#47

My dad ended up with loads of them with building supplier’s names on. He was a surveyor, and you use them for building plans (each side has a different scale on)

#48

Sometimes I use it to make sure that the capital letters on the graph legends of formal drawings are at least 3 mm tall, in accordance with point 20 of Part 3 of Schedule 2 implementing Rule 14 of The Patents Rules 2007 (as amended).

My job is very interesting, thank you for asking.

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#49

this all sounds genuinely hellish

#50

Make sure that some of them aren’t accidentally 25m tall because you used the wrong side of the ruler.

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#51

Worked at Costa briefly during uni. At the end of the day we’d get to take home all the about to be out of date paninis. Great stuff.

Now I get salary sacrifice pre-tax child care, which financially is excellent, but it’s hard to beat that sweet, sweet mozzarella pesto panini wedged in to a domestic toaster.

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#52

this seems excessive

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#53

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#54

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#55

yeah for real. o_O

#56

Free lunch every day.

#57

What’s the desk calendar situation like?

#58

Everyone has their own desk. In fact, in our London office we currently have 8 desks and 3 meeting rooms between the two of us…

#59

Are they all adequately provisioned with novelty calendars though?

#60

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I was going to “YSC” you, but in trying to take that picture on my phone I chose “Calendar” instead of “Camera”, so

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#61

Outed myself as having not read most of the thread here, haven’t I? Assumed Eps was commenting on the likelihood for a hot-desking system. I have no desk calendar.

#62

Ahm oot.

#63

When I worked at a publishers, we used to get loads of samples of expensive toiletries that were advertised. I can confirm that £50 face cream can bring you out in as nasty a rash as anything from Superdrug. I guess it’s a luxury rash though.

#64

Lots of bottles of wine
umbrella
bags
notpads
pens
hampers (around Christmas time)
a pinata
occasional lunches
Various jollies

#65

Free coffee for this month and this month only*

*1 per day

#66

The old midday meals supervisor used to save me some flapjacks.

The new one still gives us free lunch if it’s leftover but we’re not there yet (saving flapjack stage).