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Post by Nurse Dunkley on Jul 14, 2007 14:37:03 GMT
EDIT: Sorry Chris for ignoring you there. It's still working for the same company and similar to what I'm doing now. Only difference is that I may have to do a couple of hours a week in one of the corporate branch. I begged and pleaded not to have to work in a branch, and pointed out I was neither camp enough nor dull enough to do so but my cries fell on deaf ears. So if anyone is meandering down Spring Gardens in Manc and happens upon the Bank of Scotland branch feel free to pop in and cheer me up. Please put on a scottish accent. Be like the allSTARS* girl on Big Brother with your branch colleagues.
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Post by FeelsLikeKellyCrabtree on Jul 14, 2007 14:45:41 GMT
Haha, I'll channel Lorraine Kelly
"Well heyloo thur. Would ye like ta depoosit some of ya wee coins? Ah that's greet."
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Post by Nurse Dunkley on Jul 14, 2007 14:50:49 GMT
Haha, I'll channel Lorraine Kelly "Well heyloo thur. Would ye like ta depoosit some of ya wee coins? Ah that's greet." Ha, although that's Lorraine of a few years back. These days she adds "...it really is" to the end of that, to stop people from twigging that by saying everything is great/fabulous she may not be being too sincere.
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Post by Cherubic on Jul 14, 2007 23:36:43 GMT
EDIT: Sorry Chris for ignoring you there. Fuck. You. Spring Gardens, classy like! You can hang outside Vivien Westwood, and look at the Midland Bank building. Not much else though admittedly.
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Post by somethingbiblical on Jul 15, 2007 1:07:17 GMT
I has a job Too bad it'd take me 2 months wages to be able to afford a pair of friggin jeans out of it eh.
Sean, please tell your customers to "look at ma growler". Please? How comes it's BoS? I thought it was Halifax down there, hence why it's known as HBoS (haitchboss? I dunno)
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Post by FeelsLikeKellyCrabtree on Jul 15, 2007 1:23:16 GMT
Halifax and Bank of Scotland merged to become Halifax Bank of Scotland (or HBOS - yes, pronounced H-Boss).
Bank of Scotland only really trades for Corporate clients in England and Wales. The division I work for, Corporate Operations, only has three offices in England (Manc, Brum and London) but turns over more profit than JJB per annum, fact fans.
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Post by [james] on Jul 17, 2007 17:05:50 GMT
I had my first day of induction at Sainsbury's today which consisting of looking at worksheets with a training instructor who overshared about her life. (Did you know her brother doesn't send her children birthday cards?)
The highlight was the training videos which included one of head honchos introducing health & safety except it was poor synced so it looked like he was dubbed and using the phrase "We want our customers to have a pleasure experience, from our car parks to the clean toilets" at which point I had to stiffle my sniggers.
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Post by LoveMusic on Jul 17, 2007 19:56:38 GMT
I started my 4-day work today.
It was incredibly boring. 'Stewarding' a sports centre meant standing up for 2 hrs.
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Post by frapperia on Jul 17, 2007 22:11:22 GMT
I am temping this week for a lovely divorce lawyer. I thought it would be an office but it's actually her amazing house in Hampton Hill. She is being very trusting and has left me alone in the house rather a lot, and has given me a key to the front door to let myself in with in the morning. I am also incredibly nosy and am getting vicarious pleasure from finding out about people's divorces, monies and jobs. If only I could temp full-time for her for the rest of the summer, I totally would.
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Post by frapperia on Jul 31, 2007 14:16:43 GMT
I handed in my notice today! Yay! I haven't been this happy in ages.
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Post by Nurse Dunkley on Jul 31, 2007 14:54:05 GMT
Oh well done! You have a more permanent job too, don't you? Is it there you've handed the notice or for the temping place?
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Post by frapperia on Jul 31, 2007 15:04:22 GMT
Thank you! Yeah, I do, it's for there, I'm still temping, boring as it is - it's the easiest way to earn a quick buck when you only need to work for weeks at a time. I feel like a huge weight has been taken off my shoulders.
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Post by LoveMusic on Jul 31, 2007 17:13:09 GMT
Yay!
