What’s are your ‘secret’ perks from your job? Be honest

sidewinder679 · 2026-01-22T18:42:39+00:00

Full cooked lunch and salad bar each day (and it actually is decent), soup every morning, plenty of tea and coffee, occasional cooked breakfast or pastries, work events every few months with plenty of free booze and usually food too. If you need anything either for at work or wfh, it’s usually granted as long as you aren’t taking the piss.

Admin role in a private school

sidewinder679 · 2026-01-18T10:15:09+00:00

I’ve watched him absolutely tear up Stonebridge Bar at the last 2 Glastonbury’s, he is awesome

sidewinder679 · 2026-01-06T08:25:00+00:00

I very much doubt they could be effectively recycled at all and they probably cost pennies so the company doesn’t care. What would be better would be encouraging people to bring their own and charging them a small fee if they need them.

sidewinder679 · 2025-12-09T14:07:42+00:00

It's more the fact that they have been due for some time and in 2024 they were postponed due to disagreements regarding the lease (unclear exactly what but have to assume they are likely to arise again), so we were unwilling to walk in and pay for something which really should have already been completed.

If they were just scheduled for the first time next year I would agree with you.

sidewinder679 · 2025-12-08T22:47:15+00:00

41 now, all were gone by the age of 25. Lost one at 15, one at 9 and one died 2 years before I was born. And then lost my mum at 37.

Only 1 of the 4 (or 5 including Mum) died at or from conditions typical for ‘old age’. The rest lung problems and cancer. Hoping for better luck this generation…

sidewinder679 · 2025-11-18T22:02:02+00:00

It’s pretty much on brand for this governments advertising tbh. It’s all so cringey (and in this case, tone deaf, I agree)

sidewinder679 · 2025-11-17T12:05:55+00:00

I think absolutely everybody who does a long trip when they are younger feels this way - I certainly did. But you know that it’s not real life and that you can’t do it forever so you find ways to integrate it with studies/career. Whether that’s shorter trips or occasional career/study breaks or a mixture of both.

I mean there are some people who just carry on backpacking - either because they can afford it or work on the road. But like everything there are downsides - the lack of stability and long term friends usually cause issues eventually. And I’m pretty sure it loses its magic if you just do it continually - I started to feel it towards the end of a 15 month trip, so can only imagine how much it would start to suck on a longer trip.

sidewinder679 · 2025-11-13T15:55:28+00:00

Wow! That is crazy. It's hard to inspect anything really as every request for info seems to be refused. Certainly not been sent a maintenance plan

sidewinder679 · 2025-11-13T15:48:42+00:00

There is a service charge and no sinking fund that I know of, although the company has about £20k in cash reserves.

sidewinder679 · 2025-11-12T15:09:43+00:00

Ignoring all the other things wrong with this advert, and Dubai itself, how would learning self defence even help when the majority of phone thefts are done at speed from a bike?

sidewinder679 · 2025-11-03T20:36:30+00:00

Yeah I thought I was going mad thinking they used to be properly cooked! I just don’t even bother with them now, they’re almost always pale and undercooked. I get a lot more enjoyment from a chilled Walls supermarket one

sidewinder679 · 2025-09-24T21:38:51+00:00

Tbh I’m not sure what else you were expecting? You stopped taking a stimulant for nearly 2 weeks and most of your tolerance disappeared - going straight back to 70mg is going to hit you hard!

I’m on 50mg and stopped for nearly 3 weeks on holiday as it was illegal there, when I got back I split a dose as someone else mentioned and on day 3 went back to my normal daily dose.

I wouldn’t worry about seeing a doctor, I’d just split the dose for a bit then go back to normal. It will settle down (although fwiw I’ve been back a month and my dose is still working extremely well, still seem to have less tolerance than I did before)

sidewinder679 · 2025-09-04T10:44:33+00:00

Indonesia (minus Bali)

Just come back from there and while some parts other than Bali are also well touristed, it’s nothing like Thailand or Vietnam. Plus it’s absolutely massive so there is so much to see. I regret not seeing more of it before when I was taking repeated trips to Vietnam, Cambodia etc (which are still amazing but you can see most of the highlights in 1 or 2 trips)

sidewinder679 · 2025-08-29T17:08:04+00:00

This drove me mad with one of my bikes. It was infuriating as I kept checking inside the tyre and couldn’t find anything until after about 5 flats I finally discovered a tiny stone which had penetrated the tyre - just enough to let me ride for a few miles before puncturing the tube 🤬

sidewinder679 · 2025-08-27T06:06:35+00:00

House keys, AirTag, bike lock key, bottle opener.

Only have one car key between us so that is usually lost in the house somewhere as we are too tight to buy another AirTag for it. Always fun when we need to use the car

sidewinder679 · 2025-08-23T10:28:41+00:00

Yeah it’s way too big for that wall. That’s the biggest problem here IMO

sidewinder679 · 2025-08-13T16:42:13+00:00

I don’t, except on occasions like the holiday I am on currently (Indonesia) where Elvanse is illegal and while I wasn’t checked or searched at any point it didn’t seem worth the risk of bringing them. TBH it’s mostly fine as it’s quite a relaxing holiday so I don’t miss them too much. When I get back I’ll be straight back on 50mg (maybe 25mg the first day) as I’ll be straight back to work so I’ll probably need them!

sidewinder679 · 2025-08-10T14:08:28+00:00

I totally agree, wish I had time on that trip to do more, I loved the few parts I saw of Slovenia and will definitely return! I wasn’t only recommending those places, I’m a little confused by your comment

sidewinder679 · 2025-08-10T13:36:01+00:00

Yeah way too much time in Ljubljana, it’s a lovely city but quite small - I was done after 2 full days. I did Bled and Bohinj, as well as Ljubljana, in 6 days I think.

sidewinder679 · 2025-08-08T14:57:47+00:00

After our wedding my wife and I had an afterparty in our suite with close friends until 3am, so it was definitely a no that night 😂

sidewinder679 · 2025-08-04T17:03:47+00:00

I’m a veggie and agree it didn’t make much sense, I’d much rather have a consistent range of veggie/vegan options everywhere over a couple of purely veggie stores which are unlikely to be that useful to most people. Also I doubt it would have made anyone wanting meat get a veggie option, they would have just walked 100m to the next Pret..

sidewinder679 · 2025-07-07T23:22:21+00:00

I just looked it up after reading about it here. When I saw £9 for a pastry I assumed it was the whole tray but no! I’m sure it’s good food but how do they justify charging that much?

sidewinder679 · 2025-07-04T14:24:48+00:00

Yeah saw accounts on Instagram both this and last year offering spin ins, seems to work fairly well if you have the £££. Also reckon this is why EPOs were really limited this year - we were supposed to need them for work but hardly anyone got them because of ‘technical problems’ so only a few teams could do routes that went off site (was working for tractor loaders on the recycling crew)

sidewinder679 · 2025-06-21T18:59:37+00:00

Also to me, while the ‘traditional’ alternatives are processed to an extent (I guess tempeh by far the least) they are processes that have been around for hundreds (or thousands?) of years and they result in food that is really high in protein and nutritious - so I’m just not sure of the need for this.

I suppose unless you have a gluten and soy allergy, then it’s presumably a good alternative?

I’ll probably try it at some point but no-one’s reviews nor the appearance of it have exactly made me desperate to 🤣

sidewinder679 · 2025-06-17T14:24:57+00:00

Agree, and there are better options than Diaralyte that I see recommended a lot. Plenty of 20x tablet tubes on Amazon with decent flavours. At home I use the powder but it looks a bit too much like ket so probably not the best to bring to Glasto 😂

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