A little advice if possible..

[dave]

hi,Fred & Jim

! you Just reminded me used to have a spell check
cant find it at the mo, i wonder how long its been missing
have loads of probs with the pc, pay to have some one out, ten mins later after they have gone, it slows down again etc
thinking about a new secondhand 1, right of to find my spell check

[Fred]

hi,Fred & Jim

 ! you Just reminded me used to have a spell check
cant find it at the mo, i wonder how long its been missing
have loads of probs with the pc, pay to have some one out, ten mins later after they have gone, it slows down again etc  
thinking about a new secondhand 1,    right of to find my spell check

Sorry don't want to take this thread off topic, but if you look at Bav's other thread Hello! he says "So if anyone needs any help with PC's feel free to send me a PM, I'll do my best to offer any advice I can." as you have helped him out here it could be worth you giving him a shout.  

[bav101]

The lady i saw in the job centre couldn't have been more helpful, she got on the phone to the company i've been passed over to who put me at this place and she basically told them to find something else for me to do, and that it wasn't I am unwilling its that i am unable to due to a pre existing medical condition, that would leave me open to all sorts of infection, she told them that even though she had stated i couldn't work with food due to P she had no idea that I'd be sent to a rubbish tip and that it is extremely unsuitable for me to do anything there. I wrote down the 3 points that Fred had posted earlier and she took a photocopy of them to add to my file as evidence etc, she asked me to get a dr's letter stating that in his opinion that it would be a bad idea for me to be on this placement. The guy at the company asked her to ask me to go anyway and that in the background they'll be working to get me something else to do.

So i got home called the docs etc, while they wouldn't give me an emergency appointment, because P doesn't warrant one. Fair enough i guess. But what they did say is that if i write them a letter with what i need them to say specifically, they'll get a letter typed up on headed paper etc within a couple of days. So i'll get that done in a few and get that to them tomorrow. I'll scan it in and email it to the placement officer at the company and say here's my proof if you dont believe me.

Initially i said to myself, just have an open mind i'm sure it'll be ok in the end.. at the beginning I arrived on site met the manager there, seemed decent enough and I straight out said to him i have P, he was like ok thanks for letting me know, we have another guy on site with it, you should be alright though. He then proceeded to warn me about a deadly infection spread by rats pee.. wtf moment number 1... first thought i had was, ok it'll be cool i'll be alright.. but if anyone was likely to catch it, it would be me... kept on my poker face though and was cool and said ok no worries... So he shows me around and lots of rubbish trucks in and out loading and unloading.. basically this place is whats called a waste transfer station, in a nutshell trucks pick up your rubbish from your house bring it to this place, empty, leave and it gets picked up by another truck and sent to landfill or wherever it needs to go.

So he shows me to where I'm supposed to be working, again i'm thinking hey its not so bad, just sweeping the place telling ppl where everything is supposed to etc, then wtf moment number 2.. we get to a recycled paper bin and there's used nappy's in there covered in.. well lets just say they were very very used.. I wont repeat the words i was thinking because they would make a sailor blush.. So i'm hoping this company moves me sooner rather than later.

[bav101]

hi,Fred & Jim

 ! you Just reminded me used to have a spell check
cant find it at the mo, i wonder how long its been missing
have loads of probs with the pc, pay to have some one out, ten mins later after they have gone, it slows down again etc  
thinking about a new secondhand 1,    right of to find my spell check

Sorry don't want to take this thread off topic, but if you look at Bav's other thread Hello! he says "So if anyone needs any help with PC's feel free to send me a PM, I'll do my best to offer any advice I can." as you have helped him out here it could be worth you giving him a shout.  

Spell checking is easier remedy than a slow PC, but if you message me Dave i'll definitely try and help get your PC working to a point where its not running like its steam powered... btw have you tried turning it off and on again? I'm joking hehehe PM me and we'll see what we can sort out

As for spell checking you can either use a program like microsoft word to type your message into it at first and then copy and paste it into the message window. (highlight what you want to copy and then press Control (ctrl on some keyboards) and with the key pressed just tap C once to copy, take it to where you want to paste it and then press control and then V to paste it) also if its just the odd word, usually i've found that if i can spell something almost right but not quite i'll just put it into google and it'll spell check for me.

[Fred]

Bav I would just tell them you're not going back there unless they can find you something in the office doing I.T work as the risk to your health is to much, I would also point out to them that should you pick up an infection you will be laying the full blame on them.

You will probably be fine, but what you're describing I personally don't think it's worth it. Plus it's not like it's going to help you in what you can actually do with your skills, so I would say unless they can get you something in your line of work or something that doesn't cause health problems then refuse it under worries about your health.

They have a duty of responsibility for employees health, and should it go tits up and you did get an infection I'm sure they would be in trouble.  

Re the spell check thing Frefox has it built in and it works great for me on forums.

[jiml]

Dave needs another 2 posts before he can pm unfortunately

[bav101]

Dave needs another 2 posts before he can pm unfortunately

Would posting in Off Topic be appropriate then?

[jiml]

Dave needs another 2 posts before he can pm unfortunately

Would posting in Off Topic be appropriate then?

Yes acceptable or better still a couple in the test forum then later when his post count is up they can be deleted

[bav101]

Dave needs another 2 posts before he can pm unfortunately

Would posting in Off Topic be appropriate then?

Yes acceptable or better still a couple in the test forum then later when his post count is up they can be deleted

There you go Dave, sorted!

Just got a shirty email from the placement officer i've been farmed out to asking if i was going back tomorrow or not because they dont want to give me money if i refuse to go in. Ie they'll get my money stopped, hope she likes the reply.. would also be nice if she would of actually spell checked Psoriasis first.. ah well c'est la vie!

[bav101]

I forgot to mention this.. its funny as hell...

In her email she said, but you have gloves that should provide you with adequate protection for your psoriasis.

Her response should be entertaining.. mainly because she's not used to dealing with someone like me..