*hands party-popper*
I babysit every week for a family, and its my last week tonight
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Post by Tacye Marley on Aug 1, 2007 12:52:41 GMT
I think I've got a job interview tomorrow. THINK. The woman at the pub next door told me that I should come round tomorrow at about quarter to twelve, so I'm not sure if it's a proper formal job interview or not.
Whichever way, it means that I can't get drunk tonight, which is really unfair as this burst of sociability means I'm missing Heroes.
But hey, a job's a job and at least I know people there...
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Post by Robbing the Dead on Aug 1, 2007 21:57:34 GMT
I did one days work yesterday working as a porter during an office move. It was shit. The proper office staff look down on you because you're just a lowly porter. Well I am probably already more qualified than those admin bitches anyway. Anyway, it was the longest and most boring day of my life.
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Post by frapperia on Aug 30, 2007 20:22:18 GMT
My workplace cut half of my shifts arbitrarily in this, my final week of work, and tonight private messaged me (because a phone call I would get before logging in for my shift would be too hard) to tell me I wasn't needed tomorrow night, hence tonight would be my "emotional" final shift. This after 23 months of loyal service and holding my tongue about their bastardly behaviour. Fuck. Right. Off.
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Post by LoveMusic on Aug 30, 2007 20:50:35 GMT
Thats really unfair. With a workplace like that, you should relish not having to work there anymore.
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Post by frapperia on Aug 30, 2007 22:02:47 GMT
Yeah, I feel pretty crappy tonight, to be honest. I don't think it's quite sunk in yet. With this and the lack of temp work this week, I've made £46.50 this week before tax. Cunts. My friend, who's just got a new job, is still being commissioned for pieces by her old magazine at £300 a pop. Life is fucking unfair.
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Post by Andrew* on Aug 30, 2007 23:51:48 GMT
Hello, can someone help me utilise my pointless degree.
I am sick of waiting on tables.
There's only so long I can be rude to people before I get fired.
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Post by [james] on Aug 31, 2007 13:27:38 GMT
Hello, can someone help me utilise my pointless degree. I am sick of waiting on tables. There's only so long I can be rude to people before I get fired. What's your degree? If it's media, you can join me in the queue for job seekers allowance in nine months time.
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Post by frapperia on Aug 31, 2007 13:45:27 GMT
You'll both find something. You're articulate and intelligent. Get some work experience in and you'll be flying.
Work have already shut me out of our content management system, a mere 14.5 hours after I logged out after my final shift, which I only found out would be final two minutes before logging in to do. I had stuff I needed to do in there - my bed wasn't even cold! Utter. Arsewanks.
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Post by Robbing the Dead on Sept 2, 2007 19:01:19 GMT
I found a job! After two months of looking. It's at uni, I've done one week and it's quite fun. It's preparing records for new students and shit.
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Post by Andrew* on Sept 3, 2007 0:06:52 GMT
Hello, can someone help me utilise my pointless degree. I am sick of waiting on tables. There's only so long I can be rude to people before I get fired. What's your degree? If it's media, you can join me in the queue for job seekers allowance in nine months time. I did Geology with Planetary Science. I think Media sounds more impressive. I am actually applying for graduate jobs, but they are jobs I don't think I am actually qualified to do. Is it at all likely I'll actually be able to get them? Or is that such a stupid question that the porter (^) manning the door on the way in to the building I am having my interview may as well blow my body apart with an axe and send my remains to S'ralan for a good firing? Oh and I also just got promoted to 'supervisor' (I do none) so not only do I have a shit job, I'm a cunt as well. And well done Robbing Judy. I think you should pre-taint student's records before they even get there. Just cause I'm bitter.
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Post by Nurse Dunkley on Sept 6, 2007 11:28:41 GMT
What's your degree? If it's media, you can join me in the queue for job seekers allowance in nine months time. I did Geology with Planetary Science. I think Media sounds more impressive. No no no, your degree sounds like you have to be a bit clever to do it. Can't you be the next Michaela Strachan or David Attenborough with Geology and Planetary Science? But with more rocks I suppose.
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Post by dirtypop on Sept 6, 2007 12:23:04 GMT
I had an interview for a training contract (to be a trainee solicitor) that I really really want. It's been a week now - things are not looking good. Should I ring up and ask them or would that piss them off more? I hate this waiting!
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