James Taylor's Alternative Christmas Message

MERRRRRYYYY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!

It's a chilly Christmas day and we have all got up and opened our gifts. For those that normally read my blogs you would have noticed that I haven't written one in a while. I'VE JUST BEEN TOO DAMN BUSY!

anyway back to the Blog and Christmas Message:

How can I sum up the year well its been a bit of a funny one that has had so many things happen in the public eye with most notably with the death of an iconic pop star, Michael Jackson R.I.P. Also the end of a reality TV program that went on for far too long, Big Brother (did anyone actually watch it?) Simon Cowell and his money making X-Factor but with the public proving to be the real winners making sure he didn't make his product become number 1! Instead rage against the machine hit that top spot with the hit "killing in the name". Just goes to show at the end of the day we have final say all it takes is one lil group on facebook to potentially ruin someone. This year has shown that times are changing and people are able to do what they really want to do all it takes is effort and thought. Especially in times of hardship with the recession and credit crunch people are able to pull together and help each other out, one sacrifice can make the bigger difference. Again this year has shown that we need to make a big change with our "carbon footprint" the floods in Cumbria and crazy shon and ice we have recently had. It shows sooner or later this will become the norm even if we make a change now it's got so far that it may need drastic measures just to make even the small difference.

So as you may have read and thought to yourself this year has a bit of a gloomy year, you think to yourself and there must be one point this year that has made you think. Hey this happened to me and that was great.

So what does the new year hold for us, well only you have the real control on what you do. What I'm going to do and probably suggest to you is try and be selfless, think about the other guy, think about the guy that doesn't get the credit the praise that they deserve. The year 2010 will be the year of the small guy. When I say small I don't as in height lol I mean the unsung hero of society, the person that does the little thing that makes the bigger difference. Think to yourself the next time someone offers you a big issue, you buy it? This little gesture can make one difference. As we have recently seen, people have the power to change something and reach there potential. There is always time to reach your goal and you must strive to reach it no matter what. As long as you have hope you can reach it! There will be times that are going to test you but there will be times that you need support and this is where your friends and yourself come into play you must not forget who your friends are and vice versa. As these are the people that you should truly be able to talk to if you have a problem. One grudge forget about it, talk about it, it could be a blessing in disguise.

One last thing that I will mention is your family don't take them for granted, personally this year has been quite a testing time when it comes to family, it may be the same situation for others that are reading this. But one thing is family is important and even though they can be a pain which I can vouch lol sometimes your pride gets in the way and you need to let it go to look at the bigger picture!

This is James Taylor and that was my Christmas Message. I know it sounds a bit depressing but hey ain't the queens message a lil depressing lol. So by reading this I hope that it has hit a part of you that strikes a chord and it makes you think. If not then fair enough live how you want to. I hope that this message doesn't sound preachy, that's the last thing I want to sound like that crazy guy in town preaching.

Merry Christmas

Observation James

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So It's been a while!!

Hey you GUYYYYYYSSSSSSSSS! As said by the one and only SLOTH from Goonies! I'm back yep thats rite observation JAMES.

I know your probably be thinking man where the hell have you been its been like 5 months lol.

well in case your wondering in the past few months I have actually got my act together and really sorted my life out lol. I'm sticking to my news years goals. If you remember from earlier past like say In January lol.

OK I may have lied a lil there I have stuck to a couple I will list the ones I'm not doing:

- Eat better and stay fit. Again this is a half truth here as 1. I am eating but not just as healthy as I had hoped, even though I eat more fruit ( big thumbs up there) 2. I've stopped going gym but, now its a big BUT.....

I EXERCISE USING THE WII FIT!!!!!!!!!!! and play footy lol

I can now do half moon! (yoga lovers will know what that is. Yep it's the easy one lol)

- Doing the Doc, due to circumstances I have not been able to do the travelling man adventures but I will do it, I told too many people to just back out lol. So I'm sticking to my guns and will one day travel on bus from top to toe of the UK.

