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"Ah sure at least I have a job"

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    #32
    Cathy666
    Closed Accounts Posts: 293 ✭✭Cathy666


    Fratton Fred wrote: »
    If you have the dream car and the dream house at 23 years of age, lets hope you manage to keep your dream job, because if your employer decides to piss off to Poland you will add your big mortgage and your big car loan to the already large pile of toxic debt.

    I don't have a car loan. I saved up and bought it. As for Poland, I can't see that happening. There's no market for it our work over there. Most countries that would have a market for it, are already well catered for. Thanks for your concern though.


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    #33
    Cathy666
    Closed Accounts Posts: 293 ✭✭Cathy666


    Dudess wrote: »
    Ah there's no need to piss on her parade Fred. She seems to have her head screwed on. Fair play to you Cathy! :)

    Thanks Dudess :)


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    #34
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    Senna wrote: »
    During the "celtic tiger":rolleyes: i didn´t go running to the boss every year for a pay rise, i didn´t indebt myself to try and accommodate a swanky lifestyle, i just worked hard. Now that the **** has hit the fan i still have a job and a few other that worked with me are all gone (redundent). They´re on the dole, yes because the economy when down the crapper but also because they were greedy.
    Nearly everyone recently on the dole can say its because of the economy, but plenty could look back at the choices they made. I know a few mates who would leave a job for a slightly better paying job every few years, regardless of how good and stable the current employer was. Last in, first out and all that.
    Bar a miracle, I'll be on the dole in May and I never did anything stupid with my money during the boom - saved, wasn't into expensive cars, clothes, shoes, handbags - all that sh1te... plenty of people who WEREN'T idiots are being punished.


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    #35
    weemcd
    Registered Users Posts: 6,420 ✭✭✭weemcd


    Currently cold calling what can only be described as british bastards to try and get them to switch from their current telephone company to the biggest telephone provider in the UK isn't anyones idea of the dream job. Used to be just college dropouts here, but the mmount of people i see in their late 30's/40's coming out of what would be deemed "good", well paid jobs, to sit in training and then go on the phones is crazy.

    Days I get unbelievably fúcked off talking to difficult people for hours on end and getting nowhere. I feel like packing it in. Then I look around me and realise there's slim to no chance of me getting employment anywhere else.

    Am I lukcy? Some days I find it very hard to believe. . .


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    #36
    nlgbbbblth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,668 ✭✭✭nlgbbbblth


    yes

    'lucky to have a job'

    and

    'lucky to still have a job'

    are totally different things.

    it's the use of the former I get annoyed with.


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    #37
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭SV


    lol, I apologize for being grateful.
    it really is one of my worst qualities.


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    #38
    Professey Chin
    Registered Users Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    Fcuk off.Redundancy for me :(.And not here long so no redundancy payment :(


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    #39
    ScumLord
    Registered Users Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    Everyone where I work was put on a 3 day week. Everyone that is except me and other staff like engineers. I was really looking forward to the 3 day week but now I have to take on twice as much work to pick up the slack. Damned skills holding me back from a life of leisure. :mad:


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    #40
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
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    Fratton Fred wrote: »
    If you have the dream car and the dream house at 23 years of age, lets hope you manage to keep your dream job, because if your employer decides to piss off to Poland you will add your big mortgage and your big car loan to the already large pile of toxic debt.

    Dream home/car doesn't mean Big car/home which people cannot really afford.

    My dream home is in Carlow, it's a 3 bedroom semi detatched house worth €190,000 hardly excessive. My dream car is an Audi A4 (2-3 year old), also hardly excessive...


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    #41
    [Deleted User]
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    O.A.P wrote: »
    So going by that if the firm you work for go under its the employees fault
    Depends on what they do (or not), many a good firm has gone under through external problems, some through bad management decisions and some of course because they (management and staff) got it wrong.


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    #42
    KingLoser
    Registered Users Posts: 725 ✭✭✭KingLoser


    Anyone sitting on their jobs, waiting for redundancy because of the increased liklihood of getting it in this climate?

    It sucks.


