11/07/2006

A Cowboy

Hello,
There I was idling around the office when a member of the public called in to see me. Naturally I raced out the back to smoke but eventually I could put it off no longer and stomped off to face what fresh hell had been thrown my way.

You can only imagine my complete surprise when I was confronted by a vast man in a stetson. He wasn't what I was expecting at all. Better still he has army stories. I've tricked him into a return visit next week. He's the sanest man I've met ages. Very pleasant all things considered.

I had just about recovered from the wild west storming my office when another member of the public turned up at the door. I had my skiving interrupted by one my my colleagues looking most indignant who announced that there was 'one of your people at the door'. I raced off armed with leaflets, bellowing DO YOU WANT AN INTERPRETER? You could have knocked me down with a feather when the woman responded in a broad Glasgow accent. My idiot colleague had taken one look at the woman noted that she was Asian, leapt to the conclusion that she was a refugee and unleashed me and my language charts on the poor woman. I have never been so embarrassed in my life. Well I have but let's leave that horror for another time.

Cheerio

6 comments:

Fat Sparrow said...

I have a confession to make: Black people with British accents always make me giggle. It will never cease to be a novelty.

Anonymous said...

Great stuff. I once escorted some clients out of our building with my zipper down and some things almost hanging out. But yours is worse.

BTW, I've been trying to get people to participate in Mischief Week here but they're a dry shower of feckers. Nobody's up for it. Wankers.

Clairwil said...

Fat Sparrow
Ah yes the old unexpected accent thing. It can be quite a surprise, though less so wth Asians who've been knocking about Glasgow for years. I think my colleage's head was near to explosion trying to work out how the woman came to be Scottish.

Kav,
Thank fuck someone is paying attention to Mischief week. I'm going to extend it into Mischief year to drum up a bit of interest.
Acting the goat rules.

Kismet Hardy said...
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Kismet Hardy said...

Clairwil what? Clairwil sleep with me I hopes

Clairwil said...

Well Kismet I seem to remember Katy giving me the green light for enjoy a bit of the Hardy loving, so you never know.