Today at work we had a local bike shop set up a stall at lunchtime, offering 15% staff discounts at their shop to try and tempt us out of our cars and into accident and emergency onto bicycles. All very worthy, and they do have an extensive catalogue. I would be interested to see how […]
Entries Tagged as 'Work'
Economy measures
June 9th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Work
Like any other sensible company is doing in the current economic climate the one I work for is trying to spend less, starting with cutting out un-necessary expenditure – nothing that wouldn’t make sense even in happier times. Amongst the instructions we have been given was one to spend company money as if it was […]
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Long day
June 8th, 2009 · Comments Off on Long day · Work
For a change I had a work-related trip abroad that even I couldn’t wring a bit of enjoyment out of. I like to arrange schedules so that there is a little scope for sightseeing, photography, shopping or museum-visiting but this time it all went horribly wrong. Started at Crawley station just after 6:00am. Met my […]
Waste of time
May 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Life, Work
Got back from France just after 11pm tonight.  The whole trip turned out to be the biggest waste of time imaginable. I travelled on Monday so I could go to a couple of meetings on Tuesday, but the meetings got cancelled – notification came through mid-afternoon.  The only problem was that nobody could get hold […]
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Homework
March 16th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Music, Work
A trip to visit somebody in head office this afternoon gave me a chance to catch up on some homework. It is a 30 to 45-minute drive each way and no chance of distractions – I do not have a company mobile phone and certainly no hands-free kit so no chance of phone calls. It […]
A bad day?
March 10th, 2009 · Comments Off on A bad day? · Work
A fair definition of a bad day would be realising that it is eleven hours since you arrived at work and you are still there. That sort of sums up today, but it didn’t feel bad – probably a combination of having done a bit of work I was proud of and a colleague bringing […]
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Something for nothing
March 9th, 2009 · Comments Off on Something for nothing · Life, Work
There might be a catch but I haven’t found it yet: just a few limitations.  Today there was a stall at work manned by people from something called Easit. They gave us photocards that we can use to get 20% discounts on rail travel.
A good day?
March 9th, 2009 · Comments Off on A good day? · Work
If its a work day then I reckon its a good day if you finish more things than you start, end the day with fewer e-mails in the inbox than when you arrived in the morning, and leave the premises without doing any unpaid overtime. By those criteria today was bloody awful, but I still […]
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To L and back
March 6th, 2009 · Comments Off on To L and back · Work
I had to visit Leicester for work today, which involved driving all the way there (about 140-150 miles) and back again.   To make matters worse, my colleague who was going with me had a doctor’s appointment so we could not leave until about 10:00am.  This added a lot of stress to the day because my […]
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