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I came in this morning to find out that I am the only person in the building (all other offices have a day off) that said a few of the sales team are creeping in now for no reason at all so I feel less 'alone' so to speak..
I'm going to knock off in a few hours as there's bugger all to do..
Working Christmas Eve - Bah Humbug..
So who else is here ?
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I'm at home but about to go to work. There was a late Christmas party last night and I've just had a call to say that FOUR!!! people are already at work. What the fuck has happened to the world? It's only 9:50 at the moment! Some people have been in since nin o'clock, THE DAY AFTER THE OFFICE PARTY!!!. I don't understand. I woke up fully clothed on my sofa at 8 AM and thought, "well, at least I don't have to go in for a good few hours yet, it's the day after the office party."
I wish I wasn't a freelancer and then I could just not go in at all. That would be good. Get paid, stay in bed.
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Yeah. I'm starting to think I've had enough of freelancing / contracting. Where's the fun? Where are the perks? Sure, you get tax-deductible expenses, but surely my THIRTY DAYS PAID HOLIDAY that I'd get from a permanent job would more than counterbalance said expenses? GAH.
eta: Messenger do a web-only version that you don't have to download! I am so all over that shit today.
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In a bid to add a little excitement to the day I have removed my trousers. I'm typing a la commando. So, I'm hoping no-one decides to come into work now. Or do I ? Hmmmm. Where's the feckin photocopier ?
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I thought it would be International Take-it-easy Day today too, so I took my time at home and got in to the office at about half nine only to find there's more people in than on a normal day, and they all turned to look at me as I walked in. This is probably the worst group of people I've ever worked with. Humourless, sad fuckers that all suffer from "presenteeism" as they call it, never seem to go home and if you mention that they are contractors and are only paid to do 7hrs 20mins a day they look at you like you're some kind of Communist agitator. Strange things, people.
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I am here. I got here 10 mins ago and leave in an hour and a half. There is no-one "in my area" of the office and I have just eaten the last chocolate from my boss's advent calender. Hurrah!
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Right here kids.
Nobody's doing anything though. Gay Julian is singing along to Michael Bolton's classic rendition of 'Santa Claus is coming to Town', my boss has just wandered past to top up my glass of Champagne and Jamie and Chris in Output have just emailed to say they have mince pies and bucks fizz downstairs with my name on. AND I discovered today that it is possible to blag anyone, even big multinational chemists, if you're convincing enough. I have my bag of presents and my suitcase next to me, my mother's parmesan sweating slightly next to my heater which I now have to share with NO-ONE, and Michael is now singing 'O Holy Night'. Fall on your knees indeed Michael.
However, despite my idealised work-type festive situation, I would fucking kill to be out of here. I have to haul my bags across town drunk to get on a lonely train home and then BANG tomorrow it's Christmas, that's it, I've been totally deprived of any kind of fun buildup my boyfriend has left me my family is all together and has been since Monday....champagne and pretty scruffy output boys and Bolton are no cure for loneliness.
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quote:Originally posted by glinda: Puzzled.
Is a body's place of employment normally announced to all after one's first post?
No - there's just a poster called fish who works at the bbc and is famous for turning up under a variety of pseudonyms. Hello glinda.
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i got a festive £1200 pay rise yesterday, and the md has just told me i got a fantastic result with one of my more difficult buyers, so i'm feeling quite good. also, tim has come into work in a "festive" shirt which makes him look like an extra from a gay bar scene in miami vice.
what i am not looking forward to is the drive up to yarkshu' this evening after a full day here.
merry easter all!
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I am here, bunged up with a horrible cold with a tedious press release to finish by midday. Feeling rage at the smug fucks striking on the Piccadilly line and forcing me to bus it into work and making me early, as I expected queues and crowds of last minute shoppers. There were none.
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No, last week hon. The one in the BBC you mean? Or did you see someone who looks quite like me? This is not unusual - being blessed with a generic face shape and mannerisms (I'm told) people tend to see me all over...
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My daily kegel exercises are allowing me to hit the space key with no hands. ' ' see ? Its probably against Health & Safety, could have someone's eye out. oh I dunno though, why stop now, just when I'm hating it.
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Yo. Bitches. Come back out.
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quote:Originally posted by scrawny: No, last week hon. The one in the BBC you mean? Or did you see someone who looks quite like me? This is not unusual - being blessed with a generic face shape and mannerisms (I'm told) people tend to see me all over...
Do you work at the BBC too? How strange. If you're involved in programming then... oh dear... although I am too lowly to spend time with the great and the good.
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O lol - I think I have the publications manager trapped! His desk is upstairs from mine but to get to it he has to go through my bit of the office. I thought he wasn't in today as he wasn't in yesterday but then about 5 mins ago I saw him go past out of my peripheral vision. Then I had to go over the other side of the office to get something and I heard someone come in through the door then do a swift about-turn and go back out again and it was him! Heheh - he can't avoid me forever! The only way to get back to his desk is by going past me!
Gosh, when did I become Bridget Jones?
Well, incidentally, to those of you who remember my lustings after my lovely ladyboss, I found out the other week that she has occasional bi-tendencies also and had a scene with her PA before me! Unfortunately, as it took me a year to find that out we are now too close friends for anything to happen. Still, gives me something to think about to pass the day away.
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quote:Originally posted by glinda: Do you work at the BBC too?
Nay. I wish. I have a friend who has managed to take starfucking to an entire new level by helping out at Top of the Pops and escorting the stars from interview to interview.
Thankyou for the grope London! I have just started writing the note to my colleague working between Christmas and New year to explain what I have and have not done of my list. So far percentage of things not done 100, percentage of things done 0.
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Amsterdam is a ghost town today, there's no traffic, no noise, no people. The sun is shining down; its warm(ish) and silent.
It's a little freaky actually, almost but not quite as strange as Christmas day itself when town centers all over the UK are turned into playgrounds for those who want to reenact 28days later...
Half past twelve and the day is slipping by like an unconscious drunk dreaming of a hangover.
What's it like where you are ?
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