The Great Escape, Handcuffs & A Dash Of Begging

Im not happy because I didn't get to vanish today but thats alright. I get to take my revenge tomorrow when I escape till after New Year at 12.30pm. Sadly the boys have to wait until 3.30pm as my favourite Director is in the office & he said I could leave early because he knows how hard I've worked this past week. At last I get my reward.

On another note I shall have nightmares tonigh as I've been subjected to a number of scary conversations this afternoon regarding AF & handcuffs, AT being tied naked to a lamp post and P & prostitutes. Its wonderful working in a male dominated environment. The mind boggles to think what they'll get up to tomorrow night.

As predicted I got a nice apology by the guys for trying to organise something behind my back. On thier knees, no less but not for long as the cold that seeps through the floorboards starts penetrating your bones pretty quick. Hehe. R has been begging me all day to go out with them tomorrow but Im not in the mood now. Besides they're going to one of the most boring pubs in the world ever.

On a lighter note, my Xmas wish has kind of been answered as we came into work this morning to find our toilets had been unblocked and are in full working order. Yay!

There is one thing thats been getting my goat all week; bloody clients that phone up, go through the entire booking process then say "oh I'll phone you back to confirm it. Don't put it in the diary yet." So I don't & come next year when they have no buses they'll be on the phone moaning "but I booked it in December" and I'll say, no, you went through the details but didn't want it booking till you spoke to your boss. You never called back to confirm & Im not a bloody mind reader.

This job would be great if it wasnt for people.

TJ

PS I haven't gone mad - I know Emma & Darren are no more but I like this pic of them & as its my blog, I can put what I like on it so there.

One Is Not Amused ... But Then PMT Does That To A Girl

I'm not amused by todays events. Some "joker" & Im not sure who but I have my suspicions, stuck a sticker he'd made onto my computer screen during my afternoon off yesterday. I don't mind stickers, usually I love them but when it says "strictly chore free zone" on it Im not amused. Especially when I do all the work that keeps us ticking along while our bosses are away. The guys are practically on vacation themselves.

Rs been christmas shopping again, JK's vanished - he really should have his own stage act; he's that good - Bs also disappeared but with a bus. Which we need. P too hasnt been sighted the last few days and even the chav's we have on placement from one of those pointless schemes that "give young people the opportunity to see how it is out in the workplace" have been going home at 11am all this week.

Im tired of gathering them all into a little group or more accurately cornering them while they are all on their tea break in the kitchen, the social hub of our office. There's only one way in & out & once Im standing in that doorway they have no where to hide. Not that they listen to me, otherwise I wouldn't have to rant here.

A feeling T (yay! he showed his face for the first time in ages - Merry Xmas babe! xx) echoed when he popped in bearing gifts & mince pies. He gave me a Johnny Depp / Pirates of the Caribbean mug. Mmm, Johnny Depp. I'd almost forgotten about you since I discovered Darren B.... Uh where was I? Oh yes. T said if the boys behaved themselves I'd have nothing to moan about & therefore no amusing blog. HIs words, not mine. I don't find my rants funny. They are deadly serious. But I guess he's right. Mind you I missed a trick - I could have got him to unblock our drains while he was here. Damn. Oh well, I have a new wish for Santa instead of a Christian Dior diamond watch I saw while out shopping yesterday (all hail Dior!) - decent plumbing.

Also while I was off, a xmas drink (yes another one) was organised. Im not invited. Nice. I only found out because volunteer AF let slip as he presumed I was already aware of it. I haven't said I know about it, except now so you lot reading this tonight can grovel tomorrow and I'm not interested in going anyway, not after the last time.

Merry Xmas everyone

Love

TJ

Ice Ice Baby, Going Awol & It Wouldn't Be Xmas Without The Ewww

There's really only one thing I can moan about today - the office heating. Or lack there of. It was absolutely perishing in the office today, including in me & I usually have the warmest area as the heater is adjacent to my desk. Of course having three unchivalrous guys standing right in front of the only source of heat doesnt help the warmth circulate very well. So living up to my usually undeserved nickname of "rottweiler" I told them to piss off back to their own ice boxes and get some work done.

While I'm here I've found something else to moan about. JK's incompetance. At least I think it is. It was all hands on deck this morning when volunteer driver JM didn't show up for his job. Luckily I found replacement in P though it was actually his day off today. JM called me some 30 minutes later to say he'd got JK's message of "Where are you??" and that he was ill in bed & had been there since yesterday. He knew he wouldn't be able to drive today so he'd sent JK a text on Sunday afternoon which would have given him ample-ish time to find a replacement.

