On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 12:21:40PM -0000, dcross - David Cross wrote:
> From: Peter Corlett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: 12 January 2001 11:46
>
> > On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 10:30:11AM -0000, dcross - David Cross wrote:
> > > [...] I've always been happy with the way that Elan worked
> >
> > A few months back a friend got chummy with the Elan bods and
> > as I happened to be in the same pub as the "meeting" on Elan's
> > tab, it was a particularly merry evening ;) In their favour is
> > the fact that they have me on file, but aren't constantly hassling
> > me like some agencies can.
>
> I tend to avoid agency drinking nights as they seem to consist of besuited
> 18 year old agents getting far too drunk and pretending to be my friend by
> talking about football and telling sexist jokes. This is very close to my
> idea of hell[1].
>
Ah yes - that false mateyness does make me laugh. "Alright mate - how
you doing? Good Weekend?" And the female recruitment agents are as bad.
I broke my personal record for inbox -> trash after seeing an email from
one with the Subject "WAAAAAAAAZZZZZZUUUUUUPPPPP? (Perl Role)"
jp
