The way jobs are advertised.

[I'mFree]

I get tired of reading through job specs, particularly the ones that have the following features;

repeated use of phrases such as ..... As the incumbent project manager you will.......i.e at the beginning of each sentence.
essential requirements for the post which are left to the end of a protracted spec.. For example, last year I read a perfect match until the last sentence... Fluent German and Portuguese.

Any English speakers out there who are fluent in German and Portuguese?

I could go on, but you guys know ...

Anyway so now I read the last para first, well after rate and duration!

Oh well, back to pushing the piles back up!

[DimPrawn]

Oh well, back to pushing the piles back up!

Have you tried Germaloids?

[I'mFree]

Have you tried Germaloids?

No, I have some "Preparation H", but for all the good its doing me I might as well ......

[pleomax]

No, I have some "Preparation H", but for all the good its doing me I might as well ......

I always found "Preperation H" was good on the (w)hole, however YMMV.

[I'mFree]

Have you tried Germaloids?

Just got back from the chemist with a bewildering array of stuff.

Germoloids Soothing Toilet Tissues
Germoloids Ointment:
Germoloids Cream
Germoloids Suppositories
Germoloids HC Spray

I think I will try the Spray first. The trouble with cream and ointments is that you have to massage them in a bit and after a while you loose track of what you were supposed to be doing!

[virtualm]

I agree 100%

Maybe I should be learning german & portugese, been benched for 7 weeks now, sod all else to do!

Must say, the house is looking clean, and so is the ironing !!!! Running out of things to do....

[expat]

I get tired of reading through job specs, particularly the ones that have the following features;...

Fantastic opportunity (followed by seemingly ordinary opportunity)

[Paddy]

Oh well, back to pushing the piles back up!

I went for the op' the big op' oh what pain for a week after, but now no problems and an ar5E like a porn star.

[NotAllThere]

...
Any English speakers out there who are fluent in German and Portuguese?...

I'm pretty good in German and French.

And my neighbours are fluent in English, Italian, German, Portugese and Spanish. Naturally enough - they're not English.