Tag Archives: work

Unqualified workers monitor water levels on the Thames (Rousse)

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Dreamaticus

I had been assigned a new duty at work: to monitor and report on water levels on the River Thames. My colleague KC was responsible for the tributaries upstream. Neither of us was qualified for this task.

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The tyranny of email (Rousse)

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Dreamaticus

I confessed to the PhD students that I was only capable of one main work activity. I had the option of either keeping on top of my email or accomplishing a specific task. To achieve both was impossible.

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Bedroom and bathroom makeover with Moomins (Rousse)

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Dreamaticus

I was so tired on the first night back at home after a long period away with work that I didn’t notice that anything was different. Even the next morning my first thought was only that the bathroom looked very … Continue reading →

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A prediction, skewered prawns, and rude remarks about Dame Kelly Holmes (Rousse)

Posted on January 17, 2016 by Dreamaticus

The stranger was astonished when I guessed that he was a city worker who had retired early from a career in finance. I was almost right: he’d spent his entire working life at the Treasury. After queuing for my food … Continue reading →

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Novelist’s life work loss blamed on clumsy husband (Rousse)

Posted on January 10, 2016 by Dreamaticus

I’d been complaining of TPR’s clumsiness for some time. Now he had managed to let a desktop PC, all the back-up disks for my novel-in-progress, and an old fashioned brick mobile telephone, fall from a third floor window and through … Continue reading →

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Pink-faced Plug lookalike embarks on a spring clean (Rousse)

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Dreamaticus

There was room for about a dozen of us in BW-H’s massive new house. Most of us had our own rooms. Those who did not were comfortable enough, including B’s friend John who slept on a sofa bed on the … Continue reading →

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From Turkey to Teesside by taxi (Rousse)

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Dreamaticus

Although my paper had been refereed and accepted, by the time that I registered at the Turkish conference it had disappeared from the programme. I hung around the venue all morning looking for someone to tell me if I was … Continue reading →

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A silly strop beneath the Smiths (Rousse)

Posted on December 25, 2015 by Dreamaticus

X sat at his desk beneath the Smiths poster. Every time that a gust of wind blew outdoors the poster billowed. I suggested that the windows be closed. It was winter after all. All this time I had thought that … Continue reading →

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Find a man in 2016 (Rousse)

Posted on December 24, 2015 by Dreamaticus

I couldn’t face another year of being single. My New Year resolution was to find a man. This time I would avoid anyone in the hospitality industry. My last boyfriend – though a chef of world renown – made a … Continue reading →

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Recycled train carriages make for a bumpy ride (Rousse)

Posted on December 12, 2015 by Dreamaticus

LK and I were charged with drawing a solar system of planets to represent the different sizes of the groups of actors covered in our research. JS would come along later to check our work. It was a tricky job … Continue reading →

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