urbanpixie

Marmora Man Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Alan Medic Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > > > Is it? I think it's cheap and demeaning. I > realise > > in this country I'm probably in a minority. > What > > happens though when they are not trendy? I > think > > David Beckham is a disgrace and sets a terrible > > example. > > Agree entirely - and what happens when he skin > gets old & saggy? The NHS used to pay for tattoo > removals - no longer I hope, repairing self > inflicted mutilation is not good value for tax > payers money. > > I can remember a navy colleague who, as a young > and impressionable sailor, had been tattooed on > both forearms. On promotion to officer he used a > steam hose to burn off the tattoos, reasoning that > a burn scar was less unsightly than a Chinese > Dragon. > > On sailors - it is perhaps understandable, foolish > but there is at least a history and tradition > behind it for that community. As a fashion > accessory it's deplorable. http://imgur.com/gallery/972GU I hope this works :)

was it a photo oyster card? I would assume so because otherwise you wouldnt have been caught. I had a massive fight with TFL last year regarding their utterly useless customer service, I eventually managed to get ?20 compensation out of them for messing up my oystercard refund. I had to go to the public transport obusman (sp?) to get it and I actually felt that ?20, after suffering their incompetance for over 3 months, was insulting! anyway - the point of all this is, you probably won't be able to appeal the fine but you can complain to them about your original oyster card and if you complain enough you might get some compensation!

Hi! I wonder if anyone else is having the same bugbear as me about Denmark Hill stations in the morning. Every morning they change the platform which the trains are supposed to leave from sometimes 2 or 3 times in the last minutes before the train comes. I have gotten used to this and know that they *mostly* go from the same platform, but there have been a few occasions when I have been wrong and had to dart across the bridge to get my train, sometimes missing it! My issue isnt really about me, I have seen old people and people with prams etc really struggle to get over the bridge only to have to go back over it when they decide to change it again a few minutes later! Has anyone thought about complaining? Not sure who you would complain to as I would assume it is not the train company but more the people who run the station.

I suggested staying up all night and watching out of the window, but knowing my luck it will be a night that he doesnt run past or I'll be looking away as he sprints into the night. Midnight Runner Fan #2

maxxi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think if it was really as unbearable as you say > there'd be no question and you would already have > quit. The fact you are still there and asking the > question means you already realise how difficult > life would be if you did - leaving aside the fact > that benefit would be hard to come by if you > deliberately made yourself unemployed. > > Recruitment consultants would only help you swap > one job you hate for another similar job that you > may hate equally within a month. Look outside your > profession. Do something else, even if it means > starting at lower pay. hmm, its not as easy as that - as much as I hate it I have got rent and bills to pay so I need to have money coming in which is why I don't just walk. I havent got a clue what else I would do. I'm going to have to just stick it out here until I get something else by the sounds of it :(

Honestly, its not "lucky" to be working here. It's really bad and starting to affect my health. I'd literally do anything, including taking a big pay drop to get out of here. I just don't seem to be getting anywhere by going to recruitment agencies and it seems to be the only way to find a job in London?

I could probably last a month or so with no pay coming in but don't want to end up in a situation where I have left my job and am now unemployed with nothing in the pipeline. Have been looking for another perm job for months now and feel like I am banging my head against a brick wall mainly due to the recruitment consultants. I don't have any holiday to take, and a holiday isn't going to cut it - I need to get out of here and away from these people.

Hello Is anyone out there looking for work at the moment? Are any of you temping? I am thinking about quitting my job as a PA in an investment bank (I hate it beyond belief) and looking for admin temp work but was advised by a recruitment consultant earlier this month that there was nothing out there and not to hand my notice in until I had found something else, the thing is - finding something else is nearly impossible while I am working here. So - handing in my notice and looking for temp work yay or nay?

Tibbits - just off Regent Street, or Mildreds in Soho :)