Random Irritations

[Wolf]

Argument with My step FiL! , had the inlaws round as supposed be having dinner with us this evening. He's having a rant about an issue paying a cheque in today and the excuse he gave was "the woman serving him was a Muslim so clearly she was thick and couldn't understand him" not only that he couldn't understand why continuing this rant in my house swearing and insulting the woman's ethnicity continually in front of my kids got him asked to leave my house and go get his dinner elsewhere

 

[Deleted member 21784]

Listening to a grenfell survivor on radio 5 live basically blaming the fire service for all the deaths

Highly disgusting

They even said today the stay put policy would have worked if wasn't for the cladding so not their fault

 

[Orikoru]

Trains all cancelled. Literally every day this week the Overground has been useless. I'm gonna have to move.

 

[Slab]

Trains all cancelled. Literally every day this week the Overground has been useless. I'm gonna have to move.

I get its no fun for you but in all seriousness how does your employer cope?

 

[Orikoru]

I get its no fun for you but in all seriousness how does your employer cope?

What do you mean?

 

[Wolf]

What do you mean?

I think he means if commuters (workers) are constantly delayed due to rail issues how does the business cope with the continued lateness and delays of its staff, as much as its annoying to you the commuter there must be a business impact on work timings

 

[Slab]

What do you mean?

Just that you get stuffed by the trains pretty regularly and unless you're leaving the house hours early then I was assuming you're regularly late for work: so ergo pergo, how does your employer cope?

 

[Deleted member 21784]

I think he means if commuters (workers) are constantly delayed due to rail issues how does the business cope with the continued lateness and delays of its staff, as much as its annoying to you the commuter there must be a business impact on work timings

They cut his bonus a little bit more it was 28% bigger 😆

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Slugs. The little beggars are coming into our garage at night. I see the slug trails in the morning, I occasionally catch them sliming around late on. I throw them out , I don't want to kill them, but I am getting annoyed now. We have copper tape at work so I have started an exclusion zone in the garage but they are coming in from a different angle still. I am going to have to empty more of it tonight / this weekend to extend the exclusion perimeter.

Other than slug pellets, I don't want to kill them and we also have pets who I don't want to poison, does anyone have any other ideas?

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I think he means if commuters (workers) are constantly delayed due to rail issues how does the business cope with the continued lateness and delays of its staff, as much as its annoying to you the commuter there must be a business impact on work timings

Just that you get stuffed by the trains pretty regularly and unless you're leaving the house hours early then I was assuming you're regularly late for work: so ergo pergo, how does your employer cope?

Is there more leeway with London workers? If that was up here the chat I would have is that it is your responsibility to get to work on time. If the trains are unreliable then you need a back up plan that works. Regularly arriving late for work is not acceptable and you either resolve it or we will have to part company. Perhaps the back up options in London are less available and so bosses have to be more flexible and allow for this?

Orikoru - are other workers at your place in the same boat?

 

[patricks148]

Trains all cancelled. Literally every day this week the Overground has been useless. I'm gonna have to move.

or get a bike

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Slugs. The little beggars are coming into our garage at night. I see the slug trails in the morning, I occasionally catch them sliming around late on. I throw them out , I don't want to kill them, but I am getting annoyed now. We have copper tape at work so I have started an exclusion zone in the garage but they are coming in from a different angle still. I am going to have to empty more of it tonight / this weekend to extend the exclusion perimeter.

Other than slug pellets, I don't want to kill them and we also have pets who I don't want to poison, does anyone have any other ideas?

Salt

 

[patricks148]

the 3 scrotes who beat a guy up and tried to snatch his dog along the canal this week, luckily the dog ran off, but after beating up the owner, chucked him in the canal.

motive for the attempted snatch was dog fighting

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Salt

I did wonder about that. I can see our daft dog licking the ground in the garage though . Worth a try, simple and cheap option

 

[Deleted member 16999]

I did wonder about that. I can see our daft dog licking the ground in the garage though . Worth a try, simple and cheap option

Works a treat, does kill them if they get covered in it, but normally they touch it and back off.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

Is there more leeway with London workers? If that was up here the chat I would have is that it is your responsibility to get to work on time. If the trains are unreliable then you need a back up plan that works. Regularly arriving late for work is not acceptable and you either resolve it or we will have to part company. Perhaps the back up options in London are less available and so bosses have to be more flexible and allow for this?

Orikoru - are other workers at your place in the same boat?

No people just leave earlier

I start at 0700

I get in at 06:10 ISH to avoid traffic

 

[Orikoru]

Just that you get stuffed by the trains pretty regularly and unless you're leaving the house hours early then I was assuming you're regularly late for work: so ergo pergo, how does your employer cope?

I don't do any work anyway, I just post on here. In fairness the place isn't going to collapse if I'm half an hour later than normal.

 

[Dan2501]

Employers would cope a lot better if they judged people on output and performance rather than number of hours spent in a set location. Obviously there's a balance to be struck, but I would be far more interested in whether or not someone is good and productive in their job than how long they're sat at their desk.

 

[Orikoru]

Is there more leeway with London workers? If that was up here the chat I would have is that it is your responsibility to get to work on time. If the trains are unreliable then you need a back up plan that works. Regularly arriving late for work is not acceptable and you either resolve it or we will have to part company. Perhaps the back up options in London are less available and so bosses have to be more flexible and allow for this?

Orikoru - are other workers at your place in the same boat?

The bosses in my industry (construction) have always been fairly flexible about it. I typically get in at around 8:35 to 8:40 when my usual train is running alright, although technically my contract says 9:00 start anyway. Today I got in at 9:10.

Nobody else in my office is travelling from where I live so no. It's the Watford Junction branch - and my office is in Vauxhall (refer to tube map for reference lol).

 

[Slab]

I don't do any work anyway, I just post on here. In fairness the place isn't going to collapse if I'm half an hour later than normal.

It was only after ready your next post that says what kind of business you're in that this beauty really came into context

The bosses in my industry (construction)