Weird Wednesday Thread...

thekickingmule

Morning Losers!

Doesn't feel midweek to me. Dunno why.

Had fun yesterday, got called outside work as a woman had fallen and twisted her ankle. By the time I got there, 3 women were around her, 2 of them claiming to be nurses, one a first aider (who was on the phone to the ambulance) so I asked a couple of questions and said "We need to move her and raise the foot" and they practically screamed at me that I'm not to touch her "We're nurses, we know what we're doing".... well clearly you don't, as she's freezing on the floor and you're DOING NOTHING!!! :roll:

Anywho, today, more busy times ahead. It's good, the days are passing quickly. My excercise routine is going ok, though it's 'moving up a notch' next week, so we'll see how I do.

Laters!

arran77

Morning minge sniffers.

Serious case of CBA going on here at the moment, the days are seriously dragging :roll:

Anyway, another parcel should arrive at work today from CRC so my motivation levels will increase massively later when I get home and have fettling to do

Off out into the floods to work, laters.

VWsurfbum

Mehning fiddlers
Yesterday was a write off in terms of work, so today will be busy busy busy.
Still no sign of the Pikes turning up which sucks donkey balls, but should be getting out for a midweek blast anyway.

Onwards to box ticking and coffee drinking!

ste_t

Morning,

Need to pop into work to sort a few bits out as my boss seems to have missed the fact I'm on holiday.

Missus pointed out this morning that we need new curtains for the bedroom. Am I fark wasting my day buying curtains! Still waiting to find out how my car is doing. Garage have had it for 6 days and haven't yet done the estimate for the insurance company. Barstards.

Laters

Thewaylander

Evening ladies..

It must be evenings as im sure i blinked then had to get up... otherwise work meh and planning possible new bike build when im sacked!

later all

welshkev

morning all,

got out on the bike last night in the dry :shock: was really good to get the first ride of the year done

does anyone have any suggestions on how to ask for a pay rise? apart from "give me more money bitch"? I've always just been given them before, but after 2 years in my current roll and my contract manager on site praising me, my boss doesn't seem to be forthcoming :x

anyway, I'm off to install 2 60" LCD screens and control panels.

Laters

tlw1

Meh

Should be in south Wales today and due to my stupid neck I'm lying down on the floor trying to work - bright side these tablets are fantastic

Welshkev - just you or is the whole company on salary freeze?

welshkev

matthew h wrote:

Welshkev - just you or is the whole company on salary freeze?

no idea as I work on my own as an onsite engineer, I have nothing to do with anyone else really. but we did have a memo saying that we had made 13% more profit this year than last, so the company isn't losing money as we had a similar memo last year :?

tlw1

welshkev wrote:

matthew h wrote:

Welshkev - just you or is the whole company on salary freeze?

no idea as I work on my own as an onsite engineer, I have nothing to do with anyone else really. but we did have a memo saying that we had made 13% more profit this year than last, so the company isn't losing money as we had a similar memo last year :?

Have you had a review recently? If not ask for one and ask about how you advance you career

welshkev

matthew h wrote:

welshkev wrote:

matthew h wrote:

Welshkev - just you or is the whole company on salary freeze?

no idea as I work on my own as an onsite engineer, I have nothing to do with anyone else really. but we did have a memo saying that we had made 13% more profit this year than last, so the company isn't losing money as we had a similar memo last year :?

Have you had a review recently? If not ask for one and ask about how you advance you career

nope, I've never had a review. I moved to this job 2 years ago (from another job in the same company) and I still haven't signed or even seen a new contract! after asking for 1 several times!!

but yes, thanks for that. I think i'll email her now asking her for a review

pesky_jones

welshkev wrote:

does anyone have any suggestions on how to ask for a pay rise?

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=elueA2rofo ... lueA2rofoo

tlw1

Pesky Jones wrote:

welshkev wrote:

does anyone have any suggestions on how to ask for a pay rise?

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=elueA2rofo ... lueA2rofoo

Go mad and shave your hair off - is that really your advice? (like it)

pesky_jones

matthew h wrote:

Pesky Jones wrote:

welshkev wrote:

does anyone have any suggestions on how to ask for a pay rise?

