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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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When I worked for Amazon we had to add a 'potty mouth' filter so that certain words couldn't be posted in product reviews.
This was a great opportunity when it was in development for internal emails to the code monkeys listing all sorts of sweary combinations.
(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:31, 5 replies, latest was 11 years ago)
haha you had a right laugh there didn't you

(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:32, Reply)
Any opportunity to be puerile.

(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:35, Reply)
I hope they refered to you as the lost pygmy of the amazon

(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:35, Reply)
European Head of Market Development
IIRC.
(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:36, Reply)
well thats not a funny title

(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:52, Reply)
I led a team of about 60 people, opening new product groups & new sites (France, Japan). I was 25.

(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:53, Reply)
Why did you leave then?

(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:54, Reply)
Bigger job elsewhere - at that time you could earn a lot of money if you'd been at Amazon.

(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:55, Reply)
You realise that I am now imagining you
in a classic 70's jungle outfit, leading your team to safety
(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:57, Reply)
You can tell the head office is in Uxbridge
as this flesh tone filter sometimes picks up pictures of furniture. Cherry wood, in particular.
(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:35, Reply)
Nice.

(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:37, Reply)
I gave YM some cherry wood last night

(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:52, Reply)
Knotty boy

(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:54, Reply)
One of the IT weenies here let me have a look at the list of excluded words that they use on incoming/outgoing emails
I learnt some new words that day I can tell you.
(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:48, Reply)
Was Bum on the list
I cant think of a ruder word than BUM
(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:52, Reply)
Oh yes. And also *rse.

(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:01, Reply)
those rude scamps

(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:02, Reply)
What are they like to work for? One of their subcompanies was up for an interview.

(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:49, Reply)
The best company I have ever worked for.

(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:50, Reply)
They are meant to be great
as long as you aren't on the pick and pack floor
(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:53, Reply)
A mate of mine got taken on in the run up to Xmas, but was assured that they were looking to keep people on permanently
The whole lot of them got emptied straight after Xmas.
(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:03, Reply)
He must've been shit.

(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:04, Reply)
I would expect so. He's a fuckwit stoner.
However I would have expected at least some of them to have been good enough to take on permanently.
(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:10, Reply)
Volume of sales = number of permanent employees required.
So if the sales level isn't growing significantly you don't need many more people.
(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:12, Reply)
Dangle the carrot to ensure the temp staff dont just toss it off

(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:12, Reply)
That would appear to have been precisely the case.
It may rebound on them next year though as the stoner fuckwits may be less likely to get off their arses and do a few shifts for them.
(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:17, Reply)
There are always more stoner fuckwits
Isn't that right, tangles?
(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:17, Reply)
Or maybe the stoner fuckwits will have completely forgotten about it by next Crimbo?

(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:19, Reply)
like tchyah

(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:20, Reply)

Stoner fuckwits of the world unite!
When you can be bothered to get around to it.
(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:19, Reply)
Imma just skin up first yeah

(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:25, Reply)
What she said ^

(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:20, Reply)
Tough shit.
Manual labour on zero hours contracts = he should have worked harder at school.
(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:05, Reply)
hahahaha
Thanks for voting for reply 2212367!
(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:06, Reply)
PEOPLE LIKE HIM NEED UNIONZZZ

(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:15, Reply)
No, silly Rach.
HE SHOULD HAVE WORKED HARDER AT SCHOOL. As Batts says up there.

Why u no wrissen?
(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:18, Reply)
Unions on the whole are a good idea. However if you're stupid enough to sign a zero hours contract then you deserve any consequences.

(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:22, Reply)
I imagine it is sign
or the job goes to someone else.
(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:25, Reply)
+ who also should have worked harder at school.

(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:27, Reply)
why do people in a union think they deserve more employment rights than the law gives everyone, though?
we have much more modern employment laws than we had in the days of the unions and the blackouts.
(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:42, Reply)
Sweet, it's a slight sidestep on my skills, but i'll consider it a bit more.
Nice offices.
(, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:06, Reply)

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