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Tag Archives: career
Prince Harry and high heels (Rousse)
I travelled to locked down London for training as a new member of the British Secret Service. England’s capital city looked, and sounded, very quiet. I could even hear bird song through the closed top deck bus windows. Soon I … Continue reading
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Tagged ballet, bird, British, bus, career, Duke of Sussex, footwear, high heels, hotel, induction, intelligence, lockdown, London, novel, polka dot, Prince Harry, pump, red, secret service, shoe, song, training, white
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Holy Island pre-death giveaway (Rousse)
Several of my former colleagues flocked to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne to attend AT’s pre-death giveaway. The ceremony was rather like the reading of a will, except that AT was still alive and you took away your booty on … Continue reading
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Tagged bird watching, car, career, castle, death, Dumfries and Galloway, giveaway, Holy Island, Lindisfarne, Lomax, publishing, road, Scotland, son, toy
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New lovers complicate Christmas (Rousse)
I introduced CA to TPR as my new lover-to-be. This new relationship was to be understood as a positive career move, though for whom uncertain. Part of the deal on my side was an agreement to take on CA’s two … Continue reading
Sleeping with a student (Rousse)
The most gorgeous boy in class wanted to sleep with me, and the few people who knew this encouraged me to follow him into bed. I suggested that we delay our tryst until after the exams. My young suitor could … Continue reading
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Tagged beau, bed, boy, career, class, exam, fatal, hall of residence, impatience, plan, sleep, student, suitor, tryst
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Career-limiting head tattoo (Rousse)
JG didn’t care that his new dirty blue tattoo covered half his head. When I pointed out that he risked never getting a job with such a monstrous appearance, he explained that he had already considered this. He would just … Continue reading
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Tagged appearance, blue, career, dirty, hair, head, job, limit, tattoo
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Careers in Finland (Rousse)
TPR, OC and I had been in Finland so long that the snow had returned to the mountains across the bay. OC had travelled here initially in hope of joining the music industry as accountant for a major record label. … Continue reading
Belle the librarian serves Rousse the criminal (Rousse)
It was a tough route up the concrete staircase in the cold to the main library of Birmingham City University, but so worth the struggle to be greeted by squeals of joy from Belle, on duty at the main enquiry … Continue reading
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Tagged arrest, Belle, Birmingham City University, campaign, card, career, classroom, concrete, crime, criminal, CV, desk, dull, enquiry, forearm, graduate, grown, hall, joy, lecture, librarian, library, police, protest, Rousse, SCONUL, sensible, shock, sit-in, staircase, student, suspicion, table, terribel, toned, warrant, work
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How to progress your career (Rousse)
It was the Professional Development Review season at work. My reviewer was PN, an ancient octogenarian former librarian who was still drawing her salary. I wasn’t terribly impressed with my reviewer’s performance. Her only advice to me in respect of … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, career, divide, librarian, octogenarian, office, PDR, performance, Professional Development Review, progress, reviewer, salary, suggestion
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Hospital portering as a career for the elderly (Rousse)
My father complained that he was sick of living in Edinburgh and wanted to move elsewhere. I couldn’t understand why. Whatever would we do with the ponies that grazed in our garden? Perhaps he needed a job? I suggested hospital … Continue reading
Birthday log book refusal ruins friendship (Rousse)
TDX barged into my office, with a lackey in tow, and demanded my log book. I said that I was not prepared to give this to her. Her eyes narrowed and she raised her voice in anger. I now knew … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, birthday, book, career, demand, disobey, friendship, lackey, log, logbook, office, ruin
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