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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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You know it's bad when a colleague, apropos of nothing, suggests you make a formal complaint against your boss.
I am 31, I have a 2.1, I have formal marketing qualifications, I have excellent references from previous bosses. My current bosses treat me like a child, use insulting language to me, mark my work down as incorrect on a whim and have removed flexi time from me.

I regularly work over my contractual hours, apparently this shows that I am ineffective as I need to take longer to get through my work which is then marked down on a whim. This is the only instance I have known where working unpaid overtime is a bad thing.

They are cunts and seem to think that 'training' boils down to reading a procedure and following a poorly laid out file.

I am trapped.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 7:39, 124 replies, latest was 15 years ago)
Get out now.
I was in a similar position and ended up having a nervous breakdown.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 7:58, Reply)
I agree with Blousie.
Blousie is always right.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 7:59, Reply)
Not always love, but mostly : )

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 8:21, Reply)
2 month notice period.
Mortgage and no savings to fall back on. No luck with interviews I have had. Writing on my phone so can't give a lengthy response here.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 8:10, Reply)
That sucks but keep trying to find something else.

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 8:24, Reply)
at an interview last week it was going great until they asked me how my manager would describe me.
I must have grimaced before I answered, my feedback stated that that was what fucked me up. It was a perfect role for my skills and experience too.

On a lighter note, my managers didn't know what MI meant until I told them. You would think that would be pretty basic stuff.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 8:29, Reply)
Mission Impossible?

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 8:39, Reply)
management information.

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 8:41, Reply)
Marmite Infection?

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 8:41, Reply)
Meat Injection?

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 8:40, Reply)
Malodorous Indians?

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 8:41, Reply)
Minge Incandescence
I believe the common term would be 'vajazzling'
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 8:52, Reply)
that is fun stuff.

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 8:55, Reply)
Marmoset Intifada?

This is the name of the latest hot new band that I've just made up.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:00, Reply)
Mossad Incarceration

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:10, Reply)
An MI would fuck you up

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:18, Reply)
Bring your favourite axe to work and leave it on your desk
Then if anyone asks about it, mumble "it's in case of emergency"

Problem solved (though I'd choose the blouse option)
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 8:04, Reply)
Then if you get really stressed you can just play a face-melting solo on it.

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 8:54, Reply)
"You have my sword."
"And my axe!"
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:04, Reply)
Can't you just work your contracted hours, and not a minute more?
Work to rule stuff. And is he a twat to your colleagues, or just you? If it's just you, then it'll be classed as bullying.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 8:18, Reply)
working to rule will also be frowned on.
And the colleague I was talking with was also being treated like that. It has stopped for her, but not for me. She would be going home on the verge of tears. And bullying is very hard to prove. Any lawyer types on here, free advice gratefully received.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 8:25, Reply)
Have you tried not being a bender?

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 8:32, Reply)
no. will that help?

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 8:34, Reply)
I doubt it - but at least then you won't be a bender.

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 8:34, Reply)
quendophobia has not yet 'reared' its ugly head at work.

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 8:38, Reply)
It will certainly help Monty.

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 8:34, Reply)
PUNCH THEM IN THE CUNT

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:18, Reply)
You are Colonel Abrams AICMFP

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 8:31, Reply)
who?

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 8:32, Reply)
COLONEL ABRAMS.

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 8:34, Reply)
ah. gay black music. your kind of thing all round.

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 8:37, Reply)
Plumdozer, seen here earlier today:

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 8:37, Reply)
hahaha
Can't you see he's so confused?
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 8:58, Reply)
He's like a man in a cage.

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:03, Reply)
Actually I do like that record.

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 8:38, Reply)
I am glad. It's one of my favorites.

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 8:45, Reply)
Hahaha!

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 8:34, Reply)
thanks Monty for your serious and considered input.

