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Welcome to Ten's blogspot. Here we proudly present our unique venue, cocktails, staff, parties and much more.

Updated twice a week this site shows you what's going on, how to book your celebration or event, a bit of fun and looks back at some of the past events at Worthing's ultimate party venue.

This week's post is extra-specially long as there was some pesky 'down-time' at blogspot central.  So this week we feature Ten's weekend, have a double length installment of our introduction to our staff, have an article on who has the worst job in the world, an article on psychological defense mechanisms, announce the winners of our FITC competition, and show you couple of videos from YouTube.com.  So if you've got room for all that Ten styled goodness, and are sitting comfortably?...then lets begin!


FITC COMPETITION:
This weeks FITC winners have been chosen, and if you're a winner all you need to do is contact us through our Facebook group and we'll send you a printable voucher which you need to present at the bar to redeem your £10 bar tab.

Congratulations to these two winners, if you fancy your chances at being the FITC next week all you need to do is visit Ten on a Friday or Saturday night and attract the attention of our photographer.  You'll be able to recognise him by his camera or his Mohawk.  We recommend doing something which makes you stand out to have the best chance of winning one of our prizes next week.



THE STAFF:  EPISODE II & III
Each week we are proudly displaying the different members of Ten's staff, their roles and a little bit about them so you can embrace our little family too.  We'd like to thank all our staff in all the roles they play, each are equally important to keeping (over used analogy alert!!!) our 'Ten-gine' running.

Name:  Martin McGilligan.
A.K.A:  Martin.
Job:  Bar tender and theatrical guru.
What's he all about?:  Martin splits his professional life between being an assistant vocal coach for the musical theatre department at Northbrook College, providing home care for vulnerable service users and working behind Ten's bar.
Special Ability:  Folically-chameleonic
Catchphrase:  I can't find the.....

Name:  April Renolds
A.K.A:  April.
Job:  Part time Bar Tender.
What's she all about?:  April is in full time education studying for her degree in brain surgery, a masters in Thermodynamics and a doctorate in Anatomy....probably.
Special Ability:  Extremely happy disposition.
Catchphrase:  You goin' out tonight?

Name:  Kelvin Klein.
A.K.A:  Calvin.
Job:  Barman and heart-breaker.
What's he all about?:  When he's not flaring behing Ten's bar, Kelvin is studying sound and audio production at Northbrook college and hopes to take this further into major productions.
Special Ability:  He knows a thing-or-two about a thing-or-two.
Catchphrase:  Hey dude!

Name:  Matt Smith.
A.K.A:  Matt.
Job:  Barman and floor attendant.
What's he all about?:  Matt is a proud dad who works very hard keeping either the bar well tended, or making sure everyone has glasses to drink from.  Matt is a keen weight lifter and has aspirations of joining our helpful door team. 
Special Ability:  Glas á la mode avec tattoos
Catchphrase:  Do you want a cuppa?

SO YOU THINK YOU GOT IT BAD?

Before joining the team at Ten some of the staff have concurred that they may have had 'the worst job in the world', perhaps it was call centre work, drilling the little hole in a note pad or jigsaw puzzle catcher.  Whatever the anicdotal case, we could all do with a little perspective in life:  Is it as bad as we may sometimes think? Here are a few examples of some of the employees for whom each day is deserved of a medal.

Next time you have an “I Hate My Job” day, spare a little thought for those men and women at Johnson & Johnson.  You may or may not have had occasion to purchase a rectal thermometre but should you ever find yourself doing just such a thing read the instructions, as you will notice that in small print there is a statement, “Every Rectal Thermometer made by Johnson & Johnson is personally tested”. 

Now, close your eyes and mentally compare the role in question with your own and I'm sure your next thought would be “I am so glad I do not work in the Thermometer quality control at Johnson & Johnson.”  This should be evidence enough that there is someone out there who's job really is more of a pain in the arse than yours!

Just to give creedance to the brave emplyees we see here, we have given them a PC title of their very own and their translation.  Although I'm sure they won't be ordering any business cards any time soon!

High Altitude Comunications Operative.  (trans. Professional pant ruiner)

Aquatic Post Mortem Collection Agent.  (trans. Fish fingerer)

Assistant Manager of Biological Production.  (trans.  Stuff the scooper and the pooper, I quit)

USE THE FORCE:

In every human being, psychological conflicts are bound to occur, usually because of sexual and aggressive impulses and tension. Usually, (or maybe hopefully), these conflicts are resolved by themselves in a short amount of time; however sometimes this is not the case. Every now and then, our internal conflicts can last for long periods of times, and can potentially cause us great harm. Often at times anxiety can wear and tear at us, and should not be underestimated. Fortunately, our body has defense mechanisms to defend us from unpleasant emotions and feelings, such as anxiety. These are 7 of them:

1. Rationalization

 Rationalization is something that every human being does, probably on a daily basis. Rationalization is defined as “Creating false but plausible excuses to justify unacceptable behavior.” An example of this would be a student stealing money from a wealthy friend of his, telling himself “Well he is rich, he can afford to lose it.”

2. Identification

 Identification is defined as “Bolstering self-esteem by forming an imaginary or real alliance with some person or group.” This is a fairly common method of attempting to forget about ones troubles, happens fairly often, especially in insecure people. A person joining a sports team, fraternity, social clique or even subcultures are all examples of this.

 3. Displacement

 Displacement is defined as “Diverting emotional feelings (usually anger) from their original source to a substitute target.” This frequently occurs in families where we often see the father getting mad at the mother. The mother then takes her anger out on her son, the son in turn yells at his little sister, the little sister kicks the dog, and the dog bites the cat. Another example would obviously be a boxer taking out his frustration on a punching bag or an opponent.

4. Projection

 Projection is defined as “Attributing one’s own thoughts, feelings, or motives to another.” This characteristic is not uncommon, and we have probably all witnessed it. An angry man might accuse others of being hostile and antagonistic. Another example might be a con-artist might be under the impression that everyone else is trying to con him or her.

5. Regression

Regression is defined as “A reversion to immature patterns of behavior.” There are plenty of examples of this (and we all know a couple we are guilty of). One of the more obvious examples might be a teenager not allowed to go on a trip for spring break, so he or she might throw a temper tantrum and scream and cry at his or her parents. Conversely, a teenager might revert back to infant behavior to receive sympathy from his or her parents.

6. Reaction Formation

 Reaction formation is one of the odder defense mechanisms, as it entails behaving completely contrary to how one truly feels. It is defined as “Behaving in a way that is exactly the opposite of one’s true feelings.” We see this all the time in relationships, where “I despise him” becomes “I love him.” Similarly, a boss might give an employee who he is frustrated with a raise.

7. Repression

Repression underlies all the others, and it is possibly the oddest of them all. Repression is defined by “Keeping distressing thoughts and feelings buried in the unconscious.” There has been much controversy over repressed memories, and many court cases as a result of this. A little girl’s memory of being molested when she was a toddler might become a repressed memory. The little girl will completely forget about this experience, until the memory might resurface years later. The trouble is, there have been various accounts of memories resurfacing that have no truth or bearing to them. Repressed memories then are unreliable and oftentimes untrue. Conversely; there have been several cases of repressed memories being accurate; one must simply take an account of a repressed memory with a grain of salt.



SOMETHING ELSE:
In keeping with our theme of work and jobs, here are some career based videos for your entertainment, thanks to YouTube.com.  Enjoy!

 







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