Permies can be beyond belief…..

[EternalOptimist]

Possibly a bit over the top, but this is what I did at my last gig when faced with a similar problem.
First off I marked a radio with my name then hid it in his drawer, reported it missing, then made an anonymous call to security. He got busted for theft.
That sh1tted him up for starters. Then I put two snooker balls in a sock and got behind him in the loo and smashed him on the side of the head.
As he lay bleeding and writhing on the bog-floor, I screamed in his lug hole, 'who's the fkng permie daddy then'


that learned him

[BrilloPad]

Possibly a bit over the top, but this is what I did at my last gig when faced with a similar problem.
First off I marked a radio with my name then hid it in his drawer, reported it missing, then made an anonymous call to security. He got busted for theft.
That tulipted him up for starters. Then I put two snooker balls in a sock and got behind him in the loo and smashed him on the side of the head.
As he lay bleeding and writhing on the bog-floor, I screamed in his lug hole, 'who's the fkng permie daddy then'


that learned him

Did you also ask him where his tool was?

[EternalOptimist]

Did you also ask him where his tool was?

indeed, I totally broke his bottom - Wilmslow

[Andy2]

Possibly a bit over the top, but this is what I did at my last gig when faced with a similar problem.
First off I marked a radio with my name then hid it in his drawer, reported it missing, then made an anonymous call to security. He got busted for theft.
That tulipted him up for starters. Then I put two snooker balls in a sock and got behind him in the loo and smashed him on the side of the head.
As he lay bleeding and writhing on the bog-floor, I screamed in his lug hole, 'who's the fkng permie daddy then'


that learned him

I bet wilmslow can never do that. Can he ?

[pmeswani]

My Wilmslow <canned laughter> translator is playing up.

You 2. Get a room, make some music together and enjoy each others company in private.

[chris79]

If he does not attend I will raise as a formal project risk that he knew about the meeting and went for his pie and chips instead of participating.

How permie is this???

Careful - you may push him too far and have him off with stress for 6 months - your own actions could be a bigger risk to the bigger picture than your own risk issue with him as a person.

[Board Game Geek]

Whether he's a contractor or a permie doesn't matter.

It's just not the done thing to schedule a meeting during the luncheon period.

If I was the boss and any of my staff pulled that sort of stunt, I'd have words.

[Platypus]

It's just not the done thing to schedule a meeting during the luncheon period.

12 pm is lunch time?

Never in my world, with the exception of the US where folks start at 8am.

I do quite a lot of work with Europe. If 12-2 is "dead" time due to lunch, then that makes 11.00 am UK time until 2pm UK time as hours which are out of bounds for meetings

Perhaps the project committee should agree the hours when meetings can be scheduled i.e. when people are not expected to not be at lunch.

Permies

[Board Game Geek]

12pm - 2pm is luncheon time, for clarification.

11am is for tea and cake, and 3pm is for afternoon tea and possible some cake, if any is left on the trolley.

9am is when people start, and get coffee, and open post and check email, so that's a poor time to choose for a meeting.

Essentially, your best slots are :

9.30am-10.30am

11.15-11.45 am

2.15-2.45 pm

3.15-3.45 pm (which gives 'em 15 mins to make a cuppa before coats and scarves for 4pm)

[orac]

meeting times

10:00-12:00 and 14:00-16:00

Any other time is off limits.