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"When your new boss..." makes a frequent appearance. I'm thinking there is a subtext going on here.

But at least there are no mentions of rivers of blood, bubonic plague and zombie apocalypse. Yet.
Sounds like your new boss has had a personality bypass. Time for a new job perhaps? They will never find the staplers.
You suspected your old boss read this blog. Are you certain your new boss doesn't too?
I hope we're not updating this blog during office hours?
Sounds like your new boss is a keeper!

I think everything that has happened at flickr over the last 6 months has been positive, and much better than the totally stagnant five years prior to this.

Even better, Stewart Butterfield seems pleased too.
I always found Mile End the worst place for passengers barging on to the tube (particularly the westbound District line) without letting others off.
Worse than (3) is when you step aside to let people off the train and someone (usually a female with a oversized "coffee") pushes into the space from behind... thus blocking people from getting off, the whole point of standing aside in the first place. So rude.
I have a confession to make. I'm one of those people who buys mince pies in October. In fact, I'd buy them all year round, if I could.
Does anyone know when Cadburys Creme Eggs and hot cross buns go on sale? I can't find them anywhere!
Phil Goodfactor: Blooming Tescos never stop it with the HCBs Tesco Finest White Hot Cross Buns 4 Pack - Groceries - Tesco Groceries
Do we work in the same office? You appear to be describing my new boss in specific detail. Especially that cc'ing of superiors in emails when they don't get the answer they want, no matter how poorly phrased or inappropriate the question might be. Raise your hand now so I can see you.
BT has just put up it's exhorbitant prices by 3.5%, way above your average rise in earnings/pensions. Expect other Telcoms to follow as well as Gas and Electricity.

Why does nothing ever come down?
Hey, I had the rare treat (?) of a bit of tube travel, last week, so yeah, I got to see exactly what you mean about people waiting to get on a train who seem oddly reluctant to make any space at all for the ones trying to get off. [Being able to get back on a bike again can't come soon enough]
Hmmm. Miley Cyrus. I'm probably not the first to ask but is she, by any chance, related to Billy Ray? Sheesh, if you needed any brightening up, just think what a duet that would make :)
West London is far worse for people not getting out of the way of train doors. Bunch of entitled snobbish "me me me, i'm the only important one" bloodsacks. It takes forever for the train to empty because only one person can leave the train at a time because you're blocking their path out!
I generally find the kinds of 'bosses' that cc every bleedin bit of their own incompetence get moved on....
Of course, you never look in your spam box - the perfect 'filing space' for certain correspondence. Alternatively, try a few very long incomprehensible answers using combinations of randomly selected words from a thesaurus that are returned to the original sender (remove the cc-ee). Glee! Of course, remember to file this response in spam too - you don't want red hands do you?
I disagree with (15). Boris going somewhere else is a very attractive prospect indeed.
re not moving down the carriage, anyone less than 5'4" tall is probably unable to reach the dangling straps so has to stay near the vertical poles to hang on. many taller passengers (sorry, Customers) don't realise this. but I do agree about those who block doorways, no excuse for that
A mince pie is food fit for the gods. Its an outrage that they are missing from supermarket shelves for nine months year. I can't help thinking that Milliband has missed trick with his fuel price freeze. Surely a campaign on assurance of British mince pie supplies would see his sweep to victory ?
Sykobee: 'West London is far worse for people not getting out of the way of train doors'.

It's a national problem. I encounter it on arrival at Leeds every morning. They just stand there like morons.

DG: 'People who turn left without indicating, then wave their fist because they almost ran you over, eejits'.

This is a particularly aggravating subset of the 'can't be bothered to indicate in ANY circumstances' phenomenon. Why working that little lever defeats so many people I will never understand.
Ha Ha Ha - I spoke too soon about BT putting prices up by 3.5%. British Gas is to put up prices by 9.2%. YES A WHOPING 9.2% - Disgrace! Oh Happy Days!
Odd, Briantist. I've usually found myself being elbowed out of the way by suit-wearing males in their haste to be first on the bus or train. (An over-generalisation, perhaps...but no more so than yours.)

With you on the changes at Flickr, DG. It's almost unnavigable now.
...my boss was "made to move on" by the company. my new boss was then told to "sort-out" his workers...and so we were made jobless. He (the new boss) then had to hire new workers (yes...you guessed it...part-time/lower wages). An finally...the company "let go" the new boss to find...(yes you guessed it again?) a new-new boss on (think you gettin the picture) lower wage.
There must be a subliminal message relating to the 4,8,12,16,20,24,28 sequence?
Phil Goodfactor: I can't find Creme Eggs but you can get Scream Eggs at the moment, essentially the same thing except the yoke is green rather than yellow. Possibly the only good thing to come out of number 6 on the list!
Here's a list of cheerful things to offset the depressing list:

1) Some of the items on the depressing list might never happen.

2) Err, that's it...
In answer to RogerW, she's his daughter.

I've not looked at the new Flickr but shall do so tonight.

On the bright side, it's 18 degrees outside in London and looks like it will be warm tomorrow as well.
You'll feel much better when you use your awesome intelligence to ever-so-politely beat your boss at his own game. Not nice, but necessary.
My husband eats mince pies whenever he can get them, and I bought him some the other day. I will eat hot cross buns whenever I can get them.

But I do wish you hadn't said that about sunset before 6:00 pm....

I do hope tomorrow's post will contain 30 cheerful things!
Well, I was having neither a rotten nor depressing day, until I read this list! :(
Well, I was having my worst day for quite some time, but at least I'm my own boss. Thanks for reminding me of that, at least.
Number 18. Easter may be 6 months away but you will probably see the first Creme Egg on December 27th. On the same day mince pies will disappear for 8 months whether you like it or not. And no doubt the big supermarkets will be planning WW1 related merchandise when the centenary begins next year!
I naje aqesine nubce oues,
Sorry, fingers on wrong keys.
.. but Christmas is coming and we will get a 49 hour weekend soon. Which is great unless you work a night shift on Saturday night.
Great Aunt Annie - it seems that I've solved your cipher - with a lot of help from an online checker. I think it's fair to divulge that certain fingers on your keyboard were shifted by one place, and that the comment was related to food.
I saw a rather startling thing for the first time yesterday morning in rush hour: someone waiting for everyone to get on before trying to get off! Which is actually very unhelpful, but his heart was in the right place. He realised his mistake as the doors started to shut and managed to wedge them open with his face (!) and squeezed through before the train left.
Totally with you on Miley Cyrus; so depressing that even in 2013 all a woman has to do to be successful is take her clothes off.
Sounds as though you've got it, Bob. :)
I did it accidentally but then decided it would be fun to post it.
Thanks, Sarah: I'd only been guessing before I wrote, but got a pang of conscience that I was coming over as uninterested, so I did actually google them after posting.











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