#75

Google ‘lisa stansfield freezer’

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#77

Well, that certainly explains why Kerry Katona got the nod for the Iceland adverts.

#79

I think it’s just someone you’re close to at work and bicker with etc - don’t think there’s any inappropriateness implied

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#80

The wonders of working in HR. Whenever someone’s suddenly disappeared from a company I’m working at, I usually sneak a peek at the ‘record of conversation’ document in their employee file to see how well/badly it was handled.

Yeah this has always been my understanding of the term. Not that I use it because it is objectively a bit weird

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#81

2 x colleague bangs, from the same job, but very importantly after we stopped working together. And holy shit am I glad because one of them was, to this day, the worst sexual experience of my life. I saw @elthamsmateowen the next day and I’m sure he can still remember how traumatised I was.

I fucking hate Slack, for exactly this reason. It’s great for teams (by which I mean, 10-20 people max) but our entire 4,000 strong global workforce uses it. Veteran’s Day in the US, with loads of American employees posting photos of themselves from their army days, which just so happened to coincide with our Serbian office coming online, was a car crash.

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#82

I’m sure it wasn’t at the time, but this sounds absolutely hilarious.

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#83

You are a bit I think.

I’ve been referred to as many peoples’ work husband tbf.

I have never called anyone my work wife though. I always defuse it/make it awkward if someone says it about me in front of me with ‘come on, you’re my work side piece at most’

#84

This “work husband/wife” stuff sounds absolutely excruciating and I am glad I’ve never had anything to do with it.

My attitude to this might be another reason why I have no friends at work.

I did try to rectify this and I said I’d go to the next payday drinks. However said payday drinks were scheduled for the day before payday, which made me so annoyed I refused to go.

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#85

As an outsider it was very entertaining, but yeah it was pretty bleak. Went back to check the screenshots I’d sent to people and holy shit I’d completely forgotten about the other things that were being posted in the All Employee channel before there was a bit of a crackdown. Check this shit out

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None of this compares to the uproar when they moved the (Free!) breakfast we get once a week (we get lunch every day) from Friday to Tuesday.

#86

Oh wow.

I’m sure the creators of slack are delighted that people use it to chat libertarian shit all day.

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#87

I mean, they’ll be silicon valley bros and their product is disproportionately used by Silicon Valley firms (of which my company is one) so … probably, yeah

#88

This would irk me too

#89

Probably unsurprising but hve had several work bangs in my time (although it’s been quite a while)

#90

How can payday drinks be the day BEFORE payday. THINK ABOUT IT.

I’ve annoyed myself again. Sorry.

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#91

Just wrong

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#94

Payday drinks as a concept is quite nice I think!

Just don’t hold them on a day which makes maximum mockery of said concept.

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#95

In my experiences all researchers are terrified of change! The ones at my current work steadfastly refusing to use our new CRM until they understand every minute part and know that everything is working perfectly (it won’t be as bits are still being built). I would have thought that researchers wanted order and things done the same way but no…

#96

Really wish I fancied someone at work.
Looking for a new job.

#97

You’ve turned the poll into a pole

#98

Mate, you obviously didn’t looks round much in Manchester. I see wild human poo several times a week.

Edit for context. I walk down lots of awful back streets to avoid feeling claustrophobic on the main streets, it’s probably not all that common if you’re taking regular streets