I heard from a reliable source that Debeers head office has firewalled Debeers employees from accessing this site during working hours. It seems I should take this as a compliment with all the traffic generated. ;D
If any of you PC types are interested, we just passed 1GB of traffic downloaded in 14 days.
Thanks and keep on enjoying!
;D
Mike
Congratulations Mike,
Wonderful to get up a cubicled corporate person's nose isn't it?!
The site has just proven itself to be disruptive. This is excellent. As for Namdeb's reaction to it - classic corporate signs of defensive myopia mixed with absolute fear that this site will undo the brainwashing they espouse.
Namdeb suffer what I call the "Stepford Wives complex" . ie You should not be thinking for yourself. And EEK!, this employee #3456-DW2 is showing signs of cognative thought process, freedom to express their will, and wants to articulate what they wish and OM Online is threatening to corrupt the people during their legally allowed lunch hour during which they should be free to do what they want, and woe be unto him/her that visits the evil Oranjemund Online website for they shall surely become unclean.
What a crass and very stupid decision by Namdeb. Just shows how far up their backsides they have crawled.
Well done MIke. You have hit an exposed nerve in the corporation. I hope the narrow-minded tosser who told staff that this site is forbidden will identify themselves so that I can hold a 'conversation' with him/her.
And here I was wracking my brains for a topic to blog about at my corporation free iScatterlings (http://iscatterlings.com). Now I have beauty to write about.
Thanks Michael and may the disruptive force be with you always! Viva Oranjemund Online viva! :D
Regards
Robert Bruce
PS: Some companies still do not allow staff to browse the internet for fear of downloading a virus. This was aceptable practice last year and before but not anymore because anti-virus software has improved so much. If a company cannot invest in a good firewall then it deserves what it gets.
Robert! You just have a way with words.... ;D
Methinks that you moonlight as a motivational speaker in your free time?
hehehehe! ;)
Me motivate? Yes I do. I have to.
I have multi-cultural staff spread across EU so have to motivate them all. Except the Nordics people. And the Germans. The Italians, French too. And as for the Belgians, they just do their own thing. The Irish are bad at accepting anything that comes out of England, the Scots just say two words, the Spanish just let you motivate and motivate and motivate until you realise that the more you talk the less attention they have to pretend to be giving.
Then there is the English.
If motivation became law within the EU then the Brits would be the first and only nation to adopt, impliment and work to this law. They would get community officers to enforce this law. They'd install CCTV in the workplaces to make darn sure the employees obeyed the law and remained motivated. They'd create a Motivational Policing Force. We'd get tax rebates if we were motivated. There'd be a motivation benefit for newly married couples.
All because it is a law. The rest don't give a toss, law or not.
As they say, where are you if there are no rules? France. Where are you if there are too many rules? Germany!
;D
Strange - Namdeb HO hasn't blocked me from accessing this site.
???
That's why I tried to tell Paul on Saturday, that how come some of the NAmdeb guys were online on Friday? But Freddie reckons he also cannot access some of the site from work...
???
I'm not allowed into bigbosoms.com but oranjemundonline.com is fine
Either I'm special or insignificant...
I'm wondering wether I should be nervous or disappointed...
Maybe they're watching you..... who can it be know..... springs to mind!
Well must I take my words? Gulp? ::)
Methinks it was temporarily banned, somebody must have motivated it's re-opening, alternatively the surf control software hits were generating more traffic than the web site... so lesser of two evils prevails :) Either way, good to be back
You all Know its a plot by Security to check on what we got up to while we were there & by Management to see if its worthwile taking over the site.
A corporate buyout, Google and Facebook stand aside.... ;D
I'll never sell out ! Never ! You Hear me!
;)
hehehehe!
Namdeb must of made the offer then, obviously you are sticking out for more
They thought the World cup would distract me, they were wrong! ;)
You will sell Mike..... eventually!!!!
After all Mike; you gotta a HUGE reunion to pay for!
Cherry,in confidence..... he did say the beer will be on the house even if he has to sell Michelles car.......!
