Friday, 16 May 2008

By lunchtime I had finalised and sent by e-mail our May newsletter, an e-bulletin promoting our 22 Watford One World forum meeting on the LAA, and a flyer promoting our 23 June networking lunch on the contribution of older people.

I left the office about 1:30 pm intending to make a 3:00 pm meeting in London, but there was a lorry outside unloading and blocking my exit and by the time I escaped it was too late to drive to WGC and catch the train. I started heading into London but the traffic soon got the better of me and I instead called in my apologies and drove home. It was a rare treat to be home by 4:00 pm on a Friday.

I got to hear our daily 4:00 pm telephone call. Every weekday for several weeks (months?), our home phone has rung at precisely 4:00 pm. There is never anyone on the other end of the line. I suspect it is a marketing companies with a computer that automatically dials random telephone numbers. Maybe the computer on the 4:00 pm shift is secretly in love with one of our household goods and keeps trying to make contact?