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Tag Archives: job
To Hexham for celebrities, and to Perth for the pantomime (Rousse)
A crowd of posh pensioners carrying cameras obstructed my way as I attempted to drive my little buggy (illegally) along the pavement of Temperley Place, Hexham. They had their long lenses fixed on a doorway, in eager anticipation of snapping … Continue reading
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Tagged BCS, British Computer Society, buggy, camera, celebrities, celebrity, cinema, consort, couple, daylight, doorway, family, fan, Hexham, husband, job, lady, lens, pantomime, pavement, pensioner, Perth, posh, professional body, programmer, Queen, reception, risk, royal, snap, staff, Temperley Place, Thriller, trip, video
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Secrets of an Edinburgh book group (Rousse)
TTX was asking me all sorts of questions about book groups as we crossed over London Road between Meadowbank Stadium and Jock’s Lodge. I couldn’t tell whether she was sneering at the concept, or hinting that she would like to … Continue reading
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Tagged book, bus, club, ear-shot, Edinburgh, festival, George Square, group, identity, job, Jock's, join, Lodge, London Road, Meadowbank, member, morning, music, organised, over-worked, overnight, question, road, secret, sign, sleep, snack, stadium, stop, University of Edinburgh, van, windscreen, woman
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A sham marriage (Rousse)
The others instantly recognised me as an academic. One told me that she had previously considered me a suitable candidate to co-supervise a PhD student with her, even before I confirmed my identity. Encouraged by her enthusiasm for my work, … Continue reading
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Tagged academic, examiner, external, gay, husband, job, marriage, PhD, sham, supervisor, wife
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Belle and Rousse to reunite (Rousse)
Belle plotted to return to her old job and arrange for me to join her. I explained that I would need at least a year to prepare for my return to London. There was the small issue of my degree … Continue reading
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Tagged Belle, Birmingham, degree, drop-out, finals, French, job, London, Masters, neuroscience, return, reunite, tutor
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Standard Life National Library staff insult published author (Rousse)
Standard Life sponsored the National Library. As such, all employees were both librarians and insurance brokers. I was in the library one day trying to get the last couple of pieces of information that I needed to complete a journal … Continue reading
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Tagged article, author, character, hard, job, journal, leaving do, librarian, national library, profile, Standard Life
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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
‘Intelligence calipers’ measure IQs of aspiring spooks (Rousse)
The job advert had read ‘civil servant’ but I knew that the panel members opposite me were assessing my suitability for a role that included subterfuge, espionage, honeypots, and data decryption. I played along answering the standard interview questions with … Continue reading
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Tagged advert, artefact, caliper, candidate, chair, civil servant, clue, data decryption, degree, espionage, floor, history, honeypots, inquiry, intelligence, interview, job, murder, panel, questions, role, room, school, sinus, spook, subterfuge, TPR, university, wall
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Local government loo inspection incognito (Rousse)
TPR found us a new house in a smart Glasgow terrace opposite a park. Next I had to find a new job. I accepted a lift to a run-down provincial town where I met Margaret, my new boss in local … Continue reading
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Tagged boss, Glasgow, government, incognito, inspection, job, lavatory, lift, local, loo, Margaret, park, provincial, resignation, run-down, smart, terrace, toilet, town, TPR
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In-law social climbers (Rousse)
My in-laws were terrible social climbers. They forced me and my husband to enter a cycling race that – if we won – would reward us with a job placement with some posh person. (Of course, it was highly unlikely … Continue reading →