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Post by Sheep2 on Jul 21, 2023 14:24:12 GMT
Last time i was on a train from London I sat next to a smartly dressed* guy about 30 (so more or less the same age as me).
He spent the journey glancing at the Evening Standard and mouthing off about communist cunts.
Also complaining about the number of people on the train who could have got a tube to Harrow.
When he got off the train he was surprisingly polite in asking me to move. Especially considering the copious swearing earlier.
* Well smart that morning. It was 11.40 pm and he looked like he had been boozing unsteadily since he left work. Possibly at lunchtime.
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Post by crankcaller on Jul 21, 2023 15:06:48 GMT
Last time I was on a train from London was the first train on a Sun morning.
I'd been at 93 Ft East and had not long chased a black cab up the mall screaming how much of a cunt he was, as in true London Cabbie style he couldn't be arsed taking me to where I wanted to go.
The train station. Simpler times.
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Post by Sheep2 on Jul 21, 2023 15:12:27 GMT
Would you take a drugged up Glaswegian to Kings Cross/Euston* early on a Sunday?
No.
* Not before the refurb and not now.
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Post by whatalark on Jul 21, 2023 15:33:13 GMT
"I rip it hardcore, like porno flick bitches" This line is referring to his microphone skills, i.e. how proficient he is in rap. To "rip" is to utilize a microphone. He uses the analogy of "porno flick bitches" as women who participate in pornography which features shown vaginal insertion is known as "hardcore pornography". By writing this line as opposed to something like "I rap really good" he, instead of telling the listener that he is very skilled at rapping, is actually showing them at the same time, which is a hallmark of astute lyricism. "I roll with groups of ghetto bastards with biscuits" This is a line establishing his street credibility. To "roll with" is to associate oneself with a group. "Ghetto bastards" is almost to be taken literally as many children of ghetto environments tend to come from broken homes where their father is not even known. To emphasize how dangerous his clique is, he mentions that they have "biscuits", which is early 90's New York street slang for firearms. So, in summary, this particular stanza in the song is both informing the listener that the author is a skilled rapper, and also that he tends to associate with unsavory characters that the average person would typically want to stay away from. Is this the Tony Bennett RIP chat. Well ahead of his time lyrically wasn't he. |
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Post by dakylosaurus419 on Jul 21, 2023 15:58:29 GMT
I get the train from London daily* and its quite a genteel affair. I assume you lot must all be getting the train back to your extra-M25 hellscapes and that's why everyone has taken drink.
*on days that I go to work
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Post by Faceless on Jul 21, 2023 16:13:38 GMT
Last time I was on a train from London nothing eventful happened
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Post by Tuffers on Jul 21, 2023 16:18:09 GMT
London wankers.
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Post by Sheep2 on Jul 21, 2023 17:08:15 GMT
Why would anyone get a train sober?
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Post by lazybones on Jul 21, 2023 17:37:45 GMT
I don’t like drinking on a train. Or even really being drunk on a train. The airlessness, the tiredness, the possibility of waking up miles from where you need to be at two in the morning …
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Post by crankcaller on Jul 21, 2023 17:40:01 GMT
I don't like boozing on trains. You might need to use the toilet *shudder*
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Post by lazybones on Jul 21, 2023 17:50:50 GMT
I had someone resign this week. Well actually last week but I saw it this week. They sent three emails about it - one of them filled with documents - lots of which were of correspondence we’d had.
The main message was that they’d loved the job until a year ago - which is coincidentally when I began. Gah. Then there was all sorts of talk about how other people had been singling them out for a campaign of passive aggression, and how I hadn’t supported them. I mean … when I began I immediately got told of complaints people had made about them - to my manager. I tried to find out what was happening and it went downhill from there.
Well actually it went downhill then improved massively. For nine months it was all good. Or much better. Then two months ago it collapsed.
A bad business.
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Post by lazybones on Jul 21, 2023 17:51:43 GMT
I wish I could say more. Ah man. It’s been awful.
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Post by lazybones on Jul 21, 2023 17:54:54 GMT
I’m wondering if ‘Please recognise the contribution of your own actions to the difficulties you encounter in the workplace’ is an appropriate message for the leaving card.
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Post by Faceless on Jul 21, 2023 18:09:04 GMT
I’m wondering if ‘Please recognise the contribution of your own actions to the difficulties you encounter in the workplace’ is an appropriate message for the leaving card. Possibly a bit too subtle. I'd go with something like "you brought this on yourself" |
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Post by crankcaller on Jul 21, 2023 18:09:20 GMT
Lazybones, it sounds like they've not helped themselves.
Try not to dwell on it.
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Post by Shenguin on Jul 21, 2023 19:23:35 GMT
At least they're going. I guess.
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Post by lazybones on Jul 21, 2023 19:30:44 GMT
At least they're going. I guess. I hope so. |
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Post by Tuffers on Jul 21, 2023 19:31:15 GMT
Leaving card message:
Eat shit and die
Love from
Everyone
X
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Post by lazybones on Jul 21, 2023 19:39:05 GMT
They’ve sent their resignation letter. I’ve replied, agreeing to the shorter notice period. HR have confirmed the replacement post and I’ve offered it to someone else who has verbally accepted.
Because HR were copied into the correspondence they’ve said they might have to do some sort of enquiry …
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Post by lazybones on Jul 21, 2023 19:42:45 GMT
I sort of hope I get in on Monday and find they’ve been in and left their laptop on my desk.
There’s a possibility that on the first day after the leaving date I’ll break down sobbing.
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Post by lazybones on Jul 21, 2023 19:57:27 GMT
There’s a Greggs documentary on Channel 5. A Greggs puff-piece more like. It’s almost as if Sayers the Bakers never existed.
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Post by MrTiddles on Jul 21, 2023 19:59:54 GMT
Lazy.
A quick note in crayon. "You'd better fuck off or I'll strangle you in the bogs whilst I masturbate vigorously during a Teams meeting with your ex-colleagues."
Keep it nice.
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Post by Sheep2 on Jul 21, 2023 20:04:47 GMT
I sort of hope I get in on Monday and find they’ve been in and left their laptop on my desk. There’s a possibility that on the first day after the leaving date I’ll break down sobbing. I don't think you should go on a leaving date with them. It sounds like a really bad idea. |
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Post by Sheep2 on Jul 21, 2023 20:07:04 GMT
Couple of drinks in a group, maybe.
Then make your excuses and leave.
Alone.
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Post by RollingEscargot on Jul 21, 2023 20:16:40 GMT
Being in these management positions is an absolute nightmare because it's there you discover just how fucking batshit people are. Mad as a box of frogs, the job lot of them.
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