So 2 out of 7 that I have not achieved so far says I'm sticking to it. For all you guys out there I finally managed to get a job in the media and I'm enjoying it part from the drive from Scotland back home and arriving at 3 in the Morning. Guess what I'm killing 2 birds with 1 stone I'm being productive everyday as I have to work. My new years goals is just pure genius as I can complete one part from another by getting a job lol.

OK OK as I am observation James who writes down what he sees I guess I'll have to write something down on my observations well the topic that I will put down that I have noticed are:

PEOPLE THAT SMELL ON THE BUS!!!

Bloody hell how hard is it to just freshen up, are buses beacons for the down and outs of society who could not afford to splash a lil bit of water on themselves. It doesn't help when the radiator is on full blast in the middle of summer it just puts the smell factor from a 9 - a 900. What is the deal with that man. Either people have no shame and don't care or there is a new fragrance out that I'm missing out on called

SCENT OF URINE, with the tag line. For all your toilet needs.

my final advice before I go for those of us that at least smells half decent if your ever on a bus with a riffer see it you can beat the smell by letting a sneaky one out.
THAT CAN BE MY CHALLENGE TO YOU.

I know it's been a while but I will make sure I do this regularly

bye bye people

Observation James
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Achieving a Goal while passing wind and collecting JUNK!!!

I know people it's been over a week, well technically 2 lol since I last was on here and that's right I have reached one of my year goals!

Yep one of my Goal's was to get a job in the media and I have done it finally whoop whoop!!! As we are in April it's taken me 4 months so not bad. Just gotta keep this job and work my bollocks off lol!! For people interested in what I'll be doing is Video editor and cameraman. If you want to see who I will be working for here's the link:

www.mybrumtv.co.uk

check it out I'll be doing videos that go on there etc.

So who's been passing wind?

Well working in retail your gonna get the odd person breaking the barrier between fresh and slightly pongee. Your service customers and then all of a sudden POW you have just walked into a dome of gas and every which way you go there is no escape. You may as well just bask in the fresh product! But your not the only one who notices it but when you look around you see other's with that slight pulled face as tho something just died clearly over exaggerating the fresh smell of the brew lol!

But it's always a funny one to see the customer's scatter from the point of origin leaving the culprit or possible innocent victim. When in fact it could have been one of the staff member's using the excuse:

"Man can you smell that? God that is ruff as!"

While that staff member walks off thinking ha ha ha I fooled him. That was the type you savour under your bed sheet lol!!!

It was JUNK collecting day by mine

Yep it was that time of year again when the council ask people to put there junk out front. So I did a massive clear out only to find, Yep that is right

RANDOM STRANGERS PICKING UP MY JUNK!!!!

Man, that saying is true one man's junk is another man's treasure. The whole point of junk is that it is JUNK. Rubbish you wouldn't normally throw out weekly but a broken chair, an old hoover etc. But as I watched out my window cars would pull up and rummage through the junk. OK picture this FAT WOMAN comes out of FIESTA (80's) with her fella in old 90's England shirt (not new retro one). Then take a look at what's on offer and then see my old Ironing board keep it up inspect it a lil and just as they are about to put it in the car.

BOOM!!!

They realize it is broken, the despair the confusion in the couples eyes and then they just throw it back realizing it was only JUNK!!!

So next time it's junk day just remember why it is there! You would normally rummage through my weekly rubbish collection would you?

That's all from observation James
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p.s I will try and stay on top of these blogs! Promise!

Smelly tramp and Religion vs Meat? You Decide

OK it's Monday night but am going to do this blog whether my life depended on it!

SMELLY TRAMP!!!

