Paid to be on boards

g'em

*checks*

hmmm... interesting...

Morlar

If it's true then it's cynical and manipulative for a company to ban internet access for employees except for a discussion forum for posing as normal users but with an agenda of countering negative publicity. Shills is the word no ? It's the sort of thing pro-Israeli lobby and advocacy groups do. Name and shame ! Boards admins should seriously look into this development imo.

gbee

Morlar wrote: »

Boards admins should seriously look into this development imo.

It's not a development, as you say, shills, it's been going on all the time, they usually stand out clearly.

Morlar

gbee wrote: »

It's not a development, as you say, shills, it's been going on all the time, they usually stand out clearly.

The concept of Shills is not a new development, the fact that this major company has now (allegadly) started to engage in it - is.

DaveNoCheese

sensibleken wrote: »

I meant dudes nipples. Women couldnt ride Hippos, think of the scandal!

Nothing better than a bit of shcandal, keeps the country going sure :P

du Maurier

Wile E. Coyote wrote: »

If your going to correct grammar and spelling on Boards, try not to f*ck it up yourself

Yes, exactly.


I don't know what this bit in bold really represents either:

""If it's any comfort there, .< > getting a 20%"

I understand what he was trying to do, but it means nothing.

The King of Moo

OP, I understand you can't mention the name of the company, but could you point us in the direction of some examples on Boards of your colleagues counteracting bad publicity, so we can discover it ourselves?

holystungun9

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

It's ryanair though, isn't it?

If people were 1/2 foot tall, how many of them could Micky Leary fit onto a ryanair flight?

working fool

The King of Moo wrote: »

OP, I understand you can't mention the name of the company, but could you point us in the direction of some examples on Boards of your colleagues counteracting bad publicity, so we can discover it ourselves?

Sorry I can't !
It would be wrong to do it and a lot of people would be in serious trouble if it got out .

Liam Byrne

Wile E. Coyote wrote: »

If your going to correct grammar and spelling on Boards, try not to f*ck it up yourself

Ahem

recylingbin

working fool wrote: »

I work for a company who get a lot of stick here "most of it justified " I've noticed lately that a lot of the office staff are alloud on boards even though using the Internet at work is banned .
When I asked one of the girls about this she told me that they where
" encouraged " to counteract any bad publicity .
Any thoughts ???

My thoughts are that if you're paid to interact with people in a written medium, you should learn english.

working fool

recylingbin wrote: »

working fool wrote: »

I work for a company who get a lot of stick here "most of it justified " I've noticed lately that a lot of the office staff are alloud on boards even though using the Internet at work is banned .
When I asked one of the girls about this she told me that they where
" encouraged " to counteract any bad publicity .
Any thoughts ???

My thoughts are that if you're paid to interact with people in a written medium, you should learn english.

As I said earlier I'm just paid to fly the plane
:-)

number10a

working fool wrote: »

Wouldent there tails get run over by the carts there pulling ???
Or maybe you where referring to Manx cats ?

Normal cats could pull carts too. The human riding the cat would just have to keep rubbing it so that it's tail and the back half of its body stay up out of the way.

Oh yeah, and to those of you who think it's 3, I PMed them on here three days ago and still have no reply. So it's definitely not them!!

DaveNoCheese

Gophur wrote: »

See this post? This is the kind of thing that drives me bananas.

Did you mean, "If it's any comfort there, .< > getting a 20% pay cut next month" (with someone, not mentioned, getting a pay cut)

or

"If it's any comfort, they're (nameless) getting a pay curt next month"?

If you're (not "your) using the written word to communicate, then get it right, eh? Otherwise you end up looking like the subjects of the Facebook-status thread.

recylingbin wrote: »

My thoughts are that if you're paid to interact with people in a written medium, you should learn english.

Why is everyboby such a grammer and spelling nazi these days? Jeez, we all make mistakes. Big f*cking whoop!!

working fool

recylingbin wrote: »

working fool wrote: »

I work for a company who get a lot of stick here "most of it justified " I've noticed lately that a lot of the office staff are alloud on boards even though using the Internet at work is banned .
When I asked one of the girls about this she told me that they where
" encouraged " to counteract any bad publicity .
Any thoughts ???

