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Naff Day All Round ...

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RedBagMan
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Naff Day All Round ...

Post by RedBagMan »

... just as I'm arriving at DO phone rings ... "Can you go down to (neighbouring office) ? Someone's phoned in sick". Off to neighbouring office - another "blind walk" - hunt down Walk Log for clues (not many) and pouch box keys (quite a few). Get pouches onto york for driver - and off we go ...

Get to final pouch box at 1430 ............... none of the keys on the jailers bunch will fit it :crazy:

Phone (neighbouring office) - no reply (apart from a stunted "Pl ..." message after two minutes - assume dodgy ansaphone so leave what might be a message explaining all ..

Phone normal office ... goes to ansaphone - leave similar message to above.

Pouched off at nearest Post Office and b*ggered off home - to find letter from RM - contract HAS been extended - but only for 3 months this time (rather than the 6 that was 'last time'). Got loads of guff last week regarding joining the pension fund (now I've done 12 months). Is it worth "losing" 3% of my 24 hour dosh when only on a 3 month contract - overtime appears to be drying up as well.

God knows where I'm working tomorrow - but I'll have to go to neighbouring office (by bus) first to drop off pouch keys - and find out what's what regarding the "undelivered bag" - and thence to normal office (by bus) - where (knowing my luck) I'll probably be told to go back to neighbouring office.

What a Right Royal Mess :roll:
"We're under model" - oh no we're not - stick your lapse elsewhere ...
madmartin
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Re: Naff Day All Round ...

Post by madmartin »

Why dont you go to your normal office first thing in the morning and then give the keys for the other office to a manager who can then arrange for a driver to take them back to the neighbouring office? saves you a lot of hassle.
Judgee
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Re: Naff Day All Round ...

Post by Judgee »

Join the pension fund, if you leave within 2 years of starting it you get all your contributions back! :wink:
Union what Union? Do we have a union?