Weston Super Saint

Never had a problem with Amazon. Always been delivered ahead of schedule and well packaged. On the one occasion that I had some shysters from Hong Kong trying to flog hookey goods, Amazon got involved straight away, refunded me in full and removed them from their supplier list - can't complain at that and you would never receive such service from flea bay! On the rare occasion that I need something to be delivered next day, I pay the couple of quid extra safe in the knowledge that it would cost me more to drive to the nearest place that sells what I want, pay ridiculous amounts of money to park the car and on most occasions be charged more than it would cost on Amazon because there is a 'captive' market! For me, Amazon is a Gods send! I don't have to go into town and be annoyed by the chavs and their brats and I can get everything I need delivered to my office guaranteeing that it will always be delivered!

With their new found hatred of the Premier league and its 'riches' that are ruining football for everyone, does this mean they will be refusing to accept the parachute payments from the Premier League? Thought not. Hypocrites.

It will be horrendous. The calls will be repetitive, the targets that they told you about at the interview will be stretched beyond belief, seriously diminishing your potential to earn much over minimum wage. Your colleagues will be stupid and unengaging - why else are they in a call centre FFS! Your boss will be a jumped up little ***** who will have six months service under his/her belt and will think they are the master of all sales people, ever. The fat bird sitting opposite you will fancy you and will turn into a crazed stalker. Staff parties will be the most dull affairs you have ever attended. Your customers will rant and rave at you as if you have personally wronged them in some way. Have I mentioned that it will be horrendous? The only advice I can offer, apart from slitting your wrists and ending it all before you start, is that you have TWO ears and ONE mouth. As with all sales people, once you learn how to use them in the same proportion, you may well achieve something

Where, exactly, were people 'moaning' about David Cameron not tweeting / facebooking? Were they moaning on twitter / facebook - my guess is they were, which would make their moaning about the subject about as irrelevant as if DC had done it in the first place. I can just about see the reason why Facebook still exists, but it defies me why Twitter is even used. So much pointless drivel gets posted and limiting the number of characters leads to the most mind bending abbreviations it's impossible to tell what most of the retards write anyway.

Seriously deluded Every other week they play in front of horse **** bad crowds - not that their home crowds are anything to shout about, but I'm happy to play along! Why are they not "ripping up" the league when they play away from home if the crowd size is such a big issue?

Since when has 'not being able to afford something' ever stopped them?

Which translates to : Points won = 31 Points lost = 57 Pretty impressive if you're a scummer Would love to see them ditch witts in favour of clotterill, that would be the icing on top of the cherry on top of the icing on the cake

It's not less than they thought they owed, the figures have been know about for many months during the 'takeover', they jut haven't been put in the public domain. It is less than they SHOULD be paying due to all the pressure that rag and their fans put on the players to sign the 'compromise' deals. However looking at those figures it doesn't look like much of a compromise! I'd hate to see how much they owed before the begging began. The PPs have increased due to TV rights - I think they got an extra 4 million over two years? - if it hadn't been for this lucky increase then I don't think they could have afforded to repay the loan to the council for the stadium. They will, however since they are spreading the payments out over 40 months it appears they are intent on not using the PPs to pay off their legacy debts.

ROFLMFAO. So, basically tricky trev took the decision last year to not bother paying any of the players? Now, they are in a position that they have to play last season's team AND this season's team - and will be doing this for the next 3.5 years! Hey, ho, at least they got their club back!

Lol. Trying to blame the football creditors rule as well. They truly have the most retarded 'principles' over there. Without the football creditors rule they would have been declared bankrupt owing over £160m. With the FC rule they were still bankrupt owing £160m, but only had to pay back 20% of the money [originally ]. The FC rule has been their saving grace for the past five years and now they want to start pointing the finger and shouting how unfair it is! As for Steve Bone, what a complete and utter bell end. Owed money from not one, but BOTH administrations!

That can't be true. There's a huge sign above the stands at FP stating proudly that they 'own their club'. Ownership must mean a say in the running surely? There's no way the Skates could have been fooled by an elaborate ponzi scheme?

Are we sure he's a skate? Every man for himself and giving nothing to charity is the Pompey way I know, but highlighting this is the duty of Saints fans isn't it? Oppppssss, that'll be a fine then. More working capital to be reduced, thus more kiddies pocket money needs to be begged for! Gusty? WTF is a gusty performance? Yeah right, we know it was the team they were booing.

Are we sure he's a skate? Every man for himself and giving nothing to charity is the Pompey way I know, but highlighting this is the duty of Saints fans isn't it? Oppppssss, that'll be a fine then. More working capital to be reduced, thus more kiddies pocket money needs to be begged for! Gusty? WTF is a gusty performance? Yeah right, we know it was the team they were booing.

Have no fear, they will dabble in the 'loan' market and pay the wages / mortgage of some washed up has been that wasn't able to be sold during the transfer window because he is no good.

She didn't die at the scene. TO be fair the article contains a lot of compelling evidence that will never be proven either way - unless one of the people involved came forward and admitted what they did, but then, who would believe them and how long would they last if the did? Personally I've always believed she didn't die at all and is living with Dodi on some remote island somewhere with Harry and Wills's brother/sister, but I can't prove that little conspiracy theory either

From the terms and conditions : Also it states that you must be over 18 to use the service, so I guess the type of 'marketing messages' that they will send may not be suitable for children - was looking to do this for my 8 year old daughter but def not going ahead after reading that!