My thoughts are that if you're paid to interact with people in a written medium, you should learn english.

If your going to be pedantic !
Where exactly did I mention that I was paid to interact with customers ???

sensibleken

number10a wrote: »

Normal cats could pull carts too. The human riding the cat would just have to keep rubbing it so that it's tail and the back half of its body stay up out of the way.

Last night I saw a guy in a whellchair being pulled down the road by 3 jack russels. it was the coolest fcuking thing ever.

gigino

The King of Moo wrote: »

OP, I understand you can't mention the name of the company, but could you point us in the direction of some examples on Boards of your colleagues counteracting bad publicity, so we can discover it ourselves?

its the public library service, is'nt it. Its quite obvious :
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=76229224

This thread is a car crash


and i love it

Toby Take a Bow

sensibleken wrote: »

if you want to put a hippos jaw, that can cut a man in half, between your legs go ahead budzer

Why would you put the hippo's jaw between your legs? That's just ... disturbing.

sensibleken

Toby Take a Bow wrote: »

Why would you put the hippo's jaw between your legs? That's just ... disturbing.

well they say they can swallow a man whole

Gophur

DaveNoCheese wrote: »

Why is everyboby such a grammer and spelling nazi these days? Jeez, we all make mistakes. Big f*cking whoop!!

You have got the wrong end of the stick. It's not just about mistakes, it's about not caring about the written form of communication. It's so much better to have it written correctly than to have to try and decipher some gobbledegook. That said, there is no excuse for the basic errors that crop up far too frequently.

The opinion of someone who cannot differentiate between their, there, they're, your, you're etc, is easy to ignore.

Beruthiel

working fool wrote: »

When I asked one of the girls about this she told me that they where
" encouraged " to counteract any bad publicity .
Any thoughts ???

Part of my job on Boards is to site ban people who act as shills on this site.
Please forward me their nicknames asap!

Toby Take a Bow

OP seems to work in Drogheda. So, some company with a REALLY bad reputation that's based in Drogheda?

sensibleken

Gophur wrote: »

You have got the wrong end of the stick. It's not just about mistakes, it's about not caring about the written form of communication. It's so much better to have it written correctly than to have to try and decipher some gobbledegook. That said, there is no excuse for the basic errors that crop up far too frequently.

The opinion of someone who cannot differentiate between their, there, they're, your, you're etc, is easy to ignore.

pedantic nonsense

DaveNoCheese

Gophur wrote: »

You have got the wrong end of the stick. It's not just about mistakes, it's about not caring about the written form of communication. It's so much better to have it written correctly than to have to try and decipher some gobbledegook. That said, there is no excuse for the basic errors that crop up far too frequently.

The opinion of someone who cannot differentiate between their, there, they're, your, you're etc, is easy to ignore.

To be frank, it bothers me too when people may obvious mistakes, most of the time it's a once off typo but when it's the same thing over and over it does get to you.

Having said that, no need to make a big deal out of the little things...

.... which I'm doing now arrrgghhh :mad: :pac:

working fool

Toby Take a Bow wrote: »

OP seems to work in Drogheda. So, some company with a REALLY bad reputation that's based in Drogheda?

Nice try
I work in Dublin

working fool

Beruthiel wrote: »

working fool wrote: »

When I asked one of the girls about this she told me that they where
" encouraged " to counteract any bad publicity .
Any thoughts ???

Part of my job on Boards is to site ban people who act as shills on this site.
Please forward me their nicknames asap!

I dident see what the user name was .
I don't be in the office much .
Pardon my ignorance but what's a "shill" ?

DaveNoCheese

working fool wrote: »

Pardon my ignorance but what's a "shill" ?

See below:

A shill, plant or stooge is a person who helps a person or organization without disclosing that he or she has a close relationship with that person or organization.

