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37 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said:
I'm surprised you weren't, considering there was a birthday every fortnight...
well there was a total of 15 people in this Birthday syndicate so more than one a month averaged out(although I remember July was particularly bad!)
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watching the news at the weekend. Bit came on about the Cardiff player plane crash and the pilot being unlicenced to fly at night.
Despite the fact that 5 seconds previous the news guy had said both the passneger and pilot had died in the crash my missues still said:
"he'll got to jail for that"
Don't think my response of "that will be quite difficult with him being bottom of the f*cking ocean" went down well
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I changed jobs about 6 months ago. Previously was a customer services manager looking after a team of 12 folk. Now I work on the road, pretty much on my own supporting people where needed so never in the same depot. .One of the big plus points is I no longer have to deal with the Birthday bullsh*t.
The ‘deal’ in my previous role was the person whose birthday would bring in cakes. However there would also be a whip round for said person by the team. As manager I would then have to make a ‘presentation’ to staff member and the team would sing happy birthday. It was so f*cking cringeworthy. I tried several times to suggest we ditch it at the turn of every year but the lassies took great offence at this at taking any excitement out of office life.
The big problem for me was the presentation part. As I couldn’t just say “heres your present, now get back to work”. I had to make a bit of a ‘speech’ and make small talk in front of everyone - ask what they were doing for their birthday etc..I soon ran out of patter and could feel myself regurgitating the same ’funny’ one liners from time to time as part of me inside died. The thing was when I started as part of the team there was only 6 of us but as department grew and more people joined it felt like every 2 weeks it was someones birthday..and then you had the added weddings, newborns, folk leaving that added to the monotony of it all. I’m not a skint flint by a long way –in fact as a manger I used to put in a bit more than everyone else but it was just relentless.
Don’t get me started on the ‘not so secret santa’ and the dramas revolving how much folk had spent on presents…. As I said not a day goes by that I don’t thank my lucky stars I’m now out of all that now!
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1 hour ago, Latino Lover said:
The Yorkshire ripper thing on bbc4 was extremely grim as expected but very good and doesn’t show the police in a good light at all.
Fascinating and scary stuff. Just what a shambles the Police Chiefs running the whole thing were.
It had a whole ‘Life on Mars’ TV programme feel with the amount of sexism going on. I was slightly too young to remember the Ripper killings and although I knew a bit about it I wasn’t really aware of the timeline and how it panned out.
I did laugh I’m ashamed to say when they showed football footage with the crowd chanting “theres only one Yorkshire ripper”..
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On 24/03/2019 at 22:01, Bert Raccoon said:
The Dirt, the film about Motley Crue, not the best but definitely worth a watch even if you're not a fan.
Watched this last night, not a fan of the band but I’ll generally watch anything music related..docs or biopics. Really enjoyed it though…pretty funny in parts and also had that Bill and Ted/Waynes World feel (”duuuuudee”)
Some nice touches as well. Not sure about Ozzys accent though!
My wee brother was into all that sort of music in about 1989(Guns n Roses, Faster Pussycat, Poison, Skid Row,LA Guns etc) so I remember hearing a lot of it back then…
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I’m getting grief at my work as I don’t have or want a LinkedIn profile. Apparently it helps with ‘networking’.
I wouldn’t even put where I work on my facebook profile(unlike a lot of the c*nts who work here who see it as some sort of badge of honour)..more because I doubt pictures of me oot my nut at 3am would go down well.
Probably covered elsewhere but the whole networking thing fills me with fear. I was asked(told) to attend a conference about a year ago.
On the itinerary they actually had a time slot for ‘networking’. I thought I was just going to listen to some speeches, free lunch, then f*ck off early
The problem was I was attending as a supplier to an industry so the folk there all knew each other to some degree. As I knew no one there and I’m not the most outgoing person in the world as it is(unless I’ve had a bevvy and its all change) I essentially just stood in a corner watching the clock for an hour. To make matters worse my phone ran out of charge so I literally had f*ck all to do. Maybe its me but I just feel like a total pr*ck walking up to a complete stranger and saying “so what line of work are you in?”..mainly because I couldn’t give a f*ck….in fact I find any sort of work small talk completely mindnumbing.
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also loving this (some great UK comedy on the go at the moment has to be said).
Brilliant character and script is fantastic. Wonder how many takes she needs to get those little 'nods' to camera/viewer right, as she nails it!
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21 hours ago, YER SISTERS YER MAW said:
Finished After Life earlier. Easily the best work from Gervais since The Office. Very funny and sad moments throughout.
me too, and totally agree....watched whilst pretty hungover on Sunday so was a bit emotional.
Although I must say I don't think my missus would have reacted so well at all the practical jokes he plays on his...
i get they were trying to show the 'fun' relationship they both had but I'd have got a boot in the baws if I'd pulled any of those stunts!
