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Previously on "Is it me, or agents getting more stupid???"
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I liked it when another agent said it was much easier to get leads off candidates! In other words it is ok to waste our time but not other agents.
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Originally posted by LondonManc View PostI saw that as well. I'd have got the starter for ten right if I was asked to guess the agency too
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Originally posted by SussexSeagull View PostFascinating thread on LinkedIn where an agent has named and shamed another agent who got a developer's CV and put his contact details on it to fish for leads.
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Fascinating thread on LinkedIn where an agent has named and shamed another agent who got a developer's CV and put his contact details on it to fish for leads.
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Originally posted by Fronttoback View PostThat's because you are spending your time on here. Get back on the phones! Those CVs won't email themselves!
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Originally posted by Agent View PostNo, just the one.
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostWHS
But it's handy when a film character uses it in a horror film, because then you know they'll die.
And if anyone says "awesome dude", you know they will die horribly!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_girl
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Originally posted by quackhandle View PostIt's "Dude" I can't stand. Your not Dennis Hopper or a Surfer or living in SanFranFookingCisco.
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But it's handy when a film character uses it in a horror film, because then you know they'll die.
And if anyone says "awesome dude", you know they will die horribly!
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Quote Originally Posted by OwlHoot A plumber near me must have had the same training.
Been blown out twice now, and no apology or even a quick call to say he couldn't make it!
Mind you, alarm bells should have rung louder as soon as he called me "buddy"!
It may sound a bit of an eccentric view, but I think there's something weird and slightly creepy when British people call one "buddy". Like "pal", it often seems like a sign of passive aggression at the very least and sometimes outright hostility, although "mate" isn't so bad.
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