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KonaMike
KonaMike Posts: 805
edited October 2011 in Commuting chat
Thats right ,Ive done it again !!! Got washed and changed in work this morning only to find I have forgotten my flippin Boxers .

I now have a day of uncomfortable ,cheapy work trouser friction ahead of me ,whilst my work mates stare at my continuous fidgeting :oops:

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  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    It is the only way :D

    I used to own a pair of pants for doctors visits, but I think they got thrown out at least a decade ago.

    One up, one down, one to polish and ditch the middle man. Embrace the freely swinging freedom my good fellow!
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  • sketchley
    sketchley Posts: 4,238
    Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury 3 pair of pants for £8? Can you not send the secretary out to get you some?
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  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    Sketchley wrote:
    Can you not send the secretary out to get you some?

    Do people actually do this?! :lol:

    I mean send the secretary out, not do the secretary, we all know the answer to that.
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  • sketchley
    sketchley Posts: 4,238
    bails87 wrote:
    Sketchley wrote:
    Can you not send the secretary out to get you some?

    Do people actually do this?! :lol:

    I mean send the secretary out, not do the secretary, we all know the answer to that.

    Well no. Most people use the receptionist instead........
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  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    Use? Use? That's a coldhearted euphamism!
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  • KonaMike
    KonaMike Posts: 805
    If only I had my own Secretary , let alone one who would go and buy my pants :)
  • hfidgen
    hfidgen Posts: 340
    :shock: I think if I asked our receptionist to go buy me pants there would be one of those tumbleweed moments... Even the piano player would stop as the saloon doors flapped back and forwards.

    Don't you keep spare clothing at work for emergency bike related purposes? I've practically got a 4 seasons wardrobe in the corner by my desk.
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  • fidbod
    fidbod Posts: 317
    bails87 wrote:
    Sketchley wrote:
    Can you not send the secretary out to get you some?

    Do people actually do this?! :lol:

    I mean send the secretary out, not do the secretary, we all know the answer to that.

    Maybe not underwear, but analogous situations, certainly
  • essex-commuter
    essex-commuter Posts: 2,188
    hfidgen wrote:
    as the saloon doors flapped back and forwards.

    euphemism?
  • Cafewanda
    Cafewanda Posts: 2,788
    hfidgen wrote:
    :shock: I think if I asked our receptionist to go buy me pants there would be one of those tumbleweed moments... Even the piano player would stop as the saloon doors flapped back and forwards..

    This.

    And I say that as a PA/Secretary/whateverthetermsisthesedays.
  • walkingbootweather
    walkingbootweather Posts: 2,443
    I always have spare pants, socks, tie, hanky and gloves at work. Ok I might look a bit daft wearing just these but it stops me tripping over the 'old fella' (I can tuck it in the spare pants........or socks.) :wink:
    Nobody told me we had a communication problem
  • BigJimmyB
    BigJimmyB Posts: 1,302
    bails87 wrote:
    Sketchley wrote:
    Can you not send the secretary out to get you some?

    Do people actually do this?! :lol:

    I mean send the secretary out, not do the secretary, we all know the answer to that.

    Oh yes, they most certainly do.

    Couple of w@nkerrs here were having a poncey lunch recently and they called the intern to bring them an umbrella each cos it was raining.

    Taxi back here would have been £5 on top of their £100 lunch.

    Cnuts.
  • notsoblue
    notsoblue Posts: 5,756
    walkingbootweather wrote:
    I always have spare pants, socks, tie, hanky and gloves at work. Ok I might look a bit daft wearing just these but it stops me tripping over the 'old fella' (I can tuck it in the spare pants........or socks.) :wink:

    Hanky?
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  • msmancunia
    msmancunia Posts: 1,415
    hfidgen wrote:
    :shock: I think if I asked our receptionist to go buy me pants there would be one of those tumbleweed moments... Even the piano player would stop as the saloon doors flapped back and forwards.

    Don't you keep spare clothing at work for emergency bike related purposes? I've practically got a 4 seasons wardrobe in the corner by my desk.

    I'm a PA/secretary/assistant whatever, and my old boss once started a question with the words "how comfortable would you be buying...." when I asked him if he wanted anything when I was nipping out to Superdrug. Fortunately it was just aftershave he wanted, but a whole Preparation H scenario zoomed through my head.
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  • mtb-idle
    mtb-idle Posts: 2,179
    a moment in the changing rooms at our office this summer

    some bloke: "I love commuting in by bike, it's so stress free"

    30 seconds later as he opens his bag...

    "Oh f*ck, I've forgotten my shirt"
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  • walkingbootweather
    walkingbootweather Posts: 2,443
    notsoblue wrote:
    walkingbootweather wrote:
    I always have spare pants, socks, tie, hanky and gloves at work. Ok I might look a bit daft wearing just these but it stops me tripping over the 'old fella' (I can tuck it in the spare pants........or socks.) :wink:

    Hanky?

    Why certainly. Surely you have heard of the hanky code :wink:
    Nobody told me we had a communication problem
  • Headhuunter
    Headhuunter Posts: 6,494
    bails87 wrote:
    Sketchley wrote:
    Can you not send the secretary out to get you some?

    Do people actually do this?! :lol:

    I mean send the secretary out, not do the secretary, we all know the answer to that.

    My boss sends his PA out to get his dirty shirts laundered, I don't think he has gone as far as getting her to buy him underwear yet though....
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,900
    I keep a change in my desk drawer. Pants and socks in case I forget, socks also in case of wet feet of course. Polo shirt and jeans stay in the drawer overnight and only go home once the clean replacements have been brought in, so avoiding being caught without through forgetfulness.

    Edit: Underpants in the bottom drawer will also hopefully discourage biscuit thieves.
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  • walkingbootweather
    walkingbootweather Posts: 2,443
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Edit: Underpants in the bottom drawer will also hopefully discourage biscuit thieves.

    Yeah, my pants say "keep away from the Hobnob" too
    Nobody told me we had a communication problem
  • NGale
    NGale Posts: 1,866
    Jake had one of his personnel staff return from lunch with a packet of pants for him when he forgot his underwear after cycling in. He didn't ask her to get any while out on lunch, she took it upon herself as she was getting a little disturbed by the fact he was fidgeting during a meeting :lol:
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  • secretsam
    secretsam Posts: 5,120
    It's one of my deepest fears. I keep spare socks at work, but we hot desk so the full spare wardrobe scenario isn't really feasible - I have a small, portable set of drawers (fnarr) and NO WAY am I keeping my kecks in there
    It's just a hill. Get over it.
  • Paul E
    Paul E Posts: 2,052
    I have a pair in my locker just in case along with a spare pair of socks, not had to use them yet
  • Headhuunter
    Headhuunter Posts: 6,494
    SecretSam wrote:
    It's one of my deepest fears. I keep spare socks at work, but we hot desk so the full spare wardrobe scenario isn't really feasible - I have a small, portable set of drawers (fnarr) and NO WAY am I keeping my kecks in there

    If you sling a pair of your kecks on top of the stuff in you drawer, you could guarantee that no one is going to go through your stuff... Ultimate security
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  • Gallywomack
    Gallywomack Posts: 823
    I dunno, all this spare gear at work - I avoid the need for it by just remembering stuff.

    Ha - see if you can resist THAT temptation, fate... 8)
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  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    We did a Rover 800 smoked salmon test drive promotion a few years back and we needed to get some salmon for the presentation of the full idea to the client.

    So, we sent the PA out to get a leg of smoked salmon from Selfridges.

    About an hour later she returned...

    they didn't sell legs of smoked salmon. Ha!

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