Yep, there was a real smelly tramp on the bus and he was pungent, we are talking stale PISS! The guy came on the bus and people actually had to get off the bus man it was that bad. This being Birmingham and the society that we currently live in there had to be one guy that had to speak up and make it know to people there was a smelly tramp on the bus like we didn't know for ourselves.
Anyway the guy has to speak up loud and say

"Man you f*cking smelly tramp get off the bus, you making people feel sick! You f*cking tramp"

Now imaging that in a Slang/rude boy accent lol. That's how he was saying it and if that wasn't bad. More people started saying sh*t to the guy and what I thought was quite embarrassing for the guy random stranger's started to spray the guy with lynx etc. The tramp actually stood there and let people spray him.

Man where is this guy's self respect to not let himself get to this stage. Even though his a tramp and people are well aware of this should people do this to a guy who smells so bad?

RELIGION vs MEAT

OK this may offend a fair few people! SO WARNING RIGHT NOW, I MAY OFFEND YOU WITH MY OPINIONS!!!

Well as you may know my mom is currently in hospital and therefore me and my sister have to fend for ourselves lol.

Well I've bought food and in the items I bought SAUSAGES and BACON. As you must all be aware these are PORK!!!!

I found out today that if I cook this my sister will not eat these. Do you know why because she hangs round with Asian people that do not eat pork. This is coming from a girl that spits on my door when angry and does not follow any religion!

OK this baffled me but got me thinking OK seeing as we are fending for ourselves would you avoid having to eat pork????!!!!

I respect all religion's out there but no matter how sacred an animal is to you are you willing to sacrifice your health for an animal? When your body clearly needs meat and vegetable to survive, that's how your body is made. I know people have the option to pick and choose what animal to eat but in some countries you don't have the luxury to eat whatever. So sometimes you may have to eat something that you may have never thought you would eat in a million year's.

Is it ignorant not to care for your own well being than to continually avoid a specific animal and starve yourself until that beloved meat that you can eat lands on your plate?

At the end of the day it is survival of the fittest.

That's all from observation James
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p.s Have I caused a stir? If I have YES!!! and think about it before moaning at me!!

Staying in an A & E, and looking for a shoe!

Oi Oi People it's Sunday night, Slightly later than usual. For that reason alone I'm keeping it short!

Yep I stayed in A & E

I had to take my mum dues to her being ill at the moment. Man you get all sorts in A & E and as it was a Friday night you had pissed up people and bloody guys who had been in a fight. I thought working in retail you get slightly quirky characters but A&E is the place to be if you want to see Crazy's!

One things for sure trying to sleep in A&E is the most uncomfortable thing ever and I've stayed in a train station. Now I sound like I love the HOBO lifestyle lol. But you try sleeping on a plastic chair in the ward and if not try the metal cold chairs in the waiting room. It's like trying to go sleep on your toilet!!!

So what do you do when you need a shoe with the most vague description ever?

That's the situation I had today and in many other occasions. The woman had a piece of paper giving me the description here's what it said:

Black Fred Perry Leather

How vague do you want to be? lol OK let's go through this step by step how to narrow down a shoe description:
1. Well its black (that's a start)
2. The make is Fred Perry (OK got a brand name)
3. Its made of leather (didn't realize leather is common in SHOES!!!)

That's as vague as me saying this is what I look like

I have 2 eyes, a nose, a mouth. O yeah black eye browns. By the way my name is James!

Is that Vague?!

I know the customer probably doesn't know shoe details etc but maybe if you brought in a picture or showed me something similar that would probably help.

That's all from Observation James
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p.s Next weeks might be slightly delayed but do not fret!!!

No pounds coins and One Trampy Sister

Hi all I know it's not quite Sunday evening more like Monday afternoon. Didn't do the blog last night as I was shattered man plus was busy showing my mate the wisdom's of Facebook.

Anyhow for your weekly dose of retail:

No POUND coins!