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 8:43, Reply)
I can't help you old bean.
I'm snared by debts, mortgage and child maintenance - I work for the most ill-mannered and parsimonious cunt that ever walked the earth. My industry is not one a sensible person would run from London as warehousing and staffing are so much cheaper elsewhere. This means there are only a couple of other people I might work for, and I've already been to interviews with the lot over the years.

I utterly despise and loathe everything about my life bar one or two areas. I am not the chap to consult on this matter.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 8:50, Reply)
You should totally kill yourself to death
Failing that just stcik with looking for a new job, it can be frustrationg, but a little luck and you'll be the right person for the right role at the right time.

Also stop doing overtime
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 8:58, Reply)
plumdozer smells of bum aids!
:)
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 8:59, Reply)
I wonderd what that was
I thought a tramp had got into the heating ducts and died
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:01, Reply)
Is that a common occurance there in England?

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:04, Reply)
When summer is turning out to be as miserable as it is
It's our equvilant of possums in the attic; also, morning/evening!
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:06, Reply)
It is when you work in a homeless hostel like Nakers does.
I say work...they let him mop up the other vagrants' piss when they have 'accidents'. It makes him feel important and stops him masturbating. For a few minutes, at least.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:07, Reply)
That might explain my "wee headache" below

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:08, Reply)
Like Nakers here,
many homeless derelicts, or ‘povvos, ‘gyppoes’, ‘dirty subhuman scum’ or any one of a million pejorative epithets levelled by our uncaring society at some of its, ah, less fortunate members, are simply people like you and me – but for whom life has taken one unlucky turn too many and they’ve ended up on the streets, drunkenly shouting at cars whilst stinking of their own excreta and unwashed clothes.

Yes it may be funny to point and laugh – maybe even to burn them to death in a bus shelter like Michael Menson from Double Trouble – but given a couple of wrong turns and a lack of a family support network maybe you’d be the same, yeah?

Think about it, yeah?
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:14, Reply)
pfft

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:16, Reply)
Yeah, morning, Poppet
Following your comment on my status I Googled a Huntsman and have now gone from thinking spiders are quite cute to being appropriately terrified. Next time I'm called upon to remove a spider from the bathroom, my missus is going to want words with you as I cower behind the sofa.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:15, Reply)
Your missus will have to just deal with it.
your spiders, while piddly and admittedly still frightening to me, are nothing compared to the huntsman.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:23, Reply)
I've gained an affection for English spiders after 9 years of living with a vegetarian
who is terrified of spiders but insists they be removed from the premises safely and with no harm to any of their ridiculously breakable legs. But that is an absolute beast. I am never moving to Australia.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:25, Reply)
Must say I'm waiting to see Noel's reaction to his first encounter with a hunstman.
Or a redback. Or a Wolf Spider. Or a White tail. etc.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:28, Reply)
I am NOT Googling those

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:32, Reply)
redbacks look like "normal" spiders.
as do wolf spiders. White tails look a little freaky.

funnel webs and redbacks, I don't suggest you fuck with, though.

I rememeber being "introduced" to an Orb weaver at my mate's place in north Sydney, and he showed me how aggresive it was by poking its web, then told me it was harmless. I looked it up at the Sydney Botanics a couple of weeks later. "Considered harmless. Side effects of bite include local pain, redness, and blisters that normally disappear within a 24-hour interval. In some cases, it might trigger allergic reactions and result in respiratory problems or fast-acting involuntary muscle cramps, very occasionally resulting in death"

Now that's what I call harmless 27.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:48, Reply)
You absolute Mary.
Huntsmen are about as dangerous as my left bollock. If you're going to be scared of something just because it's ugly and hairy, do you hide behind the sofa when Vippers posts?
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:42, Reply)
I had excellent tapas last night at El Pirata in Westbourne Grove, I would recommend it
I have a wee headache this morning, but I'm half way through my cure of a sausage sandwich with KETCHUP and a strong black coffee
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:08, Reply)
You got a headache caused by weeing?
How strange.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:11, Reply)
See above, Monty explains it nicely
How are you this fine friday morning?
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:13, Reply)
Looking forward to a couple of lovely weekends coming up.
The sun is shining, although I'm stuck in a windowless office, but I know it's there.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:15, Reply)
Ah man, I have windows and drizzle, what a waste!

