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What would you guys do in this situation. I was told today that a group of women on the same floor as me in work were talking about some upcoming staffing movements. One of the group is coming onto my team in a couple of weeks and when she announced I was going to be her manager and that she'd heard I was a sound fella and a decent boss, another girl, who I never met, spoke to or even recognised, said to the group, something along of the lines of I've heard he's a weirdo, I heard he used to work in the Passport Office but got moved here because he was stalking women and some other pretty shit stuff.

One of the ladies in the group said, "you really can't be saying that about someone you don't know" to which this woman has said, "oh no its definitely him". Fortunately for me, a mutual friend was in the group and said she can vouch for me, but this person was insistent.

Obviously she's got the wrong person because someone from the floor did genuinely get transferred to our department from another area.
Normally I'd be like 'nah office gossip, do one', but this is really nasty, plus how am I supposed to manage a new member of staff when she's had her opinion of me influenced already?
Do I speak to this persons manager tomorrow, speak to my own manager? Really never handled anything like this before. If I'm honest, its threw me a bit because after everything I've been through over the last couple of years, work and my mates were my safety net. Or do I turn the other cheek and ignore it.

PS - million per cent never worked in the Passport Office, or stalked anyone!

I'd buy a massive joke sized magnifying glass and peek my head around the door with my tongue hanging out & then act like I'd been rumbled when she spotted me.

But I'm a c*nt,you do you.

AlphaDelta · « **Reply #16245 on:** July 28, 2021, 09:47:50 pm »

Quote from: Welshred on July 28, 2021, 09:14:08 pm

Same, next she'll be spreading other weird rumours about him going on lads weekends taking pictures of fire engines and stuff!

I'll move jobs, didn't like it anyway!

Barneylfc∗ · « **Reply #16246 on:** July 28, 2021, 09:55:07 pm »

Quote from: rob1966 on July 28, 2021, 08:28:32 pm

I'd want her sacked for that and wouldn't stop until she was. You can't go around making false allegations like that.

No chance of her getting sacked unless she was already on a final written warning. Would potentially be up for gross misconduct but at worst she would be on a written warning for 2 years (in NI Civil Service at least). A half decent Union rep and she'd get away with a 1 year warning if she was found 'guilty' of it.

princeoftherocks · « **Reply #16247 on:** July 28, 2021, 09:58:52 pm »

Quote from: Just Elmo? on July 28, 2021, 09:43:43 pm

A similar question was asked in this thread not that long ago. This might answer your question.

https://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=239746.msg17674554#msg17674554

ok, thanks.

24/7 · « **Reply #16248 on:** July 29, 2021, 06:53:31 am »

Quote from: AlphaDelta on July 28, 2021, 06:49:37 pm

Cheers Debs, I thought that to be honest.

Definitely an HR matter. It's tantamount to her creating a "hostile working environment" and you can be certain that if the boot were on the other foot she'd (rightly) pursue you with a case.

At the very least, she needs to be pulled up on the mistaken identity part and put right, with a very firm reminder of her responsibility as a civil servant and as a member of your team.

24/7 · « **Reply #16249 on:** July 29, 2021, 06:56:10 am »

Quote from: princeoftherocks on July 28, 2021, 09:45:13 pm

But, it's a FORUM where anyone can contribute.

It's a PRIVATELY OWNED forum, where EVERYONE is held to a certain standard, moderated by a group of selected volunteers who exercise those standards according to various principles and guidelines. There is no specific political dogma practised by us.

I've been a good boy · « **Reply #16250 on:** July 29, 2021, 07:23:45 pm »

Just bought a new SSD to replace the old one, will I need to install the operating system again?

redbyrdz · « **Reply #16251 on:** July 29, 2021, 08:54:20 pm »

Quote from: I've been a good boy. on July 29, 2021, 07:23:45 pm

Just bought a new SSD to replace the old one, will I need to install the operating system again?

