The Retirement Thread

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UltraDunc 19 Jul 5:05am, 19 Jul 2024 18,456 posts	0 UltraDunc Thanks everyone and sad gg , also over last 5 years seen half a dozen or more colleagues pass or survived stroke/heart issues of which some younger than I. Whatever one does to keep healthy in the industry there is no escaping the long hours, irregular shift patterns and stress on todays roads.
Dillthedog 19 Jul 6:30am, 19 Jul 2024 6,139 posts	0 Dillthedog Good luck UltraDunc. I wanted to be a bus driver, but my uncle who was, used to always say that an empty bus is a happy bus. He didn’t really like people.
XB 19 Jul 6:51am, 19 Jul 2024 18,130 posts	0 XB Good luck, Duncan. I might need your services soon 😀
geordiegirl 19 Jul 8:58am, 19 Jul 2024 23,323 posts	0 geordiegirl Good luck UltraDunc I wouldn’t like to be a bus driver as you say so much stress to be where you should be at the right time against the traffic issues getting there. Our neighbour is 47 has fully renovated their house and starting on the garden and he had a heart attack, he survived but big impact on him. He’d been at ours on the Monday (took poorly on the Saturday) and had been in the garage crying with my husband about the stresses at work. He works as ambulance dispatch and saying he has seconds to determine where to send the ambulance, he was under investigation as someone died when he didn’t chose to send their ambulance - however the one he dispatched too was in a more critical position and would have died also. Must be so hard to work with that day in day out. His wife also worked there but got out as she said she was at breaking point.
HunkyTeddy 19 Jul 9:00am, 19 Jul 2024 10,376 posts	0 HunkyTeddy Having berm sent an email from Mr Angry thus morning, telling me I'm incompetent/ corrupt and have to resign, must say I'm tempted 😀
Cerrertonia 19 Jul 9:06am, 19 Jul 2024 21,523 posts	0 Cerrertonia Sounds like you might have a case for constructive dismissal anyway?
HunkyTeddy 19 Jul 9:08am, 19 Jul 2024 10,381 posts	0 HunkyTeddy It's a member of the public and he's sent it to loads of us lol.
Cerrertonia 19 Jul 9:13am, 19 Jul 2024 21,524 posts	0 Cerrertonia Ah. Perhaps a legal letter reminding him of the penalties for slander might be useful
Flatlander 19 Jul 9:50am, 19 Jul 2024 3,274 posts	0 Flatlander As Mr. Angry sent his assertions written in an email, then any possible defamation in it would be libel, not slander (spoken word).
Mandymoo 19 Jul 1:30pm, 19 Jul 2024 19,375 posts	0 Mandymoo I could have been still working looking out of my office window and the sea but instead I was on my paddleboard on the sea. Gotta love retirement

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