Becoming a HGV driver (connor)
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From: Conor on 11 Dec 2006 07:22 In article <1165839026.564918.29560(a)l12g2000cwl.googlegroups.com>, NM says... > > 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? > You'd be surprised... -- Conor The surprise isn't how often we make bad choices; the surprise is how seldom they defeat us.
From: Jeff York on 11 Dec 2006 09:19 steve(a)italiancar.co.uk (SteveH) wrote: >Knight Of The Road <russiatrucking(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote . >> >> You also >> > make the mistake of assuming that just because someone is employed as a >> > lorry driver or crop picker that he or she is incapable of doing the >> > senior manager's job. >> >> It's not just about capability. I've held managerial positions with the >> English Cricket Board, Sky Television and Unipart, but I simply prefer to >> drive a truck, as well as earning more money doing it. If I was a very >> senior manager I would probably earn more but I still wouldn't want to do >> it. > >Yes, of course you have. > >On the evidence of your usenet postings you'd struggle with anything >beyond flipping burgers if you weren't driving a truck. This argument is delightfully ironic... "SteveH", "Conor", "KnightOfTheRoad" slagging each-other off as ill-educated morons... All in superbly literate English! :-) Well, I think it's funny anyway.
From: SteveH on 11 Dec 2006 11:24 Conor <conor.turton(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > 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. Alternatively, the term used to describe the person managing the store managers. -- 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: Brimstone on 11 Dec 2006 11:25 SteveH wrote: > Conor <conor.turton(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>> >>> 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. > > Alternatively, the term used to describe the person managing the store > managers. If they've been properly selected and trained why do they need "managing"?
From: SteveH on 11 Dec 2006 11:39
Brimstone <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > Alternatively, the term used to describe the person managing the store > > managers. > > If they've been properly selected and trained why do they need "managing"? Do you actually know what you're talking about here, or are you making it up as you go along? Everybody in a business will have a more senior person 'managing' them - apart from maybe the owner of a privately held business. -- 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 # |