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saw Paper Machine Music live at 13th note on Saturday supported by Lonely Tourist. Great gig, Paper Machine Music are ace, epic Scottish Indie.... but best tune of the night was this...don't usually go for 'funny' tunes as they tend to get annoying very quickly but this is great:
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12 hours ago, 19QOS19 said:23 hours ago, fuzzydunlop said:i've postponed the missions to try and get some of the the tasks done. I'm bloody hopeless at the hunting part unless its just shooting F*ck out of things. This whole 3 x perfect rabbit pelts is doing my nut in -i assume patience is the key? ....as is kill 3 x birds of prey with a tomahawk!
Have you got the trinket that improves the quality of your kills?
ah dont think so..will check that out
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i've postponed the missions to try and get some of the the tasks done. I'm bloody hopeless at the hunting part unless its just shooting F*ck out of things. This whole 3 x perfect rabbit pelts is doing my nut in -i assume patience is the key? ....as is kill 3 x birds of prey with a tomahawk!
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Saw cracking loine up in London few weeks ago..Blow Up records Night:
Big Boss Man -Hammond, mod, groovy sh*t
Alfa 9 -Jangly guitars, Byrds harmonies,
Green Seagull - 60s psychedelic folk
ace!
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19 minutes ago, MrDust said:
45 mins in at reserve game, 1-1
OHara took goal well, should've had two, Jarvis seemed to put himself about, hard to tell in these games fully but will do a job I think. I doubt he will be out for the second half with Todorov on the bench, ditto Robson with Dunne getting called in(he has been playing left back recent games I've seen)
No DKD kinda indicates not being risked and will be a starter on Saturday.
Fasan let in an average free kick....average is being generous
just checked twitter 3-2 Falkirk now? Sounds like a game!
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On 25/01/2019 at 09:26, The Elephant & Castle said:
Disgraceful what the BBC did to Simon Mayo's Drivetime show, it was ideal listening for me, flicking between him & Lamacq while making the dinner.
Mayo is moving to Scala Radio a new radio station from Bauer launching in early March, focussing on classical music & the arts. Mark Kermode, Goldie, William Orbit also have slots on this new station.
yep totally agree. I used to really enjoy his show. The guy who did the sport was also good for a laugh, especially when they did the confessions part. Then Jo Whiley came along and I stopped listening....not long after he gets dumped...
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John Peel – never really got into him. Obviously played a lot of great stuff but some amount of sh*te as well. So I couldn’t last without turning it off.
Mark and Lard –Weekday nights around mid 90’s. Probably my fave ever radio show. Great sessions, banter and a brilliant mix of tunes. They switched to daytime Radio 1 I think and although it was agood move for them it wasn’t the same for me and maybe a bit too crazy for daytime. To be fair I was working in an office at the time so could only hear bits of the show when I went into the workshop.
Evening Session – mid 90’s –great for tunes/new bands but Jo Whiley was annoying as f*ck.
I think I stopped listening to Radio One around the time Colin and Edith left. Wasn’t a big fan but they used to play the odd good song and at the time Radio 2 for me still felt like it was for auld c*nts. I think the last tune Colin played was ‘There She Goes my Beautiful World’ by Nick Cave – can’t imagine hearing a tune like that on Radio One these days but then I haven’t tuned in for years.
I then didn’t bother with radio for years….then got a job driving a lot more so got back into Radio but moved to Radio two..cos I’d turned into an auld c*nt.
Chris Evans was ok if he didn’t go on about his f*cking kids all the time. Also liked Simon Mayo.
The change in Radio two presenters came at the same time I got a new car with Digital radio and Bluetooth so I can play Spotify/6Music through it. So haven’t really tuned into Radio 2 this year.
At home have 6music on most of the time.
Lamacq is great for that getting from work, making the dinner slot..good mix of big tunes and new stuff.
Mark Riley is probably my fave during the week, don’t listen to Gideon Coe as much as I’d like as I’m usually watching TV by that point.
I enjoy Huey on Saturday mornings. Not a big fan of his sub-gangsta chat but his music selection is great for the start of your day off.
Liz Kershaw I should like as she pretty much plays indie rock/punk anthems but theres something about her I cannae stand
Then Giles Petterson usually gets switched off for being too weird for me and the fitba results coming in
Craig Charles funk/soul always good to get the drinking started!
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On 18/04/2017 at 10:45, pittsburgh phil said:
Steve Wright is horrendous. A fat mess who talks/sings all over the end of songs, rarely bothers to say who the artist is, has terrible sycophants in the studio with him, and channels the whole Smashy and Nicey style of DJ.
Had the misfortune to listen to something he calls 'Serious Jockin' a couple of weeks ago - was skin crawlingly awful patter..
