The one thing I don't miss about work was being pushed into contributing to a Christmas party I was never going to attend. Yeah, every year they'd come around with an authority slip for the paymaster to deduct $2.00 a week... and every year I'd say: "Get stuffed, I'm not paying 48 bucks a year for some crap party I'm not gonna be at!!!!"  I had a wife and kid at home who'd rather I was at home with them (instead of being out on the town getting plastered) and saving the money for something more important.

The other thing I would say, when the social club people didn't take no for an answer the first, second and third time: "Look, I have to spend 8 - 12 hours a day with you bastards over 48 weeks of the year (take off 4 weeks annual leave)... the last fucken thing I want to do is fucken drink with ya's."

One thing I would miss about work is all the sexual harrassment. It's unbearable at times.

[quote who="Fuzzy Logic" reply="3" id="2574790"]One thing I would miss about work is all the sexual harrassment. It's unbearable at times.[/quonow why am i not suprised by this fuzzy? and u   wizard  lol

frankie i am far too outspoken for anyone to mess with me, they were all scared witless of my caustic tongue  lol   esp senior management, i loved giving em grief

 

frankie i am far too outspoken for anyone to mess with me, they were all scared witless of my caustic tongue  lol   esp senior management, i loved giving em grief
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This is one reason, I am sure, that I got laid off. I refused to be pushed around and would not take any crap from anyone. My senior manager was a wuss and a pushover who always made excuses for peoples stupidy. I have a real problem with folks who have no common sense whatsoever and he interpreted telling some one that, was saying they were stupid. I know some highly intellegent people who have no common sense!

Not all of them were like that, but that's one reason I refused to be a part of the Xmas social.  Besides, I always liked to keep my work life and associates separate from my social/home/personal life.  The only time I ever became involved with a work associate was when I defended a blind guy against a group of apprentices... and almost got fired because one happened to be the boss's son.

Now there's another thing I don't miss!!!  It's one thing I did try offering around, but none of the ladies ever wanted any. 

And in those days I was such an Adonis, too.