Your day was horrible. It started with a run around town doing your checks, and finished with a Manager Meeting when the same old shit was discussed. But the middle bit, the bit where you drove as far as Fareham only to get a call…
Finding the time to write is a weird phenomonen. I do sincerely believe this magical thing we call time is located somehwere between Timbuktu and the Bermuda Triangle. Yes, yes, I am aware that both Timbuktu and the Bermuda Triangle are real places. It’s all…
In case not all are aware, the UK is currently traversing the land of political turmoil as I type this, with Brexit causing much consternation up-and-down this fair isle. An off-shoot of all this comes in the form of [yet another] general election, scheduled for…
Surfing is a great soother for the soul; very little enables my mind to be as empty as it is as when I am bobbing around beyond the break, waiting for the right moment to paddle towards the shore. In all honesty, I do not…
Twice this year I have taken the decision to be honest with people, to actually say what I think. To be open and truthful, in the hope of finding some progression on something, some constructive momentum in a forwards direction. And of course I’ve opened…
My staff are so nice. I woke up this morning to a bright and sunny 8am, knowing I had the day (mostly) to myself. It was – purely by coincidence – a day off, although I did have to pop in to work briefly to…
It was 7am when I was rudely awoken this morning. The noise emanating from my mobile phone pierced my ears with so much annoyance it had to be stopped. It wasn’t the alarm though, but instead a text message from my boss.
For the first time in Lord knows how many years of managing people, I felt it necessary to raise my voice to a manager today. To be honest, I feel sad, and I don’t mind saying that in public. It doesn’t bring me joy to…
So I am at work, and an employee asks for a quick word. The member of staff would like to take 30 minutes off part-way through their shift to go to hospital with the husband – some kind of root-canal dentistry work or something… …So…
Well, it’s really late in Ollie world – just gone 3am – but I’m again having trouble sleeping. I’ve suffered from insomnia since about 14, and whilst it comes and goes at will, it can get to be a real drag sometimes. (Oooo, I hate…
