A bit council (Vol 5)
Discussion
Deranged Rover said:
Occasionally a purchase arrives from eBay and, when I open it, this fetid smell wafts out - something combining general dirt and dust, smelly feet and stale chip fat. It does make me wonder what the houses and the people themselves smell like...
On a cheerier note, the gorgeous smell from Elke's biscuits in Uttoxeter always told me we were nearing the end of our journey to stay with my godparents in Alton, as a child
A girl I used to work with was quite open that she used to buy old pairs of trackie bottoms from people on eBay, and almost immediately list them for sale on her account but with a seductive and alluring picture of herself wearing them and little else in a mirror, and get close to 10x the ££ for them.On a cheerier note, the gorgeous smell from Elke's biscuits in Uttoxeter always told me we were nearing the end of our journey to stay with my godparents in Alton, as a child
I remember her saying that the range of aromas on the garments when they arrived was vast. Old fags, wet dog, heavy BO as a starter, but she wasn't council in the slightest. From what I'm told by a mutual friend, she's moved on to OF now and takes 'requests'.
dudleybloke said:
About 20 years ago I was going for a job interview for a maintenance engineer position at a company with a name like xxxx products Ltd. Had very little info to go on but the job description sounded OK.
It was a hot summer afternoon and as I drove into the car park I was hit with a smell worse than death, it was a pet food rendering plant.
I didn't even get out of the car, just turned round and drove home.
We’ve a small estate of 19th century houses. Not only are they horrible, small and in one of the worst areas ever: they overlooked ( like physically opposite) the above. And abattoirs etc. the stench is staggering. Hangs in the air everywhere! It was a hot summer afternoon and as I drove into the car park I was hit with a smell worse than death, it was a pet food rendering plant.
I didn't even get out of the car, just turned round and drove home.
Dog Star said:
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My very first ever IT contract in January 1993 was for Yorkshire Water (VAX ACMS if anyone remembers that) right in the centre of Bradford. There was an abbatoir or something back in the centre back then and it was minging. I can still smell it now.Depressing place, although the job was cool - it actually used to have a lady come round with a tea and biscuits trolley several times a day - big tea urn on it and everything. She used to shout out "trolleeeeeee!" and you'd scoot off and grab your tea and cake or whatever.
(As an off-topic aside - the locations that I used to work in would determine how much I liked a job; some places were just alien to me, like Bradford, Woking, London, Basingstoke (and it also makes me laugh that people in the SE seen to think that where they live is so posh - most places are definitely no better than anywhere else - they just cost ten times more) . So glad I gave up and went doing a normal job.)
julianm said:
Yorkshire smelly places - Tadcaster with the breweries is very pleasant.
Not sure if the M606 `TCP` still drifts around.
Thankfully the A653 Dewsbury road dripping works - sort of tasty for a couple of seconds then serious pong time, has long gone!
add the dodgy fumes and thinners smell from Allied Colloids at Low Moor. Carried for miles.Not sure if the M606 `TCP` still drifts around.
Thankfully the A653 Dewsbury road dripping works - sort of tasty for a couple of seconds then serious pong time, has long gone!
Gluggy said:
freakybacon said:
gazza285 said:
Occasionally work at the petfood factory next to the big Ikea in Birstall, that stinks, but not as bad as De Mulder's in Doncaster...
Having been made redundant September 2020, deep in coronavirus times, I ended up packing dog biscuits at that same place! My options were dog biscuits or human biscuits at Fox's in Batley, as there weren't even any jobs going in machine shops, let alone Quality Engineering jobs. 12 hour shifts were tough to start with, but conditions were good, and it kept First Direct off my back for the mortgage payments. To be fair, despite being a temporary job, the conditions were good (subsidised canteen, boots & uniform free,) and once you had proved yourself you could make a decent wage. If you hadn't done well at school but were prepared to work you could do a lot worse. Not the nicest smelling place though.Taking any job going to keep a roof over your head- council!
In all fairness, a big thumbs up to you for making the best of a bad situation and seeing the good points in a job that some would see beneath them.
dudleybloke said:
About 20 years ago I was going for a job interview for a maintenance engineer position at a company with a name like xxxx products Ltd. Had very little info to go on but the job description sounded OK.
It was a hot summer afternoon and as I drove into the car park I was hit with a smell worse than death, it was a pet food rendering plant.
I didn't even get out of the car, just turned round and drove home.
That smelly factory in Widnes, that does the animal rendering?It was a hot summer afternoon and as I drove into the car park I was hit with a smell worse than death, it was a pet food rendering plant.
I didn't even get out of the car, just turned round and drove home.
Can't remember what they call themselves now.
Proper vile.
Johnnytheboy said:
Gluggy said:
freakybacon said:
gazza285 said:
Occasionally work at the petfood factory next to the big Ikea in Birstall, that stinks, but not as bad as De Mulder's in Doncaster...
Having been made redundant September 2020, deep in coronavirus times, I ended up packing dog biscuits at that same place! My options were dog biscuits or human biscuits at Fox's in Batley, as there weren't even any jobs going in machine shops, let alone Quality Engineering jobs. 12 hour shifts were tough to start with, but conditions were good, and it kept First Direct off my back for the mortgage payments. To be fair, despite being a temporary job, the conditions were good (subsidised canteen, boots & uniform free,) and once you had proved yourself you could make a decent wage. If you hadn't done well at school but were prepared to work you could do a lot worse. Not the nicest smelling place though.Taking any job going to keep a roof over your head- council!
In all fairness, a big thumbs up to you for making the best of a bad situation and seeing the good points in a job that some would see beneath them.
In fact I’m struggling to think of a scenario where it would even come close.
Register1 said:
dudleybloke said:
About 20 years ago I was going for a job interview for a maintenance engineer position at a company with a name like xxxx products Ltd. Had very little info to go on but the job description sounded OK.
It was a hot summer afternoon and as I drove into the car park I was hit with a smell worse than death, it was a pet food rendering plant.
I didn't even get out of the car, just turned round and drove home.
That smelly factory in Widnes, that does the animal rendering?It was a hot summer afternoon and as I drove into the car park I was hit with a smell worse than death, it was a pet food rendering plant.
I didn't even get out of the car, just turned round and drove home.
Can't remember what they call themselves now.
Proper vile.
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