A bit council (Vol 5)

[thewarlock]

jumare said:

This shop has just opened near me...

https://shoptilitblings.com/

Epitomises this thread.

[talksthetorque]

I just tried and failed to get a table outside at a lovely tapas bar near where I'm working away to enjoy the lovely sunny evening, but without success, so I've gone for a takeaway from the bijou italian place next door which unfortunately has no outdoor seating.





































Not only that but I've got Tesco Protiferoles for dessert

[Sway]

I used to work away four nights a week without fail.

After a very long Monday, instead of going out with the guys, I'd always have a pizza in the hotel room.

I once managed to (after a fair amount of taste testing, and a lot of persuasion) get Papa John's to make a base and cover it in sauce - and deliver it raw to Domino's just down the road, who'd then put the cheese/toppings on and cook it.

All enabled by me giving zero sts about the cost, as it was on expenses.

I've just admitted to a level of council I didn't realise I could inhabit...

[wolfracesonic]

Sway said:

I used to work away four nights a week without fail.

After a very long Monday, instead of going out with the guys, I'd always have a pizza in the hotel room.

I once managed to (after a fair amount of taste testing, and a lot of persuasion) get Papa John's to make a base and cover it in sauce - and deliver it raw to Domino's just down the road, who'd then put the cheese/toppings on and cook it.

All enabled by me giving zero sts about the cost, as it was on expenses.

I've just admitted to a level of council I didn't realise I could inhabit...

How on earth did you get them to agree to that? Surely that’s like asking BMW to supply you with a rolling chassis and body shell, then getting them to send it to Mercedes for an engine.

[Sway]

wolfracesonic said:

How on earth did you get them to agree to that? Surely that’s like asking BMW to supply you with a rolling chassis and body shell, then getting them to send it to Mercedes for an engine.

I basically paid for two pizzas... It took a fair bit of convincing, and a bit of cheeky banter...

[talksthetorque]

Sway said:

I used to work away four nights a week without fail.

After a very long Monday, instead of going out with the guys, I'd always have a pizza in the hotel room.

I once managed to (after a fair amount of taste testing, and a lot of persuasion) get Papa John's to make a base and cover it in sauce - and deliver it raw to Domino's just down the road, who'd then put the cheese/toppings on and cook it.

All enabled by me giving zero sts about the cost, as it was on expenses.

I've just admitted to a level of council I didn't realise I could inhabit...

I want x and y and I'm going to manipulate the system to get it for me and I don't give a st, as someone else is paying.

[Sway]

I should mention when I say "I once" - that was "one project"...

That was routine for four and a half months, every Monday.

It got to the point I'd ring up, and the dude would go "usual Mr Sway? What room number?" and then go off.

(For the record, large papa John thin base and tomato sauce. Domino's meatilicious (no pepperoni, add sweetcorn) toppings. Papa John's pizza sauce dip and Domino's garlic and herb. Plus a bottle of coke).

[ben5575]

Sway said:

I used to work away four nights a week without fail.

After a very long Monday, instead of going out with the guys, I'd always have a pizza in the hotel room.

I once managed to (after a fair amount of taste testing, and a lot of persuasion) get Papa John's to make a base and cover it in sauce - and deliver it raw to Domino's just down the road, who'd then put the cheese/toppings on and cook it.

All enabled by me giving zero sts about the cost, as it was on expenses.

I've just admitted to a level of council I didn't realise I could inhabit...

[talksthetorque]

I'm gaining points by offsetting my extravagant Italian meal spend with DIY-ing my drinks for the week rather than ordering them on room service.







Talksthetorque - Aiming to be Council Neutral by 2035

[Lily the Pink]

Sway said:

Plus a bottle of coke).

That's a huge disappointment. On expenses ? Really ?? Calls for custard.

[Sway]

Lily the Pink said:

Sway said:

Plus a bottle of coke).

That's a huge disappointment. On expenses ? Really ?? Calls for custard.