That is exactly what the bank had said to the store when we needed change. Man when you heard there was a recession on you would at least think the bank would have pound coins. Or maybe due to panic people go out in there numbers and ask for their money specifically in pound coins. When my colleague told me the bank had no pound coins I was thinking,

O my there's gonna be a whole wide panic, front page news:

Bank has no POUND COINS!!!!!

OK that's slightly far fetched but you would think, come on you gotta have pound coins. There's nothing worse than having to give a customer a load of ten pence pieces and then say

"sorry we have no pound coins"

It's like putting in a shower and saying

"Sorry there is no water"
then having to substitute it with bottles of Volvic for a wash in the morning or going down the local gym for a wash.

NOW ONE TRAMPY SISTER

I wasn't going to write about this as I didn't know what to write about but due to my sister being a tosser this morning this deserves to be put in blog form and maybe a lil animation that I will make. Anyway that lil Bit*h (OK you probably sense hatred here, for people that know me they will understand. But who don't I CAN'T STAND HER) flipped out this morning at my mom for some gay reason and I said dickhead. Somehow she heard that from downstairs and flipped out even more calling me all sorts. Anyway after she left I went downstairs and when I came back to my room she did the most TRAMPY thing ever. That's right.......

SHE SPAT ON MY DOOR!!!!!

What kind of person does that, man it pissed me off so much there's nothing worse than spit for all I know there could be the bad aids in that bit of spit. To think she will be 18 this month and she calls me an Immature Prick, but with observations like these I think shes the prick!!!!

that's all from observation James
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p.s sorry if I went over the top with my sister there BUT IT NEEDED TO BE SAID!!

p.p.s you can see this F*cker on facebook her name is KARAN MCMULLAN!!!!

Do you have a spare Mattress?

How could I forget!

Thursday night full of dreams and excitement, staying at the F1 hotel the Best(worst) place on Earth how often do you get a guy knocking on your room asking if you have a spare mattress. Then using that as a way to try and chat up some women. Firstly why do you need the mattress and secondly that ain't no way to whoo the ladies lol.

Don't forget to read my blog just below I had to write this!!!!

Observation James
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p.s READ READ READ BELOW!!!!

Busting Moves and Slurring Words

Not much to write this week went out on Thursday, this was the highlight of my week and that's right from the title you guessed it I got drunk.

Can't really write too much on the night apart from having too many £1 bottles of Foster's is clinically proven to damage your health, with the LIVER first thing coming to my mind. Well when your out in the club people do tend to bust a move or 2 especially once they drunk. Is this the secret of a world class dancer, an undeniable secret source of confidence. Or just an excuse to bust them moves and not think about looking like a complete tosser?

Well being in a club full of binge drinkers (I include myself here) there is bound to be one person who thinks they are the next Micheal Jackson or your local football pub team cheerleader. Better yet your newest erotic dancer at your local pub turned strip club
"The Hound and Whore"
(that's just a made up pub/erotic club)

Anyway what I'm trying to get at yep there was this very one person in the club that thought she had all the moves. Like she was rehearsing for the next big MTV video about to be released. What I'm trying to get at is that it ain't big and it ain't clever. Well for one drunken girls busting moves like there was tomorrow ain't attractive and sure ain't sexy. 2. Your just waiting to be a victim of....... That's right, abuse as in the abuse you would give to your mate who would step in some random dog crap in the street. OK not a good way of comparing it but you know what I mean.

Slurring words!
Man if your drunk, your better off trying to use sign language or even try speaking another language. As your piss whatever comes out just don't make sense. I dunno how barman ever know what a drunkard says half the time. Just seeing a random drunk in the street or on the bus I just dunno what the hell they say.

dgfeojcohodhohfhskhsdhh

Did that make sense?
maybe after a few it will. Go on have a couple and see if it does.
Not that I'm trying to promote alcoholism or anything.

OK that was a short blog I dunno what to write this week but this may interest readers. I'm going to make my blogs into a mini series that I will put up on YouTube I have already put up a pilot episode its called Retail Poo. Type that in it's the 1st thing that comes up lol.

