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Date: 20 December 2007 12:22:32
I arrived at work this morning to find that I'd left my office keys at home. I had to endure a 20 minute wait in McD's, drinking a cup of awful coffee. It was only marginally better than waiting outside the office in the car.
Yesterday morning was spent at my company's Bristol office being introduced to members of our team their. I was asked what I'd done previously and explained my background. As I went through things I was told that their was someone in the European section who used to work at my first shipping company. Lo and behold, I was confronted by someone I used to work with 20 years ago.
I should have known that in such a parochial industry I was bound to run into people I'd known in my previous working life but it always comes as a shock when I do.
A few weeks ago I got in touch with someone that used to do haulage work for me before I left London 10 years ago. I only discovered where he was because I had a quiet five minutes and was trawling through the company's client list. I thought that his company had been bought out shortly after I stopped dealing with him but it appears that he'd transferred everything into one of his group companies and carried on. I just never thought to contact him as they'd been bought out.
I keep running into people who know people I've worked with in the past. One of the guys I work with has even applied for the same jobs that I have and got one of them, that I'd been promised.
This world is shrinking all the time.
I owe you 2 jokes as yesterday I didn't post:
What do you get hanging from Santa's roof?
Tired arms.
How many chimneys does Santa go down?
Stacks.