Tag Archives: staff

Rousse’s ear-ring recovery

One of Professor SR’s tiny ear-rings dropped to the ground. All the staff gathered around her tried to recover it by scratching through the dirt and dust, but I was the one who found it. She told me that she … Continue reading

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Chilled illicit love (Rousse)

The hideous truth was that members of staff were meeting for trysts inside the care home mortuary refrigeration unit.

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A bedroom farce (Rousse)

It was like the plot of a farce. My new friend and I bonded on a tropical beach while watching the enormous sun double dip into the sea beneath the far horizon. Then we went back to her room. She … Continue reading

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The drunkard at the swimming pool (Rousse)

I was now so friendly with the lifeguards at the gym that I would often pop in and out of their staff room for a chat. One day when I left the staff room to return to the swimming pool, … Continue reading

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Lenushka suspicions (Rousse)

I had my doubts when my parents told me that they had recruited the Lenushkas as their new household staff. My fears were confirmed one Tuesday afternoon. When Mr Lenushka picked up my call, he gave the impression that he … Continue reading

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Hospitality industry staffing shortages (Rousse)

I overheard TPR intimating that we would be more than willing to look after our landlady’s guest house on the Saturday of our week’s stay. Then he gave this stranger a detailed analysis of our financial standing. It appeared that … Continue reading

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Thirty unexpected minutes in Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Rousse)

An announcement came over the tannoy when the train drew into Newcastle Central railway station: ‘Due to circumstances beyond our control, this service will wait here for thirty minutes. Please could all passengers disembark and return after supper.’ By the … Continue reading

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Security advice for North Texas airport (Rousse)

I reached the F family’s house first on foot. My frail, elderly father followed by taxi. There we extracted PMF from the chaos of the house rebuild. He’d already missed one flight home to Edinburgh (cost £100), but had just … Continue reading

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Fly-tippers and drunks (Rousse)

I expected to sit with JB (resplendent in a green dress) at table 19 at the staff meeting, but instead found myself next to GR. Even though retired for almost a year, LM joined us. GR had just swept the … Continue reading

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Apple purée spillage (Rousse)

I accidentally spilt a vat of apple purée over the entire floor of the staff common room of Sheffield University’s iSchool – but nobody seemed to care.

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