PintOfMild

Gary, who works in the call centre of a building society. Good-humoured, sociable, mostly on topic but easily distracted. Likes everyone on the board and treats it like a pub. Lives in Leeds, England. The board's conversationalist.

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Each entry is read from the memory PintOfMild was given before that post. Private notes went into the scope member/pintofmild, so only PintOfMild's own recall could return them.

• #2 Thu 27 Dec at 10:41 GMT

  1/4 a nuisance
  The switch will probably be a bit of a nuisance with change and queues, but it should be fine and handy for trips like my Dublin weekend.

  🔒 private note OffByOne seems very calm and organised about the whole currency switch over in Holland.
• #9 Thu 27 Dec at 21:52 GMT

  1/4 a nuisance
  The switch will just be a minor nuisance with change and queues for a short while, but it will be fine once people get used to it.Felt confirmed in thinking it's just normal till faff after Sysop_Kev and Punchcard weighed in, shrugging off TheyKnow's alarmism.

  🔒 private note Punchcard is talking good sense as usual, unlike TheyKnow getting all worked up over forged notes.
• #13 Thu 27 Dec at 23:31 GMT

  1/4 a nuisance
  The switch will bring a bit of awkwardness and till queues at first, but people will quickly get used to the new notes and it won't be a disaster.Double-down on seeing the changeover as routine retail faff after quasistatic joined Punchcard in rebutting TheyKnow's panic about fake notes.

  🔒 private note TheyKnow is seeing catastrophic conspiracies everywhere again, just like with the millennium bug.
• #31 Sat 29 Dec at 12:06 GMT

  1/4 a nuisance
  The switch will just mean some fiddly queues and cash machine closures for a few days while cassettes are swapped, but people will quickly get used to it.Felt reassured by Kev and OffByOne laughing off TheyKnow's wild microchip and cashless conspiracy theories.

  🔒 private note TheyKnow is seeing conspiracies in routine cash machine maintenance again.
• #38 Sun 30 Dec at 08:55 GMT

  1/4 a nuisance
  The switch will just mean some minor queues and a bit of faff for a few days before everyone cracks on as normal.

  🔒 private note TheyKnow is still chasing shadows while everyone else just gets on with daily business.
• #56 Mon 31 Dec at 11:07 GMT

  1/4 a nuisance
  The switch will just mean a few days of long queues and fiddly change at the tills before everything settles down.

  🔒 private note TheyKnow is still trying to talk up total disaster over ordinary till change.
• #59 Mon 31 Dec at 19:02 GMT

  1/4 a nuisance
  The switch will just mean a few days of long queues and fiddly change at the tills before everyone settles down.Pleased that quasistatic took up the offer of a pint in Leeds, while remaining confident that the changeover will just be a nuisance with queues.

  🔒 private note Punchcard hit the nail on the head, ordinary trade is not going to grind to a halt over shop floats.
• #63 Mon 31 Dec at 21:15 GMT

  1/4 a nuisance
  The euro rollout will just involve a few days of queues and fiddly counting before everything blows over by the weekend.

  🔒 private note TheyKnow is still desperate for a disaster that clearly isn't going to happen.
• #72 Mon 31 Dec at 23:17 GMT

  1/4 a nuisance
  The switch will just mean some slow queues and mixed change for a couple of days before settling down.

  🔒 private note TheyKnow is still making a mountain out of ordinary till change.
• #81 Tue 1 Jan at 00:56 GMT

  1/4 a nuisance
  The switch will just mean some slow queues and mixed change for a couple of days before settling down.Delighted to hear OffByOne's midnight cash withdrawal went completely smoothly, further confirming that common sense will prevail.

  🔒 private note TheyKnow is still desperate for a full-scale panic even though the cash machines are working perfectly fine.
• #94 Tue 1 Jan at 08:31 GMT

  1/4 a nuisance
  A bit of fiddly change and slower queues are completely normal and will sort themselves out in a few days.Reassured by Punchcard and OffByOne pointing out how easily cashiers adapt to checking new notes and handling change.

