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Lord Tyrion said:
On the actual issue, it is arrogant of your company to absorb so much of your own time outside of the working day when it is unnecessary. I've done trips, often overseas, which are long and a slog and it is part of the job. This is avoidable though. They should have stuck you on the earlier train, simple.
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That's my main issue with it to be honest, I literally lose a whole day for a 2 hr meeting plus 1 hr travel either way. Yet the day will take 14hrs from time I leave my house and walk back through the door and it is easily doable on a conference call.
 
Robster59 said:
Changing the rear brake bulbs on my other halfs Mini. Why do they make it so complicated? Why 4 bulbs and why do they have to put them in a place you can access with tiny hands or get your skin scraped to heck.
Changing bulbs should be an easy process but nearly all cars nowadays make this a chore.
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Had the same problem with a front light on my daughters Clio. It took about an hour to change the bulb and a whole years worth of swear words.
 
Wolf said:
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That's my main issue with it to be honest, I literally lose a whole day for a 2 hr meeting plus 1 hr travel either way. Yet the day will take 14hrs from time I leave my house and walk back through the door and it is easily doable on a conference call.
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My wife worked at a large company a few years ago. There was a very senior old timer there, based in London but had to travel up to Newcastle once a month. He insisted that the meetings would have to fit into his normal working day. He would get a train up at the same time as he would leave to get into London, 7.30-8, but he would also want to be back in London by 5.30pm. That meant any meeting had to be over so that he was on the 2pm train. His younger colleagues would have to stay longer and catch the 5.30 train but he was at a point in his career, senior and near retirement, that he could put his foot down. I admired the bloke for that but also realised it was very unusual and unlikely to happen for other people.
 
I had to travel from Glasgow to London for a meeting that lasted about 1.5 hours. So I took the train one evening, stopped overnight, went to the meeting, got the train back but too late to attend our prizegiving meeting.
Madness. They could/should Skype for all that's being discussed but they're a big customer and it's twice a year.
I had to do the same for a meeting in Bristol that lasted less than an hour as the buyer had an objective to meet face-to-face with their suppliers once a year. Argh!
 
Slab said:
Now you're just taking the proverbial, are you seriously saying in all honesty that you don't get half a dozen tees when you get your pencil and scorecard!
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Dreadful isn't it :eek:.

There is one course in my county, Northumberland, that actually does give you both when you check in. It is Close House GC, where they had the British Masters 2 years ago. Othwerwise we have to fork out for our own. Prestige courses only for that type of service on these shores.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
Dreadful isn't it :eek:.

There is one course in my county, Northumberland, that actually does give you both when you check in. It is Close House GC, where they had the British Masters 2 years ago. Othwerwise we have to fork out for our own. Prestige courses only for that type of service on these shores.
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OK new plan

I'll pop in, lift all the tees I can lay my grubby hands on, dip them in blue paint to get rid of the course name, scorch the pointy end to turn it to charcoal, send them to you by boat, you pop down to local Ikea (who we know to be short of pencils for some reason ;)) and you flog them to the store manager for 50 bucks a hundred!

My account number is 877458 453

This time next year we'll be minted!
 
Still working through my supply of Heritage Golf Club tees from my time in Mauritius. Pocketed those bad boys out of the buggy after every round, have so many :D
 
Orikoru said:
Unless they're giving away orange castles I wouldn't be interested. :ROFLMAO:
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Stupid thing is, I have a handful of free tees from Close House. Lovely they are too with their name emblazoned down the length of it. Each time I pull one out I put it back in case I snap one. Not sure what special occasion I'm saving them for but they stay in the bag along with a few golf balls that are equally nice looking and I don't want to lose. I think I might need to talk to someone............
 
Popped out this afternoon to see the BBC Rickshaw challenge as it's passing about a mile away. Couldn't see it as it's running 90 minutes late and we have to get on our way to the other side of Kent for a meal at tv chef, Rosemary Shragers restaurant. Would love to have seen those kids doing their bit!
 
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