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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,330
    Anyone else get the impression people are playing barista oneupmanship?
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,658
    pblakeney said:

    Anyone else get the impression people are playing barista oneupmanship?

    Well, something's brewing.
  • Munsford0
    Munsford0 Posts: 678
    I wondered how quickly the one liners would start to filter through
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    pblakeney said:

    Anyone else get the impression people are playing barista oneupmanship?

    They're just american.
    _
  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,658
    It's a storm in a teacup, I'd say.
  • mr_eddy
    mr_eddy Posts: 830
    Walking up to a revolving door and you have the timing just right that you don't have to change pace or adjust your swagger - Just roll right through - BOSS!
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,327
    masjer said:

    It's a storm in a teacup, I'd say.

    Not my cup of tea.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,330
    rick_chasey said:

    pblakeney said:

    Anyone else get the impression people are playing barista oneupmanship?

    They're just american.
    It's not quite that simple. Not all Americans act like dicks.

    *That order could only come from dicks imo.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    pblakeney said:

    rick_chasey said:

    pblakeney said:

    Anyone else get the impression people are playing barista oneupmanship?

    They're just american.
    It's not quite that simple. Not all Americans act like dicks.

    *That order could only come from dicks imo.
    Lol she's not a d!ck. That's what was fun about it.

    It was just bold and utterly confident. It was all nicely done.
    _
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,330
    rick_chasey said:

    pblakeney said:

    rick_chasey said:

    pblakeney said:

    Anyone else get the impression people are playing barista oneupmanship?

    They're just american.
    It's not quite that simple. Not all Americans act like dicks.

    *That order could only come from dicks imo.
    Lol she's not a d!ck. That's what was fun about it.

    It was just bold and utterly confident. It was all nicely done.
    That's why I added "imo".
    Imo acting like a dick makes you a dick. Dicks can be nice people too.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Lol don’t be so English
    _
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,918
    Seems perfectly sensible to me to upgrade a one ingredient drink. I'd swap out the coffee ingredient as well.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,560
    More than one thing in a cup is fine. But it's three flavours that don't complement one another.
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    rjsterry said:

    More than one thing in a cup is fine. But it's three flavours that don't complement one another.

    I think it's generally a sign that you don't really like one of the elements but it is seen as the fashionable thing to have so you have to mask it.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,151
    Instant Coffee.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,151
    A mug, a tea spoon, coffee, bit of milk. Done, none of your fannying around.

    "Ohhh, I got snifonlogy coffee made by crushed aardvark nail clippings"
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Bit of an odd one but I'm working out my notice period at the moment and going through th 80,000 plus emails in my folders deleting or filing as required. Quite theraputic although I'm not sure the remaining 2 or 3 months is going to be sufficient!
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,151
    Why do you have 80,000 in the first place? To cover your back?

    I like to get shot of them quick, I hate a massive inbox.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    focuszing723 said:

    Why do you have 80,000 in the first place? To cover your back?

    I like to get shot of them quick, I hate a massive inbox.

    No good at filing them in the correct job folder and find it easier to run a search on the inbox.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,151
    Pross said:

    focuszing723 said:

    Why do you have 80,000 in the first place? To cover your back?

    I like to get shot of them quick, I hate a massive inbox.

    No good at filing them in the correct job folder and find it easier to run a search on the inbox.
    Ah, that sounds like a right slog.
  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    Pross said:

    focuszing723 said:

    Why do you have 80,000 in the first place? To cover your back?

    I like to get shot of them quick, I hate a massive inbox.

    No good at filing them in the correct job folder and find it easier to run a search on the inbox.
    Glad it’s not just me.
    Filing is a no value add task in the days of search.
    Is what I tell myself.

    I make a point of not living and dying by email though. It’s a useful transfer of information but not a tool by which others can delegate work to me.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,151
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/glastonbury/webcam
    Looking very impressive.
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,230
    There's a retro look on BBC iPlayer, Glastonbury 50 years and counting, well worth a watch. I've never been on site, not that sort of person, but the number of times I went 'oh yeah I remember'...
  • mully79
    mully79 Posts: 904
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    Pross said:

    Bit of an odd one but I'm working out my notice period at the moment and going through th 80,000 plus emails in my folders deleting or filing as required. Quite theraputic although I'm not sure the remaining 2 or 3 months is going to be sufficient!

    Though I admire your commitment you do realise, the IT department will probably just delete your account, no one cares or appreciates your unnecessary work, they won’t pay you extra. As you get to the last month everyone will already be ignoring everything you do as they have to adjust to you not being there. You’ll be like some strange still there but ex employee, blocked from all the juicy gossip, wondering why you spent the last x amount of years trying so hard!
    Just chuck a sickie and enjoy the weather. :D
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,230
    When (years back, still on the corporate hamster wheel) I was working out my notice period, less my holiday days entitlement, I remember fondly replying to a colleague with "nah man, I don't do meetings any more".
  • monkimark
    monkimark Posts: 1,928
    edited June 2022
    I am very jealous, went for 12 years from the late 90s and it rained pretty much every year.
    focuszing723 said:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/glastonbury/webcam
    Looking very impressive.

  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,330
    orraloon said:

    When (years back, still on the corporate hamster wheel) I was working out my notice period, less my holiday days entitlement, I remember fondly replying to a colleague with "nah man, I don't do meetings any more".

    I preferred going the other way. Company paid off a few contractors with no notice for being awkward* with the justification that their contracts were simply not being renewed and they had lapsed.
    Mine was lapsing too and I had a better contract on the table so.... told them no renewal and bye. It was quite funny at the time with the shock of the tables being turned and made even better by the offers to return later. No thanks.

    *Awkward being suggesting that the project could be managed better and pointing out all the flaws. Some consultants would charge extra for that level of service.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    mully79 said:

    ..

    Pross said:

    Bit of an odd one but I'm working out my notice period at the moment and going through th 80,000 plus emails in my folders deleting or filing as required. Quite theraputic although I'm not sure the remaining 2 or 3 months is going to be sufficient!

    Though I admire your commitment you do realise, the IT department will probably just delete your account, no one cares or appreciates your unnecessary work, they won’t pay you extra. As you get to the last month everyone will already be ignoring everything you do as they have to adjust to you not being there. You’ll be like some strange still there but ex employee, blocked from all the juicy gossip, wondering why you spent the last x amount of years trying so hard!
    Just chuck a sickie and enjoy the weather. :D
    What's an IT department?
  • Munsford0
    Munsford0 Posts: 678
    When my last company dispensed with me it was an act of kindness. Allowed me to effectively retire early yet be in the same financial position. The sense of relief was immense. I too fondly remember deleting tons of stuff nobody was ever going to read / use; felt kind of cathartic.
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,230
    New place didn't have wheelie bins for recycling, general waste etc, previous owner just used bags. Put in an online request yesterday afternoon; 0930 this morning bloke in a van rolls up with the bins. Wasn't expecting that service level.

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