Nice people thread part 7 - a thread in its prime

PasturesNew

vivatifosi wrote: »

Do you wish you carried on staying with the bloke? Is it possible to go back there?

On a more positive note, how has week two at work been?

Sorry... 20 questions...

No and no.

Work's been frustrating, but fine. Part of the role is to take them forward, so to do this I've had to look at what they've got.... and sitting beside the outgoing person I've been doing this as "fill in work" when not tasked with specific monkey tasks (I can't BELIEVE how things are done). Outgoing has no experience and just does the job the way they've invented, with no knowledge/experience/talent for it at all, so (with my 25+ years broad experience there's a lot I can spot).... however, I don't want the outgoing to see what I am doing/looking at, or to ask questions as they won't understand the answers and I don't want the outgoing to benefit from my years' of experience when it is the employer who is paying me for those skills.... so tricky window shifting going on



Bottom line is: it's all wrong, set up wrong, working wrong, for the wrong reasons, sending out the wrong message, doing them no good, taking too many man hours to produce !!!!!! results that would (without me) only achieve a bigger team working hard at getting it wrong.

Nikkster

michaels wrote: »

Order a pizza?

Seriously, you have done well to last the week so far.


You and ?I would have made a really compatible couple. DW likes to get up at 5 which wakes me :mad: whereas she can fall asleep at 9.30 pm while I am on the laptop till later.

I can fall asleep.at 9.30 too :cool:

vivatifosi

Sounds like once you've got your feet under the table you'll be up for promotion then! I'm taking it that outgoing resigned rather than being pushed. In that instance, they probably aren't that interested. Unless they are leaving to use the same skills elsewhere, which is worrying for their new employer!

Nikkster

vivatifosi wrote: »

Sounds like once you've got your feet under the table you'll be up for promotion then! I'm taking it that outgoing resigned rather than being pushed. In that instance, they probably aren't that interested. Unless they are leaving to use the same skills elsewhere, which is worrying for their new employer!

I was going to say at least it sounds like you'll have a job for a while then!

misskool

vivatifosi wrote: »

Have a good time Niks. We have now caught up with three weeks of Strictly so that we can watch the live shows tomorrow, so will be watching at the same time as you. Don't know either of the other two.

Seriously, I hope you have a good weekend and that everything goes really well on Monday, then builds from how it has started.

Going to be missing strictly again tomorrow I've been having a social life at the moment. weird

vivatifosi

PasturesNew wrote: »

:eek:

She is going to be absolutely gobsmacked when you finally move out and tell her the truth!

vivatifosi

Oh bless... In a way that's quite sad.

zagubov

PasturesNew wrote: »

Oh how I'd love to, but I am non-confrontational.

I've said before probably "she makes things up". e.g. I am happy as Larry, rock up to the house and know she's in ... downer.... I walk in and straight away it's "how's your day been?" ... and whatever I say she then invents things. "You're down at the moment and lonely. You'll be happier once you've got friends and are going out. You should join the gym, my one's good and it makes me feel better.... whitter ... whitter ... you should .... what you should do is ... whitter... whitter......"

NO!!!! I am not down/depressed except when I discover YOU are still farquing breathing!!!! Now FARQ OFF OUT OF MY FACE I JUST WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE!!!!!!!



But I just end up going quiet .... until I can shuffle off to my room and shut the door

Very wise. It always pays to keep previous employers/landlords sweet. You'd be surprised the people that are interested in thier opinion later.

Generali

What a great start to the weekend. It's a glorious, sunny day but not too hot. I went to a pretty rubbish looking cafe while my son was doing jiu jitsu and it turns out that they do the best espresso in Sydney! They wood roast their own blend. It's great because the coffee in Sydney usually ranges from mediocre to appalling.

Even better than that, they were playing Miles Davis (the Quintet that had John Coltrane in it).

vivatifosi

Just got up as working today. Looked out window. There's snow on my car:eek:. Wasn't expecting that this morning.