It's in the style of Adam and Joe watch them on YouTube too. But I'll warn you guys I did it at 11pm on a sat night, unscripted and uncensored. It's amateur at it's best watch and enjoy here is the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd62YE3Tj3s

check it out people.

That's all from observation James
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p.s I got really drunk, I wouldn't be surprised if I got drunk and danced thinking I was the next Peter Stringfellow! Only at The hound and whore, teabag Tuesdays!

Crazy Man and the odd Foreign Customer.

OK I'll be true to my word and keep this short as nothing really happened this week to go mental about so her it goes:

Crazy Man
Or should I just say crazy people I should try an generalise it to, The odd normal person. As the way the I see things Weirdo's currently outnumber Normals. (that's right normal people now referred to NORMAL'S). Having worked on a slow Tuesday one highlight was a crazy man that came into the shop.

How was he crazy?
Well
1. he came up to me said a few things shook my hand and then hugged me,
2. he then went to one of the chairs and kinda hobbled over it like it was some kind of climbing frame
and finally 3. he stood in one corner and started dancing what a crazy mo fo.

If you think this is a random occurrence you'd be wrong retail always seems to get random Weirdo's. What's even more funny is watching other people's reaction's to the Weirdo. For example they will stare but make sure it's from a distance and the minute the Weirdo makes eye contact. BAM!!! They feel like they gotta get out of there. I'll be honest I do the exact same thing, as on Tuesday after he was in the shop I had to go out on my lunch and I just happened to see him and guess what I did. Yep you guessed it I walked the other direction.

Foreign Customers.
OK, This can go either way just like dealing with everyday fellow country men or folk how ever you want to say it without seeming so BLOODY PC! Anyway today I dealt with a foreign customer I'm guessing Mediterranean and I must say she was very humble towards me once she bought the shoes. One thing I've notice between Foreign particularly European and Homeland (again not sure how to phrase it lol) customers is that they are extra grateful. It's when this happens you forget about all the tossers and lying bastards you dealt with before.

So what I'll say is that if your willing to be patient and not so bloody ignorant to a foreign person they will actually show you with a bit of respect. OK there's that language barrier but a few hand gesture's and by simply listening to will end up sorting out the situation.

So this goes out to all ignorant F**cker's, just because you speak a different language don't make you better than someone and just treat them how you would want to be treated.

That's all I got this week didn't really know what to say like it is probably because I didn't have to deal with any dickheads or tossers

Observation James
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p.s Having a dartboard in the staff room is what dreams are made of!

Disabled children and the refund!!! Not forgeting the tosser!

It's that time of the week again Sunday night and I ain't got anything better to do. So what have I been up to this week and what Observations have I made. Well to be honest I can't really think of anything that stick's out or comes to mind part from going out on Thursday.

O what an eventful night it was, caution to all reader's this bit talks about sexual abuse.
I know, tough topic.

Well this is what happened I was out with a few mates having a laugh and drink in a bar and we notice these guys. They were full on tossers all drunk and acting up. Basically they were by these 2 girls being drunk and hassling them, me being me started doing a dance basically taking the piss out of the one of them.
WARNING. People of a sensitive nature DO NOT READ:

So I did the dance and out of nowhere I was STRADDLED by his mate, that's right he was humping my back. I was violated, I'm now a victim of rape, of the male kind. Do you know what was worse about 10 min later after my ordeal I go into the toilet for a piss and he just happens to be at the urinal. As I'm mid flow he looks at me and says:
"Alright"

A guy clearly not phased by dry humping another man. What has our society now come to!

OK now for your weekly dose of Retail life.

What's worse than having to deal with a refund other than a customer having to use her disabled child as an excuse to get her refund on the day.

