Looks like the 'luck' is carrying on for 2010...

[Emsman]

Having written off last year as being utterly, utterly ste, it would appear that 2010 is starting the same way.
Em came home from work today, and is losing her job.

If there is a bright side to any of it, they have been treating her like st recently, so she is eager to get out, and they are paying her a reasonable sum to leave.

So, can someone suggest a reasonable holiday for 1? She needs to de stress after last year and the work situation, and I can't go as I'm not aloud to go in the sun at all.

Any ideas?

[snowy slopes]

Sharm el sheikh looks good

[Emsman]

snowy slopes said:

Sharm el sheikh looks good

Ha ha, we were there this time last year before the rot set in!!
Cheers though, it's certainly on the right lines as she wants heat

Edited to add: no she doesn't want me to light the barbecue

Edited by Emsman on Monday 4th January 21:14

[The Hypno-Toad]

Mate....

You poor bugger. Hopefully you can find her somewhere nice to go and then when she comes back fully refreshed, she can find a job that pays better and they appreciate her.

Mind you, its snowing in Miami!!

All the best.

The Toad

[missdiane]

That is pants! At least she is getting a good sum out of a job where they are treating her bad.

Did I read somewhere she is in hospitality/catering?

[Emsman]

It's really crap.

Poor old em has stood by me throughout last year- which took some doing at times I'm sure. She was the only one bringing in an income for most of the year, and carried on through some tough times after the accident.
She has also worked herself to the bone for this company, who have now dropped her like a hot rock.

Not a great start to the year

[Emsman]

missdiane said:

That is pants! At least she is getting a good sum out of a job where they are treating her bad.

Did I read somewhere she is in hospitality/catering?

She was, yes!

[RDMcG]

Very sorry to hear that,mate. I hope things turn around. God knows you deserve a bit of good news.

[Marcellus]

shiiiiiiiit.... that is all!!

[snowy slopes]

Mauritius, or the maldives, or somewhere in the caribean? Hope she finally finds a job she likes when she gets back

[Cotty]

RDMcG said:

Very sorry to hear that,mate. I hope things turn around. God knows you deserve a bit of good news.

Here here

[Penny-lope]

Silly question, but are you sure she would want to go away?

One...what the hell would you do whilst she was away?

Two...now that she has lost her job, even with a nice payout, money will be tighter. She would probably end up feeling guilty the whole time she was away.

[Chocmonster]

If she needs to de stress then how about a day at a Spa, that will be a treat but won't break the bank.

[chunkymonkey71]

Why dont you come up here to Scotland and have a spa holiday or a log cabin?

Look up Crief Hydro. You can both go there!

[Penny-lope]

chunkymonkey71 said:

Why dont you come up here to Scotland and have a spa holiday or a log cabin?

Look up Crief Hydro. You can both go there!

Cabin.....

http://www.cottageselection.co.uk/sites/cottagesel...

I am tempted

[Emsman]

They look great but she is insistant on going somewhere where she can lay in the sun for a while- we used to travel a fair amount but that has been scuppered somewhat since the accident- I can't go in the sun for the next year- and she adores both travel and the sun, so will end up going with a mate.

[missdiane]

Emsman said:

missdiane said:

That is pants! At least she is getting a good sum out of a job where they are treating her bad.

Did I read somewhere she is in hospitality/catering?

She was, yes!

The naffest of all trades
Apart from cleaning







(I am in catering, if that reads rude at all)

Edited by missdiane on Monday 4th January 21:52

[havoc]

Oh jesus! Can you convince yourselves that the decision was made in 2009, so it's still 'last year' really???


Re: somewhere warm, depends on budget:-
- Low: Canaries / Sharm & around / Morocco (warm rather than hot in Jan/Feb)
- Med: Caribbean / Mauritius / Thailand** / Africa*
- High: Maldives / 'posh' Caribbean / Dubai***



* Zanzibar/Kenya/S.Africa/similar

** Would be my choice, but 12-hour flights each way. West-coast would be my suggestion as it has the picture-postcard beaches, and she can pick from very-touristy (Phuket) through to quiet and secluded. East Coast & islands have more 'nightlife' (Pattaya, Koh Samui, etc.), peninsula has the golf resorts.

*** Don't. Unless you have money to waste and like to be seen wasting it.

[AndrewTait]

Man, that sucks!

Hope things start looking up for the both of you, you can't have much more bad luck!

[ali_kat]

I'm certain that the decision was made in 2009 and they didn't want to spoil Christmas for you so told you in the New Year.