microdave Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 That is mental, what other shite has she done??One time the day before payday, she phoned M&S to ask if they could put a jacket she liked by until the next day. The rage was impressive as she was told it wasn't company policy. She shouted down the phone at the poor unfortunate that they'd lost a sale before slamming the receiver down and loudly complaining to anyone that would listen. She wrote a letter to them but I've no idea if she ever heard back. Another time, she returned a fruit drink to WH Smith because it was 19p dearer than the price at the shelf had said. She only realised when she checked the receipt after her lunchbreak and took it back the next day. She didn't get the refund and boycotted the shop for about a year. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, microdave said: One time the day before payday, she phoned M&S to ask if they could put a jacket she liked by until the next day. The rage was impressive as she was told it wasn't company policy. She shouted down the phone at the poor unfortunate that they'd lost a sale before slamming the receiver down and loudly complaining to anyone that would listen. She wrote a letter to them but I've no idea if she ever heard back. Another time, she returned a fruit drink to WH Smith because it was 19p dearer than the price at the shelf had said. She only realised when she checked the receipt after her lunchbreak and took it back the next day. She didn't get the refund and boycotted the shop for about a year. She sounds a hoot! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priti priti priti Patel Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 1 hour ago, microdave said: One time the day before payday, she phoned M&S to ask if they could put a jacket she liked by until the next day. The rage was impressive as she was told it wasn't company policy. She shouted down the phone at the poor unfortunate that they'd lost a sale before slamming the receiver down and loudly complaining to anyone that would listen. She wrote a letter to them but I've no idea if she ever heard back. Another time, she returned a fruit drink to WH Smith because it was 19p dearer than the price at the shelf had said. She only realised when she checked the receipt after her lunchbreak and took it back the next day. She didn't get the refund and boycotted the shop for about a year. More! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 She's like milky Gemms evil cousin.Wanky karen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Sounds like the sort an evil person could have fun conducting clandestine psychological experiments on Not that I'm condoning workplace bullying, mind. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greendot Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 1 hour ago, D.A.F.C said: Wanky karen I'll bet she's popular with the boys. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac.i Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Bus driver has spent months asking his line manager to change shifts because of her hasn't he.... 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid android Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 The IT geeks who find a way of doing something, and insist on imposing it on everyone else. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 13 minutes ago, paranoid android said: The IT geeks who find the right way of doing something, and insist on correcting everyone else. FTFY 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid android Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 1 minute ago, parsforlife said: FTFY 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Somebody's been told off for installing trojans perfectly innocent screensavers again... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 3 minutes ago, BFTD said: Somebody's been told off for installing trojans perfectly innocent screensavers again... It’s minions isn’t it... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 It's always Minions... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 11 hours ago, BFTD said: It's always Minions... You say that as if it's a bad thing... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 10 minutes ago, GordonD said: You say that as if it's a bad thing... Each to their own. I do always find middle aged people who love minions a bit odd tbh... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Honest_Man#1 said: Each to their own. I do always find middle aged people who love minions a bit odd tbh... Middle aged? Thank you, sir. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistle_do_nicely Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 (edited) A bump - quite surprised how far down the list this thread fell! Asking for a friend (...) - say you're a temp worker and they end up asking you to do work related activity unpaid, what sort of recourse/who should you go to? It's only hypothetical but my friend (...) has a funny feeling that this may be coming up in relation to some admin stuff needing done, would take a guess at the nature of it that it amounts to about a couple of hours of tedious work in total thats outside of ordinary responsibilities but has a deadline coming up. My friend (...) also had to eat a little bit of shit over time spent getting set up working from home way back in March last year but shrugged it off at the time, basically a "oh btw we're only going to pay you from when you started working not when you started trying to get set up at home or any of your time on hold with our IT department, haha, enjoy the rest of your shift " deal but it was only 2/3 hours there and given the exceptional circumstances it didn't fester for too long. My friend (...) will tell their employer to go f**k themselves if they're expecting additional work outside of the timesheet or during the lunch hour, but is wondering if there's better options available than that. Not megabux but if they try to discipline anyone over that surely thats a no-no. My friend (...) has also started grabbing some images of emails/teamchat messages in relation to this work and might note any call times if they're fly about it and try to pressure my friend (...) on an unrecorded call or something. the gist is that they're hoping it quietens down enough before the deadline that the work can be done in normal hours, which sounds reasonable enough, but it may well be that they try to get folk to stay on past their shift on deadline day to do this work and to eat shit unpaid for the privilege to boot... Would the simplest thing to do be to not kick up much of a stink but just put the time onto my friends (... oh enough of the dots) timesheet for however long it takes to do the additional work and put the ball in their court to refuse to approve the time worked? I really really hope it doesnt come to that for my friend but it just feels like there's a storm brewing over this... Edited January 31, 2021 by Thistle_do_nicely 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Does your "friend" not have some kind of contract even if they're a temp? f**k doing work you're not paid for unless you've agreed to do it voluntarily. And if it was me and the issue was forced then the unpaid admin work would be done by filing everything in the wrong place/shredder, putting wrong dates in the diary etc but in such a way that it's not discovered until after my contract is up... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 10 hours ago, Thistle_do_nicely said: A bump - quite surprised how far down the list this thread fell! Asking for a friend (...) - say you're a temp worker and they end up asking you to do work related activity unpaid, what sort of recourse/who should you go to? It's only hypothetical but my friend (...) has a funny feeling that this may be coming up in relation to some admin stuff needing done, would take a guess at the nature of it that it amounts to about a couple of hours of tedious work in total thats outside of ordinary responsibilities but has a deadline coming up. My friend (...) also had to eat a little bit of shit over time spent getting set up working from home way back in March last year but shrugged it off at the time, basically a "oh btw we're only going to pay you from when you started working not when you started trying to get set up at home or any of your time on hold with our IT department, haha, enjoy the rest of your shift " deal but it was only 2/3 hours there and given the exceptional circumstances it didn't fester for too long. My friend (...) will tell their employer to go f**k themselves if they're expecting additional work outside of the timesheet or during the lunch hour, but is wondering if there's better options available than that. Not megabux but if they try to discipline anyone over that surely thats a no-no. My friend (...) has also started grabbing some images of emails/teamchat messages in relation to this work and might note any call times if they're fly about it and try to pressure my friend (...) on an unrecorded call or something. the gist is that they're hoping it quietens down enough before the deadline that the work can be done in normal hours, which sounds reasonable enough, but it may well be that they try to get folk to stay on past their shift on deadline day to do this work and to eat shit unpaid for the privilege to boot... Would the simplest thing to do be to not kick up much of a stink but just put the time onto my friends (... oh enough of the dots) timesheet for however long it takes to do the additional work and put the ball in their court to refuse to approve the time worked? I really really hope it doesnt come to that for my friend but it just feels like there's a storm brewing over this... Why don't you sit down and look in the mirror and have a chat with your...friend? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistle_do_nicely Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 51 minutes ago, tamthebam said: Does your "friend" not have some kind of contract even if they're a temp? f**k doing work you're not paid for unless you've agreed to do it voluntarily. And if it was me and the issue was forced then the unpaid admin work would be done by filing everything in the wrong place/shredder, putting wrong dates in the diary etc but in such a way that it's not discovered until after my contract is up... Think there will be a way to check that on the online portal yeah, cheers, will try to check that. Might not come to it for all that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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