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=elueA2rofo ... lueA2rofoo

Go mad and shave your hair off - is that really your advice? (like it)

LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE. But yeah essentially

tlw1

Pesky Jones wrote:

matthew h wrote:

Pesky Jones wrote:

welshkev wrote:

does anyone have any suggestions on how to ask for a pay rise?

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=elueA2rofo ... lueA2rofoo

Go mad and shave your hair off - is that really your advice? (like it)

LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE. But yeah essentially

Not allowed near her due to a court injunction

thekickingmule

Pesky Jones wrote:

welshkev wrote:

does anyone have any suggestions on how to ask for a pay rise?

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=elueA2rofo ... lueA2rofoo

If someone sent Britney in to ask for a payrise, it would probably work.

Just tell your boss you don't think you're being paid enough. It's what I've done, and some time this month we're going through the whole fun process of Job Evaluation

spongtastic

Morning mongs!
Not sure about today, a balance between meh and woo! but not sure where it will end up.
I have just ordered loads of non bike related stuff, on the basis that I had to cancel the Ti456 thanks to new tyres & £500 a set.

pesky_jones

thekickingmule wrote:

Pesky Jones wrote:

welshkev wrote:

does anyone have any suggestions on how to ask for a pay rise?

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=elueA2rofo ... lueA2rofoo

If someone sent Britney in to ask for a payrise, it would probably work.

Out of fear or pity?

pesky_jones

thekickingmule wrote:

.."We need to move her and raise the foot" and they practically screamed at me that I'm not to touch her "We're nurses, we know what we're doing".... well clearly you don't, as she's freezing on the floor and you're DOING NOTHING!!! :roll:

Haha realistically you shouldn't move someone if they've hurt their back or head or something serious, but foot?! They probally just wanted to get involved.

People are such busybodies nowadays. Dad bumped into the back of someone last week at traffic lights so he and other driver got out, agreed there was no damage and was about to move on. Then, out of nowhere some frantic lady came running along the pavement and started saying "I saw everything, I can be a witness - I've recorded number plates bah blah blah". What a Cnut

Stevo_666

welshkev wrote:

morning all,

got out on the bike last night in the dry :shock: was really good to get the first ride of the year done

does anyone have any suggestions on how to ask for a pay rise? apart from "give me more money *****"? I've always just been given them before, but after 2 years in my current roll and my contract manager on site praising me, my boss doesn't seem to be forthcoming :x

anyway, I'm off to install 2 60" LCD screens and control panels.

Laters

A world first - dry in the Valleys

Kev, do you ever get any of those salary surveys from recruitment firms that list out pay ranges and benefits by type of job/location etc? They're useful if you're not getting the market rate - as my boss will find out in March. I can tell him that I definitely didn't fill in the survey as my salary is off the bottom of the firkin scale :evil:

More quarterly reporting and other tax rubbish to follow this afternoon. Looking forward to dodging big lumps of metal tonight on the way home and have bagged a weekend play on the bikes so things are looking up.

Cookeh

Afternoon f*nnyflaps.

Day two of Quantum Mechanics coursework. Third year of uni can die in a fire.

MissCMC

Work is boring. All the work I cleared before Xmas is now coming back to me in the form of responses to deal with, very boring.

Looking for tickets to War Horse in Cardiff for the whole family as a treat for the summer as the kids want to see it.

arran77

arran77 wrote:

Anyway, another parcel should arrive at work today from CRC so my motivation levels will increase massively later when I get home and have fettling to do

The bastard postie has been and gone with no parcel, the afternoon's motivation has nose dived :evil:

thekickingmule

Pesky Jones wrote:

thekickingmule wrote:

.."We need to move her and raise the foot" and they practically screamed at me that I'm not to touch her "We're nurses, we know what we're doing".... well clearly you don't, as she's freezing on the floor and you're DOING NOTHING!!! :roll:

Haha realistically you shouldn't move someone if they've hurt their back or head or something serious, but foot?! They probally just wanted to get involved.

