Stilton: Hi everyone, hope you're all having a good day.

As for me, apart from Windows being utter crap, GOG ignoring my emails (its been a few days now GOG, hasn't it...) and the local post office being too retarded to work out that 'I was out when you tried to deliver a parcel, can you redeliver it please?' means that I was out when they tried to deliver a parcel and I would like them to redeliver it, everything's hunky dory.

To be fair, the local PO are notoriously stupid. I've attempted conversation with them before about various redelivery/postage options and they usually just look at me like they can't quite believe I'm there and asking them something about 'sending parcels and letters somewhere,' as though the entire premise is somehow mystical and at the extreme fringes of perception. There's usually a twenty second gap between my inquiry and their grunting response, which is more often than not accompanied by a bovine snort and a hoof scraping on the floor. I've even considered drawing a diagram to make things clearer but haven't tried it as yet, as I am fairly sure that the person I'm attempting to explain the situation to will eat it and then I'll be back to square one. Maybe I should take some carrots with me next time to distract them... Living in the countryside is nice in many ways, but things like professional efficiency, social interaction and personal hygiene are somewhat lacking.

Anyway, with luck the redelivery request will have made its way through what passes for their 'system' and my parcel will arrive tomorrow. Fingers crossed.

CarrionCrow: Good afternoon. =)
Gods, it IS multiplayer-oriented....actually had my eye on that one for a bit, and I also tend to hate multiplayer.
Will be pretty nice when Bloodborne finally shows up. As for Dark Souls, just got the news that GFWL is no longer needed, so I finally get to hurt myself playing through that one. =)

CarrionCrow: Good morning. =)
... How's the day treating you so far?

Stilton: Hi everyone, hope you're all having a good day.

As for me, apart from Windows being utter crap, GOG ignoring my emails (its been a few days now GOG, hasn't it...) and the local post office being too retarded to work out that 'I was out when you tried to deliver a parcel, can you redeliver it please?' means that I was out when they tried to deliver a parcel and I would like them to redeliver it, everything's hunky dory.

To be fair, the local PO are notoriously stupid. I've attempted conversation with them before about various redelivery/postage options and they usually just look at me like they can't quite believe I'm there and asking them something about 'sending parcels and letters somewhere,' as though the entire premise is somehow mystical and at the extreme fringes of perception. There's usually a twenty second gap between my inquiry and their grunting response, which is more often than not accompanied by a bovine snort and a hoof scraping on the floor. I've even considered drawing a diagram to make things clearer but haven't tried it as yet, as I am fairly sure that the person I'm attempting to explain the situation to will eat it and then I'll be back to square one. Maybe I should take some carrots with me next time to distract them... Living in the countryside is nice in many ways, but things like professional efficiency, social interaction and personal hygiene are somewhat lacking.

Anyway, with luck the redelivery request will have made its way through what passes for their 'system' and my parcel will arrive tomorrow. Fingers crossed.

CarrionCrow: Bloodborne - the new game from the people who did Demon's Souls/Dark Souls/Dark Souls 2.

j0ekerr: Considering that most post boxes here are variations of these, parcels can't be delivered anything other than personally. So usually the postman just leaves a note, saying that your parcel is waiting for you at the post office. And from then on, it's your responsibility to go there and claim it.

I was under the impression that the Royal Mail was somewhat efficient. I guess that's another myth busted.

j0ekerr: Oh, so that's Bloodborne!

Looks sweet.

j0ekerr: ...
I was under the impression that the Royal Mail was somewhat efficient. I guess that's another myth busted.

hummer010: My neighbour is a postie. I try not to complain about Canada Post when she's around. I'm not sure why I don't though. She forever complains to me about the County roads because I work at the county despite her knowing I have nothing to do with road maintenance.

j0ekerr: Considering that most post boxes here are variations of these, parcels can't be delivered anything other than personally. So usually the postman just leaves a note, saying that your parcel is waiting for you at the post office. And from then on, it's your responsibility to go there and claim it.

I was under the impression that the Royal Mail was somewhat efficient. I guess that's another myth busted.

hummer010: My neighbour is a postie. I try not to complain about Canada Post when she's around. I'm not sure why I don't though. She forever complains to me about the County roads because I work at the county despite her knowing I have nothing to do with road maintenance.

CarrionCrow: That's called self-restraint on your part. ;)

Stilton: When I found the card saying they'd been I thought, 'Okay, this is fairly simple, it doesn't have to be a pain in the arse this time,' and so I read the instructions on its reverse. First mistake. I then found the website that promised me it would be a simple procedure to book a redelivery online. Second mistake. I filled out the form carefully and the website told me repeatedly that I hadn't put my door number in the right box. And there was me thinking that putting my door number in the right box was the right thing to do. Third mistake. Dead end, back to the card. Fourth mistake. My fifth mistake was phoning the number telling me I could book a redelivery using real words spoken from my mouth, and I glimpsed a little old-fashioned hope up ahead. Sixth mistake. The sixth mistake ended after being told by a pointlessly happy recorded voice that I should book a redelivery online. I then resorted to thinking for myself and found the local depot's number via Google and spoke to a real alive woman who told me things were lax at that moment and she would 'try' to get my parcel to me tomorrow. Maybe if things were busy I might not get it at all. The Royal Mail are about as useful as a bus full of penguins, and it amazes me how they get away with such useless 'service' year after year.

Stilton: snip