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Scientists discover the blindingly obvious ... again
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6928901.stm
Many employees now treat Friday afternoon's as unofficial holiday. "[Employersafe] has developed a software system which detects patterns of absence and recommends appropriate disciplinary action. " This person calls in sick every Friday - sack them This person attends Friday afternoon meetings at the golf club - promot them to senior management. |
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Re: Scientists discover the blindingly obvious ... again
On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 03:11:43 -0700, AndrewR
<andrew@rockface.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6928901.stm > >Many employees now treat Friday afternoon's as unofficial holiday. > >"[Employersafe] has developed a software system which detects patterns >of absence and recommends appropriate disciplinary action. " I heard this on R4 this morning, and thought "Why is the BBC acting as the marketing arm of Employersafe?" -- Champ I don't know, but I been told, you never slow down, you never get old ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R600 (race) neal at champ dot org dot uk |
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Re: Scientists discover the blindingly obvious ... again
"Champ" <news@champ.org.uk> wrote in message
news:ic16b3591iuq50tievpo81vub966ee5d40@4ax.com... > On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 03:11:43 -0700, AndrewR > <andrew@rockface.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: > >>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6928901.stm >> >>Many employees now treat Friday afternoon's as unofficial holiday. >> >>"[Employersafe] has developed a software system which detects patterns >>of absence and recommends appropriate disciplinary action. " > > I heard this on R4 this morning, and thought "Why is the BBC acting as > the marketing arm of Employersafe?" I was listening to that on BBC world service this morning followed by a septic bint who said it was a load of bollox and would only serve to demoralise your free thinking workforce -- Monz Suzuki GSXR1000 K6 [insert nickname here] @gsxr1000.co.uk ANORAK#16 | BOTAFOT #135 | BREast#2 | MIRTTH#25 | BoB#16 | IBB#11 | FNAR#1 KoTL | |
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Re: Scientists discover the blindingly obvious ... again
Monz wrote:
> "Champ" <news@champ.org.uk> wrote in message >> I heard this on R4 this morning, and thought "Why is the BBC acting >> as the marketing arm of Employersafe?" > > I was listening to that on BBC world service this morning followed by > a septic bint who said it was a load of bollox and would only serve to > demoralise your free thinking workforce UK Inc isn't big on workforce empowerment though -- Hog '03 ST4S '96 Bastard12 '89 R100RS '81 XS650 '78 RD400 |
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Re: Scientists discover the blindingly obvious ... again
On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:21:21 +0100, ogden <ogden@pre.org> wrote:
>On the down side, I started work at 8am this morning. On the plus side, >I didn't get out of bed til noon. You're working as a gigolo? -- Champ I don't know, but I been told, you never slow down, you never get old ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R600 (race) neal at champ dot org dot uk |
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Re: Scientists discover the blindingly obvious ... again
On 3 Aug, 13:48, Champ <n...@champ.org.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:21:21 +0100, ogden <og...@pre.org> wrote: > >On the down side, I started work at 8am this morning. On the plus side, > >I didn't get out of bed til noon. > > You're working as a gigolo? Sperm donor was my guess. |
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Re: Scientists discover the blindingly obvious ... again
AndrewR <andrew@rockface.freeserve.co.uk> wrote the following literary
masterpiece: >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6928901.stm > >Many employees now treat Friday afternoon's as unofficial holiday. And in other news, BMA says 'fat people are greedy': http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...8/03/nhs303.xm l -- Veggie Dave UKRMHRC#2 BOTAFOF#08 IQ 18 FILMS http://www.iq18films.com POST PRODUCTION http://www.iq18films.co.uk Toxic Shock Syndrome Gets More Girls Than Me |
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Re: Scientists discover the blindingly obvious ... again
In article <u096b3dbllq9ddovpn111j5ecjn6s6irir@4ax.com>, Champ wrote:
> On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:21:21 +0100, ogden <ogden@pre.org> wrote: > >>On the down side, I started work at 8am this morning. On the plus side, >>I didn't get out of bed til noon. > > You're working as a gigolo? AKA 'unemployed'.. Phil. -- Phil Launchbury, IT PHB 'I'm training the bats that live in my cube to juggle mushrooms' |
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Re: Scientists discover the blindingly obvious ... again
In article <zgOE4eBZXysGJweh@asqg42.dsl.pipex.com>, Veggie Dave says...