That was the scenario I had on Saturday. A customer ordered some shoes off the Internet and didn't have the right documents and I said that I would not be able to look at the shoes until she got the right proof of purchase. Anyway she then starts to demand the refund that day. Then OK, This is the big THEN.

She says, (I'll put this bold capitals):

"I want my refund today, I can't come in any other day. I want my refund NOW! I don't want to have to come in again because (this may shock you what she says) of my DISABLED CHILD"

at that point I'm thinking what the fuck, you just didn't use your disabled son as an excuse. Now that truly is some messed up way of trying to get a refund.

So people next time you need to be prioritised just tell em a member of your family is disabled or better yet. I've got a slight gammy hand can I get a refund.

That's all from
Observation James
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p.s nest time your in a night club, if you wanna pull don't square up to the girl like your gonna hit her. That is noway smooth or charming!

Long distances and a Walking, Talking BRICK wall!

Hi all sorry bout the late blog normally due on a Sunday evening.

Actually keeping it up as well, check me out, skills to pay the bills. If only doing a blog paid the bills that is. Anyway your probably thinking what's with the title of this blog well seeing as we are coming up to valentine's and that I have a girlfriend that lives about 2 hours away from me by train I thought I'd talk about long distance relationships. Okay I've just come back from a weekend with the Mrs from her parents house up north. Whilst on the train I was thinking am I one of many or one of a few people to do the Long Distance relationship thing?

Well being with my Mrs a.k.a my girlfriend lol for over 2 years now (well not quite sure on dates as do people include when they were seeing each other or not lol). But anyway like I was saying we have been together this long with the majority of it being after uni, meant that we are having to be together with the distance factor involved. People often ask

"Do you find it difficult living so far away and not getting to see each other that often?"

The answer to that is yeah, of course I (we) find it hard as there are times when you want your other half with ya. There are times when you want to be all lovey dovey and shit lol and you cant really do that on your own. So what I'm trying to get at is that it is hard doing the long distance thing but it's well worth it when you do see each other. As you realise just spending that less amount of time with someone special can mean a lot more than spending a whole year with someone doing the same old shit and stuck in a routine. Hating the fact your with this person for all the wrong reasons.

Well that's the way I look at it anyway lol if you disagree or want to ask me anything else on this ask away.

Okay that was my lovey dovey valentine's section, bloody valentine's day what a whole bunch of bollocks. Why be so nice on 1 day when it should be all year round, Money grabbing bastards lol.

So you ask
"WALKING, TALKING BRICK WALL"

Well that would be me working in yep you guessed it RETAIL. You might realise there's an ongoing theme on my working life in retail lol. But man you kinda realise how retarded how people are. Here's an example of my latest encounters, when I ask a customer if they are OK. This is part of my job right, good customer service, blah blah blah and all that. What's annoying is when the customer does not even acknowledge that I've asked them a question. Okay fair enough they might not have heard so I'll ask again. But when they blatantly do and don't do fuck all. What am I, a brick wall. Bloody hell.

What's worst is when they just turn look at you and then don't do nothing but then turn the other way, what the fuck is that all about. Have you got a speech impediment. Bring a bloody interpreter with you next time, I might actually get to know what the hell you thinking. Man there are times when you ask the customer a lot of time's, I find myself doing it on purposes more than once till I get the fact the customer has acknowledged me. I'd rather a customer tell me to fuck off than just blank me, how bloody rude you ignorant fuck. lol.

I'll keep it short tonight anyway goodnight and take it easy all people
from observation James
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p.s If you are a customer and the sales assistant asks you are you Okay please respond.
YOU IGNORANT F*CKERS!

p.p.s Sorry to the deaf people who have shopped and I was persistent in asking if you was Okay, I didn't realise you was deaf.
SORRY!

My second blog: Tossers, Glasses and Refunds

Crazy ain't it I'm actually gonna do another blog, man if I keep this up might just buy myself a pint. So it's been another week in the life of James Taylor, Mr Cynical if you've ever seen one or maybe just the guy who sees things as they should be.

