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

I have my own staionery cupboard, the phone number for the stationers and a cost code to charge it to.
Most importantly - a lock on the door

Liam.

Some poeple are born unlucky unless you spend half an hour to call the stationers for a box of staples.

or some people work in organizations that go to tender for their stationary, thereby getting the cheapest, nastiest stuff - "post It" that don't stick, pens that don't write, correction fluid that is transparent, staplers that don't work etc.

The main culprit is.....well I better not say it as it may be considered libel (I'd consider it fair comment) but if you fill in the blanks from this well know USA expresion you'll suss the company I mean-

"Have a XXXX XXX now" ususally said by checkout people.

CH

Castlemaine make post it notes?

No they're from the lost continent of fourecks.

Liam.

"have a Nice Day, now"


Don't know why I just said that, absolutely no reference to my previous post.

CH

Or course not that was a whole other hour.

Would the Bold Italic who clips their nails, please put the detritus in the bin. Thanks.

>Would the Bold Italic who clips their nails<

Euuu... Why would anyone do that at work?
When I was working open plan there was a guy who would pick his nose, inspect it and if it was to satisfaction eat it. *shudder*

Liam.

And you're a braver person than me if you're gonna try putting Detritus in the bin!

Still, least they're clippings, not bittings!

And sorry to all the contractors on this site, I know you are all nice people, but one of my pet peeves is IT Contractors coming to the end of their contract and doing anything and everything to make themselve slook like they are indispensible even though they have done naff all for the last 6 months other than cause grief for everyone else cos they are adamant they know everything about the system and no mere 'permie' is gonna tell them what to do. Seethe.... (not that I've got one doing this now and accusing of stuff that I haven;t done in order to make themselves look good).
In this case it appears to be the majority giving the minority a bad name.

I also think that co-workers shouldn't be allowed to tease by taking off their clothes and hiding behind a chair when they drop their towel.

Now it sounds like there is a story worth telling there - do elaborate.....

Ah, Icotan, you don't want to know what contractors peeves with permies are!

B

Icotan - have you ever had to fill in a self-assessment form and pay VAT every quarter? Count yourself lucky as a permie.

Liam.

It no wonder they got kicked out of Bush House what with toe nail clipping and dropping towel antics. It probably upset the Middle East Branch of the World Service.

Not to mention a pension, subsidised health insurance, subsidised life insurance, paid time holidays, paid sick leave, share options, maternity leave, paternity leave, and only having to pay your own NI and not the employers' NI too.

Oh, and your employer probably gives you a PC and a phone, don't they?

Don't get me wrong - I have enjoyed contracting - but we get grouchy for good reasons some time.

B

See?

Bloomin contractors, 2 prime examples, and can't even spell my name correctly, even when it's printed up on screen in nice legible letters!!!!



Hey, that's why I put the proviso's in! I've met some very good contractors and was specifically aiming my previous post at those who do naff all but shout about how good they are when they ain't. It's an unfortunate situation where you get 2 types of contractor, those who know their stuff and get on with it and are contracting for various reasons such as the freedom of choice and ability to not get stuck in a dead end job until they retire, and at the other end you get those who are contracting cos nobody in their right mind would employ them as a permie. This is a specific whinge, not a generalisation

Actually, Ictoan, I agree with you. There are contractors who do it for the free ride, who tend to go back into permanent roles when the market dries, and there are contractors who like the freedom and variety.

What *really* bugs me is organisations who hire large consultancies, and then fail to control them. I have worked as a sub-contractor on that kind of project, and it is impossible to deliver stuff when the client will not take decisions on the basis that the consultancy has been hired to take them for them. The politics gets vicious and all the large consultancy wants to do is keep on billing till they get kicked off site.

B

You mean there are still jobs you can get stuck in until you retire? Thought they were all gone these days!

Another Office rule: Don't come in half an hour late every day for 3 months then, on the first day you have been on time for as long as anyone can remember, moan at me because I am not at my desk at 9 o'clock (I was in the gym from 8:10 to 9:10 having arrived at 7:30 and done half an hour's work before exercising)

k contracting because she was made redundant along with hundreds of other IT consultants and there were no permanent jobs anywhere...

The dropping of the towel was me getting changed for the gym. the men's loos were busy so I changed in the office... the problem was that day I wasn't wearing underwear...