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So I think most people know that i'm not enjoying my job at the moment. Doubly so because for some strange reason i've agreed to come in an hour earlier to cover some testing that i'm running. Why the hell do i bother when i phone them at 8 and there's no bugger in? eh? EH? /shakes head. /hits F5. It was bloody cold this morning too  *sniff* |
*sigh* the 'i'm feeling sorry for myself thread'
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mentat 5,613 posts
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Whizzo 44,810 posts
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Registered 20 years agoI'm working from 8:00 all this week, fairly pointless really, waiting for the phone to ring and it usually doesn't.
It's freezing in the office at the moment and I'm still wearing my coat while I try to coax some heat out of the radiators. I had also forgotten about an electrical generator test this morning so I'd logged in and the power went for 10 seconds...
Is it time to go home yet? -
mentat 5,613 posts
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Registered 20 years ago/hands whizzo a chocolate chip cookie.
There is the advantage of being first in... No one notices you stealing the biscuits...
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Whizzo 44,810 posts
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Registered 20 years agoBiscuits?! Chance would a fine thing, I'm currently peckish so I'm eating the sarnies I'm supposed to have for lunch. I'm not sure why I get hungry when I start earlier, perhaps it was walking past all the fried food when I went to the restaurant to get a cuppa... -
mentat 5,613 posts
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Registered 20 years agoso you're presumably having your tea for lunch and tomorrow's breakfast for tea? -
Whizzo 44,810 posts
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Registered 20 years agoI've no idea but I'm wondering what I'm actually going to be eating at lunchtime.
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pjmaybe 70,666 posts
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Registered 20 years agoI always have an 8am start. And it's always bloody 16 degrees in here when I get in too...brr...
Takes ages for my typing fingers to warm up (half an hour on EG usually does it)
So who here lays claim to the earliest start?
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StixxUK 8,755 posts
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Registered 19 years agoI was working on a presentation for my degree project at 7:30
Have to give the talk at 10 and I haven't finished the powerpoint slides yet, let alone learned what I'm going to say O_O
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pjmaybe 70,666 posts
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Registered 20 years agoStixxUK wrote:
I was working on a presentation for my degree project at 7:30
Have to give the talk at 10 and I haven't finished the powerpoint slides yet, let alone learned what I'm going to say O_O
/drinks coffee
A student? Up before first thing in the afternoon?
/rubs eyes
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Used to be mad enough to come in at 6.30 every morning. Meant i got two peaceful hours to get stuff done before phone started going. Now - a more leisurely 8.30 unless particularly busy. Work evenings and weekends though 
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Doesn't sound to me like Stixx is taking being a student very seriously ;o) -
lost_soul 9,372 posts
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Registered 19 years agoI get out of bed at 7:40, get into work at 8 and go home at 4, unless I'm doing overtime, in which case I go home about 6. -
marilena 8,238 posts
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Registered 18 years agoBill Door wrote:
Showing your face is more important than performance at my place of employment.
Isn't that mad? I constantly do a lot of work at home and I've never failed a deadline in two years, although the amount of work on my hands is utterly insane, yet my boss gets upset if a get here fifteen minutes late. -
lost_soul 9,372 posts
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Registered 19 years agomarilena wrote:
I've worked at a couple of big Japanese companies and the "being there" thing is far more important than the work you do. You could work your arse off for 7 and a half hours, but you'd still get a worse payrise/promotion prospects than someone who does 10 hours of web surfing each day.
Bill Door wrote:
Showing your face is more important than performance at my place of employment.
Isn't that mad? -
Nemesis 20,312 posts
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Registered 20 years ago/is happier since he got a rate increase, but it's still shit work.
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Get over it!
Was up @ 06.15 yesterday, was in Bath for 9am (from Cardiff) for customer pitch/presentation (oh yeah, and no hospitality such as tea or coffee - what is it with companies who think you are a cowboy? You then present to them, answer all their questions and at the end they are falling over themselves to buy the product? The problem is that I NEVER forget the lack of hospitality!), back to Hengoed for meeting at 13.30 with new client to establish project plan, home @ 20.00.
Today, was in @ 9.00 and have an hours presentation to do tonight @ 17.30 for a couple of hours (questions & networking included). may get home by 9pm if lucky...;0)
Edited by Madder Max at 10:32:49 01-03-2005
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Mike_Hunt 23,524 posts
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Registered 19 years agoI keep getting in a 10am, which is good because I get a lie-in, but means it gives my flexitime a good kicking.
