remember sara ? well, she’s leaving to go round the world tomorrow so she had a do this evening.
i was only there for a short while as i had to go to another event with MPs, Cabinet Members, Lords, Earls and … Floella Benjamin (the beaded hair children’s presenter from my youth) !
today is a day of reading regulatory documents, hence nothing exciting is likely to happen. which is a shame. but there we go. i’ll keep you posted.
i work with this chap. he’s decided to take a photo of himself every day. i like that idea. a lot. he also takes photos of road paint. another good idea
click the pictures for more of the sane same:
what better way to start the week than with a picture of pete. this is him viewed through the safety glass in the office door.
the new carpet has arrived and it looks good. they’ve done a very nice job which is rare in these days of cowboy builders (never trust a workman on a horse, or indeed one carrying a gun)
i’ll be here there and everywhere today. hopefully nothing will go pie-shaped.
odd job pete showed me how to bind a document today. i chose to bind a copy of the RIPA. Pete taught me well and said “you can do this bit, it’s easy” or words to that effect.
i inserted my document in to the squasher and ended up with this mess:
after a happy 10 minutes unpicking the metal bits, pete himself inserted the document and got a perfect result. i didn’t take a photo of pete’s one as it was too good.
i’m doomed to a life of hamfistedness
i know you like pictures of random people, so here is another one.
this is a man who doesn’t work in our building. he works in another building. but he turned up here today. and he was quite soggy hence the kagoool
whatever happened to sally, sara and ash you ask ? well, when i moved downstairs they moved over to our other office. Since i was there for the monday-morning meeting i popped in to say hello.
Sara wasn’t there, but sally and ash both say hello. Here they are with their window view. they can see a golfing man on a rooftop and a big red helicopter.
Later, i arrived back at my desk to be informed that the carpets on the stairwell are being replaced so we’ve got to use the lift today.
Here is walter explaining the carpet situation:
a late office xmas lunch today at the place which sells gypsy’s arms. This time we had meat on a stick dangling from a fancy hook thing.
There aren’t that many vertical foods. kebabs are the only ones i can think of. i’m sure others can think of food which is served skyward.
companies are a lot more interested in their employees welfare these days. not just at work, but at home too. they realise that a good home life is as important a motivator as a fat pay cheque.
they’ve obviously concluded that children aren’t part of this plan as they have provided some sterilising tablets for our consumption.
They have recently appeared next to our drinks machine, so possibly we have already been consuming them without realising it ? the proof – in the three weeks since i moved floor, no one from the office has got pregnant.
it’s the first day back to work for most people so transport misery is guaranteed. so i decided to beat they system and get up at 5am instead of 6am and arrive at work an hour earlier at 7.10am, which meant arriving at paddington at 6.30. this idea was kezia’s. she helped me by shouting and crying from 4.30 thus preventing any further sleep from occuring.
getting IN to the office at that time proved more of a challenge than getting out of bed.
troubled with spam ? want to complain to the official body responsible for policing spam in the UK ?
if so, then you’ll want to print off this massive form and post it to them.
like how long is that going to take ? good to see they’ve got the hang of this modern technology thing.
there were no cups in the drinks machine this morning so it wouldn’t dispense. a very nice man came along and it turns out there were cups in there, but just not in the right place. these things happen occasionally apparently.
i complimented the man on his machine, because it’s the first drinks machine i’ve found which dispenses drinks of hot water which actually tastes nice. Usually selecting ‘hot water’ is just a pipe cleaning option which ends up tasting like old tea/coffee.
“how so” ? i asked. “here so” he replied and pointed to the dedicated hot water pipe (the white one on the right)
pete has featured widely just recently. the reason, of course, is because he is so blog worthy. he also enjoys seeing himself on the internet (he’s of that generation). hello pete !
i spotted him coming out the equipment room this morning wearing his blue house coat with pen in top pocket and a clip board. you don’t get much better than that.
i’m hoping he’ll get a pair of safety glasses for christmas to set the whole look off
here we are at our office christmas party.
here is rather nice red juice stain from my sweet
it was never like this on the 3rd floor. following the american example of ‘whooping up the day’, pete and i did brief spot of competitive juggling. needless to say, the multi-tasking master beat me hands down.
here is pete. he’s the first aid bloke, and configures our telephone exchange. he’s also the cleaning man.
i’ve never had my own office before, and i suspect i won’t have for much longer after this. they can take away my office but they can’t take away the memories !
here it is from the inside:
and here is a from the outside.
opening party at 4pm. be there or be elsewhere …
update:
walter getting ready and the main door opening ceremony:
the opening of my office and harry’s office:
laura was concerned that you might all still be worried about her thumb after the incident on wednesday.
the good news is she is still alive, the bad news is the thumb has turned a different colour
apparently laura went to the cinema last night and removed the plaster so she could enjoy an unimpeded cinematic experience. unfortunately this may have been a little premature and the open wound, in conjunction with a bag of salted popcorn proved a little painful.
she was very keen to point out that she does wash her hands and that the grit and grime on her thumb is probably gangreen or something.
pete , the first aid bloke, was unavailable for comment.