Your car isn't good enough for your level of pay...
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I believe there are home owners associations in the US that say the same thing to residents of their area!
Some even have it in the home owners contract that you can't own a car beyond a certain age/leave it unwashed/perform maintenance yourself/etc.
Although some places in Europe even state what curtains you are allowed in your house windows, etc.
Some even have it in the home owners contract that you can't own a car beyond a certain age/leave it unwashed/perform maintenance yourself/etc.
Although some places in Europe even state what curtains you are allowed in your house windows, etc.
DodgyGeezer said:
given it's from the US who knows?
Quite, given some of the things I've heard regarding workplace norms and overbearing HR departments from the Americans I've worked with, and all the s
te they take far too seriously about 'building a personal brand' or 'projecting an image of success', I wouldn't bet my mortgage on this being a joke.Whataguy said:
Some even have it in the home owners contract that you can't own a car beyond a certain age/leave it unwashed/perform maintenance yourself/etc.
I was told that a local development (Cheshire, but not the footballer bit) had a rule that cars cannot be more than three years old. I'm not sure it's still in place, or maybe there are exceptions for certain cars. I live and work in the US and frankly nothing would surprise me.
Every job i've taken here involves a background check that 'may include a credit search'.. it is standard procedure to list it as an option, but I am yet to work for a company that did it. Same for drug / alcohol testing.
The job offers all stipulate it (criminal check, credit check, drug / alcohol check) but mostly only do the bare minimum which is a very basic criminal check.
Every job i've taken here involves a background check that 'may include a credit search'.. it is standard procedure to list it as an option, but I am yet to work for a company that did it. Same for drug / alcohol testing.
The job offers all stipulate it (criminal check, credit check, drug / alcohol check) but mostly only do the bare minimum which is a very basic criminal check.
droopsnoot said:
I was told that a local development (Cheshire, but not the footballer bit) had a rule that cars cannot be more than three years old. I'm not sure it's still in place, or maybe there are exceptions for certain cars.
Seriously? I'd be tempted to buy the cheapest Korean white goods new vehicle and Max Power it. Maybe give it the rat look so it's brand new but looked 30 years old.There was an engineer at our place who had inherited a family chain of dentists. So he had a lot of extra money from them. He became a Client account manager with us at some point getting a top of the range Bentley with obvious personal registration. His culture did display wealth as a virtue (think of the owner at Harrods).
The Ops director asked him to park it around the back as Clients would think we paid our staff too much and were thus charging the Clients too high a rate for work.
He replaced it eventually with a X5 that had a bespoke fit out. He used to unscrew the gear handle and bring it into the office - £15k of solid gold!!! He claimed it was a good way for your [clean] money to travel with you if you needed to leave town in a hurry.
We got car allowances and as the amount of car allowance you had been paid reached what the external "driving safety auditors" (I'm thinking Applied Driving Solutions though I might have made that up) that managed the company scheme deemed to have paid out enough you started getting reminded of the standard of vehicle you had to have to qualify for the Co Car allowance, which did indeed include loose phrases like "presentable, clean, undamaged, serviced within schedule by manufacturer" - that got backs up as lots of people serviced their own once out of warranty and had specific requirements re age (6 yrs old max), four plus seats, Euro NCAP x+ etc. Of course, the HR director drove something entirely uncompliant a Porsche classic convertible! They used to rant at every Ops meeting we had that couldn't we change the driving auditors!
The Ops director asked him to park it around the back as Clients would think we paid our staff too much and were thus charging the Clients too high a rate for work.
He replaced it eventually with a X5 that had a bespoke fit out. He used to unscrew the gear handle and bring it into the office - £15k of solid gold!!! He claimed it was a good way for your [clean] money to travel with you if you needed to leave town in a hurry.
We got car allowances and as the amount of car allowance you had been paid reached what the external "driving safety auditors" (I'm thinking Applied Driving Solutions though I might have made that up) that managed the company scheme deemed to have paid out enough you started getting reminded of the standard of vehicle you had to have to qualify for the Co Car allowance, which did indeed include loose phrases like "presentable, clean, undamaged, serviced within schedule by manufacturer" - that got backs up as lots of people serviced their own once out of warranty and had specific requirements re age (6 yrs old max), four plus seats, Euro NCAP x+ etc. Of course, the HR director drove something entirely uncompliant a Porsche classic convertible! They used to rant at every Ops meeting we had that couldn't we change the driving auditors!
droopsnoot said:
Whataguy said:
Some even have it in the home owners contract that you can't own a car beyond a certain age/leave it unwashed/perform maintenance yourself/etc.
I was told that a local development (Cheshire, but not the footballer bit) had a rule that cars cannot be more than three years old. I'm not sure it's still in place, or maybe there are exceptions for certain cars. It wouldn't surprise me if it's true. I used to work for a bit of a bellend, he had a Jag and a racehorse and was a massive show off.
I used to cycle to work, for fitness, I had a car. He promoted me and then told me I should stop cycling to work as it looked bad. Despite the company having provide the bike via the cycle to work scheme.
I carried on cycling but stopped showering when I got there for a bit. That showed him.
I used to cycle to work, for fitness, I had a car. He promoted me and then told me I should stop cycling to work as it looked bad. Despite the company having provide the bike via the cycle to work scheme.
I carried on cycling but stopped showering when I got there for a bit. That showed him.
Hoofy said:
droopsnoot said:
I was told that a local development (Cheshire, but not the footballer bit) had a rule that cars cannot be more than three years old. I'm not sure it's still in place, or maybe there are exceptions for certain cars.
Seriously? I'd be tempted to buy the cheapest Korean white goods new vehicle and Max Power it. Maybe give it the rat look so it's brand new but looked 30 years old.1: Get it towed off the site and move it somewhere that will allow you to keep using it
or
2: Buy a new one to replace it
slopes said:
Most holiday parks state you cannot own a static caravan older than 10 years, once it reaches that age they expect you to do one of two things
1: Get it towed off the site and move it somewhere that will allow you to keep using it
or
2: Buy a new one to replace it
With regards the second bit, I thought you could only buy the new one via the site owners at a vastly over inflated price?1: Get it towed off the site and move it somewhere that will allow you to keep using it
or
2: Buy a new one to replace it
andyeds1234 said:
droopsnoot said:
Whataguy said:
Some even have it in the home owners contract that you can't own a car beyond a certain age/leave it unwashed/perform maintenance yourself/etc.
I was told that a local development (Cheshire, but not the footballer bit) had a rule that cars cannot be more than three years old. I'm not sure it's still in place, or maybe there are exceptions for certain cars. 
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