Pimps in the lift

[NickFitz]

lager

[Spartacus]

On the contrary, I'm always very polite even with people who annoy me. Six years in the pub trade gave me an inexhaustible supply of patience with irritating drunks; pushy pimps I can tolerate till the cows come home.

In that case I'll have a pint of best please. Get yourself a half a lager shandy with lime - no, I insist, it's a treat on me.

[NickFitz]

Liar, liar pants on fire. I can smell a backtrack a mile off.

On the contrary, I'm always very polite even with people who annoy me. Six years in the pub trade gave me an inexhaustible supply of patience with irritating drunks; pushy pimps I can tolerate till the cows come home.

[Spartacus]

FWIW, I didn't just tell him to feck off, merely explained that as a humble temp I wouldn't know who the right person was, and suggested that he pop into <client>'s reception on his way down as they might be able to help him.

I'm not knocking him for trying, just for trying on me

Liar, liar pants on fire. I can smell a backtrack a mile off.

[Churchill]

FWIW, I didn't just tell him to feck off, merely explained that as a humble temp I wouldn't know who the right person was, and suggested that he pop into <client>'s reception on his way down as they might be able to help him.

I'm not knocking him for trying, just for trying on me

You're making it up.

You're not related to Threaded or SandyDown by any chance, are you?

[NickFitz]

FWIW, I didn't just tell him to feck off, merely explained that as a humble temp I wouldn't know who the right person was, and suggested that he pop into <client>'s reception on his way down as they might be able to help him.

I'm not knocking him for trying, just for trying on me

[Spartacus]

I salute him and award 10/10 for effort. The only thing you can say for certain in this life is that if you don't ask, you definitely don't get.

[DodgyAgent]

Just coming up in the lift and some besuited bloke, heading for another company a few floors up, says "Excuse, me, you work for <client>? I'm an IT recruitment consultant, can I give you my card and you could pass it along to the right person?"

FFS

Can you give me his number he is the sort of person I want working for me. Someone who has enough drive to be prepared to talk even to the most miserable to obtain business.

[Rantor]

When I worked in Glasgow, you used to see plenty of pros in the hotel lifts on an evening.

"Pimps in the lift" - good name for a band...

[TheFaQQer]

When I worked in Glasgow, you used to see plenty of pros in the hotel lifts on an evening.

[Churchill]

Well, when you learn some social skills and what networking is all about, you'll understand why, won't you.

[chasingtheaurora]

God loves a trier, but what a git.

[NickFitz]

Just coming up in the lift and some besuited bloke, heading for another company a few floors up, says "Excuse, me, you work for <client>? I'm an IT recruitment consultant, can I give you my card and you could pass it along to the right person?"

FFS