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    Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
    Thinking of the summer holiday being a week in Copenhagen (AirBnB) followed by a few days in LegoLand. Does that sound like a good idea?
    Yeah, deffo IMO.
    Great city seems child friendly. Quite expensive but not as ott as people make out.
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      Always liked Peter Oborne despite him writing for The Daily Mail and The Telegraph (he was principled enough to resign from the latter because of what he saw as the Barclay Bros suppressing stories).

      Anyway he is (I think) the first rabid Brexiteer to hold his hands up and say that the case for Brexit is pretty much destroyed and that they should think again.

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        Originally posted by 5starpool View Post
        There's a strangely large amount of anti EU and anti Labour headlines in the press over the last few days.
        Seems awfully coincidental
        People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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          I hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that

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            Can’t see that picture Lazare, have you a link?

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              Originally posted by NewApproach View Post
              Can’t see that picture Lazare, have you a link?
              Ah shit. Is it not displaying?

              Try this

              SPOILER
              I hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that

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                Poor haul this year.
                8 beers and crisps. Hardly worth the picture
                People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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                  Originally posted by 5starpool View Post
                  Can I get your classic nutritional disc with semi-solid elastic yellow substance and thin oily strips of undetermined protein source?

                  You want white congealed vegetable oil emulsified with protein on that?


                  Weird to see such anti consumer practice, the same with plant milks. They banned calling them milk so its like soy drink or oat drink now, apart from nobody says that and nobody ever will. /bag of cash handed over - "No lobbying was involved".

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                      Originally posted by Tar.Aldarion View Post
                      Weird to see such anti consumer practice, the same with plant milks.
                      How the fuck is it anti consumer to ban people from labelling sugary shite that has nothing whatsoever to do with milk as milk
                      Though in fairness by virtue of being dyed white and packaged in a milk carton it probably has more relation to milk than than it does to the almond's it claims to be made from
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                        #notme

                        Delighted to have Veep back.
                        This too shall pass.

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                          Originally posted by oleras View Post
                          #notme

                          Delighted to have Veep back.
                          Thought at first it felt recycled and trying a bit hard until Jonah came on then I didn't care anymore just lapped it up
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                            Originally posted by Strewelpeter View Post
                            How the fuck is it anti consumer to ban people from labelling sugary shite that has nothing whatsoever to do with milk as milk
                            Though in fairness by virtue of being dyed white and packaged in a milk carton it probably has more relation to milk than than it does to the almond's it claims to be made from
                            It only has sugar in it if you buy the ones with sugar in it. It is anti consumer driven to take something that people naturally say and legislate against it. As I pointed out, nobody will ever say the EU mandated terms for these things, nobody is confused, so what then is the driver? There will be nobody saying discs instead of burgers, people will call almond milk, almond milk. The poor masses who must get very confused by coconut milk. Your example, almond milk, got an exemption as it's been around for centuries which divides things even further, on paper at least. realistically not at all, as nobody will listen. All that actually happens is the world milk is not on a carton, it's not been for years and nobody notices or cares.
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                              It's a strange one. Really it shouldn't be called milk when you think about the definition of milk. It's clearly another desperation move from the dairy industry, and an ill conceived one, but I can see some rationale to the passing of it.

                              I feel bad for farmers here with An Taisce encouraging children to eat less meat, and Leo modelling the same. But their responses through the IFA are poorly judged. Attacking people making ethically informed decisions is a bad PR strategy.

                              I was interested a few days ago when the IFA were doing the usual about how agriculture is at the core of the Irish economy is looking at the figures. It contributes 1.2% of GDP. With those figures it's analogous to saying that heroin addicts or schizophrenics are the core of Irish society.

                              They do employ over 100k but they are poorly paid, most break employment laws, and it's not great work to be doing for most people. And given that an increasing number of people are coming to consider the industry to be unethical for animal rights and environmental reasons then perhaps the death of agriculture in this country is "a consummation devoutly to be wished."

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                                Originally posted by hotspur View Post



                                They do employ over 100k but they are poorly paid, most break employment laws, and it's not great work to be doing for most people. And given that an increasing number of people are coming to consider the industry to be unethical for animal rights and environmental reasons then perhaps the death of agriculture in this country is "a consummation devoutly to be wished."
                                Genuine question as I know fuck all about employment policies on farms but where does the bold bit come from?

