Quote ="Remarkable_Rhinos"Yes I am. Because in today's world there's a hell of a lot of red tape, and political correctness, and EU style "rules" that prevent bosses from doing things that would seem common sense to many.
Example; the Mrs works for a "well known supermarket" whilst she's at Uni. "Head Office says" that they're not allowed to hand out Over Time during November (fair enough, probably saving up the cash for Christmas, whatever, anyway...) a colleague asked her to work a shift for her (actually for a funeral which makes this worse IMO but the reason is irrelevant...) she wasn't allowed to work the shift for a colleague because apparently that would mean that the Mrs. was doing "overtime", even though they wouldn't be paying her colleague to work the shift. Their wage bill would've been exactly the same (thus no "overtime" paid) and they would've been helping out 2 members of staff (one who is able to attend the funeral, and one who makes a bit of extra cash). Common sense thing would've been for the manager to just say... "Yeah no probs, of course you can swap. Sorry to hear about your loved one etc etc etc". But no.
So what actually happened is the colleague phoned in sick (of course she did, she wasn't going to miss a funeral) and Morri... sorry... "well known supermarket" struggled because they were a member of staff down that night. Meaning a busy store, moaning & unsatisfied customers because they're waiting longer, the rest of the staff having to work harder to cover thus getting annoyed, so now the staff and customers are both stressed & have an unhappy shift/shopping experience, which could quite easily lose them custom if they get the whole "I'm going to Asd.. sorry... "another leading supermarket" next time after that shambles."
Do you really think that's what "Head Office" meant/wanted when they said "No Overtime during November!" No, of course it's not. Ken Morr... (Dammit)... Mr. Well Known Supermarket, would be tearing his hair out if he knew that had happened. He would've said... "Why didn't you just let her work the shift?"... "But Head Office said No Overtime, I thought I was doing the right thing?" NO! YOU IDIOT. Have a bit of common sense and use your nous you clown! Mutually beneficial agreement which costs the company nothing.
Anyway... back to the Mac thing...
Ryan wants to come back, for boredom, to keep his place, whatever. Doesn't matter.
Mac wants him back, to increase competition, not having to go over stuff twice, more team spirit, whatever. Again, doesn't matter.
Well done to Brian for just saying "Sure!" and not saying... "Rules state all internationals don't return until January so for whatever *bo[ill[/iocks* reasons you've got to sit at home until then".'"
Bluddy hell...thought you said you used to have a life and didn't really have the time to contribute until the Diskin saga ?? What the hell happened to that 'life' ?
You don't say!!!!) and before I had an account I had no option but to keep my opinions to myself (or significant other!). I was deliberately restraining myself by not having the ability to comment. The Diskin thing was annoying me to the extent of wanting to contribute, but now that I know I CAN say something, it's very hard for me not to. 
