thursday calculating tree-level scattering amplitudes with a pineapple abacus
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You need a job in a decent place.johngti said:
Holidays are longer, lower teaching commitment, possibly fewer weekends (would need to find out). Against that, it’s senior leadership so there’s probably a greater commitment to meetings etc but it’s also with responsibility for teaching and learning across the senior school so my doctoral stuff should be a bonus. Other plus point - cycling to work becomes doable again!veronese68 said:Morning folks,
WFH so managed a bit of a lie in which was nice, suffering a major dose of cba though. Not having the traditional Thursday mild hangover is good. I didn't even have a beer out of the fridge last night, might rectify that this evening.
Are the MFs going blind as the Bottom Bracket eye condition is contagious over the web or is the old wives tale true and wankingitout is making them go blind?
Selling your soul to the devil Mr GTi? I decided some years back that quality of life was more important than money, will the hours be shorter, fewer weekends and less grief?
Is your possible new job on your old commute? Asking for a mate.
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Nice one Gti, hope you have the same luck.johngti said:
Not only possible, it’s going to happen! She’s only gone and got the job!!MattFalle said:
that't ain't good - what's it like getting a new job in your area?johngti said:
You don’t know the half of it 😶 she’s probably the lowest paid member of staff there and the effort they’ve put into making her life unbearable is mad. Her line manager has thrown her under the bus, she’s being held accountable for stuff that she has no control over or responsibility for. She’s basically the data and admissions assistant in a school and generates tons of spreadsheets and data. Now, obviously, we’re talking about massive data sets so mistakes creep in and her boss (the actual data manager) should be checking stuff before it goes out. With that amount of information, that’s good practice anyway. But since she’s not bothered about doing that, and didn’t even want to be a line manager in the first place, she just gets the missus to do it. So the first person who catches mistakes is the senior leader in charge of data who does her but when she finds an error.pinno said:
Reactive rather than responsive? That's indicative of a poor culture.johngti said:
Anyway, Mrs GTi has gone in. Fingers crossed for her. Where she works at the mo is a hell hole. They seem to be making her pay for daring to make a formal bullying complaint against a deputy head. The nonsense they’ve decided to put her through beggars belief (she’s been signed off with stress and has her union involved).
So there have been 6 minor errors since September (and I mean minor) but she’s been pulled up on them and was told she was being put on informal monitoring procedures to see if there’s an improvement after 4 weeks. That was the moment she said “fuckthis” and went to the doc the next day. The HR manager at my place looked over the letter she was given and couldn’t believe they’d send something that bad and that threatening. The wife has had a OH referral, told them about what was going on and OH immediately told her to get back in touch with her GP and get her sick leave extended. The school now want her to attend a meeting in the new year at which it’s going to be the head, the head’s PA and two HR reps. Mrs GTi is allowed a union rep or other person. But you have to ask why two reps from the HR company they use are going to be there.
Oh, and the missus has never been offered training on spreadsheets or the MIS system in the school. She’s had to teach herself everything.
Absolute shower.
a perfect scenario would be new job, go in to old job, show middle finger, walk out
possible?"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Well done MrsGTI, a nice surprise before Christmas!Advocate of disc brakes.0
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Pretty much yeah. St Dunstans in Lee-ishtetley10 said:
You need a job in a decent place.johngti said:
Holidays are longer, lower teaching commitment, possibly fewer weekends (would need to find out). Against that, it’s senior leadership so there’s probably a greater commitment to meetings etc but it’s also with responsibility for teaching and learning across the senior school so my doctoral stuff should be a bonus. Other plus point - cycling to work becomes doable again!veronese68 said:Morning folks,
WFH so managed a bit of a lie in which was nice, suffering a major dose of cba though. Not having the traditional Thursday mild hangover is good. I didn't even have a beer out of the fridge last night, might rectify that this evening.
Are the MFs going blind as the Bottom Bracket eye condition is contagious over the web or is the old wives tale true and wankingitout is making them go blind?
Selling your soul to the devil Mr GTi? I decided some years back that quality of life was more important than money, will the hours be shorter, fewer weekends and less grief?
Is your possible new job on your old commute? Asking for a mate.0 -
Then you should definitely go for it. I reckon you could just about make it to Lee-ishjohngti said:
Pretty much yeah. St Dunstans in Lee-ishtetley10 said:
You need a job in a decent place.johngti said:
Holidays are longer, lower teaching commitment, possibly fewer weekends (would need to find out). Against that, it’s senior leadership so there’s probably a greater commitment to meetings etc but it’s also with responsibility for teaching and learning across the senior school so my doctoral stuff should be a bonus. Other plus point - cycling to work becomes doable again!veronese68 said:Morning folks,
WFH so managed a bit of a lie in which was nice, suffering a major dose of cba though. Not having the traditional Thursday mild hangover is good. I didn't even have a beer out of the fridge last night, might rectify that this evening.
Are the MFs going blind as the Bottom Bracket eye condition is contagious over the web or is the old wives tale true and wankingitout is making them go blind?
Selling your soul to the devil Mr GTi? I decided some years back that quality of life was more important than money, will the hours be shorter, fewer weekends and less grief?
Is your possible new job on your old commute? Asking for a mate.
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Should be rideable from where I think you are based - better than trying to drive it in rush hour!johngti said:
Pretty much yeah. St Dunstans in Lee-ishtetley10 said:
You need a job in a decent place.johngti said:
Holidays are longer, lower teaching commitment, possibly fewer weekends (would need to find out). Against that, it’s senior leadership so there’s probably a greater commitment to meetings etc but it’s also with responsibility for teaching and learning across the senior school so my doctoral stuff should be a bonus. Other plus point - cycling to work becomes doable again!veronese68 said:Morning folks,
WFH so managed a bit of a lie in which was nice, suffering a major dose of cba though. Not having the traditional Thursday mild hangover is good. I didn't even have a beer out of the fridge last night, might rectify that this evening.
Are the MFs going blind as the Bottom Bracket eye condition is contagious over the web or is the old wives tale true and wankingitout is making them go blind?
Selling your soul to the devil Mr GTi? I decided some years back that quality of life was more important than money, will the hours be shorter, fewer weekends and less grief?
Is your possible new job on your old commute? Asking for a mate."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Definitely! Used to ride from here to eltham a few times a week, often via Chislehurst/Bromley so the distance isn’t an issue. Still think I’ll talk to my current headteacher first though.Stevo_666 said:
Should be rideable from where I think you are based - better than trying to drive it in rush hour!johngti said:
Pretty much yeah. St Dunstans in Lee-ishtetley10 said:
You need a job in a decent place.johngti said:
Holidays are longer, lower teaching commitment, possibly fewer weekends (would need to find out). Against that, it’s senior leadership so there’s probably a greater commitment to meetings etc but it’s also with responsibility for teaching and learning across the senior school so my doctoral stuff should be a bonus. Other plus point - cycling to work becomes doable again!veronese68 said:Morning folks,
WFH so managed a bit of a lie in which was nice, suffering a major dose of cba though. Not having the traditional Thursday mild hangover is good. I didn't even have a beer out of the fridge last night, might rectify that this evening.
Are the MFs going blind as the Bottom Bracket eye condition is contagious over the web or is the old wives tale true and wankingitout is making them go blind?
Selling your soul to the devil Mr GTi? I decided some years back that quality of life was more important than money, will the hours be shorter, fewer weekends and less grief?
Is your possible new job on your old commute? Asking for a mate.
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Fleeting visit and read through, as 'kin broadband been down, again, all day. 'kin Virgin media. Get it 'kin fixed properly. Frustrating as this is first at home day, bar a gym sesh, and lack of broadband makes me realise just how much normal 'stuff' is online, cloud or streamed. What is this 'live' radio and tv?
F it, open the bar.0 -
Awesome - bet she can’t wait to tell them to stick itjohngti said:
Not only possible, it’s going to happen! She’s only gone and got the job!!MattFalle said:
that't ain't good - what's it like getting a new job in your area?johngti said:
You don’t know the half of it 😶 she’s probably the lowest paid member of staff there and the effort they’ve put into making her life unbearable is mad. Her line manager has thrown her under the bus, she’s being held accountable for stuff that she has no control over or responsibility for. She’s basically the data and admissions assistant in a school and generates tons of spreadsheets and data. Now, obviously, we’re talking about massive data sets so mistakes creep in and her boss (the actual data manager) should be checking stuff before it goes out. With that amount of information, that’s good practice anyway. But since she’s not bothered about doing that, and didn’t even want to be a line manager in the first place, she just gets the missus to do it. So the first person who catches mistakes is the senior leader in charge of data who does her but when she finds an error.pinno said:
Reactive rather than responsive? That's indicative of a poor culture.johngti said:
Anyway, Mrs GTi has gone in. Fingers crossed for her. Where she works at the mo is a hell hole. They seem to be making her pay for daring to make a formal bullying complaint against a deputy head. The nonsense they’ve decided to put her through beggars belief (she’s been signed off with stress and has her union involved).
So there have been 6 minor errors since September (and I mean minor) but she’s been pulled up on them and was told she was being put on informal monitoring procedures to see if there’s an improvement after 4 weeks. That was the moment she said “fuckthis” and went to the doc the next day. The HR manager at my place looked over the letter she was given and couldn’t believe they’d send something that bad and that threatening. The wife has had a OH referral, told them about what was going on and OH immediately told her to get back in touch with her GP and get her sick leave extended. The school now want her to attend a meeting in the new year at which it’s going to be the head, the head’s PA and two HR reps. Mrs GTi is allowed a union rep or other person. But you have to ask why two reps from the HR company they use are going to be there.
Oh, and the missus has never been offered training on spreadsheets or the MIS system in the school. She’s had to teach herself everything.
Absolute shower.
a perfect scenario would be new job, go in to old job, show middle finger, walk out
possible?
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She’s very excited about that but worrying about how the new place is going to react to her being off with stress at the moment. I’ve told her she’ll be fine.tlw1 said:
Awesome - bet she can’t wait to tell them to stick itjohngti said:
Not only possible, it’s going to happen! She’s only gone and got the job!!MattFalle said:
that't ain't good - what's it like getting a new job in your area?johngti said:
You don’t know the half of it 😶 she’s probably the lowest paid member of staff there and the effort they’ve put into making her life unbearable is mad. Her line manager has thrown her under the bus, she’s being held accountable for stuff that she has no control over or responsibility for. She’s basically the data and admissions assistant in a school and generates tons of spreadsheets and data. Now, obviously, we’re talking about massive data sets so mistakes creep in and her boss (the actual data manager) should be checking stuff before it goes out. With that amount of information, that’s good practice anyway. But since she’s not bothered about doing that, and didn’t even want to be a line manager in the first place, she just gets the missus to do it. So the first person who catches mistakes is the senior leader in charge of data who does her but when she finds an error.pinno said:
Reactive rather than responsive? That's indicative of a poor culture.johngti said:
Anyway, Mrs GTi has gone in. Fingers crossed for her. Where she works at the mo is a hell hole. They seem to be making her pay for daring to make a formal bullying complaint against a deputy head. The nonsense they’ve decided to put her through beggars belief (she’s been signed off with stress and has her union involved).
So there have been 6 minor errors since September (and I mean minor) but she’s been pulled up on them and was told she was being put on informal monitoring procedures to see if there’s an improvement after 4 weeks. That was the moment she said “fuckthis” and went to the doc the next day. The HR manager at my place looked over the letter she was given and couldn’t believe they’d send something that bad and that threatening. The wife has had a OH referral, told them about what was going on and OH immediately told her to get back in touch with her GP and get her sick leave extended. The school now want her to attend a meeting in the new year at which it’s going to be the head, the head’s PA and two HR reps. Mrs GTi is allowed a union rep or other person. But you have to ask why two reps from the HR company they use are going to be there.
Oh, and the missus has never been offered training on spreadsheets or the MIS system in the school. She’s had to teach herself everything.
Absolute shower.
a perfect scenario would be new job, go in to old job, show middle finger, walk out
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i have a feeling that the stress may go once she has shown both middle fingers at once to the current bunch of muppets.johngti said:
She’s very excited about that but worrying about how the new place is going to react to her being off with stress at the moment. I’ve told her she’ll be fine.tlw1 said:
Awesome - bet she can’t wait to tell them to stick itjohngti said:
Not only possible, it’s going to happen! She’s only gone and got the job!!MattFalle said:
that't ain't good - what's it like getting a new job in your area?johngti said:
You don’t know the half of it 😶 she’s probably the lowest paid member of staff there and the effort they’ve put into making her life unbearable is mad. Her line manager has thrown her under the bus, she’s being held accountable for stuff that she has no control over or responsibility for. She’s basically the data and admissions assistant in a school and generates tons of spreadsheets and data. Now, obviously, we’re talking about massive data sets so mistakes creep in and her boss (the actual data manager) should be checking stuff before it goes out. With that amount of information, that’s good practice anyway. But since she’s not bothered about doing that, and didn’t even want to be a line manager in the first place, she just gets the missus to do it. So the first person who catches mistakes is the senior leader in charge of data who does her but when she finds an error.pinno said:
Reactive rather than responsive? That's indicative of a poor culture.johngti said:
Anyway, Mrs GTi has gone in. Fingers crossed for her. Where she works at the mo is a hell hole. They seem to be making her pay for daring to make a formal bullying complaint against a deputy head. The nonsense they’ve decided to put her through beggars belief (she’s been signed off with stress and has her union involved).
