For Gatso and friends, 0 STTs in 1 month.

[thetank]

Day 14 - Just bring it.

So it was 'D day' yesterday, that is the day I had to visit the dentist.

Two ladies interfered with my gnashers for a while as they spoke in code to one another. I lay back on the chair, thinking of England. (That is thinking of England losing to Scotland at rugby.)

The final verdict, I need about a dozen fillings, and am booked in for four half hour appointments over the course of the next month. Quite a lot of work, and the prospect might have bothered me a week ago, but not anymore.

I think I was scared of the dentist's chair because the last time I sat in one, I was practically still a boy. I'm a fully grown hairy bloke now, with a quarter century's worth of trials behind me. I can handle all that comes before me, and I'm certainly not going to be wimpish when it comes to a bit of drilling.

Of course this new found bravado has nothing whatsoever to do with my new dentist being an attractive young Irish girl. Well, maybe just a little.



Illustrating my blog today, it was a difficult choice between a picture of decayed teeth, or 90's girl band bewitched. I think I made the right call.

[boldie]

pictures of the young Irish assistant much appreciated.

[Rod Paradise]

Here's a picture of the tummy tub

Apparently it's not just a bucket, it's a bucket shaped like a womb.

You can see through it as well, does that make it a womb with a view?



 

[Laxie]

Had forgotten about this, but glad I decided to check it out again.  Great read!

[matt674]

Surely the title of this thread is wrong now? You're telling me you still havent played a single sit and go?

[gatso]

you've picked your dentist well. the only reason I ever went to see mine was that she was a hot Irish chick, somehow made the prospect of having someone stick bits of metal in my mouth much better

[Suited_Jock]

Wow its a small or just a cooincidental world. My dentist is a young hot irish thing too, she is also my wife's dentist, i told wife i thought she was hot and asked her to pass the message on the next time she goes. Hope the feeling is mutual..

[Suited_Jock]

Oh and for the record an irish accent on a girl adds +2 to their score imo.

[Claw75]

Oh and for the record an irish accent on a girl adds +2 to their score imo.

their 'score'??  go on then, how does this scoring system work?  I am intrigued!

[Suited_Jock]

y'know like outta ten..

ie shes a 7/10 etc..

[thetank]

Or the old joke...

"My whole life, I never f**ked a ten, but one night, I f**ked 5 twos."

[barhell]

I hate it when you go to bed with a 10 and they get swapped for a 2 while you sleep.

[thetank]

Day 15 - Walking softly

Amongst new people, I tend to place a higher premium on being liked rather than getting my point of view across, or even defending myself. When there are problems, I don't beleive in passing the buck.

There are always some folks who will take advantage of those with a good nature, and a lot of these folks seem to work in my shop. I take a lot of shit, and haven't given much back. It's common to blame me whenever things go wrong, and it's rare for me to complain.

I'm the only manager there who hasn't worked in Burger-King for years and been brought up through the system. It has taken me a few months to build up a similar level of competence in the hands-on aspects of my job.
I'm there now at last. Being liked was not enough, now I've finally forged a degree of my colleagues respect too.

I have found that being assertive is a skill you need to use or lose. I had lost it, but now that it's back, I'm free to kick some ass and take some names. I might get a new job, but in the meantime I'm going to make damn sure I enjoy this one.

I'm still going to be a nice guy, I always speak to people as human beings and stuff. It's just that now, I'm going to be carrying a big stick to ensure they do the same.

[thetank]

Day 16 - Re-drafting the mad rant

I'm unhappy with the quality of writing in yesterday's post. It is the least coherent piece in the whole blog as far as I'm concerend.

When I read it back last night, even I was unable to follow the reasoning process and I was the person who wrote it. Sentences and paragraphs seemed in no way connected with one another.

As a quick exercise, I'll try to express the same sort of ideas in a couple of short paragraphs. Hopefully, it'll make more sense this time...


At work, I'm becoming more confident and have been super-sizing my assertiveness.

I was previously worried this kind of change would damage relationships that I had built up with my colleagues. Thankfully this is not the case, as it turns out, you can lead and like people at the same time. They respect you a lot more than when you are just trying to be their friend.

It's an ongoing attitude shift, that I still need to work on. The whole shop, especially me, will be much happier when everyone knows who the boss is.



Today is my day off. For a bit of mental and physical exercise, I'm going to climb Wallace's monument. I've never been before, but pass it on the train twice a day.



The physical part will be provided courtesy of the 246 steps.
I have an assignement to write a piece on the atmosphere of somewhere local, so I'll be bringing up a notepad to take care of the mental side of things.

[madasahatstand]

Day 16 - Re-drafting the mad rant

I'm unhappy with the quality of writing in yesterday's post. It is the least coherent piece in the whole blog as far as I'm concerend.

When I read it back last night, even I was unable to follow the reasoning process and I was the person who wrote it. Sentences and paragraphs seemed in no way connected with one another.

As a quick exercise, I'll try to express the same sort of ideas in a couple of short paragraphs. Hopefully, it'll make more sense this time...


At work, I'm becoming more confident and have been super-sizing my assertiveness.

I was previously worried this kind of change would damage relationships that I had built up with my colleagues. Thankfully this is not the case, as it turns out, you can lead and like people at the same time. They respect you a lot more than when you are just trying to be their friend.

It's an ongoing attitude shift, that I still need to work on. The whole shop, especially me, will be much happier when everyone knows who the boss is.



Today is my day off. For a bit of mental and physical exercise, I'm going to climb Wallace's monument. I've never been before, but pass it on the train twice a day.



The physical part will be provided courtesy of the 246 steps.
I have an assignement to write a piece on the atmosphere of somewhere local, so I'll be bringing up a notepad to take care of the mental side of things.

I hope its quiet up there for you or there won't be a lot of mental exercise. It can be like Sauchihall St but it is beautiful and you can get a great view of the Ochils and Glenochil:) You've probably already seen the inside of that anyway! lol

Bye the way, your bucket is not like any womb I've ever seen but the wee one looks as if she's loving it:)