Odd Thomas Odd Blog

This weekend, I mostly did ... nothing! Actually, I did have plans for the weekend, but they went somewhat askew when I found out last Friday that the diving kit I had ordered on express delivery last Tuesday had not been despatched: I was supposed to be going to Chepstow quarry with Pygmie on Sunday. Okay, it was just the BCD and some weights, all of which I could have hired, but nobody told me my order was being held up and I was really looking forward to going diving with the first bit of my own major kit. Needless to say, I was hopping around like a very unhappy bunny. Image from invisibleman.com Somehow, I managed to keep a reasonably clear head whilst talking to the nice girl in customer services and requested that the express delivery be refunded in full, as I am not getting a service that I paid for. As seems to be the case with a lot of customer services, all the girl could do was escalate the issue to her manager, so we ended the phone call and I waited. Quite surprisingly...

I often ask myself this question when I feel cornered by work and today is no exception. As per usual, we have a customer who wants something last minute and then buggered off on holiday, so I am left holding the baby, sorting out the IT side for the new website templates, only to find they've done a hatchet job of the content. Unable to let tardiness in presentation get the better of me*, I have ended up sorting out the worst of the content so that it is at least presentable-ish for the time being. All of which has lead to my still being in the office at 9:30 at night, with all of my plans for tonight scrapped. I am not a happy bunny. * Not that I'm top-notch when it comes to presentation, but I can at least make things look acceptable.