Tag Archives: office

Fugitive leaves stairless London office to join Texan start-up (Rousse)

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Dreamaticus

We didn’t know why they had removed the staircase. Without it, the London office was very difficult to navigate. As best we could, P and I hunted for A. However, he seeemed to have disappeared. We later learnt that A … Continue reading →

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A secret affair discovered on the stairs (Rousse)

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Dreamaticus

I always said to TPR that my idea of hell was to be stuck in the car deck of a CalMac ferry with both car and boat engines running. Now, as we climbed up the old back stairs of the … Continue reading →

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Victim takes refuge in medieval tower as gunman runs amok on university campus (Rousse)

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Dreamaticus

XY deliberately failed to acknowledge me at the start of his presentation. It was obvious that the had audience members noticed this. To lighten the mood, I said jokingly “What about me?” My colleagues found this hilarious. Unfortunately the speaker … Continue reading →

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A life out of control (Rousse)

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Dreamaticus

Could it get much worse? LC had accidentally timetabled me to teach on Mondays (traditionally my research day); nine other people had moved into my (now filthy) office; and I had a class in 10 minutes for which nothing was … Continue reading →

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All eyes on the designer – and not the bride (Rousse)

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Dreamaticus

Normally all eyes would be on the bride, but MSB looked so beautiful in her modest office outfit of vintage-style 1950s hyacinth blue satin underwear (a tape measure in her hand) that on wedding days crowds gathered at the studio … Continue reading →

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Academics work through the night to cope with workload (Rousse)

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Dreamaticus

I was both amazed and appalled to discover an office full of colleagues on campus working at 02:00 in the morning. One was just about to pack up and go home to his wife and children, but would only manage … Continue reading →

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A diamond-studded solid gold hedgehog dilemma (Rousse)

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Dreamaticus

When I gave away the silk cloak that came free in the cornflakes box to two colleagues in the school office, I never expected it to be the one that contained the diamond-studded solid gold hedgehog. Now I faced a … Continue reading →

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Animals of unfixed species, gender and sexuality (Rousse)

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Dreamaticus

I knew that my boss wouldn’t mind if I took a small tin of lip salve from the supply that she kept in her office drawer. I needed it for the forthcoming PhD studentship interviews, along with a glass of … Continue reading →

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An office affair (Rousse)

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Dreamaticus

Each day that I turned up on campus I discovered that I had a new office. The problem was that they kept packing up my belongings and dumping them in a new location without first removing those of the previous … Continue reading →

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Hanky panky in the headmaster’s office (Rousse)

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Dreamaticus

It was my first day back at school and, before lessons even started, I was called into the headmaster’s office for turning up late. I tried to explain that after years of working in academia I was completely unused to … Continue reading →

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