If your OS is on the SSD you're replacing, yes.

I've been a good boy · « **Reply #16252 on:** July 29, 2021, 08:57:50 pm »

Quote from: redbyrdz on July 29, 2021, 08:54:20 pm

If your OS is on the SSD you're replacing, yes.

I think mine is. Is it possible to download it from the Microsoft website? Someone said I could get the installation file from there and save it on a usb

Elmo! · « **Reply #16253 on:** July 29, 2021, 09:01:43 pm »

Quote from: I've been a good boy. on July 29, 2021, 08:57:50 pm

I think mine is. Is it possible to download it from the Microsoft website? Someone said I could get the installation file from there and save it on a usb

This is what you need assuming it is Windows 10: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10

Bear in mind this does not mean it will necessarily activate when you install it. That will depend on your license type (OEM/Retail/linked to your Microsoft account etc).

redbyrdz · « **Reply #16254 on:** July 29, 2021, 09:03:19 pm »

Quote from: I've been a good boy. on July 29, 2021, 08:57:50 pm

I think mine is. Is it possible to download it from the Microsoft website? Someone said I could get the installation file from there and save it on a usb

Yes, think so, but I don't have a link. Also not quite sure how it works with activation on windows. I somehow think they know, and you don't have to do it, but not sure.

Jake · « **Reply #16255 on:** July 29, 2021, 09:38:00 pm »

I've got a Sonos One speaker, had it for years

All of a sudden it isn't working. its got a flashing green light which means "set up" apparently

But its been working for years and not needed setting up, and when I try and set it up it cant be found

Halp?

rob1966 · « **Reply #16256 on:** July 29, 2021, 10:31:07 pm »

Quote from: Just Elmo? on July 29, 2021, 09:01:43 pm

This is what you need assuming it is Windows 10: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10

Bear in mind this does not mean it will necessarily activate when you install it. That will depend on your license type (OEM/Retail/linked to your Microsoft account etc).

Should work ok. I put an SSD in my youngests laptop I downloaded the installation onto USB from my laptop and then me and the eldest build a PC at Christmas and we used his old laptop to create the USB. No need to activate either time

Elmo! · « **Reply #16257 on:** July 29, 2021, 10:53:22 pm »

Quote from: rob1966 on July 29, 2021, 10:31:07 pm

Should work ok. I put an SSD in my youngests laptop I downloaded the installation onto USB from my laptop and then me and the eldest build a PC at Christmas and we used his old laptop to create the USB. No need to activate either time

It depends on the original license type. If it is OEM and the key is baked into the firmware then you should be fine.

If it is retail and you had to activate using a product key, you are going to need that key.....

Medellin · « **Reply #16258 on:** July 30, 2021, 07:42:59 am »

Quote from: AlphaDelta on July 28, 2021, 06:35:42 pm

What would you guys do in this situation. I was told today that a group of women on the same floor as me in work were talking about some upcoming staffing movements. One of the group is coming onto my team in a couple of weeks and when she announced I was going to be her manager and that she'd heard I was a sound fella and a decent boss, another girl, who I never met, spoke to or even recognised, said to the group, something along of the lines of I've heard he's a weirdo, I heard he used to work in the Passport Office but got moved here because he was stalking women and some other pretty shit stuff.

One of the ladies in the group said, "you really can't be saying that about someone you don't know" to which this woman has said, "oh no its definitely him". Fortunately for me, a mutual friend was in the group and said she can vouch for me, but this person was insistent.

Obviously she's got the wrong person because someone from the floor did genuinely get transferred to our department from another area.
Normally I'd be like 'nah office gossip, do one', but this is really nasty, plus how am I supposed to manage a new member of staff when she's had her opinion of me influenced already?
Do I speak to this persons manager tomorrow, speak to my own manager? Really never handled anything like this before. If I'm honest, its threw me a bit because after everything I've been through over the last couple of years, work and my mates were my safety net. Or do I turn the other cheek and ignore it.

