From govermnent, 'key workers'. A vacuous risible and downright nasty phrase trotted out whenever teachers or nurses are feeling aggrieved and want some special benefits.
Know what teachers or nurses, you are no more 'key' than most other, less well paid people. If the binmen, shelf fillers, truck drivers, petrol station workers, water people digging up roads, etc don't do their 'non-key' jobs, for less money and without bleating about being a special case , you can't do yours.
Know what teachers or nurses, you are no more 'key' than most other, less well paid people. If the binmen, shelf fillers, truck drivers, petrol station workers, water people digging up roads, etc don't do their 'non-key' jobs, for less money and without bleating about being a special case , you can't do yours.
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Oh and the other expression, is the automated call answer system at Sage...Once you get beyond the vioce recognition which never works...well not for my dulcet tones!!
The computer then says 'sorry for the delay we are trying to answer your call as quickly as possible'
Well there has been no delay apart from the computerised answering system you have in place...Don;t apoloigise for a delay that has not happened yet!!
The computer then says 'sorry for the delay we are trying to answer your call as quickly as possible'
Well there has been no delay apart from the computerised answering system you have in place...Don;t apoloigise for a delay that has not happened yet!!
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borobabe
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Having been the idiot in the petrol station asking this question it would amaze you how many people either forget they have put petrol in or hope by not mentioning it they wont have to pay. I know at least three occasions when people have actually tricked the cashier that way. (Not with me mind, was always eagle eyed to things like that)
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'had had'
as in "Stephen had had a bad nights sleep and was grumpy this morning"
especially in books - I was enjoying Matthew Pinsent's autobiography until, despite being an educated man, he threw in a 'had had' - so I threw the book out of the window.
I agree with "think outside the box" - to which I always reply "What box?" - smart people hear what I am saying, non-smart people try to explain about dots and boxes.
and my worst pet hate - I am trying to cut out of my conference speeches the occassional slip where I slur 'you know' as 'y'no' - I should not be saying 'you know' at all - it just creeps into a talk every so often and really bugs me when I listen to the recording/see the video. I don't mind other people using it - I am struggling to keep it out.
maybe I need to think outside the box and look back to the time when I had had a problem with 'y'no'
as in "Stephen had had a bad nights sleep and was grumpy this morning"
especially in books - I was enjoying Matthew Pinsent's autobiography until, despite being an educated man, he threw in a 'had had' - so I threw the book out of the window.
I agree with "think outside the box" - to which I always reply "What box?" - smart people hear what I am saying, non-smart people try to explain about dots and boxes.
and my worst pet hate - I am trying to cut out of my conference speeches the occassional slip where I slur 'you know' as 'y'no' - I should not be saying 'you know' at all - it just creeps into a talk every so often and really bugs me when I listen to the recording/see the video. I don't mind other people using it - I am struggling to keep it out.
maybe I need to think outside the box and look back to the time when I had had a problem with 'y'no'
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"there is a small part of me that thinks that......"
"Good morning, this is just a courtesy call"
"LOL"
"well it works ok with Skype"
"do you want the good news or the bad news?"
"your call is important to us"
"Due to a rise in wholesale prices we have had to......"
And pracically anything that comes out of the mouth of an estate agent, politician or priest.
"Good morning, this is just a courtesy call"
"LOL"
"well it works ok with Skype"
"do you want the good news or the bad news?"
"your call is important to us"
"Due to a rise in wholesale prices we have had to......"
And pracically anything that comes out of the mouth of an estate agent, politician or priest.
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Hi,
My newest pet hate is realising I'm talking to a machine! There are a few of these around and they sound really good. For example, someone rang and asked me if I agreed with the ratings on children's films and did I think they'd got a bit lax lately. I totally agreed with them and said I would support them in their cause to increase the age restriction on some films. I was happily talking for about 15 minutes, then it was something at the end when they said goodbye that I thought, 'I've been bl&&dy HAD! i've been talking to a machine!!!' it has happened since as well, you'd think I'd learn.... but what do you say when you suspect you're talking to a machine? 'sorry, are YOU A MACHINE?' how rude!
So, not only are they unwilling to pay lower-paid staff overseas now, they don't even need people. We're being taken over by robots.
Peebles.
My newest pet hate is realising I'm talking to a machine! There are a few of these around and they sound really good. For example, someone rang and asked me if I agreed with the ratings on children's films and did I think they'd got a bit lax lately. I totally agreed with them and said I would support them in their cause to increase the age restriction on some films. I was happily talking for about 15 minutes, then it was something at the end when they said goodbye that I thought, 'I've been bl&&dy HAD! i've been talking to a machine!!!' it has happened since as well, you'd think I'd learn.... but what do you say when you suspect you're talking to a machine? 'sorry, are YOU A MACHINE?' how rude!
So, not only are they unwilling to pay lower-paid staff overseas now, they don't even need people. We're being taken over by robots.
Peebles.
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agree with 'I'm not being funny but.." I used to work with a woman who always prefaced the most insulting comments or rude questions with this. "I'm not being funny but have you put on weight?" err yes, I was 6 months pregant. Noisey old bag.
"Cookies," no, they are just big biscuits.
"Talk to the hand," and any other teenage American rubbish. Well basically any Americanism which destroys our language.
"Like" as in, like, when you see your m8, like, and he like shouts across the street, like, y'no?
Rising inflections which cause any innane sentence to be rendered a question? Making the listener to feel they should respond? Even when it isn't needed? Like.
Gordon Ramsey going on about whether the chef he is currently detroying has a pair of ball locks as if this makes a blind bit of difference to his performance in the kitchen. I prefer it if he used his hands or a spoon.
"Cookies," no, they are just big biscuits.
"Talk to the hand," and any other teenage American rubbish. Well basically any Americanism which destroys our language.
"Like" as in, like, when you see your m8, like, and he like shouts across the street, like, y'no?
Rising inflections which cause any innane sentence to be rendered a question? Making the listener to feel they should respond? Even when it isn't needed? Like.
Gordon Ramsey going on about whether the chef he is currently detroying has a pair of ball locks as if this makes a blind bit of difference to his performance in the kitchen. I prefer it if he used his hands or a spoon.
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theguvnor
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- #65
Hmmm, i think i need a helicopter view on this one as most of my vocabulary seems to have been shot down. I need to make sure i'm singing off the same hymn sheet as you guys, I don't want to be way off track! LOL! Anyway back to the grind stone........by the way aren't you looking healthy this morning?
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