Mundane facts about your day: Part Deux.

tek-monkey · Dec 15, 2023

Having trouble understanding quite what the Latvian immigration office are telling me, but apparently I haven't met the requirements for a residential permit but I'm getting one anyway. I just have to prove I don't have TB first.

Glam · Dec 15, 2023

PeterD said:
A fleeting visit to Sainsburys this morning, I like a particular corduroy trouser they sell and bought them in two other colours. Going full geography teacher. I dont get over that side of town too much these days but it struck me how civilised Sainsburys is compared to the other supermarkets.

It's lovely isn't it? Staff are so nice, majority always ask how you are. Some even take time to stand and talk, even tho they aren't supposed to. (Mentioning no names!)

Mudgie · Dec 15, 2023

Glam said:
It's lovely isn't it? Staff are so nice, majority always ask how you are. Some een take time to stand and talk, even tho they aren't supposed to. (Mentioning no names!)

Booths might be the best supermarket chain.
And not only with abolishing the self service tills.

That-Crazy-Rat-Lady · Dec 15, 2023

PeterD said:
A fleeting visit to Sainsburys this morning, I like a particular corduroy trouser they sell and bought them in two other colours. Going full geography teacher. I dont get over that side of town too much these days but it struck me how civilised Sainsburys is compared to the other supermarkets.

I asked my husband the other day how I looked before I went to work - he replied:

"Like a religious studies teacher'

I wasn't sure if that was a compliment or not??

I am indeed a religious studies teacher, so I apparently I'm not breaking any fashion boundaries...

Lucy · Dec 15, 2023

Mudgie said:
Booths might be the best supermarket chain.
And not only with abolishing the self service tills.

But there isn't one in Stafford...

Mudgie · Dec 15, 2023

Lucy said:
But there isn't one in Stafford...

Indeed.
Knutsford's the nearest.

Lucy · Dec 15, 2023

Christmas Do for me tonight. I'm currently in the world's coldest Travelodge and shortly I'm off the party on a car park

Glam · Dec 15, 2023

Lucy said:
Christmas Do for me tonight. I'm currently in the world's coldest Travelodge and shortly I'm off the party on a car park

Where you gone babb?
We had ours at Manchester Central last Sunday. Was ok, but for the money spent, I could feed me and Great Unwashed for at least a month!

Mudgie · Dec 15, 2023

Glam said:
Where you gone babb?
We had ours at Manchester Central last Sunday. Was ok, but for the money spent, I could feed me and Great Unwashed for at least a month!

And was "the money spent" from us taxpayers ?

Glam · Dec 15, 2023

Glam said:
Where you gone babb?
We had ours at Manchester Central last Sunday. Was ok, but for the money spent, I could feed me and Great Unwashed for at least a month!

Mudgie said:
And was "the money spent" from us taxpayers ?

Probably, seeing how I do work for the NHS and get paid by the Goverment. Youngest however, works elsewhere, so it's probably his board that I used to pay for the whole shebang.

tek-monkey · Dec 15, 2023

Mudgie said:
And was "the money spent" from us taxpayers ?

Worked for the public sector for a decade, never saw a penny towards staff 'outings'. Like the final salary pensions those days are long gone.

proactive · Dec 15, 2023

tek-monkey said:
Worked for the public sector for a decade, never saw a penny towards staff 'outings'. Like the final salary pensions those days are long gone.

Well, unless you're a councillor...

Glam · Dec 15, 2023

Mudgie said:
And was "the money spent" from us taxpayers ?

It wasn't out the public coffers if thats what you mean. Each and everyone of us have worked our socks off this last year to pay for it. A job I might add, not many want to do. Let's face it, getting a walking stick across the side of your knee or back of the head isn't much fun best of times.

Mudgie · Dec 15, 2023

Glam said:
It wasn't out the public coffers if thats what you mean. Each and everyone of us have worked our socks off this last year to pay for it. A job I might add, not many want to do. Let's face it, getting a walking stick across the side of your knee or back of the head isn't much fun best of times.

But if "it wasn't out the public coffers" where was it from ?
I've not suggested you haven't worked your socks off this last year.

Glam · Dec 15, 2023

Mudgie said:
But if "it wasn't out the public coffers" where was it from ?
I've not suggested you haven't worked your socks off this last year.

Now you are being an awkward arsehole.

I work for the NHS. Are we not entitled to use some of our wages for a ward/works night out? It isn't like the bosses of St. Georges dipped in the budget and said '' Have a night out on us''. No, I wiped arses, changed wet incontinence pads etc. Got kicked, thumped, had my hair pulled, scratched, hit with a walking stick or two, even got a torn ligament in my knee and had ten ton of shit knocked out of me at the same time.
So yes, the NHS is paid for by the general public, therefore, my monthly pay is too. But don't you dare question how it was paid for.

basil · Dec 15, 2023

Lucy said:
Christmas Do for me tonight. I'm currently in the world's coldest Travelodge and shortly I'm off the party on a car park

lochdhu · Dec 15, 2023

I work for the NHS, I've had my Xmas do this week which was not paid for. so yeah am with you Glam x

Glam · Dec 15, 2023

lochdhu said:
I work for the NHS, I've had my Xmas do this week which was not paid for. so yeah am with you Glam x

Where did you go babb? xx

Mudgie · Dec 15, 2023

Glam said:
Now you are being an awkward arsehole.

I work for the NHS. Are we not entitled to use some of our wages for a ward/works night out? It isn't

I wasn't at all being awkward and now realise that I misinterpreted your earlier comment.
I thought Manchester and back wouldn't come cheap, wrongly thought "Travelodge" was from you and meant an overnight stay and from "for the money spent, I could feed me and Great Unwashed for at least a month" believed that far far more had been spent on food, and drink, than employees would be prepared to spend themselves, my experience of works Christmas dos being only a meal and few pints, and so wrongly, as I now know, assumed that it had been funded by the employer.
I apologise for my mistake and any distress it caused you.

proactive · Dec 15, 2023

Mudgie said:
I wasn't at all being awkward and now realise that I misinterpreted your earlier comment.
I thought Manchester and back wouldn't come cheap, wrongly thought "Travelodge" was from you and meant an overnight stay and from "for the money spent, I could feed me and Great Unwashed for at least a month" believed that far far more had been spent on food, and drink, than employees would be prepared to spend themselves, my experience of works Christmas dos being only a meal and few pints, and so wrongly, as I now know, assumed that it had been funded by the employer.
I apologise for my mistake and any distress it caused you.

The dictionary definition of 'thick as pig-shit'.

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