What's making you happy today? - Page 662

Aliantha · 04-14-2014, 05:50 PM

Well we all did start out as convicts.

Sundae · 04-17-2014, 08:48 AM

I have a job and I have a flat.

Lots of stresses and stresses and stresses to come.
But I have a job and I have a flat in Otley, Leeds.

Everything else can follow.

monster · 04-17-2014, 08:58 AM

yay! well done

Griff · 04-17-2014, 09:00 AM

Bravo!

Undertoad · 04-17-2014, 09:01 AM

Nice!

Carruthers · 04-17-2014, 09:02 AM

Well done, Sundae

Best wishes for the future.

glatt · 04-17-2014, 09:27 AM

That's outstanding news. Good job!

infinite monkey · 04-17-2014, 09:35 AM

Awesome! It'll all fall into place now.

Clodfobble · 04-17-2014, 10:05 AM

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!!

What's the job?

DanaC · 04-17-2014, 10:41 AM

Well, fuck me that was fast!

Well done you! Details ?

BigV · 04-17-2014, 11:34 AM

Excellent!!

Details when possible please. :-)

Sundae · 04-17-2014, 11:52 AM

I've been offered a position with the supermarket I currently work with (sorry, trying not to be searchable) in Otley, Leeds, West Yorkshire.
I do not know my hours, I do not know my shifts.
I do know that - as in Aylesbury - they always want people to pick up extra work within and without their own departments. I discussed this at interview.

I cancelled a viewing at a flat in Otley to attend an interview at Morrison's in Bradford.
They were offering FULL time (30 hours) and housing in Bradford itself is cheaper by about £50 per month.
But as it turns out the location is high on a hill outside of the city, so travel costs would still apply. And it was for a job which is on a tangent from the position I currently hold. A job is a job as I said before, but this one did slightly give me The Fear.

So last night 23.55 when I opened my door, ready to set my alarm for 05.00 this morning OMG, I quickly logged on to find an invitation for a second interview in Otley.

When I came home from probably the worst shift on Bakery I've ever had (major tiredy and cracking my head so hard on an open oven door that I've given myself a proper Easter egg) I started to compose an email to accept an interview but ask for some clemency. Got a call as I was almost ready to send saying, "Hi, no don't worry about the second interview, you had glowing reviews from your branch and we want to employ you. As long as you can attend an Orientation Session."

Hell, yes.
Count the bells I have on.

So I called up private landlord man and arranged to take the local flat sight-unseen.
We dickered and agreed I would get him a payment of rent and deposit (thanks Dad) but my official tenancy wouldn't start until 01/05. Couldn't get him to budge further. Other people might have done, but as Dani knows I was dog-sick about my credit rating, and this place is 0.2 miles from my new place of work. So set-up shifts, close-downs, extra hours... all are welcome.

No pets of course.
I mean of course.
Who would, ever?

Part-furnished.
It's going to mean I have to work hard, but nowhere near as close to breaking point as staying here, where I would have to work harder and longer to live in a shared house. And without the Dizcat.

In hindsight I think I need a new thread for this.

Thank you for letting me spew details in the Happy Thread.
I'll trick out a Yorkshire thread soon.

glatt · 04-17-2014, 12:06 PM

This so totally belongs in the happy thread.

I'm so happy for you Sundae. 0.2 miles? That's the second time you have had a commute that can't be beat. I mean, seriously. That's almost next door. Way to go!

fargon · 04-17-2014, 12:19 PM

Yeah Sundae, good for you!!!

limey · 04-17-2014, 01:17 PM

Wow! Well done! I've got the housewarming present picked out for you already!

Sent by thought transference

04-14-2014, 05:50 PM	#9916
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Well we all did start out as convicts. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

04-17-2014, 08:48 AM	#9917
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I have a job and I have a flat. Lots of stresses and stresses and stresses to come. But I have a job and I have a flat in Otley, Leeds. Everything else can follow. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

04-17-2014, 08:58 AM	#9918
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	yay! well done __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-17-2014, 09:00 AM	#9919
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Bravo! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-17-2014, 09:02 AM	#9921
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	Well done, Sundae Best wishes for the future. __________________ Last edited by Carruthers; 04-17-2014 at 09:18 AM.

04-17-2014, 09:01 AM	#9920
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Nice!

04-17-2014, 09:27 AM	#9922
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	That's outstanding news. Good job!

04-17-2014, 09:35 AM	#9923
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Awesome! It'll all fall into place now.

04-17-2014, 10:05 AM	#9924
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!! What's the job? __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

04-17-2014, 11:34 AM	#9926
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Excellent!! Details when possible please. :-) __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

04-17-2014, 11:52 AM	#9927
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I've been offered a position with the supermarket I currently work with (sorry, trying not to be searchable) in Otley, Leeds, West Yorkshire. I do not know my hours, I do not know my shifts. I do know that - as in Aylesbury - they always want people to pick up extra work within and without their own departments. I discussed this at interview. I cancelled a viewing at a flat in Otley to attend an interview at Morrison's in Bradford. They were offering FULL time (30 hours) and housing in Bradford itself is cheaper by about £50 per month. But as it turns out the location is high on a hill outside of the city, so travel costs would still apply. And it was for a job which is on a tangent from the position I currently hold. A job is a job as I said before, but this one did slightly give me The Fear. So last night 23.55 when I opened my door, ready to set my alarm for 05.00 this morning OMG, I quickly logged on to find an invitation for a second interview in Otley. When I came home from probably the worst shift on Bakery I've ever had (major tiredy and cracking my head so hard on an open oven door that I've given myself a proper Easter egg) I started to compose an email to accept an interview but ask for some clemency. Got a call as I was almost ready to send saying, "Hi, no don't worry about the second interview, you had glowing reviews from your branch and we want to employ you. As long as you can attend an Orientation Session." Hell, yes. Count the bells I have on. So I called up private landlord man and arranged to take the local flat sight-unseen. We dickered and agreed I would get him a payment of rent and deposit (thanks Dad) but my official tenancy wouldn't start until 01/05. Couldn't get him to budge further. Other people might have done, but as Dani knows I was dog-sick about my credit rating, and this place is 0.2 miles from my new place of work. So set-up shifts, close-downs, extra hours... all are welcome. No pets of course. I mean of course. Who would, ever? Part-furnished. It's going to mean I have to work hard, but nowhere near as close to breaking point as staying here, where I would have to work harder and longer to live in a shared house. And without the Dizcat. In hindsight I think I need a new thread for this. Thank you for letting me spew details in the Happy Thread. I'll trick out a Yorkshire thread soon. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

04-17-2014, 12:06 PM	#9928
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	This so totally belongs in the happy thread. I'm so happy for you Sundae. 0.2 miles? That's the second time you have had a commute that can't be beat. I mean, seriously. That's almost next door. Way to go!

04-17-2014, 12:19 PM	#9929
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	Yeah Sundae, good for you!!! __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

04-17-2014, 01:17 PM	#9930
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Wow! Well done! I've got the housewarming present picked out for you already! Sent by thought transference __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

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