                                Just comes across as a very wild sweeping generalisation from somebody who is usually very on point with their posts.

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                                  I have been watching a lot of a comedian called Nate Bargatze the last few days. I think he's wonderful. Lot of Youtube clips of short routines from Talk shows, his album Yelled at by a clown, and couple of shows on Netflix - The Standups Ep 1, and his new show The Tennessee Kid (which I haven't watched yet).

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                                    Originally posted by Lao Lao View Post
                                    Genuine question as I know fuck all about employment policies on farms but where does the bold bit come from?

                                    Just comes across as a very wild sweeping generalisation from somebody who is usually very on point with their posts.
                                    I read a report that whatever agency inspects farms for this in one year found that 75% had violations. Let see it's Googleable...here from January:

                                    And that's nothing compared to the the fishing industry here where the word slavery actually has been used:

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                                        Surprised with everything going increasingly contactless/card payments that so few irish businesses have incorporated tips into their card machines. So easily done. I regularly feel a bit bad in barbers or cafes if I'm carrying no cash and i can't give anything, obv not bad enough to think of it in the first place but staff must be feeling the pinch last few years with the way things have gone.
                                        Canada seems to be leader in everything payment related from what ive seen, split bills everywhere if requested and easy tipping % options. I know tipping culture is more prevalent in North America but could still take a few things on board.
                                        Profit before people.

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                                          Originally posted by The Situation View Post
                                          Surprised with everything going increasingly contactless/card payments that so few irish businesses have incorporated tips into their card machines. So easily done. I regularly feel a bit bad in barbers or cafes if I'm carrying no cash and i can't give anything, obv not bad enough to think of it in the first place but staff must be feeling the pinch last few years with the way things have gone.
                                          Canada seems to be leader in everything payment related from what ive seen, split bills everywhere if requested and easy tipping % options. I know tipping culture is more prevalent in North America but could still take a few things on board.
                                          You certainly see it more often abroad, I noticed the add tip feature far more often in London but that may not be representative of all of the UK either.
                                          NZ is very much cash free, they were actually the first country in the world to roll out EFTPOS, I was looked at odd a few times paying with $100 notes.
                                          Funny enough in the casino in Auckland they don't accept tips playing poker at all.

                                          US are odd as they still use quite a lot of mag stripe cards and are quite behind Europe but are moving more towards EMV cards. Card fraud is far easier and prevalent as a result. I'd assume the tipping culture has translated.
                                          My boss was only saying today he can't understand how anyone who can hasn't switched to Apply Pay. Apparently it's excellent.
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                                              Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
                                              If they could just incorporate it in prices (as a percentage legally belonging to employees) you'd just be able to use your card and pay the price written on the door. Machines have that option built in but it would never work for contactless which I presume is the majority of payments now.
                                              It does work for contactless elsewhere. You just need to press for example the 5% tab and it adds it on when you tap.
                                              Profit before people.

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                                                  Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
                                                  Not sure quite what to make of this. Bringing the kid to their concert in June, so we were playing the songs.
                                                  Looks like a really bad Failte Ireland add aimed at French people who were very fond of Enid Blyton's Famous Five books. Pretty niche demographic I would have thought

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                                                    Originally posted by Murdrum View Post
                                                    My boss was only saying today he can't understand how anyone who can hasn't switched to Apply Pay. Apparently it's excellent.
                                                    Because Irish banks (well PTSB anyway) are useless! For what its worth I'ld also like garmin pay implemented.. would be the last shove to upgrade the garmin watch I wear (only KBC offer at the moment)
                                                    May you live in interesting times!

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                                                        Originally posted by bp_me View Post
                                                        Because Irish banks (well PTSB anyway) are useless! For what its worth I'ld also like garmin pay implemented.. would be the last shove to upgrade the garmin watch I wear (only KBC offer at the moment)
                                                        I never knew about Garmin Pay, it makes sense though. Venmo is the payment method I suspect may end up becoming quite popular amongst the younger generation.
                                                        It'll need more integration with the likes of SmartWatches but it seems to be gaining traction.

