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training how hard can it be?

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bellend boy
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training how hard can it be?

Post by bellend boy »

have had new starters at our depot the last couple of days it would seem the people i worked with today had no proper training an no clue what to do with anything?i know most people are only shown the basics but come on it is not rocket science is it?how did other people learn the job?did u use common sense an initative?or were u spoon fed all the way through the angard experience?
Lounge Lizard
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Re: training how hard can it be?

Post by Lounge Lizard »

If it's anything like working in a Delivery Office it's the very basic training followed by nothing which is known as On The Job Training. :shock:
They will though have taught you something about Health and Safety so that if you have an accident it's YOUR fault. :sad:
bellend boy
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Re: training how hard can it be?

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tbh even after wasting nearly a day showing a guy named"noddy"the bloke still didnt get it was very hard work on someone who perhaps shouldnt have been there due to angards cock ups once again anyway could show him 100 times dont think it would go in am all for helping people but this takes the michael argggggggh!!!!!!!!!
markadam1962
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Re: training how hard can it be?

Post by markadam1962 »

Who's had the "IS SPAIN IN EUROPE?" question yet? :arrrghhh

Well they are students so you have to cut them a little slack eh! :crazy:
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Re: training how hard can it be?

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markadam1962 wrote:Who's had the "IS SPAIN IN EUROPE?" question yet? :arrrghhh

Well they are students so you have to cut them a little slack eh! :crazy:
In the European Community ?
In the European Currency ?
It's a good question to start a lively discussion. :nana
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Re: training how hard can it be?

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Lounge Lizard wrote:
markadam1962 wrote:Who's had the "IS SPAIN IN EUROPE?" question yet? :arrrghhh

Well they are students so you have to cut them a little slack eh! :crazy:
In the European Community ?
In the European Currency ?
It's a good question to start a lively discussion. :nana
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Re: training how hard can it be?

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markadam1962 wrote:Who's had the "IS SPAIN IN EUROPE?" question yet? :arrrghhh

Well they are students so you have to cut them a little slack eh! :crazy:
I've done Christmas Casual work the last two years but not this year due to Angard fu*k-ups-although from what I've been reading on these boards I'm probably better off not doing it. Anyway,I had one girl asking whether Malaysia and Colombia were in Europe! I was on manual reject sorting and some of the others were chucking anything without a postcode in the "vague" slots. There were lists of towns and postcode areas above the sorting frames but some casuals were making no attempt to use it. Some of them soon cottoned on that I knew what I was doing and kept asking me for help. At one point we were doing a batch of return to sender mail and one lad asked me which part of London Hyde Park came under. When I looked at the return address it had a zip code and was actually for Hyde Park in New York!