Selfishness, Can You Keep A Secret & You're Fired! - I Wish

All hail Sir Alan! He totally rocks & as a self made millionaire, is an inspiration to us all.

Anyway today Js back to her brilliant best & has been giving our fuel suppliers merry hell as they keep over charging us. She was also on the warpath over a supposed coffee thief. Lets face it, we now have 9 people in the office that drink coffee as opposed to just 3 & if you think most of them have between 3 - 5 cups a day each then of course we will be using coffee quicker than when we were at our old building. I tried to point this out but she is still adamant someones stealing it.

One of three things that narked me today was that you can't have a private conversation in this place. I told someone something in confidence - we established it was a convo that would go no further before we even started it! But someone else has come into my office this morning saying the exact key line I told this other guy & its not a phrase anyone else is likely to use. it's kind of unique to me so I know this convo has been repeated to a third party. Im not happy. When the offender returns to work tomorrow there will be quiet but heated words. Strictly confidential means don't tell anyone about it, God damn it.

The second thing to annoy me was sheer selfishness & greed. I went into the kitchen to dish out some updates to R & AT & there had piles of donuts & cakes on the table. If us office staff bring anything in, we always share with everyone, including drivers & volunteers. I personally didn't want any of it anyway (I dont stay thin without some effort), I just thought it was really selfish coz I made a resolution to myself last night that Im going to be less selfish & self absorbed & think about others more.

The third thing is the lack of understanding & support I have regarding a recently developed obssessive behaviour compulsion. It started about five or six week ago. I like my stuff (y'know post-it notes, desk tidy etc) in a certain order & in a certain place lined up at the front of my desk. Its started to bug me when someone borrows something & doesn't put it back in the exact place they got it from. I have to literally dive upon the item & put it back in its correct place. So now of course the boys being childish boys find in incredibly funny to move my stuff slightly out of position. Actually I've noticed its mostly just my stapler that bears the brunt of their abuse. They won't be laughing when the red mist descends & I pick them off one by one. Its very nearly PMT time boys.

You have been warned.

TJ

Holidays From Hell Part 2 & By Jove She's Got It

The subject of holidays reared its ugly head again. I'm the only one not to have put in a request form for my main holiday. The only time I have booked off so far is 5 days over New Year & a day off for my sisters graduation in July although I'm possibly looking at a week off in the back end of August. The reason the hoo ha started again is because J's looking for another hokiday - possibly another week in Benidorm - but she can't say when for. She issued a statement to me this morning that I might not get the week I want off it it clashes with hers. this didn't bother me coz I'm past caring now but it narked the boys. Their loyalty is sweet.

Their argument was its unfair to me coz J's alreay had two holidays this year & has her main one booked for September which is when I wanted to go away in the first place but couldn't because of her & then I couldn't even have the 3rd & 4th week of September as JK sneaked his in for then. Even this doesn't bother me now though it did at the time.

She also said I wasn't going to be allowed to use all my days up in February either. Im sorry but who the fuck made her God? This bit pissed me off. I mean just when CAN I take time off & how come no one else gets told when they can / can't be off? ANd why can't I have my main hols in feb when she can have two weeks at the end of March when its Year End closing time & everyone goes into panic mode coz they ain't been invoiced by us yet & they have to close their accounts too & Im left to deal with all the flack?! Funnily enough she had no answers to my questions. As D said yesterday; its one rule for her & another four us. And you know the worst part? You can't even complain to management coz effectively she IS the management.

On the subject of D (who was at college today) she is on her final warning for time keeping & just seems to always bring trouble upon herself: as in she left a list of dates when we are fully booked out on her desk. I mean us old hands automatically know we are fully booked up until after the schools break up in late July so no one's got a cat in hells chance of getting anything till after then. Anyway J hit the roof, ranting that how the hell did D know when we are fully booked & that its not her place to decide if we are fully booked or not - so D's going to get it in the neck tomorrow. Being the nice, kind person I am I text her a warning to be prepared for one hell of a barrage from J.

