Carrying on from yesterday’s theme ..

An elderly Canadian gentleman of 83 arrived in Paris by plane.

At the immigration desk, the man took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry-on bag.

“You have been to France before, monsieur?” the Immigration officer asked, sarcastically.

The elderly gentleman admitted he had been to France previously.

Then you should know well enough to have your passport ready.”

The Canadian gentleman says, “The last time I was here, I didn’t have to show  it.”

“Impossible. All Canadians have to show their passports on arrival in France!”

The elderly gentleman gave the Frenchman a long hard look.

Then he quietly explained.

“When I came ashore on the Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944, I couldn’t find a fucking Frenchman to show it to”

Do you think these will catch on?

Every so often ..

we get booklets from our Solicitors regarding workplace issues, you know the kind of thing, how to treat maternity leave and what to do for bereavement .. well today (and not for the first time) we got one on bullying and harassment in the workplace …

Now, whilst being very interesting reading, it doesn’t actually go into what to do if the bully is the head honcho .. as apparently the risks to an employer of bullying by an employee are:

• Damage to the reputation of the organisation (what reputation?)
• Employee absences (check)
• Loss of respect for managers and supvervisors (check)
• Poor morale and employee relations (check)
• Poor performance and lost productivity (check check check)

Now on Monday I was off .. I was in serious pain through some form of food poisoning/bug which brought out a really very uncomfortable and debilitating IBS attack .. my boss phoned me at home 3 times as he “couldn’t find something” .. I was by the phone all day so no problem and I directed him to the items he required .. BUT .. even so!  AND I should really have had Tuesday off too as I was still in some discomfort and my need for a walk or to be moving around to try an alleviate some of the pain and take my mind off the pain, for the Fat Controller was apparently incredibly inconvenient! .. and my pain isn’t?

So on Tuesday, 1) I’m feeling like shit; and 2) being shouted at for poor performance etc .. because I can’t actually concentrate because my intestines are spasming excrutiatingly.

So dear little booklet .. who do I complain to?  The FC?

(you will be pleased to know, whilst not 100% I am a lot better, although everything tastes of peppermint and I burp peppermint .. and well we won’t go into what else!)