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[carolynwhite2]

--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" 
<willsonkmom at m...> wrote:
> 
> Potioncat slips her key into the lock and carefully opens the 
> catalogue office door. She's hoping to tiptoe over to her desk, 
> retrieve her forgotten bag of HP notes, and slip back out. There's 
no reason for anyone to be here on a holiday, but you never know what 
> Miss might be up to, or if Kneasy has come in for a bit of quiet 
> relection and inebriation.

Little do the cataloguers know, but the whole building is now 
protected by surveillance cameras, which beam into a wall of monitors 
back at HQ. Not a mouse can stir without herself knowing...let alone 
a boozer lifting a couple of bottles from office supplies.

> 
> She's half way across the room when she's startled by loud banging 
> coming from the brokendown Section machine. "Who's there!" she 
yells.
> 
> "Don't shoot!" Ginger's voice calls out and she stands up, waving a 
> spanner. (Potioncat doesn't know what a spanner is but someone used 
> it in a post and it sounds very British.)

Hah..sabotage, someone's putting a spanner in the works are 
they...just as I suspected. You've been caught on CCTV.

> 
> "What are you doing here?" they both ask.
> 
> "I'm fixing this brokendown Section Machine. What good is it to 
have two machines if one of them is brokendown?"
> 
> "This is a holiday!"
> 
> "Yes, but I'm Management now. And Management Level Individuals 
often work on holidays. It's one of the perks."
> 
> "That's what Miss told you, isn't it?" Potioncat asked, knowingly.

Miss makes a little note on Potioncat's file: 'Attitude. Further 
training required.' The leg irons, looped together like sinister 
paperchains, clink in the chill damp breeze that blows through HQ 
(British summer has reverted to type after a brief episode of global 
warming).

But Ginger is showing exceptional initiative and is clearly ready to 
take over complete responsibility for the Section machines. Given 
that my instructions consisted of a vague 'I'll be seeing y'all' some 
weeks ago, I am astounded...

Can it be that HBP will not distract us for months? Damn, er, I mean, 
that's fantastic, you mean I have to concentrate on this as well? 
Just after I completed my second re-read and am scrambling to both 
earn a living and duck crucio's from expectant posters who are 
waiting for me to respond to their sparkling thoughts?

> 
> "Yes it is. So, have you come in for your assignment? Very good! 
I'll be sure this is mentioned on your next evaluation. For non-
management types to be working on holiday looks very good!"
> 
> "No, actually, I just came in for some notes...I have teenagers you 
> know, couldn't possibly work on a holiday..."
> 
> Ginger frowns and Potioncat decides to change the subject. "What 
did you think of that great event in chapter____________ and 
then_______________________but the ___________and..." Potioncat pauses
> 
> Ginger is really frowning now.


Ginger, alas I must break it to you that *certain cataloguers* regard 
RL as more important. Despite many attempts at memory modification, 
they persist in visiting their friends, ferrying their children 
about, shopping, boozing and generally farting about in a carefree 
way oblivious of their cataloguing tasks. Anyone would think our work 
Did Not Matter.

Miss Havisham tries not to think of the 500 posts per minute going up 
on main, and the impossibility of ever taming the beast..


"Good, our anti-spoiler spells are 
> working. Unfortunately this must go on your next evaluation as 
> well...Now, which section did you want?"
> 
> "Uh, I'll take Magical Items 3.8.6--3.8.6.9, if no one else has 
> it...but I can't start right away. Teenagers, you know..."

Those were all Laurasia's at one point, but I think you are fairly 
safe in taking them over - can you be sure to mark both review 
lists  -? Also, do remember that 3.8.6.10 Sorting Hat has been added 
to the section, but that Kelly has already reviewed it (I think).

Ginger..I would be so grateful if you could get the two lists 
aligned, it's one less task for me. Post any discrepancies, and I'm 
sure we can sort them out.

A tired Miss H.