Mundane facts about your day...

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littleme

littleme

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I'm having a rotten day, & I've only been up an hour! Lets hope it gets better.

Floss said:
Today I will go back to me normal eating routine, which is to eat within break and lunchtimes only.... and not stuff my face every minute in between and look like pacman :aboot:
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@Floss this made me laugh out loud! :munch: :munch: :munch:
 
staffordjas

staffordjas

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Wishing I hadn't had that celebratory cider (quickly followed by a few more.....) when I finally got home last night. After 11 nights of abstaining,and not eating much on my diet yesterday, now got one hell of a hangover :roll: (and realising how much better I've been feeling in the mornings this last week before that stupid moment of weakness)
 
Floss

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staffordjas said:
Wishing I hadn't had that celebratory cider (quickly followed by a few more.....) when I finally got home last night. After 11 nights of abstaining,and not eating much on my diet yesterday, now got one hell of a hangover :roll: (and realising how much better I've been feeling in the mornings this last week before that stupid moment of weakness)
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It's amazing the difference you feel when you have no alcohol, we all do it mainly to relax and socialise, but if someone asked you drink a glass of weed killer you wouldn't do it, but yet we're happy to poison our bodies in other ways. I would love to not drink at all, I don't drink much anyway and only drink red wine, foreign bottled lager or real ale, when I do, but come Friday I look forward to a drink at the end of a busy week, but the thought of saying I'm really looking forward to a glass of water isn't going to do it for me, I don't smoke, I love chocolate and if I didn't enjoy the odd tipple I fear I'd eat more chocolate and if there wasn't something to look forward to at the end of a day, then why do we spend the week working our backsides off. So you go girl enjoy the odd cider now and then, don't feel bad, just make sure you've lined your stomach first and only buy a few ciders at a time so you're not tempted to drink anymore than you need! :pint:
 
staffordjas

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Now I'm starting to feel a bit better....fancying another few ciders tonight (And just had a walk up the shops to clear my head, bought some chocolate bars for sons train journey, and what did I do as soon as I got out of the shop...ate one of them:roll: )
 
tek-monkey

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The union have called a strike at the college on Wednesday. Whilst I think striking in FE is pointless (kids get a day off, parents don't care as they are 16+, everyone works harder the next day but lose a days pay) I had the help of the union during the great 'restructure' and don't feel comfortable ignoring the strike that the majority of members have called for.

Today I find out the college is closed Wednesday because of the strike, and we are to inform them if we are working from home that day. I can't work this out, anyone that was going to strike can claim they are working from home and thus still get paid, yet the college still closes. My issue now is do I say I'm striking anyway to show solidarity, or do I just say I'll work from home knowing full well I can't do my job effectively there so can't be pulled up on it? If the college is closed anyway there doesn't need to be a strike, but if everyone pretends they are working from home (most can't!) then does that damage the unions position in any way? No point picketing an empty building! I can see closing as reducing the negative publicity, as there is no picket to tell of, but the college is in a better position than its been in 2 years. I'm proud to work there, I want to see it succeed and with the recent OFSTED and the area review* now taking place I don't want it cast in a bad light. But what is the union if you don't all play ball? Wish they'd just have a work to rule, if we only did what was in our job description the drop in workloads would feel like a payrise!


* Will we get merged with another college, and which. Government review, they want less colleges spread across bigger areas.
 
staffordjas

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tek-monkey said:
The union have called a strike at the college on Wednesday. Whilst I think striking in FE is pointless (kids get a day off, parents don't care as they are 16+, everyone works harder the next day but lose a days pay) I had the help of the union during the great 'restructure' and don't feel comfortable ignoring the strike that the majority of members have called for.

Today I find out the college is closed Wednesday because of the strike, and we are to inform them if we are working from home that day. I can't work this out, anyone that was going to strike can claim they are working from home and thus still get paid, yet the college still closes. My issue now is do I say I'm striking anyway to show solidarity, or do I just say I'll work from home knowing full well I can't do my job effectively there so can't be pulled up on it? If the college is closed anyway there doesn't need to be a strike, but if everyone pretends they are working from home (most can't!) then does that damage the unions position in any way? No point picketing an empty building! I can see closing as reducing the negative publicity, as there is no picket to tell of, but the college is in a better position than its been in 2 years. I'm proud to work there, I want to see it succeed and with the recent OFSTED and the area review* now taking place I don't want it cast in a bad light. But what is the union if you don't all play ball? Wish they'd just have a work to rule, if we only did what was in our job description the drop in workloads would feel like a payrise!


* Will we get merged with another college, and which. Government review, they want less colleges spread across bigger areas.
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Only strike I've experienced wass is in GEC years ago when the shop floor workers went on strike. A handful of the shop floor workers were loyal to the management and went in to work. When the strike was over, the unions called for those that had defied the strike and gone into work to be laid off or they would go back out on strike, so the management finished off those loyal workers :mad:
 
Gramaisc

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staffordjas said:
Only strike I've experienced wass is in GEC years ago when the shop floor workers went on strike. A handful of the shop floor workers were loyal to the management and went in to work. When the strike was over, the unions called for those that had defied the strike and gone into work to be laid off or they would go back out on strike, so the management finished off those loyal workers :mad:
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Loyalty is an illusion - more so now than ever.
 
tek-monkey

tek-monkey

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Disgusting :(

My issue is they helped me, I was facing an increased workload for a 1/3 reduction in salary, and our union rep went out of his way to help. If I defy their vote the union has no power, and I help destroy the one group of people trying to help me when my management was trying to screw me. The vote is clear, the vast majority want a strike. The vast majority also wanted the CONservatives though.
 
tek-monkey

tek-monkey

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Pay, zero increase in 5 years I think (been drinking!). Increased workload alongside, massive job spec changes for some. I'm just happy to have rid of the recent management and be back on track, but like I said I owe loyalty. Unions only work if you stand together, if I can accept our Tory overlords I can also accept a strike vote.
 
proactive

proactive

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I'm normally dead set against strike action, but I think in this instance, considering the support you have been given in the past, you really ought to let it be known that you will be taking part in the strike action and supporting the union position.

You never know what the future might bring, you might need them again, fighting your corner.
 
tek-monkey

tek-monkey

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proactive said:
I'm normally dead set against strike action, but I think in this instance, considering the support you have been given in the past, you really ought to let it be known that you will be taking part in the strike action and supporting the union position.

You never know what the future might bring, you might need them again, fighting your corner.
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I am convinced I will, the area review is likely to see Stafford consumed by another college and I suspect my job to be surplus to requirements once I plug our systems into theirs. Like I said though, if I accept their help I accept their choices and they have helped me. Much as I disagree with the action I feel I have to take part.
 
Floss

Floss

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tek-monkey said:
I am convinced I will, the area review is likely to see Stafford consumed by another college and I suspect my job to be surplus to requirements once I plug our systems into theirs. Like I said though, if I accept their help I accept their choices and they have helped me. Much as I disagree with the action I feel I have to take part.
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You may have the opportunity to apply for your job should two colleges merge I remember a school doing that once, everyone from both schools had the opportunity to apply for the teaching roles in the new departments, but as it was two schools and effectively two of each departments, it had to be condensed into one, so some applied for those roles and others jumped ship, it's a terrible and demoralising situation to be in, because you could have put your life and soul into your job for the last 20 years and end up being pipped to the post by a newbie because they were a lot cheaper and less set in the old ways. I think if the majority are out, just do it too at the end of the day it's a business and as @Gramaisc says loyalty doesn't always pay, particularly in situations you have no control over.
 
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