From: Brimstone on 10 Dec 2006 18:43 Knight Of The Road wrote: > "SteveH" <steve(a)italiancar.co.uk> wrote > > what I consider to be a more than reasonable salary. > > > > > Yeah, like it's enough to buy a house made out of Lego in Milton > Keynes (snigger) You jest????????????????/ They wouldn't have him in Milton Keynes, he's barely tolerated in the middle of nowhere whee he lives now.
From: SteveH on 10 Dec 2006 18:45 Knight Of The Road <russiatrucking(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > "SteveH" <steve(a)italiancar.co.uk> wrote> > > > > Haven't you reached Australia yet? > > > > > > No, only about half-way there. > > What's your point? You're digging a rather large hole with all the incorrect assumptions you've made in this thread. -- SteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - Hongdou GY200 - Alfa 75 TSpark Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE - COSOC KOTL BOTAFOT #87 - BOTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #
From: Conor on 11 Dec 2006 06:58 In article <Gr6dnTGSIu6NBOHYnZ2dnUVZ8tChnZ2d(a)bt.com>, Brimstone says... > > "SteveH" <steve(a)italiancar.co.uk> wrote in message > news:1hq5l7z.legdk81rb4goaN%steve(a)italiancar.co.uk... > > Brimstone <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > >> > If they fired the field management team, we would no longer have a UK > >> > business. > >> > >> In which case you're not "middle management". You're not even management, > >> just a salesman labouring under a fancy title. > > > > Bzzzt. Wrong again. > > > > Keep digging. I'm enjoying watching you dance for me. > > It's not me that's dancing since I'm not trying to guess what job title you > go by. I merely made a statement, but being oh so superior, you wouldn't > know the difference. > Middle management: A post designed solely to allow the REAL management to communicate with the workforce without having to actually speak to them whilst also giving them someone to blame when things go wrong. As recent experience has shown, middle management aren't actually allowed to make any decision which may cost money without consulting the real management and need a meeting to be able to work out a course of action which would be common sense to anyone else. -- Conor The surprise isn't how often we make bad choices; the surprise is how seldom they defeat us.
From: Conor on 11 Dec 2006 07:01 In article <1hq5lv1.1t6vh6015ahe22N%steve(a)italiancar.co.uk>, SteveH says... > Knight Of The Road <russiatrucking(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > "SteveH" <steve(a)italiancar.co.uk> wrote > > > > what I consider to be a more than reasonable salary. > > > > > > > > > > Yeah, like it's enough to buy a house made out of Lego in Milton Keynes > > (snigger) > > Oh, look, you're wrong again. > > Field management team. Term used by double glazing firms to describe the bloke who drives the car around with the door to door sales team in and a boot full of brochures. Term used by contract cleaning services to describe the person who has the keys to the cleaning cupboard. -- Conor The surprise isn't how often we make bad choices; the surprise is how seldom they defeat us.
From: NM on 11 Dec 2006 07:10
Conor wrote: > > Term used by contract cleaning services to describe the person who has > the keys to the cleaning cupboard. > Why would anyone need keys to a cleaning cupboard? Is there a black market in soap powder that I'm unaware of? |