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Daggers

What grinds my gears...

By Daggers, in General Chat

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sphericalfox

sphericalfox

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Canned Laughter

Was quite enjoying abit of T&HM when I noticed and now its unwatchable for me

That plus little cuts on your fingers that come from nowhere and hurt like fook

Arg

If you ever watch Friends, the laughter-off competition in the audience fills me with rage. Watch ANY episode and there's some twat in the audience trying to be heard.

Rincewind

Rincewind

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There was a job at the jobcentre similar. Tempary and work as a volunteer. If your work is to their satisfaction they may take you on full time. Santa Claus I think. No Joking but there are a lot of places that pay nothing or min wage with the promise of full time work then say goodbye when they are finished with the person. There are not many charitable employers that run businesses that make a profit.

I am Rod Hull

I am Rod Hull

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Yep. Welcome to the future!

Big business. Doing plenty of business, making billions, but can't afford to pay proper wages.

Or tax...

Britains heavy industry smashed, unions made impotent, privatisation of our phone, gas, water and electricity, banks throwing loans at anyone that has a heartbeat, insurance companies fvcking us all up the arse, immigration, the young priced out of owning their own home. The last 30 years have been a blast.

Welcome to serfdom, people....

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Lamby

Lamby

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I was on one of those "programs" at Bristish Heart Foundation, was sposed to be for 2 weeks but I went in for a day then dropped out cos it was shit.

Rincewind

Rincewind

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I was on one of those "programs" at Bristish Heart Foundation, was sposed to be for 2 weeks but I went in for a day then dropped out cos it was shit.

ATM I enjoy working there. Going in tomorrow for a couple of hours. On the phone desk I think. Have worked with the electrician a couple of times but I think he prefers working alone. I don't know how to test things if they need more than plugging in.

Lamby

Lamby

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ATM I enjoy working there. Going in tomorrow for a couple of hours. On the phone desk I think. Have worked with the electrician a couple of times but I think he prefers working alone. I don't know how to test things if they need more than plugging in.

They class admin as standing at the till all day, which is not what I wanted to do for 14 days. The manager was a c*nt too.

Jon the Hat

Jon the Hat

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There was a job at the jobcentre similar. Tempary and work as a volunteer. If your work is to their satisfaction they may take you on full time. Santa Claus I think. No Joking but there are a lot of places that pay nothing or min wage with the promise of full time work then say goodbye when they are finished with the person. There are not many charitable employers that run businesses that make a profit.

I have little sympathy for someone not willing to take an opportunity to get some experience with the chance of a full time role. You can't complain on one hand that everyone wants experience and that's why you cannot get a job, and then complain when you actually have to get off your backside to get some experience. Being able to do that without losing benefits is a great idea. On the flip side, there are no guarantees, and I am sure if you don't put the effort in then you are not going to get the opportunity of a permanent job.

You haven't sat on your backside, you are doing some voluntary work, getting experience with your magazine. It shows motivation and effort, which lets face it is what employers want to see.

Bellend Sebastian

Bellend Sebastian

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Beaumont Leys Tesco Extra is 24 hours, and has a mezzanine level too. That's right, a mezzanine, oooooh.

It's always really weird when you go in the dead of night because they close the entrance and you have to walk in through the way out through the tills, and all the aisles are blocked with the big cages for restocking and there's stuff piled up everywhere. If it weren't for the people getting served at the tills you'd think it was shut.

It's a very lonely experience

morris1234

morris1234

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Master chef and the like.

Such pretentious patronising bollox and those c u next Tuesdays that stand there watching over somebody sweat over something he will take a single bite from! - strangely I might add, never seen somebody put a fork in their mouth sideways!

Fair enough make food that looks and tastes great, have fine dining also great but I don't see why or how that became the standard they expect, I mean where did it come from? Trying to be over pretentious and have reason to look down on people who don't have the time nor money to spend 60 quid a plate on something that's been fondled with so much it'll be cold by the time you eat it and ,although pretty, looks a little lost as the plate to portion size is just weird!

Other cooking shows included, don't make out its really healthy and then use cream and butter in everything and don't say it's cheap when you start including ingredients that you yourselves say have a look on the Internet for local stockists.

Captain...

Captain...

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Or tax...

Britains heavy industry smashed, unions made impotent, privatisation of our phone, gas, water and electricity, banks throwing loans at anyone that has a heartbeat, insurance companies fvcking us all up the arse, immigration, the young priced out of owning their own home. The last 30 years have been a blast.

