Archives for: "June 2019"
Hayley reveals herself
A mess of a trip to see my daughter in a play in Newbury, when I had hardly any money. I bought a local ticket to get me through the barriers at Temple Meads, and then the plan was to go into the theatre at the interval when they generally don't check… more »
I bump into a man
Esther rang, asking what I was up to; it was code for "could you come round for a bit and dilute my mother?" We spent the afternoon watching Royal Ascot and checking for any frailties that might give Esther hope of inheriting. We only started with the… more »
A Mongolian lives in my head
An interview at the hospital for a catering assistant job posed such challenges in the tests as "10 - ? = 6" and choosing between the spellings "thort" and "thought". They rang me up saying that I had failed at even this low hurdle, but offered me a… more »
Hayley comes to bed
A job interview at the airport. In the airside bar, which starts serving at 5am. I forgot to take all the documents they requested, but in that co-dependency that employers who only pay the minimum wage have with their employees, they offered it me… more »
