Hollington.
Wednesday 19 September 2007
Yesterday was meant to be my night off but I got a call from the new boss at about 4.30pm, asking me if I'd go down to another site and supervise an agency security person my firm had sub-contracted to. I'd get paid more than usual. Seemed fair enough, so I did.
Horrors: it was in Hollington.
The irony was, the project there was a piss of piss compared to my place. When I mentioned where I was working to the staff they were like, "Heavens, no, it's nothing like that." Which is a bit worrying, naturally.
This place had no lockdown at all. Tenants were free to come and go as they pleased and to bring back visitors with them 24/7.
I was there for about 2 1/2 hours and it was incredibly peaceful.
The 'agency guy' was actually the boss of a firm that's been established in the East Sussex area for five years. I felt a bit of a pseud telling him how to do his job - my boss told me to say I was the area supervisor - but he was exceedingly pleasant and it's actually turned out to be a useful contact.
One odd thing: there were these flyers everywhere that said in big, colourful letters, WOULD YOU LIKE TO WIN SOME HAIR STRAIGHTENERS? OR A NINTENDO WII?
Now, that alone is a bit of an oddity as even a good set of hair straighteners probably cost less than one third of a Wii system, but I read on, somewhat eager, thinking, yes, I wouldn't mind a Wii actually, now you've brought it up. Then, in slightly less colourful, significantly smaller lettering, it read:
JUST GET TESTED FOR CHLAMYDIA AND YOU WILL BE ENTERED INTO OUR PRIZE DRAW!
There's always a catch. Always.
posted by Sheamus @ 8:30 am
