Bitterweet Symphony

I started a new job today and, hallalujah, they all have a sense of humour...hurrah!!! Shame it's only a five week temp job, but five weeks is better than none. I realised I was on to a good thing when the lady who's helping to show me the ropes bought me a packet of Quavers. I'm on a diet at the moment and as I smelt a roast dinner lunch coming from the other room as I tucked into my shitarse salad sandwich...I could've wept. So, as you can imagine, when this lovely wonderful woman bought me in a packet of Quavers...after I'd commented earlier that I really fancied a bag of Quavers, I could literally have leapt across the desk and kissed her quite passionately. But I decided to myself that this was an action probably best left to wait until at least my 4th or 5th day.

I had my interview yesterday and I knew as soon as we started chatting that I would probably enjoy working there. It's always nice to meet like-minded people (who buy you packets of Quavers) who don't live by the rule that work shouldn't be fun. I had a good, productive day today and picked up things fairly quick, whilst at the same time having a chat with my colleagues and joining in with their larking about. I wish all employers could see that if you enjoy your job it makes you more productive.

On a slightly disappointing, and frustrating, note; I was all prepared to march down (well, drive down to be exact, it's less physically demanding...) to Lidl and make the move on "you know who". It wasn't to be. Again. I got a call yesterday afternoon asking if I could start work today. Even I wouldn't be stupid enough to miss a days pay just to give my number (but probably wuss out) to a man! I'm going down there Saturday with a mate to buy some pizza (a smokescreen of course, the pizza we want is actually in Tesco...) and hope that he's working. All this is sooooo much effort that, if I ever manage to give him my number and if he ever actually calls, I'm half tempted to make sure he pays for everything for at least a month just to make up for all the money I've needlessly spent in Lidl....!