Originally posted by northernladuk
View Post
- Visitors can check out the Forum FAQ by clicking this link. You have to register before you can post: click the REGISTER link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. View our Forum Privacy Policy.
- Want to receive the latest contracting news and advice straight to your inbox? Sign up to the ContractorUK newsletter here. Every sign up will also be entered into a draw to WIN £100 Amazon vouchers!
I despair...
Collapse
X
-
What risk? Jumping ship? Is there any evidence whatever that being better qualified makes one more likely to breach a contract?Step outside posh boy -
It's for the benefit of those that can't be bothered to read it allOriginally posted by northernladuk View PostAnd zippy, why quote the entire (and long) post right underneath the original post so making us scroll to read the next reply????

+50 Xeno Geek Points
Come back Toolpusher, scotspine, Voodooflux.Pogle
As for the rest of you - DILLIGAF
Purveyor of fine quality smut since 2005
CUK Olympic University Challenge Champions 2010/2012
Comment
-
Probably for the same reason you write YOUR instead of YOU'RE and TO instead of TOO, it's called being lazyOriginally posted by northernladuk View PostAnd zippy, why quote the entire (and long) post right underneath the original post so making us scroll to read the next reply????

Believe me I find the lazy misuse of similar sounding words a hell of a lot more annoying than someone quoting an entire post annoys you. I have to work out the meaning of what you post from 1st principles when your doesn't make sense in context, same is true for misuse of to/too and there/their/they're.Comment
-
He's a nob. northernlad sees himself as some form of forum ploice demanding people dont quote the whole post for some reason. Probably because he's too lazy.Originally posted by MaryPoppins View PostI do that all the time...!
Anyways, putting yourself forward at the highest rate isnt always the best move imo. Its a bit like when you get quotes for work at your home. The highest quote isnt an indication of the best workmanship. And, you tend to dismiss the highest and lowest quotes anyway.
So, especially in a tight market, it makes sense to go in at a slightly lower rate.I couldn't give two fornicators! Yes, really!
Comment
-
Originally posted by BolshieBastard View PostHe's a nob. northernlad sees himself as some form of forum ploice demanding people dont quote the whole post for some reason. Probably because he's too lazy.
police
HTHComment
-
Tad mean I think.Originally posted by TykeMerc View PostProbably for the same reason you write YOUR instead of YOU'RE and TO instead of TOO, it's called being lazy
Practically perfect in every way....there's a time and (more importantly) a place for malarkey.
+5 Xeno Cool PointsComment
-
Comment
-
Possibly, but I find it a nightmare to read a sentence that has a word with a different meaning, but similar sound as it throws the context to hell.Originally posted by MaryPoppins View PostTad mean I think.
It's a form of dyslexia and it means that I have to work out the meaning longhand rather than being able to fast skim read when the context is knackered. It sends me up the wall.
On your original point I agree completely it's damn irritating to get the "you're overqualified" line, it's all but impossible to get through to an agent that overqualified or not you want the role and are happy to do it for the contract duration as advertised.Comment
-
Perhaps NL finds it as difficult to get grammar spot on...Originally posted by TykeMerc View PostPossibly, but I find it a nightmare to read a sentence that has a word with a different meaning, but similar sound as it throws the context to hell.
It's a form of dyslexia and it means that I have to work out the meaning longhand rather than being able to fast skim read when the context is knackered. It sends me up the wall.
On your original point I agree completely it's damn irritating to get the "you're overqualified" line, it's all but impossible to get through to an agent that overqualified or not you want the role and are happy to do it for the contract duration as advertised.
Precisely, gggrrr! I resent having to justify myself, yes, that's the nail on the head..!Practically perfect in every way....there's a time and (more importantly) a place for malarkey.
+5 Xeno Cool PointsComment
-
I don't think so, I'm very sensitive to how people write and in most things he's spot on, the misuse of your for you're is almost invariably a caracteristic of idleness as is there instead of their or they're.Originally posted by MaryPoppins View PostPerhaps NL finds it as difficult to get grammar spot on...
To put that comment in context I deal with a lot of people who have English as their second or third language and while their grammar or spelling is often off the mistakes I've mentioned are rare as they know they're different words.
Don't get me started on the txtspk substitutions... U, and UR are basically unreadable to me (as they have their own real meanings) and I struggle to
work out what the hell they're supposed to mean in context. Sends me bananas, I've spent years in vain trying to retrain myself to understand the lazy writing that sprang to the fore a decade or so back, it sends me nuts.Comment
- Home
- News & Features
- First Timers
- IR35 / S660 / BN66
- Employee Benefit Trusts
- Agency Workers Regulations
- MSC Legislation
- Limited Companies
- Dividends
- Umbrella Company
- VAT / Flat Rate VAT
- Job News & Guides
- Money News & Guides
- Guide to Contracts
- Successful Contracting
- Contracting Overseas
- Contractor Calculators
- MVL
- Contractor Expenses
Advertisers
Contractor Services
CUK News
- Andrew Griffith MP says Tories would reform IR35 Oct 7 00:41
- New umbrella company JSL rules: a 2026 guide for contractors Oct 5 22:50
- Top 5 contractor compliance challenges, as 2025-26 nears Oct 3 08:53
- Joint and Several Liability ‘won’t retire HMRC's naughty list’ Oct 2 05:28
- What contractors can take from the Industria Umbrella Ltd case Sep 30 23:05
- Is ‘Open To Work’ on LinkedIn due an IR35 dropdown menu? Sep 30 05:57
- IR35: Control — updated for 2025-26 Sep 28 21:28
- Can a WhatsApp message really be a contract? Sep 25 20:17
- Can a WhatsApp message really be a contract? Sep 25 08:17
- ‘Subdued’ IT contractor jobs market took third tumble in a row in August Sep 25 08:07

Comment