Jealous haters

[SueEllen]

Didn't you tell us a month or two back that lots of Danish drivers try and knock you off your bike because they're so jealous of someone with such a fine machine compared with their carpy cars.

I seem to recall you said one drove half way across a field to try and get you, and you had to vault over a fence to get away nearly diving headlong into a canal in the process.

Or am I thinking of someone else?

It's cos he's an immigrant stealing their jobs.

[threaded]

Blimey that's interesting. I thought that the scandies were mostly all very grown up and sorted.

Yes, that is the propaganda they kid themselves with.

[threaded]

Didn't you tell us a month or two back that lots of Danish drivers try and knock you off your bike because they're so jealous of someone with such a fine machine compared with their carpy cars.

I seem to recall you said one drove half way across a field to try and get you, and you had to vault over a fence to get away nearly diving headlong into a canal in the process.

Or am I thinking of someone else?

I did say 'mostly', yes you do get the odd one who gets so enraged they can't control themselves and they go beserk.

Another fine old Danish word that's wound it's way into English: 'beserker'.

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Hun går bersærk, når hun finder ud af det.

[ratewhore]

I don't get that at all. But then, maybe it's because I am a people person and you may not be...

[EternalOptimist]

You do get the old green eyed monster rearing its head, luckily it only happened to me rarely.
You are absolutely spot on though, treat them with fairness and respect, no matter what. Keep your integrity

I had a weird interlude at GSK about 10 years ago. In a Developer/user meeting, the users asked if x was possible and how long it would take, so I said 2 days plus user testing (I actually thought it was a days work).

The permie developer, who I was due to hand over to , exploded. In the meeting. With the users. He shouted 'You cant just say glibly two days. You just cant say that' So I made fkin sure I delivered in half a day, heh heh.

That was a sort of jealousy I guess, it takes many forms.
fck em, fck em all

[shoes]

Nowt as queer as folk.

I concur with it being the 'local people' permies who are the worst for it, it amazes me how limited a persons experience of the world can be.

To be honest the happy feeling I get when roaring away from a client site at the end of the last day has a lot to do with picturing those types of permies still stuck there looking glum.

Thanks for the money guys, keep at it, there might be a 4% rise in it for you

[SueEllen]

Nowt as queer as folk.

I concur with it being the 'local people' permies who are the worst for it, it amazes me how limited a persons experience of the world can be.

To be honest the happy feeling I get when roaring away from a client site at the end of the last day has a lot to do with picturing those types of permies still stuck there looking glum.

Thanks for the money guys, keep at it, there might be a 4% rise in it for you

2%

After all inflation is only 2%

[chris79]

or 1.9% if you are a Police Officer.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7129957.stm

[Board Game Geek]

Can't say I've ever experienced it myself. I wear t-shirts and black trousers, sensible black shoes, never show off or brag and just get on with it.

If the permies need help, I help them, and sometimes let them claim credit for some of my ideas.

The trick is to fit in, not show off, brag about expensive holidays, cars or houses.

Not everyone can aspire to being successful, so there is no point in rubbing other people's noses in it.