Today I'm neither Angry nor Happy about....

[Bijou Bob]

........dipping two job interviews in 5 days. The first I haven't had feedback from, the second went along the lines of "Sorry, you were second to a senior manager who has been made redundant elsewhere and has applied for a middle manager post".

On the other hand, my current contract has now been extended until the end of March. Frustrated today, yet trying to be rational about stuff. I've got yet another interview next week, but I'm the only bloke being interviewed by a female panel for a team that has only women in it. Can't see that one going too well either!

Onwards and upwards!!

[boltonboris]

........dipping two job interviews in 5 days. The first I haven't had feedback from, the second went along the lines of "Sorry, you were second to a senior manager who has been made redundant elsewhere and has applied for a middle manager post".
On the other hand, my current contract has now been extended until the end of March. Frustrated today, yet trying to be rational about stuff. I've got yet another interview next week, but I'm the only bloke being interviewed by a female panel for a team that has only women in it. Can't see that one going too well either!

Onwards and upwards!!

I've been there mate.. But got a phone call 3 months later asking me if I'd join, as this ex manager had gone and gotten himself a management position elsewhere and only used the job as a stop gap. Nothing wrong with that from his point of view, but they weren't best pleased.. Some companies err on the side of caution with appointments like that. I'd be disappointed if I were you mate.

Best of luck in the search, though.

[BWFC_Insane]

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WTF???

[Montreal Wanderer]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20172392

WTF???

It would appear to be the trick part. Life is not all candies.

[boltonboris]

As bad as it sounds, I pissed myself when I heard that yesterday..

[BWFC_Insane]

As bad as it sounds, I pissed myself when I heard that yesterday..

I sort of did similar.

On a serious note though, what is it with this "trick or treating" bollocks? I don't remember ever doing it as a kid, nor any of my mates doing it. Might have maybe knocked on the neighbours door, but now some of them seem to roam fecking miles going door to door often unaccompanied.

God knows who might open up.........

Its fecking annoying as well, having 300 groups of kids banging on your door for 2 hours solid.

Americanised shite!

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

Bloody nightmare here. The parents drive them around and push them out a t each house. Lazy bastards

[Annoyed Grunt]

As bad as it sounds, I pissed myself when I heard that yesterday..

I sort of did similar.

On a serious note though, what is it with this "trick or treating" bollocks? I don't remember ever doing it as a kid, nor any of my mates doing it. Might have maybe knocked on the neighbours door, but now some of them seem to roam fecking miles going door to door often unaccompanied.

God knows who might open up.........

Its fecking annoying as well, having 300 groups of kids banging on your door for 2 hours solid.

Americanised shite!

Same here....penny for the guy.....and once went round trying to sing Christmas carols.

[boltonboris]

I sort of did similar.

On a serious note though, what is it with this "trick or treating" bollocks? I don't remember ever doing it as a kid, nor any of my mates doing it. Might have maybe knocked on the neighbours door, but now some of them seem to roam fecking miles going door to door often unaccompanied.

God knows who might open up.........

Its fecking annoying as well, having 300 groups of kids banging on your door for 2 hours solid.

Americanised shite!

Drug dealers?..

[BWFC_Insane]

I sort of did similar.

On a serious note though, what is it with this "trick or treating" bollocks? I don't remember ever doing it as a kid, nor any of my mates doing it. Might have maybe knocked on the neighbours door, but now some of them seem to roam fecking miles going door to door often unaccompanied.

God knows who might open up.........

Its fecking annoying as well, having 300 groups of kids banging on your door for 2 hours solid.

Americanised shite!

Drug dealers?..

Or Jimmy Saville....you just don't know....

[bwfcdan94]

As bad as it sounds, I pissed myself when I heard that yesterday..

I sort of did similar.

On a serious note though, what is it with this "trick or treating" bollocks? I don't remember ever doing it as a kid, nor any of my mates doing it. Might have maybe knocked on the neighbours door, but now some of them seem to roam fecking miles going door to door often unaccompanied.

God knows who might open up.........

Its fecking annoying as well, having 300 groups of kids banging on your door for 2 hours solid.

Americanised shite!

can i second that please

[TANGODANCER]

I remember the fun we had with fireworks as a kid, so trying hard not to wish ill on some of the absolute idiots who've been letting them off for weeks. Dog goes absolutely ape at them, and right now I wish he was a cat. Driving me bonkers with continuous barking. Not fun at all.

