Pianists playing, blue sky thinking & brown bread bollox!

Hiya Friday peops

Been burning the candle at both ends – yes – two nights out this week so will keep this short as I’m a tired ol’ girl :-)

Last week’s bimble round Acton Trussell was very nice – yes one of those moments - feeling like a teenager again – only cos the walk leader treats us like kids – “SINGLE FILE, DON ‘T TREAD ON THE GRASS – IT’S A CROP!” sort of stuff…..I’m tempted to put big woolly mitts tied with a piece of string through my jacket and pin a list of instructions to my lapel – like “Do not feed her E numbers for lunch – she will go for your jugular….”

Last night I sat and chilled listening to Einaudi at Warwick arts Centre, and tonight I went to town to say goodbye to one of our lovely administrative staff Sarah, who is off to work for a real organisation….. I drove in cos it’s Diwali – and getting a taxi is a nightmare!

This week at work we’ve had an ‘Away Day’ with lots of blue sky thinking… which was of course ‘outside the box’, not working in silos, raising the bar, lean thinking – and to be honest I feel all bottomed out……..so I’ve been doing a lot of ‘activity deficit substitution’ (aka looking busy). Mind you, I’m pleased to bring you some breaking good news in times of NHS cutbacks, and news of us starving patients – we had a global e-mail announcing, (and this was real….. )

“John has asked me to inform you all that toast made with brown bread, as well as white bread, will be available from Monday onwards at the WRVS.”

Evidence, indeed, if any was needed, that we are constantly striving for better NHS provision……………….

Have a fab weekend

Kimmie x

Numpty has sent something similar before, but after today I shall be trying some………….

10 tips to liven up a meeting....

1 Stand up and act indignant. Demand that the boss tell you the 'real' reason this meeting has been called.
2 Spill coffee on the conference table. Produce a little paper boat and sail it down the table.
3 During a meeting, each time the boss makes an important point, (or at least one he/she seems to consider important), make a little noise like you are building up to an orgasm.
4 Stay behind as everyone else, including the boss, leaves. Thank them for coming.
5 Give a broad wink to someone else at the table. In time, wink at everyone. Sometimes shake your head just a little, as if to indicate that the speaker is slightly crazy and everybody knows it. 6 Arrange to have a poorly-dressed young woman with an infant quietly enter the meeting, stare directly at the (male) speaker for a while, burst into tears, then leave the room.
7 Bring a hand puppet, preferably an animal. Ask it to clarify difficult points.
8 When there is a call for questions, lean back in your chair, prop your feet up on the table, smile contentedly, and say, "Well, here's the way I see it, J.B..." (or any other impressive-sounding initials that are not actually your boss's.)
9 Complain loudly that your neighbour won't stop touching you. Demand that the boss make him/her stop doing it.
10 Bring a small mountain of computer printouts to the meeting. If possible, include some old-fashioned fanfold paper for dramatic effect. Every time the speaker makes a point, pretend to check it in one of the printouts. Pretend to find substantiating evidence there. Nod vigorously, and say "uh-huh, uh-huh!"