Kitty's Corner

I like going for a walk by the lakes. Yes, we do have lakes here, even in the big city. Five of them, to be precise, and they are my little oasis. I like sitting here, gazing out over the water while pedestrians and dog walkers and bicyclists pass me. I let my mind wander, it's so soothing. I feel like I've had my batteries recharged after half an hour of just sitting.

Anyway - you know that I never leave home without my camera. This day a couple have brought some bread for the ducks and swans. They start throwing it in the water, and it only takes one minute, then the entire flock of gulls have heard the news and are ready to steal any piece of bread that get near them.

Here's three gull fighting over a piece of bread:


And when that is eaten, they look for the next piece:


But wait, there are other animals that would love to get a piece of bread. It took this fella two minutes of very begging eyes and low whimpering sounds to get a bite:


And its "mum" wasn't thrilled, so she yelled from far away - but the bread was too delicious to be ignored. This is what the poor dog looked like when the mum approached:


You know, you really shouldn't give dogs food without asking the owner. I had a dog who was allergic and couldn't just eat anything without getting sick. And since the dog never said no to offered food, ... well, you get the picture!

Anyway - it was a nice day. Nice and quiet.

I've been having a problem with my "radio" lately. I wasn't able to play loud, then it would cause a terrible sound in the speakers. A dude I know opened it up, and said it was probably a condenser that was broken (right... ) and that it would be too expensive to try to fix it.

Right. I like listening to my music kinda loud. I mean, it's nice when the singer sings louder than me.
So I went to the radio store, browsed around a bit to make sure to use the right expressions. I made a note to myself: "I'd like to buy a receiver".

A sales guy approached me, asking if he could be at service. This is how conversation went:

Me: Yes, I'd like to buy a receiver.
Him: How do you receive your signal?
Me: Umm... my signal...? Through cable, I think. Yes, through cable!
Him: Who's the provider?
Me: Ummm... *wondering why the hell he wants to know that* YouSee.
Him: YouSee?
Me: Yes?
Him: They send out both digital and analogue signal!
Me: Okaaaay...?
Him: You don't have problems watching TV?
Me: I don't know why you ask me about the TV when all I want to do is to listen to the radio!
Him: Radio? But you said receiver!
Me: Yes, because that's what you call the devices I looked at on your shelves over there!
Him: So... radio, huh? Like, a box? I don't think we have that! Hey, Brian...! *he walks away and talks with a colleague*
*he brings his colleague back with him and says* We don't have that, sorry!
Me: But... but... they're on your shelves! *points*
His colleague: Oh, you mean a receiver!
Me: *groaning loudly* Yes please, that's what I asked for in the first place!
Him: I thought you looked for an antenna...

An antenna... Now where on earth did that come from?!

I hate smartass sales persons that don't listen to the customers!

Oh yeah, I got my receiver!

Have a fantastic Sunday!

My regular readers know that I love watching movies. I put reviews here on my blog - but almost only of the movies I've watched in the cinema. I do watch a lot of movies on DVD though.

So - it's been a while since I bought a DVD last, and I wanted to give myself a little gift. I went to a big DVD store, which is the one that holds the most interesting movies. It's a damn big store, they sell DVDs (obviously), CDs, computer games, games for consoles of all kinds, computers, televisions, cameras... you name it...

Usually you have to search for the employees if you've got questions. I didn't have any questions - I didn't really know what I was looking for, so I just browsed around, getting an impression of what they had, and checked if anything was interesting enough to buy it.

Ha, then I suddenly saw something. Two different movies, both starring Brad Pitt, namely "7 years in Tibet" from 1997 and "A River Runs Through It" from 1992. They were standing right next to each other - take a look:

Isn't it funny that they use so similar photos on the front page? I mean, even the bloody hat is the same!

Anyway - after having taken the photo, a sales man approached me. I quickly hid my camera in my pocket, not sure if it is allowed to take photos in there. He asked me if he could help me, and I said no, and that I was just looking for a movie (idiotic answer, but what the hell ). He ended up asking me what kind of movies I prefer and showed me around in the big store, telling me all about where all the various types of movies were placed, and after having tried all genres ("what about a romantic comedy?"...) he left me by the action movies.

I picked two - and went to the counter to pay them. Then he rushed over to check which movies I had chosen; The Italian Job and Requiem for a Dream. He approved of my choices, telling what he liked the movies for, chatted a bit while his colleague at the counter patiently waited for me to pay. Then he wished me a great day, and I left, smiling.

That store hires such entertaining staff!

We often have morning meetings at work. And when we invite people to come to meetings in the mornings we always serve breakfast. We have a small kitchen with an oven and a microwave, and we have a fridge too, so all it takes is a bit of planning.

My boss had bought some buns for a morning meeting the other day. She had bought two bags of buns, because of a special offer at the baker's.

But let's take a closer look at that "special offer":



The white label tells the original price: 18.95 DKK - that's approximately 2.5 Eur, but that's irrelevant right now. The yellow label shows the "good offer": Two bags for 38 DKK. That means that if you buy two bags, you'll pay 0.10 DKK more than if you've bought two individual bags.

But hey, further down on the yellow label there's another noticeable thing. It says that the regular price is 25 DKK, and not 18.95 DKK. You know what that is? That's cheating! Selling things at regular prices, and camouflaging them and make it look like an offer - that's bad style. Shame on you, Føtex, for cheating your costumers!