Employee of the month.

[flyingblind]

I have just been made employee of the month at work. Not quite sure why but they have a monthly meeting with all the staff and bestow the 'honour' on some unsuspecting victim who gets hauled out in front to have their hand shaken and photo taken with the production manager for the company news letter. You also get an extra days holiday, which is nice. £50 of Sainsbury's vouchers which were lifted by the wife the moment I got home.

But what is an absolute hoot is you get the designated employee of the month parking space at the front of the building where all the directors park their Jags, Porshes and Audis.

The problem is that I drive a 12 year old Citreon Zara that has put three of my kids through their driving test and is regularly driven by the wife who has as much spacial awareness and parking skills as a blindfolded bull in the proverbial china shop. I don't think it has a panel that has no dent or scratch, infact most panels are more dent and scratch than panel. The plastic bumpers are held together with duct tape where they have been used to locate objects whilst reversing or mowing down an assortment of rocks by the road and badgers or anything else which wanders in the way. It only has two wheel caps and one and a half wing mirrors plus the interior has been trashed by 5 kids. And, because it is such a state it rarely gets a clean.

I normally park right at the back of the farthest employees carpark out of embarrassment but I am so tempted to take them up on their offer.

[Das Attorney]

I would if I were you. And if they comment, ask for a pay rise.

[ATAG_Colander]

I would if I were you. And if they comment, ask for a pay rise.

Yeah, the car parked between the Jags, Porshes and Audis will give them a clue :grin:

[Maico]

I would if I were you. And if they comment, ask for a pay rise.

ROFLMAO! Yeah and say, you dont pay me enough. Dont worry though, a car is the worst investment "the man" ever came up with.

[swiss]

Pics please! :)

[5./JG27.Farber]

Do it man! :-p

[flyingblind]

Ha Ha! Excellent ideas. Sadly I get paid as much if not more than the supervisors so the response to a pay rise request is likely to be a bit frosty. Especially from our HR dept who are basically a bunch of hatchets whose prime raison detre is to screw every last shekel out of the workforce whilst remaining legal. It's not so much what I earn as what I spend. Or should I say what my wife and kids spend on my behalf.

To be honest, as long it passes the MoT and starts most mornings so I don't over run the AA call out quota I don't really care. The thought of my lot getting their paws on anything more expensive than something one wheeze away from the scrap yard is scary. My only consolation is that the wife's car is even worse. Its an S reg Hyundai Atoz, automatic, more dents and pretty much non existant brakes.

I think if I was to go up market with transport it would have to be post divorce. Perhaps I might take a few snaps tomorrow after work.

[T_O_A_D]

I'd park it right up front as if I owned the place.

I don't make as much as the managers, so I would post a sign on it, saying.

"See what being the employee of the month will get ya."

It proof pudding that Kissing @ss and Hard work means nothing.

But being the lowest payed does LOL

[baronWastelan]

Why do people make such a big deal about cars? They're transportation, who cares what they look like. :|

[He111]

yeah, great movie !

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[swiss]

pretty much non existant brakes.


Right, who needs brakes anyway? :rolleyes:
But don't worry it's just your wife and kids life you put in jeopardy...

Decent tires and brakes are pretty much the only things a car really needs.

[Continu0]

No reason to be shy. You deserve the place, and that´s it... and if they can´t accept your car there, they have to give you a new one...:)

[flyingblind]

A quick footnote on my parking at work. No, I didn't park the Citroen with the directors even though the thought of bringing the whole image of the place down was quite amusing. But sadly the poor old thing died. Coming home Friday evening I got stuck in traffic crawling along because of roadworks and it overheated badly. An 11 mile run ended up taking nearly 2 hours by the time I had stopped to cool down a couple of times. My luck would be a head gasket although it might just be the thermostate.

I need a car for work so I had a quick snout round Saturday morning and managed to find a silver turbo diesel Rover 45. It is top of the range model with all the bibs and bobs like alloy wheels, CD player etc and a spoiler (although not sure why you would have a spoiler on the back of a diesel). It is nearly as old as the Citroen but not especially high mileage and, dare I say it, in almost showroom condition without a scratch, dink or dent to be seen. And at a grand I would almost recoupe the cost in the next year due to the massive increase in fuel economy and the cost of dragging the Citroen through another MoT.

I would normally be a little sceptical about a Rover but then I have owned two Skoda Estelles in my time so I can't be that choosey.

So am I going to park my gleaming new motah in the directors parking place? Still no as the whole idea is totally naff anyway.