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Post by iancransonsknees on Aug 18, 2020 12:29:44 GMT
I've had some experience with this.
I signed one card 'good luck fatty', thinking it was for a girl I worked with and got on with. Turned out it was for a bloke in another department.
We had a stock condition assessor (his job was to determine how long an element would last) retire at 60. My mate signed his card with 'all the best, rem. life 15 years'!
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Post by drjeffsdiscobarge on Aug 18, 2020 12:48:52 GMT
To be fair, I was guilty of that but only because I was railroaded into it by my colleagues. Was this when you were working as Lost Prophets tour manager?
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Aug 18, 2020 13:00:40 GMT
Bloke I used to work with was an ardent Brexiteer (called Lee) and an equally ardent Remainer wrote in his farewell card...
"Leave means Leave. No Lee is better than a bad Lee - now f**k off"
They were actually quite good lunchtime drinking pals so it was all done amicably, and it made a nice change from the usual shit platitudes.
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Post by Orbs on Aug 18, 2020 13:19:16 GMT
From what knowledge I have from your "friends" I would be really interested to see what your colleagues write about you A source of invaluable advice I guess some have more leaving cards than others with their perpetual leaving/flouncing off from jobs/message boards. Speaking of which I wonder how our favourite Flyde plasterer is getting on?
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Post by felonious on Aug 18, 2020 18:18:32 GMT
When I left my previous company (under a bit of a cloud unfortunately), they bought me two lovely leaving cards and I also bought them a leaving card. My cards followed the typical "Good luck for the future" etc. My card had "Sorry for your loss" on the front. The lass on the front desk stuck it so everyone in the building had to see it. Had plenty of staff coming up and telling me it brightened up their day. Brilliant you've just reminded me of an old mate who just before leaving went in to see his boss with the opening line "I'd like to pay more tax"
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Post by felonious on Aug 18, 2020 18:24:04 GMT
A source of invaluable advice I guess some have more leaving cards than others with their perpetual leaving/flouncing off from jobs/message boards. Speaking of which I wonder how our favourite Flyde plasterer is getting on? He's doing rather well we're in regular contact had a lovely photo at the weekend from his sunny boat trip on Lake Windermere.
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Post by Orbs on Aug 18, 2020 18:27:01 GMT
I guess some have more leaving cards than others with their perpetual leaving/flouncing off from jobs/message boards. Speaking of which I wonder how our favourite Flyde plasterer is getting on? He's doing rather well we're in regular contact had a lovely photo at the weekend from his sunny boat trip on Lake Windermere. I'm missing him - not sure Oliver Hardy is mind. So long as he's OK I suppose...
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Post by pretzel on Aug 18, 2020 19:03:57 GMT
I've only known her for 18 months and had a couple of unnecessary run ins of her making so kept my own message to a simple 'good luck Alice". Her name is 'Alice' and you seriously cant think of something witty and cutting to put in her card
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Post by wagsastokie on Aug 18, 2020 19:06:52 GMT
It's almost as bad as people bringing their newborn sprogs into work - why? What do these people expect the reaction to be? Well done - you had unprotected sex at least once, now fuck off and take your mewling pink cuntshit with you. I've got work to do here. My previous job going back now to 2014 we had a woman at work parading her new prized granddaughter. Now I'm nobody to judge anyone but the grandmother was maybe 33 at most and her daughter was 14. Call me old fashioned but that's nothing to crow about. Sounds about regular my neck of the woods
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Post by muggleton on Aug 18, 2020 19:31:06 GMT
I put as much thought into writing them as I do into reafing them. That being absolutely fuck all.
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Post by chuffedstokie on Aug 18, 2020 21:34:33 GMT
I've only known her for 18 months and had a couple of unnecessary run ins of her making so kept my own message to a simple 'good luck Alice". Her name is 'Alice' and you seriously cant think of something witty and cutting to put in her card We've all got one more shift to work with her, she's capable of anything!.
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Post by mrcoke on Aug 18, 2020 21:54:03 GMT
"Wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will fill you with joy. Wise choices will watch over you. Understanding will keep you safe."
—Proverbs 2:10
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 19, 2020 13:32:37 GMT
If it's someone you've never liked or got on with and genuinely can't wait to see the back of, you could always put 'it won't be the same round here without you.'
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 19, 2020 13:42:18 GMT
Our shift team leader is leaving at the end of this week and although a very competent person it would be fair to say that she isn't the best 'people' person I've ever come across. I've only known her for 18 months and had a couple of unnecessary run ins of her making so kept my own message to a simple ' good luck. Alice". Can't help but feel that the ones with an axe to grind although having done nothing to deserve her interventions will soon have a smile on their faces. Oh, there's a shock - you never told me your real name was Alice, Chuff --- What was the reason? A bit like in 'A Boy Named Sue'? "My name is Alice. How do you do......" Bet you're a bluddy good fighter. xxx
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 19, 2020 13:51:07 GMT
I guess some have more leaving cards than others with their perpetual leaving/flouncing off from jobs/message boards. Speaking of which I wonder how our favourite Flyde plasterer is getting on? He's doing rather well we're in regular contact had a lovely photo at the weekend from his sunny boat trip on Lake Windermere. Oh that's brilliant news, Fel --- please ask him if he got the message I sent him via Lil. Thx mate xxx.
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Post by Goonie on Aug 19, 2020 18:46:26 GMT
I always write (unless it's a death) it should've been me😁
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 20, 2020 8:55:51 GMT
He's doing rather well we're in regular contact had a lovely photo at the weekend from his sunny boat trip on Lake Windermere. Oh that's brilliant news, Fel --- please ask him if he got the message I sent him via Lil. Thx mate xxx. PS: And tell him he's a ****** ******* ******* for leaving the Oatie.
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Post by chuffedstokie on Aug 20, 2020 9:05:20 GMT
Our esteemed ex team leader finished last night (Alice) and the guys in the kitchen had nicely wrapped her car in several layers of industrial pallet wrap just to be on the safe side along with a signed quality control label attached. Nice send off I thought.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Aug 20, 2020 9:06:45 GMT
Our esteemed ex team leader finished last night (Alice) and the guys in the kitchen had nicely wrapped her car in several layers of industrial pallet wrap just to be on the safe side along with a signed quality control label attached. Nice send off I thought. The old uns are the best👍🏻
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 20, 2020 10:06:00 GMT
Our esteemed ex team leader finished last night (Alice) and the guys in the kitchen had nicely wrapped her car in several layers of industrial pallet wrap just to be on the safe side along with a signed quality control label attached. Then when she got into it to drive off they poured petrol all over it and each chucked a match in. Nice send off I thought.
Yeah. Thorough, too.
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Post by chuffedstokie on Aug 20, 2020 10:17:52 GMT
Our esteemed ex team leader finished last night (Alice) and the guys in the kitchen had nicely wrapped her car in several layers of industrial pallet wrap just to be on the safe side along with a signed quality control label attached. Then when she got into it to drive off they poured petrol all over it and each chucked a match in. Nice send off I thought.
Yeah. Thorough, too. Thought I'd leave that bit out to protect the innocent!.
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Post by lawrieleslie on Aug 20, 2020 10:21:36 GMT
As an ex-matelot I always wrote "Fair winds & following seas" and continued to do this when in teaching jobs after leaving the RN. Never worked with anybody so bad as to write a disrespectful Leaving message. I can only remember serving with one obnoxious boss who was so far up his own arse he could lick his own duodenum. Fortunately I was friendly with our appointing officer and managed to pave a move out to another posting to get away from him.
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