You are commissioned by Mr. Del Trotter of Peckham Springs Ltd. to carry out a survey of the population’s like/dislike of mineral water. Mr. Trotter would like to discover people prefer his product, though he doesn’t say it outright. So you head down to a predominantly Muslim area of London with your clipboard and approach [...]
Many moons ago, my parents’ house was renovated by the County Council. As with all public authority works, it was put out to tender. The builder awarded the contract had worked as an accountant in the Council for many years. Whether he knew the ins and outs of the system, or simply knew people, is [...]
The Fat Controller returned my thesis, suggesting some changes and correcting some errors. One of my frequent “errors” was using the phrase these data show instead of the data shows. My reply: | Thanks for getting back to me so quickly, FC. I will work on this over the weekend. | In the meantime, I [...]
It’s done now. Well the hard part. I still have to concoct some “conclusions” and think up some “further work”. Oh, and write the “abstract”. But I’m doing none of that until the Fat Controller, my supervisor, and I meet this week, just in case he suggests a lot of changes. I don’t think he [...]
That’s what I am – thesised to pieces. Six days solid now trying to finish the damn thing. Every waking minute and some of the sleeping ones. Six long days under mouse arrest and all I’ve got to show for it is 20,000 words. They are good words though. I’ve used the word the a [...]
It went well. By my standards anyway. I hid the car around the back, locked the front door, turned off the lights, phone and radio, and settled down to work. It’s surprising how much you can get done without distractions. I left word with the dog to tell any neighbours who called to invite me [...]
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