The Saturday thread

( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sat 7 Mar 2009, 11:23, 17 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

hey spak
how goes it? am chilling with some whisky, resting my foot. grackles singing outside, and it seems that Spring is on the way. life is good.
( cackers, Sat 7 Mar 2009, 11:58, Reply)

Morning spak, cackers.
Bit quiet in here innit?

And about to get quieter as I need to go to the bank. Hey ho.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Sat 7 Mar 2009, 12:00, Reply)

banking
yikes. must face my finances today. later for that.

it *is* quiet. do other people have real lives? really?
( cackers, Sat 7 Mar 2009, 12:05, Reply)

Greetings kak & DG
t'Is quiet indeed. It's as if everyone got a life simultaneously.

@kak: If you get made redundant, does it mean you stop norking immediately but are given a month's payment?
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sat 7 Mar 2009, 12:25, Reply)

would negotiate
don't know if you recall, but the summary is this:

have worked for a high-profile billionaire for 10 years. he is cool- would not have stayed if it were otherwise. the other people at my (small) company are my family. good place, for many a year.

BUT: was promoted to management level (went for the money) and new upper managmement is in charge now. they seek to change things, get more 'corporate.' I can't play this game, and have pushed back at them.

result: was made to sign a memo stating that if my performance does not improve within 30 days, I might get the sack. so what did I do? go on holiday to Europe of course. fuck these cunts.

if they sack me, I have cards to play. when I signed on, there were no non-disclosure agreements in place. ethically I would never betray the big boss (he has no idea this is going on, to be sure), but I will get a fair amount out of them for this alone. plus I'm sure would get severance.

really could not care less. the sooner they let me go, the sooner I can get out of Amerika.


/rant
( cackers, Sat 7 Mar 2009, 12:43, Reply)

Cackers
they sound like cunts. What do you do???
(Poppet some assembly required., Sat 7 Mar 2009, 13:09, Reply)

mostly admin shit, but big boss likes my financial instincts
too bad they don't extend to saving my money!

actually, it will all be fine. after working at such a level, high-confidentiality, finance, coordinating charter flights, helicopters, etc., I can walk into a good-paying job with ease.

only I'm looking to change careers. but have lots of options, and good people to help. it will all come around ok.
( cackers, Sat 7 Mar 2009, 13:19, Reply)

well best of luck then
hopefully you can get to do what you want :)
(Poppet some assembly required., Sat 7 Mar 2009, 13:32, Reply)

my side **wins**
no fucking worries, dear. am a tactical genius, who always makes it happen.
( cackers, Sat 7 Mar 2009, 13:38, Reply)

Ello all
Sounds like you're having a shit time of it at work Cackers, but it also sounds like you've got it under some vauge controll, so I guess that's good! It is quiet today isn't it? Hmmm. Afternoon everyone :)
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Sat 7 Mar 2009, 13:57, Reply)

quiet, indeed
has everyone been scared off by the pun qotw? just wondering.
( cackers, Sat 7 Mar 2009, 13:58, Reply)

Maybe....
Puns are ok in moderation, but a whole QOTW on them? Even the funny ones don't look funny after a while
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Sat 7 Mar 2009, 14:01, Reply)

indeed
no one is a bigger joker than me, but it seems like puns need to be off-the-cuff or it doesn't quite work.

should be a dull week!
( cackers, Sat 7 Mar 2009, 14:05, Reply)

The best puns are also unexpected....
Which is also why having a topic about puns doesn't quite work
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Sat 7 Mar 2009, 14:19, Reply)

exactly
puns must occur on the fly. premeditation is a killer!
( cackers, Sat 7 Mar 2009, 14:36, Reply)

especially
when over 90% of the entries are just plain old jokes. Think I've seen maybe 10 actually good puns
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Sat 7 Mar 2009, 21:34, Reply)

frightening, really
let us all hide out here is HSH
( cackers, Sat 7 Mar 2009, 23:55, Reply)