The Official Off Topic Thread

BumperD wrote: »

Try to thrash it out with him first. Hopefully he will see sense. If that fails, try to chat to his boss if you know him/her. HR is a last resort which I would try to avoid.

I would love to thrash it out with his head. 4 of us in the team, one guy is off and he won't let me off the same time. I am on a temp contract to the end of February with a three month extension in the pipeline. The prick pushes back on every holiday request but it's no problem when I am the only one in the team, I was twice already this week. I have had the biggest workload by quite a way (more than double what the two girls have) for the last 10 months and I can't put in for leave without hassle.

premierstone wrote: »

Fcuk that is a kick in the balls, I am a member of the working force for 15 years and have never or never will work a festival. Man management and motivational skills obviously not part of your bosses skill-set.

Lucky for you man, I worked in another place and the boss had no interest in racing but one of the companies we deal with flew him to Cheltenham for the week with free food and drink and an mc for the four days and while he was at it I could not even have a half day.

You can be sure of that, he just talks and doesn't listen. I used to do about 1 1/2 hours work outside my working day every day (only one in the team) and he told me I was wasting time on a point of integrity so I just stopped doing the extra time in work, that alone has cost the company 24 weeks work so far.

He is in our office once a fortnight and he should know me well enough that when I dig in I ****ing dig in.

I am flat out all the time and have told him for the last year and he has done nothing, recently a manager in Dublin has raised it on my behalf and is working on sorting it so when I pull the brake and stop working flat out the Manc wanker should be getting it in the neck from his boss. If he doesn't change his mind I will **** him up!

Why are some bosses such ****€rs?

Rant over :mad:

On the plus side I just got a message from a big company on linkedin saying they are hiring at a level I haven't worked at before and they think my profile is a good fit and would I be interested in applying. All going well it(it's going to be a rough interview and way above what I have done) would be a great move, a permanent job and probably at least double my salary. The cherry on top would be to get out of my current job without giving notice in and leaving the prick in the ****.

Watching 2 fast 2 Furious. Paul Walker looks better than last time I saw him

BumperD wrote: »

That interview sounds promising. Go for it dude. They wouldn't call you for that role unless they thought you were up to it. Sounds like the tosser your working for wont go far. He'll probably end up a crack addict lying in a ditch in a couple of years ( well I hope he does after not giving you Cheltenham off, he must have his head up his ass)

I might get laughed out of the place if I don't get it.

UrbanSea wrote: »

Good God I never knew the acting or special effects were so awful until now

It's like Weekend At Bernies...

All aboard the Plinth express CHOO CHOO

BumperD wrote: »

What do you see in Plinth that is giving you guys the confidence? a hd win lto?

That guitar pete is battle hardened and 6/1 looks better value imo

Guitar Pete a nice horse but exposed even for a juvenile and looks fair below grade 1 class.


Plinth won by a head but was value for more if not making a hash of the last, and showed a good battling quality to get back up to win which some juveniles may lack. Double the price of the horse he beat who already had the benefit of a run over hurdles.

Chrysellium put down today one of the favs for the Guineas. As much as I hate Willie Carson I feel sorry for as he had a lovely horse in her

Have heard nothing but outlandishly good things about Helvick Gold

Not bad but far better pale ales out there

Me-tal Me-tal man!