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cml387 · 21-10-2013 09:48PM

Well maybe as a city slicker you can come down here to the country and teach us some of your sophisticated ways.

And perhaps some small town girlie can make you realise that maybe there my be something that you can learn too from our simple country values.

Savoir.Faire · 21-10-2013 09:53PM

I ran a small enterprise in the mid-to-late noughties that involved me having to spend considerable amounts of time in regional towns in the country. Aside from the rather rustic and basic hotel accommodation found in many such towns, the rest of the time was extremely enjoyable.

Work done; you can get ready, head down to a local, order a pint and a ball of malt to wash it down, and have a chat with the locals. You'll notice differing attributes in folk in different parts of this fair Isle. People from Tipperary make Cavan folk look positively generous for example. Sometimes you might even get involved in conversation with a minxy lady from the town. Play your cards right and you might end up getting a bit of rumpy-pumpy and bowled out for six.

And breakfasts in rural Irish hotels tend to be fantastic. Real hearty fare. Don't be so quick to dismiss the idea.

cml387 · 21-10-2013 09:55PM

Savoir.Faire wrote: »

I ran a small enterprise in the mid-to-late noughties that involved me having to spend considerable amounts of time in regional towns in the country. Aside from the rather rustic and basic hotel accommodation found in many such towns, the rest of the time was extremely enjoyable.

Work done; you can get ready, head down to a local, order a pint and a ball of malt to wash it down, and have a chat with the locals. You'll notice differing attributes in folk in different parts of this fair Isle. People from Tipperary make Cavan folk look positively generous for example. Sometimes you might even get involved in conversation with a minxy lady from the town. Play your cards right and you might end up getting a bit of rumpy-pumpy and bowled out for six.

And breakfasts in rural Irish hotels tend to be fantastic. Real hearty fare. Don't be so quick to dismiss the idea.

You see? Mind you I'm not sure about this bowled out for six lark. Sounds rude.

MadsL · 21-10-2013 09:59PM

Savoir.Faire wrote: »

....a small enterprise...regional towns ...rather rustic ...a pint and a ball of malt...folk ...fair Isle...minxy lady...Play your cards right...rumpy-pumpy...bowled out for six...hearty fare.

Are you a character in a 1970s village farce put on by the local Amateur Dramatic Society?

A_Sober_Paddy · 21-10-2013 09:59PM

wexie wrote: »

While those are all valid arguments and trust me, I know what life away from home can be like, the fun of hotels wears off really quickly.

However, if it was me I'd be wondering why it's me being asked and quite how this will reflect on me if I do go and do a good job and what I could get out of it.

Well I think i'm been eyed up for a store manager job, but again in a smaller town which I've no interest in, also the money to responsibility ratio is terrible, for example my manager works 40 hours(also another 5 unpaid re closing and opening minimum) for circa 23,500 a year and a whole load of sh!te to deal with a top of that, i'd be on nowhere near that, now money isn't a driving force for me anymore, but i value my time more than this company does, so much so I'm earning less an hour than someone working in Schuh on a temporary basis...

There is also my growing dislike with the business practices and model of my current employer, which brings up a whole pile of different issues

Stereomaniac · 21-10-2013 10:00PM

You would be foolish not to explore this beautiful country that we have as much as possible.

Feisar · 21-10-2013 10:00PM

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

Firstly love the way most of ye assumed my bosses boss was a male, secondly I've no interest spending a week miserable and alone in a small town, and having a 4 hour bus journey to get there and for nothing extra and potentially being out of pocket and missing out on training and I've just got back to getting my diet sorted too, the week up there will be full of crap food too

Its a week, five working days. I'd make sure I could expense everything, bus/meals/coffee and that hotel is paid for. Funk that tenner a day crap. Someone else said brownie points... None to be gained. Demand full compo for the week. No exceptions. Far too much of this "lucky to be employed" crap going about.

Seriously though, training? If you just got your diet sorted it doesn't sound like you are heading to the Olympics so get over your self. If it's weights yer at deadlift like a lunatic the day before you leave, I mean kill yourself in the gym, over train and the five days away just stretch etc. Maybe toss in a bit of cardio. Be grand.

A_Sober_Paddy · 21-10-2013 10:01PM

cml387 wrote: »

Well maybe as a city slicker you can come down here to the country and teach us some of your sophisticated ways.

And perhaps some small town girlie can make you realise that maybe there my be something that you can learn too from our simple country values.

I wish I was going to a town the size of Clonmel...

foxyboxer · 21-10-2013 10:01PM

Sounds like you don't want to do it.

Learn how to say No starting now.

Stereomaniac · 21-10-2013 10:03PM

Well, we don't know what exactly the training entails (apologies if it was alluded to on page 2 as I haven't read it). Perhaps our original poster meets with his friends to play a team sport competitively against other teams. There can be many social and emotional benefits to such an activity. Who are we to say what said person will or won't be safe to miss? I know that there are certain things I dread missing if I am away. Anyway, I hope everyone's well!

Aidric · 21-10-2013 10:17PM

The expense allowance is a joke so get that sorted first. Then say yes and stop your complaining. You'll be remembered if you say no.

cml387 · 21-10-2013 10:18PM

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

I wish I was going to a town the size of Clonmel...

Oh lord. It's not...Mountmellick is it?

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