#91
mrs h wrote:
Posted on Sat, 13 September 2008 at 21:50
#92
msd wrote:
Dammit…I was so friendlier back then. Even then though I still got tetchy :)
Posted on Sat, 13 September 2008 at 21:53
#93
msd wrote:
Anyway, to get this back on track – gimme, I was also sacked by McDonalds when I was 16. Didn’t pass the probation period. Being sacked my them is a compliment, believe me ;)
Posted on Sat, 13 September 2008 at 21:58
#94
Gav wrote:
mrs h wrote:
I can see you now, on your tip-toes thrusting and parrying as best you can, as the huge haunted bovine eyes star back at you, widened with abject horror …
Red cape in hand, sword concealed behind the back… flamenco dancing in time to the applause of the crowd…?
Posted on Sat, 13 September 2008 at 22:47 in reply to an earlier post
#95
g (My Shade Will Comfort you) wrote:
Charlie wrote:
Funny you say that since Somerfield used to be called ” GATEWAY ” :P:P
We still call it gateways down here.
Posted on Sat, 13 September 2008 at 23:27 in reply to an earlier post
#96
mrs h wrote:
deadsetgav wrote:
Red cape in hand, sword concealed behind the back… flamenco dancing in time to the applause of the crowd…?
Like that, but with sparkly tights :D
Posted on Sun, 14 September 2008 at 00:40 in reply to an earlier post
#97
mrs h wrote:
Gimme Back My Brainsaw wrote:
We still call it gateways down here.
Of course you do, you live in Brigadoon, don’t you? :p
Posted on Sun, 14 September 2008 at 00:44 in reply to an earlier post
#98
Graeme55? (Graeme Williams) wrote:
they still call it gateways even after all these years?! god, do you people live in the past or somet?! :D
Posted on Sun, 14 September 2008 at 00:45
#99
g (My Shade Will Comfort you) wrote:
if you listened to our local radio station you’d think we do, then again no one was granted a local radio license till the year 2000 here.
Posted on Sun, 14 September 2008 at 00:49
#100
Gav wrote:
++Newsflash++
Marathon = Snickers
John Menzies = W H Smith
Opal Fruits = Starburst
Post Office = The Post Office (via Consignia)
Jiff = Ciff
Czechoslovakia = Czech Republic + Slovakia
Squall = Charlie
Posted on Sun, 14 September 2008 at 07:51
#101
Gav wrote:
And Rumbalows has gone - I think it went bust
Posted on Sun, 14 September 2008 at 07:55
#102
Gav wrote:
I just did a search for Rumbalows (Was actually interested in what actually happened to it), and in the top 5 google search was a post on the AV Forums:
“Seen loads of celebs & have worked with a few too, but can’t beat the day I met Martin Gore in Rumbalows. Greatest songwriter ever, IMO.”
Fucking awesome story!
hope he wasn’t wearing his lederhosen…
Posted on Sun, 14 September 2008 at 08:02
#103
msd wrote:
Poor Martin…can’t even go and buy domestic appliances in peace
Posted on Sun, 14 September 2008 at 08:23
#104
fatboy wrote:
mr self destruct wrote:
Anyway, to get this back on track – gimme, I was also sacked by McDonalds when I was 16. Didn’t pass the probation period. Being sacked my them is a compliment, believe me ;)
I know where you’re coming from. I used to do work experience in McDonalds and it was the pits. Hated every moment of it and had to do it because of the college course I was doing at the time. Now on the subject of that college course, I wished I had dropped out and done a YTS instead, but like most who go/went down that route, you end/ed up on the dole anyway.
But on the subject of voluntry work, I’d say go for it. I was with the Citizens Advice Bureau for a while and chairty work doesn’t mean work in a charity shop either (not that I have anything against charity shops, I must add).