I didn't totally escape Js wrath though - I got a mild telling off for giving drivers their worksheets coz its JKs job. But I pointed out that when he's vanished without a trace & the drivers are due out on said job, what am I supposed to do?! I can't just tell them to piss off, which is effectively what I've been told to do. I mean how are the drivers supposed to know where they are going if they aren't told & who will be the one to deal with moaning clients when they aren't picked up?? Me. Sometimes a bit of flexibility within the workplace goes a long way. You can't stick rigidly to job descriptions coz the working world would collapse without people covering each others jobs now & again.

On a lighter note T brought me the other cds he promised me; The Barber of Seville & a box set containing Wagners, The Rhinegold / Valkyre / Siegfried & Twilight of the Gods, which I KNOW didn't come cheap. So thank you babes. Even if I was less than enthusiastic at first, I'm sure you'll convert me yet! xx

Ciao for now

TJ

Happy St Georges Day & Make Me A Lady

Happy St George's Day... though if you are anything like my work mates you won't even have been aware of it. I mean we all manage to celebrate being Irish (St Patricks day) yet NO ONE bothers to celebrate being English in case it offends the foreigners in this country - except this one house I pass on the way to work. He had Cross of St George flags covering all 3 of his street facing windows - well done mate.

Not much to report really except our Filipino lesson continued & we learned the words (please ignore the spelling as I've wrote them the way you literally pronounce them otherwise I'll forget!), "corrie oss" meaning post, "ma hal kita" meaning I love you, "sue mad ree a key" meaning your mother is here & "bal lay"meaning ok. I use the later quite a lot!

Oh almost forgot. Last Wednesday, P one of our drivers bumped into a car but he didn't mention it to us although according to P there was no damage to the car or the bus. The first thing we knew about the incident was when the bloke whose car it was had left a message on our answer machine saying that if we didn't phone him back within 24 hours he was coming to knock on our door with the police. So E phoned him back (never once did he haul this P in to tell him off, which quite frankly I find bad management) & the guy agreed to bring his car down to the office for us to inspect the damage.

When the guy arrived he gave verbal abuse to AT who he wrongly assumed was the driver that crashed into his car purely because he was in our companies' uniform.... as were six other drivers at the time. Honestly, some people. E went out to have a look at the car & apparently the front bumper was badly damaged while this guy was giving verbal & acting aggressive all the time, so E told him to leave & kicked him off the site. E believes the damage wasn't done by a bus & we've had enough scrapes with cars to know what typical damage looks like & as I pointed out if that damage had been done on Wednesday afternoon, why would you wait until Monday morning to phone the company about it??!! It doesn't add up. We think he's had a bump over the weekend & is trying to blame us for his insurance claim. Well he can join the queue - we still have an outstanding claim with a woman from last year.

And finally, I feel like Im starring in My Fair Lady coz T is trying to make me more cultured. It'll be how to talk & walk properly next! I stayed over at his on Saturday & we listened to the Nabucco & Carmen cds he gave me (he's also giving me some more once he finds them!) & they were ok. Having said that, I've always wanted to see Carmen anyway so he's not claiming the credit for that one. I don't mind when its in English, just when its in Italian / French coz I can't be arsed to read the translation. If I were fluent in French / Italian it probably would be ok but Im not - although at this rate I'll be word perfect in Filipino in no time. Im not sure how useful that will be except for when I go on my swanky cruises & the majority of staff are Filipino.

Ciao for now!

TJ

Rude?? Moi?! & Try Something New Today

For the past few weeks I have been enjoying the delightful David Tennant as the Doctor in his second season of Dr Who. He's been a highly rated actor of mine since I discovered him in the BBC2 series "Casanova" a few years although my mam had known him long before that but I didn't watch those dramas at the time. I love the energy & enthusiasm he puts into a role. However I still can't get used to his scottish accent in real life when he does TV interviews!

