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Nice people thread 2 - now even nicer

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  • wageslave
    wageslave Posts: 2,638 Forumite
    I decided to leave my present employment the nano-second my boss threatened me (in the nicest possible way). My branch has been cut to the bone during the recession, which is fair enough, but we are outperforming far bigger branches profit wise.

    I said I needed more staffing hours during the busy summer months due to the increases in business and she pretty much told me to !!!! off. She said the only way to get more help was to cut existing hours and how did I fancy dropping to part time?

    She wasn't serious but fu ck was I furious. Don't ever talk to a travelling lass as if she was an idiot.

    So I regrouped and thought about what I really wanted to do with the rest of my life and it isn't this.

    I complain constantly about money but really it isn't the problem.

    I have applied for a job with "transferable skills". It pays less than I earn now but I would be working for a charity.
    Retail is the only therapy that works
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    does your book advance make up the shortfall?

    Are you writing it now? How have you dealt with family?
  • misskool
    misskool Posts: 12,832 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Can I just add that you should always dress in pretty smart clothes. We have a very relaxed dress policy at work but the worst thing is for a candidate to show up without at least smart clothes.
  • wageslave
    wageslave Posts: 2,638 Forumite
    lostinrates wrote: »
    does your book advance make up the shortfall?

    Are you writing it now? How have you dealt with family?

    I have decided to lie. Hey it may not work but I can hope....

    I have been writing and rehashing and trying desperately to come up with something worthy (Christ that makes me sound sad and pathetic) of my Da and my culture. Which is why I haven't been online a huge amount.

    The book advance more than makes up the shortfall although that pre-supposes I can deliver a bliddy book
    Retail is the only therapy that works
  • LydiaJ
    LydiaJ Posts: 8,083 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Viva's advice is excellent.
    Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
    Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
    Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.     :)
  • wageslave
    wageslave Posts: 2,638 Forumite
    LydiaJ wrote: »
    Viva's advice is excellent.

    Vivas advice is spot on.

    How do you work out if you will fit in though?

    I am really tired of working for [STRIKE]companies[/STRIKE] people with different moral values from mine.

    How do I avoid making the same auld mistakes?
    Retail is the only therapy that works
  • mark55man
    mark55man Posts: 8,221 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    hello - may i please join in

    100+ pages of nice posts is quite a long time to suppress my inner niceness, but i could do with a friendly and busy thread to follow for a while
    I think I saw you in an ice cream parlour
    Drinking milk shakes, cold and long
    Smiling and waving and looking so fine
  • wageslave
    wageslave Posts: 2,638 Forumite
    mark88man wrote: »
    hello - may i please join in

    100+ pages of nice posts is quite a long time to suppress my inner niceness, but i could do with a friendly and busy thread to follow for a while

    Answer was there none........

    Welcome to the looneytunes thread

    hiya Mark, I'm wageslave.
    Retail is the only therapy that works
  • carolt
    carolt Posts: 8,531 Forumite
    Welcome! Please don't suppress your inner niceness any more! This is a great place to let all your niceness out, in the company of others so all the niceness can kind of blend into a niceness soup. Or something.

    Oh well, welcome, anyway... :)
  • wageslave
    wageslave Posts: 2,638 Forumite
    carolt wrote: »
    Welcome! Please don't suppress your inner niceness any more! This is a great place to let all your niceness out, in the company of others so all the niceness can kind of blend into a niceness soup. Or something.

    Oh well, welcome, anyway... :)

    :rotfl:

    Primordial soup thingy. Carolt has been reading about the origins of life again.

    Is niceness a genetic advantage?
    Retail is the only therapy that works
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