Yes you can increase the effort you put in by 110% just as you outline but you cannot exert an absolute effort of 110% which is what the phrase is describing.
I'm not saying that that isn't the case but that kind of behaviour is good for no one, Fred or the Company.
First of all it's not good for Fred because he has no life and is on low wage ( considering the amount of work he does ).
If Fred is promoted the company had better hope they find another sucker just like Fred or lot's of what they counted on being done for free will no longer get done.
From the companies point of view it doesn't make much sense to promote Fred, he is great value for money in the position he's in. Maybe give him a few more responsibilities and a slight pay increase but he will no doubt continue to be work on his own time whatever you pay him.
Personally I'd rather promote someone who was effective in their role and had the best chance of succeding in the new role I was promoting them into, Freds qualities are a nice bonus but not the most crucial factor in my decision.
I'm the same, I can easily spend an hour or so running around in circles failing to see the obvious solution and yet go out for a cigarette and it will just pop into my head within 2 mins.
First of all giving "110% or more" is impossible and it's a stupid expression which I wish people would stop using.
Secondly there's nothing wrong with his attitude, the agreement you have with your employer is that they pay you to provide certain services to them. If they aren't paying you for something then you shouldn't be doing it. This is not a bad attitude and shouldn't affect your chances for promotion or anything else. What is a problem is bosses who think you should provide services which they are not paying your for which at the end of the day is bad for you and bad for the business.
Thirdly I behave in the same way as the grandparent poster and have also been promoted regulary and received pay rises because I have performed well in the tasks I am paid to perform. I have also done a lot of out of hours support cover where I am at home and have to answer work calls but this is different because I am paid specifically to do this. If I wasn't, then I wouldn't.
Why do you think you have the right to bypass the ads ? Without them you wouldn't have the option of watching the millions of channels of quality TV we can all enjoy today. It's your moral duty to watch the ads if you want to watch the shows.
What would happen if everyone took your line eh ? No more TV, that's what. Is that what you want, is it ? IS IT ?
I have personally responded to over 20 of these so called 419 E-Mails and so far I have made over £657,000 TAX FREE. I have researched the subject exhaustively and discovered that although some of the e-mails are indeed sent by fraudsters there are a proportion of e-mails sent by people genuinely in need of help and WILLING TO PAY BIG BUCKS to realise it.
Learn my 10 SURE FIRE techniques to seperate the wheat from the chaff and set yourself upon the road to riches by following my ROAD MAP TO RICHES, a small investment now will pay off within 2 months as YOUR FIRST MONTHS EARNINGS WILL BE IN EXCESS OF £5,000 GUARANTEED*
Already dozens of people who have read my book are enjoying the fruits of their success:
Thankyou CmdrGravy,
when my grandson red me about your book I cudnt belive wot I was hearin an I thought it cudnt be real but I thought about how nice it wud be too own me a farm and I made the best purchase I have ever made in my life. I fownd the plan easy to follo and in the first 2 weeks I waz already buyin the first sheeps and cows for my nu farm.
Yors Truwly Chuck Jones
I am Lorna Mitchell and I hold a high powered executive position in a leading New York company. I saw CmdrGravys ad in an in flight magazine and I am always on the lookout for a smart business investment so I didn't hesitate and sent off the small fee immediatley.
The very next day the book arrived in the post and I sat down to follow through the plan it outlined. It was extremely simple, within 2 hours I had contacted General Mumbazo Agantwe who was trying to liberate $5,000,000 US Dollars from a bank in Argentina. Using the plan as my guide I helped negotiate the deal and earned myself $500,000 within the first 2 weeks.
Now I only need to help out a few people each month and the money just keeps rolling in.
Thankyou CmdrGravy
My name is Jayne Praiselord and I am a housewife and active member of the local Church, I had heard about 419 scams before as many of our congregation had lost money to the evildoers previously so when my husband brought me back your book and instructed me to read it through I was a bit nervous.
Within the first 5 minutes I quickly learned all the common mistakes my congregation had made and saw how, by following the 10 Step Plan, I could avoid these errors and earn some real money to put to use for the Lords good work.
Now I have many happy African friends and am able to bring in $1,000,000 US DOLLARS every 6 months to help our church do it's good works.
Thank you so much and Praise Be !
You too can quickly begin to realise large sums of money by following my 10 Step Plan and infallable roadmap, for a single investment of just £250 you can begin to tap the large sums of capital which will be made available to you. As well as the Book you will also recieve FREE OF CHARGE 10 free e-mail address of Africans just dying to do business with you. Not only that you will also recieve ABSOLUTLEY FREE a guide to the top 1000 influential Generals, Clergy and Government Ministers in the African Continent which is an invaluable guide to yet more profit opportunities. But I'm not stopping there, as well as the Book, the e-mail addresses and the invaluable guide to African dignitaries I will also network your details amongst at least 150 influential people who are just looking to give you money.
