The Mister, The Company, and The Messing About !

@Traceyjayne (10392)
United Kingdom
April 28, 2026 2:18pm CST
So, many of you know that The Mister works away Monday to Friday. This means he has to get up at stupid o’clock on a Monday morning to drive for several hours to get his permit before driving to where he actually has to start work. He also has to find somewhere to stay for the week and somewhere to eat. This week he is in Grimsby. Yesturday he got told that tomorrow he was working in Loughborough for the rest of the week and for the next few weeks. He had to cancel the digs he had for this week in Grimsby and book some in Loughborough. Today, he got told the job was cancelled and he was staying in Grimsby. Phone calls hastily made to cancel digs in Loughborough and check if they could stay at the digs they already had in Grimsby. Obviously both had been paid for so he is having to claim for the money back from Loughborough. Then ….. He was having a new van next week. He had a phone call yesturday to say he was getting his new van tomorrow. So now he has to sort all the stuff from his old van ready to be put in his new van. His new van is smaller than the one he has got at the moment, so he is not sure that everything will go in it, ( he was going to sort it at home this weekend as he thought he had another week before the change over ! ) And …..it’s only Tuesday ! Don’t you wish you worked for a company like that ! Don’t you !
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@AmbiePam (118424)
• United States
28 Apr
Bless his ever loving heart! I can’t imagine the pain in the rear that is.
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@TheHorse (237279)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Apr
Nope! What is his line of work?
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@Traceyjayne (10392)
• United Kingdom
28 Apr
@TheHorse. He paints the electricity pylons
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@TheHorse (237279)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Apr
@Traceyjayne Got it. Does he enjoy the actual work?
@Traceyjayne (10392)
• United Kingdom
29 Apr
@TheHorse he has been doing it a long time. He knows it inside out. …. 60 this year so not much point swapping jobs now …..it pays very well too.
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@DaddyEvil (173100)
• United States
29 Apr
That's a lousy boss to keep screwing him around like that.
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@DaddyEvil (173100)
• United States
12h
@Traceyjayne Somewhere in that company is a boss who is telling people what to do.
@Traceyjayne (10392)
• United Kingdom
29 Apr
@DaddyEvil. it’s the company, not just one person….
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@Traceyjayne (10392)
• United Kingdom
3h
@DaddyEvil several bosses …. Several departments ….i don’t think the boss boss ever gets involved or even if the workers know who it is !
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@xFiacre (14652)
• Ireland
29 Apr
@Traceyjayne Someone really needs to get their act together, and it’s not your mister.
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@Traceyjayne (10392)
• United Kingdom
29 Apr
@xFiacre. I know, I think it’s getting worse too. I’m sure it wasn’t always this bad.
@Fleura (34677)
• United Kingdom
28 Apr
Aargh what a pain in the posterior! Honestly, other people
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@JudyEv (378837)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Apr
Gosh, the Mister would need to be very adaptable.
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@Traceyjayne (10392)
• United Kingdom
29 Apr
@JudyEv. Unfortunately, he is used to it now. It wouldn’t suit me though !
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• Philippines
29 Apr
That's a very long day, I hope everything went smoothly.
@LindaOHio (220023)
• United States
29 Apr
What a pain in the behind. I like to plan things in advance. I'm not good with spontaneous.
@Traceyjayne (10392)
• United Kingdom
29 Apr
@LindaHOio …me too. Very often he will go away on a Monday morning and not have any digs for that week. I definitely couldn’t go away not knowing where I was going to sleep that night. I wouldn’t be at all happy with all the swapping and changing.
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@Jehanne (1202)
29 Apr
That makes me dizzy like I'd been going in circle in sec. Reminds me of the bunch of email with no clear instructions and keep bouncing from one head to another and I don't even know who to follow. Lol!