Taffa

Taffa has a job! Yes, yes. I know I’ve already told you she has a job. She has ANOTHER one! She went for an interview at Forbidden Planet the other day. She said she was happy with the interview and happy with the hypotheticals, but then they asked her about 25 “geek” questions about science fiction, fantasy and horror and she fell all to pieces.

She assumed she had not progressed.

Then she was invited to go to the Cambridge store and do a mystery shop, then report back what she would do if she were the manager of the store. Well, she rang me on her way home, positively fizzing with indignation about the state of the shop, the attitude of the (boy) staff members, lots of things, and then went home to write up her SWOT analysis.

She sent it to me for editing and gentle toning down before she despatched it.

I think she expected to hear no more about it. Cheap way of getting a SWOT analysis done!

She went for a job interview this morning with Thomas Cook. (Can you tell her heart may not really be in finance?) In the course of the interview a message was left on her voicemail, offering her the job of manager of the Forbidden Planet in Cambridge! She is very excited. And a bit apprehensive. It will be a challenge, it will! Also a long week. 45 hours a week. I assume she’ll get the odd day off.

She has withdrawn from Alliance and Leicester.

It’s all very exciting. But not quite as useful as having someone working in the wine trade. Nobody works in the wine trade anymore. Well, they do, obviously, but no one in my family does.

Nearly time to go home :-) It’s been a busy day. And tomorrow will be busier. Two 1.5 hour sessions, one planning meeting, one quick other meeting and a lecture at 5:15 on databases I don’t really know all that well!

Perhaps I will win the £120 million roll over jackpot in the Euro-lottery on Friday!