And here's me thinking Michelle would auction him off but that probably would mean we would all get to share one beer and probably a Castle at that!
Paula - I think you'll have to add Adriaan to your list of people to slap when you come home!
Adriaan - al wat ek kan se is passop!
Cherry - it seems no-one wants Mike as I haven't had any offers yet.
With regard to this week-ends Curry Cup semi - my whole house has been turned into an orange Cheetah shrine and today is only Wednesday! Isn't anyone wanting to accompany Mike to Bloemfontein this week-end? Albeit it in a blue car?
Okay,Michelle if its not the car then the pool must go,or wait a minute we can use the pool as a beer container ,don't worry Cherry there wiil be beer plentyfull,just bring your straw........
Hey Michele, it seems like Adriaan might be a bit scared of me..hahaha
Paula
;D
Thats because you're a big girl and you bite!
;)
Hope you're planning on disinfecting the pool first - there were quite a few kids swimming in that pool recently!
Whats tis cary tory about !
Adriaan please stay focused, Michele has booked you a slap from me..hahaha
Hey, and Mike who you calling a "big girl" makes me sound like a 747, for that you will get another slap when I get back! If you still got gout I hope you're still in pain.
Michele, just stomp on Mikes gout foot for me please..hahaha
Paula
:)
Paula - I'm the one thats gotta put up with Mike when he gets gout - so please don't make me inflict any more pain on him than necessary!
Hey Mike whats that new boeing called.........."?
Michele - men are such babies when they are in the least bit of pain, just as well they don't have to give birth, there would be no one left on this planet. ;D
Adriaan, take note Mike has not answered your question... Mike, I await in anticipation! haha
Paula
:)
Hell, just as well some of us were issued,like me and Mike for instance.......
You two were'nt issued you were hatched tehe. Security sliped up there lol
Paula ;D
Hey Paula when you planning to visit.... ;D
I'm not telling you, when you see me that when!..tehe
Paula
;D
cause we want to up the prices thats why hehehehe....! ;D
Up the prices of what, theres nothing in the shop! tehe
Paula
;D
Hi,all!Yesterday,24 October 1974 at 14h40 my parents and i arrived in Oranjemund.What's ironic is that the weather was exactly the same as yesterday,windy and dusty.When we arrived in 38-12 avenue the dark green blinds in the kitchen where still on.The furniture was company's grounds and that years the people use to respect company's property,now that respect in general does not exist here anymore.The previously resident were uncle Hennie De Wet who the Rec.club manager these days.We had a fountain right in the middle of our garden.Does anyone notice that these people that does the watering in town,waters more the tarred road than the grass?Taxis get "lost" in this ghost town.AFC(african fried chicken)Chicken outlet sells russians,snoek and pap??
I have heard from a devout Oranjemundonline fan who regularly surfs the site whilst they are at work (during teatime), that since last week they can no longer access this site.... mmmh! here we go again!
It's a pity .... one would have thought that this would have been one way of "the men in black" being able to keep tabs on the rumours and even providing the correct information....
ape
Just heard from another mine employee, muttering to me..."Whats happening on your site!" ...He can still access the Newspapers ans Sports pages from work...but just not Oranjemundonline.....
------------ So this is a straight case of the "men in black" not liking what is discussed on this site--------------------
Oh! To be a pariah! Outcasts that we are..... all because we enjoy a good story or two about our town and the company.....
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Maybe they just couldn't log off once the tea-time is over - enjoying the site too much!
Yes I agree, this site could actually be a way for the "men in black" to correct any of us if they think we're wrong. Maybe they're too scared and we hit the nail on the head too often?
My apologies to Namdeb, I spoke to a person in the know, it turns out that the software that sorts out the different site, has been upgraded/changed in JHB and it has not recognised this site yet...... The person in the know reckons that this is not intentional and should be rectified soon.......
woo_hoo
A-ha, they better, we're quite a big gang here.... thumper
Just have to get the new GM to sign up on here, his dad after all did drive the old Oranjemund diesel loco's back in the day...