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Health and Safety Starts with Me.
When the alarm clock went off, I awoke with a grunt, automatically made my decision, disabled the alarm clock and …
Welcome.
[Previous and similar here and here. Ed.]
Earning Our Bonus.
The role of agency workers in the supreme war between Capital and Labour is not an especially noble one: they …
The Agency Workers (13).
Our manager Ken had been indisposed indefinitely, leaving a vacuum in leadership and brainpower at the hospital canteen. I had …
Tychy@ the Fringe: The Night Porters.
[The following contains spoilers.] Michael Moreland’s “The Night Porters” is presently established at Paradise in Augustine’s – a basement venue …
Elegy for an Unemployed Youth.
Anybody leaving school these days, without a job or any further education waiting for them, is comparable to the man …
The Agency Workers (12).
The agency sent Renata and I to the conference centre last night, to help out at a wedding reception. “The …
“Henry Isn’t Working Here Anymore…”
Tychy@ the Fringe: The Ducks.
Two Northern lads, “R” and “K” (Dean Ashton and Thomas Morrison) enrol on a volunteer work scheme to drain a …
The Little Fascist.
I had not spoken with my old friend Charlotte for over two years, and, with a mild surprise at how …
Jiggery Pokery.
“You’ve heard the phrase the customer is always right… Well, guess what, they’re not.” John Turchiano, spokesman for the New …
The Agency Workers (11).
When Renata began temping at one of the larger city hotels, she was warned that the chief executive was an …
The Agency Workers (10): Halloween Fright Night Special.
[Halloween is, of course, tomorrow, but the parties are tonight. Ed.] Renata had been accorded the most difficult resident, Josef, …
The Agency Workers (9).
It was a slow morning at the hospital canteen and Noah and I had disappeared into the office for a …
