Life is riddled with a procession of minor impediments

[Roger Godpleton]

William Fichtner, Gary Cole and Kevin Sorbo, I've called you in here because you all look the same and it's getting too confusing. Two of you are going to have reconstructive surgery paid for by me and I'm sorry Billy, but if you ever choose to have this procedure you will have to pay for it yourself.

[A.Cow]

William Fichtner, Gary Cole and Kevin Sorbo, I've called you in here because you all look the same and it's getting too confusing.

Apparently Barry Foster (of Van Der Valk fame) used to actually get acting jobs because people thought he was Jon Pertwee, due to their remarkable visual similarity.

[TordelBack]

Cooking Christmas Dinner on Stephen's Day for the in-laws.  Stephen's Day (Boxing Day to you servant-botherers) is for playing with the kids' loot and eating leftovers.  I love having in-laws, and mine are relatively inoffensive, but I do wish they'd come on Christmas Day when I'm in a turkey-roasting humour, and didn't yet have a Rebel Fleet Trooper I was itching to open. 

[Noisybast]

I got my long-coveted copy of Skyrim, but I can't install it because my girlfriend killed my DVD drive trying to burn a copy of a Michael Bloody Boob-a-lay album!

[Banners]

Use your game key with Steam and download it?

[Noisybast]

Did consider that, but wasn't sure how to go about it. Admittedly, I didn't spend very long looking...

[Rog69]

Did consider that, but wasn't sure how to go about it. Admittedly, I didn't spend very long looking...

It's pretty straightforward, here's a link to the Steam support page that guides you through it.

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=5414-TFBN-1352

[SmallBlueThing]

Ive been on holiday for eight days, and on six of those days (all bar xmas day and boxing day), my work has seen fit to either phone or text me with questions or requests. Most notably, on xmas eve, when they asked me to go in to make a phone call and then became annoyed when i refused. As a result of this, my holiday has been less than relaxing and my body has collapsed- ive come out in a rash and cant seem to keep awake. Ive half a mind to go see the doctor and get signed off for a week, as at this rate when i go back to work in a few days im going to keel over and die.

SBT

[staticgirl]

Do they give you a work mobile? Sounds like you should have one which you can switch off and then block them on your home phones. Or raise a grievance when you get back.

[The Legendary Shark]

Send the buggers an invoice - £25 for every out of hours phone call you're invited to deal with. When you're at work, you abide by their rules - when you're at home, they abide by your rules.

[Devons Daddy]

i got called to the office on the day my holiday was about to begin, i was leaving at 3pm,was called in at 1pm.for 12 days off,
back to the UK for christmas, the WxxxkXR in charge, informed me i was to have my contract terminated.

It was a spiteful attempt to ruin my holiday. which it did not, but the fact remains, he gained nothing from action, he could have awaited my return to inform me.

I may be posting in LIFE IS DROKKING FANTASTIC soon, I hope to at least.  got a good follow up next week, with a potential post.

[Dandontdare]

That's a bummer DD - hope the new post works out.

I'm hacked off 'cos everybody I know seems to be getting unexpected cheques from the taxman. These are refunds from some computer glitch dating back to 2007 and before - my friend at work got £780, my flatmate got £1100 and another friend got three drokkin grand. I want some free money!

[SpetsnaZ99]

I got a letter from taxman. apparently i didnt pay enough therefore owe them £250

[Dandontdare]

well,  at least that makes me feel better! 

Apparently about 6 million people got rebates averaging £400, while a million got bills averaging £600. HMRC - more of a gamble than the national lottery!

[Rog69]

I got a letter from taxman. apparently i didnt pay enough therefore owe them £250

The exact same thing happened to me about 3 months ago and when I chased them up for an explanation it turned out that they owed me about £1200. Fingers crossed they've made the same error with you.