It was great. He was basically Finch out of the Office.
It was great. He was basically Finch out of the Office.
I think my favourite disciplinary write up went something like 'Drew a large phallic shape in sawdust in reference to a current Director and refused to erase it'
Better than when I had to sit in a meeting and recount a report of one of our drivers shitting in a service station car park.
I had yesterday off (the first day since Feb) and honestly have returned to a complete bomb site. The others are completely incapable of covering my work even for 1 day, which makes me think either I'm a genius with the work rate of a Trojan (unlikely), or they are all literally fucking useless. When I cover their work it's a doddle.
Have they tried to do it and done it badly or just not really bothered?
Both. The morning stuff they botched, the afternoon they just didn't even attempt. Then one of them phoned me up to tell me he'd 'fallen out' with one of the others over it. All in all, a splendid display of teamwork.
it's one of the joys of annual leave. I came back from a weeks leave once and one of my colleagues had been dealing with one of the biggest scammers on my patch without reading the notes on the case.
She referred her for support, gave her a 'love to shop' voucher so that she can get some food in and promised 'no further action during this difficult time'.
Which is great, except she was due in court the next month due to her boyfriend running a fucking drugs empire from their flat. Apparently the Gucci handbag and sun glasses weren't a big enough clue that she might just about be doing alright financially.
It was a great look when she presented the court with a letter from us promising 'no further action'.
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I still need to break it to my new temporary team that I am planning on taking most of August off. I've proved myself to such a degree that I fear they may try to postpone my plans (which wouldn't be the worst thing as I'd rather have the time off after the great global fatty purge is complete). What isn't so great is they've lined me up to replace some absolute technical rainman of a geezer as he goes on leave next week. I've watched how this guy's mind operates in sheer awe for the last 3 months, it's truly something else.
I wouldn't mind so much if I hadn't just been covering their shit while they sat in the garden for a paid 3 month holiday.
I've got my annual leave in 2 weeks
(Another case for you to ask for a promotion/pay rise)
Gosh, aren't you all so great at your jobs.
Probably why we're still in them.
Boom!
I've got next week off. I'm going to do my very best to switch off entirely.
Same.
Been told today that it’s unlikely we’ll ever have “our own desks” again, at least not for the foreseeable. A lot of oddballs with family photos and potted cactus plants cluttering up their mouse space are gonna whinge when that news gets out.
I'm a twit
Yeah I’m quite concerned with that in the office. If you do a job where you don’t need a bunch of physical reference materials or work in a collaborative team it’s fine. Would be a nightmare for me.
I'll never understand why people hold on to so much shit. Especially in my job where all the reference materials are on a website or in your inbox. And cuddly toys. Fuck off with that.
You gotta "make it your own".
Clean desk policy for the win.
I’ve a week coming up myself. All calls diverted to the office from 3pm tomorrow.
I couldn't cope with a clean desk policy. I always have it covered in shit - 15 engine catalogues, pages and pages of notes from phone calls etc, post its stuck everywhere with orders written on them or people's bank details and so on. Calculator, ruler to measure things, pens, the works. If it wasn't my own space I just couldn't work properly.
You’ve not seen anything until you’ve seen the crap TA’s keep for no reason at all. I worked with someone for the last 3 years, both supporting the same child, she had two sets of draws (three dreams in each set) full to bursting with stuff that ‘might come in handy’
I’m looked on as some sort of weirdo because all I had was the pack a speech therapist had left.
They will be testing each and every one of us every two weeks.
Really not looking forward to have to cart all my stuff with me all over school in September (I’m a messy desk person). Going to be a fucking nightmare so trying not to think about it for the time being.
It's ages since I've been in a school, do teachers normally have their own classroom and stick there?
I seem to remember at my gaff you'd have the big names in their own fortress like Mr McBay in room 10, Dr Harris in room 5, Mr Orr in room 3 and so on but I'm sure there were some floaters as well, further down the pecking order.
The only time we had it like that was when there were teachers who did a couple of subjects. Science and IT teacher crossing over or PE teachers who taught something random like geography.
Otherwise I think it was pretty set.
Of course Jimmy's school had Dr's for teachers.
Rotations have been reinstated so I've got 4 months in colorectal surgery from tomorrow.
Joy.
That sounds like a pain in the arse.
My worst medical school memory is standing in theatre at 8am watching some poor bugger have their haemarrhoids cauterised. Nothing like the smell of charred anus in the morning.
I looked into private school teaching when I got mine. They don't care about formal teaching qualifications, so I was told that it was a decent route for no-mark academics. I think I only applied for a couple in the end, but from the websites I found the real money is in tutoring. If you have a couple of languages under your belt there seems to be no shortage of criminals and human rights abusers willing to pay you megabucks to babysit their cunt kids.
Not as poncey as charred lettuce I assume.
When you assume, you make an Ass out of U and randomlegend.
Yeah yeah, tell me about it in 18 months time diary boy.
First day off today and won't be returning till 1st September
First week of break has been tarnished by having to rest from my near fatal accident and I'll have to do a fair bit of life admin with the house situation and some bits of work to ease my return but FIRST OF SEPTEMBER, YOU CUNTS.
Three weeks will fly by.
I came off my bike a month ago and my ribs still ache. It was worth it for the week off, but it's delayed my progression in becoming Jersey's top heavyweight boxer.
I'm back working from home again doing 'training' and it's a struggle. Might ask to go into our office as I know it's empty.
They're giving us £200 in our wage to make our home working environment more comfortable, though. Straight into our wage with no questions asked. Gotta love 'em.
Are you suggesting you wouldn't return it if you didn't spend £200 on wheely chairs and a mouse?
Rumors going that we will be required to download an app that will use gps and wifi for contact tracing. Not gonna happen.
I know it's America, but even there surely that's against some freedomz law.
I would assume so. The biweekly testing is annoying enough as is.
EDIT: I will just ignore it and my guess is nothing will happen. Just like that time I got a MANDATORY sexual assault training assigned. I emailed back asking what was the punishment for not doing it, what with it being mandatory and all, and basically got a 'dunno lol' reply. Have yet to complete it, even though I get it assigned every year.
EDIT2:
Pepe –
I’m sorry for the delay in my response. Any penalty will be up to the individual school to determine. Are there any questions I can answer that might allow you to complete the complete the training? It takes 30-45 minutes.
Thanks.
jwk
Director, Title IX Office & Title IX Coordinator
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Who's going to volunteer to sexually assault a Mexican?