BBC Coffee Spiked?

[liadnan]

Just back from a rather sad evening in the pub drinking with my friend Alan, whose brother has been seriously and probably permanently injured, and I'm slightly pissed to boot, but I wanted to record for posterity my thought that the Today team on Radio 4 seemed to have had something put in their tea this morning. I didn't really wake up until 8 but in the following hour: (1) Jim Naughtie completely made up the weather forecast because he couldn't find it; (2) an article on the Australians deciding they rather want some immigration was introduced by the standup comic Al Murray, the Pub Landlord, which not entirely unreasonably rather irritated the Australian High Commissioner, particularly the gag about London's bars being staffed by Australians; and (3) the financial news segment was introduced by a tongue in cheek Hutton-and-Charter-Renewal-influenced apology for referring to "one pence" rather than "one penny" the day before.

Oh, and apparently my clerks think I dress too casually, but that otherwise I'm rather good. Ho hum. Rather surprised by the second part and irritated by the first: I dress properly for clients and, after all, who employs whom around here? I'll dress how I bloody well want to when I'm working on my own buried away in my office. It's not as though I wear ripped jeans or similar even then.

Comments

[beingfrank.livejournal.com]

Better than if they thought you were a snappy dresser, and did shite work, I suppose.

[fi.livejournal.com]

I am completely in agreement with you on the clothes issue, and I put the theory into practise too - why sit in discomfort in a crappy suit when you could be cosy in a Tshirt and jeans?

I am lucky, though, to have an accommodating boss - I won't be able to get away with this when I return home!

[rparvaaz.livejournal.com]

If they think *you* dress too casually, I wonder what they'd think of me. But, really, uncomfortable clothes are Satan's devices.
And I was told to dress more formally too, yesterday. Apparently, I ought to wear jewellery and make-up to work. Bah! I remember my ear-rings and lipstick on most days and that is about all anyone other than my ma-in-law has a right to expect from me.