> AndrewR <andrew@rockface.freeserve.co.uk> wrote the following literary > masterpiece: > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6928901.stm > > > >Many employees now treat Friday afternoon's as unofficial holiday. > > And in other news, BMA says 'fat people are greedy': > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...8/03/nhs303.xm > l That's stoutist! -- Bear |
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Re: Scientists discover the blindingly obvious ... again
Phil Launchbury <phill@launchbury.org.uk> wrote in
news:slrnfb6a4j.5nd.phill@tabby.launchbury.org.uk: > In article <u096b3dbllq9ddovpn111j5ecjn6s6irir@4ax.com>, Champ wrote: >> On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:21:21 +0100, ogden <ogden@pre.org> wrote: >> >>>On the down side, I started work at 8am this morning. On the plus side, >>>I didn't get out of bed til noon. >> >> You're working as a gigolo? > > AKA 'unemployed'.. > > Phil. > That's so un-PC. You mean "Economically Inactive" -- Ash UKRMFBC#8 HMC#5 YZF-R1 2006 |
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Re: Scientists discover the blindingly obvious ... again
"Ballistic" <basil@fawltytowers.co.uk> wrote in message
news:Xns998196B3D9585basilfawltytowerscou@130.133. 1.4... > Phil Launchbury <phill@launchbury.org.uk> wrote in > news:slrnfb6a4j.5nd.phill@tabby.launchbury.org.uk: <snip> >> >> AKA 'unemployed'.. >> >> Phil. > > That's so un-PC. You mean "Economically Inactive" ITYF it's, "Ocean Finance Target Market", or "Involuntary Richard & Judy Ratings Statistic". -- Dan White (dan@finex666.org.uk) Perform an exorcism when replying. |
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Re: Scientists discover the blindingly obvious ... again
"Bear" <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.211d3df2e70e124d98a362@news.individual.ne t... > In article <zgOE4eBZXysGJweh@asqg42.dsl.pipex.com>, Veggie Dave says... >> AndrewR <andrew@rockface.freeserve.co.uk> wrote the following literary >> masterpiece: >> >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6928901.stm >> > >> >Many employees now treat Friday afternoon's as unofficial holiday. >> >> And in other news, BMA says 'fat people are greedy': >> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...8/03/nhs303.xm >> l > > That's stoutist! Apparently there is to be a new series of adverts on the box to poke fun at overweight people in the same way the current "Lose the smoke, keep the fire" anti smoking adverts do to smokers. So I guess stoutist is ok if it's government endorsed... -- Monz Suzuki GSXR1000 K6 [insert nickname here] @gsxr1000.co.uk ANORAK#16 | BOTAFOT #135 | BREast#2 | MIRTTH#25 | BoB#16 | IBB#11 | FNAR#1 KoTL | |
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Re: Scientists discover the blindingly obvious ... again
In article <mOudnYTbBZj9HS7bRVnyjAA@bt.com>, Monz says...
> "Bear" <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:MPG.211d3df2e70e124d98a362@news.individual.ne t... > > In article <zgOE4eBZXysGJweh@asqg42.dsl.pipex.com>, Veggie Dave says... > >> AndrewR <andrew@rockface.freeserve.co.uk> wrote the following literary > >> masterpiece: > >> >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6928901.stm > >> > > >> >Many employees now treat Friday afternoon's as unofficial holiday. > >> > >> And in other news, BMA says 'fat people are greedy': > >> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...8/03/nhs303.xm > >> l > > > > That's stoutist! > > Apparently there is to be a new series of adverts on the box to poke fun at > overweight people in the same way the current "Lose the smoke, keep the > fire" anti smoking adverts do to smokers. > > So I guess stoutist is ok if it's government endorsed... See? Told you that, once the smokers were well and truly knuckled under, that they'd start on the bloaters. Drinkers next, just wait and see. And bikers not long after. -- Bear |
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Re: Scientists discover the blindingly obvious ... again
On Fri, 3 Aug 2007 20:20:07 +0100, "Monz" <see_sig@email.net> wrote:
>"Bear" <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> wrote in message >news:MPG.211d3df2e70e124d98a362@news.individual.n et... >> In article <zgOE4eBZXysGJweh@asqg42.dsl.pipex.com>, Veggie Dave says... >>> AndrewR <andrew@rockface.freeserve.co.uk> wrote the following literary >>> masterpiece: >>> >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6928901.stm >>> > >>> >Many employees now treat Friday afternoon's as unofficial holiday. >>> >>> And in other news, BMA says 'fat people are greedy': >>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...8/03/nhs303.xm >>> l >> >> That's stoutist! > >Apparently there is to be a new series of adverts on the box to poke fun at >overweight people in the same way the current "Lose the smoke, keep the >fire" anti smoking adverts do to smokers. > >So I guess stoutist is ok if it's government endorsed... How can the government endorse it when the prime minister is a fat git? |
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Re: Scientists discover the blindingly obvious ... again
In article <6a17b3lc962fqv4cpmievocer3gv5b21df@4ax.com>, Drew.H says...
