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Aggravations
Tuesday, January 4th, 2005 04:06 pmTrue, it could be worse: I could be back at work. (Though also better, in that I would have some income to balance all the bills I've paid today, now that the FirstDirect website, absent without leave all day yesterday and much of today, is working again).
But I do object to being phoned by my Replacement to be asked a load of questions (none of them answerable without first looking at what's really happening) about a database that has been moved by a third party.
And I do demand a gold star for not telling her where to stick her enquiry. Because you never know when you might be working beside 'em again.
And, while we're at it, I'm not very impressed at the Post Office for holding an item and telling me I had to pay £1.21 in customs charges -- leading me to believe it might be Exotic and Exciting, e.g. card from French cousin or similar -- only to discover that it was in fact a perfectly ordinary Xmas card sent by someone too daft to put a stamp on it. ('Customs Charge' thus a fib.)
I would like it to get light soon, I think. (I have turned into my father, who in his more coherent moments keeps telling me that the nights have got much longer, days long ...)
But I do object to being phoned by my Replacement to be asked a load of questions (none of them answerable without first looking at what's really happening) about a database that has been moved by a third party.
And I do demand a gold star for not telling her where to stick her enquiry. Because you never know when you might be working beside 'em again.
And, while we're at it, I'm not very impressed at the Post Office for holding an item and telling me I had to pay £1.21 in customs charges -- leading me to believe it might be Exotic and Exciting, e.g. card from French cousin or similar -- only to discover that it was in fact a perfectly ordinary Xmas card sent by someone too daft to put a stamp on it. ('Customs Charge' thus a fib.)
I would like it to get light soon, I think. (I have turned into my father, who in his more coherent moments keeps telling me that the nights have got much longer, days long ...)
