>>One of our bosses has just gone round the office handing out cans of lager.
>>I can't remember that ever happening before during a normal work day.
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>I hope you're not all about to get laid off! (Sorry, made redundant).
We do say "laid off" too.
One difference is we ask for a "pay rise" where you guys ask for a "raise"
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>Should not joke about that with so much of it going on. A good friend of mine has to lay someone off today due to declining business and has been dreading it all week.
Well, all hands got a can, they've been interviewing for new staff (2 I believe needed), so I hope not.
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.