Sneaky & I've Decided To Become A Hermit

Well last Friday was our monthy Committe meeting & the director that hates me surprised everyone by bringing up the subject of my wages. He is pushing for me to have a pay rise (bare in mind I'm still waiting for the other one they promised 18 months ago) & the issue is going to be brought before the Staffing COmmittee "sooner rather than later." Of course while the guys are happy for me I remain cynical.

IE why would someone that hates you go out of their way to get you a pay rise?? It makes NO sense. Until J had a brainwave which I agree with:- he is pushing for me to get a customer service NVQ & this payrise is kind of a bribe to get me to do it. I don't care coz I was just gonna do it anyway seeing as it sbeing paid for by someone other than me then its something physical to back up my claims of being able to be a jack of all trades with an office when I leave this place.

But we shall see. Like everything in here its discussed but never happens like the company pension plan that was supposed to start in January this year but hasn't or staff appraisals that we've been waiting two years for!

On another note I hope everyone had a great weekend. I did up until 12.15am while we were sitting by the sea front waiting for our taxi home at 1am at Whitley Bay. Then this guy started talking to us over the wall so half of our group ignored him in the hope he's piss of & the other half got talking to him. that was fine. Then his mates rocked up. He was much older than his mates. I'd say in his early forties while the rest of them were mid to late twenties. Then all hell broke loose.

One of them vaulted the wall & tried to chat up a cpuple of my mates but even he was ok. A little arrogant maybe but easily handled. It was the guy that sat next to me that was the arsehole. His opening line was "do you know where the north star is?" of course my mate Drea told him the exact longitude / latitude but at the same time as she said her reply I just said "yes". He then asked my name & Drea tols him to fuck off coz he wasn't getting any.

See how protective my mates are of me even when they aren't talking to me coz the guys they'd been chasing in the previous pub ditched them as soon as they clocked me, even though I expressly said I wasn't interested. Im not being big headed here - fuck knows I ain't pretty, I just seem to attract guys (most usually morons) like you wouldn't believe.

Im wandering: he didn't like this & was like "you're all sluts. You're coming back to our hotel". Of course that got our backs up coz we're not sluts & further more were dressed conservatively unlike those on the table next to ourse who WERE sluts coz they did end up going back to the hotel with them. So he slung insults at me trying to provoke a reaction but I just gazed silently in the other direction which usually works coz they get bored then fuck off. It was Drea that traded insults with him. So when he got up to go & dragged me with him (not being very big means its very easy to drag me) it kinda took us all by surprise.

Anyway Drea shot up, his mates (twenty or so of them) egged him on, Rach... fuck once she starts its Armaggedon - flew over the table, dug her newly applied false nails into his other arm which caused him to let go of me & swing that hand in an atempt to punch Rach. At the same time Drea dragged me backwards meaning his punch just missed smashing into my jaw & as he was a hell of a lot drunker than us, Rach had the time to let go & avoid the punch too. As his mates laughed their heads off & he continued with his insults another of our group (not sure who) had gone to get the police that were waiting round the corner.

Once the guys saw the cops walking toward them they scarpered, dragging the afore mentioned sluts with them. I hope they've fucked off back to Cheshire where they belong. How dare they come up here & ruin our night out. If it hadn't been for my mates I could have been beaten & raped. It's not on. I shouldn't need an armed escort on a night out. I should be able to enjoy myself as much as they next preson free from fear. I'm seriously not going out for a while; I'm too scared. We have decided that in future if we go to Whitley Bay we're leaving at midnight before the sluts & morons come out to play.

Ciao for now

TJ

D'ville:- I'm fine contrary to reports I have topped myself after losing a measly £260 on Spitfire - if Lucarno had lost I might have been more tempted & there is still time yet if my Lewis bet goes astray! I just couldn't be arsed to type an entry. I go through phases like that so panic not.