I'm quite good at my job. (That's a lie, actually; after almost a quarter of a century I can do this job with my eyes shut. And quite often do) I'm actually quite good at a lot of jobs, which is why, when other members of staff go on holiday, I wind up covering for them. This tends to limit the periods when I can have a holiday. What with the recent builder-based frolics, this hasn't been such a bad thing because it's left me with tons of time off in hand to take days off at short notice to deal... read more