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                                                            Those boys in the North must have done damage to at least 5x the value of the cash in the ATM when ripping it out of the wall today and wrecking the little van they had cut a hole in the roof of to drop it into. That van wasn't driven anywhere far or in a hurry.

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                                                              Originally posted by Strewelpeter View Post
                                                              Those boys in the North must have done damage to at least 5x the value of the cash in the ATM when ripping it out of the wall today and wrecking the little van they had cut a hole in the roof of to drop it into. That van wasn't driven anywhere far or in a hurry.

                                                              https://www.independent.ie/videos/ir...-37993405.html
                                                              I was wondering with someone today how much they get from the ATMs. I suggested they'd probably get more if they sold the digger.

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                                                                Family have a supermarket in Newry. Place was ram raided with a stolen jeep. They got £18 in loose change. £5k+ bill to clean the mess
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                                                                  Originally posted by hotspur View Post
                                                                  I was wondering with someone today how much they get from the ATMs. I suggested they'd probably get more if they sold the digger.
                                                                  Banks are very coy about saying what would be loaded. physical capability of for 8000 notes but I'm a location like that they would only load a fraction of that.
                                                                  I know a crew from the north whose business is ATM installation and the building associated with the backroom and that sort of thing. They are the real winners in all this
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                                                                    Originally posted by The Situation View Post
                                                                    Surprised with everything going increasingly contactless/card payments that so few irish businesses have incorporated tips into their card machines. So easily done. I regularly feel a bit bad in barbers or cafes if I'm carrying no cash and i can't give anything, obv not bad enough to think of it in the first place but staff must be feeling the pinch last few years with the way things have gone.
                                                                    Canada seems to be leader in everything payment related from what ive seen, split bills everywhere if requested and easy tipping % options. I know tipping culture is more prevalent in North America but could still take a few things on board.
                                                                    Canada miles ahead from what I can see. Canada also a stupidly tip happy country. You get asked to give a % of tips at Starbucks for example. Eh no bud.

                                                                    Also depending on the pos provider, tips can't be added on "tapped" payments so its becoming an extra hindrance to not be able to use tap because of tip fishing.

                                                                    In general though, splitting bills, servers at bars, tipping is light years ahead of anything in Ireland/UK. You really don't know how +EV that 10-15% tip is until you have a good server.
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                                                                    The author is not liable for any issue arising from the platitudinous nature of this post.

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                                                                      Originally posted by Strewelpeter View Post
                                                                      Banks are very coy about saying what would be loaded. physical capability of for 8000 notes but I'm a location like that they would only load a fraction of that.
                                                                      I know a crew from the north whose business is ATM installation and the building associated with the backroom and that sort of thing. They are the real winners in all this
                                                                      Nobody seems worried about what the boyos are fundraising for.
                                                                      I hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that

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                                                                          How come tills aren't capable of populating the amount for the card machine, is it just a case of old tech or something more? Seems like unnecessary labour/risk of mistakes

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                                                                            Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
                                                                            If simply paying for the food / drinks isn't enough to get you good service, then it's pretty shitty service if it's only available through tipping.

                                                                            Meh I realise this tipping culture / no tipping culture argument is older than the Bible, but still gets me
                                                                            Go into the wrong place in Malta and you might be waiting 20 minutes for a menu and another 20 mins for your order to be taken while you watch a couple of waiters standing around doing nothing. Minimum wage is around 4euro an hour, nobody tips and you are told to go back to your own country if you complain. I do see some value to a tipping culture.

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                                                                              Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
                                                                              If simply paying for the food / drinks isn't enough to get you good service, then it's pretty shitty service if it's only available through tipping.

                                                                              Meh I realise this tipping culture / no tipping culture argument is older than the Bible, but still gets me
                                                                              I've made a conscious effort to tip more often in restaurants and pubs as having worked in a pub i know tips can go a long way.

                                                                              That said I'd agree paying for food/drinks in most situations should be enough. US is probably the only exception I've come across as GF and her friends were chased down the road in San Fran after genuinely forgetting to leave a tip. When the tips make up such a large proportion of someone's take home then it's fair.

