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They can keep you busy with stuff that is not in your job-description (as aragyl said, shuffle papers etc.)
If they're worried about you stealing the latest inventions, they put you on garden leave.
Aligro in Schlieren. They sell food in large quantities with huge meat section. Small Coop satellite shops and Denner have big mark-downs on meat just before closing on Saturdays. The small Turkish shops have amazing and cheap selection of…
Yes, totally agree with that!
Btw, I can only imagine doropfiz didn't write this pretty exhaustive post with a light heart. Her posts too were confronted many times here and she really lived up to what she posted above.
Hats off.
12 posts,
14:43 today
Happy Wedding Day Eastenders!
WOW!!! My gast is well and truly flabbered!!
What a wonderful surprise, thank you Blueangel xxx
Many many THANKS from the bottom of our hearts for all your congratumalations and well wishes upon our nuptials!! xxx
I am honestly…
There are several complicating issues here. In the UK there is a document called the SEND Code of practice (Dept for Education) laying out in great detail what each school in each sector must provide for students with SEN. While the…
9 posts,
14:09 today
Curry leaf plants
The situation is bizarre. Indian shops in Lausanne never have them and will tell you they're illegal. Indian shops in Geneva nearly always have them, except when they've run out. Not seen any frozen ones, but I usually freeze the fresh…
4 posts,
14:05 today
Zalando-return of article
21 posts,
13:07 today
Passport check at the border
Checks can occur anywhere and you are obliged to be able to identify yourself and justify your presence within the Schengen Area. If you are not an EU/EEA/CH citizen that means you are a tourist with the 90 period or you can show that…
Thanks, yes, that worked fine.
Did they manipulate the lentils or has it just become the by the "current state of scientific knowledge" that they don't need soaking? :D
By the way, I found lentils and lentils only in tins. At Coop, Fr.…
Incompetent at being what? French?
And what a French croissant? The Paris one is already different from those in other regions.
I know what you're trying to do mate :D
Omtatsat will be so fat after trying them all that he won't…
great thread,
I used to work on my car in the street or shared parking space and would always get the suspicious looks (changing the caliper, camtree sensors and A/C resistance) but always did the servicing at the garage to get the…
A long, long time ago, in a country far off, a traveller (that was me) set off to countries of languageS unknown. My junior primary-school teacher (I kid you not) gave me this most excellent advice: "If you need to call for help,…
23 posts,
10:30 today
Euro parking collection plc
No they are total cowboys read some of the other threads about them ;) I’ve had them chase me quite a few times in the past years, all they do is send lots of letters, that’s all they can do, eventually they get bored and stop.…
Certainly in humans there is a direct correlation between gut health and mental health. While the issues with your girl are multi layered, what is her digestion like? If she has poor gut health it could possibly be affecting her anxiety…
9 posts,
09:13 today
Apartment viewing fail...
Must be because you are in town because flats that have been for rent here in our village only had 1-1 visits.
I had a fairly ok experience with Lodge Relocation 10 years ago, Regie Grange-Canal has a solid reputation too. Of course,…
Update October 2019:
The online shopping service leshop (which sells Migros products as well as others) now has a selection button called "specific diets" (top left). With this, once can view, in one nice selection process, products that…
28 posts,
03:51 today
[Pay] Raise
Yes, that is indeed possible, and sometimes (rarely, as you rightly say) does happen. Especially in cases where the customer would gladly even pay a bit more, just to keep the relationship with the salesperson (or the back-up team) who…
Thank you all...
unfortunately the dolder spa for the weekend is a little bit too expensive, but the other is definitely better :)
Ikea will be a sacrifice of love...but for her...she really hates ikea, especially in the weekend.
17 posts,
23:24 yesterday
Coop Supercard from Topcard
I wish I could... At the time I subscribed I could not do that, for some reason. Also LSV was not available with my account.
And now I can't find any information about how to cancel my contract. In the T&C it is mentioned that you can,…
Interesting find with possible implications for withdrawing pillar 2 tax free?
It seems ESC A10 no longer applies and has been replaced. From the quote below, it seems things have changed again after the Finance act of 2017!
Does anyone…
Thanks.
I actually haven't used papal yet. When I thought it might be a solution for me I found out I had a password there since like for ever and never used it. So I updated my data and now it seems, I won't follow this idea up as…
Update October 2019:
The online shopping service leshop (which sells Migros products as well as others) now has a selection button called "specific diets" (top left). With this, once can view, in one nice selection process, products that…
6 posts,
20:13 yesterday
Transport CH to GB
Look at some of the moving companies that do the trip UK to CH each week or two. There are several of them. Do a search on EF and you will find the names. Will be easier and probably cheaper that what you are proposing.
the thing is, when 'the hum' is there, existence of other sounds make it less disturbing. even when there is some sound from clothes due to simply moving, or some music, temporarily it is not as audible or as disturbing.
as you suggested,…
I am faithful to the post, standing on the dot at my bus stop but no sign of this lovely, albeit a little forthcoming, lady. Yes, I am a little disappointed...deep, deep down. To be honest, I am not proactively looking for anyone…
My sister in law in London had her bag stolen in a pub in the City when she was with work colleagues. Someone walked past the table they were sitting chatting at, picked it up and went off with it. Nobody noticed anything. I always sit…
Its not in Triemli. Its near to Helvetiaplatz. As I said get their 30 minutes before. Around 0830 in the morning or 1430 in the afternoon. They will give you a number. It can get very busy there so as I said be there…
We moved into our apartment 8 years ago when the reference rate was 2.5%.
A year ago, we sent a registered letter to the régie with a request to review the rent, and shared our calculation of the reduction we thought was correct.
A…
I believe there are exceptions for dual nationals who have done national service elsewhere. There’s nothing stopping anyone waiting until after 37 to apply though. You do get the year of the Einbuergerung ‘geschenkt’ as well.
Swica has to keep him covered for 3 months as they have issued an EHIC card, if they choose not to collect premiums it's their look out. It all depends on the rules in Germany for new arrivals getting cover.
That is SO nice of him!! We need more people like your husband :)
One time I also saw a father tending to his two very young kids during an entire long haul flight, keeping them entertained or rocking them to sleep. Several people noticed…
There are no border controls for anyone except in special hi alert situations. You possibly have to show your passport when boarding, thats just for identification.
Don't leave Schengen or you may have problems returning.
Gratitude to my Italian hairdresser today who manages to take 10 years off me every time, at the age of 58 it's marvellous! He's recently gone self employed and is renting part of a small salon, it's nice to see a young guy doing well for…
There is a little play area round the corner from my flat, one day I saw four little boys playing football there. Each of them was speaking a different language, yet they were all communicating and seemed to know what each other was…
You might check it again. The unemployment compensation counts paid days. Normally it means every work day since you registered but there are exceptions, one which comes easily to my head now is a sick leave period.
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