
Inspirational or a waste of precious slacking-off time? I once went on a buzzword bingo-laden training course which ended up with my being held at gunpoint in public. Could have gone better, to be honest. Tell us your tales from either side of the lectern
( , Thu 15 Mar 2012, 15:01)
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I should have been given it when I started, but anyway. It contains such pearls of wisdom, such as walking more, including a Pedometer Record Card, and eating more fruit. I also have to be Someone's Superhero, involving drawing names from the theoretical hat, and doing something nice for a colleaguesuch as writing them a poem. Oh, my qualities must include being Thoughtful, Honest, Inspiring, Creative, Courageous and Valuing Difference.
And I can get counselling for £20 a pop.
I'm so looking forward to my training day.
( , Tue 20 Mar 2012, 9:59, 19 replies)

that's a tick in the corporate responsibility box on some bid your company is going for.
In my company our Values are:
Straightforward
Helpful
Inspiring
Trustworthy
Just like Mr and Mrs Penis who called their son Arthur, they didn't quite think it through
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( , Tue 20 Mar 2012, 10:17, closed)

usually variations on "just kill me now"
or txt the same.
( , Tue 20 Mar 2012, 18:10, closed)

As those values sound suspiciously familiar, when you add "Heart"
( , Tue 20 Mar 2012, 19:12, closed)

Never having worked in an office with more than 50 people, I have no concept of any of this thinking.
My training for operating within the environment I work in adds up to precisely zero.
The idea of a corporate document telling me to eat vegetables, or a day out learning how to climb a ladder is amusing, if not bizarre.
( , Tue 20 Mar 2012, 10:47, closed)

I must sign up for Vegetable Safety in the Workplace.
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( , Tue 20 Mar 2012, 11:56, closed)

a verbal warning would consist of,"Don't fucking do it again,twat". Harsh, but fair.
( , Tue 20 Mar 2012, 12:30, closed)

in my place of work, but I thinks it's justifiable since
a) we're the NHS
and
b) the office is full of people who would fall foul of the BMI/smoking restrictions that we enforce upon the rest of the population.
Quite why they think complimentary broccoli is the answer, is beyond me.
( , Tue 20 Mar 2012, 13:36, closed)

what is a more eloquent description of free broccoli ?
( , Tue 20 Mar 2012, 14:39, closed)

the Geneva convention, so it's moot.
Fucking broccoli.
( , Tue 20 Mar 2012, 14:48, closed)

In fact, I used to suffer from vegetarianism, and its more serious condition, veganism. It's just I object to being told to eat it. If I want to live on doners, vodka and Curly-Wurlys, I will, and die fat and happy, in 6 months.
( , Wed 21 Mar 2012, 10:09, closed)

is what happens when the woman are allowed into management positions.
( , Tue 20 Mar 2012, 21:39, closed)
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