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                                                                                Yeah tipping culture is defintiely win win for everyone, it leads to far better standards even if everyone knows its just faux niceties.

                                                                                Individuals bills when dining or drinking in a big group can be very handy too in certain situations and its the norm in Canada and is a genuine skill from the server to keep track of especially on a messy night so they tend to earn their 10%. An irish waiter would stare at you like you had ten heads if you requested a split bill.
                                                                                Profit before people.

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                                                                                  Originally posted by The Situation View Post
                                                                                  Yeah tipping culture is defintiely win win for everyone, it leads to far better standards even if everyone knows its just faux niceties.
                                                                                  I actually think the opposite applies when people tip indiscriminately. Tipping culture helpful in enhancing service standards only to the extent that people don't tip when standards are poor.

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                                                                                    Originally posted by Denny Crane View Post
                                                                                    How come tills aren't capable of populating the amount for the card machine, is it just a case of old tech or something more? Seems like unnecessary labour/risk of mistakes
                                                                                    Just old, cheap tech.
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                                                                                      1 in 4 Japanese people under 40 have never had sex. That is all.

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                                                                                        Originally posted by Tar.Aldarion View Post
                                                                                        1 in 4 Japanese people under 40 have never had sex. That is all.
                                                                                        1 in 5 Japanese people under 40 are also under 10.
                                                                                        ‘IF YOU had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.” Genghis Khan

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                                                                                          Originally posted by Tar.Aldarion View Post
                                                                                          1 in 4 Japanese people under 40 have never had sex. That is all.
                                                                                          They also have 1 vending machine for every 22 people, I do love those Vox videos, they're a worthwhile YouTube rabbit hole to go down.

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                                                                                            Originally posted by V for Vendetta View Post
                                                                                            1 in 5 Japanese people under 40 are also under 10.
                                                                                            "The proportion of young Japanese adults who have not lost their virginity well into adulthood has increased in the past two decades, according to a new study which found a quarter of men aged 18 to 39 had not had sex."

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                                                                                              What's the going rate for wedding cash gifts?

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                                                                                                Originally posted by Denny Crane View Post
                                                                                                How come tills aren't capable of populating the amount for the card machine, is it just a case of old tech or something more? Seems like unnecessary labour/risk of mistakes
                                                                                                Retailer has to pay for the till but only makes a contribution to POS which belongs to bank. No really useful open api to connect the two leaves the the few big players free to gouge their market.
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                                                                                                  Originally posted by Murdrum View Post
                                                                                                  They also have 1 vending machine for every 22 people, I do love those Vox videos, they're a worthwhile YouTube rabbit hole to go down.

                                                                                                  https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=...&v=9UJzVLXmBG4
                                                                                                  Must watch this later, do they vend everything?! Only time I use them is in an airport to get rid of change flying home.

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                                                                                                      Originally posted by Tar.Aldarion View Post
                                                                                                      Must watch this later, do they vend everything?! Only time I use them is in an airport to get rid of change flying home.
                                                                                                      They seem to vend a large proportion of things that we would have people generally working, one that stood out was fast food.

                                                                                                      Obviously they're very interested in automation & robotics so culturally they're more comfortable with automation plus retail space is so expensive that they're forced to use them to a degree.

                                                                                                      Interestingly enough though, the most surprising thing I found was that it's a very cash based economy for a first world country and in light of their interest in technology it's pretty incredulous.

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                                                                                                        Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
                                                                                                        meh ye are all too far gone in this, and need to swim in the mire of the tipping swamp you have created.

                                                                                                        To use your example, let's say you end up with a $300 bill after a night out.

                                                                                                        1. Why is the $300 not enough to ensure you get good service? That was the actual price. It makes no sense that you have to pay for the establishment workforce separately.
                                                                                                        2. Why would you tip $30 for a bill to be split in e.g. four depending on who drunk what? It's not a 'genuine skill' to be able to keep track of this.

                                                                                                        I'm not really debating this as I said, people are too far gone. But tipping is an awful idea.

                                                                                                        Originally posted by Murdrum View Post
                                                                                                        They seem to vend a large proportion of things that we would have people generally working, one that stood out was fast food.

