Reply to: The Temp

[Zippy]

How about Chasing that Aurora?

A load of Borealis

[AtW]

No. It wasn't.

How about Chasing that Aurora?

[Zippy]

That's already been attempted on here

No. It wasn't.

[AtW]

A hike to the North Pole maybe?

That's already been attempted on here

[mudskipper]

I said I was a consultant once, when asked what I do. The guy then asked, what, like as in - medicine? So I just said yeah, cos I couldn't be arsed explaining.

IT Contractors pretending to be doctors? Whatever next? A hike to the North Pole maybe?

[TimberWolf]

I was snapping my latex gloves on in glee behind my back, but alas - he didn't ask a thing.

putting the stethoscope in the fridge

[MaryPoppins]

To which he replied 'Oh, well you might be able to help me; I've been having these pains you see...'

I was snapping my latex gloves on in glee behind my back, but alas - he didn't ask a thing.

[Mich the Tester]

I said I was a consultant once, when asked what I do. The guy then asked, what, like as in - medicine? So I just said yeah, cos I couldn't be arsed explaining.

To which he replied 'Oh, well you might be able to help me; I've been having these pains you see...'

[MaryPoppins]

I've always thought of myself as a temp.

Consultants work in hospitals, Contractors build houses, so I'm definitely a temp.

I said I was a consultant once, when asked what I do. The guy then asked, what, like as in - medicine? So I just said yeah, cos I couldn't be arsed explaining.

[NickNick]

I've always thought of myself as a temp.

Consultants work in hospitals, Contractors build houses, so I'm definitely a temp.

[Boudica]

Actually to me "the temp" conjures up an image of a film title, with Jim Carey playing the part a temporary IT worker who constantly flips up, or maybe has some calamitous flirtations with office totty.

i'm enjoying 'calamitous flirtations'

[Platypus]

I was once introduced to the boss as the expert consultant who was going solve all the clients problems.

Scary! I prefer my clients to have low expectations. That way, they're not disappointed

[AtW]

I have just been introduced to someone at my client site as "the temp". I don't quite know how to feel about this.

Make discrete inquiries as to what happened with the previous guy in your job...

[TimberWolf]

Good disclaimer.
I once met a girl from Heidelberg who said 'lay beck ent sink of Deutschland'.

Makes a change from 'Ach meine himmel, ya, ya, ya'.

[Ignis Fatuus]

Good disclaimer.
I once met a girl from Heidelberg who said 'lay beck ent sink of Deutschland'.

It was a Mayday call from a French ship: "Le bateau is sinking off Germany!"