Bowling is fine, just with people you like and not the cunts you have to work with.Originally Posted by niko_cee
Bowling is fine, just with people you like and not the cunts you have to work with.
I like my work colleagues, but they are people I only spend time with when I'm being paid. I don't socialise with them, nor do I particularly want to and I definitely don't want to see the annoying one drunk.
Like I was saying, kudos to him for managing to employ a bunch of people who aren't cunts.
It was alright. Modern arcades are yet another thing that has gone to shit, but it was enough to kill a couple of hours.
Absolutely.
The ticket system has completely fucked it.
No actual games, just ways to earn tickets for overpriced tat.
Yeah, there are no proper videogames, just 30 second minigames. The only decent one was guitar hero (I think? the one with the guitar). There was a time when you could have played Turtles in Time, Street Figher, Off-Road, Cruisin' USA, Metal Slug, etc, etc.
The likes of that is what's wrong with people now.
Maybe in taco town.
Not in taco town, but there is a retro arcade that does have all those games in the neighborhood next to it.
I don't think this is correct. Legally staff have a right to be paid accrued annual leave that is not used when they leave the company.
We have always paid staff accrued AL when they are leaving. And not because we want to.
It is correct y u so dumb.
There are a couple of retro arcades near me that allow you to pay an entry fee then it's all free play on everything, classic machines, modern machines, consoles, pc games. They have adults only sessions, think a friday night is about Ł20. I went to a special event there once and killed John Romero in a Quake 2 deathmatch
At the very least, the one local to me has a bank of Daytona and Mario Kart cabs. The rest of the floor is UFO catchers. If I want a proper arcade, I have to go back to San Francisco for the Mechanique Museum or whatever it's called.
Daytona USA.
Today they had something called Cruisin' Blast, but it was a very sad imitation of the quite excellent Cruisin' USA/World.
I've been to the retro arcade mentioned earlier a couple of times for the fighting games tournaments, but their schedule doesn't really work for me, otherwise I would be there more often.
"In England, the legal position is quite clear:
Employees are legally entitled to be paid for any untaken annual leave when they leave their job. This is based on the Working Time Regulations 1998 and subsequent amendments. "
You're arguing about something else entirely. I'm not talking about when you leave, I'm talking about not using your holidays before the end of the year.
Accepted a new job yesterday, starting in Jan. It pays Ł700 a month less but at least I can make up that and more with commission.
It's a hell of a challenge but if it comes off I could do really well.
Also got invited to their Christmas party which is today. Nice people.
Congrats MJ you da man.
Congrats MJ you da man
sad bastard.
Well done MJ. I hope you didn't make a twat of yourself at the Christmas party.
Was it all a bit tragic from magic?
Was that post made from within the party?
I'm a twit
I wonder if the chairs had padded feet.
No I was lying in my hotel bedroom waiting for the porn channels to start at midnight.
Stone age wanking.
The nostalgia
This was in the context of Magic leaving his job. @Magic Apologise.
I didn't leave I got made redundant.
Pretty sure leaving is a condition of your redundancy m8.
I've landed (well, been dropped into) a wider ranging role within the company which has me involved in all of our underground jobs (tunnels, mines, hydro, utilities etc.) in the UK that aren't joint ventures.
It's come at a good time for me because I've been working mainly on a single project pretty much for six years now but that is slowing down massively now so it's naturally the right time to get my teeth into something else. Unfortunately it means monthly trips to the Big Smoke to converse with the big cheeses.
Congrats, Ben, you da man.
Good stuff, nothing wrong with the odd large fromage.
Re: Jimmy on yoof of today in the Health thread (wtf).
One of my team decided a few weeks back to reply to my text of "are you ok?" with a "sorry I had a house party at my house and I've just woken up, should I rearrange our 1-1?" as if that's normal behaviour. How he thinks that's ok to do in the first place is beyond me and now he's going to have an official warning on his file. I find the brazenness of it just baffling, we pay you to work, you have a lot of flexibility, what are you doing with yourself?
I think that the psychological link between work and 'a living' must have been broken somehow, but honestly I'm not sure how/when this occurred. Maybe Ben is right re. housing costs / people still living with parents, but then that's Germany and things may be different.
He's not German so it could be a factor.
Would he be in trouble if he just said he had the shits?
Who was it? I'm guessing Samadini.
To complain about the other end of the spectrum - these fucking Yanks don't know how to wind down for Christmas. I log off at the end of tomorrow for two weeks, stop pestering me you cunts.
They'll be seething when you're not working on the 26th.
It's Thanksgiving and that's your lot with them.
If it’s the first time it’s happened then it’s a bit jobsworth from you
Most of the team here are off for about two weeks over Christmas (using our annual leave) and they have a bit of a meltdown about it every year. We didn't even have any customers the last two years. We have a few this year but they're still in early onboarding stages and one of them has already said they're off for like two weeks anyway so fucking chill out lads.
I need a new job in the new year.
Every cunt in the country has decided they want me this week, though I'm finished at midday tomorrow so fuck 90% of them.
My last court hearing before Christmas today. Asking for outright possession within 7 days. Merry Christmas.
Shame for his neighbours that it won't actually happen until New Year.
I've had a ridiculous amount of chancers trying to get deals done before the weekend. I'm working Monday and Tuesday as well so I'll go at my own pace thanks, wankers.
'Can you deliver before 9am tomorrow morning to Leiria in Portugal?' That'll be a no, Joao.
Keeks is just mad he wasn't invited to the party.
How many languages are you competent in now Jim?
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