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Aug 25th 2013, 7:29 am

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Re: Reporting in without any enthusiasm

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Originally Posted by old.sparkles

that's frustrating

It was like having my bollocks tickled when they told / asked me for it.

Then like having them bitten this morning.

Still, it wasn't 4,500 words long!

Aug 25th 2013, 7:38 am

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Re: Reporting in without any enthusiasm

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It was like having my bollocks tickled when they told / asked me for it.

Then like having them bitten this morning.

Still, it wasn't 4,500 words long!

Is the project likely to go ahead in the future?

Aug 25th 2013, 7:40 am

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Is the project likely to go ahead in the future?

Fingers crossed. Just been delayed a bit. Might only be a few weeks, but we'll see.

Fortunately the work is never completely wasted, I've got a promotion in the pipeline and this would have massively helped.

Still, could be worse!

Aug 25th 2013, 7:42 am

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Re: Reporting in without any enthusiasm

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Well not too bad then - and

for the promotion

Aug 25th 2013, 7:45 am

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Well not too bad then - and

for the promotion

Thanks, you're a friendly one. Visit here more often.

Aug 25th 2013, 7:46 am

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Re: Reporting in without any enthusiasm

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Thanks, you're a friendly one. Visit here more often.

Not all mods are miserable, cranky old barstewards. Just me.

Aug 25th 2013, 7:47 am

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Thanks, you're a friendly one. Visit here more often.

Thanks - I aim to please

Aug 25th 2013, 7:51 am

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Re: Reporting in without any enthusiasm

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Thanks - I aim to please

So we've all been told..

Aug 25th 2013, 9:07 am

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Re: Reporting in without any enthusiasm

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I spent three days last week doing some pre-lim research and reporting on something.....only to be told today that it was a massive waste of time, project isn't signed off and that when they said it was live, they were telling porkies.

Normal run of the course for me - Only about 20-30% of our projects succeed.

Aug 25th 2013, 9:08 am

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Normal run for the course for me - Only about 20-30% of our projects succeed.

Indeed. But I'm sure if you had the right people you'd increase that percentage....

Aug 25th 2013, 9:35 am

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Indeed. But I'm sure if you had the right people you'd increase that percentage....

Actually, not really. This is a trend we see across the business in all regions.

Aug 25th 2013, 9:46 am

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Re: Reporting in without any enthusiasm

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Actually, not really. This is a trend we see across the business in all regions.

Millhouse's most boring post ever.

Unless that is some SERIOUSLY veiled sarcasm?

Aug 25th 2013, 2:19 pm

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Re: Reporting in without any enthusiasm

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I am not entirely suprised. The amount of times I've been involved with situations like that, only for them to fizzle out like a damp sparkler now numners many multiples of ten! At the end of it, I'm always left thinking * Which bellend came up with this bloody silly idea, and which bloody silly commitee thought it would fly?*