Controversial

[Admiral Collections]

What is the most controversial thing you have done?



Nic :wink:

[Cornish Steve]

What is the most controversial thing you have done?

In business, I am controversial quite often. As a frequent speaker at international conferences, I am forthright in my presentations. I'm not controversial for the sake of it, but I won't back away from difficult issues. From my experience to date, I think people appreciate such candour.

As for a real live example, I would go back to my days at university in Wales. A local union decided to call a strike on the day that undergraduates were taking their final exams. One implication was that undergrads were not allowed in the library. As a postgrad, however, I had access to the library. For undergrads who were becoming desperate, I wrote down the names of the books they needed and passed them out through the letter box of a back entrance. It was all very informal, and they were kind enough to return the books to me later so none of us got into trouble.

In retrospect, this was a risky (maybe even stupid) thing to do. While trying to ensure that students didn't do poorly in finals after three years of study, I probably put my own PhD in jeopardy. At the time, I saw it only as a matter of fairness and justice. In the end, no one found out - so the risk paid off.

[MarkPearson]

I started that post about the banner competition!!

That went down a treat! :-(

[MinuWeb]

I started that post about the banner competition!!

That went down a treat! :-( LMAO !!

Good answer Mark :D :D

[MarkPearson]

We are all still friend tho...

Must say it was the most heated debate I have started on here.

Not a blimp on your mix up last week nic, that was juicy!

[Admiral Collections]

Glad to see you got my point. Jesus, not been as controversial as that since ummmmmmmm just remembered it is a business forum!

Merry Christmas to one and all, Im dishing out wooden spoons for Xmas!

Nic :wink:

[SillyJokes]

Would it be controversial to send a customer a bottle of blood (fake blood you understand) and a note saying , "Whaddya want? Blood?!" when they give you an earful even though you have done everything you said you would and the only reason they have not had their stuff is because they were not in to receive it and did not read the email they received which contained a tracking number and instructions on how to get their stuff?

Honestly, there is no pleasing some people.

[Admiral Collections]

Why fake blood? PM me we could do business!

Nic :wink:

[WelshPixels]

I used to take part in aid convoys between the UK and Kosovo and to aid us on our way we had a load of fake UN/EEC/NATO documents.

These letters from the EEC would get us through all the toll roads between here and Kosovo for free. The UN and NATO documents would get us from one security zone to another in Kosovo with very little hassle.

If anyone had bothered to have checked we would have been in deep water

[Asteeleleith]

What is the most controversial thing you have done?


As for a real live example, I would go back to my days at university in Wales. A local union decided to call a strike on the day that undergraduates were taking their final exams. One implication was that undergrads were not allowed in the library. As a postgrad, however, I had access to the library. For undergrads who were becoming desperate, I wrote down the names of the books they needed and passed them out through the letter box of a back entrance. It was all very informal, and they were kind enough to return the books to me later so none of us got into trouble.

In retrospect, this was a risky (maybe even stupid) thing to do. While trying to ensure that students didn't do poorly in finals after three years of study, I probably put my own PhD in jeopardy. At the time, I saw it only as a matter of fairness and justice. In the end, no one found out - so the risk paid off.

I am sorry steve, but that is ridulous. And one reason y i always despised the local student union.
One day at the university of Greenwich they decided to close the Labs for some no good reason. I missed a valuable day i needed. And failed the course because i had no time to complete. Hated the union ever since.
Nowadays wen one pays for their education i would consider taking legal action for that.

As for passing books out to ungrads, jolly good show. in ur position i would have done exactly the same and to hell with the consequences.

I do not mince words either, i have always thought the NUS was getting too big for its boots :-)

Al

[fastfences]

Some years ago I worked in a Gym in membership sales.

During one quiet morning I noticed an Ice Cream delivery lorry across the road delivering to an adjacent store. I don't know what came over me, but I suddenly had a hankering for some ice cream. I raced into the Health Assessment room and threw on a white coat.

After I'd observed the driver return to the store with his hand truck, I casually strolled across the road, walked up to the back of the lorry, opened the door, climbed in and grabbed a couple of pocketfulls of ice creams. Climbed out, closed the door and no-one was the wiser. Great snack though :wink:
Cheers, Nigel

[Jayne]

That's not controversial Nigel, think they call it theft :lol: :lol: :lol:

Jayne

[fastfences]

But there were mitigating circumstances. The challenge!

[MinuWeb]

But there were mitigating circumstances. The challenge! More like metaking circumstances......

[Jayne]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[Admiral Collections]

Sorry Nigel, but I can't see you working at a gym. Then again, I cant see you doing fences either. You look more like a lawyer or a doctor. My learned friend

Nic :wink:

[fastfences]

You're quite right Nic; looks can be so deceiving.

I'm still struggling to believe you're a debt collecter rather than the dental assistant I keep imagining you as. Must be something about white uniforms!
Cheers, Nigel

[Admiral Collections]

Now whose being frivolous?



Nic :wink: