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We (the MunRovers) are going over to Turin to play the Torino supporters.. I'm really really, really looking forward to going, but the fucking Italian FA have decided to move the game v Ancona to the Monday night, so we'll not get to go.

FUCK SAKE.

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Simply put, and by your spelling and grammer you 'll need it done that way, we were asked to provide a Queue Monitoring Sample as follows -

1. Three days a week, and at least one of those must be a weekend day, we time people in the EEA and Non-EEA queue at least ten times during that day. A minimum of three days per working week must be monitored; ergo, a minimum of 60 readings per week, entered onto a spreadsheet and sent to HQ to ensure we are meeting our Customer Service Level Agreement's to Passengers in terms of waiting times - no longer than 25 minutes in the EEA queue, no longer than 45 minutes in the Non-EEA queue. We are a 'Small Port' and have never breached those parameters.

That was manageable, on top of all my other workload, and gave, as far as I understand it, a solid 'average' recorded performance time. Now we are being asked to -

2. Record people in both queue's every hour, twenty for hours per day, seven days per week to obtain the queue performance 'Sample'. There are several hourly periods where we do not have ANY flights arriving at all, FFS! Apparently, we have to record this as 'No Flights' in the comments section of the spreadsheet and it will still count towards our 168 weekly measurements! <_<

Now I'm not a great mathematician but I'm pretty sure that in example No.1, the same overall results would be produced as those in the labour-intensive example No.2.

If there is anyone with experience in statistical analysis who can back me up on this and help me to explain to anagement that they are using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, I'd be very grateful. It's a ridiculous waste of all our time (I am only on shift for 8 hours, so our other hard-pressed staff will have to cover for me at weekends and overnight on weekdays from 5pm to 8am).

We are all EXTREMELY pissed off at this new directive and if anyone can provide a statistical reason to counter this new instruction I will buy you drink until you cannot stand up anymore! :D

Actually, reading that back, even in simple English, I think I've probably lost JakeJones by the end of the first paragraph! :lol::rolleyes:

Still a sample mate no matter what way u twist it. U doing extra hours for it or maybe having to actually work in ur job!!

Just cos Ive got dislexia u think Im thick!!

A would have thought u would have known better the way you were born.

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Still a sample mate no matter what way u twist it. U doing extra hours for it or maybe having to actually work in ur job!!

Just cos Ive got dislexia u think Im thick!!

A would have thought u would have known better the way you were born.

No - a sample is a snapshot of work that is undertaken. Not a record of every single piece of work.

I am sympathetic to dyslexia - you, however, are coming across as a rather shabby alias! <_<

And what has 'the way I was born' got to do with anything?

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No - a sample is a snapshot of work that is undertaken. Not a record of every single piece of work.

I am sympathetic to dyslexia - you, however, are coming across as a rather shabby alias! <_<

And what has 'the way I was born' got to do with anything?

You know...with a cock and a fanny

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Not really a PTTGOYN, but more something truly gutting.

My wee dog had to be put down yesterday as her heart had basically packed in. She wasn't eating, losing her hair and had gone from being one of the most vibrant, energetic, happy-go-lucky dogs around to a hollow, empty shell in 6 months or so. I'd had her since she was 8 weeks old.

You could see it in her eyes that it was time to go, that her life was at the point of causing her suffering, but it doesn't make it any easier to say goodbye. I'm not ashamed to admit that I spent a fair amount of time with her on Monday night just holding onto her and sobbing like a little sissy girl.

Rest in peace, Pup.

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Not really a PTTGOYN, but more something truly gutting.

My wee dog had to be put down yesterday as her heart had basically packed in. She wasn't eating, losing her hair and had gone from being one of the most vibrant, energetic, happy-go-lucky dogs around to a hollow, empty shell in 6 months or so. I'd had her since she was 8 weeks old.

You could see it in her eyes that it was time to go, that her life was at the point of causing her suffering, but it doesn't make it any easier to say goodbye. I'm not ashamed to admit that I spent a fair amount of time with her on Monday night just holding onto her and sobbing like a little sissy girl.

Rest in peace, Pup.

Sorry about that Dave. I'm sure you'll get a tiny bit of consolation thinking about the good life you gave the wee thing.

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Sorry about that Dave. I'm sure you'll get a tiny bit of consolation thinking about the good life you gave the wee thing.

Cheers mate, and you're right, even if those same happy memories made me feel 100 times worse yesterday, if that makes sense.

In the long run though it's just doubly reinforced how much I love having a dog and what joys there are to be had in owning one, and I'll be redoubling my efforts to persuade the mrs to let me get one when we move in together in a few weeks.

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