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Posted May 13, 2000
Well, we had the big bosses down from London the other day. Bunch of so-and-sos they are. Came down to congratulate us for getting the website live and full of gorgeous content (hah!).
Then the meeting to go through all of our successes - and what they now want us to do (change the whole blooming thing) - went breasts-up when it was hijacked by our new executive producer who wanted to put forward all of his "groovy web ideas". Daft nadger-faced pillock.
Anyway, the upshot of the whole day was a meal to let us know that the bosses "really cared". I had a few glasses of wine and some awful tapas-style bits and bobs and then, in true researchers style, made my excuses and left.
What I don't understand is how these people have the gall to turn up here in the "provinces" (apologies for all of the speech marks) to congratulate us for a job well done when we could have done a much better job and in half the time if they hadn't stuck their oars in at every opportunity.
I'm glad I'm leaving soon...
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Eeeek!
Posted Apr 14, 2000
Whilst I was writing the last entry, one of my bosses looked over my shoulder and asked what I was doing and, after a brief explanation of h2g2, she then asked me to demo all the neat (sic) forum scripts and so on. Luckily, I managed to stop her seeing my entries on how miffed I was in my job, but only just. I suppose she knows now that my new job is official, but it wouldn't have been nice for the next few weeks.
Anyway, I'm in a big h2g2 mode (plus, I want to get rid of all those grim "replied to" entries that say "you posted x 32 weeks ago, your latest reply was this afternoon"), so I'm going to make a load of new postings now.
Lucky escape earlier, methinks.
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New Job
Posted Apr 14, 2000
It's been a while since my last journal entry, mostly because I've been busy in work and out, but such is life. My big website finally went live three days ago, though I don't think I can say in this public forum what the site is (my employers would not be best pleased). Suffice to say that now it's up and running (and looking better than I had hoped, to be honest), the work is starting to die down to manageable porportions again.
In the mean time, I've now been offered - and accepted - a new long-term project attachment. It will probably be in "that London", and should start around the middle of May. Still working out the details at the moment, but it's giving me stability and a sense of security I haven't had for a few years. Plus, it means I can leave this online work behind me and deal with professionals, rather than a bunch of no-hopers.
Hey, ho.
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Odd Lunch Thing
Posted Feb 15, 2000
Bit of an odd thing happening at the moment.
I'm sat in the office on my own, working away through the lunch hour (nothing new there) whilst everyone else is in a tapas bar up the road with our manager and the director of the online group of the corporation (head lad - gave us the "corporate vision for the future" waffle this morning).
Anyway, I've not gone to this lunch for a couple of reasons - partly out of protest (it's too busy to take time off, especially as I'm away on a course for the next two days and also I'm thoroughly dischuffed with the management at present, so I wanted to make it clear that I have no interest in sitting down to lunch with them), and partly because I just don't like going for formal lunches as I end up feeling like crap when I'm there and then worse all afternoon as I recover from food or alcohol or something.
Well, I told a couple of people I wasn't going, but have had 2 calls in the last few minutes asking where I was. First from the girl I think dislikes me, to whom I said I was busy working, as it seemed like a decent excuse. Second from my boss who then said "if you're too busy, we can give work to other people and this is a great opportunity to meet the head lad", so I replied that I was enjoying the peace to work, I wasn't too busy and that, frankly, I just wasn't smitten on going.
None of this really makes much sense if you don't know the workings of our office and my mind, but I wanted to get it off my chest now so that I can review it once the faeces hits the rotating cooling device when they all get back.
Hey, ho. Funny old world, ain't it?
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Fatigue Poisons
Posted Feb 11, 2000
Now, I know that having a few drinks after work is a surefire way of making yourself feel tired the next day, but all week I have been absolutely hanging at work. I thought originally that the aforesaid drink may have been the culprit, but last night I had the night in and today I feel worse than earlier in the week. Nasty business. i suspect that someone's been putting fatigue poisons in my coffee. Either that or the age old "don't do any exercise so have got no energy" equation is coming into play. Maybe it'll be better when I move into my own place.
I suspect that I am making too many assumptions about the way my lifestyle will change when I move into the new place in a week or so (assuming already that I will get it and that I haven't been gazumped). There's the better eating regime, the start of more exercise, the more html-ing pledge, the cutting down on the booze and fags and the list goes on. Maybe it will help, but maybe it'll just end up with me being the same old blob, but having to walk to work and share a bathroom. Hey, ho, it's a big old exciting world the future.
Waiting too for the fall out of all the naff work politics and stuff today. Boss is back, but is being suspiciously quiet and restrained about things. Could be fun when it erupts, then.
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