The Happy Thought Thread - Part 2

[homealone]

Originally Posted by Jefferson T

MMMmmm

I guess you can see this.

That is a really nice piccy, thanks for sharing, dilli

[Maggy J]

Originally Posted by Mr_love_monkey

That sounds rude

[Mr_love_monkey]

Originally Posted by Maggy J

hoooray!

[greencreeper]

Originally Posted by homealone

Quite weird, really, I went in on the train & came home in my 'new' company car (over 90,000 miles - but due to be replaced in September), along with a Tom Tom (with a broken power lead), a mobile & a laptop - all inherited from the chap I replaced, who just left last Friday...

We've got a bunch of newbies at work. Doing well - five due to start and we have only lost one. Probably another two will go during training, that will leave two. In three months we might have one left. They get an old chair with the foam gone on the seat (well flattened), mucky desk, phone (may crackle if you move suddenly), and a HP Vectra (PIII 512MB RAM) - but they will have to build the PC themselves. The XP disk has gone missing. Call me a sadist but I do love it when we have newbies

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by Jefferson T

I have just had one of the best days ever with my new girl friend in London.

River boat cruise - Royal observatory (and meridian) and a visit to HMS Belfast.

Absoulutely excellent

I'm actually really happy for a change.

[cimt]

Originally Posted by greencreeper

We've got a bunch of newbies at work. Doing well - five due to start and we have only lost one. Probably another two will go during training, that will leave two. In three months we might have one left. They get an old chair with the foam gone on the seat (well flattened), mucky desk, phone (may crackle if you move suddenly), and a HP Vectra (PIII 512MB RAM) - but they will have to build the PC themselves. The XP disk has gone missing. Call me a sadist but I do love it when we have newbies

It sounds like you put them through hell.

[Druchii]

Originally Posted by cimt

It sounds like you put them through hell.

Nothing says welcome to the company like "'ere yer go, build that 'an tha'll av sum werk later"

[Graham M]

Originally Posted by greencreeper

We've got a bunch of newbies at work. Doing well - five due to start and we have only lost one. Probably another two will go during training, that will leave two. In three months we might have one left. They get an old chair with the foam gone on the seat (well flattened), mucky desk, phone (may crackle if you move suddenly), and a HP Vectra (PIII 512MB RAM) - but they will have to build the PC themselves. The XP disk has gone missing. Call me a sadist but I do love it when we have newbies

Hmm I'm sure you were my boss back when I did work experience at the age of 15, I did have some surprises up my sleeve though

[Mr_love_monkey]

Originally Posted by Graham M

I did have some surprises up my sleeve though

Did you relieve yourself in one of the office drawers?

[Derek S]

Best. Work related. Moment. Ever.

Burglar gets caught inside house. Absolutely red-handed no ifs or buts.

Cuffed and in back of car. On the way to the station and amongst the insults, threats and general abuse he turns to me and says.

"I bet you love this. Why don't you get a proper job!"

Needless to say the person involved is a keen consumer of Afghanistans national product and isn't exactly known for his keen work ethic. Have to admit I was speechless for the rest of the journey.

[greencreeper]

Originally Posted by cimt

It sounds like you put them through hell.

Originally Posted by Druchii

Nothing says welcome to the company like "'ere yer go, build that 'an tha'll av sum werk later"

Originally Posted by Graham M

Hmm I'm sure you were my boss back when I did work experience at the age of 15, I did have some surprises up my sleeve though

It's the company - they don't value us at all. They have no concept or understanding of the social aspects of the work place, and how to make work something that people might enjoy doing. The furniture and equipment is old, and sometimes faulty, and the facilities are basic. A lot of newbies will have been sold a job by their agency that is completely different to the job they find themselves doing - so we tend to lose a few either during training or shortly afterwards. The training doesn't prepare them for the job - I don't think any training can. They get the core knowledge given to them, and after that, it's up to them to develop their knowledge and diagnostic skills further - this means they will be taking support calls without always knowing what their are doing. That's where I come in - nipping to the rescue Things have improved - when I started, I had to put my PC together from a pile of bits, and two monitors was a status symbol, not something you got by default.

[Druchii]

Originally Posted by greencreeper

It's the company - they don't value us at all. They have no concept or understanding of the social aspects of the work place, and how to make work something that people might enjoy doing. The furniture and equipment is old, and sometimes faulty, and the facilities are basic. A lot of newbies will have been sold a job by their agency that is completely different to the job they find themselves doing - so we tend to lose a few either during training or shortly afterwards. The training doesn't prepare them for the job - I don't think any training can. They get the core knowledge given to them, and after that, it's up to them to develop their knowledge and diagnostic skills further - this means they will be taking support calls without always knowing what their are doing. That's where I come in - nipping to the rescue Things have improved - when I started, I had to put my PC together from a pile of bits, and two monitors was a status symbol, not something you got by default.

2 Monitors is default here, the mouse and keyboard you get is a status symbol

[greencreeper]

We give them a mouse and keyboard. May have to wipe the mouse and give the keyboard a bang - get the hair, dandruff, and so on out of it. I remember I found a fingernail clipping in my keyboard, back when I started. Happy days.

[Uncle Peter]

Originally Posted by greencreeper

I remember I found a fingernail clipping in my keyboard, back when I started. Happy days.

A great source of protein. Just pop it in with your morning cereal

[Mr_love_monkey]

Originally Posted by greencreeper

I remember I found a fingernail clipping in my keyboard, back when I started. Happy days.

Did you use it for voodoo?