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Tag Archives: Brunel House
I Stacked the Odds
I sit on a box of paper. The manager says, ‘It doesn’t matter who goes to the office party as long as someone stays to man the phones.’ Wind scrapes against the windows of the 15th. The phone doesn’t ring … Continue reading
Posted in Exercises, Prose, Snapshots
Tagged autobiography, Benjamin F Jones, Brunel House, cardiff, cardiff queen street, christmas, christmas in the office, christmas shoppers, creative prose, Creative writing, December 2001, exercise, festivities, fifteenth floor, flash, graphite bunny, left behind, odd one out, office, office bunny, office life, office utopia, phone manning, phones, short straw, solo, weirdo, wind scrapes, yoga
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Health and Safety
Darren is an expert on health and safety. He has a goatee like a sheep’s tail but no hair on his scalp. He’s visiting to raise awareness of risks both in the home and at work. Room C109 is small … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Prose, Scraplets
Tagged Benjamin F Jones, Brunel House, cable management, cardiff, creative prose, Creative writing, flash, graphite bunny, Health and safety, manual handling, November 1999, office training, PC bunny, room C109, screen height, snapshot, training, weed-killer
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Administration for Beginners
A the battle of the sexes is played out in slow motion behind me. I speak to an administrator who thinks he is God but cannot tell his arse from his elbow. He whines and wallows in the confrontation – … Continue reading
Posted in Prose, Prose Poetry
Tagged admin, administration jobs cardiff, administrators, arse, battle of the sexes, Brunel House, Creative writing, elbow, flash, November 2000, painting, Prose, prose poem, short prose, sketch, slow motion, snapshot
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It’s Nearly Christmas
On health and safety grounds and to comply with the terms and conditions of some of our leases – we regret we cannot allow any Christmas lights or any form of decoration that will damage the fabric of our building … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Prose
Tagged 2001, Benjamin F Jones, Brunel House, c109, christmas, christmas lead up, creative prose, Creative writing, decorations, farce, festive, Health and safety, office dystopia, office life, Prose, short, sketch, terms and conditions, tinsel, vignette
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