Last night...

So my first night went ok. The manager guy Steve didn't even know my name when he came to greet me which I thought was nice. Let me refer to him as Greased Lightning because he was greasy and really obviously thinks he is something special (like lightning, no less). If it turns out I am wrong and he's really lovely later I will eat my hat.

But he takes me and the two other newbies into a room and tells us that we'll have to undergo 5 weeks training (5 weeks!) and if we don't intend to stay long then we might as well tell him as there's no point going through training only to leave later. Then he says, "you'll probably hate it anyway". His two teamleaders flanking him either side looked horrified. Me thinks this man has a rather small p*nis and/or a rather large chip on his shoulder.

The other newbies are really sweet, though I admit I did have my reservations when I first clapped eyes on them. They are both eighteen - ten whole years younger than me! Blondie (the girl) is tall, thin with amazing hair and Spike (the boy) is lanky and spotty but they are both really nice. I suppose you could lump them into the Chav category, though they are both very sweet and intelligent so I'll say no more.

Blondie thinks I am dead cool because I have a tattoo and the top of my ear pierced but I still feel like an old woman around them. I guess I am pretty damn cool for an old bird though so I'm gonna be down with the kids I just know it! We didn't get introduced to the rest of the team yet but they just sort of stared at us really, probably wondering what the cat dragged in. We spent two hours inputting Direct Debits onto the system. I was nearly blind by the end of it!

Oh, I must just tell you this - one of the teamleaders, J was fannying about with boxes and accidently tripped over one, falling hard on her ass. Does Greased Lightning help her up? No. Does he ask her if she's ok? No. Does he tell her to get off her fat ass? Yes. Nice guy. I hope she sues the company for all they've got.

All in all it's just a little paper pushing job for extra cash and I should take it for what it is.

I can't believe I now have two Brents in my life!