Anyway seeing as a few people liked my last Blog I'll keep doing them but will keep em short especially as the last one was like a bloody letter lol. So What highlights have happened this week well....

I'm kinda sticking to my new year goals part from the gym one to be honest just could not be asked lol but everything else I've been sticking to so I'm happy bout that actually doing something with myself. Trying to stay clear from becoming a full on bum lol.

So what observations have I made this week I hear you all ask. For one does wearing non prescriptive glasses make you an automatic tosser or fanny magnet lol. Normally I would think of people that wear non prescriptive glasses were tossers but I have a pair. Why did I get em because of the pure reason because I like em and think they look good. OK I might sound like a hypocrite, but one time or another you'll slag someone off about something they own but one day you'll eventually succumb to it and join the trend whether it is in or not. Here's an example guys in cardigans. There was a stage where I thought man you bunch of tossers I felt so passionate about it that it took me about 3 years after the rage I finally thought fuck it I'll wear a cardigan. Do you know why I did just for the same reason as the Glasses because it looked good and I liked it. So no matter how much you try not to follow something it will happen no matter how much you want to be individual it will happen, it's just how you style them out.
OK back to the point of the glasses are they a fanny magnet? Well I went out on Thursday to a couple of bars with my mate's and I managed to get attention off girls not saying that I'm god's gift or anything like. But we're talking majority of girls in a club checking me out and one guy talking to me quite possibly a gay lol. Not sure if I stuck out like a sore thumb or had the thought that I always have about people and new trends......
















"TOSSER" (Me in pic)

Then again one of my mate's I was with did say one of the girl's in the club said to her mate.
"that guy with the glasses, they really suit him"
So it leaves the question do these fake glasses bring unnecessary attention to an average guy, who thought they looked good and went with the style for the evening?

That's one question I can leave you to comment on. For those thinking I'm an egotistical prick I'm not just thought I'd write it and even if I was so what does it effect your life?

OK now moving onto the best part working in retail and the joys of dealing with customers.
today's subject:
People trying to get a refund.

That's right there is nothing worst than having to deal with a bloody return. OK there are fair enough reason to bring something back but man when they start going into extremes of trying to bring something back and make up stories to try and get there money back. These people are known as
Lying bastard's

I know it may sound harsh I'm just speaking out here as a working guy and a customer of retail. I'll explain what I mean when I mention that comment basically when a person brings a shoe back and has been unworn and you check em out and they look brand new fair enough, I'm more than happy to take em back. But when they come storming straight to the cash desk I would like a refund open the box then POW!!!! Worn down sole slightly smelly and mud in between the grooves of the sole and then they say OK you ready for this
"I haven't worn these, Could I get my money back"

OK, there's taking the piss and then there's yeah you work in retail so you must be a dumb ass. Do these people know we have probably more coming sense than half of the customers coming in asking about the sale when there's clearly signs everywhere (read previous blog you'll know what I mean). Customer's like that are the reason I write stuff like this up as we live in a place full of retards. What's worst is when the customer is adamant they didn't wear then. On that note I will have to finish this blog as I feel I maybe writing a tad too much lol.

Final note.....

Guys that roam shops trying to steal bags off a customer the public ain't afraid to speak up as I witnessed at work on Saturday as a thieving f*cker tried to take a customer's bag when she wasn't looking. With another customer noticing these actually told the guy to put the bag down, grabbing it off him and brought it to my attention at which point the guy went off in a hurry after putting the bag. So I solute the very few that randomly do acts of courage to do what is right.

Whhoooooooooo Yeahhhhhhhh!!! (that would be me cheering)

From Observation James
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p.s If the Mrs reads this blog, I'll still wear the glasses lol!