JK is foolishly trying to teach me & D a new language - Filipino. I have no idea why. Anyway I can't spell the words so I can't type them here but I know how to say "I love you" / "Good morning" & "thank you" ... which sounds like its spelled "sallamat" but I can tell you now that it wont be! D is also attempting to teach me French (she's got no chance as I learned sweet FA in 5 years at school) while I was telling JK some choice words in German & Arabic. Its actually pretty amazing what you can pick up on your travels & not realise it.

There's been hell on at work since last Thursday when our Broadband went down & as we do a lot of correspondence by e-mail it has been causing no end of trouble. J is threatening to go off on the sick with stress coz she's sick of phoning the BT (yes, Im naming & shaming coz they are shit) call centre & getting no where. An engineer was supposed to come out today between 8am & 1pm but lo & behold they didn't. Another phone call to moan at the call centre shed a bit of light on the reason for the no show: apparently we have no maintenance policy with BT so they can't send an engineer out.

Bullshit. We signed & moreover have paid for one this January & have the paperwork to prove it. Call centres are absolutely useless. On top of this our regular phone lines (also BT) are full of static, crackling noise so you can't really hear whats been said during a call. That is also causing a lot of confusion & having to repeat everything a million times is now beginning to piss me off.

And finally; JK called me into this office today to say that one of the directors AH had been on the phone to say that he's had a woman complain to him that she tried to book a bus yesterday but was told she couldn't have one when she mentioned his name & that I was rude to her. Now the truth: she called me towards the end of a shitty day & I was as pleasant as ever even though inside my head at that time of day Im cursing every twat that dares to call so late in the day. As soon as she said she was from this particular primary school I asked her if it was a AH self drive on three seperate occasions because I know this AH usually drives their buses for them. Three times she said no, it wasn't & she'd need our driver. While we had 2 buses free we had no drivers, so I told her I was very sorry but we couldn't do that day & was there any other dates I could help with? She said no & ended the call.

Where was I rude in that??!!

Sooooo this AH phoned me & booked the bus himself - a self drive which we could do. But first he grovelled to me big time saying how he knew I'd never be rude on the phone & that he knew what teachers were like & that I was a gem & he totally appreciates how much I do for the company. Arse licker... although while not entirely unpleasant I don't want him doing it!

Ciao for now xx

TJ

Argh!

Just a quickie:- J's totally got it in for D. Her latest plan is to not give her a lift to work simply because D doesn't talk in the car whereas you can't apparently shut me up! This is so D gets fed up of the long journey to work & quits. Nice.

Ive been ear marked to go on A Fire Awareness & Fire Warden Training course on 30 May as Im the only on ever in the office & don't go gallavanting every few hours. Great. I hate training courses. Mind you, if JK can do it, so can I. I said all Im interested in if there is a fire is that it would actually be warm in the office for once!

J is still pissing me off. She claims to be soooooo busy yet she still manages to poke her beak in everyone else's business when you are doing just fine without her. I had a client on hold while I was going to go across to JK's office for the diary to check some dates for her. J looms in front of my desk & asks whats going on & just to take her number & phone her back.

I said I'd already offered to do that but the lady was only going out immediately after this conversation & she wasn't in her own office so giving me this number would be pointless. Anyway long story short, I would have had this woman on hold for 15 seconds max had J let me just get on with my job instead of holding me up so that she was on hold for over 45 seconds. Honestly, I've never really noticed how much she interfere's before but in the past 10 days its been bugging me more & more.

Ciao for now

TJ

Pick Pick Pick, A Night At The Opera & Victory Is Mine!!

The Aintree dispute has been settled - Mini Cooper has decided he'll just beat me fair & square at Chester as he has no reason to cheat to win. Canny excuse. More like Im the rightful winner in the first place & all his impartial colleagues at work have told him so this morning. Either way victory is mine.

Pig sick of J nit picking at every tiny little thing with me today.... or more accurately her only knowing half a conversation & just butting in & getting to totally wrong. First she gave me a long lecture because I didn't tell a client on the phone, that they'd be charged a cancellation fee - I didnt tell her because just as I opened my mouth to do so she said quite happily "ooh I know we'll have to pay a cancellation fee & I told the girls we'd have to pay a charge .... " to which I said yes, thats right. I mean Im not going to repeay what the client has already said, where's the point in that?