> On Fri, 3 Aug 2007 20:20:07 +0100, "Monz" <see_sig@email.net> wrote: > > >"Bear" <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> wrote in message > >news:MPG.211d3df2e70e124d98a362@news.individual.n et... > >> In article <zgOE4eBZXysGJweh@asqg42.dsl.pipex.com>, Veggie Dave says... > >>> AndrewR <andrew@rockface.freeserve.co.uk> wrote the following literary > >>> masterpiece: > >>> >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6928901.stm > >>> > > >>> >Many employees now treat Friday afternoon's as unofficial holiday. > >>> > >>> And in other news, BMA says 'fat people are greedy': > >>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...8/03/nhs303.xm > >>> l > >> > >> That's stoutist! > > > >Apparently there is to be a new series of adverts on the box to poke fun at > >overweight people in the same way the current "Lose the smoke, keep the > >fire" anti smoking adverts do to smokers. > > > >So I guess stoutist is ok if it's government endorsed... > > How can the government endorse it when the prime minister is a fat > git? Ever noticed how Hitler wasn't a blonde Aryan? -- Bear |
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Re: Scientists discover the blindingly obvious ... again
Bear wrote:
> In article <6a17b3lc962fqv4cpmievocer3gv5b21df@4ax.com>, Drew.H > says... > > On Fri, 3 Aug 2007 20:20:07 +0100, "Monz" <see_sig@email.net> wrote: > > > > >"Bear" <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> wrote in message > > > news:MPG.211d3df2e70e124d98a362@news.individual.ne t... > > >> In article <zgOE4eBZXysGJweh@asqg42.dsl.pipex.com>, Veggie Dave > > says... >>> AndrewR <andrew@rockface.freeserve.co.uk> wrote the > > following literary >>> masterpiece: > > >>> >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6928901.stm > > >>> > > > >>> >Many employees now treat Friday afternoon's as unofficial > > holiday. > > > > > > > >>> And in other news, BMA says 'fat people are greedy': > > >>> > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...007/08/03/nhs3 > > 03.xm >>> l > > > > > > >> That's stoutist! > > > > > > Apparently there is to be a new series of adverts on the box to > > > poke fun at overweight people in the same way the current "Lose > > > the smoke, keep the fire" anti smoking adverts do to smokers. > > > > > > So I guess stoutist is ok if it's government endorsed... > > > > How can the government endorse it when the prime minister is a fat > > git? > > Ever noticed how Hitler wasn't a blonde Aryan? Heh. There's this quip that was supposedly semi-famous in Germany during those dark times, along the lines of: Blond like Hitler, tall like Goebbels, slim like Goering and as chaste as Roehm. Well, the latter didn't make it past '34... -- Morini Corsaro 125 | CB450K4 | XL250 Motosport x2 | 900SSD Triumph T-Bird chop | K1100LT BOTAFOF #33 TWA#10 The UKRM FAQ: http://www.ukrm.net/faq/index.html "Je profite du paysage" - Joe Bar |
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Re: Scientists discover the blindingly obvious ... again
On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 03:11:43 -0700, AndrewR
<andrew@rockface.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6928901.stm > >Many employees now treat Friday afternoon's as unofficial holiday. > >"[Employersafe] has developed a software system which detects patterns >of absence and recommends appropriate disciplinary action. " > >This person calls in sick every Friday - sack them > >This person attends Friday afternoon meetings at the golf club - >promot them to senior management. Being one, I know scientists can things wrong but I think it is a tad unfair to stick this one on them..... Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) sounds pretty wooly to me. Andrew j |
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Re: Scientists discover the blindingly obvious ... again
"Hankjam" <hankjam@yahoo.co.uk........> wrote in message
news:l29bb35qrqdhqj9nkh8uqbq54m6dt7al7k@4ax.com... > On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 03:11:43 -0700, AndrewR > <andrew@rockface.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: > >>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6928901.stm >> >>Many employees now treat Friday afternoon's as unofficial holiday. >> >>"[Employersafe] has developed a software system which detects patterns >>of absence and recommends appropriate disciplinary action. " >> >>This person calls in sick every Friday - sack them >> >>This person attends Friday afternoon meetings at the golf club - >>promot them to senior management. > > Being one, I know scientists can things wrong but I think it is a tad ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > unfair to stick this one on them..... <snort> -- Monz Suzuki GSXR1000 K6 [insert nickname here] @gsxr1000.co.uk ANORAK#16 | BOTAFOT #135 | BREast#2 | MIRTTH#25 | BoB#16 | IBB#11 | FNAR#1 KoTL | |
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Re: Scientists discover the blindingly obvious ... again
On Sun, 5 Aug 2007 11:54:41 +0100, "Monz" <see_sig@email.net> wrote:
>"Hankjam" <hankjam@yahoo.co.uk........> wrote in message >news:l29bb35qrqdhqj9nkh8uqbq54m6dt7al7k@4ax.com.. . >> On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 03:11:43 -0700, AndrewR >> <andrew@rockface.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: >> >>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6928901.stm >>> >>>Many employees now treat Friday afternoon's as unofficial holiday. >>> >>>"[Employersafe] has developed a software system which detects patterns >>>of absence and recommends appropriate disciplinary action. " >>> >>>This person calls in sick every Friday - sack them >>> >>>This person attends Friday afternoon meetings at the golf club - >>>promot them to senior management. >> >> Being one, I know scientists can things wrong but I think it is a tad > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> unfair to stick this one on them..... > ><snort> Aaaarrgghhhhhh... Did I check my mail... sadly not! Andrew j |
