The grumpy thread

[SambaS]

I have thanked them for their letter and asked for feedback, also asked whether it would be worth me applying for a different trade/ what I could do to improve and when I can apply again.

 

But...

 

I don't think much will come of it if I'm honest.

[SambaS]

I have thanked them for their letter and asked for feedback, also asked whether it would be worth me applying for a different trade/ what I could do to improve and when I can apply again.

 

But...

 

I don't think much will come of it if I'm honest.

[vulgalour]

Hmm.. I'm been misunderstood. I'm not a wage snob, nor a career snob, I've done work in Go Outdoor's call centre, one of the many Sports Direct warehouses, and even a short stint on the bin wagons. The work I refer to rather cryptically is male escort, an 'opportunity' I've been offered when in a similar position in the past. That's the job route I don't wish to pursue, I'm holding out for something like an audio typist, shop floor staff or warehouse operative type job instead.

[vulgalour]

Hmm.. I'm been misunderstood. I'm not a wage snob, nor a career snob, I've done work in Go Outdoor's call centre, one of the many Sports Direct warehouses, and even a short stint on the bin wagons. The work I refer to rather cryptically is male escort, an 'opportunity' I've been offered when in a similar position in the past. That's the job route I don't wish to pursue, I'm holding out for something like an audio typist, shop floor staff or warehouse operative type job instead.

[andrew e]

Sorry, I apologise, but hey why not? Unless its the rough and tough clientele whose wives don't know.

[andrew e]

Sorry, I apologise, but hey why not? Unless its the rough and tough clientele whose wives don't know.

[vulgalour]

no need to apologise, this is the internet, I should've been more clear. The money is generally good, but can be infrequent, and personal expenses can be quite high, particularly travel, uniform and personal grooming. There's too much financial risk compared to, say, a regular office drone job, and then there's the old unspoken rule that some agencies insist you follow if you want any chance of repeat customers. Not all escort agencies are prostitution badly disguised, but quite a few do seem to be. Might be exciting for a week or two, but it'd soon wear thin as a job I think. But hey, never let it be said that I've been work shy

[vulgalour]

no need to apologise, this is the internet, I should've been more clear. The money is generally good, but can be infrequent, and personal expenses can be quite high, particularly travel, uniform and personal grooming. There's too much financial risk compared to, say, a regular office drone job, and then there's the old unspoken rule that some agencies insist you follow if you want any chance of repeat customers. Not all escort agencies are prostitution badly disguised, but quite a few do seem to be. Might be exciting for a week or two, but it'd soon wear thin as a job I think. But hey, never let it be said that I've been work shy

[Angrydicky]

This lack of money/housing/jobs (or stuck in shit ones) does seem to be a theme with 'shiters. I'm 22, single, stuck in a shit job with no prospects and still living at home. In addition to which I have four ageing cars to support, two of which are major projects. Never had much luck with girls because I'm shy, and had a bad experience a few years ago which dented my confidence somewhat!

 

Having said that, all being well I'm heading back to education in September to complete a degree course so at least that'll give me some independence, and hopefully I'll get something out of it at the end. If not then I'll be back to square one, and I can really see NC's situation being me in a few years time.

 

Thanks for the advice Luxobarges, but I don't fancy living North of Watford one bit. Housing is stupidly expensive round here though.

[Angrydicky]

This lack of money/housing/jobs (or stuck in shit ones) does seem to be a theme with 'shiters. I'm 22, single, stuck in a shit job with no prospects and still living at home. In addition to which I have four ageing cars to support, two of which are major projects. Never had much luck with girls because I'm shy, and had a bad experience a few years ago which dented my confidence somewhat!

 

Having said that, all being well I'm heading back to education in September to complete a degree course so at least that'll give me some independence, and hopefully I'll get something out of it at the end. If not then I'll be back to square one, and I can really see NC's situation being me in a few years time.

 

Thanks for the advice Luxobarges, but I don't fancy living North of Watford one bit. Housing is stupidly expensive round here though.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

Best to wait for the tycoon positions rather than the minimum wage menial jobs I say And yes I have, a £ is a £.

 

Lord Sterlings, tis shite but better than NOWT approach should be applauded, sign on with an agency take whatever comes in.

