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a day in the life of a misunderstood genius
ian johnston Started conversation Jan 17, 2003
dear dairy,
i thought i would record a day in my life as an inspiration to others
06:30
mother wakes me for my breakfast.....milky tea and runny eggs with soldjers, same as evrry day....read daily mail....straight to letters page, yes, theyve printed 6 of mine today, including 4 about capital punishmnt for parking crimes!!!!
07:15
make up my pack lunch...... cheese sarnies with the crusts cut off and flask of week lemon drink, same as evrry day..... catch the bus to work
07:35
hed straight to my carpark exit kiosk....brush mushy pease from night-shift man dougs late night snack off seat.... clock in so mr leavis the manager nows i started early!!!!
09:15
catch some bloke in a red mazda trying to pass off a receipt for a mars bar for over an hours parking..... you have to get up pretty early to get that sort of thing pass me..... he has to pay £2 for parking and i give him a reciet.... as he waves goodbye i see he is disabled as he only has the middle finger on his right hand raised...must be arthritis
12:00
milk tanker arrives.... have to stop all the traffic wile it backs in.... very responsble job to be done carefuly!!!
13:45
milk tanker in to parking space now....silly driver kep putting his wheels on the lines.....open barriers.....lots of trafic queing!!!
13:00
time to go and collect the trolies.....and its raining!!! put plastic rain hood on.... very smart
14:20
collected nearly 100 trollies.....imagine taht....back on barrier duty
16:00
clock off.....mr leavis wants a word.....must be a promotion!!!!!
16:05
got reprimanded, so unfair....wonder what "twot" means......
16:20
catch bus home
16:40
get home...mother packing for saga weekend in cromer......fold her smalls for her
18:00
watch the news......death penalty still not in place for anything......write letters to daily mail and fife gazette lamenting about this
19:30
dinner......haggis and chips!!!! ... my favourite, piping hot from the microwave
20:30
help mother up the stairs to bed......take up her coco.....feed the cat (pooter)...... cat wees up my favourit chair
20:45
settle down with the OED
21:45
coco time
22:00
off to bed to bash one out
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