Welcome to serfdom, people....

Comrade, it is time for revolution.

I was on one of those "programs" at Bristish Heart Foundation, was sposed to be for 2 weeks but I went in for a day then dropped out cos it was shit.

...and you still haven't found a job? I'm baffled.

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Jon the Hat

Jon the Hat

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Comrade, it is time for revolution.

...and you still haven't found a job? I'm baffled.

Clearly the system is flawed when such a committed and obviously capable candidate doesn't prove himself in a day.

Captain...

Captain...

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They class admin as standing at the till all day, which is not what I wanted to do for 14 days. The manager was a c*nt too.

Doesn't fvckng matter what you want to do, get a fvcking job, pay your own way.

Do you think you just walk into a good job, in my life I have had a paper round, worked part -time in a newsagents (1 year), part-time in a Super market (2 years), part-time in 2 different pubs (over 3 years, including training to be a supervisor), temped as a truancy officer in a local college, (got the pleasure of calling kid's parents while they were bunking off, I was popular), temped in an office doing nothing but photocopying, temped in a Customer Service office, got made full member of customer service staff, got involved in IT project whilst in Customer Service, got recruited as an IS consultant as part of the in house team, started implementing software solutions around Europe, became a self employed IT contractor. In between all that I have spent 12 months travelling, 3 years living in Spain, trained as a TEFL teacher. I can also list plenty of cvnts I've had to work for/with, plenty of shitty experiences with crappy customers.

The point is, you don't start where you want to end up, every job I have had has offered me new opportunities, contacts and experiences and set me on the way to where I am now, and towards where I want to be, but I started off working on a till, sometimes for 14 hours.

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morris1234

morris1234

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Doesn't fvckng matter what you want to do, get a fvcking job, pay your own way.

Do you think you just walk into a good job, in my life I have had a paper round, worked part -time in a newsagents (1 year), part-time in a Super market (2 years), part-time in 2 different pubs (over 3 years, including training to be a supervisor), temped as a truancy officer in a local college, (got the pleasure of calling kid's parents while they were bunking off, I was popular), temped in an office doing nothing but photocopying, temped in a Customer Service office, got made full member of customer service staff, got involved in IT project whilst in Customer Service, got recruited as an IS consultant as part of the in house team, started implementing software solutions around Europe, became a self employed IT contractor. In between all that I have spent 12 months travelling, 3 years living in Spain, trained as a TEFL teacher. I can also list plenty of cvnts I've had to work for/with, plenty of shitty experiences with crappy customers.

The point is, you don't start where you want to end up, every job I have had has offered me new opportunities, contacts and experiences and set me on the way to where I am now, and towards where I want to be, but I started off working on a till, sometimes for 14 hours.

Post and a half mate!

I don't think you meant to be as harsh as the first few sentences suggest haha but reading on you are being very sincere and what you wrote is a great example of how life is. Things change, sometimes you notice sometimes you don't but just by doing something it lead you eventually to where you are now!

Hopefully I can follow a path that'll lead me onto where I want to be.

Parafox

Parafox

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Doesn't fvckng matter what you want to do, get a fvcking job, pay your own way.

Do you think you just walk into a good job, in my life I have had a paper round, worked part -time in a newsagents (1 year), part-time in a Super market (2 years), part-time in 2 different pubs (over 3 years, including training to be a supervisor), temped as a truancy officer in a local college, (got the pleasure of calling kid's parents while they were bunking off, I was popular), temped in an office doing nothing but photocopying, temped in a Customer Service office, got made full member of customer service staff, got involved in IT project whilst in Customer Service, got recruited as an IS consultant as part of the in house team, started implementing software solutions around Europe, became a self employed IT contractor. In between all that I have spent 12 months travelling, 3 years living in Spain, trained as a TEFL teacher. I can also list plenty of cvnts I've had to work for/with, plenty of shitty experiences with crappy customers.

The point is, you don't start where you want to end up, every job I have had has offered me new opportunities, contacts and experiences and set me on the way to where I am now, and towards where I want to be, but I started off working on a till, sometimes for 14 hours.

Well said.

I agree with morris, above, you started as if it was gonna be a tirade. I too have had numerous jobs until I "fell" into my current career almost by accident (please pardon the pun for those who know what my job is).

As a result, I have been gainfully employed in the same organisation for the last 27 years.

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