What's messing with your groove?

#15661 Messremb

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Posted 05 June 2014 - 07:07 PM

Illuyankas, on 05 June 2014 - 12:22 PM, said:

Last official day of my job today, it's been a little frustrating being told we're being let go because of low work load and then having both overtime offered and a meeting canceled cause it was too busy. Then when they could actually spare the time for the meeting to explain what's going on, it turns out they're reshuffling the whole place and would rather bring down crappy keyers from Glasgow than hire temps full time. I want anyone defending zero hour contracts fired into the Sun.

Have you noticed any more grupiness/arseholeness from management than usual? They're finding out this month how many of them are going to survive the cull...

Also, Glasgow keyers, since how long? There's only 3 MDECs and none of them are north of the border. Did you join the union?

(I was trained on the T2K a couple of weeks ago so some stuff sent your way may have been mine...)

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#15662 amphibian

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Posted 05 June 2014 - 10:08 PM

Had to ban someone on a site I help run for being rude to another longstanding community member.

That ended up "provoking" a flood (20+) of harassing e-mails calling me all kinds of slurs and physically threatening me. I know for sure that I can physically handle myself in a fight with just about anyone who isn't a professional fighter, so I'm not worried about that. However, I am concerned that this person may take other actions, such as contacting my family/friends/colleagues with harrasment and/or nonsense and so on.

Why some people gotta be so stupid, y'all?

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#15663 worry

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Posted 05 June 2014 - 10:55 PM

That's like the main question of life.

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#15664 Illuyankas

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Posted 06 June 2014 - 01:46 AM

Messremb, on 05 June 2014 - 07:07 PM, said:

Illuyankas, on 05 June 2014 - 12:22 PM, said:

My direct manager was legit upset but some of the other people - including the one who mentioned a Glasgow facility - appear to have left a few things out. I'm expecting to be offered my previous position back with probably slightly different hours and pay back down to minimum wage pretty soon.

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#15665 amphibian

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Posted 06 June 2014 - 02:32 AM

Briar King, on 06 June 2014 - 01:32 AM, said:

Are they all local?

No. This is in the comments of bloody elbow dot com, a rather large mma site and this dude is far away from me. Thousands of miles far.

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#15666 Puck

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Posted 06 June 2014 - 06:22 PM

Shouldn't have eaten that ice cream with strawberry sauce.. Itchy nose is itchy *sigh*

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#15667 Slow Ben

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Posted 07 June 2014 - 02:04 AM

There is a list a mile long of things I miss in Louisiana. The spring/summer weather is not one of them.

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#15668 Morgoth

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Posted 08 June 2014 - 08:29 AM

I am. You don't belong there. You never did.

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#15669 Illuyankas

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Posted 09 June 2014 - 03:21 PM

Rik Mayall is dead

#15670 Puck

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Posted 11 June 2014 - 07:32 AM

Couldn't sleep all night. Not properly, anyway. I had left my window slightly open to let the fresh night air in, but there was a storm and I kept thinking, in my half sleep, that the storm would get worse any Moment and rain water would get in and on my desk, which is heaped with drawings 'n stuff. I mean, I KNOW I use non-water-soluble ink, but still, water! On my desk! I'm pretty sure I actually got up a couple of times and went to check.. The sensible thing to do would have been to Close the freaking window, but ah, nope.. *sigh*

You may start laughing right about now...

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#15671 Tarthenal Theloman Toblakai

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Posted 11 June 2014 - 08:50 AM

went to a help a friend out for the day by taking the day off work, which involves me losing around £200 in pay, and on the way there, my windscreen gets a huge ass fucking rock hurled at it by a passing ambulence, causing me to have to get it repaired at further cost. Was very annoyed at the timing of it. But at least it was for a good cause that I was there, and it was an ambulence that did it, on the way to help somebody in need.

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#15672 Binder of Demons

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Posted 12 June 2014 - 10:34 PM

Hayfever is messing with my groove. Stuffed head and sneezing. Bloody irritating.

And that Brazil-Croatia game didn't cheer me up either.

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#15673 Dag

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Posted 13 June 2014 - 06:26 AM

Certain referees who see things that aren't there, but are apparently blind to things so obvious that even the guys at the ISS could see them with naked eyes.

The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.

#15674 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 13 June 2014 - 08:17 AM

Dag, on 13 June 2014 - 06:26 AM, said:

Certain referees who see things that aren't there, but are apparently blind to things so obvious that even the guys at the ISS could see them with naked eyes.

Yeah that was a bit unfortunate...

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#15675 Gothos

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Posted 13 June 2014 - 08:21 AM

The GF got a car. So now I feel I have to get one of my own, rather early. It's not like I'll mind driving a new Fiesta, but I hate having spendings...

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#15676 QuickTidal

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Posted 16 June 2014 - 04:53 PM

Returned from blissful Honeymoon to arrive at work where things have piled up in my absence, or been done...but done incorrectly...and then there is the customers that feel that I don't have any backup and are demanding new stuff done on top of that.

The only good side is that certain people here who always assumed my job must be easy...discovered that it's actually very difficult.

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#15677 Abyss

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Posted 16 June 2014 - 05:08 PM

Gothos, on 13 June 2014 - 08:21 AM, said:

The GF got a car. So now I feel I have to get one of my own, rather early. It's not like I'll mind driving a new Fiesta, but I hate having spendings...

Get a horse. More eco-friendly.

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#15678 Morgoth

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Posted 17 June 2014 - 07:31 AM

Abyss, on 16 June 2014 - 05:08 PM, said:

Gothos, on 13 June 2014 - 08:21 AM, said:

The GF got a car. So now I feel I have to get one of my own, rather early. It's not like I'll mind driving a new Fiesta, but I hate having spendings...

Get a horse. More eco-friendly.

Live out the Hussar dream and charge some Turks!

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#15679 Obdigore

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Posted 17 June 2014 - 07:33 AM

Morgoth, on 17 June 2014 - 07:31 AM, said:

Abyss, on 16 June 2014 - 05:08 PM, said:

Gothos, on 13 June 2014 - 08:21 AM, said:

The GF got a car. So now I feel I have to get one of my own, rather early. It's not like I'll mind driving a new Fiesta, but I hate having spendings...

Get a horse. More eco-friendly.

Live out the Hussar dream and charge some Turks!

Does you mean The Young Turks, or just random turks?

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#15680 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 17 June 2014 - 07:49 AM

Possibly Brent Weeks, on 17 June 2014 - 07:33 AM, said:

Morgoth, on 17 June 2014 - 07:31 AM, said:

Abyss, on 16 June 2014 - 05:08 PM, said:

Gothos, on 13 June 2014 - 08:21 AM, said:

The GF got a car. So now I feel I have to get one of my own, rather early. It's not like I'll mind driving a new Fiesta, but I hate having spendings...

Get a horse. More eco-friendly.

Live out the Hussar dream and charge some Turks!

Does you mean The Young Turks, or just random turks?

I think he meant these two, though I can't work out why.