Nice People Thread Part 9 - and so it continues

silvercar

bugslet wrote: »

Mr B didn't get his sub-cut, he's had about 400ml in the last four days, most of that on Sunday. If he doesn't get it today, it will back to hospital. It would take too long to explain, but in short it's one department not talking to another and meanwhile the lovely staff are pulling thier hair out because they can do it, but no-one will tick the box.

Shout and shout loudly!

silvercar

michaels wrote: »

i know you are a lot of m2 but that sounds like it might be worth getting 'dual zone' set up as presumably with DKs around less you don't need it all heated all the time? Also if your boiler is quite old a new one might have a reasonable pay back period?

Only the auditions were on a Sunday, classes would be in the week although you may be right about chill time, Sunday already tends to be homework day because of other activities taking up the rest of their time but they seem to love it, neither DW or I are at all extrovert so i don't know where they get it from.

We do turn the rads down in rooms that are not used. Also we are zoned as the original boiler serves the original house and the combi serves the extension. Apparently having 2 boilers is almost efficient as having one. i think they are both band D 74% and 78% efficient - enough to make it uneconomical to change them, but not as good as the new boilers.

PasturesNew

Spirit wrote: »

I have heard worse reasons.

This week a trainee from the graduate scheme came to see me.

Me " what made you apply for this particular scheme. "

Grad trainee " my dad was really keen for me to do it"

Me " and why the preference for the xx training scheme"

Grad trainee " dunno really"

That was half an hour of my life I will never see again.

Should have hired me, on the non-graduate trainee scheme..... at least I know why I'd want to work

- Money
- Free heating in the day
- It gets me out of the house

And us old people are not only loyal, but we know that work is a serious business and not a handy social club where you can sit and Facebook on your smartphone all day before buying handbags online then tweeting it.

Accountability, productivity, honesty and good time-keeping. That's what you get with old farts.

PasturesNew

bugslet wrote: »

... no-one will tick the box.

That's the trouble with systems - no joined up thinking.... you're presented with these situations you didn't even know existed, only to find the "professionals" aren't there advising or helping ... just wandering around with piles of paperwork and tick boxes that need ticking .... paper shufflers, not enablers.

Nobody has ownership.... and you think something's happening, only to find yourself back at a new square one.

PasturesNew

bugslet wrote: »

Do you think s/he understood ...

... anything?

Answer: No. But she probably did a nice selfie on Facebook and posted "Interview - aced it. Sweet!"

bugslet

Spirit wrote: »

Nooo. They were in post they came to see me as part of their induction. Fortunately i do not have them placed in my team.

Oh the joy of being the boss, they would hve got sacked if they had said something like that!

PasturesNew wrote: »

... anything?

Answer: No. But she probably did a nice selfie on Facebook and posted "Interview - aced it. Sweet!"

I can feel the cynicism rolling out of the computer monitor!:D

Care home people are doing a lot of shouting. A lot of the problem centred on the GP's talking to the IV team, who were expected to come out. At 6.30 last night, we (care home and I)finally got hold of the IV team ourselves to find out that A), they didn't know anything about us and they only stick needles with fluid into veins, not needles with fluid into skin. Yep, it's escaping me too.

neverdespairgirl

As part of a sexual harrassment case OH has been working on, he's had to look at some selfies sent by an elderly boss to an employee 50 years his junior (or more). They were the sort of selfie I doubt anyone would ever want to see - of a particular part of his body. Going to be hard for OH to keep a straight face when they are produced in evidence, I think......

OH reckons there's something in the water or the biscuit tin at work - in his staircase in Chambers, there are 7 barristers. 2 are gay. One's wife has just had twins. All the other 4 are expecting babies in the next 6 months. He's advised the gay ones to take care, he reckons the biscuit tin could be stronger than mere biology!

PasturesNew

Don't get me onto coordination of care homes and Hospitals... having finally chosen a care home and leapt through many hoops to get a Hospital discharge, the day came ..... and I packed up all the belongings at home to take to the care home. Got there at 4pm, no sign of the patient .... so we did a full inventory/unpacking ... still no sign..... so I sat and waited...

Eventually at 6.20pm she turned up: it was cold (January), dark ... and she'd been delivered by minibus on a "round robin" of drop offs. She arrived wearing her dressing gown and under that a slip, a sweatshirt, one sock and her slippers. No trousers/bottom garments. Just a sweatshirt and a skimpy slip. She'd been on the minibus, doing the round robin, for probably close to 2 hours.

PasturesNew

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

He's advised the gay ones to take care, he reckons the biscuit tin could be stronger than mere biology!

I promise to make no jokes about public schools and The Biscuit Game.

neverdespairgirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

I promise to make no jokes about public schools and The Biscuit Game.

OH went to a Jewish private mixed school, and then a comprehensive. So no public school games for him (-: