What a state

Genuine question: Is there a more incompetent profession than estate agents? If there is one, I'm pretty confident I will do everything in my power to avoid them. Picture the scene, you've planned to move home to a new area so arrange a couple of viewings for the same day - wanna make the most …

Basic Bureaucracy: Part 2

There's nothing like a two-part series of annoyance for writers who are struggling to come up with blog topics! If you haven't read the first part, do so here. Our story continues with a trip from the postman. He has delivered me some post. I have my fingers and toes crossed that this is my temporary …

Names

I know I've done a post on names before - bemoaning when people get mine wrong, but I'm coming at this topic from a different angle today. I'm not sure if I've mentioned, but I've now got a job that requires me to travel to the office. On some occasions, I branch out of the …

Ghosted

The term ghosted has become fairly popular for relationships, but today's post is considering another dark side of ghosting: job hunting. I've recently been applying for jobs and going to interviews to try and secure the next role for me. Some applications were one-click applies on LinkedIn - this is a great invention until you …

Technology Triumph

Last week I gave you a review. This week gives you praise. I can only apologise for this drastic change in direction, I'm sure normal service will resume soon. If anything, this post is long overdue. I'd alluded to it a couple of weeks back on twitter - but like the suspense builder I am, …

Bonkers Banking

Today I hope to help some of you with your long distant memories of New Year's resolutions, by discussing one of my savings tips - this is however hidden within a rant! I'm going to focus on banking. High street branches receive a lot of negative publicity for closing. My issue with them is their …

Dinner for 1

Last week I spent a few nights staying in hotels as I needed to travel for work. This resulted in walking to the adjacent restaurant and requesting a table for one. This has a small perk, as I don't have any physical human contact I managed to reach out to friends who had been somewhat …

FYI BTW BRB

This has been a post I've wanted to write for a quite a while, I've just been waiting for that hook that solidifies this as a good post, and as if by magic it's the FBI that's provided me with this hook. We've become a world that uses acronyms left, right and centre. As mentioned …

When are you really an adult?

Again today's post is less of a rant and more of an observation, or maybe even a slight confusion. At what age are you an adult? Ask a 16-year-old if they are an adult and they will boldly assert they are an adult. They can join the army, get married, but they can't vote, so …

Train Rage

Following on from the success of previous travel related rages, see Road Rage, Pedestrian Rage and Pedestrian Rage #2 today my attention has turned to trains and given my recent move to London a tube rage may very well be on its way too. My twitter can be particularly active during a train journey, so much so, I have #catherinesjourney …