Nice People 13: Nice Save

SingleSue

I have now lost 1 stone 6lbs and Josh 1 stone 6.75lbs. Josh has actually lost more as we didn't have scales to weigh him when he started, so have no idea what he lost in the first 9 days.

To get round the damaged part of his brain, his diet is very restricted compared to normal diets but so far, he is coping absolutely brilliantly. ..even if I have to manage it for him as he gets hopelessly confused by it all.

Generali

Bloody England. Gah!

I'm becoming Scottish.

GDB2222

Generali wrote: »

Bloody England. Gah!

I'm becoming Scottish.

Would it not be more logical to become Bangladeshi?

Percy1983

Generali wrote: »

Bloody England. Gah!

I'm becoming Scottish.

By definition I am british (not english) so I could quite easily settle which ever side of the border I like.

Generali

GDB2222 wrote: »

Would it not be more logical to become Bangladeshi?

Too simple.

Bloody, bloody England. That was a complete shambles. I've got to go to work tomorrow you know.

Aaaaaaaargh.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

That's been my failing, not being a "yes" person - although, in a detached role, as a project manager, it's OK to not be a yes person as you save the project.... but you don't make mates. As a contractor you're not there to make mates, but to get the job done, so long as you don't care/don't want mates, that's fine... but then the jobs keep ending as they're contracts.

Not being a yes man is weirdly twisted into "not a team player" when, in fact, you ARE a team player - on the right team.... but the sheep don't see it as they're too busy licking 4rses to look around and see what's really going on.

How many more days does he have to actually "grin and bear it"?

Depends. If he finds a job, they'll let him out tomorrow. But they are not going to throw him out. He has a comfortable period in which to look.


A friend had a horrid interview experience for a magic circle firm where they gave a project todo with building a tower out of paper and a rubber band and. Paper clip or some such, where the group were told it was to determine who had good leadership skills.

Some were pushy and obviously poor leaders, some were not leaders, other were complimented on their excellent intelligent leadership skills......then told they were not going to be taken forward because the firm were not looking for leaders but team players. IMO this shows extremely poor understanding of good people. A good leader would know when to apply the skills of his group and to sit back and play tem, good leaders are still part of teams on projects and in business structure. IMO its this kind of thinking that has lead to a problem that has been building over years in London's legal practice....because it encourages this game playing mentality where much of the day is not about billable hours or relationship building, or even business management or colleague well being.

Nikkster

PasturesNew wrote: »

Not being a yes man is weirdly twisted into "not a team player" when, in fact, you ARE a team player - on the right team.... but the sheep don't see it as they're too busy licking 4rses to look around and see what's really going on.

Funny you should say that. I'm pretty sure I'm going to hear those words this afternoon. If not those words exactly then them under a layer of ahem, stuff.

purch

SingleSue wrote: »

I have now lost 1 stone 6lbs and Josh 1 stone 6.75lbs.

You'll have to covert that to KG's if you want Gen to understand.

He's gone all Metricsexual Man now he's in Oz

mystic_trev

Generali wrote: »

Too simple.

Bloody, bloody England. That was a complete shambles. I've got to go to work tomorrow you know.

Aaaaaaaargh.

You'd better take a large slice of humble pie with you! :mad:

purch

Generali wrote: »

Bloody, bloody England. That was a complete shambles. I've got to go to work tomorrow you know.

First the Rugby, now this.........................the good news is we have two football internationals coming up soon and they are always a dead cert :eek: