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Posted on 11/12/2004 by haonowshaokao

I’m a little bored this weekend, wondering a little what I’m doing in Brighton too. Less than half a year remains until I enter the late twenties and my creative workload is going to have to pick up sharpish in … Continue reading →

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More shop talk

Posted on 10/12/2004 by haonowshaokao

Last phonecall before the weekend today was a woman who had been left by her husband with two disabled kids and horrific debts. She was sobbing down the phone to me for a quarter of an hour. For some reason … Continue reading →

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Posted on 09/12/2004 by haonowshaokao

Interesting call today. The guy ended by saying “no offence to you, James, but may Lloyds TSB Card Services rot in hell” then hung up. Yesterday morning there was some guy who couldn’t believe we had the temerity to charge … Continue reading →

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Posted on 07/12/2004 by haonowshaokao

On returning home last night, there was my new computer, waiting for me in the hallway. I plugged it in and had a look. It was exactly as I wanted until ten minutes later it turned itself off and then … Continue reading →

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Posted on 06/12/2004 by haonowshaokao

Another weekend. Went to some place called the Engine Rooms with 4 or 5 other people who were all doing pills, though I wasn’t. Was ok. Then we went to a party in a cupboard and after I tried in … Continue reading →

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Posted on 28/11/2004 by haonowshaokao

The weekend is almost over already and there hasn’t been a great deal of interest to report. We did have a party last night, I suppose. It was ok, though short because everyone decided to go out to some bar … Continue reading →

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Posted on 26/11/2004 by haonowshaokao

My week is done, I am a free man for two days. Last night I went out to celebrate the weekend a little prematurely. Rich was DJing at Fitzherberts, as were a good few other people. I was introduced to … Continue reading →

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Posted on 25/11/2004 by haonowshaokao

Nearing the end of my first training week at the call centre now, and it is all going a lot better than I had imagined. The people all seem to be pretty nice as a whole, the atmosphere not as … Continue reading →

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Posted on 22/11/2004 by haonowshaokao

So that was the first big weekend of the winter. Started Friday with confirmation that my future career was indeed Callcentre Operative. I bought a shirt, washed my trousers and went out with Charlie and some of her gang to … Continue reading →

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Posted on 16/11/2004 by haonowshaokao

This morning I had another aptitude test at ‘Office Angels’ to see if I would be a spineless and well-behaved contract slave. I think I lied fairly convincingly. Then on to Ladbrokes, where I appear to have been offered a … Continue reading →

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