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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby Slayer-ov-orcs » Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:50 pm

I can randomly taste whisky, how odd.
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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby Finnvitka » Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:53 pm

I have enough holiday allowance left to let me take the entirety of March off.

what's the betting work won't let me do that.
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Re: A free-for-all thread

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Just realised I've got over 1000 posts haha :o

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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby Applecore » Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:59 pm

Finnvitka wrote:I have enough holiday allowance left to let me take the entirety of March off.

what's the betting work won't let me do that.

I think usually (certainly with hourly paid jobs like retail and pubs) you have to get the area manager's permission for anything over 2 weeks (if so, you'd probably need a damn good reason for it, like getting married and your honeymoon or something). I could be wrong, but I think that's what we have to do at Wetherspoon, and I think it was the same at Somerfield.
Pretty stupid IMO, as surely your store manager would be in a better position to say whether they'd suffer from you taking the time off?
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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby Finnvitka » Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:03 am

oh yeah I know I won't be able to take it all off at once.

it's just if I don't use it I'll just end up losing it in April and I can't take any time off until mid January now. So I'll probably end up working my normal hours for a few weeks and getting paid for not being there the rest of the days :lol:
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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby Applecore » Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:16 am

Finnvitka wrote:oh yeah I know I won't be able to take it all off at once.

it's just if I don't use it I'll just end up losing it in April and I can't take any time off until mid January now. So I'll probably end up working my normal hours for a few weeks and getting paid for not being there the rest of the days :lol:

My manager does that when we have a load of holiday left. He says we can either take the time off, or just get paid for our rota'd days off.
Only thing is, my hours have dropped so much that my holiday days are worth less than 3 hours each. So, I don't want to use them until my hours go back up, but I really want them to put me a few on each week to bump my pay up.. decisions, decisions :(
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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby herzeleid » Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:53 am

Everyone where I work is just going to lose their holiday hours, because the manager decided to keep us cripplingly understaffed at all times so nobody can take even half their holiday.

7 staff, one of whom only does two shifts a week, for a place that's open 14 hours a day, seven days a week. The sooner Tesco muscles it out of business, the better.

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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby peypea » Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:39 am

After the events of last night I'm really tempted to go home today, a week and a half early. But I've put so much effort into the game of thrones feast we're having next week that I don't want to miss it. Bah.
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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby Slayer-ov-orcs » Wed Dec 07, 2011 4:54 pm

Lee Dorrian must love me since I spent £100 on the Rise Above Records webstore yesterday.
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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby Finnvitka » Wed Dec 07, 2011 5:52 pm

Applecore wrote:
Finnvitka wrote:oh yeah I know I won't be able to take it all off at once.

it's just if I don't use it I'll just end up losing it in April and I can't take any time off until mid January now. So I'll probably end up working my normal hours for a few weeks and getting paid for not being there the rest of the days :lol:

My manager does that when we have a load of holiday left. He says we can either take the time off, or just get paid for our rota'd days off.
Only thing is, my hours have dropped so much that my holiday days are worth less than 3 hours each. So, I don't want to use them until my hours go back up, but I really want them to put me a few on each week to bump my pay up.. decisions, decisions :(


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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby GetToTheChoppar » Wed Dec 07, 2011 5:53 pm

Slayer-ov-orcs wrote:Lee Dorrian must love me since I spent £100 on the Rise Above Records webstore yesterday.

What did ya get?
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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby Slayer-ov-orcs » Wed Dec 07, 2011 5:59 pm

GetToTheChoppar wrote:
Slayer-ov-orcs wrote:Lee Dorrian must love me since I spent £100 on the Rise Above Records webstore yesterday.

What did ya get?

Grand Magus - Wolf's return
The Gates Of Slumber -The Wretch
The Gates Of Slumber - Hymns of Blood and Thunder
Electric Wizard - Witch Cult Today
Electric Wizard - Come My Fanatics
Catherdral - Anniversary
And the other £35 won't be mentioned since it is my Brother's Christmas present :lol: .
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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby GetToTheChoppar » Wed Dec 07, 2011 6:03 pm

Very nice bundle there. Rise Above do really put out some brilliant albums.
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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby Slayer-ov-orcs » Wed Dec 07, 2011 6:04 pm

GetToTheChoppar wrote:Very nice bundle there. Rise Above do really put out some brilliant albums.

Yeah, I think I am going to try and purchase most of their catalogue.
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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby GetToTheChoppar » Wed Dec 07, 2011 6:08 pm

Definitely get some Gentlemans Pistols and Church of Misery.
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