I've just found out we're moving offices soon to Elephant and Castle.... anyone know what it's like around there?
I thought it was a hellhole, but Ma' says its great and they've done it up nicely. And being near Borough Market would be ace. Getting there isn't too bad, apparently according to google, but I reserve judgement on that until I've done the journey myself.

Tell me about where you work, does the area really matter that much?

Alt: My Nexus (tablet computer) arrived today. it's my first 'android' device, do you know any good apps'n'stuff for it? I'm not over-whelmed with it, but I think it would be fucking wicked on the move.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 15:51, 46 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

Apps From my phone.
Toshl finance
google skymap
barclays banking
iplayer
Dead on arrival game
google currents
youtube

I think they're the one's I use the most.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 15:59, Reply)

Fifa 12, NavFree, Word with Friends, Endomondo Pro, Sky +, In Browser

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 16:02, Reply)

0o0o0o, great =D

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 16:04, Reply)

You just missed the cheap app sale where they had loads of good ones for 25p

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 16:05, Reply)

Awesome man, thanks, I'll check them out !

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 16:04, Reply)

google currents is one of the best apps I've ever used.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 16:04, Reply)

What is it?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 16:05, Reply)

Newspaper and magazine reader thing.
You can sync a shitton of newspapers when you're plugged in and on wifi and read them whenever you get a chance. good for the bog.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 16:07, Reply)

Will download now

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 16:07, Reply)

Ahahh
It is already installed
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 16:08, Reply)

Just what Gonz needs then.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 16:12, Reply)

Oh that;s what I need for the Underground

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 16:17, Reply)

It's his raisin d'etre

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 16:09, Reply)

*feels the punnage*

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 16:09, Reply)

*pines for the fjords*

(Captain Give-A-Fuck #internetpals4eva, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 16:41, Reply)

You'll be near Borough Market, with the tantalysing over priced food.
I work in Slough. It is a shit hole, but my office is nice and new.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 16:10, Reply)

It's changing a lot round there.
It used to be fucking appalling but there's a lot going on these days. HimJim poster (late of this parish) lives there and my pal Yeti used to have a flat there too. It's alright.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 16:11, Reply)

It's a Jim Davidson sit-com.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 16:13, Reply)

Christ that was dire.
EDIT I mean the show, but upon reflection it also applies to this post
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 16:15, Reply)

I work in North Finchley.
It is dull as piss but other than sources of lunch and a bank what else would I need during my working day?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 16:23, Reply)

A pub

(PsychoChomp, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 16:26, Reply)

I can't drink during my working day

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 16:27, Reply)

Hope?

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 16:26, Reply)

I lost all of that long before I moved offices to here.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 16:31, Reply)

I work on the roundabout where central oxford and east oxford meet.
It's a great place, 5 mins from the bustle if town, with all the decent independent and charity shops in the opposite direction about the same distance. I miss living down here, but its so chock full of student housing your almost guaranteed at least one set of cunt neighbours.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Fri 2 Nov 2012, 16:27, Reply)

Is that one end of Cowley road?

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 16:36, Reply)

yes.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Fri 2 Nov 2012, 17:25, Reply)

wow,
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20180305
(PsychoChomp, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 16:29, Reply)

Out-cunting Beadle - a major achievement.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 16:30, Reply)

+ unlocked.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 16:33, Reply)

You won't get that, but someone here will.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 16:33, Reply)

absolutely didn't get it

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 16:36, Reply)

It's a robot that turns into a building

(Captain Give-A-Fuck #internetpals4eva, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 16:38, Reply)

Eh?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 17:29, Reply)

SHEDULUS ATTACK!

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 17:44, Reply)

I like my job and where I work
but it's not in a great area, lots of unemployment and various social problems.

Mind you, I did once have a job working with the public in one of the rougher areas round here, that was interesting - including the kid (literally a kid, about 8 or 9) who didn't realise that stealing badges off the front of cars was actually 'stealing' because everyone did it. Before I worked there I thought it would be scary, but in reality it was just quite sad, although to be fair the sense of community was very strong
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 16:44, Reply)

I work in Borough and it's boring.
Elephant and Castle is a shit hole, especially the shopping centre bit which smells of underlying violence.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 16:52, Reply)

Shit man, I'm gonna end up losing everything I've got on me that's worth more than a fiver on a monthly basis.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 17:16, Reply)

Mind you, if I ever run out of prescription grade methadone, I'll be sorted.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 17:19, Reply)

Alright Dev?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 17:29, Reply)

I work from home - have done for 20 years ish
It's OK. The area you work in doesn't matter that much, unless it's in London which is entirely shit.
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 17:24, Reply)

I work at a factory in Dudley Hill, at the south end of Bradford.
In the surrounding streets it's not unusual for houses to go on sale for £50,000 or less - usually by auction due to reposession. Also it's sandwiched between two large estates, one of which most taxi drivers won't go into after dark.

As for how it affects work, it's not usually an issue as the the site is completely enclosed and there's security on the gate 24/7. That said, pikeys have been known to get in at night and try to nick machine tools for scrap.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 17:31, Reply)

I've done photoshoots in a space in Clapton
surrounded on all sides by the very worst of the bad part of Hackney - proper, proper ghetto, and this place is like Fort Knox and costs a grand a day to use. Incongruity at its most glaring.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 17:40, Reply)

Behind the camera I sincerely hope.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 17:45, Reply)

Hey Monty
halloweenorwilliamsburg.com/

Makes Shoreditch look tame.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 17:45, Reply)

Y'right Woodside
I was asked to go to a job in East Bierley a few months ago - empty and not boarded, my instructions said.

As soon as I got there I knew it had been "Bierleyed" - original doors ripped off, new doors and what I euphamistically call "signs of occupancy" - a pile of shite in the front garden.

Leave a gaff empty in East Bierley and within a week it's got about 20 Eastern Europeans in it. There are places up there that'd be worth £200k in North Leeds and - as you say - the owners are walking away to let them be repossessed.

I won't work there any more and the only agents that will market there any more have a Z in their name....
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 2 Nov 2012, 18:19, Reply)