So I decided on doing a blog

Hi I'm James Taylor,

I'm a 23 year old that lives in Birmingham, England and I decided on doing a blog. So why am I doing this well: a) probably too much time on my hands, b) I'm not sure if my mind works slightly differently from others as I do have some random view points on issues and surroundings. C) This is the best way to get my ideas onto something other than stuck in my head lol.

So now I'm thinking to myself how the hell do I start one of these? Is it like an online diary? Or is it just a way of venting my frustrations? But however I write my blogs I apologise now if I ever offend or if I just don't make any sense. I tend to go on a tangent. Quite liking writing a blog (Me thinking to myself). Okay it's a new year well 25 days too late but never too late to write a blog and how is it for me so far? Well I've set myself goals:

1. Sort life out
2. Get a job in the media
3. Get documentary sorted out
4. Sort out finances
5. Eat better and stay fit
6. Be productive each day
7. Get better with after effects, illustrator, photoshop, 3ds max etc

So those are my goals and I must say I've been getting on well with them. I'm actually doing it. With the minor blips here and there but January is not over yet.
About me, well I'm currently a weekend supervisor at Schuh in Birmingham on the high street and I say I do some freelance video and motion graphics but haven't done any since towards end of last year. Hence goal number 2 (yeah have a look up there). I went to university in Leicester at De Montfort Uni and studied BSc Media Production, which I got a 2.1. Those were a great 3 years of my life away from home and basically lived the dream, bummed about occasionally, then again I was at uni and whoever didn't do any of those things clearly haven't lived the uni dream. O yeah I'm originally from London and just recently found out I'm half Scottish crazy when I've always thought I was half English and Filipino. But that situation is a long story. My interests are film, video, TV shows, Motion Graphics, comics, design, art and Manga/Anime.

Might as well blog my general observations of the day,
well on the way to work on the bus can you picture your stereotypical gambler:
in a suit, slightly dirty, top bottom undone with a tie that looks like it was just bought from Oxfam. Had an unwashed unkempt look about him with slightly messy hair the look of, got out of bed and put on the closest thing to him. That's right the suit. With slight case of dandruff on his shoulders, do you know how I know this because he sat in front of me. So how many of you would class this guy as a gambler? Your probably thinking how can you make such an assumption? Well the fact he took out a folder labelled fixtures and times. On closer inspection he had a syndicate, for you that don't gamble or not aware of gambler's addiction. This would be a table of the days footy fixtures and he would then mark on it scores etc for the day in which he would place the bet. This clearly was not a one off as he had a fair few clearly not caring about the recession or just times are hard and key word here GAMBLING. Anyway that was not all he took out a paper and first thing he went to yeah that's right the horses page. I wonder how his day went.

That was my morning then I had to work. As I work in retail you kind of realise how retarded the public are. Maybe it's me the cynic or maybe I'm just a well observant person but man you can't but help laugh at some people. OK here's the scenario guy comes in (I work in a shoe shop by the way). Guys searching for shoes on the sale rack and then asks me
"have you any other sizes?"
I reply
"Yeah, what size are you after?"
OK seems like a harmless question, but wait staring him in the face is a sign that says SALE, with bold writing that says:
Other sizes available!
not sure if the ! was there lol. I'm not sure if this guy or numerous guys do it on purpose or just generally retarded how can you not miss the big bold writing of OTHER SIZES AVAILABLE. Hence my frustration with the general public. You want to hear something even worst than that:

"Have you got a sale on?"

Yes people do actually say that when there are banners in the windows, signs around the shop and sale racks blocking there path to get to me to ask that very question. What doe's this say about the public hmmmmmmmmmmm? I'll leave that to yourself to decide you might actually think twice before you ask a sales assistant a question.

So is this a proper blog then? I'm not quite sure, thought I'd ease myself in with just an easy case of ranting about shopper's habit's and general observation on a bus.

Hopefully I can write more stuff I actually quite like doing this so I think it definitely will be a recurring thing so watch this space.

Observation James
:-)

p.s Man, I wrote allot.