It should have been a great day and it was. Yes, it was a great day, the culmination of at least two year’s work that will bring a twenty five million pound investment into the region and maybe more. The contract was signed to help bring superfast broadband to our corner of the North East … Continue reading The contract signed
Relativity
Einstein was right, time is relative. It all depends upon what is going on and where you are. We all know that time flies when you are enjoying yourself and can drag on and on when you are in a meeting or doing the ironing (yeah right!). I notice this differential in the speed of … Continue reading Relativity
Why do insurance companies do it?
My wife’s car insurance is due. I know this because I’ve received a letter from her insurers telling her so, a letter from a well known name as it happens. Not only did the letter tell her that it was due, the company had very kindly gone to the trouble of looking at a range … Continue reading Why do insurance companies do it?
Roadworks on the A1
There are some cones running in between the lanes on the A1 north bound, the kind that fit over the cat’s eyes and keep the traffic apart. I think they are called lane separators but I may be wrong and they are orange, a couple of feet high and have a small reflective silvery-white jacket. … Continue reading Roadworks on the A1
Ceiling
It stands before me, an off white space that stretches out as far as the eye can see. A great snowy expanse like a winter scene, a Bruegel perhaps but not the colour of freshly fallen virgin snow, no, the colour of snow that lies by the roadside, dirty, grey and faded. I am standing … Continue reading Ceiling
I’ve heard it
Such is the power of stories that people can believe things which aren’t true only because they have heard them said. After all, there is no smoke without fire and if that is the word on the street then who are they to argue? Our work places are full of them, myths and legends, truths, … Continue reading I’ve heard it
Three-nil
Three-nil! I mean three-nil, not one-nil or two-nil but three of them and away from home, at St. James’. The shame of it, the ignominy, I can’t believe it. It’s taken me a few days just to think about it but it will be at least next season until I might get over it, that … Continue reading Three-nil
Funployability
Funployability had to be the word of the day. The whole management team had been brought together for a morning of development lead by Darran and Pete, the irrepressible lads from ON-Brand Partners. They had split the group into four and asked each of us to look at a set of questions to get us … Continue reading Funployability
Little things that you keep
Oh those little things that I have kept just in case, bits of wood, electric sockets, fitting packs from flat pack furniture, you know the sort of thing, bits and bobs that you had bought for a job and can’t bear to throw away as they may prove to be useful at some time. I … Continue reading Little things that you keep
I’ve done something foolish
I’ve done something I shouldn’t have done, something foolish earlier on this week. We had a problem with the network and I asked a couple of colleagues to reboot a switch and I shouldn’t. OK, it had a red warning light on and it was rebooted properly and much of the business was stopped and … Continue reading I’ve done something foolish
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 