My boss has me sussed (not OT)

It's that time of year again when Dr G's family drag him on holiday (ignoring
his protests- the man is an infamous workaholic!)

And today he's back- the family must be getting good at it as he was due back
next Monday and today's only Friday- last year he managed to escape by the
Wednesday before he was due back

And after last year when he brought me back Whamsee Two- this year he;s
brought me back the most adorable, soft, cuddly black and white cat! (My
office now has 4 cats on one shelf, a mug with the most adorable tabby kitten
on it and of course my PC wallpaper is another tabby kitten and there's two
cat pictures on the notice board- one of them being of Stamford from my old
job- and we won't mention the contents of the bookshelf- suffice to say about
a third of the titles have the word "Cat" in there somewhere)

And he says he's got a home made apple cake to bring in for me

I am sittting here feeling well and truly guilty about the fact that in
another few weeks I'll have to tell him that I am leaving!

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

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Lesley via CatKB.com wrote:

And after last year when he brought me back Whamsee Two- this year he;s
brought me back the most adorable, soft, cuddly black and white cat! (My
office now has 4 cats on one shelf, a mug with the most adorable tabby kitten
on it and of course my PC wallpaper is another tabby kitten and there's two
cat pictures on the notice board- one of them being of Stamford from my old
job- and we won't mention the contents of the bookshelf- suffice to say about
a third of the titles have the word "Cat" in there somewhere)

What a very nice boss you have!

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

On Aug 15, 8:48*pm, Marina wrote:

What a very nice boss you have!

And he excelled it later

Okay go on and have a go I deserve it but I have been trying to find a
dentist to sort out my bad tooth I am prepared to go through root
canal work etc and my current dentist isn't prepared to do anything
beyond extraction they're not even prepared to refer me to have it
done. I know it might not suceed I've had two teeth done that way and
one is still there 26 years later but the other one had to be removed
so I am at least realistic about the odds and prepared to pay the
extra but I would sooner have the tooth than have it extracted..to be
exact I can handle having a tooth taken out if I am in the chair and
it's unexpected but would sooner get into a lift than make an
appointment to have a tooth out (And I am currently seeing a clinical
psychologist about my lift phobia! After 8 weeks I can walk into a
lift as long as he keeps the door open I still can't even stand there
and watch the door close even if I can stop it by putting my hand in
the way)

And it's flared up not badly but enough for me to be sitting at work
facing having to take the afternoon off and hope my dentist could see
me to have a go at me for not having it out even through I have told
them I am prepared to try and save it and they don't seem intrerested
so I was telling Davy G that I would have to take the afternoon off
just to go to Hammersmith to get a prescription for Amoxycillin 5 days
tds

He wrote me a private prescription for it...

9.50 at the pharmacy and after 2-3 doses it's settled down I haven;t
even taken a painkiller today and it's now no longer out of bite which
means this week I need to talk to the dentist on site who has said he
might consider doing root canal work read- if I am prepared to have it
done privately so I will have rto ask how much?

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

"Lesley" wrote in message
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On Aug 15, 8:48 pm, Marina wrote:

What a very nice boss you have!

And he excelled it later
snip

And you want to leave him? You must be mad ;-)
The first time my boss brings me a present back will indeed be the first and
a breathing pretend cat would not be cheap. If I lived nearer I would be
offering to take over your vacancy. Are you sure you want to leave this
job?

Tweed

On Aug 16, 1:41*pm, "Christina Websell"
wrote:


And you want to leave him? *You must be mad ;-)
The first time my boss brings me a present back will indeed be the first and
a breathing pretend cat would not be cheap. *If I lived nearer I would be
offering to take over your vacancy. *Are you sure you want to leave this
job?


Yes...the sad thing is I don;t want to leave him because he's very
nice but there are some other people there that I will be glad to see
the back of! He'll be retiring in the next few years so I have to
think if I stay then he goes I'll be a few more years older and
frankly I am still in shock that I managed to completely change
careers at 45 and that even at 50 I can go out and interview and be
offered other jobs. Also this new job sounds a bit more interesting as
they have someone who does most of the audio typing, which I dislike
(and frankly I am not that good at it- I mean I would probably look
impressive to someone who doesn't type for a living but I am the
World's fastest 3 finger typist being self taught and not one of these
typing whizz kids who uses all their fingers- my boss Bev who is an ex-
medical secretary can type 95+ words per minute- I'm an accurate 45-50
maybe 65 but then I start making mistakes) so I'll only do a little
light typing (The other typist does 3 mornings a week so if something
urgent comes up when he's not there that sort of thing) and much more
organisational work and proper PA work like diary management

Also I have gotten sick of standing on the tube for 35 minutes each
way (okay half the time I get a seat) and the delays and the strikes
and being crushed in like a sardine so you arrive at the office
already tired out and p***ed off and badly in need of a shower in warm
weather even through I have one when I get up and spending 24.20 a
week for the "privilege". The new job is 20-25 minutes on the bus,
there are 3 routes from the top of the road so I'll be pretty much
guaranteed a seat (even if I have to wait for the one that starts just
round the corner but I have been studying them in the rush hour since
I got the job and none of them get that packed), one route goes
through Victoria Park so you even get a nice view. And for this I pay
9.00 a week so I save almost 61.00 a month, which in these times of
rising prices is always a help I mean that's the Hills S/D for the
month, quite a few pouchies of wet, a couple of mousies for Sarsi to
play with and a few bags of cat litter (Note how I have my priorities
right...) and probably still some change for ...more mousies for Sarsi
to play with! And a new feather onna stick every month!

It's also about getting my life back in some kind of order so that the
department at work is covered I have to be in at 8.30 where I am now-
this means getting up at 6.45 so I am out for 7.30 so even if the
tubes are bad I am still on time then I like a quick one after work
sometimes so I might not get back until 7.30 and by then I am tired
out especially if it's hot so I have to go to bed early it means we
don't see to much of each other in the week. On the new job even if
they wanted me in for 8.30, I would have an extra half hour in bed,
get home earlier and be able to stay up a bit later which is more time
to skritchie the cats and less importantly talk to Dave

So yes I am glad to have the new job I am just wishing I could
persuade Davy G to come with me!

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

Lesley via CatKB.com wrote:
It's that time of year again when Dr G's family drag him on holiday (ignoring
his protests- the man is an infamous workaholic!)

And today he's back- the family must be getting good at it as he was due back
next Monday and today's only Friday- last year he managed to escape by the
Wednesday before he was due back

And after last year when he brought me back Whamsee Two- this year he;s
brought me back the most adorable, soft, cuddly black and white cat! (My
office now has 4 cats on one shelf, a mug with the most adorable tabby kitten
on it and of course my PC wallpaper is another tabby kitten and there's two
cat pictures on the notice board- one of them being of Stamford from my old
job- and we won't mention the contents of the bookshelf- suffice to say about
a third of the titles have the word "Cat" in there somewhere)

And he says he's got a home made apple cake to bring in for me

I am sittting here feeling well and truly guilty about the fact that in
another few weeks I'll have to tell him that I am leaving!

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs


What a wonderful boss!
Best wishes,
Polonca and Soncek