Originally posted by nomadd
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This^
Plus a few I'll add from the permies who currently sit around me:
- discuss their next, and next-next holiday plans
- discuss their last, and last-last holidays (for the hundredth time)
- discuss the the wedding of the fat ugly bird in Accounts, and what "outfit" they are going to wear
- moan about "feeling ill" and maybe having to "go home early to see the doctor" (hint: they won't be in for a few days...)
- having to take a day off as they had to "wait in for a parcel."
- having to take a day off as they had to "go to the dentist for a check-up."
- talk about a nice house they are thinking of buying - but simply can't afford.
- talk about the dump of a house/flat that they are currently stuck in, and still can't afford.
- moan about their job all day, yet never do anything about changing it.
- moan about their "boss" all day.
- moan about overpaid contractors.
- loudly discuss the making of "cup cakes."
- loudly discuss the making of "home-made bread"
- spend one hour on the office phone per day talking to family.
- spend one hour on the office phone per day talking to friends.
- spend one hour on the office phone per day talking to their doctor.
- spend two hours standing outside per day smoking cigarettes.
- spend one hour per day coughing their guts up noisily and disturbing the hard-working contractors.
- spend another one hour on the office phone per day talking to their doctor explaining how much worse they feel and why they still haven't given up smoking.
- tell everyone how they "are leaving early today as they got in early" (hint: they got in just before 9:30 a.m.)
- moan about the "stress" of their job.
- moan about having to produce design documents
- moan about having to read design documents and sign them off (when the contractors have actually done the design documents for them as they were too stupid to do it themselves.)
- etc., etc., etc.
Oh, and finally moan about having to bring in more contractors - at huge expense! - as the project is already 6 months behind schedule (and it's only been going for 12 months...)
Apart from that, they are a lovely, dedicated hard-working bunch of people - a treasure to the British economy.
Plus a few I'll add from the permies who currently sit around me:
- discuss their next, and next-next holiday plans
- discuss their last, and last-last holidays (for the hundredth time)
- discuss the the wedding of the fat ugly bird in Accounts, and what "outfit" they are going to wear
- moan about "feeling ill" and maybe having to "go home early to see the doctor" (hint: they won't be in for a few days...)
- having to take a day off as they had to "wait in for a parcel."
- having to take a day off as they had to "go to the dentist for a check-up."
- talk about a nice house they are thinking of buying - but simply can't afford.
- talk about the dump of a house/flat that they are currently stuck in, and still can't afford.
- moan about their job all day, yet never do anything about changing it.
- moan about their "boss" all day.
- moan about overpaid contractors.
- loudly discuss the making of "cup cakes."
- loudly discuss the making of "home-made bread"
- spend one hour on the office phone per day talking to family.
- spend one hour on the office phone per day talking to friends.
- spend one hour on the office phone per day talking to their doctor.
- spend two hours standing outside per day smoking cigarettes.
- spend one hour per day coughing their guts up noisily and disturbing the hard-working contractors.
- spend another one hour on the office phone per day talking to their doctor explaining how much worse they feel and why they still haven't given up smoking.
- tell everyone how they "are leaving early today as they got in early" (hint: they got in just before 9:30 a.m.)
- moan about the "stress" of their job.
- moan about having to produce design documents
- moan about having to read design documents and sign them off (when the contractors have actually done the design documents for them as they were too stupid to do it themselves.)
- etc., etc., etc.
Oh, and finally moan about having to bring in more contractors - at huge expense! - as the project is already 6 months behind schedule (and it's only been going for 12 months...)
Apart from that, they are a lovely, dedicated hard-working bunch of people - a treasure to the British economy.
- what they had for dinner last night
- what they're planning to have for dinner tonight
- exactly how many times child woke them up last night
- how many consecutive nights they've been woken up
- who they're inviting to the christening
- who they're not inviting to the christening
- how much the christening cake is costing
- how much childcare is costing
- an hour on the phone to hubby to sort out who's doing the nursery run
- how they have to leave early to get to the nursery
- why they arrived late because of the nursery
It wasn't too bad till one got back off maternity leave.
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