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What a beautiful day to go cycling. 
Perfect for it really - still, no rain, dry roads, no wind, no blinding low sun. Perfect. So it’s a shame I missed out by having to go into work this morning. So many people are down with this shitty flu bug that we’re all working extra and still sitting short-staffed. So when I got a call at 5.45 am telling me Bethan was unable to make her shift I wasn’t in the least bit surprised. I wasn’t in the least bit suspicious, either. All my employees have their faults as people, but as members of a team I have nothing to complain about. No-one takes an unjust sicky, no-one drops us in it at short notice and no-one craps on one of their workmates to make life better for themselves. They’re all stars. I give myself a bit of credit for this and say that a lot of their attitude is the consequence of my skills as a leader. I treat them with respect, I have their backs at all times and I never ask them to do anything that a) I wouldn’t be prepared to do myself and b) they won’t benefit from in some way. But it does hack me off a bit when I have to travel in to cover one of them on the last day of BST and miss the last chance this year for me to take myself cycling and not have to worry about being back before teatime. 
Mind you, I’ve been home 15 minutes and there’s still 3 hours of daylight left, but instead of getting my bike out and saving as much of the day as I can and enjoying it I’ve now wasted several minutes sitting here moaning about it, so who is really to blame? 

RC 29-10-16