This Is This

I’ve mentioned work a couple of times recently, but I am always careful to when I stick in conversations and snippets from my conversations with employees.

A blogging colleague was surprised recently to be reminded by our Human Resources department of the office policy on blogs.

Right now I’m fighting so many urges to put in a joke after that line but I can’t. It’s a shame actually because it’s a funny one, but one of the main points of the policy is that you can’t…. - no I can’t even say what it says not to do because that could be seen as company strategy which you could send to a friend.

If I said any more about it I would probably become persona au gratin, and then I’d have to cover myself in a load of cheese and stick myelf under a grill until browned but not burned, and that’s not a good career move.

That wasn’t the joke, by the way.

Yes, it may surprise you to know I have a job. But work can’t sack me for telling people I work, nor can I get in trouble for sharing conversations that don’t revolve around policy, particularly where I don’t mention who I work for.

The other day, someone at work said fuck.

See? That kind of thing is fine.

The important thing when writing a blog is to imagine that everyone reads everything. Prospective employers, current employers, partners, kids (oh shit) - everyone can read it and assume they do.

I’m going on holiday for a short while from Friday, but there will be posts every day through the magic of forward scheduled publishing with all the crazy tenderness that is that internet.

The posts might be small, but they’ll be here even though I won’t.

If you’re commenting for the first time or from a computer then your posts will probably get held in moderation for me to approve when I return. I won’t be gone that long, so please bear with me.

Also on This Is This
Him: “Snooker is a sport.”
Me: “No it’s not. It’s like saying darts is a sport.”
Him: “Darts is a fucking sport!”
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