PS - million per cent never worked in the Passport Office, or stalked anyone!

Ask Chops if you can borrow his clown shoes.

I've been a good boy · « **Reply #16259 on:** July 30, 2021, 07:52:40 am »

Quote from: AlphaDelta on July 28, 2021, 06:35:42 pm

What would you guys do in this situation. I was told today that a group of women on the same floor as me in work were talking about some upcoming staffing movements. One of the group is coming onto my team in a couple of weeks and when she announced I was going to be her manager and that she'd heard I was a sound fella and a decent boss, another girl, who I never met, spoke to or even recognised, said to the group, something along of the lines of I've heard he's a weirdo, I heard he used to work in the Passport Office but got moved here because he was stalking women and some other pretty shit stuff.

One of the ladies in the group said, "you really can't be saying that about someone you don't know" to which this woman has said, "oh no its definitely him". Fortunately for me, a mutual friend was in the group and said she can vouch for me, but this person was insistent.

Obviously she's got the wrong person because someone from the floor did genuinely get transferred to our department from another area.
Normally I'd be like 'nah office gossip, do one', but this is really nasty, plus how am I supposed to manage a new member of staff when she's had her opinion of me influenced already?
Do I speak to this persons manager tomorrow, speak to my own manager? Really never handled anything like this before. If I'm honest, its threw me a bit because after everything I've been through over the last couple of years, work and my mates were my safety net. Or do I turn the other cheek and ignore it.

PS - million per cent never worked in the Passport Office, or stalked anyone!

Missed this. I'd take her to her fucking cleaners, can't be spreading lies about someone you don't even know. Get HR involved or her manager, either way she needs to be brought into line. No matter what happens though, she's never going to like you

CraigDS · « **Reply #16260 on:** July 30, 2021, 01:48:37 pm »

How far back can you make a claim in your car insurance?

Someone drove into the side of my gfs car about 18 months ago. He said he was going to pay to get it fixed at his friends garage but then COVID hit and he’s ghosting us now.

It’s still with the same insurance company.

Welshred · « **Reply #16261 on:** July 30, 2021, 01:57:08 pm »

Quote from: Craig 🤔 on July 30, 2021, 01:48:37 pm

How far back can you make a claim in your car insurance?

Someone drove into the side of my gfs car about 18 months ago. He said he was going to pay to get it fixed at his friends garage but then COVID hit and he’s ghosting us now.

It’s still with the same insurance company.

You're going to struggle with 18 months mate

Claire. · « **Reply #16262 on:** July 30, 2021, 02:26:14 pm »

Quote from: Jake on July 29, 2021, 09:38:00 pm

I've got a Sonos One speaker, had it for years

All of a sudden it isn't working. its got a flashing green light which means "set up" apparently

But its been working for years and not needed setting up, and when I try and set it up it cant be found

Halp?

No idea really but I have got help on the Sonos forums before, there's staff on there who are really helpful.

Elmo! · « **Reply #16263 on:** July 30, 2021, 03:25:40 pm »

Quote from: Craig 🤔 on July 30, 2021, 01:48:37 pm

How far back can you make a claim in your car insurance?

Someone drove into the side of my gfs car about 18 months ago. He said he was going to pay to get it fixed at his friends garage but then COVID hit and he’s ghosting us now.

It’s still with the same insurance company.

You are supposed to report all incidents to your insurance even if you don't intend to claim so you might face awkward questions and they may even decline you cover when they find out... they would be entitled to.

reddebs · « **Reply #16264 on:** July 30, 2021, 04:38:40 pm »

What's that really good, cheap electric company you were all getting money for for signing up to please guys?

I've had enough of Scottish power being useless dickheads 😡

Elmo! · « **Reply #16265 on:** July 30, 2021, 04:42:20 pm »

Quote from: reddebs on July 30, 2021, 04:38:40 pm

What's that really good, cheap electric company you were all getting money for for signing up to please guys?

