How was your day? (Random off topic chat)

Just four weeks after I rang the fracture clinic to get an appointment to see the consultant to ask about having the pins and wire removed from my elbow (because they stick out and I keep knocking them and it hurts,) today I had my pre-op assessment. The nurse who was talking me through everything asked if I could manage next Tuesday for the operation. Wow, yes, I wasn't expecting it to be so soon but yes.

"Okay, I'll just ring through to see what time you should come in," she said and rang through to the ward. Lots of chatter coming from the other end and then she says "right, hang on, I'll just ask, yes she is sitting down!"

"What about tomorrow?" she says "They could do it tomorrow if you like."

So, tomorrow, I shall be mostly lying in a hospital bed, having metalwork removed.............

When the NHS works, it really works!

Today should be good. I'm off to Edinburgh to see some Fringe shows today.

I am very prepared for my LNER train to Edinburgh to be packed to the rafters.

Had a wonderful phone conversation with a customer at work the other day. Funny lady from Wales who owned three dogs that kept attacking her as she was trying to order things from a catalogue. We had such a laugh.

We are told at work that if a customer wants to ramble, we let them. Obviously at some point we have to tell them we have other customers to attend to, but as most of them are elderly, they may be lonely or may not have chatted to anybody for days, so we let them have a good natter.

Well, I spent HALF AN HOUR on the phone to her, and as pleasant and wonderful and uplifting as it was, I'd hate to see her face when she opens the phone bill.

I had a reading of a play I’ve written (being performed next year) and it went well. So well. We laughed a lot (in appropriate places, and inappropriate remarks)

Turns out I’m quite funny. And quite dark and twisty. But we knew the second bit.

Cheers Monkey....the question being though, will you lot end up reported in the Bad Behaviour thread after though?!! If there's a bar and a hot actor some people just might....

Now see that could be a problem for me, monkey. Takes me nearly 5 hours to get to London from here, so if you could divert to Aberystwyth on your way to pick me up, it will make it so much easier for me. Ta everso.

@theatremonkey.com , @emicardiff / count me in, now who to sit next to?

@theatremonkey , with your seatin plan expertise you could alocate for the most 'entertainment'

I didn't realise you have family in the grim north, @ryan. The woman behind me in the supermarket was buying five bottles of regular gin, one bottle of premium gin and two boxes of gin truffles.

Just a flying visit is it?

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*sigh*  Well as you're diverting to pick me up, I suppose it's only right and proper that I volunteer... ermm...I should be the very lucky person to get to sit next to Burly. I can't wait...always wanted to meet him/her/it...no, seriously, I have...

It. 🤡 

So I got a new job on Thursday, which is very exciting, they seem nice but my current job. Oh jesus. I cannot resign until my bonus has been paid because
• Employees must not have resigned their position and be working their contractual notice period at the time bonus payments are made

I am a ball of pent up rage. I am lying to colleagues/customers about everything and the only person I can confide in is my colleague who is resigning the same day. I feel like I might explode and just want to go home and eat my homemade bakewell tart