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Tag Archives: unwelcome
An unwelcome arrival (Rousse)
Only a couple of people noticed XXX when she appeared at the door of the café. However, when she raised her voice to announce her entrance, nobody could miss her arrival. The two tables fell silent. DTJ was in seated … Continue reading
Smoke, sausages, and exclusion (Rousse)
It was impossible to disguise that I was an middle class English woman, and did not belong in a Northern Irish Protestant working men’s club. However, my hosts were keen for me to witness the atmosphere in the smoke-filled bar, … Continue reading
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Tagged atmosphere, ceiling, cigarette, club, dinner, disgust, English, exclusion, guest, identity, Irish, male, mashed potato, meal, men, middle class, Northern Ireland, people-watching, potato, privilege, Protestant, punish, sausage, smoke, Ulster, unwelcome, woman, working
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An unwelcome Christian
On a Sunday morning I found XY lying in a bed at my flat. He was there because Mansfield Church was fully booked. I could hardly bear to be in his company and wondered out loud how long we would … Continue reading
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Tagged badge, bed, bully, Christian, column, communications, delegate, draw, event, family, flat, lumber, Mansfield Church, marketing, newspaper, PA, poster, prize, Reading, research methods, role, seminar, service, social media, Sunday, unwelcome, whinge, worship
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Insensitive weekend drug dealers (Rousse)
I spent the working day at my portable desk on pavement on the north side of Princes Street. It had a convenient storage slot where I kept a big supply of bottled water. One Friday a bunch of ruffians offered … Continue reading
From student accommodation in Sheffield to unwelcome attention in the garden (Rousse)
I left the conference with a PhD student who was also heading north. She offered me a bed for the night in her student house in Sheffield, which I willingly accepted – and then instantly regretted as we walked through … Continue reading
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Tagged accommodation, attention, black, brown, companion, conference, cow, cows, dinner, Edinburgh, fur, garden, graze, guest, guests, husband, invasion, leg, leg-warmers, net, north, party, PhD, privacy, red, Sheffield, student, submit, table, thesis, train, tutu, unwelcome, warmer, warmers
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Unwelcome gate-crashers (Rousse)
TPR and I were fooled into thinking that we were being shown to our room. The problem was that none was available for us. Instead SM and PM were asked to host us in their massive modern apartment. They were … Continue reading
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Tagged apartment, gate-crasher, gate-crashers, host, massive, modern, room, TPR, unwelcome
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Unwelcome guest on Scottish island is served yellow slime for supper (Rousse)
On Thursday afternoon I observed CEO AM in her London headquarters deep in discussion with a very bright 16 year old girl, apparently the daughter of JMcL (who, as far as I knew, didn’t have any children). On Friday night … Continue reading
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Tagged appetising, blow-up, book, bus, CEO, children, chore, chores, cottage, daughter, dine, dinner, enormous, entertain, Facebook, Friday, girl, Glasgow, guest, headquarters, hostess, house, HQ, huge, husband, invitation, invite, island, lesson, London, meal, pasta, peace, plan neighbour, plate, plates, read, relief, rumour, Scotland, Scottish, slime, Sunday, supper, table, Thursday, tuition, unwelcome, village, weekend, yellow
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From Harry Potter’s Chamber of Secrets to Coronation Street (Rousse)
I jumped into the back seat of the passing car and made my demand: “Take me to the supermarket. I’m going to watch the second Harry Potter film in French with my husband at Tesco!” I obviously gave the impression … Continue reading
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Tagged car, car-jacker, Chamber of Secrets, conversation, Coronation Street, crawl, discussion, drive, film, French, girlfriends, Harry Potter, husband, movie, seat, sofa, Squeeze, supermarket, Tesco, TPR, unwelcome
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Avoiding unwelcome music and copyright infringement (Rousse)
While I had been on holiday “they” had dismantled my desk and moved everything into a massive shared office where music chosen by NU blared out all day. Only RK showed any concern for the effect of this on my … Continue reading
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Tagged admin, articles, avoid, £50, concern, consolation, copyright, grey-haired, health, holiday, infringe, infringement, Journal of Information Science, lady, mental, music, office, photocopy, request, requests, shared, short, staff, unwelcome, well-being
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