She only heard half a convo later in the afternoon too. I was quite happily talking to a guy on the phone going over all the details coz he wanted to change a booking where he'd have the bus all day instead of just the afternoon because another school always has the same bus out in the morning. He said he's been in touch with the other school & they said it was fine for him to have the bus all day. Anyway I said I'd have to check that out & phone him back but it would be first thing tomorrow morning. He then asked to speak to JK (coz he knew JK wouldn't phone this other school to check it was ok & to gently remind them they'd be charged a fee for cancelling even though they hadn't actually cancelled) so I put him through but JK was out so E answered instead. I put the guy through, telling E I'd be right over to show him the booking in the diary & to not say yes until i'd phoned this other school tomorrow. He said fine. As I was about to get out my chair, J loomed in front of my desk.

Poking her nose in she aksed what was going on. I explain he wanted to change a booking. Before I had a chance to finish (IE tell her my plan of phoning the other school & reminding them about the cancellation charge) she butted in with:- "no he cant. Does the other school know they'll be charged for not having the bus"... blah blah blah. I never got to finish my sentance coz she took the diary off me & flounced off to E's office. If she just let me get on with my job for two minutes instead of sticking her beak in. Jeez.

On a somewhat random end note I have inherited T's collection of opera sung in English, cds during his clear out ready for his move to Spain. Honestly you happen to go to a free performance just once & something like this happens. On the plus side its in English. Apparently I am the only person he knows that will remotely take care of them. I pointed out wouldn't he want them in Spain but he said he'll be too busy living life to the full to stay in listening to music. So cheers. Your legacy to this world will be making me more culturally refined.

Yeah right! Ciao for now folks

TJ

And The Winner Is... A Right Royal Hoo La Baloo

A massive thanks to Hoo La Baloo (top pic), Albertas Run & Lyes Green (middle pic), Al Eile (bottom pic) along with Kings Quay who all provided us with winners on Day 3. The totals are in:-

1st place ---- TJ ---- 6 winners ---- £647.20 won

2nd place ---- Mini Cooper ---- 5 winners ---- £ 770.56 won

3rd place ---- Top Dog ---- 3 winners ---- £137.20 wond

although there is a MAJOR dispute as to who will be crowned Champion of Aintree. I believe I should because I chose the most winners which is the only rule (bar splitting all winnings 3 ways) our syndicate has. However Mini Cooper claims we tied on 5 winners apiece & that means it goes to most money won, which would mean he wins the title. He disputes my Hoo La Baloo "illegal" win as he calls it. Never was a horse so well named, I can tell you - he's causing a right old fuss!

I'll explain - Mini Cooper says the race is "illegal" because it was a charity race with unlicensed jockeys coz ordinary members of joe public were riding the horses. I say it is legal coz a) there was official betting hence I won real kudos I could feel in my hands, b) the members of the public had been living & training like a jockey for the past 10 weeks which more than qualifies them as amateur jockeys in my view. Top Dog is sensibly keeping out of it. This one could run & run & to be honest I can't see it ever being resolved. But Im not backing down because put simply I won the most races; illegal or otherwise so therefore I win the title.

Anyway as it is we turned a profit of £834.96 pence... I have no fucking idea where the 96 pence came from but there it is. One thing we have agreed on is to take £400 forward to the Guineas / Chester May meeting (where we'll promptly loose it all as we are all rubbish tipsters on the flat) & split the remaining £420 three ways for a share of £140 each. Once again Im paying off my credit card bill with my share although that totals to something in the region of £280. Oops. The £14.96 we are rounding up to a straight £15 & are graciously donating it to my main charity: Combat Stress which will almost pay a nurse for an hour for one of those ex servicemen / women in need.

