Nice people thread part 6 - thrice by twice as nice :)

MiddyMum

chewmylegoff wrote: »

sounds like a lot of hard work. can you not get them to pay you £250k for wandering around the offices above the hospital with a clipboard instead?

Ah, I knew I had been getting it wrong all these years...

lostinrates

Something that struck me last night is how much More cost effective it would be to have a therapist available in a and e. i was in a bay near a very, very sad lady who had hit the bottle and was lonely. I could not help but hear the doctor talk to her and it felt like he was the wrong person for the job both skillset wise for her, and when he was needed elsewhere.

MiddyMum

They are meant to have an A&E Psychiatrist available at all times, whether said Psychiatrist has Psychotherapy training remains to be seen as it is not a mandatory requirement, they have a choice when choosing their specialism. A friend of mine (medical student) has regular bipolar " episodes" and often ends up in A&E, but she tells me that the interaction she receives there leaves a lot to be desired..

misskool

PasturesNew wrote: »

Also annoying "Please send in your CV and covering letter, stating your current remuneration.". How much you currently earn is none of their business... and is annoying.

It is annoying but it sets the standard of negotiating how much they want to pay you. At least state that you would like to be paid within xx to xx thousands pa.

lostinrates

chewmylegoff wrote: »

we just have a pretty wide salary band and then ask people what they want. then we offer then halfway between the bottom of the band and what they asked for. (unless they ask for the top of the band in which case we laugh in their faces, it seems).

Dh considers seriously some lower paying jobs. He has to or there would be no movement possible. While we cannot afford to drop out of bracket sometimes short term loss of thousands or even tens of thousands might pa back with better route for promotion in the future or better team.

misskool

here we go again! we have a new front door but it has no letter slot! so we need a letterbox/postbox.

Also I'm demanding a Yale lock, what would doozer advise? We have the lock that comes with the door but it looks rather cheap...

lostinrates

misskool wrote: »

here we go again! we have a new front door but it has no letter slot! so we need a letterbox/postbox.

Also I'm demanding a Yale lock, what would doozer advise? We have the lock that comes with the door but it looks rather cheap...

Fwiw, normal/traditional front door yale lock not much cop. There are better models of yale lock......so which do you mean?
Doozers ensist on five level locks minimum. (the one insurance companies like). I know one!


In our commercial areas eventually we are considering a fingerprint lock...so clients can get in, but after they stop being clients.

misskool

we have a five lock one i think i better check. we have insurance issues too.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

...but after they stop being clients.

What....? Do you cut their fingers off??!!

vivatifosi

misskool wrote: »

here we go again! we have a new front door but it has no letter slot! so we need a letterbox/postbox.

Also I'm demanding a Yale lock, what would doozer advise? We have the lock that comes with the door but it looks rather cheap...

Mailboxes... Used to have one of these at our old house. Many were too small for we wanted it to be big enough to take a small Amazon parcel. We went for one of the larger Brabantia ones in the end. The small ones were just too small even for an A4 envelope with a photo or certificate in.

Re locks, I like these ones:
http://www.avocet-hardware.co.uk/cylinders.asp