u/Pinkplatabys

Not asking for arguments. Genuinely curious what the community consensus is. There is usually one engine in any given era that is technically impressive, possibly ahead of its time, and absolutely relentless in its ability to create problems at specific intervals. What is the one that makes experienced mechanics quietly sigh when they see it come in.

he train connections into London are actually decent depending on where you are. But trying to get between towns within Kent itself by public transport is often a genuinely difficult exercise. Buses that run infrequently, routes that require going into a hub and back out again to reach somewhere nearby. For a county this size and this close to the capital it feels like an infrastructure gap that should have been addressed more seriously by now. Has anyone found ways to navigate Kent without a car that actually work or is it just a reality of living here.

It happens almost every series. Someone gets fired in a group boardroom who was clearly not the worst performer that week, sometimes not even close, purely because they annoyed him in the moment or said the wrong thing at the wrong time. And then the show just moves on. No revisiting it. No acknowledgement in the final episode. The person who should have gone home is still there three weeks later somehow. The person who got fired is gone and that is that. Has there been a firing in recent memory that genuinely made you shout at the television because you were so convinced it was wrong 😟

Pulled into what looked like a decent site in the Peak District last weekend. Lovely on the website. Arrived and it was wall to wall static caravans, one slightly sad field at the back clearly designated for the vans and tents like they did not quite want us there but could not legally say so. Warden was fine but definitely looked at the van like it had personally offended him. Paid the same price as everyone else too which is the bit that really gets me. Do people just wild camp at this point because the campsites feel like they are actively trying to make us feel like second class citizens and I am running out of patience for it 😩

Every competency framework says the same things. Inclusive. Innovative. Challenges the status quo. Speaks truth to power. And then you watch who actually gets promoted and it is almost always the person who never rocks the boat, agrees with their deputy director in every meeting, writes the smoothest submissions and makes their senior look good without ever making them uncomfortable. The people who actually challenge things, flag problems early, push back on bad decisions tend to get quietly managed sideways or just leave out of exhaustion. Has anyone actually been promoted in the Civil Service for genuinely challenging something or does that only happen in the values documents 😟

Tried a few different places recently and noticed the difference isn’t just taste

Things I’ve started paying attention to

• Texture of the meat, not too dry or overly greasy
• How fresh the salad actually is
• Whether the bread holds everything properly or falls apart

For me it’s usually the meat, if it looks dry or overcooked, I already know what I’m getting into. But I’ve also been surprised by places that didn’t look great and turned out decent.

Is spending £10k here and there on statues and tombs a good way to keep our history visible, or is it a distraction while our massive industrial Cathedrals of the Potteries continue to crumble?

Noticed a small damp patch on one wall and at first I thought it was just condensation, but it keeps coming back even after cleaning and airing the room out.

Has anyone gotten a place without much hands on patient experience? I currently work in a hospital lab but not a patient facing role. I work in pathology and I have plenty of opportunity to shadow the pathologists but ofc they don’t see patients so I don’t think that counts. I just don’t know what else to do, I’ve tried contacting the volunteering department and nothing. Any suggestions? Because atp I’m just thinking of trying to relate my current experience as much as I can to whatever they ask me.

I’d be grateful to hear what work experience you did to help your application and how you got it! Thanks.