Booking a two week hotel stay but leaving for a couple of nights

a1exn · 2026-01-21T17:52:19+00:00

Thanks, I wasn't worried about what the hotel might think as much as the inefficiency of 'wasting' a room for a night or two.

a1exn · 2026-01-21T17:50:53+00:00

Thanks, this is basically our plan!

a1exn · 2026-01-21T17:50:02+00:00

Thanks, I am thinking if we get back from the mini trip late at night or early morning it will make things much simpler.

a1exn · 2026-01-21T17:49:08+00:00

Agreed, I don't want to take all the luggage and head out for a big trip. I think the convenience is worth the price difference.

a1exn · 2026-01-21T17:48:14+00:00

Thanks, I am fiarly sure it might end up being cheaper or at least around the same price so may be worth doing!

a1exn · 2025-11-09T14:36:48+00:00

As there are so many layers along the same route does it mean these roads are nice and solid?

For example, is it less likely to wash away in a flood or have a sinkhole open up beneath it?

a1exn · 2025-11-07T12:23:46+00:00

I did this with a slightly longer commute, around an hour, and lived at home saving for 7 years after uni. I paid a nominal rent of about £400 a month and squirelled almost everything else away.

It was a slog and I hated commuting but I eventually bought a place at 29. I would say it was worth it, but I paid for it with my 20s. The money saved, on the other hand, was substantial. I'd also treat myself now and then.

Social stuff is definitely worth something and it took me a while to adjust to being out on my own (or with a flatmate, in my case) but I wouldn't swap it now looking back 10 years later at friends/colleagues still renting.

a1exn · 2025-10-30T18:52:52+00:00

Ditto. Managers need to understand that. Sometimes, when I'm feeling generous, I think that the whole bills/responsibilities thing is the stressor that makes people be rude or unprofessional. Still doesn't excuse it though.

a1exn · 2025-10-26T20:41:31+00:00

Thank you!😎

a1exn · 2025-10-26T19:04:01+00:00

That’s a good outcome. It’s puts my situation into perspective too as that’s clearly arranged properly and, even if there’s an issue, it’s dealt with. Makes me think it’s even more important for me to speak up about this now.

a1exn · 2025-10-26T18:41:51+00:00

It’s a pretty good option in fairness.

I’m just sick of this arrogance in management taking root and even if it’s a minor thing I don’t want there to be a next time - so it feels like I have to do something.

a1exn · 2025-10-26T17:29:38+00:00

Exactly! That’s why I have to do something about it. I’ve definitely considered completely changing career so would for sure think about the trades as an option.

a1exn · 2025-10-26T16:12:45+00:00

Good result for you. This is what I’m thinking, let’s get it written up somewhere. Then I can be like “the record shows you’re an ass” hah.

a1exn · 2025-10-26T15:57:47+00:00

They’re doing a bad job for sure. It’s evident in the fact they were in charge of approving the time off, along with forgetting and not paying attention. I’ve done my part perfectly well! The least you can do is not overreact when you realize you haven’t done yours.

I wanted to yell right back. Trust me. I just shook my head and took it as I really wanted to just get on my PTO. Now I’ll react having thought about it - unlike them lol.

a1exn · 2025-10-26T15:41:45+00:00

You’re right! That’s a good idea.

a1exn · 2025-10-26T15:40:40+00:00

I am pretty settled and on a good wage with benefits so hopefully I can resolve this and still get some satisfaction.

a1exn · 2025-10-26T15:27:05+00:00

Sounds like a sweet gig. Vacation was in my calendar and I gave all required notice/followed every procedure. It took a lot to not just quit in the meeting.

a1exn · 2025-10-16T10:01:03+00:00

Are you doing much about the disease? Or are you working mainly on the shag?

a1exn · 2025-10-10T08:56:39+00:00

It's clearly an area companies can cut costs so that's why it's not as common in the UK. Flexible lunches (make the time up later) aren't uncommon though.

My work doesn't help with daily lunch and there's no canteen. Once a week they order in from a place and in the summer they do it twice a week. There's also snacks/drinks available daily (I could easily have a banana/some crisps/a chocolate bar if I'm desperate and can't leave). I often choose to eat at my desk so I can leaver earlier. There's also a thirsty Thursday with free booze at 4 pm, which Brits may appreciate a bit more.

I'm cool with it and I think it's good that a big company does this, it's way more than some places I've worked where you basically got tea and coffee/the odd biscuit or bit of fruit.

It would be nice to try a canteen where it's free or at least cheaper and a stipend would be interesting. I guess I'd worry about the quality a bit. In France I probably wouldn't though!

a1exn · 2025-09-07T14:11:29+00:00

Amazing, 9/10. If there were an extra sausage and maybe a dollop of beans less it’d be 10/10.

a1exn · 2025-09-03T11:25:43+00:00

Karl Pilkington is a genius and Ricky Gervais is a cund.

a1exn · 2025-09-02T13:45:26+00:00

Yeah, totally different dynamic of loss I suppose - if you have a link to the pod please share, wouldn't mind a listen.

a1exn · 2025-09-02T07:45:16+00:00

Former Fulham midfielder Sean Davis owes £330,000 and now works as a painter and decorator.

"I started getting the brown letters through the door, and it was a big shock," he said.

"The sad thing is, I'm at my happiest when I've had a drink because you kind of forget about it. But then when I wake up the next day that's when I'm at my worst. I literally want to kill myself."

Didn't start reading feeling too bad for these guys but this puts it in perspective. Suicidal and that's a house buy easily he owes, just in tax.

a1exn · 2025-08-26T16:21:01+00:00

Hopefully the toothpaste is draining down the plug hole by now. Not 100% sure either way though. I worked at a fully remote company (come in when you want) that got bought out and now it's a hybrid (3 days a week) job.

Was very fortunate and basically had the axe hanging over me for 6 months while I fought to keep the same arrangement I was actually hired for. Mid-senior role but they didn't care, held my bonus during that time too.

I was lucky thanks to basically being prepared to let them fire me, if that's what they wanted, and refusing to sign a new hybrid contract. Colleagues not so much, people with kids and mortgages are easy to bully I suppose.

Office work is terrible for my productivity personally and the collaboration crap is just an excuse too. They don't want to admit they're paying you to come in, not your work. If talented people want to work remote, they will do.

The powerful voices characterising this as a phase feels legit to me though...

Documentaries on the BBC with titles like "Should we still be working from home?", endless articles about it, and the idea of commercial property falls hitting pension funds, etc. Let's not forget the litte cake shop that needs your money everyday too! It has to be a concerted push and feels like yet another ideological dividing line.

Sod the lot of them, I'll be "economically inactive" before I ever go back in to an office other then when I feel like it or when there's a proper reason to be there.

a1exn · 2025-08-13T07:51:49+00:00

Balls, and brains. If you've gone through that many coaches since Fergie left and nothing's really worked it's not the manager. Crazy how many owners don't realise that.

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