How to retain your sanity at a Multi Day Training Boot Camp

[OwlHoot]

Have to admit I quite enjoyed the last training day I went on with the permies

Apart from the worry that HMR&C might get wind of my attendance

[vetran]

Until they make you do ice breaking exercises with other people.

Fkc that.

I suppose that's one way to break the ice! But your mimsy might be sore afterwards.

[Contractoid]

I suppose that's one way to break the ice! But your mimsy might be sore afterwards.

Crikey! What events have you been attending?

I think I'll go with sabotaging the laptop projector to just reel off non stop porno. As long as the speaker isn't wise to the game it will at least add some enjoyment to when the inevitable "I'll expand on this topic later in the presentation" phrase crops up

[Sysman]

Until they make you do ice breaking exercises with other people.

Fkc that.

Your first job on arrival is to identify another victim course member with a decent sense of humour and try to stick with 'em.

Only the paranoid survive -- Andrew Grove, Intel

[original PM]

Your first job on arrival is to identify another victim course member with a decent sense of humour and try to stick with 'em.

Now back in the day all you had to do was go for a ciggie make friends with the smokers and you knew you would have someone to have a laugh with during the day and beer with in the bar at night.

But nowadays people are so squeaky clean that having a glass of wine with the evening meal is frowned upon.

No wonder the country is going to the dogs etc!

[TheFaQQer]

Become a contractor so you don't have to bother with that crap?

+1

I avoided them when I was permie. No chance I'm doing it for anyone else.

[Contractoid]

Now back in the day all you had to do was go for a ciggie make friends with the smokers and you knew you would have someone to have a laugh with during the day and beer with in the bar at night.

But nowadays people are so squeaky clean that having a glass of wine with the evening meal is frowned upon.

No wonder the country is going to the dogs etc!

Oh tell me about it. Not to mention the fascist HR Nazi’s that hang around to big up their ego’s and make sure everyone is behaving like a good corporate citizen. Was in a torture chamber once in Amsterdam when I was a permie getting indoctrinated on bulltulip company procedures with one of those. He “attempted” to stop any of us going in to the city each evening, eat the crappy food at the tulipty 2 star hotel and be in bed by 9pm and failed miserably. We just f**ked off each night and indulged ourselves and got very amused when he turned up in the morning to do a check on who was there. In the “classroom”.

[Bunk]

Was in a torture chamber once in Amsterdam

That's a good start to the story but the rest didn't live up to it

[RSoles]

Was in a torture chamber once in Amsterdam

You must be on a much better rate than I am.

[Sysman]

He “attempted” to stop any of us going in to the city each evening, eat the crappy food at the tulipty 2 star hotel and be in bed by 9pm and failed miserably.

Not an Ibis hotel by any chance?

Got stuck in a couple of those in permie days and hated them.