If she had hurt her back or head, I'd agree completely! But she'd twisted her ankle, and was willing to try standing up. When I broke mine back in August, I was trying to walk on it about 5 minutes later! One of the 'nurse' women was trying to compare what had just happened with when she broke her ankle a year ago, and I quote: "When I broke my ankle, I didn't go to an hospital for 10 days, which caused all sorts of problems and I needed surgery! So don't move!" Seriously, you're a nurse that twisted her ankle and didn't go to a hospital for 10 days, yet you're saying i shouldn't raise this persons foot!? She should lose her title of 'nurse'!

gt-arrowhead

Hello mongo-lians.

Meh day today. Had my maths mock paper #2 today. I spent all my time revising the stuff that didnt even come up on the paper. What a joke!!! The whole paper was just all graphing. Im so annoyed at that. I reckon i done alright though. Tomorrow is 2x Physics papers and 2x Geography papers.

Went orthodontists today. News is that im going to have to get operated on somewhere before or after my summer exams. Id prefer before so there is no chance of it effecting the start of my summer holidays. Apparently they are going to anchor my tooth up as the gap isnt opening wide enough for my tooth to come through still. What a bummer.

Even more of a bummer was me getting my first puncture on my tyres in around a year. All of those road miles, then i get a puncture on some fireroad that i was on for around 2-3 minutes. :roll: Left me a lovely 4 mile walk home. :roll:

My new years resolution is going well so far. Spent fark all on food so far this week. I managed to double the money in my bank account. Im now on £10 Trying to save up for some Superstar Nanos.

veronese68

arran77 wrote:

arran77 wrote:

Anyway, another parcel should arrive at work today from CRC so my motivation levels will increase massively later when I get home and have fettling to do

The bastard postie has been and gone with no parcel, the afternoon's motivation has nose dived :evil:

That's irritating, on the bright side you'll have plenty of time to read the BE WARNED thread and long phone calls if you managed to get somebody's number.
Back in the spirit of this thread. Afternoon spunkbubbles, fairly dull day of work brightened by escaping for lunch with the EPO. Funny how the ride back from lunch always takes a lot longer than the ride there. This working week lark is just too long.

bg13

Evening n0b heeds!

In work tomorrow morning and then off for a month, got a course on how to survive in afghan, one on how to be a civvie and then two weeks skiing............BOOM!

The only other excitement in my life at the minute is a herbal tea with a tea spoon of honey in it!!

Pip pip!

tlw1

bg13 wrote:

In work tomorrow morning and then off for a month, got a course on how to survive in afghan, one on how to be a civvie and then two weeks skiing............BOOM!

jealous re: only the skiing part!

bg13

matthew h wrote:

bg13 wrote:

In work tomorrow morning and then off for a month, got a course on how to survive in afghan, one on how to be a civvie and then two weeks skiing............BOOM!

jealous re: only the skiing part!

Hardest bit will be the 'how to be a civvie' You lot have it way too easy!

gt-arrowhead

bg13 wrote:

then two weeks skiing

Hmm....you made a Schumacher joke not too long ago, about him being a vegetable. Then you are going to go skiing. Lets hope Karma doesnt strike.

tlw1

bg13 wrote:

matthew h wrote:

bg13 wrote:

In work tomorrow morning and then off for a month, got a course on how to survive in afghan, one on how to be a civvie and then two weeks skiing............BOOM!

jealous re: only the skiing part!

Hardest bit will be the 'how to be a civvie' You lot have it way too easy!

its not all too easy

Clank

GT-Arrowhead wrote:

bg13 wrote:

then two weeks skiing

Hmm....you made a Schumacher joke not too long ago, about him being a vegetable. Then you are going to go skiing. Lets hope Karma doesnt strike.

OOoooo, someone got out of his cot the wrong side.

Evenin' gobblers

Cracking day in work, and got home avoiding the rain. Win. Now got the feet up watching the box, waiting for the Dakar coverage on Eurosport. Further win.

Tomorrow - more of the same, and possibly bacon. And a trip to the LBS. Because I can.

Onwards!