Ever considered being a super geek and putting Linux on there instead? http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/install_linux_your_mac

Why? And, why are you worried? This is good news! After years and years of financial mismanagement, Pompey have finally paid back a loan. Isn't this what we all wanted? Pompey to pay their way? Admittedly it needs the parachute payments from the Premier League to pay back a League 2 debt, but surely it shows some sore of responsibility? If there is anything that doesn't add up with this statement - and that will be a first! - it will be apparent in the financial statement when published. [/nobhead neil mode]

I think the answer here is quite simple. Let them carry on with the disciplinary process. If they are taking the first meeting on Tuesday as the 'investigatory' and have decided to follow this up with a 'disciplinary' then they have not followed the required procedures for the whole disciplinary process as you were not given 24 hours notice to attend, nor were you offered the chance to have a witness present = grounds for appeal (personally I wouldn't mention this to them until after the process when you have the right to appeal as it is up to them to make sure they are aware of the process). Secondly, if they then give a disciplinary judgement stating you were AWOL, you can then appeal and argue that technically you were late rather than absent for the day! Finally, the good news is that this will not lead to a dismissal - at worst I would imagine a verbal / written warning, which while not great will ensure you keep your income! If it was me in that position I would be taking the route of 'coaching' to ensure that the rules of lateness / sickness reporting were fully understood [by you] and would be recording this as a note on your file - not a disciplinary warning, merely a warning that could then be produced at subsequent disciplinary hearings should the process not be followed again. I agree with you that they have been a little harsh in not even asking how your niece is, but looking at things from their point of view, your niece is not your dependent, so whilst it is very unfortunate that this has happened - I hope she is better by the way - they will take the stance that it is not your responsibility [harsh, but fair I guess from a legal standpoint]. I wouldn't take this personally as you seem to be doing as this will create a pretty bad working environment, however I would bide my time and wait to see what they do next then make a judgement from there as to what steps to take next - who knows, it may end up with no further action and they are just following the process for the sake of following the process!

A couple of points here - my two penneth worth! 1. You haven't followed the company procedure which is to report the absence by telephone 1 hour before or after the start of your shift - this is a very common term / condition of employment. 2. You reported the absence by email. Why? Is there no-one available to take telephone messages at 04:00? If there isn't and if there is no answer facility, then I would argue that you have acted reasonably by reporting your absence via email - who did you send it to? 3. You went to work! Technically this is lateness rather than absenteeism, however I can see why they would want to call it AWOL, since you arrived after the 1 hour cutoff time for reporting absenteeism. I assume that they will be paying you for hours that you worked and that you did indeed stay and work once you arrived? If this is the case then it could be argued that they have accepted your lateness and it cannot be classed as AWOL. I would also guess that for it to be AWOL, then they would have 'covered' your shift after the 1 hour cutoff time, which again would be stated in your terms and conditions. When you phoned at 10:00 to say you would be getting ready and coming in, they should have informed you that your shift had been covered and that your presence was not required if they were treating this as AWOL! 4. How many missed calls, voicemails and emails did you receive regarding this issue? My advice would be to hang on to these and take a screenshot as evidence. It may sound petty, however if they did take this further, receiving lots of calls, voicemails and emails after you had reported your lateness could be construed as harassment. 5. The devil is in the detail! What exactly have you been invited to attend? You mention a disciplinary hearing, which would suggest a full blown disciplinary which could result in you losing your job. The process to be followed should be that you are invited to an 'investigatory meeting' in the first instance to discover all the facts and then to decide if a disciplinary is appropriate. You mention that you were pulled in to a meeting when you arrived at work. What was discussed during this meeting? Were you given the opportunity to have a witness present with you during this meeting? Were any notes taken during this meeting and if so were you given the opportunity to review these notes and sign them for accuracy? For the record if this meeting is to be classed as the 'investigatory' meeting, there should have been the meeting holder present, plus a witness / note taker accompanying him/her, plus you, plus your witness - or at least the offer of a witness - AND you should have been given no less than 24 hours notice to attend the meeting! 6. A fair bit of information is required in order to give any further advice. 7. Viking, as a registered user, Bowers is unable to PM you!

I agree with you, twice However, it would appear the Government doesn't, calling it vehicle excise duty rather than road tax! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23694438 What annoys me is these bloody Wiggo wannabes on a Friday evening at rush hour! Normally, my commute home takes me south on the M5. Sadly, during the summer the Southbound M5 around Portishead / Clevedon is gridlocked around rush hour due to the thousands of Brummies - other Northerners also available - who head South to Devon / Cornwall and plan their routes to be passing Bristol at about 17:00! This means I take the 'back route' through the 'head to pick up the motorway at Clevedon. This is the annoying time of the week where every bloody wiggo wannabe is out on their bike, riding on the country road and causing serious congestion for the CARS. Why do they have to do it at rush hour? Why not go out an hour or two earlier / later and avoid holding up all the rush hour traffic! Oh, and most Fridays the wiggo wannabes are joined by bloody horse riders in the middle of the road! Horses live in fields, so horses should be ridden in fields, simple really. I don't drive my car through the field that you keep your stupid fecking horse in, so don't ride your stupid fecking horse on the roads that my car lives on!

Budgie smugglers are the answer. Wearing budgie smugglers = absolutely no chance whatsoever of sitting / damaging the nut sack. HTH.

Jim appears to have conveniently forgotten that the prem money has already filtered down to the lowest tier and if it wasn't for the fact that they owed so much money to so many people it would be putting the other teams at a disadvantage! Convenient how they forget their recent history in the rush to blame everyone but themselves

Lol. I thought that nobhead neil had been quiet on the subject, but it appears they are still training at Jurassic Park. I'm stunned that no-one else will give them the chance to train somewhere else, but I guess their credit terms are unacceptable.

I assume you have a link to this information that you are happy to share with the group? Perhaps it is al there in black and white in biznezz plan v9.076?