Discussion over lunch last Thursday… DT: So, why are you going to Italy? DB: My wife’s learning Italian. DT: Well, there’s no better place to learn Italian. Apart from Lygon Street perhaps. DB: You’re right! Lygon Street! Cancel the tickets, we’re going to Lygon Street! DT: Lygon Street has it all. DB: Apart from the ... [More]
Today when I went to work, the work I went to was in a different spot from the work I went to on Friday. That is to say, the esteemed company I work for has moved offices. Not very far – in fact, such a short distance that you have to wonder why they bothered: ... [More]
Noted outside Glen Huntly tram depot: A ragged, tattered, torn, bedraggled flag, proclaiming "A quality endorsed company".
My boss is a pretty good guy, but he’s the type who gets stressed easily. I think it’s because he manages to involve himself in virtually every aspect of his company, down to the kind of level of detail which strictly speaking he doesn’t really need to worry about. Well, on Thursday night he had ... [More]
Well, the last day of my current contract job is tomorrow. I have found another one to take its place in the near future – just after Easter to be precise. Apart from making sure I submit all my final timesheets and invoices and clearing my desk, there’s one other important event on The Last ... [More]
Regular readers of my diary will probably have deduced for themselves that work is going exceedingly well at the moment. It’s easy to work this out because I haven’t been complaining about it, not like some of the previous contract jobs I’ve worked at. Sadly, it would seem that this job is coming to an ... [More]
I’m in an astoundingly good mood today. My week started off really crappily. You know the saga… boring job doing literally nothing… contracted until 21/11… can’t escape early. But no matter, ‘cos I got the most brilliant news last night. For the first time in the universe’s recorded history, somebody is going to pay me ... [More]
Those people selling The Big Issue can be quite innovative. It’s a wonder some of them aren’t earning large amounts of money in advertising. On the steps of the GPO today at lunchtime, I found a skinhead selling it doing the Macarena to attract attention. If I’d had $2 in change, I would have bought ... [More]
All in all, the week’s been good. Work’s going okay, I’ve finally just about almost got a little bit of a grip on what we’re all meant to be doing. I finally got the guided tour of the office, and was introduced to everybody – at least, everybody that the guy I’m working with could ... [More]
Nobody seems to know what happened to the allegedly expected delivery of the alleged PCs on Thursday. They’re also trying to decide whether or not to extend our contracts beyond May. Although we haven’t been exactly productive so far, were they to actually put PCs on our desks, we’d be able to have a crack ... [More]
6am. As I write, the dawning of week eight, day four, approaches. Each dawning of a new day brings with it new ideas, new hopes, new miracles. The idea: that handing the task of getting our PCs at work from the guy who is currently responsible (who has attracted various nicknames including "IN-Action Man", "The ... [More]
Just to recap on the PCs at work situation: Two weeks ago, we were told we’d have PCs last week. At the start of last week, we were told we’d have PCs at the end of last week. At the end of last week, we were told Monday. It’s now Wednesday, with no sign of ... [More]
Start of week seven. As of 3pm, no PCs. At this point, most of us gave up for the day and went home to continue surfing oops errtechnology investigation on our own PCs. (Maybe we can charge the client for electricity?) We’ve decided to compare our situation to those onboard a ship. The iceberg was ... [More]
Quite amazing. Here we are, at the end of our sixth week, and we have finally got phones. They even work! Relatively clean and newish, too. But, what, I hear you ask, about the PCs? Last week we were promised them by the end of this week. Now they’re saying Monday. But they’re now also ... [More]
Week six. No PCs. I hope they realise how much it’s costing them for us all to be working but not getting anything done. We’ve got new neighbours at home. The guy downstairs moved back to Perth. He left some groceries behind for us. Stuff he said he couldn’t use. Like GladWrap. Maybe they don’t ... [More]
Great news! We got cables to go with our network connection points! Amazing stuff. With any luck, in the next few months the bits and pieces of the PC might turn up. Okay, I admit it, it’s starting to get just a little frustrating. This is the end of the fifth week at this new ... [More]