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glennPattonWork32-Jul-15 4:18

glennPattonWork3

2-Jul-15 4:18

but they get paid for wasting time...

harold aptroot2-Jul-15 5:20

harold aptroot

2-Jul-15 5:20

Exactly, so why would they care? You OTOH actually lost time.

Pualee2-Jul-15 5:04

Pualee

2-Jul-15 5:04

It sounds to me more like the recruiter wasted everyone's time.

I remember going to an interview (when I really really needed a job to pay bills). Gas was at an all time high (I think you call it petrol). It was a long drive each way. I drove for the interview and nailed it. Then they called me back (I'm thinking it is a follow up interview). I drive back again, paying the high price for gas I could barely afford. Instead of a 2nd interview... they give me an offer... a very very low offer (insulting levels of low). I'm thinking to myself... they could have done this on the phone.

I was furious, but politely said I could not be satisfied with that Mad | :mad:

My time and money were wasted that day.

In the end I got a much better job a few short weeks later, with a 50% pay increase Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

Edit:

I guess I should elaborate on why I got a low offer after nailing the interview... they thought I cheated on the technical exam OMG | :OMG:

because nobody had ever done it that fast - and a perfect score to boot. Some people are so arrogant... thinking they are the only ones that know a language inside and out...

charlieg2-Jul-15 5:38

charlieg

2-Jul-15 5:38

Pricks.

I hate going into an interview and within 5 minutes you know they are all pricks. Glenn, don't take it too badly, it does happen sometimes, and it makes us more careful prior to the interview.

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_Maxxx_2-Jul-15 0:00

_Maxxx_

2-Jul-15 0:00

Excuse the tardiness.

A very quiet tenant pays for cold water while learning a trade. (10)

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OriginalGriff2-Jul-15 0:16

2-Jul-15 0:16

A                   A
very quiet          PP
tenant pays         RENT
for cold water      ICE

while learning a trade
APPRENTICE

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_Maxxx_2-Jul-15 0:16

_Maxxx_

2-Jul-15 0:16

Well done.

Evidently too easy again!

Must try harder!

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OriginalGriff2-Jul-15 0:35

2-Jul-15 0:35

Not the email I got! Laugh | :laugh:

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_Maxxx_2-Jul-15 0:36

_Maxxx_

2-Jul-15 0:36

<grin>

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Stefto2-Jul-15 1:03

Stefto

2-Jul-15 1:03

Just curious, how does very quiet equal pp? i can see the rest but i can't figure that one out.

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OriginalGriff2-Jul-15 1:06

2-Jul-15 1:06

Comes from musical directions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamics_(music)[^]
"pp" in musical notation stands for "pianissimo" or "very soft" - "p" stands for "piano" or "soft"

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90823652-Jul-15 2:21

9082365

2-Jul-15 2:21

pp - very quiet
p - quiet
mf - moderately loud
f - loud
ff - very loud

Which leads us to an additional puzzle of the day since the clue was solved so quickly. How many words can you name which contain the letter sequence 'mf' (without consulting OneLook or similar word search site!) There's a surprising number!

Stefto2-Jul-15 3:17

Stefto

2-Jul-15 3:17

The first one i tought off was comfy Laugh | :laugh:

pretty hard tough

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90823652-Jul-15 3:35

9082365

2-Jul-15 3:35

Yes, it had me going in circles for quite a while. Wink | ;)

All this talk of light bulbs....

Graham Lemon (UK)2-Jul-15 3:36

Graham Lemon (UK)

2-Jul-15 3:36

Does "hamfisted" qualify or should there be a hyphen? Smile | :)

Sometimes, it just is, OK!

Graham Lemon (UK)1-Jul-15 21:53

Graham Lemon (UK)

1-Jul-15 21:53

...Reminds me of an episode when i was a green apprentice (many many years ago) working for what was then GPO and is now BT.

I was an electronics technician, but as part of the apprenticeship had to go round all the other departments for a while, so this day I found myself assigned to a 'Heating & Hot Water' engineer (basically, a plumber). We were dispatched to look at the tea urn in a staff canteen at a certain South London exchange (I won't name names here).

Engineer/Plumber looked at the vessel which was sat on the end of the canteen counter and told Apprentice (me) to jump up and have a look in the top to see if there was anything obvious as to why it wasn't doing the 'do' as far as boiling water was concerned.

