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What is your managers favourate phrase/quote?

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Billy Ray
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Joined: 31 May 2012, 18:41
Gender: Male

Re: What is your managers favourate phrase/quote?

Post by Billy Ray »

no matter what you ask its the same old answer, if I could I would but I cant lol.
ruralpost
Posts: 39
Joined: 08 Oct 2009, 20:58
Gender: Female

Re: What is your managers favourate phrase/quote?

Post by ruralpost »

"if you don't like it, the door's not there to keep you in"

"you're getting conduct"
chooch
Posts: 323
Joined: 21 Jul 2010, 13:14
Gender: Male

Re: What is your managers favourate phrase/quote?

Post by chooch »

'Well, that's what the computer says' - ie. all rounds are even.. wtf

and 'We'll have to see about that..' F*cksn*rt

and anything else that requires a scripted reply
goldy
Posts: 220
Joined: 24 Mar 2009, 13:58
Gender: Male

Re: What is your managers favourate phrase/quote?

Post by goldy »

Shape up or ship out .
Beaker54
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Joined: 15 Oct 2009, 18:46
Gender: Female

Re: What is your managers favourate phrase/quote?

Post by Beaker54 »

Royal Mail pays you to work 39 hours is our clueless DOMs favourite line if you get back before your finish time we have to ask him if there is any more work needs doing....he has always gone usually to a phantom meeting
UnhappyGremlin
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Gender: Male
Location: Hiding

Re: What is your managers favourate phrase/quote?

Post by UnhappyGremlin »

Beaker54 wrote:Royal Mail pays you to work 39 hours is our clueless DOMs favourite line if you get back before your finish time we have to ask him if there is any more work needs doing....he has always gone usually to a phantom meeting
Funny that. The DOM in our office 'never finishes early', but is often attending meetings 2 or 3 hours before their finishing time, sometimes 6 days a week.
Sometimes, I wish I wasn't a Rep.
Thorby Bislam
EX ROYAL MAIL
Posts: 495
Joined: 04 Jan 2008, 20:45
Gender: Male
Location: Desolation Row

Re: What is your managers favourate phrase/quote?

Post by Thorby Bislam »

"My door is always open."
closely followed by ...
"I can't deal with that, you sort it out."
closely followed by ...
"You did WHAT?"
Just spilt stain-remover down my shirt. Now how do I get that out?
splatterfaces
Posts: 18
Joined: 02 Aug 2011, 16:37
Gender: Male

Re: What is your managers favourate phrase/quote?

Post by splatterfaces »

"That would be an ecumenical matter".
postypie
Posts: 435
Joined: 18 Mar 2012, 19:37
Gender: Male

Re: What is your managers favourate phrase/quote?

Post by postypie »

That's a difficult one.....get back to you in a minute
tasam
Posts: 202
Joined: 04 Jun 2007, 15:49

Re: What is your managers favourate phrase/quote?

Post by tasam »

You've got plenty of time to do that.
bongo_fury
Posts: 46
Joined: 22 Nov 2013, 15:56
Gender: Male

Re: What is your managers favourate phrase/quote?

Post by bongo_fury »

Mine always says "I don't know".
lovehunter
Posts: 60
Joined: 03 Aug 2011, 18:39
Gender: Male

Re: What is your managers favourate phrase/quote?

Post by lovehunter »

Why can you not complete??? Such n such done it
k979aaa
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Gender: Male
Location: THE NORTH

Re: What is your managers favourate phrase/quote?

Post by k979aaa »

My managers must have the script writers of a Dickensian novel about them as I ask for more took of me MORE!
MOSCOW FYLER
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Joined: 11 Dec 2012, 20:56
Gender: Male

Re: What is your managers favourate phrase/quote?

Post by MOSCOW FYLER »

"we'll sort something out" :Applause
RetroJunkie
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Joined: 11 Apr 2010, 16:06
Gender: Female

Re: What is your managers favourate phrase/quote?

Post by RetroJunkie »

Your not up to business standards, that's the standards and that's that, there not my standards but the standards of the hierarchy.

We have to justify that spend, but don't cut off because that's even worse.

Like we talked about the STANDARDS! :evil/mad :arrrghhh