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A more appropriate title would actually be 'the flats are much more attractive on the other side of the street' as you will find out as you read on. But how can I really describe what I mean so succintly without expressing the well known cliche. I suppose I could have drawn on some inspiration from the worlds most famous football manager and of course chart topping novelist (though I doubt he'll be winning as many booker prizes as he did Premier Leagues) Sir Alex Ferguson, when he discussed Wayne Rooney's apparent lack of dissilusion with Manchester United and the clubs allure in attracting the worlds biggest stars. 'The Godfather of football' as some (including I) like to refer to him, presented an analogy of Rooney's view of Manchester United compared to other clubs as a farmer looking accross to another farmers field gazing at his cow then back to his own. "Sometimes you've got a cow and you look over to another field and you think the other cow is bigger than the one you've got" is what I recall Fergie saying. I'm pretty sure that isn't an expression that is commonly used, instead is the expression 'the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.' I would hazard a guess that Ferguson must have forgotten this expression and therefore lept on the next most valuable commodity that clearly comes to the mind of a Scot...... a cow. But anyway I digress. So its now been a week since I first started my new job I have to say, its generally going pretty well. I won't bore anyone with all the details but the upshot is that i'm working smartly and exceeding targets on a daily basis, which can't do me any harm at all and the people I have met there are friendly and easy going, including the lad who was at the interview with me. Yes he was hired too, and to be fair is a decent bloke, I take back my first thoughts of him, my judgement was very wrong indeed. The only really downside to working at the company is the kitchen rota. For some bizzare reason Australians aren't able to wash their own plates, cutlery and cups, each department takes turns to look after the kitchen every weke, please tell me why? We're adults, and more to the point we're civiliased human beings, it takes how long to wash up a plate and put it away? 20 seconds maybe? its just pure laziness, Aussies, sort yourself out.... seriously..... It has made this week a drag, loading up and emptying the dish washer 3 times a day, and if you're thinking it makes a nice change from work it really doesn't, not when you have targets to hit. And nothing is more irritating than someone coming up to the department (of which contains only 4 of us normally and 3 the last couple of days because our manager is off sick compared to all other departments having at least 6/7) and saying to us "guys aren't you on kitchen duty? its looking a bit messy thats all" why don't you do something about it then? we don't take orders and we shouldn't have to clean it more than twice a day, tell everyone else to stop acting like the place is a hotel. The worst bit of it all is when people bring in their food containers, cook their food, eat it then leave the containers on the side to wait for us to put it in the dishwasher. I firmly refused to do this and told my employees under no circumstanced would any of us do so. If they're going to do that they may as well take off their shirts at the end of the day and asked them to be washed and ironed during the night! But as I say thats the only major downside so everything is going pretty well with regards to that.
Although its obviously nothing compared to the jobs that some people do, as I will not tell you. After speaking to a couple of lads who live together, one German and the other an American, we agreed to buy an Xbox off Gumtree. I do miss playing Fifa now and then and thought a second hand one would be pretty good. Ended up finding a guy selling one for $150 who lived on my Street. After haggling him for a better deal I got the price down to $120 without the two controllers (my two friends already had some) I set out to find where the guy lived. It took me literally took me 3-5 mins to get to the place where he lived, a relatively secluded block of apartments but next to a ferrari garage strangeley enough. Being still fairly near to King's Cross, known as Sydney's red light district, I thought nothing of it. Then he led me inside and I could not believe how nice the place was. Incredibly modern interior design, massive high quality tv in a large living room with an expensive looking sofa and table football set. I could not contain myself 'WOW' I exclaimed 'how much do you pay for this?!!!!'. As I say I could not contain myself, this was on the same street where me and Chloe share one room with a bathroom that we pay a fair bit of money for. 'I think its $1200....' came the reply from the girl who I assumed was the girlfriend. She told me the balcony was good and that I should go and have a look, and sure enough you had an unbelieveable city view. I joked that I wanted to move in and she suggested I should come round for a beer when they have a party, though I wasn't sure if she was being too serious, and could you expect me to be? I had just met them and was there to pick up an Xbox, I couldn't start pallying up with them just because I liked the size of the apartment. I did however want to know where it all came from. I asked the guy what he did. "I'm an investment banker," he said, as casually as if he was telling you what football team he supported. Immediately I felt really small and for the rest of the short time I spent there probably came across more like a little girl meeting Justin Bieber than a serious, confident adult. I don't think I will be going back for a beer anytime soon. In this case the grass is actually greener on the other side of the fence........
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