That you got any disciplinary action staggers belief and LED LIGHT BEANIES? Yes, thatâs really helpful!
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I didnât like to ask so thanks for the update. I donât feel the verbal warning was fair though.
Ohwell, hope the hospital goes ok.
ok. im relieved you got just a warning. Still too much.
Why hospital?
It took me taking a regional manager to one side when she was visiting the store to get Morrisons to buy more sack trolleys.
Ever tried to carry 10 very heavy crates from your van to an address 300 yards away because Morrisons are too cheap to replace broken trolleys?
No much more economical to have two drivers go off with burst hernias.
I particularly enjoyed watching my store manager squirm when I pulled up one of my old training courses on manual handling and how to use the tools provided by Morrisons to make it easier.
âWait you dont have those?â She asked to the manager turning to her.
âErrm⌠no âŚâ
âThen put an order in. Now.â
For context, this manager, also a jobsworth, told the drivers they wouldnât be getting trollies despite repeated requests.
So I just waited for the regional 4 monthly visit.
And hospital Iâm hoping to get news on my procedure, been on a waiting list for a year.
Cant go into more details on here sorry.
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Big corporation canât be seen to admit that they are in the in the wrong.
When I worked retail I once got a warning because I refused to sell an age restricted product (craft kit containing glue which triggered the ID thing on the till) to a child who was under 10 years old 
I had refused to take the money from him and do the transaction with him but agreed to do with his mum/gran who he was with but couldnât take the money from him as he was obviously under 18, she had a fit and complained about me but for all I knew she could have been trading standards and I could have fined or jailed for selling to him.
Big corp âmust make all the moneyâ didnât care though and just like with Souly they want the little worker bee to put themselves at risk so big corps bank accounts can keep getting fatter, doesnât matter if Soul breaks a leg or gets mugged as long as the ÂŁÂŁÂŁ keep rolling in.
And that is my rant for the day⌠unless anyone wants to hear why I am mad at car drivers this week? 
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Just focus on the positives.
Ranting might make people feel better but it changes little about situations 9 times out of ten.
Work for me right now is horrible, but i just take a deep breath and remember why im here, then get on with the day.
Someone comes to me to rant about someone or something i just feign interest.
Then tell them hope it gets sorted.
Then continue with my day.
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Why on earth should you get a verbal warning for adhering to policy?
I swear some of these places make it up as they go along, it seems to me that managers in retail feel a need to be as vengeful and inconsiderate as they can possibly get!
I had over 20 years managing staff in my MoD job, and Iâm certain that no action would have been taken for the situation you describe
Trust me, mate- i do the same job as Souly, and while there are obviously company policies in place, they are âopen to interpretationâ a lot of the time. Some managers take an immediate dislike to you and twist things in these scenarios to paint you in a bad light.
Our vans shouldnât even be on the road they are that old - but the company are too tight to get some decent ones.
@Souly - good luck at hospital, mate
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Rant away, itâs good to let it out lest the bottle overflow.
Did one get you so mad you punched through his door to get to him?
Details woman details!
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NHS Tayside phoned my missus over a week ago to tell her I had an appt.
Why not phone me?
I drive all the way to Perth from Dundee for a 10 minute appt, (also picking up a 40 quid parking ticket, my fault I forgot the pay n display) to get told stuff I could have been told on the phone.
Drive all the way back to Dundee and find a letter in my front doorway, (luckily Roscoe was out on his walk, he likes to⌠âfileâ⌠mail that comes) and itâs from Perth Royal Infirmary.
dated two weeks ao.
Telling me I have an appointment.
Whcih I just returned from.
So because NHS Tayside doesnât have the specialist but NHS Lothian does, (I already knew this) I have to call them and talk to the specialist, and I also have to get as much info as I can about my original procedure when it was done in Florida. So I will have to contact them and get all my shmazzle and get it to NHS Lothian.
Holy moly. Glad Iâm off till friday
I also bet I can make everyone go âreeeeeeeeeeeee!!â
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I wish I had punched a hole through his door!! Parked on the zigzags outside my sons school⌠then drove right into one of their âdonât park hereâ bollards which are designed to be the height of a small child and painted with a cartoon kid on them, he didnât stop even as his car scraped along the bollard. He just did not care he had hit something. And still today parents are parking on the double yellows and zigzags outside the school not caring and they wonât until one of them actually hits a kid.
The school? Does nothing⌠too busy chasing parents whoâve had their kids off ill 
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That is amazing ⌠thanks for cheering up my day 
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Even then, the school response would only be a mildly worded letter to all parents reminding them to be careful.
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Iâm a sucker for little furry critters, any critters tbh. Every animal (and plant Mr or Mrs militant vegan) has a right to live unmolested by the only species on Earth that is hellbent on exterminating every other species simply because it can.
Let me guess. One of the following options.
Chelsea tractor (Range Rover type vehicle for those unaware)
Audi.
SUV proudly displaying itâs a 4wd, despite the fact the only time it ever sees any off road is when it pulls into the owners drive.
But my fave? The new status symbol, someone with a big honking 4wd pick up truck. Actually had this happen.
âAre you stuck in the embankment?â
âYeah, itâs all mud, can you pull me out?â
âErrmm. Here, let me get you out.â
drives pick up out of embankment in 4 seconds
âThere you go budâ
âWoW I didnât know you could do that! Howâd you do that?â
proceeds to show owner how the 4wd function works while screaming inside âYOUâRE DRIVING A PICK UP TRUCK WITH A HIGH WHEEL BASE YOU BALLOON!â
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I live in a city⌠we donât have embankments or mud tbh Iâm not sure what type of car it was, I was too appalled by what I was seeing to even grab my phone and try to grab the license plate. It wasnât a chelsea tractor though.
The NHS individually are all generally good eggs.
The administration is utter codswallop.
Tbh, that goes for most things.
That sucks
Hope you get it sorted.
(See it works)
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