connection down/have you fixed it?/OI YOU LOT

[carolynwhite2]

--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, "kippesp" <paul-groups at w...> 
wrote:
> It seems that the phone guy cut the cable guy's line today.  But there
> is a nice cable workman right now working on the problem.  Impressive
> given that it is 11:00 pm!

Miss Havisham stumbles blearily into the catalogue office. It's August 
Bank Holiday weekend, overcast, chilly and coming on to rain. She feels 
guilty for not being here in a while, and looks around at the dust and 
curling piles of paper, untouched in weeks..

'I have an excuse' she whispers..'it's all BT's fault..I don't have my 
broadband back yet..and I'm, well, sulking...'

'And I've got a new job, and they seem to expect me to be at their 
stupid offices all day...'

Pauses to reflect on the injustice of it all.

'And Kneasy's got his feet up on a beer crate watching the cricket..and 
it's all dead boring.'

She decides to call the register, but answer comes there none, not even 
a whisper from Ginger who's onto her fourth re-read and having sinister 
thoughts at her folks' place.

Annoyed, Miss Havisham winds up the tannoy:

OI, YOU MISERABLE LOT, HOLIDAYS COMING TO AN END!

THAT INCLUDES THE IT SUPPORT STAFF! WHAT'S ALL THIS RUBBISH ABOUT 
DIGGING UP THE ROAD..REALLY YOU ARE JUST REBUILDING YOUR COMPUTER FOR 
FUN, ADMIT IT..

She wanders off, muttering aimlessly, thinking of a suitable depth 
charge to send in Tim's direction. All excuses now void.. we need our 
interface or the whole project goes nowhere..

stomp stomp..