City Job Losses - Telegraph predict 110,000!

dudleyboy

dudleyboy wrote: »

Dog-walkers. I swear, you know how people look back at periods in history and laugh or ridicule our ancestors? Dog-walking businesses will be up there with the ridiculous excesses of the early 21st century... along with this guy... the "juice" expert:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCKGhRuwIbI

Why? Just why?

(actually, I could do with seeing Matthew Wright going too)

God, I just watched the start of that clip again and that guy is so vacuous and boring. With his wide armed gestures, his constant flexing, his polished appearance and talking about fruit and veg like he invented the bloody stuff.

I challenge anyone to sit through the whole of that 5 minute clip without wanting to reach into the screen and slap him.

"21st Century Juicing". Fkn hell.

amcluesent

>I would have been straight on the phone to agencies...<

I wonder what all those city-types who took their money off the table to 'start a new life in the country' now think? Perhaps the privations of a poor choice of olives in the village shop don't look so bad now?

carolt

!!!!!!? wrote: »

Well, now the outlook is a monster 110,000 job cuts according to the Telegraph....

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/09/16/bcnjobs116.xml

To stick to topic, I particularly liked this bit of the article:

"Nearly 70pc of banking bosses are still intending to increase their bonuses, despite profits plunging and share prices sliding, compared with only 40pc of chief executives in other industries."

Great to know they're really facing up to the situation, isn't it? :mad:

carolt

Well here's up to another 40,000 to add to the pot after today's news:

"Lloyds has confirmed the deal will trigger job losses but played down claims that up to 40,000 staff face the axe."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7620744.stm

Dithering_Dad

chucky wrote: »

bump - so that !!!!!! can read the below as his Ignore is on...

Thanks Chucky, but I think we can safely say that !!!!!! is one of those sad people who make a great performance of saying they're going to do something and then quietly do the exact opposite. In this case, given the amount of 'DD' digs he's still doing on threads (which the above was a response to), there is no way he's got me on ignore, or if he has then he still peeps.

Poor thing. I really think that if he got a girlfriend, it'd change his life. Instead of logging on here while he has his cornflakes, logging on here during work time, then rushing home and logging on for the whole evening, he'd instead have a nice breakfast with his lady, chat on here (and maybe crack a joke or two because he's got his oats finally!) during work hours with the rest of us and then go home and have a lovely dinner with his lady.

!!!!!! is so tense because he's just not getting any.

carolt

Working away from home must be really hard for you too, dd.

Poor you.

Dithering_Dad

carolt wrote: »

Working away from home must be really hard for you too, dd.

Poor you.

It's not too bad actually, thanks for asking carol. I'm out with friends in the evenings sampling the delights of London nightlife and then home with the family at the weekends. Hence the reason you never see me on here past 6pm (once I leave work) and generally not at the weekends unless my girls are out shopping and I'm not at football with my mates (FC United of Manchester).

Though you seem to be on here an inordinate amount and yet live at home with your hubby and kids. Clearly once the 'magic' has gone out of a relationship, one can be at home and still be lonely.

neverdespairgirl

Dithering_Dad wrote: »

Jeeze !!!!!!, posting on the MSE Housing forum really is your life isn't it? I don't wish to be mean, but you really need to have a break and stop logging onto your PC in order to socialise.

You have well over 2,300 posts yourself, you know (-: Only a few less than !!!!!!.

neverdespairgirl

amcluesent wrote: »

Perhaps the privations of a poor choice of olives in the village shop don't look so bad now?

I was in a small village shop on an island in Cornwall this week - they had 14 different types of olives in the deli, and more in jars....

(Also 3 types of sundried toms, and 2 types of sundried peppers).

carolt

Dithering_Dad wrote: »

It's not too bad actually, thanks for asking carol. I'm out with friends in the evenings sampling the delights of London nightlife and then home with the family at the weekends. Hence the reason you never see me on here past 6pm (once I leave work) and generally not at the weekends unless my girls are out shopping and I'm not at football with my mates (FC United of Manchester).

Though you seem to be on here an inordinate amount and yet live at home with your hubby and kids. Clearly once the 'magic' has gone out of a relationship, one can be at home and still be lonely.

Couldn't say the 'magic' has gone out of my relationship with my 2 year old, but his conversation on house prices, frankly isn't up to scratch (even when he's not at nursery).

Strangely, I don't ring my OH up at work to discuss house prices either.

No - my OH when not at work is still magical - except for one small flaw - his fascination with house prices is not quite what it should be.;) So this place fulfils that need for me - magic complete.