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coopsweb asks "What's the most expensive mistake you've ever made? Should I mention a certain employee who caused 4 hours worth of delays in Central London and got his company fined £500k?"

No points for stories about the time you had a few and thought it'd be a good idea to wrap your car around a bollard. Or replies consisting of "my wife".

(, Thu 25 Oct 2007, 11:26)
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OK _ I'm A Bit Pissed
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So this story might not make much sense to you, but it does to me..

I was doing a contract for BSKYB (anyone remember them?) to deliver T'internet via SKY. A "ring-fenced" 'T'internet. Nowt mucky.

After first week ( IT'S *THE* FIRST WEEK you dialect sucking scum...) senior techies went out for a quick drink after work. So I got the first round in.

5 bottles of Bud, a pint of lager (mine) and three waters.

£45 or forty-five pounds. Or about $100 US. Or the GDP of Australia.

This was in 1997 when you could have almost bought a frigging *house* in my village for that.

So, after the first round, I sat expectantly for someone to get the next one in and....

They all fucked off - except for Slimly-Simon who stopped, on his way to the door, and asked me if he could have my reciept so he could claim it back on expenses....

I didn't hit him. But it was close.

Cheers
(, Mon 29 Oct 2007, 15:01, 7 replies)
Mate
b3ta has been blocked at work...

can't answer messages and have to use brucer!

But... quite right telling people to hit ignore if they don't like answers...twats!

DP
(, Mon 29 Oct 2007, 15:59, closed)
^^ use www3.barnesy.org/questions instead
Only prob is that you gotta enter in you u/p for every reply.

PS Legs, nouts worse than being stung in a round buying night out....leaves a bruise :(
(, Mon 29 Oct 2007, 16:46, closed)
What?!?
Where in the love of clart did you go to have to pay *that* much for 6 drinks? Did the water have gold in it?
(, Mon 29 Oct 2007, 19:32, closed)
Talk of stuff being blocked at work...
DP, does the proxy not work for you anymore? I see *many* people using it and you can login to b3ta now ;)

www.axai.net to sign up for an account or

www.b3ta.com/links/Proxy_One_last_time there for my b3ta post.

Good luck, just gaz me if you have a problem
(, Mon 29 Oct 2007, 19:53, closed)
i think i would have hit the guy
then used his idea of claiming the expenses
(, Mon 29 Oct 2007, 23:45, closed)
lol u haf mad this upp
not lyke the tyme i shaged six cherleeders and there mums.
(, Tue 30 Oct 2007, 9:18, closed)
I..
...couldn't have been so restrained, i would have slapped him about good and proper. Twunt.
(, Tue 30 Oct 2007, 17:21, closed)

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