And now on thought for the day...

Hello John, Hello Sue...

( it's memetastic! )

Assholes!

I got given a small pay rise in my April paypacket. My manager has just informed me that this amount is going to get deducted from my next pay packet because I shouldn't get it until June/July. I'm writing this now because if I go home and discover it was a big bonus then I'll be doubly pissed off, I'm hoping it's something piddling in the area of maybe thirty or forty quid. But why they can't leave me with the cash and wait an extra month before giving it to me all the time I don't know.

Still, at least they aren't kicking down my door in the middle of the night and demanding immediate repayment in kidneys...

Bwahahaha!

lucy_anne has cheered me up by pointing to this report. Haven't got any further than the executive summary on page 2, but already my mood has been lightened immensely by:

This report recommends areas of action for the attention of councils. In particular it calls on councils to commit themselves over a number of years, and, without increasing overall funds, to:
a) Treble expenditure on books and reading material.
b) Increase opening hours by 50%.
c) Institute a program of library redecoration and redesign.

Councils should, by careful planning, be able to achieve this reallocation of resources by improved productivity and the introduction of new systems and methods of working.

I mean, the fuck?!
( Tim Coates reports from up his own arse )

Actually, I've worked out how to cover the cost of this. It will need a tiny change in the law, as the Library and Museum Act of 1850 prohibits us from charging for the loan of books. But with that gone, a simple charge of about £1000 per book should give us the revenue stream necessary to realise Tim Coates library wet dream.