Helicopter ParentsBack when young ScaryDuck worked in the Dole office rather than simply queuing in it, he had to deal with a claimant brought in by his mum. She did all the talking. He was 40 years old.
Have you had to deal with over-protective parents? Get your Dad to tell us all about it.
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chthonic, Thu 10 Sep 2009, 15:13)
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I've never suggested seeing the young as below me as in any way other than on the social ladder.I've not suggested not extending respect. I've not suggested they are lesser beings.
But you don't expect to be invited 'round to your boss's house for dinner in your first week, do you?
Well - many of the kids now do, yes*.
Which in itself is quite funny.
*contains irony
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Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 15 Sep 2009, 14:00,
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actually, I had my last new member of staff round for dinner*within a couple of weeks of him starting, yes. Because I felt that would be the ideal way to get to know him and his wife. Oh God, maybe I'm giving him too much respect? fucksocks.
*a barbecue strictly, but same thing
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 15 Sep 2009, 14:04,
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Within a week of meeting my last bosswe were discussing the merits of real ale over perry, and she's staying with me next week as we're off to see Tim Minchin.
Have I committed some terrible social faux pas?
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Wicca'd Witch needs ideas for a new sig on..., Tue 15 Sep 2009, 14:07,
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Well - clearly you're a pushover.I totally would have cleaned you out.
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Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 15 Sep 2009, 14:10,
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if you were likely to try something like thatI'd never have been so stupid as to employ you in the first place, though...
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 15 Sep 2009, 14:13,
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Ahhh ...But how would you know?
*wins*
CF Leiman (sp?) Bros, the Western financial system as a whole.
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Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 15 Sep 2009, 14:19,
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I tend to pick things like that up at interview..(
the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 15 Sep 2009, 14:24,
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Hahahaha yeah.Me too. That's how I always get past.
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Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 15 Sep 2009, 14:27,
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