Tuesday, September 28, 2004
Tea and Crumpets?
Well, it is semi-official:
My name has been handed down from the powers that be on the 10th floor and placed on the list of people officially involved in setting up our 2nd factory in the UK. What does it all mean?
I'll get back to you on that one.
Chances are it will involve a 1-2 week jaunt to somewhere near Birmingham to check out factory sites, meet the locals working on the project and (probably) sample the local ales. All in all, it probably won't be too bad - aside from the jetlag and long, economy class flights.
The real test will come a little later when I could well wind up in the team sent over there for the six-month duration of the 'setting up' period. While a change would be welcome, six months, probably including a fair whack of English winter, living out of my suitcase could get a bit trying. It could also completely destroy my plans of coming back to Australia to belatedly celebrate my 21st in late April/early May. Which would, needless to say, piss me right the hell off.
We shall see how that goes.
To make matters worse, the Birmingham Beer Festival was 2 weeks ago, so I have already missed it. Bugger.
My name has been handed down from the powers that be on the 10th floor and placed on the list of people officially involved in setting up our 2nd factory in the UK. What does it all mean?
I'll get back to you on that one.
Chances are it will involve a 1-2 week jaunt to somewhere near Birmingham to check out factory sites, meet the locals working on the project and (probably) sample the local ales. All in all, it probably won't be too bad - aside from the jetlag and long, economy class flights.
The real test will come a little later when I could well wind up in the team sent over there for the six-month duration of the 'setting up' period. While a change would be welcome, six months, probably including a fair whack of English winter, living out of my suitcase could get a bit trying. It could also completely destroy my plans of coming back to Australia to belatedly celebrate my 21st in late April/early May. Which would, needless to say, piss me right the hell off.
We shall see how that goes.
To make matters worse, the Birmingham Beer Festival was 2 weeks ago, so I have already missed it. Bugger.
# posted by Nils @ 4:36 PM 
