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cxx666

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  1. When the notice went up at work looking for volunteers to work over xmas and new year, I was the first to get my letter in saying I was interested. I had a feeling it would be at an overtime rate because it was xmas day but even if it had been at the standard rate I wouldn't have been too upset about it, also got a special request in to do a certain route that day because it goes up to where I used to live and I don't do that one because its operated by another depot
  2. I wrote this elsewhere in relation to xmas but its probably worth pasting it here too..... Christmas is the main event in the christian calendar. I am an aethiest and have no time for religion. For the most part I can get by without any religious things creeping in, except I can't escape this one. I don't appreciate having a religious event forced upon me but I have to put up with it. Sadly all my friends take the view that I'm a scrooge and should be getting into the spirit, without any respect for my desire to lead an entirely religion free life. Its also a horrible time of year for some people for personal reasons as well. I know my Mum and an Aunt in particular don't like this time of year as one of my Grans was killed in a car crash shortly before christmas a few years ago, and a couple of years later a cousin had a seizure one morning and also died. My other Gran died shortly before christmas several years ago as well so I don't think its a particularly great time of year for my Dad either. I know it really bothers my Mum being expected to "get into the spirit" of it, because it just shows a complete ignorance for peoples personal lives.
  3. Each to their own. I'd be taking the view that once I'm out of the property and with a different landlord that it ceases to be any of my business. Can't be arsed arguing with you, but you really will be creating unnecessary hassle for yourself.
  4. Back to work on Sunday and sticking a massive middle finger up to xmas by working right through till the 29th. I loathe the way the UK changes hours because of what is a religious event and being forced to have the day off because of it, but this year due to what I'm now doing it means I can actually to go work and treat is as best I can like any other day.
  5. Well most people still generally work 5 in 7 so there are a couple of days they can go to do any shopping they need to. Personally I try and do my shopping on my breaks when I'm at work or on my way to/from the house to save me the bother of going in again on my day off. Just look for somewhere else which isn't owned by that particular landlord then you should be free of any dangers you feel you're currently in surely?
  6. Add in the factor that they get the joys of listening to xmas music a lot earlier than they would like and stuff arrives in the shops exceptionally early (Shatalan's record was our first xmas box in the stockroom early September one year) while the staff are still expected to remain happy and cheery about the whole thing for the duration. Its not all bad though, its an opportunity for those who want overtime to clock up a few more hours
  7. Thats normal for retail though as its the busiest period. I remember in my Matalan days the rules were no holidays from the middle of November till the beginning of January, and they weren't keen on authorising time off at the start of the Summer sale either. Its cheaper for them to do it that way. They sure as hell won't be buying them at face value and will have struck a pretty good deal with M&S. In their eyes its a winner for them both; M&S get business and the other company doesn't have to part with huge sums of money in the process of giving their staff something at xmas. My work simply gives staff a free lunch voucher. I know though that quite a few drivers have either handed them back or won't be using them in protest at us being given something which amounts to £3.50 while the bosses upstairs are apparently getting bonuses considerably more substancial than that. I say "apparently" because I'm always wary of the papers making more out of something just to make a story out of it.
  8. When you look at some of the halfwits that are in slots they are, it is pretty shocking that he appears to have been overlooked. Its always possible that he likes the time he is on. There are those of us who like working early, mabey he is one of those.
  9. Knowing someone rather close to me is dealing with depression and huge self esteem issues. Its not the cause of them, but having recently found themselves single is not helping either. Rather surprisingly this has been for a few years and there was no sign at all, not to me anyway. Felt very odd seeing someone who I am more used to thinking of a running around a rugby pitch trying to disintegrate the opposition sat in a corner of a room crying :\
  10. No, a perfectly reasonable black weatherproof 1 thank you very much.
  11. Ordered a jacket online on Friday night, and there was a postman at my door first thing today handing me it. This was a rather pleasing development in a morning that was fast heading down a very frustrating path arguing with people over facebook regarding a TV license.
