Meetings

Every morning at 11:00 am. there is a heads of department meeting. Usually, the meetings are held in the manager’s office, but if something particularly important is to be discussed, or when someone from head office is present, they are held in the conference room next door. Both rooms have large windows on the walls facing the general office, so those not important enough to be in the meeting can witness it and be reminded of their lesser status. Nothing can be heard from outside, of course, so when trivial things are being talked about, no one knows.

The managers occasionally go on courses. When they return from their courses they usually want something to be done differently from the way it is presently being done. Their enthusiasm for the new way of doing things is meant to be contagious, but the staff seem to have immunity. Head office might consider sending the rest of the workforce on courses designed to lower their resistance to change.

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Discussing very important things.
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Change can sometimes be good. You alone can only feel a lesser person, no matter the circumstances.
Me i'd rather be working than listening to all egos clashing grin
I'd rather just go into work, do my job, be left alone and then go home. I feel that is all they are entitled to for what they pay me, EX. drinking
laugh laugh agree totally peace
I think that's the difference in having a career compared to having a job. handshake
I dislike meetings and going on courses far too much to have been able to have a career, KN. wave
I do like to go on courses where I can learn something useful. I don't like big, official meetings (and don't have to participate often in these), but find quick catch up's with colleagues to bounce ideas of each other useful. conversing
The management is required to make money for the company, how this is done is sometimes not popular with the workforce.

There are useless courses but I was talking about courses where I can learn something. If something interests me or I think it is useful, I will do a course outside of work. Life was too busy last year, but I will look into an online course over the winter. I did sat in useless courses and for me personally a long-term course which requires me to complete a project would interest me.

I like my job and it doesn't involve long meetings or travelling very often. wave
I wish I could be a tea lady at your company, Hoobersigh
You are lucky, KN, to be able to like your job. In my case, I'm afraid that by virtue of the fact it is my job, I am bound not to like it. I do like education though, and provided it has nothing to do with my job, would be happy to attend any interesting courses.
I tend to choose the courses I do.
That means I both get to do courses I am interested in, and also bypass any senior managerial need, or quota, to send me on a course I have no interest in.
Be a step ahead of them and volunteer to do some interesting ones wink
Do you have the correct qualification for making tea professionally, Bn? coffee

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But I have no interest in work, molly, so I can't see how a work related course could possibly be interesting. Besides, there is always the danger -however unlikely- that I would come away from the course more efficient at my job. uh oh
Efficiency means having to do less work, Hoob
The trick is to be more efficient without them knowing you are being more efficient wink
There is nothing I can do to help you so.
That pic of the tea lady looks just like MiMi!! applause

And I have years of experience waiting on tables. Where do I apply? drinking



Hoooooooober handshake

Molly reunion
Mimi!! reunion

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Get lost Mimi, the tea lady position has been taken by me! very mad
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Mimi definitely looks better in that outfit and the shower cap snooty
Well, I'm willing to job share...can you do Wednesday for me, I've got a W.I meeting to attend to
What’s that, W.I ? confused
Mimi, W.I. is womens institute. I attend meetings to try and empower other tea ladies across the globe
Look! MiMi found a pic of you, BN! laugh


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No, I’m never stuck for something to say. I felt exactly like you when I did commercial fishing in the winter out of New Bedford Massachusetts, on Georgia’s bank, ice in my beard, t shirt with steam coming up, and my oilers and loading fish, working the nets, the doors, the rigging... storms, waves.and seasick, and the captain screamed swears at everyone all the time... if we were working he was brutal, once done, he was all jovial... strange gig, but after days on the water boy, couldn’t wait for when the captain said we could take a few days off and see our ... ahem, ladies. Har, shimmy me timber’s... when we got paid for like six or seven weeks , our checks for each loads take in the market, we would get a lot of money but we worked so hard it wasn’t thank you sir, it was, give me that, bye.... grrrr

Only job i would of lost if I didn’t take a shot of tequila with the crew... they were quite.... um... aggressive on that one... lol. Drink it $&*$##@@$&& or you don’t ride on my boat you land legged green horn”

cheers

Then they all hit my back saying right on, you’re hired... but if you bring any drink or drugs on the boat we all will kill you. Gulp... jeesh.
And what a fine looking tea lady I am, Mimiteddybear
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