Nick
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Just change the settings back
skybluesam66
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to be fair a lot of these places do offer nights eg Steak for £5
if that makes an 8oz steak dinner for £2.50 on a school night, then Cheapskate or not its a no brainer
skybluesam66
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Dislike people who need to drop the c bomb in every post or conversation - even if partly disguised . Its not clever, just shows a limited vocabulary
Nick
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Depends. Used properly it can be genius.
skybluesam66
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agree when it is part of an overall discussion and adds humour - was more thinking where it was in every other sentence
shmmeee
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See I’m biased cos I swear like a trucker and always have.
Marty
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How?
Covstu
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Yep exactly! This is used to great effect north of the border and in some cases as a sign of affection!
fernandopartridge
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Business books, business coaches, people who read / watch such rubbish.
shmmeee
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The entirety of LinkedIn
Like a holding pen for every type of mobile phone salesman.
Evo1883
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Evo1883
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IL be honest, I was at the barn near Dorridge this morning having breakfast... 5 of us including 2 kids.. all you can eat breakfast to order, toast, croissants, 2 cokes, 3 orange juices, 2 coffees and and tea... 14 pound.... Fucking hell of a bargain that
fernandopartridge
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Honestly, the Apprentice has made this shit a million times worse. Terms like 'goals' make me cringe. Can you not just want to do a job well and help others not have to build a load of mystique around it?
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I think the rise of the self-contractor market is the fuel. I'd be the first to recognise that some self-contactors (or in today's IR35 vernacular, "managed services") have the experience and skills that you'd never attract on a permanent salary but, in the case of some, the guff on their Linkedin profiles is unrecognizsble from what you see before you.
It's also interesting to see how they pitch their roles and achievements on Linkedin following time spent at your company. Some stuff is more outright lies than embellishment. When I used to work in IT testing, I had one guy who not only falsely claimed a senior management position but who also had the audacity to claim my achievements for his own.
It's also interesting to see how they pitch their roles and achievements on Linkedin following time spent at your company. Some stuff is more outright lies than embellishment. When I used to work in IT testing, I had one guy who not only falsely claimed a senior management position but who also had the audacity to claim my achievements for his own.
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Often the way. We had an intern once who you'd have thought was running the place from their profile.
Worked for them though, as they are now running somewhere else! At what point do people become managers and directors, and consequently unable to spot bullshit?
shmmeee
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Three Bs Bullshit Baffles Brains.
Had a kid at our place who could talk laced with tech buzzwords for a good hour, had lots of surface knowledge but couldn’t actually do anything. His CV was three to six month stays at each place.
He now earns more than me and is 23...
Had a kid at our place who could talk laced with tech buzzwords for a good hour, had lots of surface knowledge but couldn’t actually do anything. His CV was three to six month stays at each place.
He now earns more than me and is 23...
Covstu
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Definitely a Cov fan if you don’t like the term ‘goals’!
Covstu
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Yep alth the irony is that I’m on there but it’s just others on there sharing wanky quotes or people showing the ‘great’ things that they did in the name of their work. I do detest LinkedIn people although it’s good for jobs these days
shmmeee
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I do get a constant barrage of recruitment consultants (level 2 phone salesmen) half of whom seem unable to read a profile, guess I’ll find out how good they are when I want to move.
jimmyhillsfanclub
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Whining A level students who have been brainwashed into thinking that cos they've been awarded a B instead of an A* that their little life is over.......
Get some fucking perspective!
If someone told me in March 1989 that I could leave technical college straight away, not sit any exams & still get awarded A levels & go on to a uni or poly, i'd have been 3 pills in & raving like a lunatic by dinner time......woop woop
Get some fucking perspective!
If someone told me in March 1989 that I could leave technical college straight away, not sit any exams & still get awarded A levels & go on to a uni or poly, i'd have been 3 pills in & raving like a lunatic by dinner time......woop woop
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There's a side of me that gets rankled by the sense of entitlement from the 50% that go on to A levels and uni, and so enjoy five years more protection from the workplace than me and my peers. Also, the grade inflation that has taken place since 2000, especially at university level, is beginning to render grade outcomes almost irrelevant.
But you can't argue that the way the algorithm employed by Ofsted to counter the rise in grade A results was totally unacceptable and placed unnecessary hurt and stress on kids. Total incompetency, made worse by not opening up the algorithm beforehand to transparent peer view.
jimmyhillsfanclub
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Oh I agree the algorithm was bollocks & reducing grades based on postcode was disgraceful, but my annoyance today was based on this mornings BBC news where, despite reverting to the teachers (inflated) grade predictions, they were still moaning & one silly girl was stating she was gonna waste a year of her life re-sitting as she felt she deserved or could achieve an A* but only got a B prediction off her teacher.
Move on kids....move on.
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Deleted member 5849
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Doesn't that show determination, if she's prepared to keep trying until she achieves what she's happy with?
jimmyhillsfanclub
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I suppose......but I'd view it as counter-productive.
She can still attend Uni with the grades shes got now, and by the time shes graduated, no-one (except her) will care what A level grades she got. I'd suggest she just needs some better advice.
Nick
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The same as in game of thrones "there's no cure for being a c**t"
The use of it at the end, is exactly what it's for
Nick
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Not really, she could have a years experience in a job or got her first year at uni done.
I've worked with people who obsess over qualifications, they are doing this, doing that course. They want this title etc.
Absolutely no clue what to do when it comes to actually putting it into practice though. They are great at exams and revising though.
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It would if she did, and if it did indeed meant she could get her a place on a course that she wanted, all the more to her. I guess you'd have to hear exactly what she said and how she put it across.
Liquid Gold
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Don’t want to turn into another political thread but 2010 turned a generation of the Tories, 2020 likely to do the same. Are they monumentally shit at targeting the younger vote or do they just not give a shit and hope they pick them up when they turn 50?
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People who post leaflets through my door for random services.
People who post leaflets through my door for random services during a pandemic, meaning I have to wash my hands after handling them.
People who post leaflets through my door for random services during a pandemic, and then walk across my front lawn to next door, rather than using the pavement put there for that very purpose.
People who post leaflets through my door for random services during a pandemic, meaning I have to wash my hands after handling them.
People who post leaflets through my door for random services during a pandemic, and then walk across my front lawn to next door, rather than using the pavement put there for that very purpose.
Wyken Sky Blue
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ccfc92
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They are sliders though, not the same as flip flops.
Sbarcher
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How do you get the flip flop between your toes with socks on?