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[Takhisis]

Because typing forums.civfanatics.com/watched/threads is so hard…

 

[Takhisis]

Another barbaric trait of the new forum: glorious greek letters don't show up currently

Σίγουρα;

Day 8 of switching from factory bread to making my own: Anyone who can make bread is a witch. Burn them.

Mix flour, water, salt, oil, spices, knead a bit, throw it onto frying pan. Bread ensues.

Come think of it, I dont think I ever had any bread while in Australia.

Did the drop-bears steal it from you?

 

[Kyriakos]

^Δει ντόντ ιν δε θρεντ τάιτλ I know they do in general, eg in my signature

 

[Takhisis]

It will be rearranged in due time, I hope. All characters in posts and post titles are destroyed. I still get a lot of &{randomnumber} where inverted commas and such used to be.

 

[Commodore]

Had to train a new guy at work and I can tell he's not going to last here very long. He is going to be a security guard, so he falls under my area of responsibility which is why I had to train him. His main problem is that he seems to have a very difficult time maintaining a professional appearance. Now, the facility I work at is usually pretty laid back (I mean c'mon, I get to bring my laptop and play games when I have nothing to do), but maintaining a professional appearance is something they place heavy emphasis on and will fire people over it. This is especially true for the guards since they are in the public eye and have to interact with personnel and guests on a regular basis. As far as I'm aware, he was made aware of all the rules and regulations he has to follow during his interview, and he wasn't in compliance with a lot of them today when he showed up at my office. Here's a list of everything this joker had wrong:

1. His uniform wasn't clean or pressed, which company policy says it must be.
2. He wasn't clean shaven, which the guards are supposed to be.
3. He brought his phone and his tablet to work, neither of which he is supposed to have on him while on the job. The worst part is when I brought this up to him, he snapped back at me with a "well you have your laptop", to which I responded "I'm not a guard and I'm allowed to bring my personal electronics to work, you aren't." I then made him go put his phone and tablet in his car.
4. He uses chewing tobacco, which is fine, but guards aren't supposed to have a "dip" in while on the job since it would be extremely unprofessional and more than a little disgusting to interact with people with a huge wad of tobacco in your mouth.
5. Related to the above, it seems to me like he doesn't practice good dental hygiene either, and we have had guards get fired before for not maintaining good personal hygiene.
6. Finally, he just seems to have a bad attitude about this job overall. It's like he thought this was just going to be a job where he would just sit on his butt and mess around on the internet all day and get paid for it. Once he found out there are things he actually has to do (like foot patrols, bag searches, and filling out reports) he all of a sudden gets mad that he can't just sit on his lazy butt and collect a paycheck.

People like this guy just make me so damn mad. He's the kind of person who doesn't take pride in anything. Not his appearance, not his job, nothing. What really aggravates me about him is he's a veteran and still acts this way. Clearly, the disciplined lifestyle of the military didn't stick with him though and he went right back to being a scumbag once he got out. Well, he starts his first real shift tomorrow and he's already on my radar, and not in a good way. He made a bad first impression on me so he better do a stellar job the rest of this week or I will do everything in my power to make sure he is not employed at this facility very long.

 

[Synobun]

I can kinda get it. Security is often a job like what you describe he expected. I don't think I've seen a single establishment since moving to the west coast where "security" actually made me feel secure in regards to personal safety or the safety of the building. A whole lotta folks who shouldn't be trusted with the responsibility.

 

[Takhisis]

So basically he got handed a set of rules and then proceeded to metaphorically excrete on them?

 

[Commodore]

I can kinda get it. Security is often a job like what you describe he expected. I don't think I've seen a single establishment since moving to the west coast where "security" actually made me feel secure in regards to personal safety or the safety of the building. A whole lotta folks who shouldn't be trusted with the responsibility.

The thing is, this is a classified research facility that develops stuff for the military, so security is actually a really big deal here. This isn't your typical office building security job, which is why I don't think he's going to last long here.

So basically he got handed a set of rules and then proceeded to metaphorically excrete on them?

Yeah, pretty much.

 

[Synobun]

The thing is, this is a classified research facility that develops stuff for the military, so security is actually a really big deal here. This isn't your typical office building security job, which is why I don't think he's going to last long here.

Whoa. I wonder how he got the gig if that's the type of place you're working at. Is it private or managed by a company (like G4S)? Maybe someone in HR simply thought he fit the requirements because he met a certain number of checkmarks on a prerequisite list.

 

[Commodore]

Whoa. I wonder how he got the gig if that's the type of place you're working at. Is it private or managed by a company (like G4S)? Maybe someone in HR simply thought he fit the requirements because he met a certain number of checkmarks on a prerequisite list.

The latter seems to be the case. The job requires a security clearance, which he had from his prior military service. My guess is there weren't too many applicants out there that had the required clearance. Unfortunately, his work ethic and sense of professionalism seem to be crap.

 

[Arakhor]

I bought some Euros this morning for my first European trip in 28 years. The exchange rate at the bank was a measly 1.067 Euros to the £.

 

[Snerk]

And where is this European trip taking place then? Ireland doesn't count.

 

[Lohrenswald]

I bet 1,067 euro it's Spain

 

[Snerk]

If it's Gibraltar is also doesn't count.

 

[Kyriakos]

I bought some Euros this morning for my first European trip in 28 years. The exchange rate at the bank was a measly 1.067 Euros to the £.

Interesting. It the old days it used to be 1,5 euros = 1 pound.

 

[JohannaK]

That's why the sad face, and I wouldn't say June 23 is an old day

 

[Arakhor]

Austria. I'm going on what might be termed these days as a 'city break'.

 

[Snerk]

 

[Arakhor]

Well, there goes that idea.

 

[Takhisis]

Yeah, pretty much.

One would have thought that former military types would get a sense of discipline. I'm not a military type, but I've been trained by years of immersion in the educational system. The military's supposed to have a far larger presence in your daily life, and still you get those types.

Austria. I'm going on what might be termed these days as a 'city break'.

The capital there is Melbourne, right?