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at least if you go to billy he'll talk about De Town
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Originally Posted by max power
Think you've hit the nail on the head here, coiffure-wise. We have a barber in our village who utterly ignores you. It's marvelous. I don't want to talk to him, he doesn't want to talk to me, he cuts my hair, I give him some money, he grunts thank you, I leave. Marvelous.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macy
At the risk of an entirely new thread... Worst haircut in Irish football ever goes to..?
...............Robbie Doyle when he looked like a Skunk/BadgerQuote:
Originally Posted by green goblin
Thought about it, but I decided that closing my account there would be more effective!Quote:
Originally Posted by tiktok
I have a ****, monotonous job too, but I decide not to be rude, even to some of the most ignorant people I've ever met. I work in Woddies (summer job), and some of the customers I have to deal with are unreal. Yes, it wears you down, but you get on with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by brendy_éire
I have different accounts in different banks (Current, Savings, SSIA - not anything dodgy), and I have to say I've never noticed AIB being any better or worse than anywhere else. In fact now AIB has changed the branches around so that they have the customer services desk(s) for non-money queries they're actually one of the best to deal with.Quote:
Originally Posted by John83
Despite the inclination to change banks over the recent overcharging revelations, IMO they are now the best ones to be with - I don't believe they were the only ones (as other companies have shown), but they'll surely be the most strigent for the next few years...
Worked in AIB for two Summers. The ammount of buck passing in there is unreal. Everybody will tell you "thats not my job". Staff have real contempt for the management too. Not an enjoyable work place but very decent pay.
The people that work for Esat BT call centres drive me mad, totally useless at sorting things out.
[QUOTE=green goblin]Think you've hit the nail on the head here, coiffure-wise. We have a barber in our village who utterly ignores you. It's marvelous. I don't want to talk to him, he doesn't want to talk to me, he cuts my hair, I give him some money, he grunts thank you, I leave. Marvelous.
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An ex workmate of mine in Dublin fancied a lass in Peter Mark's so much, he often went in and had his hair cut there even when he didnt need one, just so he could talk to this girl... the stalking tendencies got too much for her and next time she sent a camp lad working there to cut his hair! he got the message and never went back again...
In a way they're right. What kid aspires to be a Parking Ticket warden or a clamper?Quote:
Originally Posted by brendy_éire
A friends wife works in a ladies beauty shop, and is always being beseiged by on the prowl fellas who are looking for the full back, sack and cr*ck wax (And no, they only do ladies, not pervy guys). Perhaps hiring a camp little scamp would be the end of their worries?Quote:
Originally Posted by PAURO 7
...and open up the possibility of a whole load of new business leads by the sound of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by green goblin
Yes, I am a capitalist!
SSIA - well I'd rather they hadn't cut the top rate of tax, and widened the bands instead, but I ain't going to turn down free money!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Conor74
AIB were willing to give us the mortgage over the phone, First Active were actually the worst.
NIB have a very bad reputation for mortgages.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macy
Permanent TSB have been spoken favourably in that respect.
AIB don't need to care about the ordinary Joe, that's their problem.
Did a bit of work for them there and got so sick of their "holier than thou" attitude that I decided to give them a taste of their own medicine and applied "policy" to everything they asked me to do.
Everything had to be reviewed and approved before I did a stroke.
They found it very frustrating that straight forward tasks seemed unnecessarily complicated.
Imagine having to endure such an inconvenience! :D
Of the Banks i think AIB are the most competitive for mortgages but better off with member owned Building Society like EBS.
I'll probably think of moving from AIB to PermanentTSB or Ulster as AIB charges while small are still annoying...
Rudest person come across in last year was Central Bank biddy when changing some punts to euro. :eek:
how about that tosser steward at the x .
did you get him sorted ?.
Currently going through the mortgage process with BofI and they've been excellent, although they have a relationship with my work which I'm benefitting from.
It would have been Permanent TSB otherwise
Yep :)Quote:
Originally Posted by the 12 th man
But now (Well, going by the last home game anyway) we have a new Men In Black style security team...very cool :cool: :cool:
My God. This thread is a few days old, 60+ posts and no-one has mentioned the most deplorable faeces of any profession - H fúcking R. These have to be the most horrid excuse for giving anyone a job, with their superior attitude, using stupid buzz phrases, and generally just getting on everyones tits.
Team Leaders. Generally these are over qualified McDonalds staff, who think they have 'people skills', and are 'on the road to success'. Thats why they wil be working in a call centre for next ti minimum wage for the rest of their pitiful lives.
McDonalds staff (esp those who have 3 starts or more). Does one have to thick stupid, ugly and a moron to work in a McDonolds?
Accounts people. General lick arses who are on a constant power trip.
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Originally Posted by tiktok
hear hear
id add civil servants(income tax).
We have that too, is it as good as they promise?Quote:
Originally Posted by tiktok
Rang up for a chat and had a bundle of information in the post the next morning from a very charming woman. When you're with AIB long enough, talking to someone in a bank who's charming can seem a little strange at first.
I think if your HR Department is essentially recruitment then you have a problem. Have to say that I find HR in my company to be brilliant. They pull out all the stops to get things sorted.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gary
When I worked for Apple many moons ago I thought they were fantastic too.