Ciao for now

TJ

5 Out Of 6 Can't Be Bad!!

Day 2 & we'd like to thank Monet's Garden (the grey), Blythe Knight (the chestnut in the 2nd pic) & super filly Turbo Linn (black horse) as well as Chief Dan George (I changed my mind from Silverburn this morning as on reflection, a flat galloping track like Aintree would suit CDG much better than the undulations of Cheltenham), Aces Four & Dunbrody Millar for continuing our fabulous winning streak. Need I say we can't wait for tomorrow??!! Todays influx of winners means our inter syndicate competition is as follows:-

1st place ---- Mini Cooper ---- 4 winners (in the event of a tie, the most money won will decide the winner)

2nd place ---- TJ ---- 4 winners

3rd place ---- Top Dog ---- 2 winners

All in all Im too happy to rant with it being the weekend and all but there is something that happened today. JK made a MASSIVE mistake. We were supposed to pick up a disabled old dear from Scotland this morning but JK told the driver to pick her up from her home address. It says in the diary to pick her up from Scotland: it even says on the drivers sheets to pick her up from Scotland so I don't even know how this confusion came about. I don't know the outcome to this incident coz Ive been too busy with my own stuff... although E was frantically trying to get in touch with the woman in question.

Anyway, on to Day 3's tips:-

TJ:- 1.45 Oslot 2.15 Fair Along 2.50 Detroit City 3.25 Lyes Green (EW) 4.15 Hedgehunter / Clan Royal (EW) 5.00 L'Antartique 5.35 Aux Le Bahnn

Top Dog:- 1.45 Princelet 2.15 Royal Shakespeare 2.50 Afsoun 3.25 Gidam Gidam / Arctic Echo (EW) 4.15 Eurotrek / Numbersixvalverde (EW) 5.00 Day Of Claies 5.35 Chestnut Charlie

Mini Cooper:- 1.45 Forthright 2.15 Jack The Giant 2.50 Gaspara 3.25 Albertas Run 4.15 Simon / Ballycassidy (EW) 5.00 Ofarel D'airy 5.35 Tazbar

Ciao for now

TJ

H is for Hello, Miss TJ; Super Sleuth & We're In The Money

First things first: all hail Katchit (pink & green silks), Mighty Man (navy silks), Exotic Dancer (pink & purple checks) & Tidal Bay for getting our syndicate off to a flying start on Day One. We can't wait for tomorrow! Our inter syndicate challenge stands as thus:

1st place ---- TJ ----- 2 winners

2nd place ---- Mini Cooper ---- 1 winner

3rd place ---- Top Dog ---- 1 winner

Im got another ticking off for not saying "hello" on an internal call again but considering I managed to remember to say it 5 times out of the 6 JK buzzed me, I thought I did pretty well. Mind you it IS a concious effort not to just say the first thing that pops into my head, especially when Im busy & in the middle of a set of figures.

The new guy started today. He is called T.... not to be confused with our old workmate of the same letter although as he's left for good & is off to start a new life in Spain on 10 May, I won't have any reason to mention him anymore so Im sticking with calling the new guy T. Hey its my blog. If you have a problem with it, do I give a fuck?!

Anyway for the whole entire day he has been locked in intense meetings with E & J so we haven't had a chance to get to know him yet. For most of the day all we knew was his name; T & that he's with us on Thursdays & Fridays. Oh & he gets £12k a year. By 4pm I was sick of the guys finding excuses to come into the office to try & catch a sneaky peak of him or to ask if I knew anything more about him so I took matters into my own hands & went to his desk. Lo & behold, he had left out some documents he REALLY shouldn't have... mainly because I had a flick through them. I could have been anybody.

The upshot being, he is here to put together a development plan for the company... whatever the point of one of those are. We've had them before but they were mainly a complete waste of time... & £12k obviously. Then in the last five minutes before we left, T emerged. In that short space of time (I don't know what E & J have been doing with him all day but they obviously weren't sussing him out) I discoveredt he is 51 years old, its nearly his birthday, he has a brother & 2 sisters & is annoyingly quite a nice personality so hating him is impossible. God damn it.