So there have been 6 minor errors since September (and I mean minor) but she’s been pulled up on them and was told she was being put on informal monitoring procedures to see if there’s an improvement after 4 weeks. That was the moment she said “fuckthis” and went to the doc the next day. The HR manager at my place looked over the letter she was given and couldn’t believe they’d send something that bad and that threatening. The wife has had a OH referral, told them about what was going on and OH immediately told her to get back in touch with her GP and get her sick leave extended. The school now want her to attend a meeting in the new year at which it’s going to be the head, the head’s PA and two HR reps. Mrs GTi is allowed a union rep or other person. But you have to ask why two reps from the HR company they use are going to be there.
Oh, and the missus has never been offered training on spreadsheets or the MIS system in the school. She’s had to teach herself everything.
Absolute shower.
a perfect scenario would be new job, go in to old job, show middle finger, walk out
possible?.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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as an aside, apart from Ed Sheeran catching Covid, this is the best music related news I have heard in a very long time
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/dec/23/dismay-and-glee-as-coldplay-say-they-will-stop-recording-in-2025.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Not this?MattFalle said:as an aside, apart from Ed Sheeran catching Covid, this is the best music related news I have heard in a very long time
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/dec/23/dismay-and-glee-as-coldplay-say-they-will-stop-recording-in-2025
https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/the-kunts-land-in-top-five-on-official-uk-christmas-midweek-chart/amp0 -
Great news for Mrs Gti, really pleased about that as the current place thoroughly deserve to get told to stick it.
I had to dig up the rants thread to moan about that Dullplay news, why can't they just stop now? Or travel back in time and stop sooner.0 -
now that's actually quite a catchy little number tbh ....thistle_ said:
Not this?MattFalle said:as an aside, apart from Ed Sheeran catching Covid, this is the best music related news I have heard in a very long time
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/dec/23/dismay-and-glee-as-coldplay-say-they-will-stop-recording-in-2025
https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/the-kunts-land-in-top-five-on-official-uk-christmas-midweek-chart/amp.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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BUPA just published my health check report and my PSA prostate blood test came back normal
Nice little Christmas pressie and a bit of a relief, although I'm going to see the consultant quack in the first week of Jan anyway just to be sure.
I'll also carry on trying to pickle it shortly - better safe than sorry."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
That’s excellent Stevo! I didn’t get my PSA level until the consultant appointment so that was fun 🙂1
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T'was good to know so quickly, but BUPA are pretty bloody efficient at this: they had all my other blood test results back while I was still at the assessment yesterday - basically within an hour. The PSA blood test was only today because they had to do a separate request for it once the doc had examined me.johngti said:That’s excellent Stevo! I didn’t get my PSA level until the consultant appointment so that was fun 🙂
All the better really as the first appointment I could get with any of the local consultants was 7th January. They've probably all naffed off for a sunshine holiday."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Phew!Stevo_666 said:BUPA just published my health check report and my PSA prostate blood test came back normal
Nice little Christmas pressie and a bit of a relief, although I'm going to see the consultant quack in the first week of Jan anyway just to be sure.
I'll also carry on trying to pickle it shortly - better safe than sorry.
seanoconn - gruagach craic!1 -
Good news Stevo, worth raising a glass to celebrate. With another glass for Mrs GTi of course. Anyone else I should celebrate for?1
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so no finger bum?Stevo_666 said:BUPA just published my health check report and my PSA prostate blood test came back normal
Nice little Christmas pressie and a bit of a relief, although I'm going to see the consultant quack in the first week of Jan anyway just to be sure.
I'll also carry on trying to pickle it shortly - better safe than sorry..The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Had one of those on Tuesday...MattFalle said:
so no finger bum?Stevo_666 said:BUPA just published my health check report and my PSA prostate blood test came back normal
Nice little Christmas pressie and a bit of a relief, although I'm going to see the consultant quack in the first week of Jan anyway just to be sure.
I'll also carry on trying to pickle it shortly - better safe than sorry."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
No risk of that Oxo - not been on a bike since the first half of November (and regretted it as the leg bloody hurt afterwards).oxoman said:Good news Stevo, prompt result so no worrying waits. Supposedly cycling can increase the psa score if test is done after a recent ride.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0
