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Previously on "What was the last substantial skill you learnt on a contract?"

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  • aussielong
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    Originally posted by Jog On View Post
    Thanks Mitch, I was going to "reach out" to you on how to handle this one - looks like I don't have to any more.
    I've only heard that used in American banks. Is it used elsewhere? It is a true twatism.

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  • MarillionFan
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    Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
    was the "fist of death" attacking his genitals at the time?
    I think that's his other move. The 'squeeze of hurt'.

    Brings a whole new meaning to 'FINISH HIM!'

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  • Spacecadet
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    Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
    I don't think you want to. Churchill practiced that skill by lying on the floor of a mens cubicle.
    was the "fist of death" attacking his genitals at the time?

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  • MarillionFan
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    Originally posted by Churchill View Post
    How to control the fist of death.
    Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
    no, still learning that one
    I don't think you want to. Churchill practiced that skill by lying on the floor of a mens cubicle.

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  • redgiant
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    Realtime betting on the gee gees

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  • Jog On
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    Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
    This unacceptable behaviour should be punished by expediting said persons to the ground floor using a method that's much faster and less comfortable than the escalator.
    Thanks Mitch, I was going to "reach out" to you on how to handle this one - looks like I don't have to any more.

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  • Mich the Tester
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    Originally posted by Jog On View Post
    Dealing with IB users who have a need to keep using words like "unnacceptable", "expedite" and "who do I need to escalate this with?"

    never really did that much customer interaction on projects before but it's featuring quite heavily on this one.
    This unacceptable behaviour should be punished by expediting said persons to the ground floor using a method that's much faster and less comfortable than the escalator.

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  • Jog On
    replied
    Dealing with IB users who have a need to keep using words like "unnacceptable", "expedite" and "who do I need to escalate this with?"

    never really did that much customer interaction on projects before but it's featuring quite heavily on this one.

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  • Sysman
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    Originally posted by Scrag Meister View Post
    FTFY
    Aye, that as well.

    Unfortunately the UK papers have taken to updating their web sites on a continuous basis, with the result that there is no longer a bunch of brand new articles to read when you first fire up the internet of a morning.

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  • Scrag Meister
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    Originally posted by Sysman View Post
    What they don't realise is that when you get in super early you can take your time over your first coffee or two and surf CUK
    FTFY

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  • Sysman
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    Originally posted by Scrag Meister View Post
    Turning up at 7:45 every day, come rain or shine.
    Leave between 16:30 and 17:00, but that's fine cos he works super hard and is in really early.
    What they don't realise is that when you get in super early you can take your time over your first coffee or two and read the papers uninterrupted

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  • Mich the Tester
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    Originally posted by Churchill View Post
    How to control the fist of death.
    no, still learning that one

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  • Scrag Meister
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    Originally posted by Sysman View Post
    Surfing da internet and posting on CUK while looking busy enough to convince clientco that I am a conscientious and hard worker.

    Keeping my head beneath the parapet.
    Turning up at 7:45 every day, come rain or shine.
    Leave between 16:30 and 17:00, but that's fine cos he works super hard and is in really early.

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  • Churchill
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    How to control the fist of death.

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  • Fred Bloggs
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    Originally posted by Sysman View Post
    Surfing da internet and posting on CUK while looking busy enough to convince clientco that I am a conscientious and hard worker.

    Keeping my head beneath the parapet.
    Essential contractor skills.

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