Do not delay, contact me today and begin your new life of wealth and comfort tomorrow !
I live in the UK which has a notoriously bad rail system but it's still easier for me catch the train between Birmingham & Derby every day than it is to drive but this is because there is free parking at the Birmingham station and Deby station is practically in the town centre and within easy walking distance of my work.
On the other hand I also worked in Coventry a few months ago which is actually closer than Derby but it was much easier to drive there since the place I worked was in the suburbs and a long way from any station - buses are just too unreliable in the rush hour.
I have concluded therefore that mass transit can work well where the infrastructure is in place but it will not work everywhere.
Calm down, they aren't saying that they have actually discovered Tatooine, the interesting part of this article is not it's Star Wars connection ( crappy or otherwise ).
Hell I hope it does lose, then I can sue them for millions of dollars for breaking the copyright restrictions on my site. What a wonderful world that would be.
It is disinteresting but my work today is even less interesting which is why I am still reading such a disinteresting topic !
I'm just curious as to why someone would consider their ( clearly rubbish ) shelf building skills to be so awesome other people might be interested in them and why the editors agreed and published the story. The mind boggles.
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Yes you can increase the effort you put in by 110% just as you outline but you cannot exert an absolute effort of 110% which is what the phrase is describing.
I'm not saying that that isn't the case but that kind of behaviour is good for no one, Fred or the Company.
First of all it's not good for Fred because he has no life and is on low wage ( considering the amount of work he does ).
If Fred is promoted the company had better hope they find another sucker just like Fred or lot's of what they counted on being done for free will no longer get done.
From the companies point of view it doesn't make much sense to promote Fred, he is great value for money in the position he's in. Maybe give him a few more responsibilities and a slight pay increase but he will no doubt continue to be work on his own time whatever you pay him.
Personally I'd rather promote someone who was effective in their role and had the best chance of succeding in the new role I was promoting them into, Freds qualities are a nice bonus but not the most crucial factor in my decision.
I'm the same, I can easily spend an hour or so running around in circles failing to see the obvious solution and yet go out for a cigarette and it will just pop into my head within 2 mins.
First of all giving "110% or more" is impossible and it's a stupid expression which I wish people would stop using.
Secondly there's nothing wrong with his attitude, the agreement you have with your employer is that they pay you to provide certain services to them. If they aren't paying you for something then you shouldn't be doing it. This is not a bad attitude and shouldn't affect your chances for promotion or anything else. What is a problem is bosses who think you should provide services which they are not paying your for which at the end of the day is bad for you and bad for the business.
Thirdly I behave in the same way as the grandparent poster and have also been promoted regulary and received pay rises because I have performed well in the tasks I am paid to perform. I have also done a lot of out of hours support cover where I am at home and have to answer work calls but this is different because I am paid specifically to do this. If I wasn't, then I wouldn't.
Well you don't really pay up front for the sex, it's the support you pay for to make sure it stays on-line.
Most of us do
"Under XP this works too, you get a file called 'appname1.scp' this too can then be dragged back into applications"
I am using XP and sitting here dragging your post onto the desktop, all I get is a circle with a line through it.
I thought it stood for "Moronic"
Why do you think you have the right to bypass the ads ? Without them you wouldn't have the option of watching the millions of channels of quality TV we can all enjoy today. It's your moral duty to watch the ads if you want to watch the shows.
What would happen if everyone took your line eh ? No more TV, that's what. Is that what you want, is it ? IS IT ?
I have personally responded to over 20 of these so called 419 E-Mails and so far I have made over £657,000 TAX FREE. I have researched the subject exhaustively and discovered that although some of the e-mails are indeed sent by fraudsters there are a proportion of e-mails sent by people genuinely in need of help and WILLING TO PAY BIG BUCKS to realise it.
Learn my 10 SURE FIRE techniques to seperate the wheat from the chaff and set yourself upon the road to riches by following my ROAD MAP TO RICHES, a small investment now will pay off within 2 months as YOUR FIRST MONTHS EARNINGS WILL BE IN EXCESS OF £5,000 GUARANTEED*
Already dozens of people who have read my book are enjoying the fruits of their success:
Thankyou CmdrGravy,
when my grandson red me about your book I cudnt belive wot I was hearin an I thought it cudnt be real but I thought about how nice it wud be too own me a farm and I made the best purchase I have ever made in my life. I fownd the plan easy to follo and in the first 2 weeks I waz already buyin the first sheeps and cows for my nu farm.
