pearl jam

had to work this weekend and i just needed to copy some files over from one server to another. to do this i had to wait for a guy in the madrid office to plug in an external hard drive and then i could start. on friday we agreed to do this at 2pm on saturday and as we are in the same time-zone as madrid, 2pm in london is 2pm madrid.

i came in to work on saturday and waited for the all clear from his side to start at 2pm. no call. it got to 3pm and i called him on his mobile. he was in a restaurant having lunch he said and that he would do it after lunch.....at 5pm. 2 things to note. first, what they fuck are you doing in a restaurant at 3pm when we agreed you would be at work at 2pm because i am waiting on you to do something. second thing to note is, when the fuck did lunchtime finish at 5pm. anyways, i had other work to do as well so i said i would be in the office till 5pm. 5pm rolls around and nothing. i go home at 6pm and am waiting for a call or email and nothing. eventually at 8pm he mails me and says i can start.

what a prick. why say 2pm when you had no intention of doing it then. i could understand if something had come up, but to be chilling all day and stuffing your face when people are waiting on you, is just rude. christ no wonder the economies in southern europe are on the verge of bankruptcy because with lunch breaks lasting till 5pm no one gets any work done. talk about playing up to a national stereotype or what.

anyways, no bother. its not been 100% confirmed but i think this is my penultimate week. had a chat with my boss and he told me he might be looking around and he also told me how much or little he earned. its shocking. he is being exploited. i will be earning double what he gets in my next job. i told him he should get his cv out there and walk as soon as he gets something good. i told him i got taken for a ride like that in one of my previous jobs, and i decided i wouldn't let that happen to me again. i will walk away from any job if they screw me around or try to take advantage by low balling on salaries. we don't work this hard to take shit, and besides, we don't have to because we do work hard and are good at what we do.

anyways all that meant my weekend was quiet. managed to get my self down to the gym. i cycled on saturday morning, but took the bus on sunday because it was raining and cold and i don't like to ride in the rain. it was also proper cold. like winter. i was wearing a scarf. looks like it didn't protect me because today i have a cold. i checked the forecasts and its due to get progressively warmer and sunnier as the week goes on. in fact its going to be warmer than southern california this week. i will believe it when it happens.

today i have mostly been listening to pearl jam - nothing as it seems. great song.