1st (blog) of October

Well….
My replacement didn’t last long at work. After his induction on the first night he spent half a shift following me around, then on the second night we worked in tandem. Then halfway through our shift on Day 3 he handed his apron to me and said “I don’t think I can do this every night. I’d rather go back to sticking labels on envelopes for my uncle. At least I get to sit down.” And with that, he was gone. He didn’t even hang around for a goodbye chat. Shame really, I was going to ask if his uncle needed any more staff – I liked the sound of that label job.
The management were disgusted with his behavior and went off to The Meeting Room to discuss what they could do about it. Three and a half hours later they emerged with the answer – nothing. Dave is apparently looking into the legal standing involved when someone quits with immediate effect when they haven’t yet started their trial period to see if they can force him to work notice.. I mean really, would you bother?
The upshot is they’ve asked me to put off my finish date and I said yes. For sanity purposes I should have refused, but I’ve been a bit pre-occupied this week with something that I might share with you tomorrow, so I just thought “Sod it – take their money. It’s only another eight weeks then I’m free to enjoy daylight like normal people.”

Beryl is back in with Ted. I haven’t seen him yet for a catch-up, but there’s been no eardrum-shattering arguments in the street, and I haven’t seen him sneak outside for a roll-up, so maybe all is rosy so far. Young love, eh?

RC 9-10-09