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Saturday, March 26, 2011

Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think

Ooh, there'll be some heads in Helminthdale this morning...

Yesterday evening we repaired to The Monkey's for Julia's leaving do. And very convivial it was, too. If, as threatened, she ever sets herself up on Facebook there'll be some explaining to do about the photographs.

Ours was not the only leaving do: most of the Engineers' Department was saying its farewells in the billiard room; the benefits advice team in the snug; the business advice team in the dining room; and the adult careers service on the main public bar.

Given the state of the borough before the cuts efficiencies, I can't say that any of this makes me optimistic for the future.

6 comments:

Macy said...

Given the current efficiency drive, the cuts to the benefits advice team are particularly worrying methinks.

libby said...

These are indeed worrying times...

Kevin Musgrove said...

Macy: given that unemployment benefit is the major economic driver...

libby: quite so...

Happy Frog and I said...

All we can do is keep calm, carry on and go down the pub.

Britta said...

That is depressing - how many of those people are still in their job?

Kevin Musgrove said...

Happy Frog & You: this sounds like a plan...

Britta: I counted seven people who had taken "voluntary early retirement" because their jobs had disappeared.