Grumpy Old Man
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@dogmeat said in Grumpy Old Man:
GB & Oz always used to be for the Ashes
is it? i just thought it was the Kangaroo tour? i can't even remember the last one
that's fucking dumb too, and i will reconvene this rant in October when the tour happens
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Nothing irrational about it mate. The Ashes is The Ashes. End of.
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TBH I don't give a flying fudge what a competition between Oz and Brit women is called. I may not be the right person for this type of GOM though.
But it still shits me we call all other teams the ABs now. I wouldn't even call NZ Maori the Maori ABs back in the day.
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@Nepia said in Grumpy Old Man:
TBH I don't give a flying fudge what a competition between Oz and Brit women is called. I may not be the right person for this type of GOM though.
But it still shits me we call all other teams the ABs now. I wouldn't even call NZ Maori the Maori ABs back in the day.
is there a GOM-themed bingo? I'm calling it, right here.
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@mariner4life iTt was even a Sydney Club that donated the Trophy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men's_rugby_league_Ashes_(original_series)
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@Duluth said in Grumpy Old Man:
@mariner4life just call it the gashes
Just hand out the Ferny for 2025 now @Virgil
Everyone else, thanks for coming. You'll do no better than 2nd
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couldnt think of where else to put this
so, hired a new intern/casual undergrad, he was super enthusiastic the interview, a bit of holiday experience, late 20's after starting as a chippie before going back to uni to qualify
was due in at 830 yesterday morning to do all his onboarding/hse stuff....i text him at 930...no reply....call him at 1030...no answer....he calls me back at 1100...."for some reason my alarm wasn't set"...
FFS
so my first discussion in person with him is a serve about this being a really bad start and he was lucky it was just admin on his first day, other have done field work on their first day
i dont think he's going to make it
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@Kiwiwomble said in Grumpy Old Man:
couldnt think of where else to put this
so, hired a new intern/casual undergrad, he was super enthusiastic the interview, a bit of holiday experience, late 20's after starting as a chippie before going back to uni to qualify
was due in at 830 yesterday morning to do all his onboarding/hse stuff....i text him at 930...no reply....call him at 1030...no answer....he calls me back at 1100...."for some reason my alarm wasn't set"...
FFS
so my first discussion in person with him is a serve about this being a really bad start and he was lucky it was just admin on his first day, other have done field work on their first day
i dont think he's going to make it
Sounds like someone had a big night.
Doing that the day before starting a new job is the rookie move to end all rookie moves though, based on that he should be given the boot.
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Early 20s, I'd almost pass it off as an unfortunate error, but late 20s??? Plus, surely he's used to earlier starts than that as a chippie. Giant red flag for mine.
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@Kiwiwomble said in Grumpy Old Man:
couldnt think of where else to put this
so, hired a new intern/casual undergrad, he was super enthusiastic the interview, a bit of holiday experience, late 20's after starting as a chippie before going back to uni to qualify
was due in at 830 yesterday morning to do all his onboarding/hse stuff....i text him at 930...no reply....call him at 1030...no answer....he calls me back at 1100...."for some reason my alarm wasn't set"...
FFS
so my first discussion in person with him is a serve about this being a really bad start and he was lucky it was just admin on his first day, other have done field work on their first day
i dont think he's going to make it
FFS, he fails at lying too. Make up something else rather than slept in to 11am.
Keep us updated on his progress.
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How do you physically do that. Like there were times in my past where I slept into 11am pretty regularly, it's a choice you make. Your body knows what's happening and once it's light I could wake up at any point and know what was happening.
So strange to be THAT dead to the world that you can get to 11am without having any clue what's happening.
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@barbarian yeah, when i was at high school or even uni and you actually had nothing to do on a weekend...i could sleep with the best of them
everyone else ive talked to was the same as me though, i would have been waking every hour or so scared i'd missed my alarm, i do it if i have an early flight
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@MN5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Kiwiwomble said in Grumpy Old Man:
couldnt think of where else to put this
so, hired a new intern/casual undergrad, he was super enthusiastic the interview, a bit of holiday experience, late 20's after starting as a chippie before going back to uni to qualify
was due in at 830 yesterday morning to do all his onboarding/hse stuff....i text him at 930...no reply....call him at 1030...no answer....he calls me back at 1100...."for some reason my alarm wasn't set"...
FFS
so my first discussion in person with him is a serve about this being a really bad start and he was lucky it was just admin on his first day, other have done field work on their first day
i dont think he's going to make it
Sounds like someone had a big night.
In his 20s that shouldn't be a problem.
I'm wondering if he was in the lockup overnight.
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@Kiwiwomble said in Grumpy Old Man:
was due in at 830 yesterday morning to do all his onboarding/hse stuff....i text him at 930...no reply....call him at 1030...no answer....he calls me back at 1100...."for some reason my alarm wasn't set"...
Can't speak for the other GOM in this thread, but personally, I'm fucking envious of his ability to sleep thru to 1100
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@barbarian said in Grumpy Old Man:
How do you physically do that. Like there were times in my past where I slept into 11am pretty regularly, it's a choice you make. Your body knows what's happening and once it's light I could wake up at any point and know what was happening.
**** So strange to be THAT dead to the world that you can get to 11am without having any clue what's happening**.**
I’d be on my 4th or 5th piss by 11am
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@MN5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
@barbarian said in Grumpy Old Man:
How do you physically do that. Like there were times in my past where I slept into 11am pretty regularly, it's a choice you make. Your body knows what's happening and once it's light I could wake up at any point and know what was happening.
**** So strange to be THAT dead to the world that you can get to 11am without having any clue what's happening**.**
I’d be on my 4th or 5th piss by 11am
Yes, but would have got out of bed?
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@MN5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
I’d be on my 4th or 5th piss by 11am
Wait until get older and it'll be more like 6am.
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@Kiwiwomble I was the opposite. I went through my uni years averaging three hours sleep a night. Or so I'm told. They're a bit of a blur ....
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