We've got a new receptionist. She's very young, plump and juicy like only the young can be. She is eager and loves to help. Unlike the her older predecessor, she loves pressing the button that enables us to enter the office without getting our fobs out to beep ourselves through. She says 'sorry' when she makes a mistake instead of telling you that ( Read more... )

In my mind, 2010 was a year of achievements ( Read more... )

The best thing about having a canteen at work is that it's easy to have lunch with your colleagues and you can ask anyone out to lunch without sounding like a weirdo. I love canteens. I had loved them since i was in school. I hated the tyranny of the 'random sandwich' in the missing 4 years of my higher education. In fact, when all my classmates ( Read more... )

I'm in a grouchy, irritated mood today. Hence I'm going to rant about KIDS ( Read more... )

Over lunch today my colleague (rather new to the company) was speaking about how we do not seem to have a 'feedback culture'. Projects get done and we move on. We don't linger in meeting rooms and emotively discuss what we've learnt and could've done better. We don't tell each other how 'you did this job really well but i didn't appreciate it when ( Read more... )

Over cakes this afternoon my colleagues were ribbing me about being a newly-wed. They asked if the honeymoon period was over and whether we started bickering yet.

z: No it's still awesome
them: So you're not scolding him and giving him hell?
z: No, why would i?
them: because you're married!
z: don't be silly! He's my property, why on earth would ( Read more... )

After receiving lots of negative comments about my very indulgent post about well engineering, i shall go back to posting about crowd pleasing topics: SEX and VIOLENCE!yeah yeah yeah ( Read more... )

Hello, I think my little overindulgent blog called 'nesting' prompted a lot of comments about two of my possessions ( Read more... )

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When see this i feel just like the red haired monster. I join the grown-ups (growns-up?) and play by the rules, and then i freak out and go nuts and then they stare at me and shake their heads disapprovingly and i skulk away and try to hide under a rock, thinking 'I wish i never said that ( Read more... )

This is a conversation i had with my boss and ex boss, who were hanging around my area just now ( Read more... )