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Shop worker awarded 40 sausage rolls for 40 years of service
(www.bbc.co.uk)
"Eat these unhealthy things quickly and die so we can hire someone for less" ~ manager probably.
What gets me is the parallel between the animals likely suffering horrible abuse before being killed and typical employee life.
40 years is almost a lifetime. That's almost straight from school/college to retirement.
In a better reality: "Besides this huge bonus we have also made a big payment towards your retirement fund to make sure you are set for life."
Yikes.
/ABoringDystopia
It's like a "I can't believe you stayed here for 40 years you sucker 😂 here's some sausages or whatever..." gift
When I started in my job, people got a watch for their 10th jubilee, and even bigger presents for later ones. When I was there for nine years, they dropped the idea of jubilee gifts. Maybe the boss unearths that tradition again - next year, I'm working here for 30 years. And hopefully, the gift will not be something like 30m of cable or something...
Maybe a 30cm ruler
Yes, this is wildly stupid. But also it’s a local independent retailer according to the article so I feel less hostile towards it
All expired stock
What does "mural" mean in British English? I feel like getting gifted a mural from my work would be disproportionately cool.
A painted wall. Presumably, someone paints it on his wall, as opposed to them delivering a pre-painted wall.
That's what I thought 🤔 don't get me wrong I'm sure this dudes been exploited for 40 years and that's shitty as fuck but a mural sounds like a rad gift
It's not a big supermarket chain (they have two stores in Jersey and Guernsey), so likely treat their workers better. As the bosses presumably know all their workers it does mean this is a bit more personal than just some HR drone punching a button because their details flashed up on a screen.
It's absolutely going to be a mural of a massive sausage roll
I assume when they say tropical they mean a sandy beach with waves lapping on the sand, palm trees coming down to the beaches edge and reclining on the sand is a massive sausage roll.
I would not want a mural in my house. This would literally be the opposite of a gift for me.
I feel like the cost of a tropical themed mural could be better spent on like, a tropical vacation. But I don't know, I'm not a mural guy.
I hope they’re bringing in a true master of the art from the Shankhill Road.
My headcanon is his boss kept trying to give him a lovely tropical vacation for retirement and he kept saying “nah, i’d rather sit at home and relax”, hence the tropical themed mural for his home.
My headcanon is, boss won the mural on a tropical vacation, hates it and now gives it to his employee.
This is now official canon.
Like, 40 sausage rolls to last the entire 40 years? Does he get them all at once or is it on an interval?
Edit: He be get them one per shift for next 40 shifts, sounds real kind of them
"Words can't describe my appreciation for his gifts"
Here's one for you, Kev - Shit!
this post was submitted on 20 Aug 2024
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