Posted on Mon, 15 September 2008 at 11:55 in reply to an earlier post
#105
mrs h wrote:
I agree. I worked in the CAB for a couple of years when Hooch started nursery school and it was great. You get loads of really good training, it benefits you in that you learn about your own rights and responsibilities, the work is ridiculously diverse and gives you tons of skills which employers really value, and also voluntary work looks great on your cv. I only left because I was expecting a new addition to the Lobster family :) My partner volunteered there a couple of years after I did and he got a paid job out of it, and he’s been in paid work in the voluntary sector ever since. Go for it! :)
Posted on Mon, 15 September 2008 at 12:08
#106
Graeme55? (Graeme Williams) wrote:
when i was 15, 2 weeks before my 16th birthday, i worked in a chippy in Bangor on saturdays for 2 weeks, all i did from 11-6 was washing dishes, i hated it, it was packed and never got any help, i was struggling like hell, there were quite a few staff i didnt get on with and a few i did get on with, so at the end of my final shift everyone was closing up, and so i made a joke to someone and they took it seriously. so 2 days later i got a call from the manager, who is a complete bitch by the way, accused me of calling a colleague an arsehole, i said smart-arse as a joke, so she’s sacked me and i was gobsmacked, im glad i didnt have to do that job anymore, in a way its a compliment.
Posted on Mon, 15 September 2008 at 12:40
#107
fatboy wrote:
I worked in a cafe/chip shop myself, nearly 18 years ago. The job was simple enough, getting the black bits out of potatos and put them through this cutter for chips. Lasted about two weeks if I remember rightly, the owners were up there own arses. Thankfully a newsagent that I was doing a morning paper round for asked me back to do an evening round. Though the money wasn’t as much, it was a relaxing job and got on with the people who I delievered too. The Christmas tips were cool too.
Oh what did I do as a teenager for money aye.
Posted on Mon, 15 September 2008 at 14:37
#108
msd wrote:
When I was 14 I had a milk round two mornings a week, and a paper round after school. I thought I was fucking loaded taking home twenty quid a week :D
Posted on Mon, 15 September 2008 at 14:50
#109
g (My Shade Will Comfort you) wrote:
ive got a form to fill in for a christmas job in wollies.
any wombles ever worked there?
Posted on Mon, 15 September 2008 at 14:50
#110
Dermot wrote:
^No, but when I was a teenager they were meant to be decent to work for.
My worst job was my first one – when I was 16 I worked as a glass collector / glass washer at a nightclub in Bangor. Apart from the constant abuse I got for having long hair, the worst part was that I had to run around the whole hotel at the end of the night taking orders from staff for the chippy. I was never given enough money for the 20 or so orders, and because I was only paid £2.50 / hr, I ended up making *minus* money every shift :-/ I only lasted a month or so, but it gave me the work experience I needed to get a job with Dunnes
Posted on Mon, 15 September 2008 at 15:28
#111
buffalo-boy wrote:
I had a stint in a chippie and absolutely hated it - the owner was a cunt! i lasted 10 weeks tho somehow!
Posted on Tue, 16 September 2008 at 10:51
#112
Fiona (Fiona Lamont) wrote:
Any wombles looking for an IT job? Based in Belfast - you need service desk experience and strong IT support skills. Send me a message if you’re interested :-)
Posted on Wed, 20 July 2011 at 13:00
#113
Citizen Erased (confused again) wrote:
There’s a penthouse up for sale just across the river from us, priced at £7m. I don’t currently have £7m but am willing to work for it. Does anyone have a job that pays say £1m a week? Preferred working hours are between 12pm and 2pm, Mon to Wed.
Posted on Wed, 20 July 2011 at 13:33
#114
Fiona (Fiona Lamont) wrote:
Posted on Wed, 20 July 2011 at 13:47
#115
Gav wrote:
Once that cheque from the Nigerian prince that’s been emailing me finally clears, I’d be in a position to put an offer in on that!!
Posted on Wed, 20 July 2011 at 14:52
#116
Citizen Erased (confused again) wrote:
You not buying either then, Gav?
Actually there’s one even closer for £1.7m, although it’s not a penthouse. I’d be happy with that, I’m not greedy.
Posted on Wed, 20 July 2011 at 15:31
#117
chr1s (I can't remember my own name) wrote:
That Nigerian Prince must be loaded!!! He’s giving me 33million as well. :D
Posted on Wed, 20 July 2011 at 16:13
#118
Epitome (Dave) wrote:
Well, I’m getting more than all of you - I’m marrying him.
Posted on Thu, 21 July 2011 at 06:38
#119
Gav wrote:
Well - he is a prince after all!
Posted on Thu, 21 July 2011 at 07:05
#120
Epitome (Dave) wrote:
Posted on Thu, 21 July 2011 at 08:02
