I stood for council - part 2 |
Well it took me a lot longer than a day to find the time to write this.So, campaigning done, leaflets out, we waited for the day of the poll. I took the day off work as I had been advised to be "seen"...
Posted by Alec on Sun, 11 May 2008 05:52:00 PST |
I stood for council - part 1 |
Yes I did, and I got beat but such is democracy I suppose Was an interesting experience on many levels. 1 - just the very idea of me doing it. Anyone who knows me will know I am an opinionated, ar...
Posted by Alec on Sun, 04 May 2008 10:14:00 PST |
Edinburgh |
Went on a business trip to Edinburgh today. Left at 5AM (OMG!!!!)Had a very pleasant drive up, avoided the usual A1 route (too boring) and the more usual alternative of going via Jedburgh (getting stu...
Posted by Alec on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:27:00 PST |
Thwarted |
Damn, I spent yesterday trawling Google on a mission to make a case for unfair dismissal of a colleague last week. Thought I had it cracked, but no, damn it, pisses me off no end. I hate injustice, it...
Posted by Alec on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:17:00 PST |
Annual Review/Appraisal |
Got my appraisal yesterday. It was a very brief affair with the ops director. He informed me that the owner regards me as one of the only people we can’t do without - go me! So, having massaged ...
Posted by Alec on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:18:00 PST |
Work and other annoyances |
Now should be a good time at work. We maintained our position as number one service centre (of about 200) for our primary customer, pay review is ongoing and should be completed in the next couple of ...
Posted by Alec on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:39:00 PST |
Feeling better |
Thankfully my more defiant "fuck ’em all" attitude to life has returned. Dunno why I got so contemplative the other day, just one of those things, no doubt helped a long by the several Jaegermei...
Posted by Alec on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 05:19:00 PST |
Yawn |
Proper bored of winter now, Spring seems no nearer now than it did at Christmas, and it’s almost April! Very windy here, windier than it’s been for quite a while, and now it’s snowin...
Posted by Alec on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:27:00 PST |
Work and stuff |
We had our perfomance review from our major customer last week. From threats to cancel our contract in March, we have turned things around to be No.1 UK service centre for the last two months. My boss...
Posted by Alec on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 01:04:00 PST |
Happy New Year |
Well that's 2007 done then. Goodbye and good riddance to it.Went to Sharon's last night, and it was a really good night. Quite a few people I hadn't met before and the usual suspects which I had. I am...
Posted by Alec on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 09:26:00 PST |