                                                                                                        Obviously they're very interested in automation & robotics so culturally they're more comfortable with automation plus retail space is so expensive that they're forced to use them to a degree.

                                                                                                        Interestingly enough though, the most surprising thing I found was that it's a very cash based economy for a first world country and in light of their interest in technology it's pretty incredulous.
                                                                                                        That's quite bizarre for there. Meanwhile in London I was looked at like I had two heads for wanting to pay in cash somewhere. In Munich you have to spend over €15 to be allowed use a card most places so contactless only works between €15 and €30.
                                                                                                        Never use cash here any more.

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                                                                                                          Originally posted by Tar.Aldarion View Post
                                                                                                          That's quite bizarre for there. Meanwhile in London I was looked at like I had two heads for wanting to pay in cash somewhere. In Munich you have to spend over €15 to be allowed use a card most places so contactless only works between €15 and €30.
                                                                                                          Never use cash here any more.
                                                                                                          $80 contactless limit in NZ, which doesn't go far in Auckland tbf.

                                                                                                          A lot of fees connected to card payments end up being eaten by the merchant so I can understand why they set a minimum but given how much less people are using cash they'll eventually have no choice.

                                                                                                          The killer for SMBs is commercial credit cards which are over 1.5% hence why they offer such appealing bonuses, it's all paid for by the merchant not the bank.

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                                                                                                            Always use cash. Sweet, sweet non-traceable spending.
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                                                                                                              Originally posted by Murdrum View Post
                                                                                                              They seem to vend a large proportion of things that we would have people generally working, one that stood out was fast food.

                                                                                                              Obviously they're very interested in automation & robotics so culturally they're more comfortable with automation plus retail space is so expensive that they're forced to use them to a degree.

                                                                                                              Interestingly enough though, the most surprising thing I found was that it's a very cash based economy for a first world country and in light of their interest in technology it's pretty incredulous.
                                                                                                              ...Do people tip the vending machines?...

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                                                                                                                I think there was a thread on here or maybe mentioned in the BBV re putting poker playing on the CV. Was mentioned in a management meeting that we had got a CV in which included a period of being a 'professional poker player' and the MD was quite impressed and wants him in for an interview. May be a shift in attitude on this instead of it just screaming gamblor now...

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                                                                                                                  Originally posted by luckforsome View Post
                                                                                                                  ...Do people tip the vending machines?...
                                                                                                                  Only if strong like me and your crisps get stuck. Always seems to be A22 for me.

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                                                                                                                    Originally posted by ghostface View Post
                                                                                                                    I think there was a thread on here or maybe mentioned in the BBV re putting poker playing on the CV. Was mentioned in a management meeting that we had got a CV in which included a period of being a 'professional poker player' and the MD was quite impressed and wants him in for an interview. May be a shift in attitude on this instead of it just screaming gamblor now...
                                                                                                                    Maybe in some very specific instances. I'd still view it as a dumb thing to have on a cv generally.
                                                                                                                    "We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."

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                                                                                                                      Meeting a potential new customer today. Sent him a WhatsApp message with our address and spotted from his pic that he's a serious cyclist.

                                                                                                                      Googled him then and discovered that he's a two time Olympian, competed in LA '84 and Seoul '88.

                                                                                                                      Mad ted
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                                                                                                                        Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post
                                                                                                                        Maybe in some very specific instances. I'd still view it as a dumb thing to have on a cv generally.
                                                                                                                        Yeah I was thinking of sticking it down in Strength and weakeness.



                                                                                                                        Strengths - I can recognise that a nit pushing on the Button is a monster

                                                                                                                        Weakness - Snap call with J T

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                                                                                                                          Originally posted by ghostface View Post
                                                                                                                          I think there was a thread on here or maybe mentioned in the BBV re putting poker playing on the CV. Was mentioned in a management meeting that we had got a CV in which included a period of being a 'professional poker player' and the MD was quite impressed and wants him in for an interview. May be a shift in attitude on this instead of it just screaming gamblor now...
                                                                                                                          I put it on there when interviewing with a financials place I knew was young and trendy. It was definitely a boon as it was the first thing they asked me about. But 99% of places I said I was traveling the US and Canada at the time (which was technically true).
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