Next week is booked almost to overflowing with meetings again, and management visits to boot. I have an immense fondness for management visits as I do get some enjoyment from them...particularly when they swan in and demand to go and see some clients only to be told, when we arrive on a heavy industrial site, that they will not be permitted entry as pointy toed, patent leather business shoes do not constitute safety footwear. The enjoyable part of this process is where I get to say "You can sit in the car while I go in...I promise to leave a window cracked for you if you're a good boy." As a "Territory Manager" I struggle to understand how people who work in the industry and have not been removed from the field for all that long can be so...anyway, the downside is the obligatory meetings that will inevitably be held. We will all sit around squawking and squabbling without achieving anything tangible other than the vague feeling that we could have accomplished a lot more had we been left to do our jobs (which, somewhat distressingly, I genuinely enjoy).
Seagulls seem to sum these situations up quite well.
This is also SOOC (except for the crop), so YAY for me, have a wine and a relax. No, not you, just me.
I am a confirmed and certifiable nutbar with a penchant for skulls, bones, blood, guts, fire and anything slightly peculiar and mostly bizarre. I also...
Wait, wait, wait! I want wine too. If I don't get it I'll just whine about it and you'll never hear the end of it. My last job was a great one for wasting time in useless meetings. So very glad not to be there anymore! A bunch of stuck-up people with over-inflated opinions of themselves. This is a great capture and I love the light! Perfect exposure :)
Phht - if you think you are drinking all the wine you have another thing coming - well you can for another 3 hours as it is still a tad early even for me hahahahahaha
@kamen088 Exactly. You're still not getting any wine though. It's mine all mine I tell you!!! And thank you very much.
@kt8ird I don't know that I need luck - just restraining.... @annied Try and stop me - if you think it's too early you're an amateur and we have nothing further t discuss ;) As for which sea gull...you chose the one I wanted!!! @rosiekerr Thanks very much indeed
@graemestevens oh thank heavens - I was thinking you were the amateur - I have injured a few body parts - and other people all the name of not spilling my wine
@graemestevens true story - I once ended up with a slight sprain to my ankle when I tripped and then rolled it as I tried to keep my glass upright - friends cheered and said wow you didn't spill a drop! ( they too are pisspots hahahahahaha )
@annied Your dedication to the cause is to be commended. I am impressed...I have one question though: are their any other kinds of friends apart from piss pots?
@graemestevens oh no - we get rid of them as soon as we realise - that assumes we made the drunken error of befriending them in the first place hahahahahahaha
@pusspup I think they may have been...they certainly looked disinterested enough for it to be a staff meeting... @annied A wise move - sober people (while I'm sure they're lovely in their own quaint way) should never be allowed to mix with lushes.
I love your ' horror ' pictures but you do take some spectacular 'ordinary' ones too.......I love this staff meeting, a fave for me.
Hope you managed the ' children ' !
@graemestevens Have a glass or three of your favourite tipple Graeme, then organise the feathered workers to have good feed then do a fly-over for your visitors. As ever, I love your sardonic SOH.
@happypat Thank you very much indeed :) The children will live... @wearing0 Thanks very much - you too. @golftragic I'm having a glass right now :) @dide Most definitely :)
@graemestevens@annied I have to confess to being as tee total as they come....not a drop has passed my mouth for many years....just think how wonky I would be with it.....
Oh and the shot. It's fab. Don't have many meetings but I am on the management committee for the kids pre school....oh my that drives me nuts....I shall be wipping them into shape now I am miss secretary this year and get to set the agenda.....I will be getting my bossy boots out and keeping them in line.
@newbank@graemestevens HAHAHAHAHAHA they let me on a committee once and that was only to sort out the idiots who ran the canteen at my kids school who couldn't make decisions about purchasing such items as a $25 kettle - after my term I had no desire to go back and I doubt they would let me - let's just say expletives and name calling hahahahahaha
@newbank@graemestevens on another note we do have one friend who doesn't drink NOW ( prior to us knowing her apparently she did big time ) but she swears like a trouper and causes all manner of strife so she is accepted hahahahahahaha
@annied@newbank That's how I usually behave in meetings as well...apparently I need to learn to control my impulses. Personally I think they need to learn to stop talking horse hockey.
