Euro 2016 during work

Euro 2016 during work

Booked the day off as soon as the fixtures came out
 

Euro 2016 during work

Arranged meeting with client at 2pm. ;)
 

Euro 2016 during work

working from home for most of it :)
 

Euro 2016 during work

Bad case of man flu approaching----
 

Euro 2016 during work

Booked that day and the next day off...I did it early before the other guy at work could think about it.
 

Euro 2016 during work

Away on golf trip tee off times carefully worked out to ensure in bar by kick off time !!!!
 

Euro 2016 during work

It's a mad coincidence that on every day of an England match I have a meeting with a big client on their premises. What are the chances of that? Honest guv!!
 

Euro 2016 during work

Buzzettesfriend said:
It's a mad coincidence that on every day of an England match I have a meeting with a big client on their premises. What are the chances of that? Honest guv!!
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Is the client Wetherspoons on every occasion? ;)
 

Euro 2016 during work

I'm not sure it has been mentioned here before, but the rest of the British Isles owes a vote of thanks to the Scottish for agreeing to water the plants and feed the nations cats while the rest of the country heads off to France for the Euros. Thank you Scotland.
 

Euro 2016 during work

Im travelling to Scotland for a week at the end of the month....

So hope to see us still in the competition.........

And to go into the pub and request the game to be put on...........
 

Euro 2016 during work

Going too have to take unpaid leave for the match against Wales ☹️. Was planning on 'arranging' a sales call, but our HQ are now cold calling customers after reps have gone into meetings in order to clamp down on the amount of dodgy sales calls ?.
 

Euro 2016 during work

They do, showing BBC News with subtitles on...
 

Euro 2016 during work

Working Late Fri Sat and Sunday then believe the Wales game is 1400? Not good start
 

Euro 2016 during work

Think my boss is away (in France ironically to watch the Euros)...

:sorted:
 

Euro 2016 during work

Working during the Wales game. Never mind. :)
 

Euro 2016 during work

Boss has given everyone the afternoon off for the wales game and hired out a pub for us all to watch it in, clearly we are making him too much money!
 

Euro 2016 during work

Haven't decided yet whether to watch the game on the living room TV or the one in the kitchen. The living room is the closest to the upstairs office..
 

Euro 2016 during work

Sheerwater Bee said:
Haven't decided yet whether to watch the game on the living room TV or the one in the kitchen. The living room is the closest to the upstairs office..
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Surely the kitchen - nearer the fridge.
 

Euro 2016 during work

None of the 3pm or 6pm (CET) games is being shown live in Spain. Except Spain v Czech Republic.

Only 23 of the 51 games will be shown live here unless something changes very soon.

Just thought I should share that with you.

:mad1:
 

Euro 2016 during work

Pixelator said:
None of the 3pm or 6pm (CET) games is being shown live in Spain. Except Spain v Czech Republic.

Only 23 of the 51 games will be shown live here unless something changes very soon.

Just thought I should share that with you.

:mad1:
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VPN and go on the BBC/ITV websites (who are streaming the games)?

I will be watching the early afternoon games at work via the web, luckily in my own office so no one will suspect a thing.
 

Euro 2016 during work

Will the England-Wales game be on iPlayer? I may need to attempt a Likely Lads.
 

Euro 2016 during work

Bristolian Bee said:
Will the England-Wales game be on iPlayer? I may need to attempt a Likely Lads.
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They should all be live on iPlayer or ITV player, just stream whatever channel it's on 'live'. Can't see it being any different to Match of the Day, and that can be streamed live :sorted:
 

Euro 2016 during work

we have partners dining room with beer and a 2 hour lunch , cheers bossman
 

Euro 2016 during work

Euro 2016 during work

lingnoi said:
Boss has given everyone the afternoon off for the wales game and hired out a pub for us all to watch it in, clearly we are making him too much money!
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hell of a boss!!!
i bet someone complains though such is the state of the world today
 

Euro 2016 during work

Just to give you an idea of how mental the world is:

I work in a multi national company where as well as many English in the office of about 100, there are Hungarian, Columbian, Portugese, Finnish, Spanish etc etc as well

I sent out an email to the company the other day as some people wanted me to organise a sweepstake, the second line of the email said "Our brave boys, some of whom earn less than £100,000 per week remember, will try to raise the hopes of a nation before inevitably losing on penalties."

I got an email from HR within minutes saying it was innapropriate language as many of the people in the company are not English so I should not treat everyone the same.

I dont know how to speak any more!
 

Euro 2016 during work

wibs said:
Just to give you an idea of how mental the world is:

I work in a multi national company where as well as many English in the office of about 100, there are Hungarian, Columbian, Portugese, Finnish, Spanish etc etc as well

I sent out an email to the company the other day as some people wanted me to organise a sweepstake, the second line of the email said "Our brave boys, some of whom earn less than £100,000 per week remember, will try to raise the hopes of a nation before inevitably losing on penalties."

I got an email from HR within minutes saying it was innapropriate language as many of the people in the company are not English so I should not treat everyone the same.

I dont know how to speak any more!
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It's football correctness gone mad mate. :(
 

Euro 2016 during work

Do I or don't I take a half-day? No word on what's happening in the office, I'm geniunely sweating over this.
 

Euro 2016 during work

Worst situation ever for my lad....

The kids have been told by the school that they can watch the England v Wales game in the hall on the big screen. But, a letter went out today to say that they can only watch the first half and every child must be off the premises by the usual school finish time of 2:50pm. What sort of ****ing idiot plan is that?
We live about 40 mins walking distance from the school so if he leaves at half time, my lad would only see about twenty minutes of the second half....
 