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    #43
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    Cathy666 wrote: »
    I don't have a car loan. I saved up and bought it. As for Poland, I can't see that happening. There's no market for it our work over there. Most countries that would have a market for it, are already well catered for. Thanks for your concern though.
    Fair play to you then, apologies if I came accross a bit heavy. People like you have the right attitude and touch wood should be OK. It pisses me off (and I have had a rant about this on another forum) when young people buy thamselves a shoebox for €400k and then feel the need to fill said shoebox with brand new plasma TVs in every room, sky with all the trimmings, brand new furniture and a new A3 to park outside. All of which is funded by a 125% mortgage secured on their parent's property. For some reason, these people now want me to feel sorry for them because they have taken a 10% paycut and have no room left on their credit card to pay for 2 weeks in thailand this year so are having to make do with Spain instead.


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    #44
    Mr Benevolent
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    Hookers?

    No, no. Hookers and coke :D


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    #45
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    weemcd wrote: »
    Currently cold calling what can only be described as british bastards to try and get them to switch from their current telephone company to the biggest telephone provider in the UK isn't anyones idea of the dream job. Used to be just college dropouts here, but the mmount of people i see in their late 30's/40's coming out of what would be deemed "good", well paid jobs, to sit in training and then go on the phones is crazy.

    Days I get unbelievably fúcked off talking to difficult people for hours on end and getting nowhere. I feel like packing it in. Then I look around me and realise there's slim to no chance of me getting employment anywhere else.

    Am I lukcy? Some days I find it very hard to believe. . .

    Did you have to say British Bastards, could you not just say Bastards? How would you feel if they were telling people some Irish bastard had been ringing them up trying to flog them an expensive alternative to our current provider (from a foreign call canter i presume)


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    #46
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭SV


    Fratton Fred wrote: »
    Did you have to say British Bastards, could you not just say Bastards?

    :rolleyes:

    now THAT is PC bullshít at it's finest.


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    #47
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    SV wrote: »
    :rolleyes:

    now THAT is PC bullshít at it's finest.

    Why? because I am offended that someone thinks all British people are bastards?


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    #48
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭SV


    Fratton Fred wrote: »
    Why? because I am offended that someone thinks all British people are bastards?

    how on earth did they say that all British people are bastards?


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    #49
    Pyr0
    Registered Users Posts: 5,967 ✭✭✭Pyr0


    weemcd wrote: »
    Currently cold calling what can only be described as british bastards to try and get them to switch from their current telephone company to the biggest telephone provider in the UK isn't anyones idea of the dream job. Used to be just college dropouts here, but the mmount of people i see in their late 30's/40's coming out of what would be deemed "good", well paid jobs, to sit in training and then go on the phones is crazy.

    Days I get unbelievably fúcked off talking to difficult people for hours on end and getting nowhere. I feel like packing it in. Then I look around me and realise there's slim to no chance of me getting employment anywhere else.

    Am I lukcy? Some days I find it very hard to believe. . .

    That's exactly how it is with me here at the moment !


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    #50
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    SV wrote: »
    how on earth did they say that all British people are bastards?

    then why say it? why not jusyt say Bastards?

    It implies the those people are bastards for being Britsh, not because they are simply bastards.

    If someone where cold calling in Ireland and got treated like ****e they wouldn't feel the need to say "Irish Bastards" so why use British?

    The fact those people are British is completely irrelevant to the point made.


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    #51
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭SV


    Fratton Fred wrote: »
    then why say it? why not jusyt say Bastards?

    It implies the those people are bastards for being Britsh, not because they are simply bastards.

    If someone where cold calling in Ireland and got treated like ****e they wouldn't feel the need to say "Irish Bastards" so why use British?

    The fact those people are British is completely irrelevant to the point made.
    because they were british.
    jesus fúcking christ.

    Would they not? You know everyone Britain do you? None of them would ever feel the need to further their description of someone?


    you're one of those people that refuses to call someone black and will much prefer to struggle describing them, aren't you?


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    #52
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    SV wrote: »
    because they were british.
    jesus fúcking christ.

    Would they not? You know everyone Britain do you? None of them would ever feel the need to further their description of someone?

    I'm sure there are those that would and i would say exactly the same thing to them.
    SV wrote: »
    you're one of those people that refuses to call someone black and will much prefer to struggle describing them, aren't you?

    No, in fact most black people i know prefer to be called black, if that bests suits the colour of their skin. However, if they were a bastard, I wouldn't feel the need to call them a black bastard.


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    #53
    Quazzie
    Registered Users Posts: 28,875 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    Fratton Fred wrote: »
    I'm sure there are those that would and i would say exactly the same thing to them.



    No, in fact most black people i know prefer to be called black, if that bests suits the colour of their skin. However, if they were a bastard, I wouldn't feel the need to call them a black bastard.
    Saying british bastard or Black bastard in no way insinuates that they are a bastard because of being British or Black. They are simply adjectives.


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    #54
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    Quazzie2002 wrote: »
    Saying british bastard or Black bastard in no way insinuates that they are a bastard because of being British or Black. They are simply adjectives.

    so I can say "What can only be described as a Black Bastard" and that is acceptable to you?

    If it is, then from this moment I will use the following if that is ok

    Dirty Irish Skanger instead of dirty Skanger
    Stupid Irish Bastard instead of Stupid Bastard
    Thieving Irish **** instead of Thieving ****

    Presuming of course there is no limit to how many adjectives we can use in one term.


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    #55
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭SV


    Fratton Fred wrote: »
    so I can say "What can only be described as a Black Bastard" and that is acceptable to you?

    If it is, then from this moment I will use the following if that is ok

    Dirty Irish Skanger instead of dirty Skanger
    Stupid Irish Bastard instead of Stupid Bastard
    Thieving Irish **** instead of Thieving ****

    Presuming of course there is no limit to how many adjectives we can use in one term.


    Of course it's ok, why on earth wouldn't it be?


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    #56
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    SV wrote: »
    Of course it's ok, why on earth wouldn't it be?

    OK, if you are happy with that. I'll try it and see how it goes :D


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    #57
    Naos
    Registered Users Posts: 4,730 ✭✭✭Naos


    Fratton Fred wrote: »
    so I can say "What can only be described as a Black Bastard" and that is acceptable to you?

    If it is, then from this moment I will use the following if that is ok

    Dirty Irish Skanger instead of dirty Skanger
    Stupid Irish Bastard instead of Stupid Bastard
    Thieving Irish **** instead of Thieving ****

    Presuming of course there is no limit to how many adjectives we can use in one term.

    That'd be great if you could Fred. You see, because I'm reading I have to conjure a picture in my head with the words you use, so the more descriptive you are, the better and more accurate the picture I can come up with.


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    #58
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    Fratton Fred wrote: »
    then why say it? why not jusyt say Bastards?
    It was probably just mentioned because it sets the scene that bit more.

    I agree there are times when someone's nationality, skin colour etc don't need to be brought up because they're not relevant, but I know so many people working in call centres here for British companies that get sh1t for being Irish.


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    #59
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    Dudess wrote: »
    It was probably just mentioned because it sets the scene that bit more.

    I agree there are times when someone's nationality, skin colour etc don't need to be brought up because they're not relevant, but I know so many people working in call centres here for British companies that get sh1t for being Irish.

    what, you mean for being annoying Irish Bastards who ring you up during the football?;)

    Or maybe its because those Irish Bastards took our jaaaaabs :D


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    #60
    ntlbell
    Registered Users Posts: 16,288 ✭✭✭✭ntlbell


    Dudess wrote: »
    but I know so many people working in call centres here for British companies that get sh1t for being Irish.

    get sh|t from whom?


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    #61
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    Fratton Fred wrote: »
    what, you mean for being annoying Irish Bastards who ring you up during the football?;)
    Actually, it's more the people who work in incoming call centres who get grief - "I'm sick of being put through to a ****ing Irish person every time I phone here" kinda thing - unaware of the fact that the call centre is actually in Ireland.


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