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Old 7th December 2018, 20:30   #51
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Well got a response from my e-mail to bt,not from CEO but a subordinate thanking me for getting in touch.They will send a broadband specialist to me Monday.
Been all afternoon trying to put up this post.
"no internet connection","your internet is not private" "hub manager problem"
flashing red and orange on router and even loosing connection when router showing blue (O.K.)
Hooray there at last!
There! - a result in my view.

Do let us know how things progress.
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Old 7th December 2018, 20:56   #52
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RED CARD for you Gate Keeper.

Inappropriate use of the word "earned". Paid far more suitable. BIG difference.

UK excel at over rewarding failure or poor performance particularly for so called "high flyers". Plus lump sums and nice pensions on severance.
I read and thought the same as you, but having thought about it, would still say 'earned'. Do you realise how much effort is involved in stepping on people, brown nosing and networking to get that high? It takes a lot of effort........... not much ability, but plenty of effort and a brass neck of course lol.

I agree wholeheartedly, that 'high rankers' as my colleague calls them, are effectively rewarded for messing things up. If something equivalent happens at a lower level with someone responsible, they are fired, no golden handshake.

There are a handful of specialist 'ceo surfers' that join failing companies, in their dying days, hang around for a couple of years lining their nest with contractual handshakes, for when the inevitable happens. (DSG were brought to their knees by one such imbecile, I met him after he came to our company, and him and another did the same thing. Imbecile is the only word I can use, or cabbage, cabbage probably better). These guys move on with nary a blot on their reputation.
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Old 7th December 2018, 23:16   #53
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RED CARD for you Gate Keeper.

Inappropriate use of the word "earned". Paid far more suitable. BIG difference.

UK excel at over rewarding failure or poor performance particularly for so called "high flyers". Plus lump sums and nice pensions on severance.

Talking about flyers, ever since my schooldays in the 1950s, this for me will always be a Gatekeeper. Pleased to report they are frequent in my garden during mid-summer. Seen females ovipositing on the garden lawn. Their larvae are grass eaters... no problems there ..

We could have an argument over the word “earned”, but it would take this thread away from the OP and I would not want it to get personal. However the inclusion of the Gatekeeper is all forgiving and rather beautiful to see
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Old 8th December 2018, 09:17   #54
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yesterday I tried to call DHL, the number I called had 3 options, each one was voice and keypad activated and of no use to me, I needed to talk to someone. I emailed the ceo, I'm not wasting my time making call after call. If they want to make things difficult they can feel the pain.
I got home and they had done as asked.

That's good enough for me

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Old 8th December 2018, 12:19   #55
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yesterday I tried to call DHL, the number I called had 3 options, each one was voice and keypad activated and of no use to me, I needed to talk to someone. I emailed the ceo, I'm not wasting my time making call after call. If they want to make things difficult they can feel the pain.
I got home and they had done as asked.

That's good enough for me

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In reality Ian, it was the CAO you emaild. The Clerical Assistant Ordinaire.

But, as long as you are happy!
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Old 8th December 2018, 13:15   #56
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In reality Ian, it was the CAO you emaild. The Clerical Assistant Ordinaire.

But, as long as you are happy!
may be the cao read it and dealt with it but I got what I wanted so sending to ceo worked

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Old 8th December 2018, 22:32   #57
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may be the cao read it and dealt with it but I got what I wanted so sending to ceo worked

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Good that you got it sorted - and is it just me that finds it laughable that a new position of “clerical assistant ordinaire” has to be fabricated in order to satisfy someone’s vanity?
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Old 9th December 2018, 09:43   #58
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Old 9th December 2018, 11:36   #59
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Good that you got it sorted - and is it just me that finds it laughable that a new position of “clerical assistant ordinaire” has to be fabricated in order to satisfy someone’s vanity?
While we wait for my follow up let us play.
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Old 9th December 2018, 12:14   #60
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While we wait for my follow up let us play.
Telecommunications manager: operator.
Environmental and public recreational area manager: park keeper.
Just for a laugh, but true. When I worked in the NHS in London, my street name was “Phil the pill” and I would like think it broke down barriers, but who knows. What about yourself John, what was your street name?
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