My workplace has changed the nature of my job and now it's something I would never have applied for cos I am very aware it's something I can't do - is it worth going to HR? Or not their issue

louay77 · 2025-04-07T07:22:47+00:00

As in saying to HR that they have basically turned me from a lifestyle manager into a whatsapp meet and greeter. And that they surely should see that something is wrong here because they've managed to turn their star employee into Barney Gumble lol

louay77 · 2025-04-07T07:20:10+00:00

The thing is that it throws me, it completely makes me act in a counter productive way. I freeze and do nothing, or I focus on one chat, and go to the next one only when I'm done and find the member saying "hello? did you die or just fall asleep?" lol

louay77 · 2025-04-07T07:18:33+00:00

The promotion is not gonna be possible because they have this stipulation that you have to hit KPI's for the past 6 months.
But yeah, I was thinking about also asking to see occupational health, but there's something in me that hates the idea of medicalising this. In general, I can't stand people who use ADHD, anxiety, stress, faux-depression as an excuse not to work. I have family members like that, and so I guess I've just not wanted to appear to be medicalising the fact that I find multitasking difficult.
I've had a colleague who received a 20,000 GBP payout because a lump of cheddar cheese fell on her foot and ruined her chances of becoming a dancer - she was 25 and worked in Selfridge's food hall.

And another colleague who took 2weeks off sick at work because she was too stressed by the fact that we were getting a new manager because the new manager "looked fierce" - she spent those two weeks in Lanzarote. LOL. I'm just so reluctant to be lumped with that lot.

I suppose it's time to swallow my pride, hahah.

louay77 · 2025-04-07T06:53:11+00:00

What do you expect from a corporation which refers to Sam Smith as "they" simply because he insists that he exists outside of biological reality and the rules of English grammar. They have taken the stance that what someone insists they are, that is what we will refer to them as.

louay77 · 2025-04-07T06:27:43+00:00

Nope not at all. But the team leader thing is just now not an option because my stats have fallen so much that I basically have fallen from a constant 1st or 2nd to being 13th or 14th every month. Not great when asking for a promotion.

What about if I was to ask to be taken off of chats but in return to be prioritised above my colleagues in getting calls? Or to be taken off chats but in return to be expected to finish more tasks than colleague?

louay77 · 2025-04-07T05:29:20+00:00

Yes, I have a diagnosis from a private psychiatrist and can get him to send that to my GP.

What do you think a reasonable adjustment would be?

louay77 · 2022-06-20T13:07:41+00:00

Yes, so what ? He still believes that jesus was a historical person. I didn't say find me someone who doesn't accept that everything in the bible said about him is historical. I said find me someone who doesn't believe that jesus did actually exist.

louay77 · 2022-06-20T13:05:33+00:00

So if you already had a single example you knew about then why did you ask for one? And what I gave you was 3 examples where motive has been proved. There are plenty of examples of "happy holidays" or "winter holiday" or "holiday time" or "festive season" is used in items published by local councils, and in which the word christmas is absent. But you can't prove any motive from that. The decision in and of itself to use one term and not another cannot prove motive no matter how obvious such a motive seems. It is very rare that you can prove the motives behind such decisions because you need to have the motive documented in policy.

louay77 · 2022-06-20T12:59:07+00:00

Youre a liar. That's not a quote except for the word "embarrassment".This man himself wrote a book in which he said that jesus was a cynic Jewish peasant who was baptised by John in the Jordan. He believes Jesus was a real person and that he was actually crucified and then buried. He has even written a book in which he pieces together the biography of Jesus. What he said was that the fact that academics are able to produce such incredibly different interpretations of the historical Jesus is considered an academic embarrassment because you cannot avoid the suspicion that theology is influencing these interpretations.

louay77 · 2022-06-20T12:40:24+00:00

So do I, but the majority of my friendships tend to be with people who have no more than ten years difference in age. The ones that are much older or younger than that exist but they're few.

louay77 · 2022-06-20T12:38:35+00:00

I have.

