{"id":1159,"date":"2020-12-24T09:33:37","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T08:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1159"},"modified":"2020-12-24T09:33:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T08:33:37","slug":"give-it-a-go-try-some-banter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/uncategorized\/give-it-a-go-try-some-banter\/","title":{"rendered":"Give it a go \u2013 try some Banter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Give it a go \u2013 try some Banter<\/p>\n<p>The word is believed to have originated in London as street slang and has evolved to its current form, defined by the Oxford dictionary as &#8220;the playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>I have missed the banter on projects. Some banter can be really witty and this is the level of banter we enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>This week I was diversifying in a workshop building up new trailers to customer specifications while a staff member was on holiday some additional help was required at a local business.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/uncategorized\/give-it-a-go-try-some-banter\/attachment\/img_5497\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1161\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/uncategorized\/give-it-a-go-try-some-banter\/attachment\/img_5495\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1160\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1160\" src=\"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5495-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5495-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5495-768x576.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5495-1024x768.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I collected trailers from a manufacturer and then helped to build the add on parts customers had ordered to their own specifications, additional ramps or tailgates, lighting and suspension. Interesting work.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/uncategorized\/give-it-a-go-try-some-banter\/attachment\/img_5466\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1162\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1162\" src=\"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5466-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5466-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5466-768x576.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5466-1024x768.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But what I enjoyed most was the workshop banter and it made me realize how much I miss working on site with my usual team of guys and gals.<\/p>\n<p>An example of the banter this week,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I said<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019Hey David it is my last day this week, you only have today to tell me all you know \u2013 I don\u2019t know what we are going to do after lunch though\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>To which he replied<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019I already told you everything I knew could be written on a matchstick\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Playfull Banter with words helps the working day pass jovially if used in the right way it can also bring a bit of light relief to a strained situation, it can induce laughter and if you are smiling you are winning.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1161\" src=\"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5497-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5497-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5497-768x577.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5497-1024x769.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Give it a go \u2013 try some Banter The word is believed to have originated in London as street slang and has evolved to its current form, defined by the Oxford dictionary as &#8220;the playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks&#8221;. I have missed the banter on projects. Some banter can be really witty and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1159"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1159"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1164,"href":"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1159\/revisions\/1164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}