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Shadow Leader

Shadow Leader

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It drives me mad when you can't even rely on your colleagues not to try and have you over - one of our customers sent one of my colleagues a cheque to be shared out amongst our department at work as a Christmas present & he hasn't passed on the cash. My boss went into one of this bloke's drawers to grab a pen (they all disappear & he tends to nick them all) saw a compliment slip from the cutomer, laughed, held it up & said "I hope this was shared out" thinking it had been, and treating it as a joke as this bloke is the stereotypical Scot, has plenty of cash that he is unwilling to part with & is always having the piss taken out of him because of it. Another of my colleagues said he had received some money & he told me that the colleague that the cheque was sent to would give me some cash & to remind him, as I had been on nights I hadn't seen him for him to give me the cash. When I did that this afternoon the bloke in question got really, really arsey that I even knew about it & started giving out about people reading his mail (which didn't happen!) & started making excuses that he hadn't cashed the cheque so couldn't give me my share. He's now in a foul mood - looks like my chances of getting the cash are pretty slim. Sod him, I'm going to take it to my boss now - I tried to do it properly & ask him for it on the quiet but now I'm going to drop him in it. Serve the bastard right!
 
I don't give a flying f**k what he thinks of me, I'll quite willingly grass him up as he owes me £40!!!! Bastard....he only deals with this customer once a week when I deal with him every single day!
 
SL, he is doing what the vast majority of people do, looking after number one.

The guy has no principles and in effect he is stealing by going against the wishes of the one who gave the money.
You will now have probably put yourself in an unfavourable position as far as promotion etc so you may as well go all the way and show him up for what he is, A GOBSHITE.

I hope An C will not mind me using his exclusive expletive :P
 
Originally posted by Shadow Leader@Jan 13 2005, 03:38 PM
this bloke is the stereotypical Scot, has plenty of cash that he is unwilling to part with
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Can you explain that sentence to me?
 
The gentleman should have sent the cheque to her,if she deals with him every day.

Although £40 is hardly an amount to get ones knickers in a twist about.It costs me that amount for a round of drinks at the jolly old Golf Club.(convert to €s)



:D
 
It means what it says, Phil - no-one can accuse me of being rascist as I said he was the stereotypical Scot, ie. lives up to the stereotype of Scotsmen being tight.

£40 might not be a lot to you Derek, but I deal with this bloke all the time & he is very demanding - this guy at work deals with him once a week. The cheque was sent in good faith that it would be shared amongst my department & this colleague has deliberately tried to keep it quiet - another colleague just told me that this bloke's intention was not to share it out.

My point being, can you trust no-one any more? I like to think that I can trust my colleagues to be honest at the very least.
 
Originally posted by Derek.Burgess@Jan 13 2005, 05:14 PM
Although £40 is hardly an amount to get ones knickers in a twist about.It costs me that amount for a round of drinks at the jolly old Golf Club.(convert to €s)
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I don't really think that's the point though, do you?
If it was between the whole department, then if theres say 5 working there thats £200 he's nicked
At the end of the day he's stolen it from his workmates, stealings bad, stealing from friends is shit, and he should get a kicking :)
 
:o oh yes the guy is out of order but obviously his motive was to stick it and say nothing........ who wants friends like that? Unwarranted and through his greed could be sacked ? as stealing in the type of industry you work/serve in, is not on.... :o :angy: h:)
 
Originally posted by Derek.Burgess@Jan 13 2005, 03:14 PM
The gentleman should have sent the cheque to her,if she deals with him every day.

Although £40 is hardly an amount to get ones knickers in a twist about.It costs me that amount for a round of drinks at the jolly old Golf Club.(convert to €s)



:D
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For £40 I could take Mrs Simmo to the boozer, stay there all evening, get a taxi home and buy a curry at the end of the night. I would get very, very, very worked up. Stab him. :angy:
 
The point is,as i see it.

There is an allegation (by Shadow Leader) that a colleague of hers has received a cheque (with his name on it) and a memo,instructing the guy/gal to share with the rest of the team.

As yet, she has not got her share.

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Is there any other point?


Or do you not like Golf (this Golfer)
:D :D :D :D
 
Does the world view Scots as tight with money?

I guess it is ok for me to say that all women who have a full-time job are lesbians (as all the straight women stay at home to cook and clean).
 
SL, he is doing what the vast majority of people do, looking after number one.
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Do you reckon the vast majority of people would have done this? I really doubt it. A single-figure percentage, maybe.

Shame national stereotypes were brought into the discussion.
 
:o Well you all remember my regular leg pull..... what do you call a Welsh sheep? Tied to a lamppost (a leisure centre) it appears on here at least 12 times a year :lol:………….

But what S/L referred to, it was/is a colloquial saying I have heard it before, so its at best ignored, I don’t think it was said with malice in mind to the masses? but it can be blown up out of all proportion, if you want to do it? so just move on…………
 
No Maurice the vast majority would not have done that but the vast majority do look after number one which is what I said.
 
I take a very different view to that, 221bar1, and you only have to look at the response to the Tsunami Appeal to show that there is something in what I say.
 
I still feel that Shadow Leader made a remark that offended the Scots.

The scary thing is that she doesn't even consider what she said as being wrong.
 
BrianH,

I don't often disagree with you but I think it is misleading to think of the response to the Tsunami as ''overwhelming.''

This touches on politics and the view I am about to express is unfashionable, and sure to be unpopular, but I shall express it anyway.

Though naturally I've made a donation myself, IMO ''charity'' is no way to be dealing with the world's problems in the 21st century.

Many individuals and institutions have made donations labelled ''sizeable,'' but how many of these individuals and institutions would go out and vote/lobby for a political party which would increase direct taxation, thus giving the opportunity to raise billions, as opposed to millions, to solve the problems of those less fortunate than ourselves?

In the aftermath of the Tsunami, I've read and heard a lot of self-congratulatory ''aren't we all great for giving so much?'' material in the press and media.

I'm afraid it's the great hypocrisy of our time - voting for minimal taxation (Labour has had to drop its old credo to get back into power) then giving money which amounts to a fraction of what we really need to be giving in order to make a meaningful difference to the lives of the world's unfortunates.
 
221B1 - it is my lifes mission to have gobshite enter normal venacular. Thank You.

SL - this guy is in a bind now. Help him out. Suggest the whole cheque is put into the Tsunami appeal fund. He'll feel terrible and won't be so puny again. It's lose/lose, but not LOSE/LOSE.
 
so you don't want to agree to disagree and you want an explanation as to why I hold an opinion that differs from yours....
 
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