The Starved Writer

Listening in

A few days ago, as the weather was so hot, we were allowed to come into work in casual clothes. Normally suits are worn, but as we were in the UK and the weather was above freezing, it was a special occasion.

Although I started at 9:00am, I was in work at 8:30am. My boss [...]

Why I love working on phones

I used to work at a Financial Management company, in Manchester city centre. You may of heard of it. I have posted my views on Mike Grech a few of times in the past, and it has featured on Watchdog a couple of times…

Basically, in principle, Financial Management it a damn good idea if [...]

Stupidisms

Where I used to work, in Manchester at a financial management company, there used to be a manager by the name of Dominic Morris.

Dominic used to have “power meetings” with his staff, me included, every morning. They were a 5 minute prep talk designed to get you motivated before work commenced.

Unfortunately Dominic wasn’t [...]

Ebaying Spooky Cat

A while back, a work colleague left. They left behind a collection of pens, pencils, notepads and a hideous featureless ceramic cat.

I decided to ebay it, so below is a copy of the original ebay description including the original pictures that accompanied the auction.

This auction is for the “Spooky Cat”

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Ex-colleague Danny Nolan

Where I used to work, there was a guy called Danny Nolan.

He looked like a chubby Eric Morcambe, glasses and all, and was quite tall too. He must have weighed around 16 stone.

Anyway, he liked to gamble. He quite often went out on Friday night for a few hours at a casino, but [...]