my splitting headache that i have had for weeks is still here. the only time it goes is when i am at football and the gym. the rest of the time, which is spent mostly at work, its there. worked late on friday night again and was finished by about 10:30pm and then was back into work on saturday just before 9 to do another full day. today is my only day of the weekend and once i have had a chance to catch up on some sleep in the morning, cycled to the gym and back, and done my laundry, its pretty much over.
am back at the hedge fund in mayfair on monday and actually thats a good thing. have been in foul mood this week what with all the shit at work with the chancers, as well as being very tired and not being able to sleep. am going to try a new approach this week. i am going to actively ignore the chancer PM and only speak to him only when its vital. my tolerance for idiots is very low, which is unfortunate for him.
all the other guys ignore him. i noticed one of the guys in my team gets up and goes to the kitchen or down for a coffee every time the chancer comes over to near his desk. my team leader hasnt spoken to him much since they had a run in a couple of weeks ago. one of the guys in the support team who had been roped in to fix some shit the chancers had done, replied to an email the other day saying he was too busy now to do the work chancer had given him. chancer didnt ask him if he was free to do it. he just sent him a mail telling him to do it that day. it didnt get done. its still not done.
i think its the best policy to sideline him. i can not work with him or his team of 3 idiots. there is no way of talking them round to doing things the right way. they are too stubborn, obtuse and incapable and i had been getting frustrated with them. i will just accept the situation and cut them all off as much as i can and just work with the developers and their manager at the hedge fund independently. you are on your own chancers. i will still put out your fires, but i will decide which fires i put out and when, so be careful you dont start a blaze that i can not respond to immediately. you might get burned....or i might let you burn.
we did have a good laugh this weekend on my normal project recounting all the chancer PMs catchphrases. he just comes out with the most shit you have ever heard. "we are where we are", "belt and braces check", "so what you are telling me is...", "my balls are on the line" etc. he has half a dozen that he rolls out every time you speak to him and he is infamous for just talking and talking and talking with out actually saying anything of note. he is a bit like this fella.
still havent booked my hotel in san diego. i think i might do that at lunchtime this week. have got my eye on a place downtown near petco park. its a 20 minute drive to pacific beach and its a nice part of town to walk around in and there are lots of places to eat. i need my holiday so bad!!!!.
today i have mostly been listening to led zeppelin - babe, i'm gonna leave you. on my mp3 player i always listen to the same 5 or 6 albums, so the last few days i have put it on shuffle and it ends up playing some tunes i havent heard in ages. i also have lots of Noam Chomsky lectures on it, so you will get a nine inch nails song, followed by noam chomsky discussing US foreign policy in central america, then followed by a smiths song. anyways, this is what came up yesterday on my way to work. no video, but its not necessary. its fabulous.
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