Last night I arrived at
work a few minutes early and so had time to have a look on Facebook
on my phone. Terrible news...
In a previous life I was
a manager. Over twenty years I employed many people and trained them
up to state registration. I remember them all; most with affection. I
certainly remember... well, I won't name this person, but she was a
lovely person to work with. Aimiable, willing, keen. She soon passed
her exams, and secured promotion to a managerial position of her own
in another place of work.
She's been victimised and
sacked on trumped-up charges. Having "been there done that"
myself I immediately sent her a message of support, and spent a
little while messaging to and fro. Having had a little experience of
this I thought I might be of some help, but realistically all I could
say was that after four years it doesn't hurt *quite* so much. I wish
I could do more to help.
I went into work, and
bearing in mind how quiet the last few sessions were, I had a
surprisingly busy night. As I worked I listened to the radio. In
amongst the usual drivel in the middle of the night was a reading
from a new
James Bond book which included some previously unpublished work
by Ian Fleming himself.
Having read all the
original James Bond books this one didn't sound too shabby at all.
But ten quid for an e-book is not cheap.
My phone beeped a few
minutes before 7am. A new geocache had gone live not far off of my
way home. I didn't think the First to Find would still be there by
the time I might get there, but it wasn't too far out of my way to
have a look. I had a look; no one else had gone for it. So after
making very hard work of it I manaaged to claim a cheeky FTF.
I came home and took
"Furry Face TM" round the park. We
walked slowly; my dog tends to straggle. I was fiddling about on my
phone whilst we wandered off of the lead. As I fiddled I heard a
screech of bicycle brakes and turned to see a young lady cyclisst who
had clearly had to stop far too quickly. She smiled politely at me;
it *might* not have been him wandering under the bike again
but he does seem to make a habit of doing so.
Once home I had a spot of
brekkie whilst watching this week's episode of "The Muppets"
and was then in bed fast asleep well before 11am. For once the phone
didn't ring all day long.
I slept for nearly six
hours, and over second brekkie watched "Upstairs Downstairs".
Miss Elizabeth had taken on Mrs Fellowes who wasn't up for much
beyond cutlets and trifle, but what do you expect for thirty quid a
year.
Much as I like the night
shifts it does make for dull days...
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