Today I've mostly bin...

[MBH]

Visited Maisie again today. Just finished at the bar and trying to upload a pic from my phone.

(Reside if I mess up please)

[gill216]

I like the look in her eye

Is that snow I see in the background?????

[MBH]

No - no snow. It was a surprisingly lovely afternoon.

She seems to have 3 names. Her pedigree, her every day name, and her racing name which was Bright Eyes.

[Scurra]

Aren't you getting that confused with the names of Cats?

[clvrlad]

No - no snow.

thats in the morning


we had a surprise hail shower around 3pm it only lasted 30 seconds

[strep98]

She looks lovely MBH have you decided to take her on?

[MBH]

Yes, the decision was made a couple of weeks ago and I've been trying to get everything ready here at the house. Picking her up next weekend and I've got a couple of days off work to settle her In and watch for any problems.

Lovely gentle nature, but we Will see how she adapts to a household setting.

[LAT]

That's great MBH! Hope she fills that void in your heart.

[Bunnylump]

Just back internet not working so using phone. Not ignoring you but can't get on

[Wulfruna]

I like the look in her eye

Ah... I thought it might be a look of alarm at spotting Spiderman.... does she know what she is taking on???

[Bunnylump]

OK ignore last post - piskies got into t'internet. I'll try to catch up on all my messages in case it goes again and will tell you all what I've been up to later if I can! (Had a GREAT weekend!)

[gill216]

Deciding my daughter is most definitely off her rocker. This being the girl who never has a penny to her own name and I'm not surprised anymore. She has just paid 165 euro for a Brabantia pedal bin and a flamin frog door stop for their new house. How can anyone justify that amount of money for a stinky bin and a frog? She can. How? The house came with contents, most of which she sold to the second hand man for a decent price and then she forced the door of a storage cupboard they didn't have a key for. She found in it 2 brand new mountain bikes! It could only happen to her

[Bunnylump]

Reading through 30 more job applications.This takes me HOURS because I want to do it properly and do them all justice. However, I am now totally brain dead. Some were very promising, and people had obviously taken a long time to get them right. But some were, frankly, beyond belief. My particular favourite was one which simply stated, in font 16 bold
I AM ABLE TO COVER CALLSES AND HAVE EXPERIENCE AS A SUPPY TEACHER.

Wonderful.

[LAT]

Shortly before I left my last job a colleague (who was also being made redundant) told me he had heard of a company that divided all job applications into 2 piles then threw one lot into the bin. After all, you wouldn't want to employ someone who was naturally unlucky would you?

[Bunnylump]

That is AWFUL. Although it is irritating when people do stupid things and just send in rubbish like that one I mentioned, I do feel very strongly that people take HOURS to fill in applications like this, and the least you can do is to read them carefully, then REPLY to them to say whether they are getting an interview or not. That's just common courtesy, if you ask me. I remember when I filled out my application form and personal specification for my current job, bearing in mind I ALREADY WORKED THERE, and had done for about 8 years, it took me 5 hours to write. For someone to just pick random ones out and throw them out when people invest that much effort in them, is just a sign of a real moron, isn't it?

[giraffe]

Also risks missing the best applications.

[Bunnylump]

Well, they don't deserve the best people working for them if they are that stupid.

[MBH]

I've heard that before and was never sure if it was an 'urban legend'. Do we have anyone form 'Human Resources' to ask? I know the excuse is "We get 3000 applications for every job , it would take too long"" - which I think is a lousy excuse for not at least giving the application a quick look at past work experience and general layout of the 'profile' box. You probably can still discard half of them but they are the right half as in:

I AM ABLE TO COVER CALLSES AND HAVE EXPERIENCE AS A SUPPY TEACHER.

[LAT]

Well yes, it was meant to be a joke but I kinda wish I hadn't bothered!

[MBH]

Lol - don't feel bad, I think that's A case of truth being overtaken by humour