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Spent the last couple of days training pretty 20 year old girls. Now I’m drinking cherry beer. All is well.
It was my 26th birthday on Saturday, so I called up work at midday, had a cough down the phone a bit, then went off with Duncan & Amelia for my birthday treat meal in the American-style burger bar. It … Continue reading
I generally hate memes, quizzes, etc
But these are pretty cool. The Expatriate Achtung! You are 30% brainwashworthy, 18% antitolerant, and 4% blindly patriotic Congratulations! You are not susceptible to brainwashing, your values and cares extend beyond the borders of your own country, and your Blind … Continue reading
When I was applying for jobs back in November and was offered this one I took it on the condition that it was just customer services and not sales. And so it was. Then last month we had a training … Continue reading
9am this morning
Me: “Good Morning. You’re through to James in customer services. Can I just confirm that you’re the principal cardholder?” Old Man: “Er… no. Listen.” Me: “Ok.” Old Man: “I tried to call you yesterday but couldn’t get through. I listen … Continue reading
Why I don’t write a “political blog”
Today I’ve been mainly reading the talkboards on the Guardian website, which are filled with accusations and willful misunderstanding, then various political blogs, the writers of which are piling out essays with opinions by the bucketload. It always goes the … Continue reading
So, you could say it was a different day today. Bad, obviously, but it also felt like we were living through some history, instead of the daily trudge, though the only incident down here in Brighton was the closure of … Continue reading
I remember when they used to call the summer the ‘silly season’ because there was no proper news to report.
8pm: Just had to take a call from someone I spoke to last night and go through exactly the same things at the same extensive length I did yesterday. He said I’d put his mind at rest, again, hope whoever he speaks to … Continue reading
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