I usually listen to radio 6. Shaun Keavney in particular is an example of how it should be done.ha, does anyone remeomber the Wayne carr character/section in this...got Steve Wright down to a tee
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loved Cadette..in fact loved that era...funnily enough i was showing a guy at work this footgae before xmas and was thinking about Cadette
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I’ve just got a new job. Which thankfully has saved my sanity.
My previous job was a customer services manager for one of the worlds biggest companies. Looking after a team of 10. All decent enough folk but with various levels of stupidity. I spent most of my days pulling what hair I have left out due to the sh*t they used to pull. Big problem was the company(a well know car manufacturer) paid sh*t wages so we could only recruit the dregs…and management above me would wonder why things went t*ts regularly.
Working in England and being Scottish I’m all too used to the pitiful attempts at a Scottish accent.
The team I managed were mostly female which all mates used to think would be heaven. Was it f*ck… never known so much b*tching and absolute b*llshit in my life. Continually having to deal with ‘issues’.
Also Heres some of their thoughts about Scotland:
we only have B roads, or dirt tracks.
I was once asked if “there are any chinese takeways in Scotland?” I did ask if it was a p*ss take but it wasn’t.
It snows 365 days a year and one girl assumed we lived in igloos
Now I did honestly think they were taking the p*ss but honestly this was all legit(unless of course there was massive conspiracy with me throughout my ten years and various staff members)
I always remember coming into work when the Brexit vote was announced. We’re a worldwide company so it was in our interest for us to remain. Personally I’m a remainer as well. Anyway, one of the girls saw me come in and said “oh you must be happy with the result”. When I a sked her why she thought that she said “well you are Scottish and you wanted out of the UK, so at least getting out of Europe is a start”. The code of conduct was tested that day…
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couple just sprung to mind..from the same car journey back from Manchester. Luckily not my partner but a bunch of us driving back from a gig. One of the lassies comes out with..
Her: "have you noticed the amount of Albanians driving in Scotland?"
Me - Er no
Her - Yeah all those Alba stickers on cars.
Me -Are you serious?
Her - Yes why?
then a bit further up the M74. Theres a sign with something like 'Glasgow 96 miles, Edinburgh 93 miles'
her: That can't be right. Glasgow and Edinburgh aren't 3 miles apart.
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34 minutes ago, PipoIsABairn said:
Please let them recruit Hartley, please please please let them recruit Hartley.
if they did, knowing our luck this season, he'd get them promoted...
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Always thought he was the more talented half of Arab Strap.
New album is great, not many folk have a tune with a singalong chorus “f**k off with your happiness” sounds even better with the Scottish accent!1 -
Anyone remember these? Strangely with the title it didn’t get much airplay
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Saw loads of great Scottish bands around 95-2005 while living in Glasgow. Odeon beat club were one of the best. Anyone heard lonely tourist? Not many folk have written a song about an ex Livvy player to my knowledge
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Way back in the 1960's. The Poets
The Poets are amazing, got a couple of their Singles. The beatstalkers ‘baseline’ is also ace from around same time.1
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Aye, exactly…I’ve nearly put some post on the topic about Snakes at work but I fear if I started I wouldn’t stop. All my mates used to say it must be great managing a team of women, “I bet you are in yer element”.
Truth be told, although a couple of them were ‘wids’ to look at, it was mostly a bloody nightmare(which is no reference to having to deal with the time of the month when it was extra evil).
Some of the stuff that used to go on was unbelievable, backstabbing, moaning, bitching, petty bullsh*t, etc etc
An example being, we had two different lunch hours, split 12-1pm, 1-2pm so there was phone coverage. So half the folk would go early and half late. It would be swapped around every few weeks so it was fair, Everyone got a an early and late lunch throughout the month.. However if someone on the early shift lunch came back even a minute late(meaning the later shift were delayed going for theirs) it would be carnage. I could understand if it was 10/15 minutes but I’m talking as soon as the clock hit 1pm folk would proclaim loudly in my direction “well that’s her late back from lunch again”. If people were repeat offenders then I’d understand but it would happen once every few months at most but when it did it was like it should be treated as a sacking offence.
If, when I could be bothered to, I did respond, I’d ask if the person moaning if had any plans at lunch they were being kept back for. Every single time the answer would be “no, but I want to get my lunch and it means I get less time for mine”, to which I’d respond every time with “well you can just come back at 2.02pm instead of 2pm”.
I also had to stop the MacmIllan coffee mornings…a sentence itself which makes me feel like the most evil man in the UK. But one particular time one of the girls organised it but it meant she had to be in our canteen area for a couple of hours serving coffee and cakes to people who were buying for charity rather than in the office working. Not ideal but in the spirit of charity I didn’t see a problem…wrong! One of the other girls kicked up such a fuss that it was unfair she was doing work whilst this other girl was apparently having the time of her life. When I suggested swapping over, the girl with the complaint refused because she obviously didn’t want to get involved in selling cakes.
Thing is, all this goes on as you are also trying to deal with actual customer issues and do actual work.