Aerothorn on 2/10/2009 at 22:00
My week has been supbar, thanks largely to the fact that Goldsmiths, University of London is the most incompetent bureaucracy I have ever encountered. Also, I don't know anyone in the country. Also, no computer/video games for chilling out.
Does that help?
Ulukai on 2/10/2009 at 22:02
This week my solicitor phoned me up out of the blue to confirm my present address, as apparently they owe me several hundred quid. Business is picking up, a project went well and I booked a weekend in Prague.
Happy Days. Sorry, Fonz.
AR Master on 2/10/2009 at 22:16
Quote Posted by Ulukai
This week my solicitor phoned me up out of the blue to confirm my present address, as apparently they owe me several hundred quid.
hahah and you
fell for that???
my week has been fine, largely boring
SubJeff on 3/10/2009 at 00:04
Quote Posted by Aerothorn
of London is the most incompetent bureaucracy I have ever encountered.
Ha ha ha ha. Welcome to England, comrade. We have red tape with built in catch 22s and the thickest paperpushers you will ever meet. Learn to laugh at it.
Seriously, the only way to make these people see how dumb they are being sometimes is to ask "Soo.... computer says no?". They seem to get it then.
Quote:
Also, I don't know anyone in the country. Also, no computer/video games for chilling out.
a. You know loads of us as loads of TTLGers are in the UK.
b. You could come up North for the weekend and drink beers
join the circle jerk and play PS3 with me and SD if you weren't such a fag. :p
Martin Karne on 3/10/2009 at 00:31
One cup of coffee, one glass of coke.
oudeis on 3/10/2009 at 00:56
Found out yesterday that I wasn't under consideration for the career-making job in the gaming industry that I desperately wanted. Chicago didn't get the 2016 summer games, which was disappointing but not a personal defeat. Not the best week, but far from the worst.
Quote Posted by thefonz
I have a large, no fuck that - I have a
fucking beautiful glass of the finest Johnny Walker Blue which I've cracked open to celebrate making it through what can best be described as a week of hell both at work and in personal life.
And believe me i've had weeks of hell this year.
So what happened?
Quote Posted by Aerothorn
My week has been supbar, thanks largely to the fact that Goldsmiths, University of London is the most incompetent bureaucracy I have ever encountered.
Christ Almightly, you were in high school when I first started coming here, fresh off a redirect/recommendation from the IonStorm forums, and now look at you!
*
week now made worse, oudeis feels old and sorry for self*
:p
rachel on 3/10/2009 at 01:08
Short of brain injury, I'll likely remember this week as the best week ever.
Seriously.
Sorry for yours. Kind of.
PeeperStorm on 3/10/2009 at 01:18
I always recommend Tullamore Dew to celebrate the end of those "barely survived it" weeks.
A few days ago the Big Boss (boss of my boss) informed me that he had ordered some expensive equipment for my function. Then he asked me if we needed that equipment. I said yes. Yesterday he informed me that the equipment was in, but before we could actually set it up, he needed me to write up an equipment request form. We don't have or use any such forms, and this is stuff that he decided to get on his own. On top of that, said form will go directly to him since he's the one who approves the purchasing anyway. In short: "Give me a form saying that we need the stuff that I decided to get without asking you beforehand, so that I can approve my own request after the fact." Damn, I picked a bad year to stop drinking...
37637598 on 3/10/2009 at 01:33
Best week of my life. It started out with me getting this hot girls number at the music school where i'm volunteering, then I found out that in about a year, I'll be making $15,000/mo, then I got an offer from my boss for free living and a car if I move 1 hour away, then I learned to play the ukulele, then I got tipped $20 for writing a reciept pretty much, then I got my first big paycheck from my current job, then I bought my first 24 pack since turning 21, then I realized that my acne is pretty much gone... Though given the fact that before this week, I rode a pink bike around because I couldn't afford a car or a new bike, or even a spare tire for my red bike that's flat, and all of my bills are behind by more than a month each, and I pretty much ate a vitamin and 5 cheetos for the last month straight, I'd say it was about time something good happened. Thanks for asking.
I hope your future weeks hold great things. Sometimes when it can't get much worse, it does. Then it does again. Then you literally think you have nothing worth living for. Then something horrible happens. Then something even worse happens to someone you know. Then about 20 more things happen to set you back and push you into a corner of depression and weakness. But then, one little thing happens that reminds you of why you haven't given up. Then, you're me, or in a similar situation at least. That's when things get better. :thumb:
P.S. PeeperStorm; Hahahahahaha sounds just like my previous boss. A real hot head, full of himself and his stupid work systems.
Queue on 3/10/2009 at 01:38
Quote Posted by PeeperStorm
A few days ago the Big Boss (boss of my boss) informed me that he had ordered some expensive equipment for my function.
Then he asked me if we needed that equipment. I said yes. Yesterday he informed me that the equipment was in, but before we could actually set it up, he needed me to write up an equipment request form. We don't have or use any such forms, and this is stuff that he decided to get on his own. On top of that, said form will go directly to him since he's the one who approves the purchasing anyway. In short: "Give me a form saying that we need the stuff that I decided to get without asking you beforehand, so that I can approve my own request after the fact."
Sounds like he's setting you up to take the fall if the auditors come sniffing around. I'd get a different job, soon. And start drinking again.
