Was doing something slightly different at work today, which came as some relief in a way - not because of the task at hand, but because of the bloke I've been sitting next to for most of the week. Before this week I had been sitting next to this bloke from Tanzania. He played table tennis and collected stamps, but was actually quite interesting to talk to, and he told me all about some African music that I like. But he was let go earlier this week unfortuantely, and I've been plonked next to Tim, from day one of the job that I think I mentioned who, while not being an unpleasant person, is, to actually put it mildly, as boring as fuck.
Every day I see him he gives me an update to his flooded bathroom at home, which he is struggling to get fixed, and he for some reason thinks I might give a shit about, which I don't. He is also not very good at this quite easy job, and constantly boasts to me about how qualified and clever he is. I suppose he must hide it well. He's also obsessed with tidying up, sometimes getting ready to go home and standing patiently behind his desk a clear half an hour before home time.
But I won't hold a grudge, and I do hope he gets his toilet fixed soon.
And so it seems I've been given a promotion of sorts today. Not really a promotion, but something slightly different, and perhaps it might last a little longer in terms of a job. So all seems well today all in all.
Was a bit down yesterday for some reason, but an evening spent in Brighton drinking Guinness and Jameson's with my cousin seemed to put things right. That is one of the good things about not starting till 9am at this job - most of my other jobs have started at 6 or 7am - is that I feel like I can go out on a weekday and not have to worry too much about recovering in time for work as it seems so comparatively late for for me.
Looking forward to doing not very much at all this evening.
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