@newbank Wow, I'm impressed. I've normally had 3 coffees before I leave for work at 8, and I have one as soon as I get there. Chocolate is never, ever wrong and if someone tells you it is...well, you don't need them in your life anyway.
@graemestevens I don't like my liquid hot to drink unless it is the gorgeous nightly hot milky chocolate hubby makes. I am severely addicted to chocolate though. No need to be impressed. I generally get looked at like a freak when I say I don't drink tea or coffee. It's like I have suddenly grown an extra head. Anyhow. I think despite being alcohol, tea and coffee free I still give a give leg pull and can banter as good as anyone who likes a good banter.
@newbank absolutely and you are welcome to pull upon my leg at any time. I don't drink tea but when we lived in the UK I got looked at like some sort of side show quite often because of it...bizarre.
That's the thing about meetings, Everybody has heaps to say and none of it very constructive! I really love your leaving them in the car idea! Great shot they look like they are all looking in different directions, so that not one of them has to make a decision. Yeah, typical meeting!
@graemestevens@gigiflower@newbank returned to my computer after dinner to this - YAY! how lucky am I
Graeme - I can imagine the secretary you are envisioning and the job description you are imagining
Sam - here to help whenever you need as long as I am not having dinner a shower or on the loo
Miss Newy be careful what you say Mr S is easily excited hahahahaha
Thats's the attitude, Graham! Gull behaviour may look chaotic, but it does achieve the necessary ends and most of them get a bite to eat. (Who cares about the stragglers anyway!) Anyone who can survive a week's worth of management meetings and appear to remain sane should be shot on sight!
@gigiflower It was date night...not boring for me ;) @annied You've hit the nail on the head with all of those I think...well done little bear! @sioux Thanks very much...who knew seagulls could sum up a meeting so well? @tracelee Thanks very much @shannejw Thank you, and I usually like that part the best @kt8ird Thanks, but sometimes you have to... @lilminimonka Thank you very much :) @yrhenwr I like you're thinking. Shooting people on sight is right up my ally. @newbank That is a great, great shame. It may have cost the job I'm afraid. @livvy LOL, hand it over. Immediately. And thank you very much :) @ceilidh Thanks very much - I may not be completely sane by this time next week.
@rachelwithey Thanks very much :) @eyeamlisa All thanks should go to Mother Nature, but I'll be sure to pass it on... @annied Woohoooooooo!!!!! Enjoy that ya big ol' nutbar!
@kt8ird I don't know that I need luck - just restraining....
@annied Try and stop me - if you think it's too early you're an amateur and we have nothing further t discuss ;) As for which sea gull...you chose the one I wanted!!!
@rosiekerr Thanks very much indeed
@annied I'll happily maim and torture in the defence of my wine.
@annied A wise move - sober people (while I'm sure they're lovely in their own quaint way) should never be allowed to mix with lushes.
Hope you managed the ' children ' !
@wearing0 Thanks very much - you too.
@golftragic I'm having a glass right now :)
@dide Most definitely :)
And thanks...their legs are rather swanky.
@graemestevens I'm doubly frightened now. Please help me @annied
Graeme - I can imagine the secretary you are envisioning and the job description you are imagining
Sam - here to help whenever you need as long as I am not having dinner a shower or on the loo
Miss Newy be careful what you say Mr S is easily excited hahahahaha
awesome shot (again)
@annied You've hit the nail on the head with all of those I think...well done little bear!
@sioux Thanks very much...who knew seagulls could sum up a meeting so well?
@tracelee Thanks very much
@shannejw Thank you, and I usually like that part the best
@kt8ird Thanks, but sometimes you have to...
@lilminimonka Thank you very much :)
@yrhenwr I like you're thinking. Shooting people on sight is right up my ally.
@newbank That is a great, great shame. It may have cost the job I'm afraid.
@livvy LOL, hand it over. Immediately. And thank you very much :)
@ceilidh Thanks very much - I may not be completely sane by this time next week.
@eyeamlisa All thanks should go to Mother Nature, but I'll be sure to pass it on...
@annied Woohoooooooo!!!!! Enjoy that ya big ol' nutbar!
@golftragic Absolutely ;)