Category Archives: Agency Worker

Well, I had a full week of work all sorted, but then my back went, which is really annoying after weeks of not having the work I wanted. It’s not the end of the world as I appear to have … Continue reading →

Right, since I’m stumbling in blogblock land temporarily, time to dust off that story I promised you about the utterly absurd job what I did just before Christmas. It’s a long one, I warn you. December was, as with the … Continue reading →

That nice Mr Bagnall sent me a copy of his new comic today, which was super nice of him, but in the letter said “Happy New year! Though reading your recent blogs it doesn’t sound that happy – hope things … Continue reading →

Today I had fun exploring the minor specialist bus routes of Birmingham. This was not a planned activity – it just kinda worked out that way. I’m currently working at the Land Rover factory in Solihull. I don’t usually name … Continue reading →

I’ve been thinking a lot these last few months about all this temp work I’ve been doing for the last year and a half, usually in the form of “why the fuck am I still temping after a year and … Continue reading →

All this email spam for Rolex watches is just so retro. They’ll be spamming for 8-tracks next. Had something of a the writers block this last week, which happens. Often. I did go see The Incredibles and recommend it to … Continue reading →

This happened a couple of weeks ago and I forget to mention it. At work I was stuck with this annoying guy. He wasn’t annoying in a really bad way, but I wasn’t looking forward to working with him for … Continue reading →

After posting those photos of my gloves I went to a job assembling large metal doors where they didn’t provide me with gloves and now my hands really really hurt a lot, which is kinda ironic I guess. Interesting observation … Continue reading →

Over the last year or so of temping I’ve lifted a number of momentos including a wide range of gloves. I’ve stuck this composite photo on Flickr with explanatory notes.

The dispute between Pakistan and India over Kashmir is, in part, over resources, namely a river which provides water to a significant area of Pakistan. Control over the source of this river is tantamount to control over the lives of … Continue reading →

A year ago, when bluetooth was just breaking out into the mainstream I saw a truck driver with a wireless bluetooth headset clamped to his ear connected to his mobile phone. A few months before that, when cameraphones were just … Continue reading →

This happened last Tuesday, but so did something else so I wrote about that instead. Even so, it’s worth recording.

I’m loading a pallet onto the shrink-wrapping machine and the radio news catches my ear. I turn to the guy in the booth. You what? “Some people are going to be pretty upset about this” he says. Yeah, me being … Continue reading →

This week I’m working in another warehouse. Warehouses always fascinate me. They’re basically really big metal tents erected in car parks which lorries drive into. The lorries, which thunder past you when you’re cycling to work, suddenly seem really small. … Continue reading →

There’s something quite critical that never gets mentioned in the “file sharing is killing music no it’s not yes it is no it’s not yes it is” debate. If you work in pretty much any large factory or office in … Continue reading →

Observation at work in the car factory. While the majority of men there are of all shapes and sizes the team leaders can be identified on sight by the largeness of the shoulders. Not just big shoulders but thick necks … Continue reading →

Typical really. I decide I’m not going to write about work anymore and I start writing about work. A few interesting comments today. Firstly I was asked, in a friendly way, if I was of Mediterranean descent, which was kinda … Continue reading →

So I’m working this 6am – 2pm shift this week at the car factory. After four hours sleep last night I do the shift and find myself pretty dead by the end, so I come home, watch a DVD and … Continue reading →

At work today (car-parts factory, cleaning glue off shafts, boring) I was chatting to a guy who asked if I was a student. Been getting that a lot these last few weeks probably due to the influx of real students … Continue reading →

No work from the agency last week, as you might have noticed with all the tweakage on this site, and because I took Monday off I wasn’t overly sure I’d get any this week. If I’d thought this through I … Continue reading →