Last week I worked out that if I actually got out of bed when my alarm went off, instead of crying into my pillow, I'd be able to finish work at 3:30pm rather than nearer to 6.
I just have no will power.
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Mike_Hunt 23,524 posts
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Registered 19 years agoMadder Max wrote:
Dude. Either you have more trouble than I when it comes to getting out of bed, or you live in a frikkin big house!
Get over it!
Was up @ 06.15 yesterday, was in Bath for 9am
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Mike_Hunt wrote:
Madder Max wrote:
Dude. Either you have more trouble than I when it comes to getting out of bed, or you live in a frikkin big house!
Get over it!
Was up @ 06.15 yesterday, was in Bath for 9am
[MH]
LOL! (Took a couple of reads to get that!) -
StixxUK 8,755 posts
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Registered 19 years agoIn case anyone gives a shit, my talk was rubbish, but it was only a practise.
Afterwards my supervisor said something to the effect of "started off brilliantly, confident, well presented then sort of stopped abruptly".
Pretty much the way I wrote it, then
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GTBurns 1,772 posts
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Registered 18 years agopjmaybe wrote:
I always have an 8am start. And it's always bloody 16 degrees in here when I get in too...brr...
Takes ages for my typing fingers to warm up (half an hour on EG usually does it)
So who here lays claim to the earliest start?
Peej
7am every day. (Mon-Fri that is!)
And my office is at home, so I don't actually have to get up! So WTF do I?
/goes back to bed
I think the GF switching the utter shite that is GMTV on at 730am may have something to do with it though. ;( -
silver-jon 1,518 posts
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Registered 17 years agoHey mentat. If you're looking to perk yourself up, here's something I try from time to time. No it's not granular white powder. Draw upa few columns (Excel will do nicely) and head each one with a different aspect of your life : Work, Friends, Family, Play, Finance, etc.
Then down the left hand side list each month, but allow 1 row per week (so you've got, sya, March, and then 4 or 5 rows further down you've got April, etc).
Thne look at the chart you've made, and fill in events that you know you have scheduled ahead of you.
2 things will come out of it. You'll notice that you have some really good things to look forward to (EG: the EG LAN in April). And you'll notice glaring gaps in other areas which you need to sort out. Before you know it, you'll have your sense of purpose back. it works for me when the wind goes out of my sails.
if nothing else, it'll give you something to do at 8:00 before everyone else comes to work ! -
silver-jon 1,518 posts
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Registered 17 years agoStixxUK wrote:
In case anyone gives a shit, my talk was rubbish, but it was only a practise.
Afterwards my supervisor said something to the effect of "started off brilliantly, confident, well presented then sort of stopped abruptly".
Pretty much the way I wrote it, then
Hi Stixx - if you want any help with your presentation then let me know. Email me (check my profile) and I'll give you a call or something. I have co-delivered training on presentation techniques. The offer's there if you want it..gif)
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mentat 5,613 posts
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Registered 20 years agosilver jon wrote:
That's not a bad idea that!
Hey mentat. If you're looking to perk yourself up, here's something I try from time to time. No it's not granular white powder. Draw upa few columns (Excel will do nicely) and head each one with a different aspect of your life : Work, Friends, Family, Play, Finance, etc.
Then down the left hand side list each month, but allow 1 row per week (so you've got, sya, March, and then 4 or 5 rows further down you've got April, etc).
Thne look at the chart you've made, and fill in events that you know you have scheduled ahead of you.
2 things will come out of it. You'll notice that you have some really good things to look forward to (EG: the EG LAN in April). And you'll notice glaring gaps in other areas which you need to sort out. Before you know it, you'll have your sense of purpose back. it works for me when the wind goes out of my sails.
if nothing else, it'll give you something to do at 8:00 before everyone else comes to work !
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eviltobz 2,609 posts
Registered 18 years agoMike_Hunt wrote:
dude, you rock.
I keep getting in a 10am, which is good because I get a lie-in, but means it gives my flexitime a good kicking.
Last week I worked out that if I actually got out of bed when my alarm went off, instead of crying into my pillow, I'd be able to finish work at 3:30pm rather than nearer to 6.
i am slave to the snooze button on my alarm, but that's impressive by anyone's standards. oh, and i'm another 10am starter. -
Whizzo 44,810 posts
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Registered 20 years agoI know the perfect pick me up for you mentat, you're obviously suffering from USCoHitus the perfect tonic being a dose of EUCoHedition. Mmm that'd sort you out. -
eviltobz 2,609 posts
Registered 18 years agodr whizzo's cure-all tonic sounds spot on. i'll buy two bottles please. -
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