Work work work......

Dear Diary,

So, on the 28th Nov, ended up starting my lovely new job - my first in 6 months besides my 2 nights a week at the local pub, woo!

THINGS I LOVE ABOUT WORKING AT THE L*********

1) We have to wear black shirts and trousers as a uniform. Not only is this often slimming, but it makes the boys all look sexy as hell, regardless of whether or not they actually are.

2) How ridiculously attractive Lee looks in his suits - i.e: ALL THE TIME. He is a serious example of an absolute Fittie McVittie.

3) Getting to listen to tons of Christmas, cheesy, and 80's party music whilst waiting and clearing tables - IT NEVER GETS OLD!!! Not to mention the DJ is an absolutely CLASSIC lad who seems to literally play my Ipod. It is actually as if he has plugged my Ipod into his decks. And he loves Michael Jackson, and plays him a LOT. Which leads me onto......

4) Chatting to the attractive DJ who not only takes any request and seems quite grateful to have someone to talk to, but also works at a very well-known Radio Station., and has promised to talk to me about it sometime. Contacts, contacts, contacts!

5) Nabbing the food that never got served. Mmmmmmm...... Plus, no funnier sight has ever greeted my eyes than rounding the corner into the back room to see 5 employees sat round a table scarfing down leftover pudding. And then it gets better when I join in.

6) The outstanding goosebump-y feeling when the party room is finally set up. 7 disco balls, inflateable Christmas trees, strings of fairy lights, pink lighting, the view out of the surrounding windows and you have the most breathtaking sight ever.

7) Getting free food on breaks and free taxis on behalf of the L******* - as it's usually too late to get home by public transport, and it would cost about £14 in a taxi, having one provided is a pretty sweet-arse deal.

THINGS I QUITE DISLIKE ABOUT WORKING AT THE L**********

1) The other manager, Carmichael. Possibly the strangest man I've ever met - reminds me off a cross between my old Drama tutor and Matt Berry. The kind of man you can imagine taking acid in the 70's - he speaks in the kind of "hip jive" talk you'd expect to hear in hippie communes many years ago. He has dreadlocks that are almost longer than him, and has a very annoying habit of being absent for the 98% of time I'm doing things right, and popping up in the 2% of time I'm doing something I shouldn't be - i.e: skiving off to chat to Security, waffling on to the hot DJ, and eating a leftover pudding without permission.

2) How absent Lee seems to be ALL THE TIME. Maybe when I get a shift in the other party room I'll see him more.

3) The other employees. As lovely and funny as they all are, I sometimes get paranoid that they think I'm a bit weird - as I love working in a party atmosphere and frequently proclaim this.

4) The building itself. The place is a goddamn MAZE, a complete enigma of a labirynth which means it takes about half an hour to get anywhere. Naturally, this is a bitch of a problem when you're rushing places trying to find 6 gravy boats in 5 minutes. Upside: I've probably lost about a stone in walking in the 3 days I've been there. Downside: My feet were literally bleeding when I came home the other day.

5) People glaring at me when I dare to clear their tables of empty glasses. No, they're right, how incredibly rude of me to free some space on their tables and do my job! What an insane bitch I am!

6) How boring it gets when you've cleared every table, loaded away all the pots and glasses, talked to the DJ and Security waaaaaaay too much and have nothing to do for ages. People can be so boring to talk to about the same stuff over and over sometimes - as I usually end up doing after a while of doing-nothing.

7) The actual work. I really am quite a lazy person by nature.

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