 

If only it were that simple. Many moons ago, I lost out on a near-certain opportunity (they wanted to hire someone there and then) to get a fantastic job because I was doing 'whatever came in' (which actually happened to be a pretty nice and easy data entry-type temp assignment), only had my lunchtime to communicate with the agent who was recruiting for that job, and no e-mail (no internet on the mobile back then), and I ended up going for my interview in the wrong town (Station Road Coalville instead of Coleshill!). I haven't really bothered temping ever since and today I'm out of work (apart from some random freelance and associated stuff) and often have weeks with 2 or even 3 interviews, most of which are a bit of a drive away and effectively wipe out the entire day.

 

I am unsuccessful at interviews, until I succeed, at which point I will have likely landed a permanent, well-paid and interesting job. If I choose to do some minimum-wage office work as an agency temp, there is no possibility of that happening. Game theory and all that.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

Best to wait for the tycoon positions rather than the minimum wage menial jobs I say And yes I have, a £ is a £.

 

Lord Sterlings, tis shite but better than NOWT approach should be applauded, sign on with an agency take whatever comes in.

 

If only it were that simple. Many moons ago, I lost out on a near-certain opportunity (they wanted to hire someone there and then) to get a fantastic job because I was doing 'whatever came in' (which actually happened to be a pretty nice and easy data entry-type temp assignment), only had my lunchtime to communicate with the agent who was recruiting for that job, and no e-mail (no internet on the mobile back then), and I ended up going for my interview in the wrong town (Station Road Coalville instead of Coleshill!). I haven't really bothered temping ever since and today I'm out of work (apart from some random freelance and associated stuff) and often have weeks with 2 or even 3 interviews, most of which are a bit of a drive away and effectively wipe out the entire day.

 

I am unsuccessful at interviews, until I succeed, at which point I will have likely landed a permanent, well-paid and interesting job. If I choose to do some minimum-wage office work as an agency temp, there is no possibility of that happening. Game theory and all that.

[The Moog]

We should set up a beige autoshite house for waifs and strays ala young ones. Obviously each room will come with 3 parking spaces and a part share in a Halford trade card. The Tv will only show shows from the 70's. Rent will be 5 shillings and it will be next door to a Dvla office for ease.

[The Moog]

We should set up a beige autoshite house for waifs and strays ala young ones. Obviously each room will come with 3 parking spaces and a part share in a Halford trade card. The Tv will only show shows from the 70's. Rent will be 5 shillings and it will be next door to a Dvla office for ease.

[flat4alfa]

next door to a Dvla office

What's one of them then? Around here they are now all car park land for Tesco

[flat4alfa]

next door to a Dvla office

What's one of them then? Around here they are now all car park land for Tesco

[The Moog]

I need Google translate to work on women.

 

Girlfriend says : you can get whatever car you want when we get back I am not going to drive it.

 

What she means is: it can't be noisy, thirsty, too big, too small, must runon air, nothing outrageous,oh and I must be able to drive it.

 

So when I have offered up a list of cars I want every single one is wrong.

[The Moog]

I need Google translate to work on women.

 

Girlfriend says : you can get whatever car you want when we get back I am not going to drive it.

 

What she means is: it can't be noisy, thirsty, too big, too small, must runon air, nothing outrageous,oh and I must be able to drive it.

 

So when I have offered up a list of cars I want every single one is wrong.

[Caffiend]

I need Google translate to work on women.

You rang?

 

Girlfriend says : you can get whatever car you want when we get back I am not going to drive it.

 

What she means is: it can't be noisy, thirsty, too big, too small, must runon air, nothing outrageous,oh and I must be able to drive it.

 

So when I have offered up a list of cars I want every single one is wrong.

Simples, ask her what *she* wants. I'll bet you anything that it's something modern.

 

That's the limit of my advice.

 

Re: the housing stuff - sympathies guys. I have my own house (well, actually it belongs to the wankers at Santander) but had to get a lodger in to make ends meet after I was made redundant four years ago and had to take a lower paid job.

 

OK, so I'm biassed, but housesharing with live in landlord is worth considering - as they live there, it's in their best interests to keep the place in good order, the rent is usually cheaper than equivalent room in HMO, and you're usually tied to a month's notice maximum, so it's easy to move fast. Also, any other lodgers are probably not too psychotic (unless the landlordladyperson is as well). Flip side is that you don't have the security of an AST, but I really can't see how house-sharing as a licensee/excluded occupier is any worse than being in a bedshit with 6 other entirely unknown people where you have no say in who you live with and still might have a landlord from hell - and be tied there for 6 months. I get my lodgers from www.spareroom.co.uk, on the fourth one in four years now and they've all been great.

