osmark86 Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Any manager thread on the on-topic section of this forum. Too damn despressing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted February 22, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted February 22, 2022 7 hours ago, osmark86 said: Any manager thread on the on-topic section of this forum. Too damn despressing. What's this on topic of which you speak? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Went to the office today - nice to see people and had a catch up with a mate at lunchtime, but **** hell, not productive at all. 2 hours in total travelling and I struggle to focus with noise around me now! Catch up day tomorrow. WFH has spoilt me. No way could I do 5 days in an office. I did go to Starbucks though, so that will please Boris and the Daily Mail. Keep the economy ticking over! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCU Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 50 minutes ago, Xela said: Went to the office today - nice to see people and had a catch up with a mate at lunchtime, but **** hell, not productive at all. 2 hours in total travelling and I struggle to focus with noise around me now! Catch up day tomorrow. WFH has spoilt me. No way could I do 5 days in an office. I did go to Starbucks though, so that will please Boris and the Daily Mail. Keep the economy ticking over! Same with me. I really struggle to concentrate when I’m in the office and actually get any work done now. I was noticing my colleagues doing exactly the same. Looking forward to catching up tomorrow, just me and the quiet sound of the radio. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Same here, I have to go in soon to collect new work mobile but I really cba. I know I’ll be annoyed by all the distractions, noise of people on the phone, noise of people chatting near my desk, noise of people eating near me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 22, 2022 Moderator Share Posted February 22, 2022 On 18/02/2022 at 18:04, Xela said: I may be guilty of this... and overuse of brackets (sometimes). If done improperly, it can be quite a pa(ren)thetic way to post. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrusr Posted February 23, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted February 23, 2022 4 hours ago, Xela said: I did go to Starbucks though, so that will please Boris and the Daily Mail. Keep the economy ticking over! Absolutely, just think of all that Corporation Tax that they will pay because of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted February 23, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted February 23, 2022 7 hours ago, cyrusr said: Absolutely, just think of all that Corporation Tax that they will pay because of it. Oh come on. I'm sure they'll make a public statement announcing that they've complied with all the rules but nevertheless will agree to pay a couple of million out of the goodness of their heart only for which we should all be grateful. Their shops are probably each making losses of tens of thousands each year, it's a miracle they can keep trading really. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meath_Villan Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Amazon prime just randomly charging one of my many bank accounts 9.95 even after going through with the online support that I have cancelled all my accounts ages ago ...sending screen shots of confirmations etc ...... Pure cowboy's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Over here,we regually get phone calls saying that we owe Amazon $$$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 The amount of crazy women calling out the OP in this thread for being an asshole. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Women are very complicated, and trying to understand them is pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 25 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: The amount of crazy women calling out the OP in this thread for being an asshole. Definitely NTA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 3 minutes ago, Seat68 said: Definitely NTA. Really? I'd say he's the asshole and it's a tragic relationship with crap communication if he thinks it's reasonable to "surprise" his partner with a visit from his mother. It's one thing to have someone pop in for a bit and say hello, but inviting them to come and stay the day? The pregnancy hardly even factors into it for me, you don't just invite someone over to your home all day without discussing it, surely? I'd be absolutely fuming if my in laws came over all day as a "surprise". 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 8 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Really? I'd say he's the asshole and it's a tragic relationship with crap communication if he thinks it's reasonable to "surprise" his partner with a visit from his mother. It's one thing to have someone pop in for a bit and say hello, but inviting them to come and stay the day? The pregnancy hardly even factors into it for me, you don't just invite someone over to your home all day without discussing it, surely? I'd be absolutely fuming if my in laws came over all day as a "surprise". I can only go off my relationship with my in law and my wife's relationship with her in laws. The value of my mother against her mother is unimportant, both are grandmother's and my feeling is that if her mother were alive, she would have been invited around almost immediately but as less weight is put on the father's mother, then it becomes an issue. That said, we have dipped into Mumsnet territory here so mileage varies and it's just my take on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 As if any son wants their mother in the delivery room. That alone tells me they've got a weird relationship. Imagine your grown husband being so obsessed with mummy you have to tell him the reason you don't want his mum to watch you tearing your downsides in half squeezing a human out is because your mum isn't alive to see it. Any other excuse would probably be deemed insufficient and end with a 'surprise' guest arriving just as you're crowning. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 23, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted February 23, 2022 My elder daughter specifically wanted her mum (i.e. my wife), as well as her husband, present at the birth of her first child. Mrs M had no great desire to be there, but complied with the request. I simply waited at home as standby taxi driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Delivery room would be a no no but visiting your grandchild, I see nothing wrong with that. Particularly based on the mother's 2 sisters already visited. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 No mum’s present at ours. But I will tell you this absolute 100% true, on my eyes, true, true story. The midwife had the radio on. During the delivery: Keep On Pushing, The Impressions. Upon delivery, me cuddling slightly gunky new baby: Theme tune from the X Files Absolute true story, no anecdotal bending of the light to make it funnier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 I think our partners wanting their mothers in the room for birth is normal. The other mother being there really shouldn’t even be a thing unless they had a very close bond and it was requested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts