The Garden.
Janet brightened up after lunch and the service staff were alarmed to hear her suddenly wittering away about the garden. …
Tag Archives: Agency Workers
The Front Door.
Perpetually alert and infinitely calculating, Janet was sitting up in bed and waiting for the arrival of the new girl. …
Master of Disaster.
My agency has been lately sending me to work at the hospital canteen, where I am usually put on the …
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.
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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 …
The King Across The Water.
Pablo and I sometimes drink with a Spanish agency worker named Felip in the Cloisters pub. When we last came …
A Vision in the Road.
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…”
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 …
