October 23, 2008

friday five: office pranks (in honour of labour ...

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October 14, 2008

intercom...

A couple of years ago I worked for a government department in the UK. Our reception was manned by two gentlemen, Bob and Robin, who were [...]

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October 6, 2008

red wellies and yellow gerberas...

So. Not so much Corporate as Crappy Lackey HQ these days. And when things are on the crappier side of the ledger, I try to remind [...]

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October 5, 2008

what i'd rather be doing. seriously....

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September 3, 2008

feedback...

I am completing my self-assessment feedback for this years performance review. Poxy corporate process. My feedback must comply with the nice little template. Under ‘Challenges’ do [...]

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August 29, 2008

friday five: things what i learned in the last 2...

Five: Hamish Mckay is disappointingly short. Four: given a few hours to get ready, and with the assistance of a few hairdressers, frocks and silly shoes, [...]

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August 24, 2008

the boomtown rats were so right...

I have been struck down with Monday malaise. It started last night with that Sunday-back-to-school-tomorrow feeling. Dread. Enough with the rain! I need to start running [...]

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August 22, 2008

spooky musical serendipity...

Email muppetry on a hitherto unheard of scale just now. As this song came on my ipod. (Si I am am holding you personally responsible for [...]

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August 20, 2008

misheard...

In a project gateway review meeting earlier this morning: ‘we did this last time for the desexualisation effort’. The dewhatnow? Oh, the decentralisation effort. Gotcha. So [...]

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August 14, 2008

corporate lackey hq: a simple taxonomy...

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August 12, 2008

move over anthony robbins...

Conference lowdown: the punters were mostly public sector folks. Oh and three chaps from the Navy who showed up in uniform (I was disappointed that they [...]

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August 10, 2008

day of rest...

It’s Sunday. A beautiful sunny day in the capital. And I am at my desk at Corporate Lackey HQ. Pooh! Still, a few hours spent well [...]

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