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[Steve_M]

31 minutes ago, Mr Fro said:

Hmm, I see.

 

Although "yes, yes, etc" and shouting are withing my skill set, I recently up-skilled to "f*ck off I'm not interested" with an advanced module of "why are you bothering me with this shit?"

 

I believe this makes me the standout candidate for all and any high ranking position while attracting at least double the normal salary.

As far as I could tell, for a high ranking job, the necessary skills are;

 

• Avoiding any real work at all costs
• Agreeing with your boss at all times
• Joining an failing project with the remits to turn it around, shout at everyone, report it as sorted then buggering off (see next point)
• Leaving any project in the sh*t while reporting it as fine, and blaming any failure on your successor
• Slopey shoulders
• Teflon suit
• Ability to bullshit (see our current PM for role model)
• Complete lack of integrity (see previous point for role model)
• Ability to do a 180 degree turn if required by management.

 

 

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

I used to work in communications before the age of email or mobile phones. Everything was done by either talking to people or sending them a written letter/memo.

 

Frankly we did a 100% better job then than the muppets who do it now. 

 

We actually took responsibility for communicating information or a message rather than just passing the buck. 

 

Of course it wasn't all glamour. As a test one office sent a fax addressed only as 'To the lowest form of corporate life'. Which found its way straight to my desk 

[rennie]

Good Evening 

[rennie]

Good Morning 

[dynax]

Good morning

[rennie]

Good Morning 

[dynax]

Good morning

[Steve_M]

Flu and COVID booster inoculations recieved yesterday. All’s good apart from slight bruising of the shoulder.

 

 

[S-Westerly]

Got the flu one on Monday but felt like shit on Tuesday. Feel OK now though. At least the omicron panic means I'll get a booster jab in January.

[Pie man]

I had the Moderna Vaccine booster yesterday. All's well. 

My work colleague is currently stuck in S Africa, he mentioned 93% of those in hospital with the new variant haven't received any vaccine. He's getting nowhere with the airline. Emailed how is he supposed to get home, response, refer to frequently asked questions page. Goes to page and no answer on how to get home - just going round in circles. He is due back on the 11th Dec and then with10 days isolation, might just be home in Time for Christmas and £3K lighter 

[S-Westerly]

At least if I do get stuck in quarantine the company pays the tab.

[rennie]

Good Evening 

[rennie]

Good Morning 

 

I still like Fridays!    

[dynax]

Good morning

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

My grandfather was the youngest Yeoman of Signals in the Royal Navy when WW1 began. He was torpedoed twice but survived and went on to be part of the team that invented the first traffic control system for traffic lights. He also invented a means of cleaning metal using chemicals rather than blasting. An amazing guy who sadly died when I was still very young.

 

I was given his bosun's whistle today.

 

 

[rennie]

Good Morning 

[dynax]

Good morning

[MikeHorton]

10 hours ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

My grandfather was the youngest Yeoman of Signals in the Royal Navy when WW1 began. He was torpedoed twice but survived and went on to be part of the team that invented the first traffic control system for traffic lights. He also invented a means of cleaning metal using chemicals rather than blasting. An amazing guy who sadly died when I was still very young.

 

I was given his bosun's whistle today.

 

 

That's an amazing story it's great you have the whistle my grandad was in the Worcesters in the 1st we have his cap he never talked about the war apparently he was badly Injured in the Somme and recovered to become a stretcher barer until the end of ww1. Had the queen's shilling and always told everyone never to volunteer to go to war. You can only try and imagine what their generation saw and what they had to deal with in their own heads afterwards. Sounds like your grandad was a real switched on gentleman. 

[S-Westerly]

One of my grandfathers was in the RFC and got shot down in an RE8. Amazingly it didn't burst into flame so he survived. My other grandda lied about his age and joined the army in 1915. Was at the Somme with the Sherwood Foresters. Never talked about the war but stayed in the army until 1928. Was sent out to Egypt after the war and had a lifelong distaste for Italians after he was clocked with a Chianti bottle by an irate Italian waiter in Cairo. Never did tell me why the waiter was irate. Did leave an impressive scar on his head though.

Good men both and still missed by me.

[fastbob]

I had a great uncle who was in the Battle of the Somme . We rarely saw him though because even in the 1960s when I was a kid he would go into another room and close the door . We were told that he had Shell Shock but from what I now know of the battle , that brief description hardly covers what these men must have seen and endured . And to still be suffering 40 years later dosen't bear thinking about . 

Edited December 4, 2021 by fastbob

[Mr Fro]

The only person in my family I knew that served was my great uncle "Dinger". I only ever saw him every few years when I visited my great nan in Brecon in the 80s/90s.

 

I was only a little kid so didn't get any stories but I do remember he usually had an incredible sun tan.

[billy sugger]

Both my grandfathers were exempt from service due to the industries they worked in. My paternal grandad was a shoemaker, with the cellar or the house turned into a shoemakers paradise. The annoying thing is my old man threw all his stuff out when grandad died 

[Yorky]

15 minutes ago, billy sugger said:

Both my grandfathers were exempt from service due to the industries they worked in. My paternal grandad was a shoemaker, with the cellar or the house turned into a shoemakers paradise. The annoying thing is my old man threw all his stuff out when grandad died 

 

So that was the "last" you saw of that

[bonio]

24 minutes ago, Yorky said:

 

So that was the "last" you saw of that

Please can I have a "groan" button @Stu

[billy sugger]

1 hour ago, bonio said:

Please can I have a "groan" button @Stu

You could always use the "sick" emoji