Leaving present for a colleague

[Bbbananas]

A young admin assistant of mine is leaving work today - she's going off to train as a midwife. Good on her, I envy her.

I have bought her a black & silver marcasite watch with the donations given. Do people think this is suitable for a 25 year old?

Is this a bland question; apologies if so.

[cazzz1975]

Im sure she will be delighted that you have bought her a gift

[4getmenot]

Didn�t know what one of those was thought it was maybe one of those special nurse watches they wear as didn�t think midwives wore wrist watches through fear of them getting lost.

[stompe]

How about a nurses watch
http://www.creativewatch.co.uk/nurses-lorus-fo b-watch-rg251cx-9-large.jpg

[sqad617]

If she is "upmarket" and likes "nice things" she will love it. If on the other hand she isn't, then it is a waste of money.

C'mon salla......get back to normal.....zac will be on soon.

[4getmenot]

does that make me not upmarket as i dont really like them, they are a bit dressy. stompe thats what I meant bit late now though

[Bbbananas]

I shall, on the quiet, slip her the receipt & tell her to just take it back if it isn't quite her thing...

(And please, no-one make any jokes about me 'slipping her one' - I am on the verge of breakdown. Sorry, on the verge of being banned. I have finger dyslexia today.
And please, no jokes about fingers either).

I had thought of a nurse's fob-watch 4getmenot & Stompe - but apparently her boyfriend is buying her one of those when she starts her course.

Thank you for your comments.

[4getmenot]

I'm sure sh will love it, dont worry. x

[funnygirl]

I would like to get a gift like that.

[redcrx]

i didnt know what a marcasite watch was but the one i found via google looks ok.

You and her colleagues know her style so Im sure youve got it right.

The country needs more midwives, good on her!

[Bbbananas]

I envy her red - if I were her age, or even just 15 years younger I would be very tempted to change careers & go into midwifery. I did get it into my head about 8 years ago I wanted to retrain as a paramedic - but the training money was cr@p, and at that time my personal life was in disarray so it wasn't really feasible.

[sqad617]

salla......re midwives.

It used to be that youn had to be a nurse, of staff nurse status at least before you could do midwifery. Are you telling me that anyone now can go into midwifery without nursing training?

[Bbbananas]

She is doing sqad. A nursing degree - straight into midwifery training. apparently her final qualification will be a Bachelor of Midwifery.

Different to my day... we had to do general nursing training, then if we wanted to specialise, go on to further training.

[redcrx]

i think they do it all together now, squad.
I know of 2 women who are about to start training but are giving birth themselves very soon and one who is almost full term but started her training in September.

Im too sqeamish for stuff like that, but it must be such an amazing job

[sqad617]

salla...never liked midwives....bossy bitches...knowalls who I seemed to rub up(sorry folks) the wrong way. A load of Sarah Gamps....I am sure Jack the Ripper was a midwife.

As a student doing midder, they always referred to us students as.."m'lad".....urghhhhhh!!1
They were a law unto themselves......couldn't touch a midwife even with leggy's.

[Bbbananas]

whoo - that's a bit of a sweeping generalisation there sqad?!!

[sqad617]

salla.......no!!!.........I toned it down a lot.

[Bbbananas]

are you referring to me doc?
actually I do a hell of a lot during the day. I'm just quick at it and can multi-task. It's something only women seem able to do ;-)

[sqad617]

doc....plenty of jobs..........I am head night porter at a hotel in Scunthorpe.