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Making chicken feed of my mortgage

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  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    I've had a rubbish day :(:(:( I had my fortnightly 1:1 this morning and my line manager told me that his boss(US-based) doesn't rate me because I'm not an extrovert :mad: Even though I can do his stupid job blindfolded with my hands tied behind my back and we've only met face-to-face once in the last 18 months :mad::mad::mad: I wasn't very productive for the rest of the day... funny that...

    Butter beans with mustard and tomato for dinner (another Nigel Slater recipe)

    4 eggs today (Miss B, Miss D, Miss H and Miss M)
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
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    muddywhitechicken wrote: »



    've had a rubbish day :(:(:( I had my fortnightly 1:1 this morning and my line manager told me that his boss(US-based) doesn't rate me because I'm not an extrovert :mad: Even though I can do his stupid job blindfolded with my hands tied behind my back and we've only met face-to-face once in the last 18 months :mad::mad::mad: I wasn't very productive for the rest of the day...
    What an @rse springs to mind - unprofessional behaviour from both managers, I won't call them leaders.

    Chin up and keep focussing on the fact tat you can do the job well.

    Best wishes Tilly x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS wrote: »
    What an @rse springs to mind

    Absolutely - worst manager I've ever had... what was more inappropriate was that he told me that VP didn't rate one of my colleagues either (and named him :eek:)
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Just cheered myself up by subscribing to House & Garden magazine for £6 and free Molton Brown - thanks Natty and Tilly :T (and by eating a chocolate hobnob flapjack :o)

    (must remember to cancel in 5.5 months time!)
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
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    muddywhitechicken wrote: »
    Just cheered myself up by subscribing to House & Garden magazine for £6 and free Molton Brown - thanks Natty and Tilly :T (and by eating a chocolate hobnob flapjack :o)

    (must remember to cancel in 5.5 months time!)
    Thanks to Natty, not me - we will all be musing over voiles and shrubberies soon :T

    Tilly c
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    muddywhitechicken wrote: »
    I've had a rubbish day :(:(:( I had my fortnightly 1:1 this morning and my line manager told me that his boss(US-based) doesn't rate me because I'm not an extrovert :mad: Even though I can do his stupid job blindfolded with my hands tied behind my back and we've only met face-to-face once in the last 18 months :mad::mad::mad: I wasn't very productive for the rest of the day... funny that...
    What a knob. Feel free to set LRC on him :cool:.
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    gallygirl wrote: »
    What a knob. Feel free to set LRC on him :cool:.

    Unfortunately, she hasn't learnt to kill on command yet :rotfl:
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
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    muddywhitechicken wrote: »
    Unfortunately, she hasn't learnt to kill on command yet :rotfl:
    I think you probably need to call in the big girls for this task :)
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS wrote: »
    I think you probably need to call in the big girls for this task :)

    :rotfl:

    I should have brought Miss H to work with me today - she's the evil chicken!
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Just found my Myers-Briggs profile from March 2010. I'm ISTJ.

    Introversion 31 (clear)
    Sensing 49 (clear)
    Thinking 19 (moderate)
    Judging 51 (very clear)
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
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