Sleeping with the devil?

Harry

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Yes, I really hope standardisation will happen, I don’t like seeing an electric lead dangling out of a window. A trip hazard and also damaging paintwork etc. I was miffed when a recent guest told me how cheap it was to charge their car from my electricity supply. They acknowledged that there was a public charging spot 400 yards away in a car park, “but you have to pay for a parking ticket too”! I have been contemplating telling future guests that car charging for a week is a flat fee of £15 and then I will jokingly say to them that I can use the cash to fill the Ferrari. Which will give me even more satisfaction because they will think I’m pulling their leg about the car.

But I know the truth…. it is probably about a seventh of a tank.
 
sionie1

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Harry said:
Yes, I really hope standardisation will happen, I don’t like seeing an electric lead dangling out of a window. A trip hazard and also damaging paintwork etc. I was miffed when a recent guest told me how cheap it was to charge their car from my electricity supply. They acknowledged that there was a public charging spot 400 yards away in a car park, “but you have to pay for a parking ticket too”! I have been contemplating telling future guests that car charging for a week is a flat fee of £15 and then I will jokingly say to them that I can use the cash to fill the Ferrari. Which will give me even more satisfaction because they will think I’m pulling their leg about the car.

But I know the truth…. it is probably about a seventh of a tank.
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Cheeky..... We charge additional fees for dogs, so why not charging a car. After all the average costs for a house are for the TV etc etc. They didn't bring their power tools to charge as well did they, like builders seem to all the time!
 
Felonious Crud

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Harry said:
Yes, I really hope standardisation will happen, I don’t like seeing an electric lead dangling out of a window. A trip hazard and also damaging paintwork etc. I was miffed when a recent guest told me how cheap it was to charge their car from my electricity supply. They acknowledged that there was a public charging spot 400 yards away in a car park, “but you have to pay for a parking ticket too”! I have been contemplating telling future guests that car charging for a week is a flat fee of £15 and then I will jokingly say to them that I can use the cash to fill the Ferrari. Which will give me even more satisfaction because they will think I’m pulling their leg about the car.

But I know the truth…. it is probably about a seventh of a tank.
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Oooh, you have free 'leccy charging? Can I bring all my rechargeables over? I don't want to stay there, just use your juice.

Cheeky sods.
 
safrane

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Cables and chargers... standardised... not a chance when every mobile phone comes with a different plug!... thought Samsung were sticking with micro USB, but my new one is different... soI now have 4 chargers on my desk.
 
Gazcw

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sionie1 said:
Cheeky..... We charge additional fees for dogs, so why not charging a car. After all the average costs for a house are for the TV etc etc. They didn't bring their power tools to charge as well did they, like builders seem to all the time!
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The problem will come when all your guests need charging and your electrics fall over. Charge more for parking than the local carpark. That will fix the problem. 100% Discount for V8s obviously. :p
 
lifes2short

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P R said:

Its here... was ITV by the looks of it!
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bugger me that's an eye opener, beggars belief they're destroying perfectly good electrical items at such a massive scale
 
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When we worked for DPD we delivered Hello Fresh, Gusto and a few other of the ever popular food packages. They had to be delivered the day they came into the depot (had to have a leave safe option if nobody available to sign) but if for any reason they where not delivered they where destroyed on return to depot. I remember the last really bad snow fall we had a few years ago when vans couldn’t get to certain areas thousands of pounds worth where destroyed daily.
 
CatmanV2

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Simon1963 said:
When we worked for DPD we delivered Hello Fresh, Gusto and a few other of the ever popular food packages. They had to be delivered the day they came into the depot (had to have a leave safe option if nobody available to sign) but if for any reason they where not delivered they where destroyed on return to depot. I remember the last really bad snow fall we had a few years ago when vans couldn’t get to certain areas thousands of pounds worth where destroyed daily.
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I'd have thought that's not entirely un-reasonable when you get foodstuffs into un-controlled temperature environments. Of course delivery to charity would be preferred, but how long does it take chicken, for example, to spoil in a vehicle on a (reasonable) summer's day.

Wasteful model though, I'd agree.

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philw696

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I can remember watching investigative documentaries in the UK with people eating good foraged from supermarket skips suffering no ills.
Totally agree that in higher temperatures stuff that should be chilled could be dangerous.
 
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CatmanV2 said:
I'd have thought that's not entirely un-reasonable when you get foodstuffs into un-controlled temperature environments. Of course delivery to charity would be preferred, but how long does it take chicken, for example, to spoil in a vehicle on a (reasonable) summer's day.

Wasteful model though, I'd agree.

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Some of us wanted to set something to give it to local charities as the interior of the boxes are encased in a frozen bubble and not all the contents perishable. I get the bit about fresh stuff ie meat. Neither DPD or the food companies would entertain it. At one point I remember 2 industrial sized skips full to the brim and stinking to high heaven.
 
CatmanV2

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philw696 said:
I can remember watching investigative documentaries in the UK with people eating good foraged from supermarket skips suffering no ills.
Totally agree that in higher temperatures stuff that should be chilled could be dangerous.
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Oh yeah. It's a big problem. Back in my youth we used to throw loads of bread away in Sainsbury's Some we'd make into bread pudding but if we ****** up the estimation, we'd end up with a load of unsold stuff. Unlikely to cause immediate injury and a lot would go missing from the skips round the back.

There used to be a sandwich chain called Benjy's that used to donate all of their unsold food to homeless charities every day. I think Pret do something similar?
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CatmanV2

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Simon1963 said:
Some of us wanted to set something to give it to local charities as the interior of the boxes are encased in a frozen bubble and not all the contents perishable. I get the bit about fresh stuff ie meat. Neither DPD or the food companies would entertain it. At one point I remember 2 industrial sized skips full to the brim and stinking to high heaven.
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Yes it's an awful shame. Of course, you can imagine the corporate lawyers.....

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lifes2short

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Alan Surrey said:
I bet they could sell it on ebay.
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better still give it all to charities, laptops to schools and kids/families in the need etc, there is no sense whatsoever in destroying such valuable items, there is a cost factor in getting these items destroyed, presumably schools/charities would be more than happy to arrange collection
 
BennyD

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The world is going mad. Amazon showing the world how ’green’ it is whilst its owner is going into space. I hope his rocket is electric. If not, Bezos is just a rich ****. Wokeism, environmentalism and every other ism that‘s running rampant these days is just f*cking everything, and everyone, right up.
 
Swedish Paul

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Just bought a HP inkjet printer which was cheaper than replacing the drum on my laser (half price). Signed up for a deal with HP where for less than a fiver a month, they will send new ink when it is running low. And the first 6 months are free. I went off HP a long time ago but it’s not a bad deal. Better than 150 quid every six months for new toner in the laser.
 
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