Tulip gig - coping mechanisms

[suityou01]

That should work well:

"What's the matter with the new contractor?"

"Blowed if I know. He just sits there all day saying strange things in poor Spanish."

"What kind of things?"

"Oh, 'When does the parade of the bullfighters begin?', 'Where is my rug?' - weird, random stuff. I think he's cracking up, to be honest."

"Hmm, OK, better call security and a doctor with a large net…"

Source of phrases: They Thought You'd Say This: Unlikely phrases from real phrasebooks

So what happened next Nick? Sounds like a difficult gig.

[SimonMac]

That should work well:

"What's the matter with the new contractor?"

"Blowed if I know. He just sits there all day saying strange things in poor Spanish."

"What kind of things?"

"Oh, 'When does the parade of the bullfighters begin?', 'Where is my rug?' - weird, random stuff. I think he's cracking up, to be honest."

"Hmm, OK, better call security and a doctor with a large net…"

Source of phrases: They Thought You'd Say This: Unlikely phrases from real phrasebooks

One for MTT to learn

Ik geef u een recept voor zetpillen

[administrator]

That should work well:

"What's the matter with the new contractor?"

"Blowed if I know. He just sits there all day saying strange things in poor Spanish."

"What kind of things?"

"Oh, 'When does the parade of the bullfighters begin?', 'Where is my rug?' - weird, random stuff. I think he's cracking up, to be honest."

"Hmm, OK, better call security and a doctor with a large net…"

Source of phrases: They Thought You'd Say This: Unlikely phrases from real phrasebooks

I like the Welsh ones:

Mae bronnau ardderchog da hi.

[Old Greg]

I like the Welsh ones:

Hey, Admin, you must have some tips for how to cope with a dreadful gig.

[d000hg]

4. Getting a days work done in half a day and working on Plan B...

Who defines what a day's work is? Unless you're under very tight control, a day's work is how much work you can/need to do in a day. If you only work the day, billing for a whole day ain't right.

If you reach the end of your work and are sat waiting for more, and the client knows, then by all means keep yourself busy... might lead to the same overall outcome but at least it's on their head.

[eek]

Hey, Admin, you must have some tips for how to cope with a dreadful gig.

How about asking PC? Ever gig he's ever had seems to have been dreadful and he comes from wales so should be able to give us suitable phrases in Welsh....

[barrydidit]

I like bronnau

ftfy

[Damon]

Who defines what a day's work is? Unless you're under very tight control, a day's work is how much work you can/need to do in a day. If you only work the day, billing for a whole day ain't right.

It's a subjective measure, I don't have direct supervision at all. What I meant by that was I can get through an amount of work in half a day that the client percieves to need a day to do. I was expressing (perhaps badly) that the actual work is easy/not challenging.

[lukemg]

Mate of mine always books a decent break in the middle of a wrong 'un, says it's amazing how you can get through a few weeks as the hols is coming up.
Even if it's just time off, he reckons he can work virtually anywhere on this basis. Impacts bottom line of course but he swears by it.

[rd409]

Don't really know as all my gigs have been complete successes, once they decide to get rid of me

FTFY