Finally Day 2's tips are as follows;

TJ:- 2pm Killaghy Castle / Faasel (EW) 2.35 Silverburn 3.10 Monet's Garden 3.45 Shannon's Pride (EW) 4.20 Ouninpohja (EW) 4.55 Silver Knight 5.30 Whiteoak (EW)

Top Dog:- 2pm Boychuck 2.35 Wichita Lineman (FESTIVAL BANKER) 3.10 Taranais 3.45 Risk Accessor / Armaturk (EW) 4.20 Bywell Beau 4.55 Lacdoudal (EW) 5.30 Turbo Linn

Mini Cooper:- 2pm Aces Four / Turko (EW) 2.35 Massini's Maguire 3.10 Well Chief 3.45 Dunbrody Miller / Le Volfoni (EW) 4.20 Blythe Knight 4.55 Undeniable 5.30 Brook No Argument

Ciao for now

TJ

Borrowed Time, Hot Coals & One Day To Go!!

To celebrate the start of Aintree tomorrow, above is a pic of my Grand National tip (10pts if you can correctly identify him before the end of this entry!). I have personally followed this horse for the past 6 years & have backed him for every Grand National he has participated in although this year he has been suffering from knee problems & has spent more time in the swimming pool than doing any real work but all this means he'll be fresher than some of the other runners come the big day. His trainer knows how to get him right & his regular pilot is an Aintree veteran so Im not worried. Providing his knee holds out, he'll be there or there abouts come the finish line. He bloody better be, Ive had an antepost bet on him since 20mins after the 2006 National!

Back to my rant! J called D into her office this morning to discuss all the little niggling issues J has with her. Later in the afternoon it transpired D had brought in a disk from home which has only gone and given a couple of the office computers a virus which did nothing to better J's mood... whose wrath I did not escape. I got the biggest bollocking EVER for not answering my internal calls with "hello". I always say whatever comes into my head first which is usually something like "yeah?" or "yes" because I can see who is buzzing me as their name lights up on my phone's key pad. Its always JK buzzing me anyway coz he can never get his printer to work... usually coz its not plugged in but thats another story!

Anyway I thought she was going to explode. Actually that would have been quite cool. Peace at last & all that. Her mood has been getting darker all day as we've had to make way for this new guy starting tomorrow & quite frankly there isn't really room for him. I said if he's free & single he can share with me, Im not fussed. As it is he's sharing offices with D... who may not be here much longer if J has her way.

Now onto the serious business of our Aintree Selections.

TJ:- 2pm Inglis Drever (FESTIVAL BANKER) 2.35 Exotic Dancer 3.10 Katchit 3.45 Ned Kelly (EW) 4.20 Crossbow Creek / Hasty Prince (EW) 4.55 Liberate 5.30 Shatabdi

Top Dog:- 2pm Black Jack Ketchum 2.35 State of Play 3.10 Degas Art 3.45 Arctic Times (EW) 4.20 Demi Beau 4.55 Tidal Bay 5.30 Burntoakboy

Mini Cooper:- 2pm Mighty Man 2.35 Turpin Green 3.10 Punjabi (EW) 3.45 Drombeag (FESTIVAL BANKER) 4.20 Andreas / Hasty Prince (EW) 4.55 Bedlam Boy / My Petra (EW) 5.30 Kicks For Free / Into The Shadows (EW)

Ciao for now

TJ

Oh yes I nearly forgot:- the horses name is Hedgehunter.

Don't Waste Your Life With Regrets

Nothing to rant about really - so why am I here?! Thats a very good question. Guess I just feel like writing down my thoughts on a particular subject coz it ain't good to keep them bottled up inside & I can't talk to anyone about it... except seemingly my computer - thanks for listening Silv.

So here it goes. I have had v bad news from a close friend. I don't deal with these types of situations well so I am currently burying my head in the sand about it coz if I do think about it I'll break down & cry & probably won't stop. Like I said I don't deal with intense emotional stress & another major incident in my life did cause me to seek professional help a few years ago. Im sure this person thinks Im being selfish & only thinking of myself when really I shouldn't be at a time like this as the situation is much worse for them than it is for me. But to the mate in question, Im sorry but I can't. I really hope you forgive me & remember one of the very first things you ever told me the first time you saw me get upset: Don't waste your life with regrets.

