Originally posted by wobbegong
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"A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell -
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Originally posted by PaddyI did that once; feathers all over the place.Your parents ruin the first half of your life and your kids ruin the second halfComment
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Originally posted by MrsGoofchickens. Did you upset them? Have you been into beastiality long?Hard Brexit now!
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Have a tug before you go, there is NOTHING more embarrasing than getting a boner whilst standing up in front of the md's wife
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Originally posted by milanbenesfeck me, you're getting an IT contract and you're gonna meet the directors of the client company
must be a noddy sme small company
Milan.
I have met the directors and executives of several client firms I have worked for over the years, and not SMEs either.
You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.
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Ive had something similar - joined a team just before they had a big end of year do and was expected to attend...
Best not to plan or try to be funny.. if it happens that you make a quick quip, it happens... judge the mood when you get there... hopefully it will be after a period of time when some drinks have been flowing, and just say something neutral about how this is a great way to meet the people you will be working with, very pleased to be invited, briefly explain your role and how you are looking forward to having a chat with people during the evening.... if its a very formal occassion just leave it at that, if the CEO or someone else starts to chat to you simply answer politely. And smile a lot, without looking pissed.
Nobody will expect you to suddenly talk for 10 minutes as if giving a presentation... keep it short and sweet and neutral...Vieze Oude ManComment
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My name is Threaded. After finding the cure for cancer and creating a perpetual motion machine I moved on to a six month stint at Microsoft where I wrote QDOS over a weekend and taught my friend Bill how to chat up women.......What happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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I'm a well known heckler at Microsoft conferences. I'd have a fun day on stage
(side note, I threw a complimentary sandwich at a colleage at Internet World once and got escorted off Olympia).I was TheMonkeyComment
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Originally posted by AtWTell them that you lack social skills completely because your every effort in life went into furthering your professional skills.
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People skills r not my strongpoint.Comment
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