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CStar Sep 2013 10:03pm, 5 Sep 2013 2,034 posts	Quote Pin CStar Yes, you know, I don't wish any ill will on any Fetchies obviously, but having located the Manager via Linked In, who then let me know she had moved on but was passing my note on to the regional manager, she even asked for my personal e-mail and said he would be in touch. Since when nada,
runningmumof3boys Sep 2013 6:19pm, 8 Sep 2013 3,478 posts	Quote Pin runningmumof3boys when my dustpan chips along the front so when i try sweep anything into it it just goes underneath ! im on my 3rd one this year (maybe i need to stop getting them from poundland!)
Fellrunning Sep 2013 8:20pm, 8 Sep 2013 948 posts	Quote Pin Fellrunning Knobheads from various Peak district pressure groups who keep whining in my ear about Stanedge Edge. Especially when I'm trying to have a quiet pint. "Look sonny - IF it comes up for sale the estate will consider putting in a bid. IF we buy it as Estate Manager you can rest assured that it'll be business as usual. You'll have noticed that there's a lot of IFs in that statement so bugger off and let me finish my pint"
Q Mac Sep 2013 12:00am, 10 Sep 2013 2,269 posts	Quote Pin Q Mac Road fools (polite) who think indicators are just optional extras and not safety devices - always seems to be when the vehicle in front is either a Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Range/Land Rover or new Skoda (as if they now have street cred!)
Frobester Sep 2013 10:10am, 10 Sep 2013 23,487 posts	Quote Pin Frobester Aaargh. Again, highfalutin "events", which in reality are just shortish distance races offroad with some obstacles thrown in. £35 for a 5k? Aren't we in a recession or something? Pah.
Frobester Sep 2013 10:10am, 10 Sep 2013 23,488 posts	Quote Pin Frobester Er, here's the link... thesufferingrace.co.uk
swittle Sep 2013 10:15am, 10 Sep 2013 25,704 posts	Quote Pin swittle Caveat emptor.
Velociraptor Sep 2013 10:21am, 10 Sep 2013 27,088 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor Aye, one born every minute and all that. For £35, I'd want a hot bath, a new hairdo and full set of new kit at the end to put me back the way I was before the start.
J123 Sep 2013 10:33am, 10 Sep 2013 78 posts	Quote Pin J123 Job personality and behaviour assessments-especially online ones. Every 'scientifically researched and trusted' element of them adds more to their dispairing pointlessness as a tool. Add to that a Manager reading them with Authority at at the other end and there's just an extra large black hole of vacuousness. Yeah, OK, They probably shouldn't hire me
Fellrunning Sep 2013 12:40pm, 10 Sep 2013 950 posts	Quote Pin Fellrunning I did one of those once (paper based in those days). I deliberately answered the questions so I appeared borderline Psychotic. Strangely they offered me the job....