philipsteak

Well when you put it like that...

I've been thinking it's like a slightly rubbish tv show which keeps sucking you back in with crazy new revelations and cliffhangers. It's The Walking Dead essentially.

My deputy manager and his fiancée (who also worked with us) showed an interest in going one year so him and my manager were joking about maybe not being able to give that many people time off. I knew they were joking and I also knew that not realising how hard it was they probably weren't going to sort a ticket anyway but I took the opportunity to make my feelings known "Well, I guess then we'll all find out how much this job means to me" Not been mentioned since and some years they come to me to book it when the new calendar starts

So she is real then? That's a start at least

Yeah, but we know how extra careful he likes to be with this stuff

Annual leave booked. I mean, it's never in doubt. In previous years my manager has come to me to confirm before I've even asked, but still, nice to get it sorted anyway

An old boss of mine basically had zero shame. Was genuinely fascinating to watch close up

All just part of his master plan proving how much smarter he is than the rest if us 4D chess innit.

My job might be shit, but at least I'm not Paymaster General

Just finished the latest Cobra Kai. Brilliantly bonkers as ever. Fair play to the cast for (mostly) playing it completely straight.

Just waiting for "Fuckers never invited me"

Well there's your problem. Surely anyone still a member of Johnson's government lost their last shred of that a long time ago

Supposed to be, but didn't work quite a few times.

There'd be January sales though.

No one missing for covid reasons. We've only had two confirmed covid cases this whole time, (one in the summer and one just before Christmas) with a workforce that various from 25ish in the off season up to 40 odd in peak season. And encountering tens of thousands of people during that time. If I was conspiracy minded...

Maybe tongue in cheek, but depressingly accurate. As much fun as it was to see them take a kicking in the polls, the fact it was for throwing parties rather than, you know, everything else about them, was just shite. And then the swing back just a few weeks later. Who are these people? So bloody fickle.

If she'd just reposted his tweet with the word 'Prick' and nothing else, and then done that repeatedly, then you might have a point

Why go to a party when you can just sit at home in the dark and get drunk by yourself

Yeah, I had quite a bad cold just before Christmas. With the exact symptoms that seem to match omicron. Did take a PCR (negative)even though I'd had negative LFTs. Didn't want to be the guy who meant that housemates and colleagues couldn't go home for Christmas.

Don't think I heard either played, but I don't listen to the radio much. Think the only thing I saw was someone doing a joke Twitter thread about only just realising what the lyrics to 'Baby it's cold outside' actually say but I think everyone's so bored of it by now it didn't seem to get much traction.

I keep wondering why Truss is so liked amongst Tories. Just don't get it. Then you see a list like that. Actively, I still don't get it

We've been dead. December up until the school holidays is usually quiet, but then we should fill up. It's been busier, but nothing like it should. Next week is usually really busy. In a normal year we'd have pretty much filled up a couple of weeks back, then the last few rooms go last minute. We're still only about half full for NYE which is unheard of.

No but if you need to use the NHS and can't then it affects you. Obviously very different but it has been interesting seeing people's different attitudes to problems in hospitality this year, whether that's staff shortages or supply issues. Generally, most have been understanding. Some begrudgingly so. Some have just been furious. Like, wreck your holiday for your entire family furious.

Hopefully Ladbaby (I'm annoyed even just typing that) doing that interview has brought Kunt's efforts to a wider audience. Even if all they do is listen to it once to find out what the fuss is about, all those streams add up. Not very much admittedly, but they have to come from somewhere

Ghosts Christmas special tonight at 8.30. With Jennifer Saunders!