I'm in a very nice office with a lovely view of a lake outside surrounded by lovely ladies. Unlike the last clientco office which was a grey concrete tuliphole from the sixties, with an atmosphere so void of any social interaction that you could hear a pin drop.
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Sounds like a perfect working environment to me.Originally posted by hyperD View Post...an atmosphere so void of any social interaction that you could hear a pin drop.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Doogie, this morning you've suggested there should be more computerisation of restaurants and that offices should be dull and devoid of social interaction. Anyone could be forgiven for thinking you're not really very keen on people.Originally posted by d000hg View PostSounds like a perfect working environment to me.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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If I'm working, I don't want to chat, I want to get work done.
But yes your deduction is sound
Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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surely its a wall with a bright future.Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostYou obviously weren't creative enough to call the orange wall 'the orange wall'.
i'll wait and see who is old enough to remember the slogan....merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Have you considered a monastery?Originally posted by d000hg View PostSounds like a perfect working environment to me.
If you think my attitude stinks, you should smell my fingers.Comment
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ftfyOriginally posted by d000hg View PostIf I'm working, I don't want to chat, I want to piss around on CUK.
But yes your deduction is sound
And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Magnolia here, but it's a long converted barn with big windows all down the side and at both ends. The view is mainly trees forming a windbreak, though if I faced the other way I'd be able to see out across the fields
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Well he doesn't want to meet CUK's in person. I'm tempted to organise a meetup in Durham so that he can refuse to attend that...Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Postftfymerely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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That's more laziness, coupled with an ingrained fear of meeting people from online forums IRL
Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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