Yes..

I did walk out yesterday, but only because I thought I’d slap the sales director.
First, I told my boss everything, then lost my temper, drank copious quantities of coffee, went home, hugged the cats and finally went back to the office…calm. (He (as in sales person) had left…had a burst water main emergency…).
My boss is cool by the way.

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Excuse(s) of the day…

Today’s been a farce where our sales team are concerned (with the exception of one, seasoned salesman)…
1. One had to leave half-way through a webex (by corporate) due to an emergency at home (the same one with the horse emergency yesterday)
2. One was late joining the call because of a prior appointment…of which his boss was [...]

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Why do I care…?

I’ve just been told by someone that works for me that my nerves are going to be shot if I keep worrying about the state of play here. She’s probably right, but I am trying to get to the bottom of what’s broken, why this doesn’t work, and what we can do about it. I [...]

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Taken for granted

I had a call from my mum today about a familiar problem in the area we’re from in Scotland – water – or the lack of it (er, yes, I know…Scotland and a lack of water…).
Since I was a little girl, our water supply came off the hill from a land drain. About 150 years [...]

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3BTs – soya latte, plans, weekend

1. driving to work, stopping at Starbucks for a soya latte and not spilling the contents over the car on the way to the office!
2. finding out that six of us will be able to meet soon to catch up, eat, drink and have fun
3. thoughts of the weekend – only two days away – [...]

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Excuse of the day…

Today’s gem:
“I’m late because when I got up this morning there were 12 horses in my field and I didn’t know what to do”.
Genius. The person in question even said:
“I bet you’ve not heard this excuse before”.
Classic.

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Sunshine = more pubs

It’s the weekend, the sun is shining so it’s time to go for a beer. Into the car, top down, through the country lanes to a local village. We seek out the one recommended by the website we regularly look at and end up having a rather quick beer (well, a cola for me) before [...]

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Another pub…

Forgot to mention I went to another local pub last week after work…
The Boot, Bracknell (?/5) – don’t feel I can really comment on the pub, as we sat outside…but it seemed to be an interesting place. There was a biker wedding happening inside (or so I’m told)… And an interesting crowd on the patio! [...]

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Babies…

Over the past week I’ve had lots of interaction with various babies… My god-daughter, and the two daughters of friends – staying with me while building work is completed on their house.
My god-daughter is adorable. She was one year old last week – and at her party was delightful! Today she got a call from [...]

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Recent blog entries

I apologise that work has dominated somewhat… I think work is on the mind rather a lot. It’s all the nonsense that goes with it. Oh dear.
I intend to rectify the recent posts (aka rants) about work over the coming days. I have other activities going on which will distract me from the torrent of [...]

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