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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by minestrone View Post
    Never even knew it was just a Scottish word.

    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.

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=throbber

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  • minestrone
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    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
    Swear filter? If so what word?
    Never even knew it was just a Scottish word.

    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.

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=throbber

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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by minestrone View Post
    What is it with these throbbers?
    Swear filter? If so what word?

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  • HairyArsedBloke
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    Originally posted by minestrone View Post
    I'm going to make a phone call from my desk on Monday morning to the Mercedes Benz garage and ask what new models they have in stock.
    Ask in a loud voice if they can leave it at the airport so that you can collect it on your return from holiday in Barbados.

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  • minestrone
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    Originally posted by moorfield View Post
    I reserve the special Moorfield treatment for this lot.

    CV posted on Jobserve and CW Jobs with all the hot skills of the day with their name and their boss's direct line.



    One more comment and i'll be straight on to MS Word.

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  • norrahe
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    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!

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  • Fred Bloggs
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    Originally posted by moorfield View Post
    I reserve the special Moorfield treatment for this lot.

    CV posted on Jobserve and CW Jobs with all the hot skills of the day with their name and their boss's direct line.
    I really must remember that. That's a great way to get your own back.

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  • BolshieBastard
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    Originally posted by minestrone View Post
    What is it with these throbbers?

    Doing a short gig in a place and a manager said today that they need to cut back on spending. Some permie loudly mumbles...

    "Well I would get rid of all the contractors for a start"

    I'm going to make a phone call from my desk on Monday morning to the Mercedes Benz garage and ask what new models they have in stock.
    Its just jealousy. Pure and simple.

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  • moorfield
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    Originally posted by minestrone View Post
    What is it with these throbbers?

    "Well I would get rid of all the contractors for a start"
    I reserve the special Moorfield treatment for this lot.

    CV posted on Jobserve and CW Jobs with all the hot skills of the day with their name and their boss's direct line.

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  • minestrone
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    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.

    Poor wee lamb.

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  • RichardCranium
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    Print off a copy of the PCG's "Guide to Contracting" and leave it on the whingeing permie's desk after they've gone home.

    Deny everything.

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  • jmo21
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    ah bless 'em.

    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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  • Zippy
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    Originally posted by minestrone View Post
    I'm going to make a phone call from my desk on Monday morning to the Mercedes Benz garage and ask what new models they have in stock.
    Make sure they know its meant to be a little runabout fo the wife.

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  • minestrone
    started a topic Jealous permies

    Jealous permies

    What is it with these throbbers?

    Doing a short gig in a place and a manager said today that they need to cut back on spending. Some permie loudly mumbles...

    "Well I would get rid of all the contractors for a start"

    I'm going to make a phone call from my desk on Monday morning to the Mercedes Benz garage and ask what new models they have in stock.

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