tamthebam Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 39 minutes ago, Busta Nut said: sucking air into yer arse is hard Just watch Jackie Baillie's interview with Guru-Murthy on C4 news, that might help you... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistledo Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 On 21/03/2021 at 17:05, Thistle_do_nicely said: oh oh oh this is one of these really weird things that i read about recently going down the lockdown rabbit hole (and no, im not speaking from experience, thankfully...) If you put substances into your arse it gets absorbed into the membranes there BUT unlike anything consumed more ordinarily through your mouth, it doesnt pass through your liver to get filtered. you can put a small quantity of alcoholic spirits (even low % beer in sufficient quantities) and while it can get you completely steaming very rapidly on just a small amount, it runs a serious risk of hospitalisation if you f**k it up I think that's the whole point behind it, it bypasses your liver basically but still quickly gets into your system/bloodstream. idk about the efficacy of snorting things tbh but its never been something I'd be all that keen on doing (surely ends up into your lungs at least a little bit too?) was it Daniella Westbrook that melted her nose bridge and had to get surgery off the ching? I've definitely found myself off down a rabbit whole googling random shite in lockdown. I guess it's a time to maybe learn things I've always kind of wondered about. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empty It Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 sucking air into yer arse is hardDefeatist 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Just received an email from the CE of the company I work for talking about 'Reflecting on 12 months of Covid restrictions' and it can only be described as - 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky88 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 14 minutes ago, TheScarf said: Just received an email from the CE of the company I work for talking about 'Reflecting on 12 months of Covid restrictions' and it can only be described as - Why did you read it? That stuff gets deleted straight away. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 20 minutes ago, sparky88 said: Why did you read it? That stuff gets deleted straight away. I read the first paragraph then it was filed safety in the deleted Items. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 From the Viz Profanisaurus. The Magnificent Seven - the somewhat unlikely scenario where a gentleman ejaculates into every orifice of a lady The Magnificent Six - as above, except performed on Daniella Westbrook 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdcal Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Why did you read it? That stuff gets deleted straight away.I pied mine as well and then someone actually read it and we are getting the Thursday off as well going into Easter weekend.Would have logged on like a muppet had they not told us 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 (edited) In the public sector we have Permanent Secretaries demonstrating their just like us, working from home and that Tarquin has just knocked the lava lamp over or that Julianna has spilled ink from her fountain pen. Edited March 24, 2021 by Sergeant Wilson 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/mar/26/teleperformance-call-centre-staff-monitored-via-webcam-home-working-infractions Ah, that's encouraging. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 4 minutes ago, NotThePars said: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/mar/26/teleperformance-call-centre-staff-monitored-via-webcam-home-working-infractions Ah, that's encouraging. That sort of shit is fucking mental. I feel sorry for anyone that needs the job badly enough to stay in that sort of situation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 (edited) 41 minutes ago, NotThePars said: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/mar/26/teleperformance-call-centre-staff-monitored-via-webcam-home-working-infractions Ah, that's encouraging. 1. f**k that shit 2. Does the break app have a w**k break option? Edited March 26, 2021 by parsforlife 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistle_do_nicely Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 (edited) i mind years ago getting as far as the training for a similar job and the alarm bells were ringing after the 2nd/3rd day of training; things like finding out you got 8 minutes throughout the entire day for your "comfort breaks" which basically meant you were expected to log your piss breaks, working out to about 1 minute for every hour of your shift, and one of the managers bigging up the exciting possibility of us getting to take on additional roles and responsibilities within the team (i.e. a kind of trainer/mentor role down the line for other new starts, or a chaplain type figure... for absolutely £0 extra pay, in essence it was a workplace ponzi scheme where the managers would fob off some of their duties onto the rest of the team) have avoided even applying for contact centre stuff ever since tbh, that level of micromanaging would have me smashing my face off the desk over and over again Edited March 26, 2021 by Thistle_do_nicely 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonksy+HisChristianParade Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 34 minutes ago, Thistle_do_nicely said: i mind years ago getting as far as the training for a similar job and the alarm bells were ringing after the 2nd/3rd day of training; things like finding out you got 8 minutes throughout the entire day for your "comfort breaks" which basically meant you were expected to log your piss breaks, working out to about 1 minute for every hour of your shift, and one of the managers bigging up the exciting possibility of us getting to take on additional roles and responsibilities within the team (i.e. a kind of trainer/mentor role down the line for other new starts, or a chaplain type figure... for absolutely £0 extra pay, in essence it was a workplace ponzi scheme where the managers would fob off some of their duties onto the rest of the team) have avoided even applying for contact centre stuff ever since tbh, that level of micromanaging would have me smashing my face off the desk over and over again I worked in a call centre for a bit and it was exactly as you describe. I remember getting offered to be a ‘floor walker’ for zero extra pay and just told them to ram it. Thankfully knew I was only going to be there for a few months. Every single aspect is timed and monitored. I remember being naive at the start and if my shift finished at say 5pm and I finished a call at 4.55pm, I would always take another one. The next call could be around 20 minutes to half an hour long and you were just expected to do it for no extra recognition. f**k that. I then used to just time calls so they would finish right at the end of my shift. Mainly by putting people on hold for spurious reasons for a few minutes to waste some time. Terrible job. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 1 hour ago, NotThePars said: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/mar/26/teleperformance-call-centre-staff-monitored-via-webcam-home-working-infractions Ah, that's encouraging. That's nuts - I've never seen what companies think they actually gain from aggressive micromanagement like that. Must admit, I had the one run-in early on in WFH with a boss who skyped me one morning when I was in the bog. Rung him back: "Oh, you weren't available when I phoned you earlier..." "Earlier - you mean like thirty seconds ago? I was taking a pish and I'm normally away from my desk for that when I'm in the office too..." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 On 24/03/2021 at 12:06, TheScarf said: Just received an email from the CE of the company I work for talking about 'Reflecting on 12 months of Covid restrictions' and it can only be described as - We were getting one a week before this shit even started. Coronavirus has just been a nice backdrop to put on the usual self-aggrandising garbage that shows how much they really care. Not enough to do something about paying the lowest wages in the industry, but they really care, in a completely indefinable way that gives the CEO something to spend an afternoon filling time with. Depressing that this fuckwit gets paid more than everyone in our building put together. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Hillonearth said: That's nuts - I've never seen what companies think they actually gain from aggressive micromanagement like that. Must admit, I had the one run-in early on in WFH with a boss who skyped me one morning when I was in the bog. Rung him back: "Oh, you weren't available when I phoned you earlier..." "Earlier - you mean like thirty seconds ago? I was taking a pish and I'm normally away from my desk for that when I'm in the office too..." There’s someone at my work who is like this. Used to ring people at 8.01 to make sure they were in the office and not a minute later. Rang me up at one point early doors of WFH, and I left it a few hours and called him back. First thing he says is “I called 2 hours ago and it rang out...” and then an awkward silence as he expects me to explain what I’ve been doing for the past couple of hours. When I said “Yes I’m aware, and what do you want?” I could almost hear the blood vessels exploding in his eyeballs through the phone. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 19 minutes ago, Honest_Man#1 said: There’s someone at my work who is like this. Used to ring people at 8.01 to make sure they were in the office and not a minute later. Rang me up at one point early doors of WFH, and I left it a few hours and called him back. First thing he says is “I called 2 hours ago and it rang out...” and then an awkward silence as he expects me to explain what I’ve been doing for the past couple of hours. When I said “Yes I’m aware, and what do you want?” I could almost hear the blood vessels exploding in his eyeballs through the phone. It's a real minority, but there are some manager types that haven't made the jump to this being an equally valid way of working...I had one onto to me a while back that was quite happy his staff were logging in earlier than normal on account of not having a commute but was also expecting the whole section to work normal office hours, and was consequently unfeasibly fucked off at the fact that as a result they were all making flexi hand over fist. Not sure what he was wanting...I'm guessing either folk sitting around for an hour or more in the morning pretending they were travelling in to work, or having them stop claiming the hours after the standard day and work on regardless...either way he was obviously onto plums. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Honest_Man#1 said: There’s someone at my work who is like this. Used to ring people at 8.01 to make sure they were in the office and not a minute later. Rang me up at one point early doors of WFH, and I left it a few hours and called him back. First thing he says is “I called 2 hours ago and it rang out...” and then an awkward silence as he expects me to explain what I’ve been doing for the past couple of hours. When I said “Yes I’m aware, and what do you want?” I could almost hear the blood vessels exploding in his eyeballs through the phone. Must admit I do enjoy ‘ you called me earlier, how can I help?’ The hesitation before replying is funny as f**k. They are expecting excuses and apologies about missing their call cos they are all so very important. Refusing to stroke their ego and being open about how answering their nonsense call isn’t a priority puts them right on the back foot. There’s quite a few managers who completely forget they are just another cog in the wheel who can be replaced very easily, the big man attitude is pathetic. Edited March 27, 2021 by parsforlife 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbigal Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 i mind years ago getting as far as the training for a similar job and the alarm bells were ringing after the 2nd/3rd day of training; things like finding out you got 8 minutes throughout the entire day for your "comfort breaks" which basically meant you were expected to log your piss breaks, working out to about 1 minute for every hour of your shift, and one of the managers bigging up the exciting possibility of us getting to take on additional roles and responsibilities within the team (i.e. a kind of trainer/mentor role down the line for other new starts, or a chaplain type figure... for absolutely £0 extra pay, in essence it was a workplace ponzi scheme where the managers would fob off some of their duties onto the rest of the team) have avoided even applying for contact centre stuff ever since tbh, that level of micromanaging would have me smashing my face off the desk over and over againInstead of that you c***s should maybe occasionally answer a phone, and when you do not read of a fucking script.Oh and stop the fake Indian accent. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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