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:17, Reply)
If it's any help, I don't think it will last. Showers are forecast but no-one is going to rain on my parade.

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:19, Reply)
Excellent news for Nakers - he fucking needs a shower.

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:23, Reply)
There's only one answer. AK-47.
When you absolutely, positively have to kill every motherfucker in the room... accept no substitutes.

Darth Foxtrot Guidance Counsellors Inc. cannot be held accountable for consequences arising from action taken by receipient of advice given, including but not exclusive to property damage, lengthy subsequent incarceration, demonisation by the national press and blood stains on clothing
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:13, Reply)
I aceept nothing

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:17, Reply)
Ninja'd
This is a new low for me
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:17, Reply)
Hahaha - I'm not interested in typos generally, but a chance to get some of you fuckers back is too good to miss

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:19, Reply)
Yeah enjoy it whilst it lasts, Joey.

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:20, Reply)
One day I'll get you.....one day...

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:21, Reply)

get shamelessly fellate in a Camden watering hole
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:23, Reply)
this makes little sense without some additional work by the reader
Also, Camden is a shit hole
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:25, Reply)
Hardly an offputting description to a man of DF's proclivities.

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:27, Reply)
Good point
Camden is a fetid vagina
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:28, Reply)
Ewwwwwwww

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:32, Reply)
Yeah I can't argue with that mate
Morning
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:22, Reply)
On the back of his pants?

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:17, Reply)
Plumdozer has an arse period?

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:18, Reply)
I have two spare tickets for Pulp on September 1st if that'll cheer you up.
I always do this. Why on earth did I buy four?
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:19, Reply)
Why on earth would you have bought even one?

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:20, Reply)
^ This

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:20, Reply)
because, setting aside what you think of their music
they are a fucking excellent live band.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:38, Reply)
Surely these two things are intrinsically linked?

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:40, Reply)
if you hate their music, of course.
But if you are ambivalent it's worth seeing them play live, he's a remarkable showman.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:49, Reply)
I'm all for seeing a good live band and being pleasantly surprised as a rule
I do draw the line at Pulp, however
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:53, Reply)
you might be right about many things
but you'll forever be wrong about this.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:56, Reply)
He should have got an OBE for that Michael Jackson thing. That was pure genius.

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:54, Reply)
A friend of mine reviewed their recent gig
thequietus.com/articles/06542-pulp-live-review
He's a bit of a 'marmite' writer, so don't blame me if you disagree with what he writes
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:55, Reply)
Having read that, I put it to you that he is in fact not a 'marmite' writer, but a 'marmite miner'.

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:58, Reply)
His writing is fairly fucking pretentious, I have to be honest.
But I agree with him about most stuff. Plus, I was at Finsbury Park in 97. Although the gig he'll always regret not being at, was Pulp at Glastonbury 95.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:59, Reply)
Of course it is
But writing about music usually is pretentious and over-opinionated and egotistical and of course, pointless - like Zappa said, it is like dancing about architecture.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:02, Reply)
Fo' sho.

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 10:42, Reply)
not really
the music of Rammstein is largely dung but I'd still like to see them live.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:56, Reply)
Conversely, I'd like to see them die.

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:57, Reply)
I think a better question would be
why did you buy ANY? You're young enough to have been able to ignore Pulp altogether
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:20, Reply)
^ Also this

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:20, Reply)
But smart enough to have discovered them anyroad.
And like with Blur I hate their Britpop 'anthems', it's the stuff like This Is Hardcore I love.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:22, Reply)
Cocker is a sound bloke, but I wouldn't buy a record off him.

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:22, Reply)
His 6 music radio show was cracking.