[QUOTE=Gary]My God. This thread is a few days old, 60+ posts and no-one has mentioned the most deplorable faeces of any profession - H fúcking R. These have to be the most horrid excuse for giving anyone a job, with their superior attitude, using stupid buzz phrases, and generally just getting on everyones tits.
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Thank you Gary, for getting us off the subject of mortgages and back on track to rude people and their jobs.
It might be a bit obvious, but the Police, anyone? I mean by that the German Lady's Constables of course.
I'm back in England again after having spent over 2 years here before and I have to say the Police have always been excellent.Quote:
Originally Posted by green goblin
Be it the airport Police, London Metropolitan Police, Thames Valley Police, Lancashire Police, Greater Manchester Police, West Midlands Police or whoever, I never had a problem. Sometimes I may only have been asking for directions but can't say that I ever felt intimidated or that they were rude.
That says a lot when you consider how many football games I've been to and the massive job they have to do there.
Hasn't started coming through yet as the sale hasn't gone through but will be saving €110 p.m. on the mortgage repayments for the first two years, they're paying €635 towards legal fees ( ;) , my work pays the rest as part of Relocation to dublin), home insurance and life insurance paid for the first year. Looks like it could be worth about €3500.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peadar
anyway, back on topic,
HR people, definitely :mad:
Actually, Peader... me too!Quote:
Originally Posted by Peadar
I'll get me coat
Mind you, when 800 Tims turned up to see the Scottish Giants play good natured testimonial against plucky li'l Wycombe Wanderers in 2001, the TVP put out more officers than are seen at a full Man Yoo game, eating into what meagre money was being raised for the retiring footballer. But, yes, they were fairly polite I suppose. And the police steering Ireland fans towards Charlton last summer couldn't have been more laid back, I thought.
I was thinking about this last week and it struck me that there is one profession in particular which each of us should have said. I can't believe it's not been said earlier.
We've all lost the rag with them at some stage and they're held in contempt by millions the world over.
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Football Referee's (match officials)
You don't know your fathers name :D
Seriously Peadar, when did you last see one that you'd call professionalQuote:
Originally Posted by Peadar
Keep it on Topic ;) :D :D
Siegfried Kirschen June 12 1988. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by tiktok
Was'nt alway's that way Peader, but i'll admit thing's have got a lot better. Are you coming up to the big smoke tomorrow night for the game v Bulgaria.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peadar
I've got colleagues over with me who've planned to have dinner in the hotel and watch the game there so I'll give the bright lights a miss this time.Quote:
Originally Posted by sylvo
Flights booked for Dublin on the 4th, Basel on the 8th and Paris next month.
I'm hoping that tonights game is the only one I miss.
Nah really it was an ex workmate!! Cant see me paying £50 quid for a haircut now matter how good looking the hairdresser was! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Hayser(the 2nd)
Hmmmm, only cos of the state of your hair do I believe you... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by PAURO 7
Whats wrong with my hair? Not exactly Mr. Toni and Guy yourself are ya??? ;) :)
oh and back to rudest people in an occupation. This is general, but how about f*ckers taking interviews. I mean you go from one end of the city to another for an interview, they say they'll let you know whether you have the job or not. And then they dont f*king ring. OK fair enough, i can assume from that i dont have the job, but a phonecall doesnt cost that much, you can tell me i dont have the job, i can take it, but at least f*king ring so i can move on and forget it!
I agree 100% with you on this one. It's so fecking annoying when they don't even bother to let you know if you got it or not.:mad:.Quote:
Originally Posted by PAURO 7
I'm not going to try and justify this but I might help you understand where the problem lies.Quote:
Originally Posted by PAURO 7
When doing interviews, you normally get a pile of CV's and a schedule. You normally get the CV's after the candidates have been invited for an interview. Most of them, you will dismiss simply from looking at the CV. Then you have the face to face and try to be open minded in case the person simply can't compose a CV.
When you decide on a candidate, you inform Resourcing or HR and they arrange to actual hiring of the candidate. It is also their job to call the unsuccessful candidates but the new hire takes priority and the task of calling the unsuccessful candidates can get lost in paperwork.
My advice would be to ring them.
Is that really how it's done? Not go through the CV's first and then decide who to interview?
Only has to be a simple letter and mail merge to let people know they weren't successful. 5 minute job if that.
I'm talking about technical roles where the interviews are lined up by non technical resourcing staff. They'll screen CV's for trigger words which relate to the role being offered.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macy
Let's say the job is for a Database Administrator, they'll screen for SQL, Oralce etc. and then offer an interview.
What might actually be on the persons CV might be something like, "There was an SQL box in my last job. I was required to recycle the power on it more than once."
Five minutes if someone actually goes about doing it. A person who hasn't had a successful interview with your company usually gets little further consideration. Unfortunately, it's the way things are.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macy
The majority of CV's are e-mailed now and don't contain a postal address.
I suppose a formal e-mail would suffice as notice.
i think he means the interviewers, as in the hr filter the initial list of cvs.
is that it pa burke?
Just would've expected them to be screened by the technical section as well, even if after HR, not doubting you were right. Seems a waste of time though interviewing clearly unsuitable candidates, when would be quicker looking at CV's first (less haste more speed and all that).Quote:
Originally Posted by Peadar
It does happen like that sometimes but often you wont be available to screen CV's so HR will arrange the interviews for a day when you're available and that's the first chance you have to see the CV's.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macy
I try my best to give clear indications in an interview if the person is unsuitable.