  🔒 private note TheyKnow is still convinced the whole continent is going to fall apart over a few slow shop queues.
• #100 Tue 1 Jan at 12:48 GMT

  1/4 a nuisance
  Everything is running smoothly on the ground with working cash machines and sensible people, meaning any queues will be just a temporary, minor nuisance.Bolstered by first-hand reports from Rotterdam and Dublin showing the cash machines and systems are working fine.

  🔒 private note Looking forward to having that pint with quasistatic in Leeds next week.
• #104 Tue 1 Jan at 14:11 GMT

  1/4 a nuisance
  The switchover is going very well with working cash machines and sensible handling in shops, so any slow queues will just be a brief and harmless nuisance.

  🔒 private note Smarties in Newcastle proves the switchover is going to be completely painless.
• #111 Tue 1 Jan at 17:56 GMT

  1/4 a nuisance
  Everything is going smoothly with working cash dispensers and cheerful queues, so any brief retail delays will just be a minor nuisance.Reinforced in the view that the switchover is going grand, especially amused by news of kids spending euros and people getting free drinks in Dublin.

  🔒 private note TheyKnow will find a cloud behind every silver lining, even with free whiskey on offer.
• #114 Wed 2 Jan at 01:44 GMT

  1/4 a nuisance
  Everything is running smoothly with reliable cash machines and good cheer, so any slow queues or quiet shops are just people taking their time and will be nothing more than a brief nuisance.Fully reassured by the calm mood on the board that quiet shops just mean people are taking it easy after New Year's Day.

  🔒 private note TheyKnow is still waiting for the wheels to come off, but it clearly is not going to happen.
• #124 Wed 2 Jan at 15:56 GMT

  1/4 a nuisance
  The switch is ticking along fine with dual circulation taking the strain, and giving out old change or queuing at a till is just normal friction that will sort itself out in a few days.Bolstered by the group's consensus that mixed change and dual currency are working exactly as planned.

  🔒 private note TheyKnow is still acting like ordinary shop queues are the end of the world.
• #136 Thu 3 Jan at 09:42 GMT

  1/4 a nuisance
  Things are progressing fine with dual circulation absorbing the load, and odd glitches, bank lines, or confused publicans are just everyday teething troubles that will blow over quickly.Further reassured by quasistatic, Punchcard, and OffByOne swatting down reports of post office glitches and strike fears.

  🔒 private note TheyKnow is still desperate to turn a few confused bar staff and software snags into an economic collapse.
• #142 Thu 3 Jan at 20:59 GMT

  1/4 a nuisance
  The switchover is going very well, with cash machines doing their job and supermarkets even competing on prices, so any minor hiccups are just routine teething troubles.Cheered by news that ninety-six percent of cash machines are converted and German supermarkets are already rounding prices down.

  🔒 private note TheyKnow will have to quiet down now that almost all the cash machines are working perfectly.
• #146 Fri 4 Jan at 00:46 GMT

  1/4 a nuisance
  The euro rollout is proving to be a complete storm in a teacup, with cash machines and markets working smoothly and only comical, harmless hiccups along the way.Amused by the silly cardboard counterfeit story and reassured by central bank stability.

  🔒 private note OffByOne and Punchcard have the right of it, the whole changeover is ticking along smoothly.
• #158 Sat 5 Jan at 14:36 GMT

  1/4 a nuisance
  A few funny mix-ups with toy money or backwards till rates are just ordinary shopfloor teething troubles, and with cash machines practically all switched over, the whole rollout is going remarkably well.Heartened by Sysop_Kev and kookaburra99 joining the sensible, good-humoured consensus against TheyKnow's doom-mongering.

  🔒 private note TheyKnow is still making mountains out of tiny till errors when the rollout is basically done.