Source is here

working fool

DaveNoCheese wrote: »

working fool wrote: »

Pardon my ignorance but what's a "shill" ?

See below:

A shill, plant or stooge is a person who helps a person or organization without disclosing that he or she has a close relationship with that person or organization.

Source is here

Cheers .
Yeah that about covers it .
By the sound of things it's a common practice

MagicSean

I'd say it's Panda Waste going by his previous posts.

amacca

DaveNoCheese wrote: »

Source is here

It appears as if I have been calling my local estate agents/politicians etc etc shills in the wrong all these years.

My sincerest apologies ladies and gentlemen......you did indeed disclose your allegiance to the organization you were trying to help.


I shall have to come up with a new term of endearment for ye!

celtictiger32

Stercus Accidit wrote: »

No, for the same reason we can't use tigers as horses.

have you never watched he-man

Riesen_Meal

MagicSean wrote: »

I'd say it's Panda Waste going by his previous posts.

****ers forgot 2 of my bins today, OP - what time will ya be back for the green and the black bins? They are overflowing from Xmas and you take the half full organic bins first!

I jest... (kinda)

working fool

MagicSean wrote: »

I'd say it's Panda Waste going by his previous posts.

Nope
It's a customer care centre

DaveNoCheese

working fool wrote: »

Nope
It's a customer care centre

Customer care centre based in Dublin hmmmmm

hondasam

Deleted User wrote: »

This thread is a car crash


and i love it

Don't you mean Plane Crash.

Stiffler2

I bet ye it's Komplett

Don't they have a few employee's lurking around Boards helping out dis-satisfied customers





hmmmm, yum yum, that victory is tasting sweet right now

Archeron

sensibleken wrote: »

well they say they can swallow a man whole

http://authspot.com/short-stories/tragic-accident-dwarf-eaten-by-hippopotamus/

I dont think its true, but its still a very endearing image. If only that poor dwarf had read this thread, it could have been a cat waiting to come on stage, and he'd still be alive. Sad really.

gbee

DaveNoCheese wrote: »

Why is everyboby such a grammer and spelling nazi these days? Jeez, we all make mistakes. Big f*cking whoop!!

Because the meanings can be totally different. And one forms an opinion of people who don't make mistake but use there instead of their and so on.

Mistakes n typos are something else.

Reloc8

working fool wrote: »

If your going to be pedantic !
Where exactly did I mention that I was paid to interact with customers ???

Ah here.

You're doing it on purpose now.

MagicSean

working fool wrote: »

Nope
It's a customer care centre

Really? So what's with your weird obsession with bins? Is it like trainspotting or something?

Is it Quinn Direct?

working fool

MagicSean wrote: »

working fool wrote: »

Nope
It's a customer care centre

Really? So what's with your weird obsession with bins? Is it like trainspotting or something?

Is it Quinn Direct?

You know u might have a point
I worked in that buisness for a few years
Ohh the story's I could tell about that

Bruce7

sensibleken wrote: »

I meant dudes nipples. Women couldnt ride Hippos, think of the scandal!

There's a well-known man in Athlone who rides hippos.

RichieC

actually makes sense, the support of companies I moan about on here are abysmal.

seems they're all on boards talking about lolcats instead of answering the phone.

Oranage2

If only I was paid for it I'd be in the higher tax bracket.

mandate

in a previous existence, we would take bets on how many viewers our threads would attract. I won about €150 :pac:. On a more serious note, I have done quiet a bit of business on boards and have found it very useful in that respect, I suppose you could count that as being paid to be on boards.ie

Kerrigooney

DaveNoCheese wrote: »

Why is everyboby such a grammer and spelling nazi these days? Jeez, we all make mistakes. Big f*cking whoop!!

*grammar

Johro

theteal wrote: »

Ryanair, 3 or pc world?

Eircom?

kincsem

hondasam wrote: »

Don't you mean Plane Aircraft Crash.

Fixed your post. A plane is a flat area, or a woodworking tool. Tool. That reminds me of someone in aviation.

Johro

bluewolf wrote: »

where where where

Wherewolf