Thunderpants 0 Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 (Hi _spud) proxy sites should do the trick, no need to worry about logs. There are lots of them around I haven't checked the above one out, no need for me. no internet acces at work. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Trouble is, access to the proxy sites can also be filtered out. Link to post Share on other sites
Hokkaidough 4 Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Thunderpants - I noticed your new avatar.... I thought you were off that kind of thing in Japan, if you know what I mean. Link to post Share on other sites
daver 0 Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 lots of company stuff in this one, but how about a shout out from th teaching core here. JTEs that, despite all your best efforts to inspire and motivate students, repeatedly drop the ball. if they would simply learn that if they just stop ridiculing students, stop turning the class room into a grammar worksheet sweatshop, stop teaching ridiculus language with zero connection to reality and finaly learn how to speak and enjoy the language they are teaching then maybe we could have students that actually after years of study can string two sentences together! AHHHHHHHHHH thank god for winter vacation. Link to post Share on other sites
Thunderpants 0 Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Hokkaidough I'm totally off that thing, haven't touched that since the evening before that day in july 2004... Dont even think i can enjoy it anymore, the NO-NO's took away the fun Link to post Share on other sites
HighlyTrainedNovaTeacher 2 Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Good boy. Boss being totally incompetent and totally unqualified for his job. Seems hes just part of the job merrygoround that gives them all "experience". That really annoys me. Link to post Share on other sites
window-cleaner 0 Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 The only time a boss like that is good is when its Brent on the telly. Does the Japanese system of moving people around and having lots of general non-specialised workers have (m)any benefits? Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted December 24, 2005 Author Share Posted December 24, 2005 Shit yeah! Vastly improved efficiency! Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 It keeps the housing market fluid. Our neighbourhood is full of houses built at vast expense during the Bubble that the original owners have had to vacate so they can go and gain valuable experience in another part of the country at enormous cost to their family finances. Link to post Share on other sites
Thunderpants 0 Posted December 25, 2005 Share Posted December 25, 2005 About my job... i get sundays and 2 monthly holidays of every month, that sucks. I found out that that my co workers get jealous if i tell them that i went snowboarding, so i now i have to lie when they ask what i have been doing on my day off. that sucks too! Link to post Share on other sites
white-void 0 Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 Quote: I found out that that my co workers get jealous if i tell them that i went snowboarding, so i now i have to lie when they ask what i have been doing on my day off. that sucks too! That kind of thing really annoys me no end but it happens so much. Ends up people just not talking about anything other than the weather, Tama-chan and shit like that. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted December 27, 2005 Author Share Posted December 27, 2005 Yeah that is bullshit! I hate that attitude at work. All the J-staff at our school are like that but I just think f-it and tell them anyway. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 Is there any particular reason why your coworkers can't go snowboarding themselves? Link to post Share on other sites
Thunderpants 0 Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 Quote: Originally posted by Ocean11: Is there any particular reason why your coworkers can't go snowboarding themselves? . it's the kind of company where people are working on their day off for no particular reason the kind of place where people do overtime just to spend time, not to get work done. I think many people has been thinking about the size of their bonuses. my boss has been saying clearly that the size of peoples bonuses was dependant on how many hours of overtime they do. So, yes they want to look good in the eyes of the boss. I've done my share of overtime, and i'm not too tired or unmotivated because of my snow addiction. I have just felt that strong sense of dis-approvement from certain people already in early December. so i stopped talking about it. did i mention that i don't get bonus? miss my old job a lot Link to post Share on other sites
Thunderpants 0 Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 ..But never mind them, It's just a job. they have no idea what joy i feel in my spare time. Wonderful wife, great adventures in the snow and in the water. Lots of nice music, good movies. i should not even worry about them. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted December 27, 2005 Author Share Posted December 27, 2005 I went boarding with a Japanese guy who works at my school on a school holiday. He didn't want anyone to know we were going and when we got back he said not to tell anyone he had gone. He knew if he told people they would gripe about him behind his back that he was off having fun while others "worked" (half the staff actually went in to work that day even though they had no classes and nothing "real" to do). That kinda BS shouldn't be a surprise here but it sucks none the less. Link to post Share on other sites
xxx 2 Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 A few of my colleagues have "secret" girlfriends. Not because anyone involved is married or otherwise attached, not for any apparent reason actually. It's just secret. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 > my boss has been saying clearly that the size of peoples bonuses was dependant on how many hours of overtime they do. Oh dear. I thought that from the point of view of economic and labour efficiency, managers were supposed to do everything in their power to reduce overtime, not encourage it. But if the employees want to trade their free time for pay, that's their choice, innit? Link to post Share on other sites
guzzlers-baps 0 Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Thats just daft. What do they do with the extra money, save it (at 0.00005% interest)? They don't have the time to do much. Link to post Share on other sites
Thunderpants 0 Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 They all drive really nice cars on their 3 minutes drive to work. I suspect that some enjoy to be away from their family too. Link to post Share on other sites
r45 4 Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 But at work?! Sad. I heard somewhere lots of Japanese take more pride in their cars than their houses. Seems that would be so looking at some of the houses. Link to post Share on other sites
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