I've had enough of Scottish power being useless dickheads 😡

Octopus is the one I think you are referring to, seen lots of people on here recomment them.

I'm on Pure Planet and not had any issues with them.

Welshred · « **Reply #16266 on:** July 30, 2021, 04:59:51 pm »

I use Octopus, pretty good company

reddebs · « **Reply #16267 on:** July 30, 2021, 05:21:06 pm »

Quote from: Welshred on July 30, 2021, 04:59:51 pm

I use Octopus, pretty good company

That'll do me mate cheers 👍

reddebs · « **Reply #16268 on:** July 30, 2021, 05:22:05 pm »

Quote from: Just Elmo? on July 30, 2021, 04:42:20 pm

Octopus is the one I think you are referring to, seen lots of people on here recomment them.

I'm on Pure Planet and not had any issues with them.

Cheers that seems to be the one mate 👍

Barneylfc∗ · « **Reply #16269 on:** July 30, 2021, 06:38:05 pm »

No idea if the referrals are still going for Octupus, but if they are you could use a referral from here https://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=342091.0

Welshred · « **Reply #16270 on:** July 30, 2021, 06:39:50 pm »

Quote from: Barneylfc∗ on July 30, 2021, 06:38:05 pm

No idea if the referrals are still going for Octupus, but if they are you could use a referral from here https://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=342091.0

Already sent one via PM mate

I've been a good boy · « **Reply #16271 on:** August 1, 2021, 09:36:43 am »

Quote from: I've been a good boy. on July 29, 2021, 07:23:45 pm

Just bought a new SSD to replace the old one, will I need to install the operating system again?

Just to follow up on this, what's the best way to transfer everything from my current SSD to the new one?

Welshred · « **Reply #16272 on:** August 1, 2021, 11:11:17 am »

Quote from: I've been a good boy. on August 1, 2021, 09:36:43 am

Just to follow up on this, what's the best way to transfer everything from my current SSD to the new one?

I'd say buy one of these (or something similar) and then your old SSD will in effect be an external hard drive for you, you can then transfer everything over and still keep a back up of it on the old SSD. Someone techy will be able to tell you if I'm wrong or not though.

Red Raw · « **Reply #16273 on:** August 1, 2021, 11:59:09 am »

Quote from: I've been a good boy. on August 1, 2021, 09:36:43 am

Just to follow up on this, what's the best way to transfer everything from my current SSD to the new one?

Assuming the old SSD connects via SATA, and if your PC/laptop has a spare sata/power connection, you can disconnect the old SSD, hook up the new one and clean install the OS on it. Power down and reconnect the old SSD. When you boot you will given the option to select which disk to boot from. Choose the new one.

You should then be able to access all the files and folders from the old SSD and copy/paste them over to the new SSD - this will give the fastest transfer speeds. If the old SSD has a decent capacity you can then format (wipe) it and retain it in the machine or shove it in an external enclosure as Welshred has suggested.

If you can't connect both SSDs, or if the old SSD is too small to be useful, high capacity external hard drives are ~£80-90 for 4TB. A USB3 model will give better transfer speeds if your PC/laptop has a USB3 port. Always good practice to backup your stuff so potentially a worthwhile investment if you don't do this already.

Cloud storage is another option - most companies give a few GB 'free', but it can get expensive for larger amounts of data (£80+ a year for TB scale storage). It can also take days to upload/download depending on your files/internet speeds.

Cormack Snr · « **Reply #16274 on:** August 1, 2021, 04:42:59 pm »

Our Virgin internet connection in the house has always been ok if some what sometimes slow over the years but since new neighbours had a sky dish fitted right on the border of the two houses and actually over on our side we have lost connection in the bedrooms now and again.
My wife phoned Virgin and their person on the phone didn't even know what Buffering meant and suggested we up-grade.

