Comms down

Been a funny one... had about half an hour's worth of writing all set up and ready to go on here on Saturday. Went to answer the mobile and when I came back, the 'pooter's cheerfully rebooting, the answerphone's off etc... all work lost. Teach me to save things as draft. A power spike or something. Mind you, it's not like it was worth reading, it was a highly detailed rant on why my team at work are pissing me, which lets face it, you don't want to read and I don't really want to publish if I know what's good for me. It's good to vent. But not always clever. Anyway. Saturday's shift was a complete waste of time, everything we were sent out to do was foiled through no fault of our own and everyone was pretty low in their respective cages. Worked with a few guys of my generation, rather than the latest intake for a rather refreshing change, but hell... they bitch more than I do. Less jawing, more getting on with it, that's what I say. Not as if we can change damn all.

Sunday was looking at going much the same way, but in the end I broke a very important duck at work... something that's never came my way up to now came my way at last and I handled it as per the manual. I was always terrified I'd screw up the wording or stammer at an inappropriate moment of nerves. Nope, by the numbers. So today will be paperwork, paperwork, paperwork which under the circumstances, I don't mind.

Came home at gone midnight to discover no messages on the answerphone, the landline out of action and the dvd scrambled. Fixed it this morning, not sure what caused it but my money's on another power spike, or some kind of pulse in supply. This is not the first time it's occured around here, but never that bad before. It's great in the north, innit.