FantasistsEddie Spunkbubble says: I used to know a sad case who fancied himself as a bit of a 007 and bragged that he always carried a loaded 9mm pistol in his attache case "just in case". Overheard by an off-duty copper, he was asked to make good on his claim. A packed lunch, red face and a stern warning "not to act the twat" and he never did it again. Tell us of Walter Mitty types.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 5 Jun 2014, 11:40)
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You remember British Leyland in the 1970s?The culture had not entirely gone to rest.
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Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Mon 9 Jun 2014, 10:16,
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not really the union's fault by then thoughthat's just a big company being incompetent at dealing with clueless employees
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 9 Jun 2014, 11:30,
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There was a purge about 10 years agoLots of old school useless people who were only there because 'time-served equalled regular promotions' were offered very handsome retirement packages just to fuck off and stop cluttering up the place . Sort of a chicken shit way of sorting out the problem but possibly cheaper than trying to performance manage people who go off on the sick with stress the minute they are found out to be contributing nothing but hot air at meetings.
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Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Mon 9 Jun 2014, 15:54,
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I know a household name US company whose solution to this problem was to close an entire office and re-hire the handful of useful staffwhich is both chickenshit and clearly illegal. They basically counted on the duffers to be so dufferish that they wouldn't make a fuss. Half of them are probably still turning up to work not realising they're no longer being paid for the work they're not doing.
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 9 Jun 2014, 16:30,
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