Odyssey

giggirl Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm loosing the plot here. Odyessy - the lady in > question is in your office, yes? Describe please. > Does she have large breasts? What does she wear? > Is her top low cut, see through? What? > Seriously - paint me a picture. Size of breast has nothing to do with it. It is the fact of women dressing inappropriately for an office environment.

DJKillaQueen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > But what you are talking about is not comparable. > And something else. If a woman has large cleavage > she sweats in the joins - sorry to get intimate - > so there are very good reasons why women prefer > low cut necklines - especially in hot weather. > It's not about being sexually provocative but > comfort most the time. Wearing jeans below the bum > on the other hand would never be comfortable and > absolutely provocative. I totally disagree. Someone who's got a large arse sweats between the crack as well so they equally need adequate ventilation, but most people who work in offices do not go around with trousers below the arse for ventilation purposes. I do believe that a woman can have adequate ventilation without revealing so much cleavage - e.g. by wearing a light blouse/shirt etc. I get very sweaty under the armpits - do you suggest I take off my shirt in the office? I do honestly believe that most women who reveal a substantial amount of cleavage in the office do it for reasons other than comfort - i.e. to attract men (or other women). I think KidKruger has a very valid point and is dealing with a very difficult situation at work. Maybe some constructive advice from you might help resolve the issue?

All jokes aside, I think this is a serious point. For most men in the workplace, a woman revealing a substantial amount of cleavage is very distracting. And since we are all at work to work and not to flash our bits which we should be covering up in the office, I believe that there should be some form of dress code. I have also spoken to other colleagues about this and it really is quite embarrassing when in a meeting and you are trying to look at someone eye to eye but your gaze keeps drifting down to the cleavage. What if I was to walk into the office in one of those baggy jeans which hang around your arse revealing a substantial amount of bum cleavage. Would this be allowable or would the boss call me in for a chat? This is not about equality for women or anything like that. It is simply about what is acceptable in the office.

legalbeagle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ok. But just bear in mind there's a fine line > between "Baby Got Back" and mincing like a BeeGee. > I'm just saying. As true to my word today I invested in a pair of jeans that emphasise my shapely bits. Although the pitch of my voice has slightly increased this, I think is worth it, as I will use the jeans as a countermeasure to women who insist on wearing low-cut tops in meetings. This way, we can distract each other.

legalbeagle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Did I just share too much? Not at all. It just means that I will invest in an extra tight pair of jeans tomorrow.

legalbeagle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > In my view the female verions is oggling a nice > pair of buns. Can you clarify "buns". Do you mean bunions...as in feet watching?

beautyofthebeholder Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ur a perve for looking...... > if you are not strong enough and proffessional > enough to keep eye contact then thats your > problem... > dont see women gazing at ur tiny bulge when they > talk to you do you... > > you perve I think that's a very cheap shot calling me a perve for doing something that is naturally normal for most men. If I was to walk topless into the office showing my naturally rippling, toned, six-packed body, would you equally accuse a woman of being a perve for looking?

Should women be allowed to wear low-cut tops in business? Having had a number of business meetings with women who wear low-cut tops, it is most distracting in the environment of a business meeting because most people get distracted from the eye-to-eye contact and you find yourself looking down and gawping at the cleavage. This does not make for good business and I wonder if women do this on purpose and that's why I think it should be banned in the working environment.

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Do you have a link to some > announcement or is this just speculation on your > part? Scroll forward about 26m.

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've not seen that. Do you have a link to some > announcement or is this just speculation on your > part? This is speculation on the part of politicians and some people in the media as well as to the way that it will go. Busy GPs are not going to have the time to take on this role effectively, so they will form private companies to do the work. It came up on Question Time. I'll see if I can find a link.

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why Odyssey - how do you see this 'privatisation' > happening? I can see this working in the same way as with some GPs' surgeries privatising "out of hours" work. I think that the same formula will be used when PCTs are moved to GPs who will then form private companies to take up the role of the PCTs. When I go to see my GP I go to see a doctor - not an accountant.

Loz, they have betrayed their voters when it comes to the health service. No-one voted for the wholesale privatisation of part of the NHS.

I think the Liberal Democrats should walk away from the coalition.

Are you referring to the Turkish gentleman who's shop was very close to Locale and next door to Rebecca's (Impress) Dry Cleaners? If you are, apparently he had been suffering with cancer for some time now and had sold the business on because of this. If so, he was an extremely nice person with whom I always had a laugh with each time I was in there. This is very sad and my sympathies go to his family.

What qualifications do you need to become an estate agent besides the following: 1. good at bullshitting 2. looking people straight in the eye while telling them a complete lie 3. being able to think of a price and doubling it 4. anything else?

What you need is a mixture of shops on any given High Street and not a bias towards one type. I remember recently going to Putney and trying to find a bakery. Instead I found seven estate agencies next to each other. This didn't include the other estate agents on the other side of the road and further on up the road. This in my mind is utter madness.

The TV has been turned off. I'm taking an early holiday. I've had enough.

Odyssey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > As far as I am concerned the world cup is over. > All the best teams are now gone and all you'll > need now is for Germany to beat Argentina. What did I say? The World Cup is dead.

As far as I am concerned the world cup is over. All the best teams are now gone and all you'll need now is for Germany to beat Argentina.

Getting back to where I started, there are too many Estate Agents (Property Consultants) on Lordship Lane. A lot of this type of work is more suited for the Virtual World (the internet) where they can carry on charging their virtual prices. As for rental side of the business, this is money for old rope. If you ever have the pleasure of living beside a property that has been rented out you would quickly realize that the property generally goes unmaintained, the grass gets longer, the hedges overgrow and to try and get any maintenance work done to shared areas is almost impossible. The Estate Agents/Property Consultants don't give a damn. So to suggest that the rental side of the market is the professional side is a joke as nothing gets done. The only thing they are good at is collecting the rent.

dubluke Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > are you talking about truepenny's? Yes this is them, the one's that calls themselves "Property Consultants". Maybe they will all change their names from Estate Agents to Property Consultants and charge us more for the pleasure. I think that we need some type of quota system when it come to Estate Agents on high streets. There must be some mathematical formula for this. Maybe HAL9000 the cyber-computer may have a suitable formula for this in his Random Access Memory?

Well HAL9000 that response has definitely killed the thread. Please steer clear of my Estate Agents thread;-) Much obliged! Odyssey.

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Odyssey, have you not walked down Rye Lane? A good point. Maybe they should be relocated to Rye Lane where there is a distinct lack of estate agents. Perhaps the extra one or two shoe shop on Lordship Lane wouldn't be a bad thing either.

During my normal strolls up and down Lordship Lane I couldn't help but notice to my great disappointment that another estate agents has popped up on the strip. I hear rumours that there are 3 more to come. Surely there must be a limit as to how many useless businesses a high street can support?

And?:))