[Worthy4England]

As bad as it sounds, I pissed myself when I heard that yesterday..

I sort of did similar.

On a serious note though, what is it with this "trick or treating" bollocks? I don't remember ever doing it as a kid, nor any of my mates doing it. Might have maybe knocked on the neighbours door, but now some of them seem to roam fecking miles going door to door often unaccompanied.

God knows who might open up.........

Its fecking annoying as well, having 300 groups of kids banging on your door for 2 hours solid.

Americanised shite!

We did trick or treat round our way as kid. Grumpy owd sod!

[bobo the clown]

We did trick or treat round our way as kid. Grumpy owd sod!

f'cough !!

We were too busy collecting bommy wood, knicking others collections, having small fires & burning taters in them, doing 'penny for the guy' and chucking bangers at each other.

This Americanised shite was force fed via the TV programmes & marketeers. Unless you're a lot younger than you look W4E ?

[TANGODANCER]

We were too busy collecting bommy wood, knicking others collections, having small fires & burning taters in them, doing 'penny for the guy' and chucking bangers at each other.

Did you ever manage to get them to taste anything like roasted spuds, Bobo?. We never did. Even when your dad came along to show you how it was done, it still looked and tasted like a fossilised gas cinder, and burned fxck out of your mouth. Parkin and treacle toffee were much better options.

[TANGODANCER]

How times have changed:

Thirteen year old lad comes out with a mouthful of language, his dad hears him and tans his arse with a slipper. Job done. Teacher at school overhears the lad telling his mate, rings the police. Bloke finishes up in court for "assault by beating". Father "bitterly regrets his actions" and swears he will never do it again. Case adjourned for probation report.

Mind flashes back to many clips around the ears, a few beltings and a healthy dose of caned hands and arses. Lessons learned, Regretted the actions and promised never to do it again. No real harm ever suffered that I know of, no police, no court and no cost to the public.

[Montreal Wanderer]

How times have changed:

Thirteen year old lad comes out with a mouthful of language, his dad hears him and tans his arse with a slipper. Job done. Teacher at school overhears the lad telling his mate, rings the police. Bloke finishes up in court for "assault by beating". Father "bitterly regrets his actions" and swears he will never do it again. Case adjourned for probation report.

Mind flashes back to many clips around the ears, a few beltings and a healthy dose of caned hands and arses. Lessons learned, Regretted the actions and promised never to do it again. No real harm ever suffered that I know of, no police, no court and no cost to the public.

Indeed, Tango, nor did it ruin my life and certainly wasn't bitterly regretted by those who did it. Some I'm sure enjoyed it. Since I went to boarding school for nine months a year, corporal punishment took place there and not at home. Unlike you, however, I neither regretted the actions that brought on punishment nor promised never to do it again. Promised myself not to get caught again of course.

[thebish]

they don't seem to call here... but they did in Upminster..

I took to answering the door very suddenly - lights off and screaming a blood-curdling scream at them - causing them to wet themselves and run off down the garden path in terror..

I always figured that if they had gone to all the trouble to dress up and ring my doorbell to scare me - then I was perfectly within my rights to scare them...

[bobo the clown]

We were too busy collecting bommy wood, knicking others collections, having small fires & burning taters in them, doing 'penny for the guy' and chucking bangers at each other.

Did you ever manage to get them to taste anything like roasted spuds, Bobo?. We never did. Even when your dad came along to show you how it was done, it still looked and tasted like a fossilised gas cinder, and burned fxck out of your mouth. Parkin and treacle toffee were much better options.

Nope, black as the ace of spades outside, raw inside, with a 'smoked' flavour to the ashed exterior. We pretended they were fantastic though.

Then one day a lad turned up with a couple wrapped in foil !!

THEY were less burnt, tasted less of smoke and were still rock hard inside !!

[Worthy4England]

We did trick or treat round our way as kid. Grumpy owd sod!

f'cough !!

We were too busy collecting bommy wood, knicking others collections, having small fires & burning taters in them, doing 'penny for the guy' and chucking bangers at each other.

This Americanised shite was force fed via the TV programmes & marketeers. Unless you're a lot younger than you look W4E ?

Nope, probably can't own up to "a lot younger than I look", we did all the bommy stuff too and trick or treat. In fairness, we certainly didn't get many "treats", which made for a lot of bins tied to front doors n stuff..