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Tag Archives: job
Divorce, remarriage, and step-children (Rousse)
TPR was divorcing me. I needed a new husband fast. LA, now known as ‘George’ and a recently-appointed colleague, was the best candidate. I wondered (a) whether AN would approve when she found out that I had not revealed my … Continue reading
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Tagged divorce, George, husband, interview, job, remarriage, step-children, TPR, wife
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Job vacancies in upmarket fish restaurant (Rousse)
PMF worked in comms for an upmarket fish restaurant, so I was surprised to find him smartly dressed in an all-white waiter’s unform and serving seated customers one day when I visited him in the office. ‘They must be rather … Continue reading
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Tagged comms, fish restaurant, geriatric, job, media, relations, vacancies, vacancy, waiter
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The qualified homeless (Rousse)
Homeless, I lived in my car. When I was fortunate to find an empty flat, I would sneak in there to use the shower and prepare for job interviews. One day a young woman asked about my prospects of employment. … Continue reading
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Tagged employment, flat, homeless, interview, job, O levels, opportunity, qualifications, shower
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Zoë the admin (Rousse)
My long-legged friend MH, who had recently taken to calling herself Zoë, announced to everyone that she had some news that would be of particular interest to me. She had successfully applied for the new admin role in my research … Continue reading
A new job at the University of Nowhere (Rousse)
My colleague called in sick, so I offered to take his class. My instructions were first to collect his teaching materials from the print room. These comprised: a selection of peer-reviewed journal articles, each in a buff folder; a special … Continue reading
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Tagged article, class, cousin, director, job, lecturer, letter, pandemic, print room, reader, sick, sister, stone, university
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Turning down Loughborough (Rousse)
I performed well in my interview for a chair at Loughborough University, and it came as no surprise when Eric (the Head of School) offered me the job. I was delighted with this outcome, as was AM, who had always … Continue reading
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Tagged airport, bus, campus, chair, colleagues, Eric, job, Loughborough, man, Midlands, naked, offer, uniform
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Poor park keeping (Rousse)
JS didn’t take her new job as a part-time park keeper very seriously. She took our money for half an hour on the tennis court, then bunked off to play tourist in Oxford for the rest of the afternoon.
Rory Kinnear and Belle’s thigh-highs
I was free ranging around the British Library’s ‘crazy project’ department finding ways to stealthily join the workforce. With my simple yet effective suggestions I was already making an impact and that was before people noticed my thigh-high leather boots. … Continue reading
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Tagged boots, British Library, job, leather boots, Rory Kinnear
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Nosy parker notices nose job (Rousse)
The old photos proved it. JC had had a nose job in the 1990s!
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