Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People

bugslet

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Being made to feel like a right idiot by my 8 year old is getting to be a habit. Isaac came to the scan and was fascinated, and when she showed the blood flow through the placenta, asked if it was infra-red. She said it wasn't, it was the "doppler effect" and Isaac, Adam and the sonographer embarked on a conversation about that which went right over my head.

I thought my friend's son, now aged 12, was scarily bright as he's been visiting Daresbury labs and listening to the talks for a number of years now, but I think Isaac is even brighter!

Spirit, I'm sorry to hear that you had a bad experience, even if by the end of the day, you had had a clear explanation in your second visit. I don't know if there is a difference in population pressure the further South you go, but here in the NW, I have just seen amazing staff and treatment all the way when Mr Bugs was ill.

Gen, I'd be petrified to. All I can say is best of luck mate.

vivatifosi

Gen that's really touching 're CIO. What a shame he is leaving. There's nothing I can say about results other than at least you will know. It's going to be a !!!!!! couple of days. At least you have the gallows humour of the kids to keep you going. Am I allowed to say I laughed when I read about Leon becoming a neck bottom? Kids contextualise things in really odd ways.

lostinrates

SingleSue wrote: »

I saw a rheumi a couple of years ago who during the appointment decided my problems were caused by weight and nothing else and was very dismissive and giving me no chance to explain my history. At the end of the appointment, I handed him my timeline of problems going back to primary school age (including what size and weight I was) and left, almost in tears.

The report I got through was completely different to what he said during the appointment, a complete about face in fact as it was clear my problems were there before I had put on weight and that it was the problems with my joints which had caused the weight gain and not the other way around.

Oh sue, how horrid.

This hormone guy is sort of new to me in that he is not mine. He's keen to see me because he thinks my body is interesting. Pfft. Suppose its nice to still be attractive in some way!:rotfl:

lostinrates

Generali wrote: »

Had a bit of a lovely experience at work today.

The CIO (I for Investment, pretty important in an asset management company!) was asking how the treatment was going and I said I was off to get the Big Results tomorrow. When he found out I was going by myself he asked if I wanted him to go. The incredible thing is he genuinely meant it.

He leaves on Friday and will be very sorely missed by a lot of people in the company.

I've been very positive all week about tomorrow but I'm starting to crap myself about it now. I just want all this to go away, it's too hard.

The kids have decided that my scar from my parotidectomy looks like a bottom and now refuse to hold my right hand 'in case I poo cancer on them'.

vivatifosi wrote: »

Gen that's really touching 're CIO. What a shame he is leaving. There's nothing I can say about results other than at least you will know. It's going to be a !!!!!! couple of days. At least you have the gallows humour of the kids to keep you going. Am I allowed to say I laughed when I read about Leon becoming a neck bottom? Kids contextualise things in really odd ways.

CIO sounds nice, but also, I think it shows how well thought of Generali is.

Darling, if you want someone to go with you, take him up on his offer. He meant it.

The [STRIKE]bottom[/STRIKE] scar will fade and look less bum like in time I'm sure. . Its much better they are worried about the scar and silly poo cancer than something darker. you are doing a great job it sounds like.

Generali

vivatifosi wrote: »

Gen that's really touching 're CIO. What a shame he is leaving. There's nothing I can say about results other than at least you will know. It's going to be a !!!!!! couple of days. At least you have the gallows humour of the kids to keep you going. Am I allowed to say I laughed when I read about Leon becoming a neck bottom? Kids contextualise things in really odd ways.

The CIO is amazing. When senior execs come in to a failing company the first thing they normally do is sack the little people, the ones nobody gives a damn about. This bloke went to the heads of the departments. He asked them why they were running teams that were failing. No good turnaround plan? You're out mate. Perhaps the guys working for you are being held back by your incompetence and arrogance.

He brought in/promoted really good senior people and lots of the junior guys that were left behind have learned how to run an excellent business.

He took a company who was making bottom 25% of industry returns to one that pretty consistently performs above average whilst managing risk well. His management of the human side of things is second to none of any senior manager I've ever seen. He speaks personally to every investment professional from graduate to the bloke running a $50,000,000,000 book every month. He will delegate everything except the personal touch. If he can't trust you to be delegated to then he'll sack you. Don't forget these are people earning 6 figure salaries minimum (except the grads) so they should earn their money.

The bottom thing made me laugh too yesterday although it brings tears to my eyes today. Leon no longer exists, he has been sliced up like his namesake. Tomorrow I find out if there are any Leonettes waiting anywhere. I can cope if I have some as long as they're not in my lungs. I saw my Grandma die of lung cancer and that's a nasty way to go. I won't die that way.

Generali

lostinrates wrote: »

CIO sounds nice, but also, I think it shows how well thought of Generali is.

Darling, if you want someone to go with you, take him up on his offer. He meant it.

The [STRIKE]bottom[/STRIKE] scar will fade and look less bum like in time I'm sure. . Its much better they are worried about the scar and silly poo cancer than something darker. you are doing a great job it sounds like.

He also asked me to go to the cricket with him in England. I'd rather do that frankly.

vivatifosi

Gen, re CIO, that's a really refreshing take on a turnaround specialist that almost runs counter to what is taught on an MBA (not quite, but certainly on some of the earlier ones). A very rare animal. I imagine companies are lining up to get him.

lostinrates

Generali wrote: »

He also asked me to go to the cricket with him in England. I'd rather do that frankly.

Well I can understand that. I hate cricket and I'd rather do that too.

Generali

lostinrates wrote: »

Well I can understand that. I hate cricket and I'd rather do that too.

For a start we can drink beer at the cricket and that is generally frowned upon in Doctors' offices.

Generali

vivatifosi wrote: »

Gen, re CIO, that's a really refreshing take on a turnaround specialist that almost runs counter to what is taught on an MBA (not quite, but certainly on some of the earlier ones). A very rare animal. I imagine companies are lining up to get him.

He's an amazing man. Old school but in a good way (wants to create a collegiate atmosphere, not a groper, not someone who thinks business is just quid pro quo). New school but in a good way (wants to make a ton of money for himself, his colleagues, his shareholders and his clients but wants to do things in the right way, not just rap and pillage).