h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

You should spend a few hours at my work one friday night the figures would go through the roof.(could it have something to do with pups being open longer)
I know what you mean about the management from the days i worked at asda but my boss at esso is ok.(I have to say that you never know who might tell them what i write)

Forgive my lack of knowledge...but isn't ESSO an oil company?....God love your soul, If you work for an oil company...you definately need extra dispensation....I live in Texas, and oil company employees are as well treated as wild beasts...Keep them on display...but drop them when it is expedient. Hope this finds you well, and happy.
Anne

Yep it is that esso but i work in the all night shop and petrol station(gas to you)the shop part is owned by my boss the petrol is esso's.
Having worked for a place like asda(the third biggest supermarket in the uk*)it is a welcome change to work for a nice boss.

*I could tell you story's that would turn your hair grey

There are worse jobs than working with petrol/oil...I was working for a gay midget florist and his normal sized boyfiend...trust me, there are worse jobs...but we can't discuss them here!
Anne

What CAN you mean...
Thanks for the feedback - it's good to know that someone reads the column!
That comment about modern management techniques was based on my last full-time job, where the basic strategy was to give everyone as little job security as possible so that we could all be exploited as thoroughly as possible. They were tremendously keen to keep everyone working freelance, or on very short-term contracts. If you objected to working evenings and/or weekends, you were always reminded of the fact that they could get rid of you any time.
Finally, I was sacked for a trivial failure when I'd been in the job for one year, eleven months and two weeks. If I'd been there for two more weeks, I'd have gained extra legal rights and would have been able to sue them for unfair dismissal - as I'm sure they were very well aware.

In some cases you can still sue after only 12 month i am not an expert but you might still be able to make a claim i will look it up in my old law book if you like.
I know that at asda if a full time person was leaving they tryed to set on two part time people so if they did overtime they would not get overtime rates.I saw some paper work saying that only part time people sould be give over time unless it was on a sunday when they had to pay double time then they should try to give it to under 18's as students were payed less so when doubled they save twice as much this from a man who give him self 7 million shares on top of is wage.I still think that he(mr A Norman)will be the next tory P.M.

Thanks for the offer re looking up the law. Unfortunately, the place from which I was sacked has since closed down, so suing them would obviously be pretty difficult. (Serves 'em right. Obviously they were lost without me )
The next Tory Prime Minister? The latest opinion polls offer some grounds for hope that there'll never be such a creature - although Mr. Norman certainly sounds to have the right sort of outlook for the job!
Could he be worse than William Hague? I can't forgive Hague for managing to give both Yorkshiremen and drinkers a bad name...

So were is this piece on BRADFORD that you was on about i hope that you don't think we have forgoten about it.
have you seen the bbc's bradford site the web cam is just down the road from my work(on top of the libary)you might see me walking down to catch the bus in a morning.

Quite right sir, I have no excuse for not getting on with it now. You'll appreciate that the lack of a site to put it on was a bit a problem over the past few weeks.
Yes, I have looked at the BBC Bradford site. Rather good, I thought. Although outside links in Entries seem to be discouraged now, hopefully I'll be allowed to link to that, seeing as it's produced by h2g2's new owners!

Well the lack of h2g2 is a excuse just as the dog eating you homework was when you was at school,but i did not ask for excuses i am looking forward to reading it(Soon)
P.S. I sould think that it would be ok to link to a bbc site

Do you ever sleep its 3.50am all that typing is keeping me up.

So YOU'RE the odd-looking character in the flat next door...

You never know i could be*

*If you ever feel like seeing what i look like you should be able to work out were i work from what i have posted.