Tough Jobs and TV

Well here is Friday, I survived the first week, and my first major job. Which is to sack some poor guy. Cut a long story short his driving record really let him down to the extent that he wouldn't be allowed to drive for us, should have been checked before we took him on, but you live and learn. It went well, or as well as these things can, but was a real eye opener compared to the English model. There is a very different approach to DUI (driving under the influence) here, to the extent that you don't actually lose your license rather than have restrictions applied, very civilised.

I am really enjoying the days, taking a pretty chaotic structure and trying to imagine in the first instance what it should look like, looking at the business from many angles. Next week I need to talk to some of the field guys to get some perspective on their world, and how we can improve it, and then pull it all together in an action plan we can all follow.

Socially it is rubbish, and the amount of sleep I am getting I am sure is very healthy, but soooooo dull. The TV is OK ish, but the adverts, the endless tedious adverts O MY GOD how can that be entertainment? I was fortunate to catch a soccer game this week, that's a lie I caught THE soccer game this week Manchester United v Celtic, and during the half time interval when they were showing the highlights of other games they had 5, yes 5, sets of adverts in a fifteen minute gap between the two halves. Then just to really make the point the content is very very odd. The drug adverts are really funny, in a three minute commercial for a nicotine aversion pill one minute describes the benefits of not smoking, the next two minutes go through the problems you may encounter while taking them, including; suicide, suicidal thoughts, diarrhea, (probably want to kill yourself because of all the diarrhea!) inability to sleep, lucid dreams no dreams, sweating and finally, moods. The closing line of ask your doctor if the pill could help you is almost laugh out loud funny, yes it could help, if you were a paid up member SuicideR Us, have an impacted colon, or perhaps feel you are having to much sleep, I never thought of that, perhaps it could help me, at least with the sleep issue !!! More next week, can't wait.