On a happier note my dad went back to work up Aberdeen for 3 weeks this afternoon so I can have some sleep at night now. Wohoo! Also its very nearly the Aintree Festival so hopefully (barring Silv blowing up or my internet not working) the evening before each race day I shall post our syndicate's selections. Why do I get the feeling that coz Im going to share our tips with you its going to be a disaster of meeting??!!

Oh well, thats racing.

Ciao for now

TJ

My Fave Place On Earth

No, no, Im not ranting today. Im too blissfully happy for that. Not only did I get 4 Easter eggs yesterday but I spent today in my favourite place on Earth - the historic city of York. We meandered round the shops, visited the National Railway Museum, had a picnic lunch in the park & did a spot of sunbathing before taking a romantic stroll along the river Ouse, where I have seen my dream apartment (complete with Ouse views) although it would have to be at least a 4th floor pad coz the river does have a history of being naughty & bursting its banks & I can't have all my stuff ruined every year. I fully intend to make York my home one day. Though from looking in the estate agent windows I can see Im going to have to win the lottery before I can afford a place there.

Hope everyone else had a nice Easter too xx

Ciao for now

TJ

Happy Easter, 6 Weddings & A Funeral & Sucker!!

Its nearly easter; hence the pretty pic above. But back to the serious matter of moaning. I'll keep it brief coz I can't be bothered to type. First thing to piss me off was a particular client who having arrived at their destination announced to the poor driver that they weren't leaving to come home til 10pm this evening (they went at 11am) & not 7pm as had been agreed within the office. J & E will go ape shit when they find out. Anyway I told the driver to come away & leave them there (Im telling you; don't mess with me & my PMT) but JK over ruled me.

The youth of today. Or more specifically, D. She just does not listen. Her printer was running low on ink & I told her to leave it till next week coz we don't have any inks left that are compatible with her printer type. But nooooo she knows best & is adament we have loads of inks for her printer. She took the old one out, went to the cupboard & lo & behold when she came to put the new cartridge in, it was the wrong size. Honest to God I don't say these things for the good of my health.

The sole topic of conversation today has been weddings. It started when JK asked how I felt by not being invited to the greatest wedding our family has ever seen in June this year. Its my fave female cousins thats getting wed. Or at least we used to be close. Evidently no longer. We were best friends & shared her pony JonJon whilst growing up. I said I wasn't bothered too much coz 6 of my friends have weddings planned for 2008:- Lett, the twins up at the farm, Mini Cooper, TIO & B (my ex bf not my workmate).

Anyway all the talk of weddings prompted the guys to open a book on just when I'd get married. So far "never" is the favourite choice coz there isn't a man alive who'd put up with me, apparently. With friends like these, who needs enemies?!

And finally, I got a bday present out of my dad:- some fabulously expensive speakers for my ipod. They were waiting for me when I got home from work this arvo & they totally rock!

Ciao for now

TJ

P.S.

Boys I know something you don't so my getting spliced could happen a hell of alot sooner than you think! x

Double Crossed & If I See One More Spreadsheet...

Im livid, as is J because this guy that is coming in 2 days a week is on the exact same money as me. He also works somewhere else for the other 3 days which brings hins annual salary to £26k. The point it we have been told for the past year that there is no money within the company to give us pay rises then suddenly within the space of a month, £12k materialises to pay this guys wages. All we've been after is a measly £2.5k a year extra. Now because a Director wants something, its happened within weeks. Amazing isn't it. Its all about jobs for the boys in this place because this guy is a mate of the Director (BR) - the one who wants me out so maybe thats why he is doing this; so I eventually leave. The crafty bastard. Means I can't quit out of principal now. Fuck.