The poor Wifi connection and the internet playing up seems to coincide with Sky getting fitting next door and when my wife is watching TV on her phone in bed it loses connection, buffers and the Sky option to connect comes up.

Is it just that next doors Sky is the stronger Wifi signal and we do need to up-grade and by the way all the dishes fitted around here are on the border of each house and not on the far side of the house for some reason..

Thanks..

Elmo! · « **Reply #16275 on:** August 1, 2021, 04:47:59 pm »

Quote from: Cormack Snr on August 1, 2021, 04:42:59 pm

Our Virgin internet connection in the house has always been ok if some what sometimes slow over the years but since new neighbours had a sky dish fitted right on the border of the two houses and actually over on our side we have lost connection in the bedrooms now and again.
My wife phoned Virgin and their person on the phone didn't even know what Buffering meant and suggested we up-grade.

The poor Wifi connection and the internet playing up seems to coincide with Sky getting fitting next door and when my wife is watching TV on her phone in bed it loses connection, buffers and the Sky option to connect comes up.

Is it just that next doors Sky is the stronger Wifi signal and we do need to up-grade and by the way all the dishes fitted around here are on the border of each house and not on the far side of the house for some reason..

Thanks..

It won't be the dish that is causing the issue as it is not related to wifi, but it's possible your neighbpour got Sky broadband installed at the same time, with a new Sky router. It could cause issues with interference if they are using the same channel. An upgrade might help, if say for example your current router only supports 2.4GHz, but you might just be able to login to the router and change to a different channel.

Cormack Snr · « **Reply #16276 on:** August 1, 2021, 04:53:49 pm »

Thank you Just Elmo, we will sort it this week..

Welshred · « **Reply #16277 on:** August 1, 2021, 08:11:09 pm »

If that doesn't help then this thread on WiFi extenders has been really helpful for me recently. Got one of the devices recommended and haven't had an issue in any of the bedrooms in my house since.

I've been a good boy · « **Reply #16278 on:** August 1, 2021, 09:51:51 pm »

Quote from: Red Raw on August 1, 2021, 11:59:09 am

Assuming the old SSD connects via SATA, and if your PC/laptop has a spare sata/power connection, you can disconnect the old SSD, hook up the new one and clean install the OS on it. Power down and reconnect the old SSD. When you boot you will given the option to select which disk to boot from. Choose the new one.

You should then be able to access all the files and folders from the old SSD and copy/paste them over to the new SSD - this will give the fastest transfer speeds. If the old SSD has a decent capacity you can then format (wipe) it and retain it in the machine or shove it in an external enclosure as Welshred has suggested.

If you can't connect both SSDs, or if the old SSD is too small to be useful, high capacity external hard drives are ~£80-90 for 4TB. A USB3 model will give better transfer speeds if your PC/laptop has a USB3 port. Always good practice to backup your stuff so potentially a worthwhile investment if you don't do this already.

Cloud storage is another option - most companies give a few GB 'free', but it can get expensive for larger amounts of data (£80+ a year for TB scale storage). It can also take days to upload/download depending on your files/internet speeds.

Thanks both. I've got all my files now backed up onto an external storage but it's more my programs I'm wary about, especially Chrome which holds some vital information. Last PC I sold I logged out of it but it still remembered my login details and all my bookmarks and passwords which I wasn't expecting.

AlphaDelta · « **Reply #16279 on:** August 2, 2021, 08:40:46 am »

Just an update on that woman from work who was telling all kinds that I was some stalking weirdo/Ted Bundy type.

I got my bosses involved who naturally hit the roof, they got her boss involved who pulled her in. She wanted to apologise in person but I swerved that (I'm too much of a soft touch and if she'd started crying I'd have felt bad), so I just asked for her to tell her team she had the wrong person and then asked for an apology off her by email which I got both.

I made sure I didn't want her to be sorry she was caught out, I wanted her to know she had the wrong person.

I'm sure it will be awkward as hell next time in the lift, but I couldn't let that go.