No beer available from Dominos, and there was the minibar.

The other three nights made up for it. Team dinners every night.

[Krikkit]

ben5575 said:

Sway said:

I used to work away four nights a week without fail.

After a very long Monday, instead of going out with the guys, I'd always have a pizza in the hotel room.

I once managed to (after a fair amount of taste testing, and a lot of persuasion) get Papa John's to make a base and cover it in sauce - and deliver it raw to Domino's just down the road, who'd then put the cheese/toppings on and cook it.

All enabled by me giving zero sts about the cost, as it was on expenses.

I've just admitted to a level of council I didn't realise I could inhabit...

Indeed, absolutely extraordinary work.

[redrabbit]

Krikkit said:

ben5575 said:

Sway said:

I used to work away four nights a week without fail.

After a very long Monday, instead of going out with the guys, I'd always have a pizza in the hotel room.

I once managed to (after a fair amount of taste testing, and a lot of persuasion) get Papa John's to make a base and cover it in sauce - and deliver it raw to Domino's just down the road, who'd then put the cheese/toppings on and cook it.

All enabled by me giving zero sts about the cost, as it was on expenses.

I've just admitted to a level of council I didn't realise I could inhabit...

Indeed, absolutely extraordinary work.

Agreed. You have won the interweb.

[redrabbit]

thewarlock said:

jumare said:

This shop has just opened near me...

https://shoptilitblings.com/

Epitomises this thread.

Army Surplus goods also supplied?

I've been on the lookout for defusers, looks like this is the place.

[tjl]

redrabbit said:

thewarlock said:

jumare said:

This shop has just opened near me...

https://shoptilitblings.com/

Epitomises this thread.

Army Surplus goods also supplied?

I've been on the lookout for defusers, looks like this is the place.

I read it too fast. I thought it said shoptitblings and was rather disappointed

[talksthetorque]

redrabbit said:

Army Surplus goods also supplied?

I've been on the lookout for defusers, looks like this is the place.

It is in Royal Wooton Basset. Perhaps they do mean defusers.

[Dog Star]

Lily the Pink said:

Sway said:

Plus a bottle of coke).

That's a huge disappointment. On expenses ? Really ?? Calls for custard.

Not on the scale of the Frenken-Pizza, but I work in Gibraltar quite a lot and all my meals, beer etc is on expenses.
I could eat anywhere but very often I'll get a doner kebab and expense that.

They're a joyous thing.

(Trivia: the kebab shop owner once let me hide behind his counter when a security guard gave chase after seeing me drawing a six foot penis (complete with dots coming out of the end) on a wall. Vandalism: council).

[rustyuk]

On a big project we had some contractors basically live in a hotel 4 days a week for two years. One chap ate at the same chip shop every night and by the end of the two years was buying stuff from Tesco's and getting the owner in the chippy to cook it.

[stuttgartmetal]

rustyuk said:

On a big project we had some contractors basically live in a hotel 4 days a week for two years. One chap ate at the same chip shop every night and by the end of the two years was buying stuff from Tesco's and getting the owner in the chippy to cook it.

Unable to sort his nutritional needs out while in the field, or otherwise.

Council

The idiot could have bought a £30 microwave

[Sway]

stuttgartmetal said:

rustyuk said:

On a big project we had some contractors basically live in a hotel 4 days a week for two years. One chap ate at the same chip shop every night and by the end of the two years was buying stuff from Tesco's and getting the owner in the chippy to cook it.

Unable to sort his nutritional needs out while in the field, or otherwise.

Council

The idiot could have bought a £30 microwave

In my experience, bring your own cooking kit into a hotel room - and you'll be asked to check out that day once the cleaning staff clock it.

I can't count the number of times over the years I've been woken up or otherwise disturbed by the hotel fire alarm going off. It's always been due to one of three reasons - tts smoking cause they can't be fked to go outside, someone using the entire can of Lynx in one hit cause they smell worse than a favela sewer - or the steam/smoke caused by cooking in the room.