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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2019 11:51:49 GMT
Spending the evening (and night) at the Park Inn, Heathrow prior to a day of interviewing candidates for entry into The Royal Institution of Chartered Nicompoops (Surveyors actually).
Anyone want to relieve me of my boredom reading submissions and drafting questions?
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Post by Humph on May 21, 2019 13:04:11 GMT
What sort of visitor would you like us to organise? Any, erm, preferences?
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Post by tyrednexited on May 21, 2019 13:37:08 GMT
The concierge should probably be able to arrange someone, but the Man City kit might be difficult at short notice...😲
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Post by Humph on May 21, 2019 13:40:16 GMT
Can you get Pep masks?
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Post by WDB on May 21, 2019 14:16:00 GMT
Haven’t stayed at that Park Inn but I dropped many visiting colleagues there in my previous job. Not sure it has that sort of concierge, but would you like me to ask around on LinkedIn and find out what’s available?
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Post by Humph on May 21, 2019 14:36:37 GMT
Oh, is that what LinkedIn is for? Well I never...
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2019 15:09:43 GMT
I'm not sure 'that' sort of visitor would be interested in 3,000 words on "how I replaced one failing gym tenant in a shopping centre with one that isn't failing quite as much"...
Mind you, the City top would be a nice touch. Shades of David Mellor MP I seem to recall?
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Post by tyrednexited on May 21, 2019 16:18:15 GMT
David Mellor in a City top it is then.
Who are we to ask questions? (And I hear he's cheap nowadays, anyway)
Mind-bleach anyone?
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Post by WDB on May 21, 2019 17:06:20 GMT
Extra-strong, please.
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Post by bromptonaut on May 21, 2019 17:27:32 GMT
David Mellor in a City top it is then. Who are we to ask questions? (And I hear he's cheap nowadays, anyway) Mind-bleach anyone? Do you pass it to the left or right? |
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2019 9:04:29 GMT
Well you missed a treat... I met up with a fellow surveyor and assessor and pursuaded him that what he really wanted for dinner was a nice kosher meal in Golders Green. I was carless having flown down, so he drove and we enjoyed a very pleasant meal in the sunshine of North West London. Thereafter we returned to the hotel for a beer on the terrace. No discussion of Brexit, or even much about work. Much talk about football and rugby (Humph you would have enjoyed it - he is from Edinburgh, really enjoys playing, and watching Sale Sharks). The next day we assessed four candidates, passed two, failed two and now I have to write two referral reports...  |
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Post by Humph on May 24, 2019 10:14:51 GMT
Did he wear a strip for you?
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2019 10:43:07 GMT
Thanksfully he did not. The ginger bushy beard was somewhat discouraging in the David Mellor scenario
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Post by Alanović on May 24, 2019 11:07:38 GMT
Who's looking at the beard when you've got toes to concentrate on?
P.S. Mellor's a turncoat. He was a Fulham supporter, he even used to write pieces in the matchday programme. Then, when he became an MP (Putney, remember?), he switched to the Dark Side from the Dog Track, because he calculated they had more supporters in his constituency and he'd gain most from that.
Arsehole.
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Post by WDB on May 24, 2019 11:37:22 GMT
Well you missed a treat... Glad you found some company. I was — still am — in Paris, where I’ve had neither football strips nor ginger beards to worry about. All très agréable, in fact |
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