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Offline Dowding

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« on: January 10, 2003, 03:50:18 AM »
1. Eagles may soar high, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

2. Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

3. There may be no 'I' in team, but there's a 'ME' if you look hard enough.

4. Process and Procedure are the last hiding place of people without the wit and wisdom to do their job properly.

5. Remember that age and treachery will always triumph over youth and ability.

6. Never do today that which will become someone elses responsibility tomorrow.

7. Every time you open your mouth you have this wonderful ability to continually confirm what I think.

8. Show me a good loser and I'll show you a LOSER!

9. Put the key of despair into the lock of apathy. Turn the knob of mediocrity slowly and open the gates of despondency - welcome to a day in the average office.

10. It's the team that matters. Where would The Beatles be without Ringo? If John got Yoko to play drums the history of music would be completely different.

11. What does a squirrel do in the summer? It buries nuts. Why? Cos then in winter time he's got something to eat and he won't die. So, collecting nuts in the summer is worthwhile work. Every task you do at work think, would a squirrel do that? Think squirrels. Think nuts.

12. When confronted by a difficult problem, you can solve it more easily by reducing it to the question, "How would the Lone Ranger handle this?"

13. Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue.

14. If your boss is getting you down, look at him through the prongs of a fork and imagine him in jail.

15. If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation.

16. Never do today that which will become someone elses responsibility tomorrow.

17. You don't have to be mad to work here! In fact we ask you to complete a medical questionnaire to ensure that you are not.

18. If you treat the people around you with love and respect, they will never guess that you're trying to get them sacked.

19. If at first you don't succeed, remove all evidence you ever tried.

20. You have to be 100% behind someone, before you can stab them in the back.

21. If work was so good, the rich would have kept more of it for themselves.

22. Those of you who think you know everything are annoying to those of us who do.

23. There's no 'I' in 'team'. But then there's no 'I' in 'useless smug colleague', either. And there's four in 'platitude-quoting idiot'. Go figure.

24. Know your limitations and be content with them. Too much ambition results in promotion to a job you can't do.

25. Make good use of your cylindrical filing unit, the one you mainly keep under your desk.

26. Quitters never win, winners never quit. But those who never win and never quit are idiots.

27. If you're gonna be late, then be late and not just 2 minutes - make it an hour and enjoy your breakfast.

28. Remember the 3 golden rules: 1. It was like that when I got here. 2. I didn't do it. 3. (To your Boss) I like your style.

29. The office is like an army, and I'm the field general. You're my footsoldiers and customer quality is the WAR!!!

30. Set out to leave the first vapour trail in the blue-sky scenario.

31. Statistics are like a lamp-post to a drunken man - more for leaning on than illumination.

32. A problem shared is a problem halved, so is your problem really yours or just half of someone elses?

33. Is your work done? Are all pigs fed, watered and ready to fly?....

34. You don't have to be mad to work here, but you do have to be on time, well presented, a team player, customer service focused and sober!!

35. I thought I could see the light at the end of the tunnel, but it was just some b*stard with a torch, bringing me more work.

36. Avoid employing unlucky people - throw half of the pile of CVs in the bin without reading them.
War! Never been so much fun. War! Never been so much fun! Go to your brother, Kill him with your gun, Leave him lying in his uniform, Dying in the sun.

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« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2003, 05:25:45 AM »
Avoid employing unlucky people - throw half of the pile of CVs in the bin without reading them.

LMFAO


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« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2003, 05:33:09 AM »
That's one of my favourites too.

Reminds me of this guy on TV, who was recruiting recent graduates for his company. He wouldn't even open applications that didn't have a first class stamp on them. ;)
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« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2003, 05:57:34 AM »
LOL these are brilliant.

Reminds me of when we were taking in summer in-terms last summer (lawyer students who get to work 5-6 weeks at the court, doing the stuff everyone here hates to do, normally they end up on archive-duty in the basement).

The Judge wanted me to give him 5-6 candidates to choose between, so I got to go through all the applications (50-60). It was a really tought call too. First I made two piles, one for the guys and one for the girls. Bye guys, better luck next time. Then after carefully reading through the remaining CVs and looking at their pictures (I've realized that cute girls often attach their pics to their CV's...smart move) I picked 5 girls aged 19-23.

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« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2003, 08:02:08 AM »
That reminds me of a story Hortlund:

A successful law firm decided that they needed to hire a female attorney in order to avoid the appearance of being chauvenistic.

They eventually ended up with a short list of female applicants. They asked each prospective female attorney the following question:  What would you do if, when you received your paycheck, you discovered that we had overpayed you by $50?

The first female answered, "I would immediately bring it to your attention and return the overpayment."

The second female answered: "I would keep $25, and give the other $25 to a charity."

The third female answered: "I would just keep my mouth shut and keep the money."

Which female did they hire?

The one with the biggest tits :D
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« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2003, 09:44:12 AM »
What is a CV?
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« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2003, 09:57:40 AM »
That's what I was going to ask.  I'm thinking its a resume' and cover letter of some sort, but in the US we don't attach pictures to ours.

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« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2003, 10:04:46 AM »
"Curriculum Vitae" - life description. What we call a resume in English.

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« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2003, 11:35:30 AM »
"resume" is french, but then "Curriculum Vitae" is latin, so , ..........what was my point anyway?

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« Reply #9 on: January 10, 2003, 11:41:26 AM »
that you're from Florida ?    :eek:

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« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2003, 02:41:11 PM »
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1. Eagles may soar high, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.


We were wondering what happenned to DA6. :D