[Caffiend]

I need Google translate to work on women.

You rang?

 

Girlfriend says : you can get whatever car you want when we get back I am not going to drive it.

 

What she means is: it can't be noisy, thirsty, too big, too small, must runon air, nothing outrageous,oh and I must be able to drive it.

 

So when I have offered up a list of cars I want every single one is wrong.

Simples, ask her what *she* wants. I'll bet you anything that it's something modern.

 

That's the limit of my advice.

 

Re: the housing stuff - sympathies guys. I have my own house (well, actually it belongs to the wankers at Santander) but had to get a lodger in to make ends meet after I was made redundant four years ago and had to take a lower paid job.

 

OK, so I'm biassed, but housesharing with live in landlord is worth considering - as they live there, it's in their best interests to keep the place in good order, the rent is usually cheaper than equivalent room in HMO, and you're usually tied to a month's notice maximum, so it's easy to move fast. Also, any other lodgers are probably not too psychotic (unless the landlordladyperson is as well). Flip side is that you don't have the security of an AST, but I really can't see how house-sharing as a licensee/excluded occupier is any worse than being in a bedshit with 6 other entirely unknown people where you have no say in who you live with and still might have a landlord from hell - and be tied there for 6 months. I get my lodgers from www.spareroom.co.uk, on the fourth one in four years now and they've all been great.

[Cavcraft]

The north isn't all that bad you know, you shandy drinking Jessies!

[Cavcraft]

The north isn't all that bad you know, you shandy drinking Jessies!

[autofive]

The north isn't all that bad you know, you shandy drinking Jessies!

 

 

shhh

 

you should keep the north to ourselves, and let those southeners carry on paying 500 quid a minute to live in a place half the size of a lockup garage, drinking their own piss (apparantly, in London the water has passed through 7 bladders before it comes out of the tap) and paying far too much just to get to work, slowly and discomfort, while we stay in the 'dark satanic' north with it's cheap spacious accomodation, tasy beer and tap water, countryside with empty roads and cheap car prices

[autofive]

The north isn't all that bad you know, you shandy drinking Jessies!

 

 

shhh

 

you should keep the north to ourselves, and let those southeners carry on paying 500 quid a minute to live in a place half the size of a lockup garage, drinking their own piss (apparantly, in London the water has passed through 7 bladders before it comes out of the tap) and paying far too much just to get to work, slowly and discomfort, while we stay in the 'dark satanic' north with it's cheap spacious accomodation, tasy beer and tap water, countryside with empty roads and cheap car prices

[chaseracer]

 

Move along now... nothing to see here...

 

[chaseracer]

 

Move along now... nothing to see here...

 

[retrogeezer]

yeh, what autofive said........ shhhh!

[retrogeezer]

yeh, what autofive said........ shhhh!

[Negative Creep]

Hey Negative creep how flexible are you to travel? I work in Slough (pointless into: but live in Essex) and my shift partner lives in Plymouth; he travels up on the sleeper train/125 as required - worth investigating work in The Thames Valley corridor/London?

 

See if any of these are any good? Are you in that industry still indirectly, half a brain and you should scythe through the ranks sharpish, not forgetting free travel to work (unlike us at Network Rail since1997).

 

https://firstgroup.hua.hrsmart.com/ats/job_search.php

 

Edit: that link might be cranky, google first group careers, stuff all over the country but the registration/C.V. Upload is a time limited once only upload so bear it in mind.

 

I work indirectly for First at the moment (no free travel for me, not that I'd actually need it.) Can't work away from home since I have no one to look after the cat whilst I'm gone

[Negative Creep]

Hey Negative creep how flexible are you to travel? I work in Slough (pointless into: but live in Essex) and my shift partner lives in Plymouth; he travels up on the sleeper train/125 as required - worth investigating work in The Thames Valley corridor/London?

 

See if any of these are any good? Are you in that industry still indirectly, half a brain and you should scythe through the ranks sharpish, not forgetting free travel to work (unlike us at Network Rail since1997).

 

https://firstgroup.hua.hrsmart.com/ats/job_search.php

 

Edit: that link might be cranky, google first group careers, stuff all over the country but the registration/C.V. Upload is a time limited once only upload so bear it in mind.

 

I work indirectly for First at the moment (no free travel for me, not that I'd actually need it.) Can't work away from home since I have no one to look after the cat whilst I'm gone