Yors Truwly Chuck Jones
I am Lorna Mitchell and I hold a high powered executive position in a leading New York company. I saw CmdrGravys ad in an in flight magazine and I am always on the lookout for a smart business investment so I didn't hesitate and sent off the small fee immediatley.
The very next day the book arrived in the post and I sat down to follow through the plan it outlined. It was extremely simple, within 2 hours I had contacted General Mumbazo Agantwe who was trying to liberate $5,000,000 US Dollars from a bank in Argentina. Using the plan as my guide I helped negotiate the deal and earned myself $500,000 within the first 2 weeks.
Now I only need to help out a few people each month and the money just keeps rolling in.
Thankyou CmdrGravy
My name is Jayne Praiselord and I am a housewife and active member of the local Church, I had heard about 419 scams before as many of our congregation had lost money to the evildoers previously so when my husband brought me back your book and instructed me to read it through I was a bit nervous.
Within the first 5 minutes I quickly learned all the common mistakes my congregation had made and saw how, by following the 10 Step Plan, I could avoid these errors and earn some real money to put to use for the Lords good work.
Now I have many happy African friends and am able to bring in $1,000,000 US DOLLARS every 6 months to help our church do it's good works.
Thank you so much and Praise Be !
You too can quickly begin to realise large sums of money by following my 10 Step Plan and infallable roadmap, for a single investment of just £250 you can begin to tap the large sums of capital which will be made available to you. As well as the Book you will also recieve FREE OF CHARGE 10 free e-mail address of Africans just dying to do business with you. Not only that you will also recieve ABSOLUTLEY FREE a guide to the top 1000 influential Generals, Clergy and Government Ministers in the African Continent which is an invaluable guide to yet more profit opportunities. But I'm not stopping there, as well as the Book, the e-mail addresses and the invaluable guide to African dignitaries I will also network your details amongst at least 150 influential people who are just looking to give you money.
Do not delay, contact me today and begin your new life of wealth and comfort tomorrow !
I live in the UK which has a notoriously bad rail system but it's still easier for me catch the train between Birmingham & Derby every day than it is to drive but this is because there is free parking at the Birmingham station and Deby station is practically in the town centre and within easy walking distance of my work.
On the other hand I also worked in Coventry a few months ago which is actually closer than Derby but it was much easier to drive there since the place I worked was in the suburbs and a long way from any station - buses are just too unreliable in the rush hour.
I have concluded therefore that mass transit can work well where the infrastructure is in place but it will not work everywhere.
New York is too old ? It's only been around for 200 - 300 years or something hasn't it ?
Milton Keynes is probably more recent but I can't think of much else any newer.
A Bio Diseil, that sounds fascinating - what is it ?
Calm down, they aren't saying that they have actually discovered Tatooine, the interesting part of this article is not it's Star Wars connection ( crappy or otherwise ).
You sir are an anal pedant of the lowest order.
Use them both for full effect:
./ has become so infamous"
"A fine example of yet more of the anal pedantry for which
"you sir are an anal pedant of spectacular proportions"
"if you had not been so anally pedantic perhaps I would not now think of you as a dribbling fool attempting to lick your, tiny, bollocks"
Correction to both of you: Loosing ? This doesn't make sense.
So now I know !
I still don't think the lawyers/healthcare people have a leg to stand on mind you.
Hell I hope it does lose, then I can sue them for millions of dollars for breaking the copyright restrictions on my site. What a wonderful world that would be.
I don't think there is anything to stop me recording anyone who phones me and then doing what I like with those recordings.
Honestly no I don't you think you have any moral right to control the distribution of things like that.
If you do not want your views to be critiqued in 20 years time then do not ever write them down or make them known to anyone.
The internet is really ( morally if not legally ) the public domain and once you hand over stuff to the public domain it can do what it likes with it.
Huh ??? Is this really what they are saying:
1) That the Wayback Machine came and archived their site sometime in 1999.
2) Since then they have added a robots.txt file
3) Because they now have a robots.txt file previously archived material should no longer be available
If so that's complete nonsense.
I think he meant "he had cannon"
And if you can bring yourself to look there is actually very little on any of the other compartments in his horrible desk.
It is disinteresting but my work today is even less interesting which is why I am still reading such a disinteresting topic !
I'm just curious as to why someone would consider their ( clearly rubbish ) shelf building skills to be so awesome other people might be interested in them and why the editors agreed and published the story. The mind boggles.