Topic: What mood are you in?

[wormy]

Stressed.

Bit a colleague's head off today, but she was being a right f***ing t*** and needed telling. f***ing annoying wee self-important PR Manager, demanding s*** at short notice and getting tetchy when I told her I had "no comment" for a stupid journalist looking for a quote for a news story I didn't want us getting dragged into. Ah but she knows best, so she overrides me, tells the journo she'll get a quote, then runs off to someone else to get a quote when it's not even their f***ing business to do so. By which time I am fecking raging so that when she phoned me she got a real dose of the Malcolm Tucker treatment from me. I think I may have overstepped the mark with her, tbh.

http://youtu.be/5Q4o72jBZRY?t=1m

Fair do's. Sounds like she deserved it. And I hope you spat 'c***' in her face, too.

[GM]

Smug. Got a letter back from Newcastle City Council after I was given a parking ticket on boxing day.

They have accepted my appeal and cancelled the Penalty Charge Notice on the grounds that the Civil Enforcement Officer issued the ticket under the wrong contravention code, It was issued under code 11, Parking without a valid permit when in fact it should have been 01, no waiting in restricted area.

[Greg]

Stressed.

Bit a colleague's head off today, but she was being a right f***ing t*** and needed telling. f***ing annoying wee self-important PR Manager, demanding s*** at short notice and getting tetchy when I told her I had "no comment" for a stupid journalist looking for a quote for a news story I didn't want us getting dragged into. Ah but she knows best, so she overrides me, tells the journo she'll get a quote, then runs off to someone else to get a quote when it's not even their f***ing business to do so. By which time I am fecking raging so that when she phoned me she got a real dose of the Malcolm Tucker treatment from me. I think I may have overstepped the mark with her, tbh.

http://youtu.be/5Q4o72jBZRY?t=1m

But seriously, sounds like she deserved it tbh, I'm sure you'll be fine.

[GM]

You just cheered me up, mate.

[Ian W]

Stressed.

Bit a colleague's head off today, but she was being a right f***ing t*** and needed telling. f***ing annoying wee self-important PR Manager, demanding s*** at short notice and getting tetchy when I told her I had "no comment" for a stupid journalist looking for a quote for a news story I didn't want us getting dragged into. Ah but she knows best, so she overrides me, tells the journo she'll get a quote, then runs off to someone else to get a quote when it's not even their f***ing business to do so. By which time I am fecking raging so that when she phoned me she got a real dose of the Malcolm Tucker treatment from me. I think I may have overstepped the mark with her, tbh.

http://youtu.be/5Q4o72jBZRY?t=1m

I like this one as well:

Malcolm Tucker freaks out

[GM]

Aye. That one would be a far more accurate depiction of how things went.

[GM]

Arrrgggghhh!!!

Just had a call from one of Sky's call centre staff reminding me my system is about to have its 1st birthday and encouraging me to take out a warranty insurance of £8.25 a month to protect the equipment. Oh and guess what, it's the only insurance product that they recognise on their Sky equipment. There's a nice coincidence. There's a name for this sort of activity: extortion. What a f***ing filthy bunch of artful dodgers...

You know what, here's an idea, Sky: why not just make sure your customers' reception equipment is protected as part of the already massively over-inflated subscription fee? How about you take a little less profit in return for having customers who don't just feel like they're sitting ducks for your comprehensively s**** insurance scams?

Told her if the equipment breaks down I'll just pay for it to get fixed or failing that, if too expensive or not fixable, I'd just cancel my Sky subscription.

Oh yeah, suck on those plums, annoying call centre woman who told me the conversation was being recorded. How's about you use that call for training purposes.

[neesy111]

Arrrgggghhh!!!

Just had a call from one of Sky's call centre staff reminding me my system is about to have its 1st birthday and encouraging me to take out a warranty insurance of £8.25 a month to protect the equipment. Oh and guess what, it's the only insurance product that they recognise on their Sky equipment. There's a nice coincidence. There's a name for this sort of activity: extortion. What a f***ing filthy bunch of artful dodgers...

You know what, here's an idea, Sky: why not just make sure your customers' reception equipment is protected as part of the already massively over-inflated subscription fee? How about you take a little less profit in return for having customers who don't just feel like they're sitting ducks for your comprehensively s**** insurance scams?

Told her if the equipment breaks down I'll just pay for it to get fixed or failing that, if too expensive or not fixable, I'd just cancel my Sky subscription.

Oh yeah, suck on those plums, annoying call centre woman who told me the conversation was being recorded. How's about you use that call for training purposes.

I had those calls all the time.  I just put the phone down, like you say if it breaks then just cancel it.

[Dave]

Got 4 numbers on the lottery, gutted.

How much did you win for that? The lower prizes are s*** IMO, the jackpot should be lowered to give more in prize money to those with 4/5 and 5+B.

[Heneage]

Arrrgggghhh!!!

Just had a call from one of Sky's call centre staff reminding me my system is about to have its 1st birthday and encouraging me to take out a warranty insurance of £8.25 a month to protect the equipment. Oh and guess what, it's the only insurance product that they recognise on their Sky equipment. There's a nice coincidence. There's a name for this sort of activity: extortion. What a f***ing filthy bunch of artful dodgers...

You know what, here's an idea, Sky: why not just make sure your customers' reception equipment is protected as part of the already massively over-inflated subscription fee? How about you take a little less profit in return for having customers who don't just feel like they're sitting ducks for your comprehensively s**** insurance scams?