Im fed up with work again, or more precisely incorrect spreadsheets. Normally Excel is my best friend - I use it for every mortal thing - but thats because I've set it up personally. What Im pissed off with is the existing petty cash spreadsheet was created by some fuckwit that obviously didn't know how to fill in the sheet once they'd created it. So of course, I have to be the one to sort it.

Its not an easy job because the mess goes right back to 2004 & it knocks EVERY subsequent month out so the accounts are totally wrong & have been for the past three years. This year its been decided they are to be put right. Of course the fuckwits that made the decision has no idea about accounts nor do they realise we are doing the Year Ends. Any tampering with them now is sheer stupidity. We've tried to clean them up as best we can & they don't look half as bad as last year I can tell you. J, myself & our new accountants reckon we should leave things as they are & just start afresh for the next financial year. We'll see how that battle of wills pans out.

Finally I went to see the movie 300 last night, hence this pic below. It was fantastic & Im definitely going to buy it on DVD. All those half naked muscle bound men. Phew. I don't think T was as enthusiastic as me for that aspect of the movie though! However he did enjoy the copious amounts of blood, battle scenes & sex. Aspects not lost on myself either!

Ciao for now x

TJ

No Time To Think

Ok so I haven't a lot of time coz Im off out in an hour & need to get ready so I'll keep it brief although there are a number of topics I want to get off my chest.

We have a new guy coming into the office to work for 2 days a week from a finance company. We have no idea what he'll be doing exactly nor where he will sit because we have no room. Anyway both myself & J are convinced the particular company he works for went bankrupt last year. So of course we are over joyed at getting an outsider in to ruin our business when quite frankly we can do that all on our own.

Yesterday none of us had a proper lunch break coz the guys from Nexus rocked up. Or "the others" if you watch the tv show Lost. Anyway we decided seeing how we couldn't go to the food it could come to us so we ordered pizza. Nexus wouldn't stump up the cash - the stingy gits - so the rest of us all clubbed together & when we were tucking into them, the others kept trying to nick some. It didn't happen. Not with our hard earned cash being spent on the delicious pizza pies.

Also yesterday (I couldn't moan about this last night coz the internet service provider was having problems with its network - cheap tat) six people wanted a piece of me all at the same time so I was absolutely demented. Honestly can NO ONE do anything without my guidence??

Rustling carrier bags are turning me into a murderous bitch. I could kill someone when I hear that sound. Im suffering from MAJOR PMT which is why the guys are pretty much keeping out of my way. Did I mention that J launched an unprovoked attack on my Johnny Depp calender?? Well lets put it this was my reaction is not printable.

But back to today:- Our rivals leader from across the water popped in "just passing" she claimed. Liar - there isn't any reason for her to be just passing unless she's trying to poach our clients. Lo & behold she admitted putting in a bid for our contracts after we agreed to stick to our respective sides of the water. Not only that but she'd under cut us. Fuck knows how when their buses have got further to travel to do the job but we reckon she'll be getting the extra money which will enable her to break even or turn an illegal profit from something else. She's a ruthless shark that one.

Topics of the day included dressing up & role play whilst in the bedroom which all started because B was surprised to find a variety of "suspect" outfits in his sisters wardrobe. We don't know what he was doing in her wardrobe but we were very quick to speculate. Cross dressing being our favourite reason. Apparently his sister used to be a nice, quiet girl til she met her current boyfriend.

I told him certain guys had the ability to bring out a girls playful side & to tell his sister to hold onto this one coz confidence givers are so hard to find. Sadly I let mine go but then I am an idiot. As it is, I believe they are planning on gettting married. R said not to worry about the wardrobe coz it would go wonce the kids came along. Cynical git.

Finally, R tried to be clever by saying to me in a room full of people, including some strangers "TJ" to which i foolishly said "what". "You're still short (in ref to my height)" he said, a massive grin on his face. "Still bigger than your cock though" I replied to a standing ovation from the rest of the boys. Sometimes Im so in form it hurts. Needless to say he stalked off home soon after that. Hehe.

Anyhoo, I gotta dash ciao for now!

TJ