Either JK obviously doesn't checnk his texts of it went astray but either way once again I had to sort out his mess and its starting to grate off me. Of course its probably the PMT talking which goes some way to explaining why the guys are treading very carefully around me - all false happy moods, inane grinning, bringing me cups of coffee, handfuls of chocolates or a biscuit unasked - that kind of thing. Which is uncharacteristic behaviour for all of them. You can tell its Xmas.

And finally:- the Ewww. The toilets have backed up again and we have no idea when they are going to be fixed. The site manager was no use on that score and R is refusing to help us out because last time he got badgered by his wife for days afterwards. The big wuss. I am tempted to close the office on Health & Safety grounds. I mean its can't be very hygienic can it?? Its all getting beyond a joke now but at least its proof we aren't to blame as this has happened over the weekend & we don't work weekends but lo & behold the block we believe are the culprits do work weekends. Coincidence? We don't think so. Maybe its now time for me to take up JK's suggestion from the last episode of blocked drains.

Well it is Xmas.

Ciao

TJ

Good Old British Folk - You Never Disappoint

as in .... Emma & Darren as the best all round dancers have been voted out od SCD & miss their place in the Grand Final next while two cricketers battle it out between them. I can't help thinking this may have something to do with England's dismal performance down-under & people are voting for Matt & Mark by way of some kind of weird compensation for the sport of cricket.

I mean Matt is the underdog & as we as a nation always support the underdog its not really a suprise he's in it & as I've said before about Mark people vote for him because he is supposedly good looking. He also had an affair that lasted years behind his wife's back & she's mental for forgiving that kind of behaviour, but of course all you that vote for him coz he's "hot" good on you for rewarding a guy for being a total twat just because he has looks. Thats a fantastic message to send out to younger generations. But hey, like I said, I didn't expect anything less.

So I am forced to support Matt & Lilia purely so smug bastard doesn't win it. And Lilia is Darren's wife so I hope the Bennett household return victorious & have a Strictly wonderful Christmas & a trophy filled New Year.

Yay Xmas Is Fast Approaching!!

Absolutely nothing to rant about lately as its my favourite time of year and I am full of Xmas spirit - and I don't mean the alcoholic kind. I have been getting loads of great presents from my nice, kind & caring workmates so I can't even find anything to moan about regarding them. Even the clients are sending in huge tins of sweets & boxes of buscuits so even they are escaping my wrath.

Oh just one more thing:- Emma & Darren to win Strictly.

Still Foaming ....

... about Emma & Darren - fucking voting public. Mind you the Macdonald Brothers have only just been kicked out of X Factor & they should never have made it past week one so that goes to show the mentality of those in a voting position. No the wonder they don't recognise talent when they see it.

Also fed up of the guys being useless & leaving me to do all the work. It'll get worse when our bosses E & J go on holiday for a fortnight starting next Thursday so I'm sure I'll be ranting double time on the run up to christmas. On the plus side we break up 22 Dec & I'm not back at work till 8 Jan. Aah finally I can get some peace.

Ciao

TJ

Eww

The toilets backed up again at work - wonderful - & we are still waiting for the on site maintenance guy to come and sort the problem out since the last time it happened a few weeks ago. We were without the brave R who is off for a couple of days so he couldn't temporarily sort it even though it goes above & beyond his call of duty & we are paying massive charges for the "service" we receive from the on site maintenance guy.

JK suggested I offer to show him my rude bits as it may make him more keen to come & fix our problems instead of avoiding us for weeks on end. Cheeky twat. I mean what do I get out of all this? Its my dignity I'd be sacrificing. Chocolate, JK said - he'd see to it personally. He knows me too well, mind I'm sure I can sue him for that type of inappropriate remark nowadays.

So I called the site manager & he came to see us straight away without a hint of him trying to blame me for it being blocked for once. And the reason for it backing up this time?? Too much toilet paper down the toilet. Sometimes I think he tells us anything. I'll tell you whats wrong - the plumbing system on this business park is disgraceful. It hasn't been maintained properly despite the large amount of money they get for supposedly doing just that and now we are all paying the price. Especially our office as its the last port of call for all the nast sewerage.

Having siad that we never had any bother at the beginning of the year, its only since the office block just along from ours became occupied have we been getting this trouble. Oh well. Guess we'll just have to get used to it & pray we get a brand new purpose built site when this place finally gets the go-ahead to be demolished.

Urgh I need a bath after all that dirty talk. Ciao

TJ

Fucking British Voting Public

Emma & Darren scored the highest marks of the evening with two sensational dances (pics to follow next week) and still ended up in the bottom two & only just managed to survive being knocked out. Other couples clearly made mistakes while they were foot perfect. No couple scoring three 10s should have been in their position. What the hell is the British voting public thinking? Based on this evidence I shudder to think who will get voted in come the next General Election.