glad you did what you did - now move on - "grumpy knickers" don't suit you. lol. x Jo
ReplyDeleteGood on ya! The cheek of them. Not sure I would have wasted the ink in my copics though, but they needed a good telling off.
ReplyDeleteStill giggling at this post now lol.
yep...I hate them too...they want money before they will let mother in laws savings go...they want more money coz we want to close the savings early...why?...um...she's dead...and oh....then want...well there's more but I'm getting cross now!! Cheeky (b*@#~Ers!) I spelt that wrong by the way...
ReplyDeleteGood for you. Dunno that your advancing years have anything to do with your grumpiness, rather they have more to do with your confidence to not put up with idiots....
ReplyDeleteLol your post made me giggle, I hate it when you calls from companies who get stroppy and claim that they are doing you a favour! well done on finding a really good use for the Copics :)
ReplyDeleteYvonne
WTG Julia!!
ReplyDeleteI once had a call telling me my DH had won a fantastic prize...I said send it out!! {this conversation went on and on....it was a free prize after all....}
You know they never did send it out...sigh...
But, its not about me, Good on you for standing your ground and another use for Copic is nice LOL
You totally made me laugh. How wonderful that you got to use your copics! There's the silver lining. When someone does us wrong my hubby will get all profane and scream and rant and carry on like a 5-year old. Me, I write a serious, professional letter (1" red letters are very professional). Guess which one of us gets results?
ReplyDeleteI spend most of my day answering the phone, fielding idiotic calls for my colleagues and wishing they would pick up on the "oh just buggger off" tone of my voice! The most irritating is when they say "what does your company do exactly?" If they don't know, y r they tryin to get my business???
ReplyDeleteThanks for my badge, its firmly attached to my bag ready for the NEC on Sunday!
you tell 'em! this did give me a giggle, hope you can look back and giggle too!
ReplyDeleteDebxx
There is no hope for me. I'm grumpy like that now and I am only *cough* 38. ;-)
ReplyDeleteOh how wude!!! Her not you, so go girl... what a farce...
ReplyDeleteFrankie
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Well within your rights to act as you did I think. I love a good strop now and then. Goo on Girl, give it to em.
ReplyDeleteHave you Watched 'keeping mum'?
ReplyDeletedon't get grumpy
get psychopathic,
dx
YaY - you ROCK !!! Excellent stuff - made me laugh and I love that you got grumpy and told them what's what !!! Go Girl xxxx
ReplyDeleteI was about to comment on woyww when I noticed the grumpy title below and was impelled to read on...... All done girl! You tell 'em. Aren't these people annoying. You're not grumpy in my book, just 'putting the world to rights!' x
ReplyDeleteImpelled - I meant compelled. Btw had trouble commenting earlier, my fault not yours, so may have commented twice about the same thing. DOH!
ReplyDeleteGo girl, give them what they deserved, I so wish I was a fly on the wall when you read that letter lol, I would be ranting all over the place, just had the rant over the budget!!! Love the unrelated card it's fantastic. I should take a leaf out of your book (get it, leaf your card oh thats so bad) and next time I'm grumpy, sort out all my other problems at the same time just like you did with the rugby club lol. Kezzy xxx
ReplyDeleteOh Julia it isn't hard at all! I managed to get loads done on my book yesterday! Only got the 'niche' to cut out now and then wait until I get some cash to buy the Matt Medium I'm after, haven't got any of that yet...
ReplyDeleteThe book kind of chose me really, it was in along with some stuff that was getting throw away after my Mother in law passed away, so it's been well and truly recycled! Just the right size for a beginer's project methinks!
I am REALLY enjoying this project and I will be thrilled to bits when it's all finished ... or there abouts!!
Take care
Jackie x
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