Well, fuck.

[bubosquared]

I think I just volunteered to do overtime (both for P&G and for Adobe) this Saturday, and possibly during next week as well.

I am clearly insane and looking to relapse with the tiredness (which seems to be improving--I suspect because my period is over now), but hey, money!

And now for something only the Belgians on my friendslist will understand: "[0800 telephone number] Gratis / Appel gratuite" does not mean "Call this number for a free apple". No, seriously.

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[rossetti.livejournal.com]

Money! Yay! Everyone loves money.

::cough::

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

#Mooooney, that's what I want ...#

*boogies* Er, sorry. :D

[jamaisneutral.livejournal.com]

dialing 0800 xxxxxx "hello, can I speak to Melle please?"

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Well, you could call the 0800 number on any P&G product, but they're not gonna have a clue who Melle is. :D

[sileas.livejournal.com]

Ask for the hot chick with red dreadlocks. ;-)

Seriously, they think they get a free Apple if they call that phone number? *laughs*

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Well, small-a-apple, but still. And yes, seriously, two calls in one day, and both of them serious! WTF people?

[wimmeke.livejournal.com]

I've never been too good on French, but isn't there at least an accent missing in there ?

It took me a while to get it even. I'm getting old I think...

I was about to do that 10 first lines thing, but then I noticed it's 10 lines from different stories. I wonder if I'll manage to add up to that. I'm sure I can, just not sure if I can find all those stories back, actually.

[rane-ab.livejournal.com]

"[0800 telephone number] Gratis / Appel gratuite" does not mean "Call this number for a free apple". No, seriously.

*dies* Oh, man, I'm seriously laughing out loud here. Do you get a lot of calls from non-English-speakers, then?

And don't work too hard, now!

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm solely on the Flemish line, now. Nice change from having to put up with annoying condescending middle-aged Dutchmen, but I'm still looking for another job. :)

[rane-ab.livejournal.com]

*blinks* Why do Flemish people have to call Scotland to get advice? I'm probably missing something here.

For some reason I've been thinking on the differences between Belgian people/culture and Dutch people/culture these past days. I mean, no deep thoughts or anything *g*, but just if one attitude is better than the other. Because, as Flemish people, I think we've propably got a, er, tiny little prejudice against Dutchies. Last time they said on the (Flemish) radio that some commission had made a list with what people were most welcomed as tourists in European countries. I mean, they interviewed people in I don't know how many countries and asked which nationality of tourists they preferred.

Apparently, it transpired that Dutchies are found to be very tolerant, and are quite high on the list of favourite tourists. Belgians, on the other hand, are considered rather intolerant (also of noise, etc.) and are auite a bit lower. Of course, I can't help but think that the Dutchies are usually the ones making the noise in the first place. Germans, apparently, are the least favoured, IIRC.

I do think that, on an international level, the Dutchies would have a better image than the Belgians, for being more tolerant and open-minded. But then they come on holiday here and are all "Ooh, people are so friendly and polite here!" So we're intolerant berks, but we're friendly and polite. On the other hand, Dutchies are open-minded and tolerant, and are so much more likely to tell you to fuck off. o_O

[rane-ab.livejournal.com]

and are auite a bit lower.

And are quite a bit lower on the list.

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

blinks* Why do Flemish people have to call Scotland to get advice? I'm probably missing something here.

They call the 0800 number, but that gets routed to here, because we have al the languages centered here, rather than have small teams of one or two people in each country. :) Same as with Adobe, really.