Following on from this thread....
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/to-mark-20yrs-of-service-with-my-employer
when I got this..
Well yesterday i got this..
flame away again 
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20yrs of service with my employer....UPDATE
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Posted 8 months ago #
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Apparently after five years with my employer I get a pen - after ten I get some whisky glasses, and after 20 years a decanter (why anyone would want any of these as a long service gift I can't imagine). What I don't get is time to run a business on the side like most firemen I know. Oh, I don't get a pension either. Nice medal - thanks, and well done.
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A flaming in the first post.
bravo.
Posted 8 months ago # -
Bruneep as a member of the public I'd like to say thank you to you.
I'd also like to buy you a drink when we meet in the future.
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What, you still complaining ?
Last time you weren't happy because of the diminutive nature of your award, but now you've got a proper medal you're still not happy ! What do you expect - an invitation to Buckingham Palace ?
Just pin it on your uniform, wear it, and stop wingeing, ffs.
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At least they are getting bigger
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cant see where I'm complaining on the post.
just letting you all know where your taxes are going.
Posted 8 months ago # -
It's got the queen on it, I'd get the ball peen hammer on it and fashion it in to something more useful, maybe an eggcup?
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cant see where I'm complaining on the post.
That's why I put a question mark. The "flame away again" comment by you made me think that perhaps you weren't happy.
I'm glad you are happy.
Why did you expect to be criticised ?
Posted 8 months ago # -
What did you get awarded by your second job?
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i dont get anything as a reward for my services, and i dont get time to run a business on the side, and i dont get a pension. but i'm jolly happy that the fire service people get some recognition
good work sir! remember there are people out there who genuinely appreciate the emergency services, shame they're not the vocal ones
Posted 8 months ago # -
I think that's a very nice medal. Course, if you'd tried harder, you would have got the GREAT Conduct Medal and not just the good conduct one.
Naah, just kidding. Congratulations. Great work. I'd never be able to do your job.
Posted 8 months ago # -
Let someone let off steam about their job. FFS hes doing a sterling job in the first place for two decades. I don't get STW sometimes, never happy with someone elses good work.
Let him blow off and **** thank him for his work so far on our behalf.
Posted 8 months ago # -
chance of getting burned to death on any shout, bricks thrown at you by yobs whilst trying to put out the fire thay have started, you deserve more than a medal!
i hope raindog is never stuck in a burning building and needs rescuing
Posted 8 months ago # -
I guess I shouldn't complain:
After 10 years of service: £700
After 15 years of service: £700
After 20 years of service: £1000
After 25 years of service: £2500 with certificate, gift and flowers
After 30 years of service: £700
After 35 years of service: £700
After 40 years of service: £1500 with certificate and flowers
After 45 years of service: £1500 with certificate and flowers
After 50 years of service: £1500 with certificate and flowersNumber of years of service and additional holiday days
25 3 days
40 1 days
45 1 days
50 1 days25 years gift is normally worth about £1000 (gold watch, travel vouchers etc)
Posted 8 months ago # -
Do they do an AWESOME conduct medal ?? That I want to see.
(and leave the Fireman guy alone people, how many of you would want to haul dead teenagers out of crashed cars on a dark and rainy saturday night ? Nothing but respect from me)
Posted 8 months ago # -
Fire fighters do a potentially dangerous job for sure. Its on par with the police.
My gratitude and respect is more so with the nurses who face potential dangers on a more daily basis and do a harder job inbetween.
A medal though? Bit of a pet rock though i think.
Posted 8 months ago # -
Difficult to get an idea of scale, but does that Good Conduct Medal double up as one of those tokens that you can use as a deposit in a supermarket trolly instead of a pound coin? Very useful.
Posted 8 months ago # -
Make that two drinks. As Binners will tell you getting one out of me is like bleeding blood from a stone.
Posted 8 months ago # -
What do you want - a medal? You got one. It is how your employers recognise 20 years service. What would you prefer? I bet the taxi company you work for in your spare time won't be so generous.
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Ignore me, I'm going off topic.
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I'm going off topic.
Yeah and we wouldn't want that on STW would we.
Posted 8 months ago # -
i've watched ladder49 and i can safely say its a dangerous job. although i was frustrated nobody rescued a cat from a tree.
Posted 8 months ago # -
Bruneep as a member of the public I'd like to say thank you to you.
I'd also like to buy you a drink when we meet in the future.
+1
consider my cap well and truely doffed
Posted 8 months ago # -
LOL at this and the other thread. Good stuff bruneep.
The ambulance service is way ahead of you in that you also get a dinner and as pointed out ^^, nursing is where the adrenaline fix is these days. Bit too late to change career I suppose
Posted 8 months ago # -
Only ten more years till you have full contributions in your final salary pension scheme, some of us have to work for forty years not thirty.
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What I don't get is time to run a business on the side like most firemen I know. Oh, I don't get a pension either.
Only ten more years till you have full contributions in your final salary pension scheme, some of us have to work for forty years not thirty
Maybe you two should have joined the Fire Brigade then, eh?
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Sorry I'm not sure why a nurse has a more dangerous job than a Policeman or Fireman?
Posted 8 months ago # -
depends what type of nurse and what kinda patients you work with
but even as a nurse i think firemen and paramedics and police and stuff are put in very dangerous situations on a much more frequent basis!
Posted 8 months ago # -
Maybe you two should have joined the Fire Brigade then, eh?
I have to be trained as a Firefighter as part of my role and get something like £170 a year for the pleasure. Posted 8 months ago # -
to mark 5 years' service in my last job, i got made redundant...
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I have to be trained as a Firefighter as part of my role and get something like £170 a year for the pleasure.
Think yourself lucky. First aiders who train for at least a day to do my job rarely get any extra pay. It's a scandal
Posted 8 months ago # -
f all for any number of years here!
Posted 8 months ago # -
Only ten more years till you have full contributions in your final salary pension scheme, some of us have to work for forty years not thirty.
You know what would make you a lot more comfortable in your retirement? If everyone else got screwed as much as you did.Posted 8 months ago # -
Only ten more years till you have full contributions in your final salary pension scheme, some of us have to work for forty years not thirty.
pish! more like 4yrs til we get this Hutton report 2011
thanks for positives and to the haters
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