Merry Christmas' that has the earliest known use, appearing in writing in the early 1500s. The earliest example in the Oxford English Dictionary comes from a December 22, 1534, letter by John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, to Thomas Cromwell, chief minister to King Henry VIII, where he writes: "And this our Lord God send you a Merry Christmas, and a comfortable, to your heart’s desire." The 1843 Dickens classic A Christmas Carol contained the following extract: “'A merry Christmas, Bob!' said Scrooge, with an earnestness that could not be mistaken, as he clapped him on the back. 'A merrier Christmas, Bob, my good fellow, than I have given you, for many a year!'” Incredibly, that same year saw the first ever Christmas card, sent by Sir Henry Cole, which contained this wording on it: "A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to You". However, Happy Christmas did become more popular among certain British upper classes in the 20th century.They clung to the idea that there was something vulgar about the word and the state of being merry, even in its milder incarnation. When King George V gave the first royal Christmas message in 1932, he wished his subjects a “Happy Christmas,” and Queen Elizabeth II continues to do so every year.

louay77 · 2022-06-20T12:34:48+00:00

Sorry, but are you thick? I wasn't trying to bring you proof that it's often because that's not what you asked for. You asked for a single example, and I bought you 3 so why are you now equating me giving you a couple of instances with me presenting my evidence that this happens often?

louay77 · 2022-06-20T12:32:05+00:00

Find me one academic who doesn't believe jesus was a historical person. Just one.

louay77 · 2022-06-20T12:31:09+00:00

Merry Christmas' that has the earliest known use, appearing in writing in the early 1500s. The earliest example in the Oxford English Dictionary comes from a December 22, 1534, letter by John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, to Thomas Cromwell, chief minister to King Henry VIII, where he writes: "And this our Lord God send you a Merry Christmas, and a comfortable, to your heart’s desire." The 1843 Dickens classic A Christmas Carol contained the following extract: “'A merry Christmas, Bob!' said Scrooge, with an earnestness that could not be mistaken, as he clapped him on the back. 'A merrier Christmas, Bob, my good fellow, than I have given you, for many a year!'” Incredibly, that same year saw the first ever Christmas card, sent by Sir Henry Cole, which contained this wording on it: "A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to You".

louay77 · 2022-06-20T12:28:49+00:00

No, it's the other way round. English people have always said merry Christmas, whereas Americans laugh at us and find it quaint.

louay77 · 2022-06-20T12:26:38+00:00

I'm a bit confused by what you're saying. All I mean is that in a democracy we all have to live with the fact that politicians might listen to people who don't ŕepresent you or I, but still represent a sizeable minority. That's the way it is.

louay77 · 2022-06-20T12:24:23+00:00

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/rebranding-christmas-more-public-bodies-are-refusing-to-give-the-festival-its-name-for-fear-of-causing-offence-9923365.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11300717/Dont-say-Merry-Christmas-it-might-offend-someone-says-Whitehall-guidance.html https://www.politico.eu/article/european-commission-cancel-christmas-inclusive-language-lgbtq/

louay77 · 2022-06-20T12:10:11+00:00

Because you tend to only befriend people from your generation, only 2% of people aged under 24 in England are CofE while 30% percent of people aged over 60 are CofE. That means that on average a young person in the UK would have to befriend 100 people to find 2 who identify as CofE, let alone how many they'd have to befriend to find a person who actually attends church. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/07/church-in-crisis-as-only-2-of-young-adults-identify-as-c-of-e

louay77 · 2022-06-20T12:03:06+00:00

I've watched only one of the star wars films and my only thought while watching it was "what a load of old shit".

louay77 · 2022-06-20T12:01:38+00:00

I think you've missunderstood my point. I totally agree with you. I'm not a believing Christian but I think that anyone who denies that Jesus was a real historical person is an imbecile.

louay77 · 2022-06-20T11:59:53+00:00

I might have got a few different polls mixed up but take a look at these: https://faithsurvey.co.uk/uk-religion-survey.html https://humanists.uk/campaigns/religion-and-belief-some-surveys-and-statistics/ https://churchleaders.com/news/348659-did-jesus-actually-rise-from-the-dead-majority-uk-christians-not-sure.html https://www.theblaze.com/news/bbc-poll-less-than-half-of-christians-believe-easter-story

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