Told her if the equipment breaks down I'll just pay for it to get fixed or failing that, if too expensive or not fixable, I'd just cancel my Sky subscription.

Oh yeah, suck on those plums, annoying call centre woman who told me the conversation was being recorded. How's about you use that call for training purposes.

Provided you won't be using it as a toboggan I don't think you'll need the insurance.

[Toon's Taylor]

Got 4 numbers on the lottery, gutted.

How much did you win for that? The lower prizes are s*** IMO, the jackpot should be lowered to give more in prize money to those with 4/5 and 5+B.

£71, one more number and £1,700, which in my financial situation would have been heaven.

[Dave]

£71 ffs. £1,700 for five is a f***ing joke as well.

[Toon's Taylor]

Arrrgggghhh!!!

Just had a call from one of Sky's call centre staff reminding me my system is about to have its 1st birthday and encouraging me to take out a warranty insurance of £8.25 a month to protect the equipment. Oh and guess what, it's the only insurance product that they recognise on their Sky equipment. There's a nice coincidence. There's a name for this sort of activity: extortion. What a f***ing filthy bunch of artful dodgers...

You know what, here's an idea, Sky: why not just make sure your customers' reception equipment is protected as part of the already massively over-inflated subscription fee? How about you take a little less profit in return for having customers who don't just feel like they're sitting ducks for your comprehensively s**** insurance scams?

Told her if the equipment breaks down I'll just pay for it to get fixed or failing that, if too expensive or not fixable, I'd just cancel my Sky subscription.

Oh yeah, suck on those plums, annoying call centre woman who told me the conversation was being recorded. How's about you use that call for training purposes.

Ours was out of warranty and broke, rang up and they said a fee to fix it, told them no chance and well just cancel and subscribe again, women laughed and said that'll cost more forgetting that they had a free install special on that month. She was gutted when I told her, ended up getting a call out for free, cancelled and moved to virgin a couple of months later.

[Dave]

Just had a look; getting four numbers is 1032/1 yet you effectively got 70/1.

Great.

[Toon's Taylor]

£71 ffs. £1,700 for five is a f***ing joke as well.

6 numbers would have only got you £760k, poor week to win the lottery.

[Dave]

Five numbers is 55491/1, you'd have effectively got 1699/1.

[Toon's Taylor]

Just had a look; getting four numbers is 1032/1 yet you got 70/1.

Great.

That makes me feel fantastic, thanks 

[Dave]

It doesn't quite work like that I guess because it's prize-fund dependent. The jackpot should be capped though IMO.

[QuakesMag]

terribly stressed.   All of our funders pulled out of music festival due to the political climate, and we didn't win at Slamdance Film Festival

[Pilko]

That's why I never do the lottery. I'd rather spend a few quid a week on some football accumulators instead; much more chance of winning admittedly lower money, and a sense of control over what you're betting on. Aye, it's still 'random' to an extent but teams have form etc whereas balls don't.

[MW]

20 mins til the weekend

[Neil]

Apart from feeling semi-dead, very good. 3 day weekend.

[leffe186]

It seems things are moving on and now may be the opportunity to move on from the restaurant. I'd give some real time to think about what you want to do post-uni. Help yourself.

Good suggestion - although Yorkie, if they're not getting back to you about hours and you're already coming back to Newcastle later in the month, give them a chase up if you want the $$$ for this term - it's unlikely you'll find somewhere to start immediately that's only for a week or two before you come back (for exams?)

On that note, use the first term to let them get bedded in and then clarify what hours they can give you over Easter - if they're not sure or a bit hesitant then get sorted ASAP with something else (there's nowt stopping you putting a few feelers out regardless of the current place's situ - although I know this isn't your preferred method )

As for the summer, like Neil says, this has to be your key time to get some relevant work experience - or at least something different on your CV - you're going to be graduating the summer after (IIRC?) and only having experience in one company in a unrelated field doesn't show much except for loyalty (at best) or a lack of ambition/drive.

I can't emphasise enough how useful it is to face things head-on before you start 3rd year, and think about what you're going to be doing post-uni, at the earliest possible time. I know you're only in 2nd year Yorkie and it's easy to think, well, it's ages away yet (this is exactly what I did), but time will fly by, and you'll be into 3rd year before you know it.

If you're after graduate schemes, I'm sure you don't need me to tell you that they start receiving applications countless months before any start date. Some will open up even a full year before you'd be due to start.

I'm not saying "plan out your career". That is not just an impossible task but frankly IMO not healthy - you need to be open to change, of course. But equally, try to dedicate some time over the next couple of months having a real think about where you see yourself in a few years and take some action to help yourself get there. That might be just researching any necessary courses you need to go on, specific requirements, extending your transferrable skills (i.e. the usual examples you give to employers - team work, initiative, problem solving, I'm sure you know all this anyway); I say those things because I know saying "well, just get some relevant experience" isn't something that comes from thin air.

Uni's an absolute blast and it's very easy to almost forget that it's going to end. Enjoy it as much as you possibly can, but help yourself over the next few months before any 2nd year exams start to dominate your thoughts.

Absolutely. I didn't do that, and am only now looking to start on my career, this summer.

I'm 38.

[thomas]

ecstatic.  was stressed as hell, took four months off(oct-present), put out the ol resume last week and 3 tech phone screens today all want face to face next week.  time to quit leeching off of savings.

[dinotheprehistoricgeordie]

terribly stressed.   All of our funders pulled out of music festival due to the political climate, and we didn't win at Slamdance Film Festival

Seems to be a pretty awesome life, movie screening, music festivals and all that. All you're missing is the hookers and coke