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slemslempikeCan people recommend me some tumblrs to follow, especially the ones with the gifs that claim to represent their life or career or whatever? I am currently enjoying academic men explain things, life in publishing (although I have never worked in publishing) and R-Pattz hates his life. Mentioning this last one to my UK NEPT colleagues at lunch led to confusion between Owen Paterson (secretary of state, used to have pet badgers) and Robert Pattinson (neither of those things).
I have no ability or desire to be the Public Relations Manager for the Red Arrows, but I like that it's a job that comes up on my civil service searches. Ditto part-time kennel assistant for the MoD.
In Brussels the oyster-a-like card can be used for two people, so you swipe it twice and it says 2 on the reader, meaning you have paid for two journeys on one bus or whatever. Unfortunately, this also means that if you stand too close to the reader on the bus with your card in your hip pocket, you can pay for 7 journeys before you realise that the beeping noise is you and move away. 8 euro for a v. short journey. Livid. My least favourite thing about Brussels is that you often have to pay for toilets, not just in stations and the like, but in cinemas and bars - places where you have already paid a lot of money to be there anywhere! It is only 50c, but the moral price is obviously far higher. Although perhaps people in Brussels need more cleaning up after them - I have seen far more signs here than at home explaining how to use the toilet and (seriously) signs congratulating you if you've left a clean bowl behind and reminding you to use the brush if you haven't. And a very cross note expressing revulsion that "women of this level" (at work, so assume it means professional people rather than expectations about floor 5) could be so revolting.
I have no ability or desire to be the Public Relations Manager for the Red Arrows, but I like that it's a job that comes up on my civil service searches. Ditto part-time kennel assistant for the MoD.
In Brussels the oyster-a-like card can be used for two people, so you swipe it twice and it says 2 on the reader, meaning you have paid for two journeys on one bus or whatever. Unfortunately, this also means that if you stand too close to the reader on the bus with your card in your hip pocket, you can pay for 7 journeys before you realise that the beeping noise is you and move away. 8 euro for a v. short journey. Livid. My least favourite thing about Brussels is that you often have to pay for toilets, not just in stations and the like, but in cinemas and bars - places where you have already paid a lot of money to be there anywhere! It is only 50c, but the moral price is obviously far higher. Although perhaps people in Brussels need more cleaning up after them - I have seen far more signs here than at home explaining how to use the toilet and (seriously) signs congratulating you if you've left a clean bowl behind and reminding you to use the brush if you haven't. And a very cross note expressing revulsion that "women of this level" (at work, so assume it means professional people rather than expectations about floor 5) could be so revolting.
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Date: 2013-03-27 03:45 pm (UTC)That's a very sneaky and greedy card reader. Also it would make me cross to have to pay for loos in cinemas and places like that too.
It is very hard to read NEPT without mentally adding an "I" in front.
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Date: 2013-03-27 04:04 pm (UTC)Have you read Kennelmaid Nan and They Both Liked Dogs?
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Date: 2013-03-27 06:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-03-27 04:12 pm (UTC)I will have a look at the R Pattz one though.
I have been tempted many times to leave notes in our work loos. They are pretty gross at times.
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Date: 2013-03-27 04:55 pm (UTC)Set up as a "Madame Pipi" (really) and charge them 50p for entry. That'll make them stop.
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Date: 2013-03-27 04:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-03-27 04:56 pm (UTC)