Melanius Mullarkey Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 35 minutes ago, Cardinal Richelieu said: Where the hell do you work? A war zone? A golf course? He works in a chipper. 4 minutes ago, GordonD said: What would you call it? A counter? Get that into the sea along with all the other Americanisms that are creeping into our culture. The correct answer is of course, worktop. 7 minutes ago, Margaret Thatcher said: Where I work we bill clients according to units. Every 6 minutes is a unit, so 10 units per hour. We round everything up, however, so if I do 30 seconds on a client file that counts as a unit and gets recorded as 6 minutes. However, when we actually bill the clients, we only bill whole hours. So I have done 6 minutes of work, I bill an hour. 66 minutes of work = two hours. To meet my target, I have to do 55 units every day. Officially that's 5 and a half hours of billable work. But technically I could complete that in 55 seconds. ^^^^prozzie IMO 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 5 minutes ago, Margaret Thatcher said: Where I work we bill clients according to units. Every 6 minutes is a unit, so 10 units per hour. We round everything up, however, so if I do 30 seconds on a client file that counts as a unit and gets recorded as 6 minutes. However, when we actually bill the clients, we only bill whole hours. So I have done 6 minutes of work, I bill an hour. 66 minutes of work = two hours. To meet my target, I have to do 55 units every day. Officially that's 5 and a half hours of billable work. But technically I could complete that in 55 seconds. Just now, Melanius Mullarkey said: ^^^^prozzie IMO Webcammer IMO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 14 minutes ago, Margaret Thatcher said: Where I work we bill clients according to units. Every 6 minutes is a unit, so 10 units per hour. We round everything up, however, so if I do 30 seconds on a client file that counts as a unit and gets recorded as 6 minutes. However, when we actually bill the clients, we only bill whole hours. So I have done 6 minutes of work, I bill an hour. 66 minutes of work = two hours. To meet my target, I have to do 55 units every day. Officially that's 5 and a half hours of billable work. But technically I could complete that in 55 seconds. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bernardblack Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 The empty kettle is infuriating. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 1 hour ago, GordonD said: What would you call it? A counter? Get that into the sea along with all the other Americanisms that are creeping into our culture. Gosh. My bad etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 1 hour ago, Cardinal Richelieu said: Where the hell do you work? A war zone? A golf course? Coal lorry. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 1 hour ago, AsimButtHitsASix said: If I work an extra 3 minutes I claim it as fifteen. f**k 'em. One second past 17:00 is overtime While I agree in principal with your point, I’m likely to accept anything up to 10 minutes past finishing time as being worktime, on the basis that I’ve definitely done at least 10 minutes skiving during the day. 10 minutes is the cut off though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTG_03 Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 37 minutes ago, bernardblack said: The empty kettle is infuriating. I'd rather fill it and boil it than have a lukewarm tea. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 1 hour ago, bernardblack said: The empty kettle is infuriating. It is especially when you've filled it, switched it on, went away for a slash then came back to find the fat chinese boy from upstairs filling his flask with your hot steaming liquid. Spoiler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallochSonsFan Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 The whole leaving an empty kettle thing absolutely boils my piss. We usually have zip taps and 2 kettles in our break/kitchen areas. I usually use the zip tap for hot water but they regularly break. The amount of people who don't have the courtesy to fill one of the kettles when it gets down to the dregs is unbelievable. It's particularly bad at lunch time. We've got 2 kettles and a zip tap. Surely people aren't so ignorant that they can't make sure that at least 1 of the kettles is always full? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 5 hours ago, Hand As Porn said: Webcammer IMO I see you're taking your abstinence well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrshire_nomad Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 The whole leaving an empty kettle thing absolutely boils my piss. We usually have zip taps and 2 kettles in our break/kitchen areas. I usually use the zip tap for hot water but they regularly break. The amount of people who don't have the courtesy to fill one of the kettles when it gets down to the dregs is unbelievable. It's particularly bad at lunch time. We've got 2 kettles and a zip tap. Surely people aren't so ignorant that they can't make sure that at least 1 of the kettles is always full?Whats a zip tap? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 (edited) 6 minutes ago, ayrshire_nomad said: 32 minutes ago, BallochSonsFan said: The whole leaving an empty kettle thing absolutely boils my piss. We usually have zip taps and 2 kettles in our break/kitchen areas. I usually use the zip tap for hot water but they regularly break. The amount of people who don't have the courtesy to fill one of the kettles when it gets down to the dregs is unbelievable. It's particularly bad at lunch time. We've got 2 kettles and a zip tap. Surely people aren't so ignorant that they can't make sure that at least 1 of the kettles is always full? Whats a zip tap? https://www.zipwater.co.uk/ Edited November 9, 2018 by Zen Archer 3rd time lucky 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermik Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 20 minutes ago, ayrshire_nomad said: 46 minutes ago, BallochSonsFan said: Whats a zip tap? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Beat me to it... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 What’s an unzipped tap? ........ 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Just now, D.A.F.C said: What’s an unzipped tap? ........ Suit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 There's at least 3 or 4 lassiea at my work who, when they need to do something in response to an email, print off the email. THEY PRINT OFF THE EMAIL. There's also another lassie who prints off every single email she gets, even the shitey company ones about shit going on that no one cares about, even ones advising that an area might have a power outage for 20 minutes next Monday or the like and even ones that say someone has left their car lights on. SHE PRINTS OFF EVERY SINGLE EMAIL SHE RECEIVES. I have no idea what she actually does with them. Anyway, management should genuinely be intervening in these sort of situations. I've seen it in other workplaces and management didn't intervene then either. They need to be told though. It doesn't matter that 'it's what they've always done' or such bullshit. There's no excuse for it and there's no reason for it. It's extremely wasteful in terms of resources and time. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 1 minute ago, DA Baracus said: . It's extremely wasteful in terms of time. Nail on head. It’s why these folk do it. They think they’re getting away with effectively doing f**k all because they look like they’re doing something work like. She knows exactly what she’s doing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Just now, Melanius Mullarkey said: Nail on head. It’s why these folk do it. They think they’re getting away with effectively doing f**k all because they look like they’re doing something work like. She knows exactly what she’s doing. Maybe the one who prints every single email, but the ones in the preceding paragraph write on them and actually physically store them in a folder. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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