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2. throbber
Scots. A derogatory term for a contemptible and stupid person. It's origins derive from the aroused state of the penis and hence is used only as a term of abuse for males; although as the genders are becoming harder to distinguish in certain housing schemes in and around the city of Glasgow this can no longer be guaranteed. If one is behaving in a ridiculous manner, and apparently irritable to everyone in the vicinity, one can expected to be denounced as a 'throbber'.
Heh Bawbag, stope actin' like a throbber.
2. throbber
Scots. A derogatory term for a contemptible and stupid person. It's origins derive from the aroused state of the penis and hence is used only as a term of abuse for males; although as the genders are becoming harder to distinguish in certain housing schemes in and around the city of Glasgow this can no longer be guaranteed. If one is behaving in a ridiculous manner, and apparently irritable to everyone in the vicinity, one can expected to be denounced as a 'throbber'.
Heh Bawbag, stope actin' like a throbber.
Why is it that permies talk about contracting having no security.
I finish a contract, and can walk into another either straight away or within a few weeks, if the markets good and I've given the regular pimps the heads up.
If you have an interview you can walk into a job the next day all going well.
These guys get made redundant, and then it could be months before they find summat else, by that time the miserable redundancy payment has run out.
Also some of us are lucky we just have to interview with line managers and not jump through the hr hoops.
at my current clientco they have to do 3 interviews and 2 tests before getting in the door!
I was asked to come in and do a 3 month job getting a prototype site running, contract was meant to end today.
Last week I was asked to go for an interview at a bank and asked for a half day, the bank pushed the interview back till next week and told the place I would do a full day so he turned to the managers and said "well that was not much of a half day was it"
The manager today said "look, I really need you to come in on Monday, we need you for another 6 weeks minimum"
5 minutes later he came out with his wee outburst.
These twunts have no idea what it might take to run a business (and the reasons why you might hire an "expensive" contractor), nor the guts to try contracting themselves.
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