While I was up there, Doris the tea lady (probably not her name, but they were all called Doris) asked if I might change the blown lightbulb that was inches from my head, to which Plumber jumps in and states most indignantly

"You can't do that, that's a job for the electricians" and then to Doris "You'll have to call Hxxxxy (the name of our ofice, censored as I said, no names) to book a call"

Despite the fact that I had already been through the 'Electricians' department part of my training and had passed their assessment with flying colours!!!

The root of this inefficient idiocy, I suspect, was the union culture pervading the company, but whatever...

We left Doris with a working tea urn but broken light bulb.

Anyone else got any tales of stupidity like this?

Cheers

Graham.

Sometimes, it just is, OK!

CDP18021-Jul-15 22:00

CDP1802

1-Jul-15 22:00

Try the military. Some of them will not even go to the toilet without orders, some kind of handbook for proper preparations and then parading to the booth with a military ceremony.

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HobbyProggy1-Jul-15 22:04

HobbyProggy

1-Jul-15 22:04

CDP1802 wrote:
will not even go to the toilet without orders

Recruit: Sir!
Sgt: Recruit?
Recruit: I need to take a dump Sir!
Sgt: So is this some kind of Joke?
Recruit: No Sir, i am asking for permission Sir!
Sgt: Permission denied!
farting sound
Sgt: What in gods name did you do Recruit?
Recruit: Sir, i sh my pants Sir!
Sgt: Dismissed...
Recruit: Sir, yes Sir!

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CDP18021-Jul-15 22:36

CDP1802

1-Jul-15 22:36

Dismissed? Are you crazy? Recruits get exactly two minutes to change their clothes, report back and then are sent back two or three times to correct some more things which were just discovered.

HobbyProggy1-Jul-15 22:38

HobbyProggy

1-Jul-15 22:38

I know, but i didn't want to write the whole story Blush | :O

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CDP18021-Jul-15 22:56

CDP1802

1-Jul-15 22:56

I already thought that your posts smelled of fresh earth. Smile | :)

OriginalGriff1-Jul-15 22:03

1-Jul-15 22:03

Years and years ago, I was a 1st year at University, doing a Thin Sandwich course in Maths and Computer Science (as it was known in those days). This entailed a four year course, 6 months in teh classroom, 6 months in the real world.

My first placement was with the UK government Science and Engineering Council, at Rutherford Labs.

I and two others turned up for our first day, and were shown to an office with three desks, three chairs, and so on - the "real" owners were all away for a few weeks, so we could use it while "proper" space was sorted out. About two hours later, men in brown coats arrived, and removed the chairs. Our grade didn't allow us to sit in "those chairs". Cheaper, rather worn chairs were substituted.

An hour later, the same men were back, to do the same for the desks.

After lunch, they returned for the carpet...

The following morning, we were shown to our "real" office - I have no idea if the original desks and chairs ever returned, but from the glares we got a month later I suspect not! Laugh | :laugh:

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Cornelius Henning2-Jul-15 1:09

Cornelius Henning

2-Jul-15 1:09

Around 1968 when I started working as an engineer in the Department of Transport in South Africa, I was given an old, dirty desk. It had a solid wood construction, but had accumulated a lot of crud over the years. I asked whether we could ship it to the Department of Public Works to be cleaned up. That was not allowed.
Then a colleague told me the secret to have desks cleaned: Break it, and send it in for repairs. The Public Works Department did not clean desks, unless it was sent in for repairs! So I did some minor damage to the poor desk and sent it in for repairs.
A few weeks later I had a shining new desk, completely overhauled with a new French polish finish! Poke tongue | ;-P

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Stefto1-Jul-15 22:09

Stefto

1-Jul-15 22:09

I have one that is happening right now actually, altough it doesn't involve a light bulb.
Me and me colleague were doing our job when suddenly someone decided to ring the bell.
My colleague went to answer it and i few minutes i overhear talk on a interesting topic about them cutting electricity off to the entire industry area on a normal Wednesday three days from now.
Being a IT company we could obviously not ignore this and asked where we could get the emergency power they should supply...
They said arranging that will be our responsibility apparently.

With that said, i will never let Enexis take care of my home power. Laugh | :laugh:

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