no ... read it again, petal ... slowly this time
As soon as you accepted the offer of work there was a contract. It doesn't have to be written or signed. If somebody persuaded you that you had no contract and so weren't due normal employee rights then they were taking you for an idiot

you idiot
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:34, 2 replies)

I hope to hear lots of wise and well-informed advice on employment and discrimination legislation from all the internet lawyers this week.
(mankwhistle, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:47, closed)

pipe down, fairholme
/ac
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 30 May 2014, 10:55, closed)

i was going to post this
goddammit
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:33, closed)

Don't you love how
when he doesn't have a come back (and he isn't at "deleting" stage yet) he just jumps to conclusions?
(mankwhistle, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:36, closed)

imagine being slower to post an obvious link than albert fairholme ... that's gotta sting

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 30 May 2014, 11:40, closed)

hoisted by your own petard

(andythepieman Is surfing the waves of indifference on, Fri 30 May 2014, 15:51, closed)

Who doesn't enjoy a massive bang that sets your knees trembling.

( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Fri 30 May 2014, 16:11, closed)

I did a massive petard this morning. Proper chair blaster.
None of this detracts from the fact that as soon as you accept an offer of employment you have made a contract whether you sign something or not.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 30 May 2014, 16:19, closed)

tards shouldn't be kept as pets

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 30 May 2014, 16:49, closed)

but you look so sweet gnawing at the bars of your cage

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 30 May 2014, 17:05, closed)

it helps keep my teeth sharp

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sun 1 Jun 2014, 14:56, closed)

Dr Shambolic
I don't mean to be rude, but ...do you actually get out?
(IHateSprouts is baking a huge pie shaped like an enormous pie, Fri 30 May 2014, 18:59, closed)

yer ... coz correcting thick folk on the internet clearly tells you a lot about somebody's social life

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 30 May 2014, 19:09, closed)

Let's do some simple arithmetic mixed with some presumptions and a little social engineering shall we?
I have more than once noted when Shambles comes online and when he goes offline on this site. I know of other users who used to give him shit about it - suggesting that he was remiss in being there for his family because it seemed that he spent all of his waking hours on b3ta posting negative, belittling posts.
So, just out of interest I decided to log his online comings and goings on this site. Just for a few days. Just to see. Probably a bit creepy but no more than strangers posting users personal details here. Or him repeatedly posting another member's real name.

So usually he starts posting at around 0600 UK time. Weekday or weekend doesn't seem to make a difference. Clearly he's an early riser. He tends to post fairly consistently during the day (again doesn't seem to matter which day particularly). So, he's on b3ta at work I presume - let's hope all this bitchiness doesn't affect his performance.
And the posts seem to increase in frequency in the evening. On the weekends most of the day he appears to be posting with the same intensity and frequency as he does during weekday evenings. The only conclusion I can draw from that is that he's pretty much on his computer most days, particularly mornings, evenings and weekends. Which means he's clearly not spending that time with his family.

He has in the past accused others of being online for 18 hours. I personally am a night owl. I am frequently up at around 0200-0300. I usually go online or watch tv quietly so as not to wake my family. I work as a contractor, study at uni and I'm the stay-at-home-dad. So essentially I'm on and off the computer all day. I do tend to check in here around 1900 my time - interestingly Shambo is still usually online making his usual hateful posts to and about people. That's means it's about midnight his time. Bearing in mind my posting frequency is nowhere near his level. I might type up a story and then post it or I may get involved in answering posts in a thread but I'm not constantly posting comments in multiple threads day and night. Personally I think that's a bit sad, that a person has so much invective and vitriol to post here so consistently really makes you wonder what sort of person they might be in the real world.

So. 0600 till at least 0000. Now correct me if I'm wrong but that makes 18 hours. Look we all know that Shambles is a hypocrite, but if you look at the number of posts he's made since he's been here it really starts to look a bit like he's obsessed with posting snide, nasty comments on this site - 10602 messages on /board, 92321 messages on /talk and a paltry 13145 replies on /qotw. Over 10 years, 10 months and 5 days. Now even if you just work the posts over time out as a mean value that's at least 30 posts a day to /qotw alone. Remember that's a mean value - it doesn't take into account the times when he is (rarely it would seem) away from his computer or times when he's mashing the keyboard like a demented gibbon trying to get out his latest nastiest zing.

Now that I've typed this out and actually spent a couple of minutes counting my fingers and toes to do the maths I'm a little concerned. At what point during the day when he's either not working or sleeping does he actually spend time with his family? He certainly seems to spend an inordinately large amount of his time on this website making snide, bullying and cheap-shot style sarcastic posts.
On second thoughts I probably shouldn't worry. If he is anything in real life like the bully that he is here then the time he spends online is probably a respite for those close to him.

Let's hope that's not the case.
(mankwhistle, Sun 1 Jun 2014, 8:31, closed)

Christ. You've written fucking loads here.
And at one point you had the nerve to use the word "interestingly" before prattling on for a million paragraphs about how someone might/might not be on their computer.

Whether the stuff Shambolic posts is, as you say "negative and vitriolic" is open to interpretation. It probably is. But it's frequently funny. And at least it's punchy.

In short - you decided to take issue with someone committing a large chunk of their time to b3ta - by sitting down and spewing forth the above lengthy vaginal discharge.
(Andrew Avetoom, Sun 1 Jun 2014, 11:47, closed)

easy now
the last time we bullied this tragic mess he went full retard and claimed he was getting everybody fired
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sun 1 Jun 2014, 19:43, closed)

It really is him, Fairyholme walks amongst us

( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Mon 2 Jun 2014, 9:07, closed)

I just wondered whether he's got some kind of "app" that tells him when someone's posted in one of the threads he's commented in
So he can jump in there and respond, quick. Does seem a very rapid responder.

BTW I didn't think I needed to spell it out, but when I said "contract", I meant a proper, written employment contract that can be whipped out in times of need and quoted from. As opposed to a verbal agreement (which is a form of contract, but very difficult to prove, e.g. in a tribunal)
(IHateSprouts is baking a huge pie shaped like an enormous pie, Sun 1 Jun 2014, 21:20, closed)