What Grinds my gears archive B

[MCN]

[Ribenapigeon]

[grr666]

[Nobby the Bastard]

So if they were flying every day then there could be a case but they are staying in country for a week.

Yes our duty of care is taken very seriously but as yet nobody has successfully managed to sue us for the detrimental effects of not being able to fly business class. After all its the same fucking air they are breathing as in cattle class.
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[Ribenapigeon]

Back in the day my old man used to fly anywhere in Europe by the company jet and global by first class, he even had this cool credit card just for buying air tickets. Sometimes him and my mum would fly to Amsterdam, Paris or Stavanger just for a one night do either by the company plane or a customers. He wasn't even senior in the company he was a project engineer. Oh the days when big oil really was BIG. We used to go on holiday to London and stay in the company flat Mayfair. It was very swish and had a car lift. Funny there were all these Jags and Rollers and my Dads Morris Marina stuffed in with them. Looking back that flat was probably used for a lot of dodgy stuff involving Arabs. I also think my Raliegh Arena was bought cash with leftovers from the ol` expense account. Them we're the days!

[that_impulse_guy]

our workplace has gone...green. It was a little pinkie initially...not big harm...catering for event become veggie...no big deal.

rite?

all in the name of goodness...rite.

fast forward to two years later, I need to go to <insert city name here>, and I'm being told I have to take the greenest route, irrespective of expense (within reason).

So I'm not flying 3hours. I'm taking a 10hr train journey involving 4 train changes and an overnight stop in shitsville...2 DAYS to get there..and 2 days back.

fuck greta
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[Nobby the Bastard]

[Polarbear]

I have to say I am really glad ZOOm and TEAMS didn't exist When I was Fleet Manager. Flying out to Singapore in buisness class for a days worth of meetings. Getting there two days early and coming back two days after on the pretext of visiting ships there. Company credit card and a lovely room in the Shangri La hotel, just round the corner to Orchard Towers AKA 'The four Floors of Whores'.

I love(d) big oil.
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[Ribenapigeon]

[Ribenapigeon]

[Nobby the Bastard]

[Ribenapigeon]

[yen_powell]

[hellkat]

[Ribenapigeon]

[quote="hellkat"]

Fatty Tartan Pants didn't have too we know who he is

[Freddyfruitba...]

[Nobby the Bastard]

At our place only the most senior finance person has the right to sign off business class but can delegate it down to named people.

I'm one of the lowest qualified accountants in our place but it has been delegated to me.

I have agreed that the guy who is best man on the Saturday can have business class on the flight he gets on early sunday and arrives on the other side of the world early Monday their time just in time for the meeting so they can sleep on the flight.

There is reasonableness in my decisions.

There is no justification for wasting tax payers money on business class for a flight that has a time that is shorter that a train journey to Leeds.
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha:"Remember this simple rule - scooters are for men who like to feel the breeze on their huge, flapping cunt lips."
Triumph Sprint ST 1050

[Easy-X]

I'm glad in my youth of being a field engineer; more now though than at the time. I don't mind driving and had some fairly nice company cars - cheap sporty things and BMWs - which at least means trips to and from Cornwall for my mum was a trivial proposition... and on a motorbike glorious

Train and plane travel I just see as an exercise in boredom regardless of luxury level. I draw the line at coaches though, a hideous experience
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[hellkat]

I dont mind trains and planes cos I can relax a bit, sleep or watch movies or listen to audiobooks. I do hate the tedium of long-haul but its Part of The Deal when you gotta go that far.

But I agree on the coaches, people on coaches seem to have that extra edge of cuntiness.
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[MCN]

[stinkwheel]

At least coaches generally turn up when they are supposed to.

Half the trains I've taken have turned into a bus anyway which is one of the many reasons I wont use them any more.

I don't mind flying but I do hate airports. To the point I'd rather not go somewhere than fly there. I'll go on a ferry rather than fly even though I get horribly seasick. The only reason I do fly is because Mrs stinkwheel wants to go on foriegn holidays.
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I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[Polarbear]

[Ribenapigeon]

[stinkwheel]

Can't find my bike gloves to go away with tomorrow.

I know exactly where I left them because I take my gloves off, then my helmet and they go on one of those helmet shelves I put up in the hall.

Mrs stinkwheel says "I haven't touched any of your bike stuff.". Which is odd because all my jackets are zipped up on the hangers and my waterproof trousers were on the same hangar as my waterproof jacket, which was zipped up over them. I have never in my life zipped a bike jacket up on the hangar and I would put oilskins on seperate hangars for ventilation purposes which is why it took me half an hour to find the trousers.

This is evidence of deep and prolonged touching of my bike stuff involving taking all my bike stuff off the shelf, re-arranging it, then putting it back again in a different place... Someone else must have broken into the house when we were out and done it.

So I have a choice of waterproof winter gloves or ventilated summer gloves tomorrow...
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“Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[Ribenapigeon]