Bit drastic I suppose but a better excuse than " I forgot (aka couldn't be bothered "
A chap I used to work for observed that 'I forgot' and 'I overslept' are actually genuine excuses and they're the ones you're least likely to be allowed to get away with
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
There used to be a character in East Enders nicknamed Minty (the same chap who plays Fred Buckle in Call the Midwife). He earned this soubriquet because he was always late for work, always arriving After Eight.
@BenCotto - I always thought I would use the name Sue Brickay if I ever wrote a column for a music paper. In the end I did write articles for a music magazine but used my real name as I was trying to get more freelance work at the time. Gave it all up because it didn't pay!
I wrote for Sounds International and International Musician @Dovefromabove which were aimed at musicians rather than punters. This was after I split from my then husband, who wrote for Melody Maker. This was in the 70s and another life!
Ah, probably a bit before Jody was writing … although she seemed then to have been doing it for ever … I bought the NME back in the 60s and my friend bought Melody Maker and we read each other’s 😎 and then I had babies …
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.