Getting It Wrong
Yesterday I was strolling home from a visit to a supermarket a few miles away from where I live. Its an old country road that was swallowed by a huge redevelopment of the farmland around west swindon back in the 70's. In fact, for cars its a dead end, because much of the road is now a deddicated bus route.
Imagine my suprise when a car drove past gently. The driver had come down the road, seen the NO EXIT sign to the adjacent main road (the slip road is for buses only!) and proceeded to drive the wrong way down a single lane for buses coming the other way (The bus lane is clearly marked on the road surface with a directional arrow too). The usual procedure in these situations is to say "Ooops" and stop, reverse gently, and turn around if need be.
Not this guy. He continued at a gentle pace looking for a turn off - sorry, its a bus lane, only one exit ahead. Directly onto a busy dual carriageway facing the wrong way into flow of traffic, not to mention a large roundabout exit in front of him.
So what did he do?
Well... There were no screeching of tires, horns blaring, or irate shouts from flustered drivers. He just pulled out and in total confusion found his way out of difficulty without causing a major accident. A few seconds either way and it would have been different.
Job Interview of the Week
part of the conditions for being paid benefits is that I make myself available for work. There's a list of stuff I have to do each week to qualify. One is that I phone a service for job searches, and one vacancy they gave me was for a garden center. The contact was a Mr LW, and I duly phoned the number provided.
A woman answered, with a heavy local accent. I asked to speak to LW but she replied "He's not here... Wots it concerning?"
I'd like to discuss the job vacancy you have.
"Ohh the job. What do mean 'discuss'?"
Well I would like further information. At this point I get the impression she's not too bright.
"Do you want the job or not? Why do you need to discuss it?"
I was given this number by the employment service. What I'd like to do is find out more and....
"I think you're wasting my time.... (click BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR)
So I'm not going to get the job then?
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