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@tinks wrote:
@jen_jen wrote:
@Sgt Pepper wrote:
:P
Right.. Enough levity!!
We better return to the thread and topic at hand... Before jen gets us all clamped :lol:
*scarpers*
Only if you park in my space without a blue badge :P
i would like to submit my blue peter badge i acquired in the 1970s
:D
What did you do to get that? Go with Noakes? :P
Oh my! That was bad but I couldn’t resist.
*runs before tinks gets her gun :P
I could actually say.. as dubbs said..
and here I am back.. my dilemma.. My mother was 38. a late baby.I never knew.
I know all the stories. was late.the Dilemma being. cruel cruel cunts that never even liked me ! my matrachal JUTE mill worker.
gees a KIss xxsorry..
Grrrrrrr Celtic!!!
I knew it!!!
I said it!!!!
I told you!!!:evil:
](*,)
Thought I would share this dilemma with you… some years ago I worked as a special events coordinator, when a vacancy came up within the team I recommended a close friend for the position…. not only was she a friend but she was also my next door neighbour.
I knew her husband and her family very well. Anyway she got the job and for a while all was well. It then became apparent that my boss was on more than friendly terms with her…. not only that but she was using work as a reason to be out nights …. saying that she was on training courses etc when in fact she was sha-gging the boss.
It was very difficult for me because her husband would ask about her duties and her training…I was confused at how to handle it, as well as feeling let down I was put in that situation by her and my boss…… so what would you have done…. she had three small kids BTW and he was married with no kiids, I knew his wife too
@mrs_teapot wrote:
Thought I would share this dilemma with you… some years ago I worked as a special events coordinator, when a vacancy came up within the team I recommended a close friend for the position…. not only was she a friend but she was also my next door neighbour.
I knew her husband and her family very well. Anyway she got the job and for a while all was well. It then became apparent that my boss was on more than friendly terms with her…. not only that but she was using work as a reason to be out nights …. saying that she was on training courses etc when in fact she was sha-gging the boss.
It was very difficult for me because her husband would ask about her duties and her training…I was confused at how to handle it, as well as feeling let down I was put in that situation by her and my boss…… so what would you have done…. she had three small kids BTW and he was married with no kiids, I knew his wife too
issues with a neighbour are never good …….i actually would leave well alone no matter how well i knew them……….things like that usually end in tears when it’s all out in the open ……..if it was you who spoke out you might be be seen as the ‘bad guy’ at some point
@Sgt Pepper wrote:
Grrrrrrr Celtic!!!
I knew it!!!
I said it!!!!
I told you!!!:evil:
](*,)
i’m so glad i didn’t follow your lead :)
Dilemma…someone that I would class as more than an acquaintance but not quite a friend (yet) has a 40th birthday tomorrow. She brought her 8 year old daughter into the shop yesterday and left her for a little while as she wanted to buy her mum a birthday present. When the shopping was done but mum hadn’t returned yet, we were chatting and the daughter told me of the surprise barbecue that they were arranging for Saturday and asked me if I was coming, then looked a bit concerned and said “I’ll have to check with my dad, I’m not sure whether I’m supposed to be inviting you or not.” I said not to worry, I wouldn’t be able to make it anyway as I’d be at the shop.
This morning her husband has contacted me via facebook to say that their daughter has asked him to let me know that if I’d like to pop by after the shop has shut I would be more than welcome and how he’s looking forward to finally meeting me.
I suspect that I wasn’t on the original invite list but that they now feel obliged to invite me. Do I accept graciously or do I make my excuses?
@jen_jen wrote:
Dilemma…someone that I would class as more than an acquaintance but not quite a friend (yet) has a 40th birthday tomorrow. She brought her 8 year old daughter into the shop yesterday and left her for a little while as she wanted to buy her mum a birthday present. When the shopping was done but mum hadn’t returned yet, we were chatting and the daughter told me of the surprise barbecue that they were arranging for Saturday and asked me if I was coming, then looked a bit concerned and said “I’ll have to check with my dad, I’m not sure whether I’m supposed to be inviting you or not.” I said not to worry, I wouldn’t be able to make it anyway as I’d be at the shop.
This morning her husband has contacted me via facebook to say that their daughter has asked him to let me know that if I’d like to pop by after the shop has shut I would be more than welcome and how he’s looking forward to finally meeting me.
I suspect that I wasn’t on the original invite list but that they now feel obliged to invite me. Do I accept graciously or do I make my excuses?
Gee kids are disarmingly honest. Say you’re busy, but can pop in for a while, take a small gift, and leave early.
Socially polite without being over the top.
Nobody feels rejected and nobody has to feel imposed on – you or them.
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