h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

It is the end of day 2 and I have not felt like this in a long long time. I am tired, my eyes ache and my brain is buzzing. But I am so happy. I had forgotten how wonderful the charitable sector is. I am stunned by the people I am working with - how warm, welcoming and down to earth they are! How easily I fit into the team! Perhaps saying the interview that I was a happy smiley person was not such a bad idea after all. The work is stimulating and I am learning new skills already! I am content at long last. Suddenly the torment of the Summer is forgotten.

Shame there is no internet access!  
 

No internet access! So it _is_ a honeymoon period after all!

hey you ought to be grateful - it means I have to resort to net cafes which is why we are on line at the same time!

You mean you use net cafes for your surfing? Don't you have access at home?

Not yet but I am working on it - trust me on that one!

So, are you indoors at this cafe, or outdoors? What's the place like? Do they serve Guiness? Must be just after 11:00pm there now (it's 3:00pm here). Is it quiet or noisy?

Fantastic! I'm so glad you found a job that makes you happy.... but you do realise that this contravenes the 1990 "Curtailment of Fun and Pleasure in the Workplace" act, don't you?

ah..those pre 1990 days, dancing round the office with flowers in our hair, close harmony singing and as
much lunchtime scrumpy as we could drink...

it has always been like that at the Lottery - you boys are in the wrong jobs

Maybe its to do with the male/ female balance...I wish I could explain
the atmosphere in a 96% male workplace..

oh...and what's Ms angel doing here on a friday lunchtime????

Pardon my west coast Canadian outsider-ness, but what the heck is "scrumpy"?

its cider, usually cloudy and potent, tastes like a soft drink...its Grrrreat!

I was in a cybercafe on Piccadilly but it was too expensive.

The best times I have had have been on Scrumpy !!!!

Is "Scrumpy" some sort of colloquialism, or is it an actual brand name? It sounds so... eccentric.

it is a colloquialism - it is extra strong still cider. Like lager is a type of beer

strangely enough some of my worst times have been cider induced,
merrydown night when I was at uni...

Oh, you mean like canadian beer? When it comes to beer, the average Canadian thinks: If it's less than 6% alcohol, it's only for children and the elderly.

well when you have to wrestle moose, grizzleys and wolves just to get to work in the morning

Well, no. I live in the city, not suburbia.