2 week holiday over. Back to work in the morning

Droolinggimp · 18 Jun 2006 at 23:24

Thats it. My holiday has ended.

Spent 2 weeks relaxing and generaly doing nothing much. The first week me and the missus did the garden. It was just a bomb site and now all looking good. I even laid the turf for the first time in my life.

Spent the second week (and part of the first) watching the world cup on my projector. All in all it has been a good time off work.

Got a call from work today. A member of staff cant work tomorrow so looks like ill be setting my department up all on my own. What a great start to going back to work. That means no break from 6am till 11:30am for me.

Gonna start dishing out discaplinarys (sp) when I see him next :mad:

Heres a pic of my garden

More here

Gilly · 18 Jun 2006 at 23:26

Looks like a good job dude

SideWinder · 18 Jun 2006 at 23:29

Nice garden. I couldn't have done the lawn.

Where do you work?

Droolinggimp · 18 Jun 2006 at 23:29

Why, thank you very much..

All it was before was one big mass of soil and rubble. Took 4 days to complete.

Still doesnt alter the fact that im up poo creek with out a paddle in the morning.

Well at least I can come home tomorrow afternoon and relax in the garden..with a cold beer.

Mark A · 18 Jun 2006 at 23:30

OMBERS! is that a hose pipe in operation i see in one of them there pics??? :eek:

. Nice job mate

.

Mark

Droolinggimp · 18 Jun 2006 at 23:31

SideWinder said:
Nice garden. I couldn't have done the lawn. Where do you work?

Large supermarket chain that has various departments like FISH BAR, salad bar, butchery etc. (not sure if I can say the name of the work place) yellow and black is the colour of the company with a big M.

Droolinggimp · 18 Jun 2006 at 23:32

Mark A said:
OMBERS! is that a hose pipe in operation i see in one of them there pics??? . Nice job mate .

Mark

Yep

No-one told me there was a hosepipe ban in my area.

liam72uk · 18 Jun 2006 at 23:34

Setting up the fish bar eh. Make sure theres plenty of snapper on there and plenty of terrance the turbet

Droolinggimp · 18 Jun 2006 at 23:37

liam72uk said:
Setting up the fish bar eh. Make sure theres plenty of snapper on there and plenty of terrance the turbet

You got it in one.. I can set it all up in one and a half hours so no problems there. Just I have to do everything else aswell up to 11:30 all on my own. Inc serving customers, filleting Salmon and filling up the counters. Its a pain on your won.. Just hope I can get some help... Being a manager I should. I`ll just argue the point across.

iCraig · 18 Jun 2006 at 23:37

"ohh man.. stomach.. in agony.. I think.. I can make it.. if I really try. Ohhh my ovaries! No.. can't do it.. sorry boss.. must seek medical attention.."

*hangs up phone*

*projector hums into life*

Droolinggimp · 18 Jun 2006 at 23:39

lmao

I wish I could do that. Ringing in sick is somthing us managers dont bother doing. Makes life even harder if we do.

Gilly · 18 Jun 2006 at 23:40

My Bradford score over the last two years is 1 :/

Mr.Orb · 18 Jun 2006 at 23:40

droolinggimp said:
Large supermarket chain that has various departments like FISH BAR, salad bar, butchery etc. (not sure if I can say the name of the work place) yellow and black is the colour of the company with a big M.

McDonalds?

Love the garden!

UOcUK Poopscoop · 18 Jun 2006 at 23:50

droolinggimp said:
Gonna start dishing out discaplinarys (sp) when I see him next

How did I guess you were going to follow this up by saying you were a manager in retail?

Droolinggimp · 18 Jun 2006 at 23:54

Cos thats what we do to unruly members of staff.

Psymonkee · 18 Jun 2006 at 23:59

Unlucky

I don't have to go back to the big 'M' till a week monday

Droolinggimp · 19 Jun 2006 at 00:03

Psymonkee said:
Unlucky

I don't have to go back to the big 'M' till a week monday

Wanna swap. Im going to look for a new job big time .. I just cant be bothered with the crap staff. slightest sniffle and they call in sick.

UOcUK Poopscoop · 19 Jun 2006 at 00:15

droolinggimp said:
Wanna swap. Im going to look for a new job big time .. I just cant be bothered with the crap staff. slightest sniffle and they call in sick.

Unfortunately as long as you work in retail "sickies" are always going to be a problem.

People working on minimum wage (or near)/ poor hours/ being dumped on by middle management** because they get dumped on by upper management in turn.....etc. etc.

Doesn't go to build up a good work ethic in my opinion. Plus I here the big M isn't the best company to work for either.....and in retail that's saying something!

** NOT aimed at you in any shape or form, just a generalisation.

Psymonkee · 19 Jun 2006 at 00:18

droolinggimp said:
Wanna swap. Im going to look for a new job big time .. I just cant be bothered with the crap staff. slightest sniffle and they call in sick.

Not really - I hate fish and 'M' can't deal with the stench coming off the fishbar

I'm on tills and the fishbar is by the warehouse door and I can smell it from there :/

Oh and as for

UOcUK Poopscoop said:
People working on minimum wage (or near)/ poor hours/ being dumped on by middle management** because they get dumped on by upper management in turn.....etc. etc.

Unbelievably true - and 'M' management like to dump on the next rank down A LOT

Jonny ///M · 19 Jun 2006 at 00:27

Nice garden mate.Me and the rest of the family got our garden done while we were all off. Was worth it in the end.

I am sooo glad i didnt get a job in the big M after some of the stories ive heard. Although the big evil orange H isnt that much better.....one part time guy(me) running a department for two days a week......and then two part times running the show all weekend. Oh how good my manager is at running the place,lets just give the full timers holidays at the same time.....oh and a few of the part timers of the same department. Roll on payday though

I was left with 6 bikes to build and to serve customers all day and fix a guys gears on the spot and a few on the spot repairs........and told to only take a 30 minute break instead of an hour

I'll get that back in random.....going through the back for a drink moments.....