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bacon consumed, third mug of tea started.
now for the social services (a misnomer if i ever heard one) telethon.
Again.
on the principle that maybe if i can piss them off enough they'll get their collective finger out and actually DO something.
Boring laundry on. And several bags of clothes sorted out ready to be taken to the tip
The latter process involved a lot of "Oh, but I like that shirt, hang on, I haven't worn it in at least ten years and for most of those I'd forgotten I ever owned it"
3.5 hours to go and I've survived my first week back at Client Co. after 2 week holiday.
I can almost see the bottom of my mailbox.
Much of it comprised sprawling email chains cc'd to half the business that could have been taken care of in 5 minutes had I actually been here, but since I wasn't they all became desperately urgent and got escalated left right and center until someone suggested that the world was not, in fact, about to end and the best course of action was simply waiting until I got back.
"Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.
Much of it comprised sprawling email chains cc'd to half the business that could have been taken care of in 5 minutes had I actually been here, but since I wasn't they all became desperately urgent and got escalated left right and center until someone suggested that the world was not, in fact, about to end and the best course of action was simply waiting until I got back.
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