I think the worst thing about a weekly international commute isn't the time it takes or the getting up at stupid o'clock on Monday mornings or being cramped in an uncomfortable environment for hours, or even being away from home all week. The worst thing is the sheer number of idiotic and perverse jobsworths you run into.
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En route, or when you arrive at client-site?Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishing -
Originally posted by d000hg View PostEn route, or when you arrive at client-site?Job motivation: how the powerful steal from the stupid.Comment
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostYeah - fancy insisting you have a passport? Its all rules these days.....While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Boarding: have taken little shoulder bag out of main bag, so that I can get at passport and boarding pass, and so that when on board I can quickly put main bag up in rack, keeping little bag with valuables and book/kindle with me on seat. No: strict 1-bag policy, must put little bag inside. Then on board, start taking little bag back out again. No: please move in out of the aisle. Yes, well I'm here taking stuff out of my bag before placing in in the overhead rack just because your colleague outside insisted that I put it in there in the first place.
That's one of my regular weekly gripes, but there are variable jobsworthings too. Like this morning on Dutch railways when I just managed to leap on to a train before the doors were about to close. A Dutch railway official held the door open and insisted that I get off the train, because I had boarded it after the whistle blew, and the whistle means that you are not allowed to get on any more.Job motivation: how the powerful steal from the stupid.Comment
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Originally posted by Ignis Fatuus View PostBoarding: have taken little shoulder bag out of main bag, so that I can get at passport and boarding pass, and so that when on board I can quickly put main bag up in rack, keeping little bag with valuables and book/kindle with me on seat. No: strict 1-bag policy, must put little bag inside. Then on board, start taking little bag back out again. No: please move in out of the aisle. Yes, well I'm here taking stuff out of my bag before placing in in the overhead rack just because your colleague outside insisted that I put it in there in the first place.
That's one of my regular weekly gripes, but there are variable jobsworthings too. Like this morning on Dutch railways when I just managed to leap on to a train before the doors were about to close. A Dutch railway official held the door open and insisted that I get off the train, because I had boarded it after the whistle blew, and the whistle means that you are not allowed to get on any more.Comment
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Originally posted by Ignis Fatuus View PostBoarding: have taken little shoulder bag out of main bag, so that I can get at passport and boarding pass, and so that when on board I can quickly put main bag up in rack, keeping little bag with valuables and book/kindle with me on seat. No: strict 1-bag policy, must put little bag inside. Then on board, start taking little bag back out again. No: please move in out of the aisle. Yes, well I'm here taking stuff out of my bag before placing in in the overhead rack just because your colleague outside insisted that I put it in there in the first place.
It always annoys them on the UK side that you can fit your little bag into your big bag cos then they can't charge you more money.
Originally posted by Ignis Fatuus View PostThat's one of my regular weekly gripes, but there are variable jobsworthings too. Like this morning on Dutch railways when I just managed to leap on to a train before the doors were about to close. A Dutch railway official held the door open and insisted that I get off the train, because I had boarded it after the whistle blew, and the whistle means that you are not allowed to get on any more.
Get your arse there earlier."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by sirja View PostAt lease your working in the Neatherlands. Hit Abraxas after work today for some 'Tea and Cake' that should take the stress out of thingsJob motivation: how the powerful steal from the stupid.Comment
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