I sat next to a contractor who parked his motorhome in the clients car park and lived in it during the week. Worked out well client was happy etc.
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Originally posted by CoolCat View PostI sat next to a contractor who parked his motorhome in the clients car park and lived in it during the week. Worked out well client was happy etc.Comment
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Originally posted by CoolCat View PostI sat next to a contractor who parked his motorhome in the clients car park and lived in it during the week. Worked out well client was happy etc.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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I worked in Zurich with a German contractor who lived in a motor-home. A bit of a commute from the camp-sites outside Zurich, as the local sites close for the winter.Fiscal nomad it's legal.Comment
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostRespray it pink and then it'll be a little camper.I'm a smug bastard.Comment
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Good to see Walter Mitty has acquired a camper van now. Whatever next ?Vote Corbyn ! Save this country !Comment
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Originally posted by CoolCat View PostI sat next to a contractor who parked his motorhome in the clients car park and lived in it during the week. Worked out well client was happy etc.Comment
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When I worked at Microsoft, a contractor was sleeping in a van in the client car park and using the showers and toilets at work, eating from the vending machines, etc. Security noticed and notified the big bosses, and he was marched off site.
Don't think that lifestyle fitted the corporate image. They like people who live in a Barratt Home and drive an Audi TT.Comment
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostWhen I worked at Microsoft, a contractor was sleeping in a van in the client car park and using the showers and toilets at work, eating from the vending machines, etc. Security noticed and notified the big bosses, and he was marched off site.
Don't think that lifestyle fitted the corporate image. They like people who live in a Barratt Home and drive an Audi TT.
That was in midwinter, which didn't bother me because I often camp out in a tent in colder places, but I suspect that may have helped to avoid being noticed: everybody who passed was intent on getting into their warm houses or offices.
I will note that if you do camp in a stealth van like that, you pretty soon notice that you are not the only one.
I may be doing it again soon because my lovely motorhome may be immobile, and if I take one more 6-monther, or max 2 of them, it will be in order to put the absolute max into my pension before never working again. If the choice is stay in a hotel every night, or stealth camp and work weeks or months less, that's a no-brainer for me. However I should add that my idea of leisure is camping in wilderness in freezing conditions, and travelling for months in the third world, so I'm ok with sleeping in a van.Comment
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