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time to pester the boss for a training holiday

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2003 8:40 am
by pootergeist
http://www.phparch.com/cruise/

:) Bahamas + PHP (what more could a guy ask for)

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2003 8:56 am
by qads
nice..a little expensive though :? ...here is a idea ...why don't you pay for us all as well? :lol:

Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2003 11:56 am
by JPlush76
yea thats a nice little "training" trip :)

I'm gonna leave it on my bosses desk and see what happens

Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2003 4:28 pm
by trollll
Nah, just order the tickets to get sent to your home (PO Box works even better) and select "Bill Me" if you can and have it sent to your place of work. But ATTN: marketing or something so your boss won't find it until you've already shown the tickets to HR and gotten a company credit card approved for you for additional expenses.

If you freelance: even easier. Just mark it as a mandatory training exercise and bill it evenly distributed over the next couple of months. Your client probably won't even notice. :)

Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2003 4:30 pm
by JPlush76
"Dear Mr. Smith,
we took a look at your project and we feel we can compete it quickly for $1200.00. Unfortunatley we're also going to have to take a cruise to learn some more which brings the total to $4000.00. Thank you for your business. "

lol now thats a bid

Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2003 4:43 pm
by trollll
..pushing the deadline to the 1st of April in order to maximize the effectiveness of the course with regard to the product's needs.

Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2003 4:44 pm
by JPlush76
trolll, you have to write all my bids from now on :)

lol

Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2003 4:50 pm
by trollll
:D lol

You don't work for the government and IBM without picking up some serious bulls**ting skills. Run some press releases through Bullfighter sometime.

Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2003 5:01 pm
by JPlush76
I find the best phrase I can use at work when the boss is getting on me to finish something is the tride and true "multidimentional associative array" to us its no biggie but to the lay man, its a dooooosie

say that to your boss and you'll have the afternoon free... "holy <span style='color:blue' title='I&#39;m naughty, are you naughty?'>smurf</span>, that guy's doing something important!" lol