Euro 2016 during work

Brentford Bob said:
Worst situation ever for my lad....

The kids have been told by the school that they can watch the England v Wales game in the hall on the big screen. But, a letter went out today to say that they can only watch the first half and every child must be off the premises by the usual school finish time of 2:50pm. What sort of ****ing idiot plan is that?
We live about 40 mins walking distance from the school so if he leaves at half time, my lad would only see about twenty minutes of the second half....
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Be a sport and give him bus or taxi fare for one day. Alternatively be a taxi for him ;)
 

Euro 2016 during work

Brentford Bob said:
Worst situation ever for my lad....

The kids have been told by the school that they can watch the England v Wales game in the hall on the big screen. But, a letter went out today to say that they can only watch the first half and every child must be off the premises by the usual school finish time of 2:50pm. What sort of ****ing idiot plan is that?
We live about 40 mins walking distance from the school so if he leaves at half time, my lad would only see about twenty minutes of the second half....
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If all they're doing is watching football then surely they can just be home at 2!

Is there a pub on the walk home? :sorted:
 

Euro 2016 during work

wibs said:
hell of a boss!!!
i bet someone complains though such is the state of the world today
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Sums up broken Britain perfectly. What sort of boss would only allow a 2 hour lunch when beer involved. Gah
 

Euro 2016 during work

wibs said:
Just to give you an idea of how mental the world is:

I work in a multi national company where as well as many English in the office of about 100, there are Hungarian, Columbian, Portugese, Finnish, Spanish etc etc as well

I sent out an email to the company the other day as some people wanted me to organise a sweepstake, the second line of the email said "Our brave boys, some of whom earn less than £100,000 per week remember, will try to raise the hopes of a nation before inevitably losing on penalties."

I got an email from HR within minutes saying it was innapropriate language as many of the people in the company are not English so I should not treat everyone the same.

I dont know how to speak any more!
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For the 2010 World Cup I put a small St George's England flag up on my desk at the office I was working in at the time. Within minutes some jobsworth from HR came over and told me I had to take it down. When I challenged them as to the reasons why I was told that it was because it might cause offence to non-English members of staff. Madness!
 

Euro 2016 during work

wibs said:
Just to give you an idea of how mental the world is:

I work in a multi national company where as well as many English in the office of about 100, there are Hungarian, Columbian, Portugese, Finnish, Spanish etc etc as well

I sent out an email to the company the other day as some people wanted me to organise a sweepstake, the second line of the email said "Our brave boys, some of whom earn less than £100,000 per week remember, will try to raise the hopes of a nation before inevitably losing on penalties."

I got an email from HR within minutes saying it was innapropriate language as many of the people in the company are not English so I should not treat everyone the same.

I dont know how to speak any more!
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It's so insane it's incredibly funny, FFS.
 

Euro 2016 during work

super J said:
For the 2010 World Cup I put a small St George's England flag up on my desk at the office I was working in at the time. Within minutes some jobsworth from HR came over and told me I had to take it down. When I challenged them as to the reasons why I was told that it was because it might cause offence to non-English members of staff. Madness!
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I have a Namibian flag on my desk which I picked up during the Rugby World Cup (I went to NZ vs Nam). No one from HR has asked me to take it down, probably because they have no idea what it is. It does annoy the South African in the office though, which is the primary reason for me keeping it up.
 

Euro 2016 during work

super J said:
For the 2010 World Cup I put a small St George's England flag up on my desk at the office I was working in at the time. Within minutes some jobsworth from HR came over and told me I had to take it down. When I challenged them as to the reasons why I was told that it was because it might cause offence to non-English members of staff. Madness!
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What does my nut in with something like this is that it almost certainly doesn't cause offence. I get why some rules are in place in public places but in an office?
 

Euro 2016 during work

Les Beeavinu said:
what does my nut in with something like this is that it almost certainly doesn't. I get why some rules are in place in public places but in an office?
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Can you imagine someone in the US being told to remove the stars & stripes from their desk? Madness!
 

Euro 2016 during work

ladbroke said:
Be a sport and give him bus or taxi fare for one day. Alternatively be a taxi for him ;)
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The taxi shout is a good one. I may not be in a position to drive at 2:45pm....

The pub shout is good, too... There's a rough one right next to his school with big screens all over the place.... Might check with them first about taking him there, though.

The other option is to just not send him to school that day..... If other kids are now allowed to go on holiday in term time then I don't see why mine can't have a day off for something as educational and culturally significant as an international football match.
 

Euro 2016 during work

wibs said:
Just to give you an idea of how mental the world is:

I work in a multi national company where as well as many English in the office of about 100, there are Hungarian, Columbian, Portugese, Finnish, Spanish etc etc as well

I sent out an email to the company the other day as some people wanted me to organise a sweepstake, the second line of the email said "Our brave boys, some of whom earn less than £100,000 per week remember, will try to raise the hopes of a nation before inevitably losing on penalties."

I got an email from HR within minutes saying it was innapropriate language as many of the people in the company are not English so I should not treat everyone the same.

I dont know how to speak any more!
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Its not you, its the majority of HR people being up their own a*** and thinking they need to be important.
 

Euro 2016 during work

Brentford Bob said:
The taxi shout is a good one. I may not be in a position to drive at 2:45pm....

The pub shout is good, too... There's a rough one right next to his school with big screens all over the place.... Might check with them first about taking him there, though.

The other option is to just not send him to school that day..... If other kids are now allowed to go on holiday in term time then I don't see why mine can't have a day off for something as educational and culturally significant as an international football match.
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Just send him to Oasis Lordshill for the day :)
 
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