  12. This will probably look like I'm starting an argument, but I actually can't be bothered with one so thats not my aim. However, what exactly does this have to do with you? Are we talking about a building where the same landlord owns more than one property within it or something? I am very tired as I write this, I'm just not really managing to get my head around someone going to the press on their own landlord thats all.
  13. Fingers crossed for a new breakfast show host within the year. I'm not about to suggest they should get Moyles back though. While he shouldn't have been booted off in the first place, I think it would be an insult to him as a broadcaster to return. Get Greg in the seat. He's entertaining, and would probably appeal to the demographic they want. Plus he's not one of these self styled "uber cool" condescending bags of shite that are springing up all over yoof shows (see Grimshaw).
  14. Should find out in the next week or 2 if I'm working Xmas day. Fingers crossed!
  15. Bad Santa, it has to be.
  16. I want to punch Sony, Youtube and/or Channel 4! I can set up a Youtube account and subscribe/watch Channel 4 videos on the laptop no problem, yet when I use the same Youtube account on my blu ray player and try to watch it through that on the tv none of the 4oD stuff appears. Obviously people do upload tv shows to Youtube as well and I can watch those perfectly fine on the blu ray, except when the fucking channel decides to block them. I'd get it if the individual was making some sort of personal gain from this but in reality I think its because they are just cocks.
  17. Having relatives on bloody facebook sucks huge balls! I have cousins who post all sorts of stuff I either can't be bothered with or is utter rubbish yet I feel I can't really say my piece on it. I have an aunt who seems to like and/or comment on almost anything I put on there as well, as well as having to read a lot of her nonsense & frequent twitter style ramblings. Today we have a couple of political comments which I simply couldn't ignore, yet I'm feeling like I can't properly get into an argument about it because it'll only upset my Mum.
  18. Oh I see yes of course I forgot you were by our side literally the entire time so you know all about what we did, where we went, what we talked about etc.
  19. Had my first date in over 2 years on Monday. Thought it went not too bad acutally, we seemed to get on quite well but it looks like I'm being ignored now. Absolutely no idea why though
  20. I didn't mind the word shit, 'bad language' is common place in tv now, in one of the early episodes Rimmer calls someone (Lister I imagine) a bastard, which for its time was probably way more risque. Certainly wasn't disappointed with the show itself, my only minor complaint is that it was a bit too bright and colourful compared to the previous series but unfortunately thats the way with all tv shows these days.
  21. Red dwarf is back tonight, AND, I took a small victory over a cold call from a personal injury solicitor type company. Now normally I wouldn't condone giving someone abuse when going about their job, as I have have been on the receiving end of it when just trying to do my job so I know its not nice. HOWEVER, when it comes to injury solicitors or PPI claimback companies my opinion goes completely out the window. Long story short I told someone this evening that if they didn't want me to "tear through" them they should hang up the phone immediately, and when told they would remove my records from their database I was in the middle of telling him that I suggested he did he hung up. I'm taking that as a win for me!
  22. So they try and drive those of us "too old" out by putting that waste of blood, organs and hair on breakfast. Presumably this latest nonsense is in a bid to drive out any remaining male listeners as well yes? What angers me most about this shite is that normally I try and listen to Vernon whenever I can, but nope instead of him they have the aforementioned waste of blood, organs and hair and the equally irritating "cool" harry fucking styles. Seriously Radio 1?!
  23. Smoke me a kipper! I'll be back for breakfast! Really looking forward to series x, glad they've got laugher on it this time as thaas what was wrong about series 9 I felt. I don't care whether its been filmed infront of an audeince or a laughter track dubbed on, having laughter on the program itself certainly makes it seem a whole lot funnier.
  24. I'd have said either Dom or Tina for news. As the station is trying to appeal to a younger audience (stil finding that very insulting), my money would be on Tina as she is the younger of the 2
  25. I'm never fussed by a new phone coming out, especially iPhones. I'm still rocking a Nokia 6700s thats 2 years old, does everything I want it to but I fear that the next time it gets drowned it won't come back to life. Gonna be in trouble when that day comes, I've had a look around out of curiosity but there is nothing that fits what I want these days.
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