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:23, Reply)
He is rather ace.
I could listen to him talk about any old rubbish for quite a long time. And I *hate* the Yorkshire accent normally.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:26, Reply)
The very name of that album annoyed me
It's very obviously not
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:22, Reply)
It's no "Fuck that Shit" that's for sure

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:23, Reply)
Nor is it achingly beautiful
*arches eyebrow warningly*
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:30, Reply)
very few things are

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:34, Reply)
True indeed. I've seen your missus.

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:38, Reply)
I haven't
but he did say she was at about the same level as him.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:41, Reply)
'Cro Magnon'

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:57, Reply)
Neither do they paint pictures with sound.

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:34, Reply)
Dial 01 811 8055
And see if you can swap your spare Pulp tickets for a new jacket. It must be a good few days since you last bought one.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:28, Reply)
I sold two in the past week for a grant total of £160 cos I need money.
Then I bought a cardigan last night for £90. I just go round in circles.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:29, Reply)
A cardigan....
For £90...

You're an idiot
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:30, Reply)

For £90...
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:31, Reply)

May have also spent £90 on a cardigan.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:31, Reply)
At least you are a girl

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:32, Reply)
And I have a job.

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:33, Reply)
And it was in the sale.

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:33, Reply)
What was the pre-sale price of the cardie?

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:33, Reply)
I can't remember but it was well over £100.
Diesel innit.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:35, Reply)
You got style Blousie!

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:36, Reply)
*sashays*

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:37, Reply)
*Trigger fingers*

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:38, Reply)
Dirty boy

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:41, Reply)
It was down from £180 and effectively free cos of the stuff I sold.
But yes I am an idiot.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:33, Reply)
Christ in a cardigan, what brand is it?

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:34, Reply)
Oliver Spencer.

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:36, Reply)
A cardigan?
I hope for that money you got matching slippers and a big bag of Werther's, granddad
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:31, Reply)
You're a fool to yourself.
A new football season is just around the corner and you're getting stocked up with expensive knitwear.

Alarm bells are ringing Bazza.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:31, Reply)
I care not about the football at the moment, to be honest.
I'm even missing us playing Newcastle up at theirs.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:34, Reply)
You've given up on Fulham, you've not added that Doris on FaceSpace and you've been going to gigs.
Barry. What on earth is going on?
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:37, Reply)
I have a plan regarding the second one.
A delightful, delightful plan.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:44, Reply)
I hope you aren't going to be acting on the advice of an Internet Rapist.

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:45, Reply)
Now I think about it, his tips would get the job done faster.
But for now, I've done what I needed to do on the internet (Pulp tickets, abuse Louis Saha on Twitter, wank), so it's back to bed for me. Toodles.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:49, Reply)
Ugh Marketing.
I'd suggest working for our Marketing department, but I wouldn't wish that on anyone.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:26, Reply)
I'd take your colleague's advice
It sounds like a case of constructive dismissal to me - they make life so unbearable for you that you leave of your own accord (some info here: www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/RedundancyAndLeavingYourJob/Dismissal/DG_10026696)
I would also keep a diary of dates and times of any unreasonable incidents or behaviour.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:36, Reply)

of in + Honda
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:38, Reply)
Maybe if you stopped wanking into the tea urn you might make some more friends?
Just a thought.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:41, Reply)
I'm pretty sure he's gone, Monts
Let's take bets on which of our suggestions he's putting into practice!
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:41, Reply)
He's DJing at my bash. I hope he hasn't killed himself.

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:43, Reply)
Sorry, my bad

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:45, Reply)
Have I mentioned how sorry I am to be missing that?

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:48, Reply)
this post apppears to be dripping with sarcasm

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:49, Reply)
You think?

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:51, Reply)
His arse appears to be dripping with semen.

(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:54, Reply)
TIS NOT
I fixed the bidet after my Dyson packed up
(, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 9:57, Reply)

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