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W-Numbers: Wankers I worked for

May 15, 2008 – 8:13 am

The EU has an E-number for everything from calcium carbonate (chalk) [Source: Wikipedia] to Mycoxafailin (Viagra) [Source: OBB News]. I propose a system of W-numbers for those employers who are wankers to work for. Here is a small sample from my own past experience to illustrate this.
W101: I was 14 years old. Myself and Tom, [...]

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Finding work in Ireland: A guide

March 27, 2008 – 11:16 am

First off, forget agencies if at all possible. A recent survey conducted by Primal Sneeze Marketing Research of 14.5 lads (Mick spent half his time in the bookies’) in the pub showed that a staggering 93.2% viewed recruitment cuntsultants as wankers. 6.8% said fuking wankers. Furthermore, 14.8% of those questioned believed in the Easter Bunny [...]

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Where there’s smoke there are many fires

March 9, 2008 – 11:28 am

In the late ’80s I worked for a small family firm that ran two separate businesses. The foreman of one of these suspected someone was stealing diesel at the processing plant and reported this to the owners.
The Gardaí recommended the foreman discretely monitor the tank levels to find out how much was being taken and [...]

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Ouate de phoque?

February 21, 2008 – 10:32 am

I am scratched and torn and bruised. And that’s only from the keyboard. You should see the injuries I’ve sustained from the manual work I’ve been doing this week.
If you were French, you might ask ouate de phoque à yeux bain duane? But you’re not, so don’t ask.
Normal service will resume shortly. Do not adjust [...]

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The good old days

January 30, 2008 – 9:03 am

For many years I worked with the same company. (Note the Freudian slip? with not for). Except for one unsavoury incident, I truly loved every minute of my time there. The work was interesting, but what made it was the people. HR did a great job of selecting new hires that would fit in - [...]

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The absolutely brilliant employee - part 3

January 1, 2008 – 9:08 pm

I wasn’t much of a wine drinker back then. But that was all they had. They rummaged in the cellar but not a single bottle of beer was to be found. I survived a couple of hours but finally cracked. I persuaded one of the waiters to drive me down to an off-license.
We were met [...]

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