Final details for Old Farts v Whippersnappers week-end...................

[Khamelion]

I've told them.
Unfortunately there are 4 salesmen here and all four names have appeared on the holiday sheet for Monday

Time for a sick day, really bad migraine, that only a walk in fresh air will cure.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

whos name is on first
Pull Rank

we cant not be having the biggest Auld Phart of them all there !!

 

[arnieboy]

I feel your pain, it is our Society Captain's Day tomorrow and due to work commitments I will have to miss it for the first time in over 20 years. Roll on retirement!

 

[Smiffy]

whos name is on first
Pull Rank

Don't have any "rank" here Phil. New job, remember????
Got to be honest, it's not looking good.

 

[Fish]

Don't have any "rank" here Phil. New job, remember????
Got to be honest, it's not looking good.

You have as much legal right as anyone else irrelevant of service, if you put your name down for holiday before anyone else, that's all that matters.

 

[Smiffy]

Well that's it. I'm out. After almost a year of organisation, chasing up payments, negotiating with the hotel, I can't make it. No way, no how. I am fecking gutted. Absolutely gutted.
:angry:

 

[JohnnyDee]

Well that's it. I'm out. After almost a year of organisation, chasing up payments, negotiating with the hotel, I can't make it. No way, no how. I am fecking gutted. Absolutely gutted.
:angry:

Bollards!!! Is there nothing that can be done? Do they know the circumstances - I mean have you shown your hand or could you not pull a sickie?

 

[Smiffy]

Bollards!!! Is there nothing that can be done? Do they know the circumstances - I mean have you shown your hand or could you not pull a sickie?

Jim. The showroom has four salesmen, including myself. One is going to a funeral, One is on holiday (he isn't back until Tuesday) and the other has put her name down for a long week-end away, apparently she put it down on the sheet in February this year when I joined, but I can't remember ever seeing it there.
No way out of it mate.

 

[JohnnyDee]

Jim. The showroom has four salesmen, including myself. One is going to a funeral, One is on holiday (he isn't back until Tuesday) and the other has put her name down for a long week-end away, apparently she put it down on the sheet in February this year when I joined, but I can't remember ever seeing it there.
No way out of it mate.

Gutted for you mate and after all the work you've done on this too. Just ain't fair.

 

[IanM]

that's awful....

 

[moogie]

Pistols at dawn to decide

Gutted after all the work you put in Rob

 

[Smiffy]

Gutted after all the work you put in Rob

I am totally pissed off to put it mildly.
The girl concerned keeps putting her name down for long week-ends off, taking them as holiday.
We get four weeks a year, which in my book means four of each day if you look on it as booked "weeks".
In the last 4 months she has booked 6 long week-ends which involve 6 Saturdays and Sundays.
That's not fair and the manager is going to say something to her.
But that doesn't get me to Forest Pines this weekend

 

[Fish]

Jim. The showroom has four salesmen, including myself. One is going to a funeral, One is on holiday (he isn't back until Tuesday) and the other has put her name down for a long week-end away, apparently she put it down on the sheet in February this year when I joined, but I can't remember ever seeing it there.
No way out of it mate.

The funeral would have to be a direct relative for me to accept that scenario, I know it's not nice but with everything you've put in in time & cost wise I'd challenge that if it wasn't a direct relative.

 

[Smiffy]

The funeral would have to be a direct relative for me to accept that scenario, I know it's not nice but with everything you've put in in time & cost wise I'd challenge that if it wasn't a direct relative.

It's his Grandmother Robin. I've no argument there. An unforeseen occurrence that could have been worked around in the normal course of events.
It's the girl that has caused the problems. And she was never going to back down

 

[Fish]

It's his Grandmother Robin. I've no argument there. An unforeseen occurrence that could have been worked around in the normal course of events.
It's the girl that has caused the problems. And she was never going to back down

I wouldn't have backed down either, if your holiday was put on a sheet and signed off you've effectively got a holiday bought and paid for and it's the managers problem to sort or I'd be invoicing and claiming all that loss from the company irrelevant of the stink it caused.

Give me the bitches number 😡

 

[Merv_swerve]

Rob! Gutted

 

[Smiffy]

There's not even a competition at Cooden I can put my name down for on Sunday. FFS!!!

 

[JohnnyDee]

This realy is a major bummer, Rob. I'd be livid in your shoes, but if all avenues have been explored then I can only send you heartfelt commiserations.

I don't suppose you can throw yourself on their mercy? They couldn't draft in someone else - one of the head honchos?

Clutching at straws I know but...

 

[Smiffy]

Looking for a last minute replacement for me. Cost? Feck all.
I have PM'd Jim (Rosecott) as he may have somebody so got to give him first crack but if anyone has got a mate who could make it at short notice, please let me know.

 

[Smiffy]

This really you is a major bummer, Rob. I'd be livid in your shoes, but if all avenues have been explored then I can only send you heartfelt commiserations.

I don't suppose you can throw yourself on their mercy? They couldn't draft in someone else - one of the head honchos?

Clutching at straws I know but...

To be fair, my sales manager has rung our other Peugeot Dealer in Worthing to see if they could spare somebody for the day, but being June/July it is the middle of the holiday season and they have no-one spare.
My manager is gutted for me too, he offered to re-imburse any money it has cost me, but it's the time and effort spent in organising it that really hurts