Preparedness for when

GreyQueen

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

My goodness, they say an army marches on it's stomach don't they? Pork Scratchings and half a pint of Shandy GQ, make sure you take serious cash with you, you'll have the ravening hoards queued up and waiting and I'll be somewhere close to the front!!!

:rotfl:Y'see, people only need the right incentives and that's half the job done.

Wasn't it Mister Bonaparte who said an army marches on its stomach? A basic misconception which stopped him reaching Moscow.Well, plus the weather and the Russians...........If only they'd known to take the pork scratchings.

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Stealth scratchings and camoflague shandy??? I'll bet Napoleon only said that because of his stature!!!

greenbee

GreyQueen wrote: »

But you're HERE and this is arguably social media.

But I get what you mean, you won't find me of FaceAche or the rest. One of my pals was pulled up by his management (private company) for posting on social media whilst off sick. He was housebound and bored witless, not like he was posting about gallivanting around the countryside.

By their reckoning, if you can update FB you were well enough to be at work. The logical progression being, if you're well enough to make a phone call to a friend, you're well enough to work, yadda yadda yadda.

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

I could (if I were registered on it) update FB, while lying in bed, with a broken pelvis and 2 broken legs, but I wouldn't be well enough to go to work.

I've worked while on bed rest (typing lying down is tiring, phone calls require a headset).

I've worked (bearing in mind much of my work is phone based) while on voice rest (I trained two new members of staff via instant message, and they did the talking).

I've worked while unwell enough not to be entirely sure I'm coherent. Not sure that was my best work, or that my colleagues and clients really got good value from me. But our culture is that you just keep on going. To be fair, when I was clearly delirious my employer did agree sick leave might be a good idea... They also understand that sending emails within a week of a general anaesthetic can be risky (although 'operating machinery' - i.e. laptop/smartphone is only advised against for 48 hours).

One reason for carrying on working is that when (like many on here) you are seriously unwell and don't know how much time your are going to need off, you need to keep working and not use up all your sick leave as you might need it later.

MTSTM - I don't have maths skills either. That's what accountants and finance teams are for :cool: (it also drives my boss potty, but no one tested my mental arithmetic, calculator or excel skills during recruitment...)

ivyleaf

GreyQueen wrote: »

I hear what you say, Lyn, but there are careers, vocations and there are jobs.

Back when I packed meat on a factory production line from 2.30pm until 10 pm (the old 2-10 shift had had 30 mins docked, so they could get out of paying shift allowance - this was the 1980s) we would sometimes be asked on our 2nd short break (mid evening) if anyone wanted to stay on for some overtime.

If 8-10 lines were running on the main shift, 1-2 would run on OT to get an order out. The techs would set the line up ahead of time and we who were staying late would just shift onto the new line(s) as soon as the bell went. Within 1-2 mins, the new lines would be running full speed.

And we were asked very politely and humbly if we would like to stay on, and there was no sanction if you were knackered and had to go home. I can't imagine what would have happened if it had been put to us We've miscalculated today's production run and need another line to run for 30-45 mins to get this order out tonight. You twelve are staying and, btw, for no extra pay.

Actually, I can imagine what would have been the response of a bunch of working class women who'd been on their feet for 8 hours after doing a morning- early afternoon stint as housewives - and it's nothing you could put on a family website.

The trouble with the ethos of always rising to impossible demands is that it leads to those demands becoming ever more impossible. And then to sickness, burnout, and highly-skilled and devoted people abandoning careers.

The US/UK work ethic is obscene. In sensible European countries, if the work cannot be done in the hours allocated, it's obvious to management that the job requires more workers.

If you try to do the work of 1.5 or 2 other people, you crash and burn. We only get issued with one body and can't afford to abuse it.

If it's bad enough to be a slave and have a slave-driver, how much worse to be one's very own overseer and whip-cracker?

I remember some years ago seeing a job advertised in the local paper and it said "Must be able to work under extreme pressure".

It made me very angry; if there's as much pressure as all that, they need at least two people to do the job. I expect the previous incumbent left when they got burnt out :mad:

anyway...we seem to be getting a bit off topic, sorry.

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ivyleaf wrote: »

I remember some years ago seeing a job advertised in the local paper and it said "Must be able to work under extreme pressure".

Crewing a submarine, were they?

maryb

My previous manager tried to get me to deal with some work when I was just out of hospital for an admittedly minor op. I said it was not a good idea from a risk perspective. The quality control/risk assessment /compliance bods were the only people who could strike fear into that one and she backed off. But no shame about it

1Tonsil

Just a quick update as we are getting hit by the most horrendous storms here, in all of Greece, Albania and Turkey as well. Many areas are flooded and in danger from land slides and other damage due to the weather. Many crops and trees are well under water on the mainland.

All ships have been confined to port and many have been there since last Thursdays. The ferries are now all cancelled as one sailed on Saturday and the lorries turned over in the garage and slid into each other just off Igoumenitsa, our nearest port to sail to Corfu on the ferry. The flights are now cancelled as well due to the high winds and storms and unstable weather. Italy has deep hail and the same stormy weather, but they have snow as well.

I wouldnt mind but we had a lovely sunny day till 3 this afternoon. we were down by the beach watching the stormiest seas we have ever seen here. Huge breakers hitting the rocks and even far out to sea on the horizon.

We are safe in the house and have full stocks to see us through till this weather improves. Unfortunately it is forecast for another ten days or so:eek:

GreyQueen

:eek: OMG, 1Tonsil, hoping you are going to keep safely away from all that. Feeling for those menaced by landslips and flooding. The sea scares me frankly, although I can see why it's fascinating to look at.

womble_lancs

mardatha wrote: »

Just typed out a long post then the power went off and I lost it - was thinking today about cold, since the wind is whistling right from the Greenland ice cap into the back of my house. It's soo cold. Was thinking of all those Rambo wannabees who talk about bugging out to the hills. I just wish they would try it now lol.

It's funny you should mention that, because I have just got back from a very cold weekend's camping. It was below zero at night and the only time I was properly warm was when I was in my bed. The wind was howling round and the poor dog was so cold he got in between my OH and me and we covered him completely in blankets. He has his own bed and blankets, but it wasn't enough.

We cooked over a campfire and came home stinking of wood smoke, but it was great fun. Yesterday we did a workshop on knife sharpening and then carved some spoons, and today, I did archery for the first time since I was a Girl Guide, which is far longer than I care to remember. Despite the cold, it was good fun.

thriftwizard

Goodness, 1T, sounds very un-Greek weather. Stay safe! Clear, windy & very, very cold here; my new stove is doing overtime, and I'm grateful for my carefully-collected pure wool garments.

Thinking ahead now about sowing seeds & planting schemes for this summer; DD2 & I have raided the garden centre, found cheap seeds online, and are rounding up all the empty pots & containers we can find. No matter how grim the weather & the news, plants WILL grow, some fruit will set, some will not. And the ones that get a good start will stand the best chance...