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Been at work since 8.30 this morning - usually I finish at 5.30; but the other two admin girls are both off sick so I knew I'd have to cover until 6pm... which generally is fine and I really don't mind.

But it's now gone 6.15 and I'm sitting here twiddling thumbs waiting for some document from the US so I can print it off and arrange for a courier to collect it and take it to one of the directors. I was told at 4pm that we'd have it by 5 - ha ha ha; that obviously hasn't happened and at the rate things are going I don't think I'll see it much before 7 Then I'll need to hang around and wait for the courier which can take another 1/2 hour or so... so frustrating. I don't mind working late if it's busy and I'm doing things but this hanging about is just so annoying

There we go, rant over - thanks for listening

Hope you can get away soon Ria - bet you'll be glad to see Friday tomorrow! xxxxx

When that happened to me, having to do the late bit, I'd play solitaire

Hope it's already arrived Ria xx

Here's hoping that you are at least on you way home by now, (((Ria.)))

Waiting, with not much else to do, is the worst job in the world. I would be on iPlayer looking for something to watch, and probably be ordering in a takeaway.

Aww Ria...I do hope you're home now and have a nice glass of wine in your hand. It'll soon be the weekend, chick!

Thanks all - managed to get out at 7.10 and realised just how unfit I am when I ran across the bridge to make the 7.23 train - but I managed it with a few minutes to spare. Did feel a bit sorry for the girl sitting next to me; I was huffing and puffing and rather 'glowing'

Frank - I'd already watched one programme on iPlayer (People's Strictly). The problem is that don't watch a lot of TV as it is and have most of the stuff I do want to watch recorded at home to watch from the comfort of my sofa. Which does remind me that I need to buy some decent ear phones for work; the ones I have here are rather rubbish. I need to get involved in some series I think because we have a board meeting coming up and that usually involves about 3 nights where you hang around waiting for documents and couriers

Ton, didn't think of solitaire, definitely will remember that next time - doh! And yes Jo, come the time you posted I definitely was home and in fact tucked up in bed by then

Or Freecell......or Minesweeper Can you tell what I get up to when I finish all my jobs at work (ssshhhh don't tell the boss though! We-e-elll we aren't allowed to go on t'internet for anything that's not work related....a girl has to do something to while away her coffee break time

Glad you got the train ok Meriad x

Eeeeek..... just had a (admittedly very brief) look and it seems that we don't have games available on our system .

Hmm I think I may need to have a quiet word with our IT manager

You can get them I was at another branch once that didn't have them - soon sorted that!!

Let me know what you want, I'll see what I can do

ETA - I can't remember!!! It's ok when the games are not on, I can play about with the settings.... but of course they are on my laptop so I forget what to do...maybe WM can help?

Ha ha, talk about perfect timing - just after I typed my previous post one of our external IT support people came in. He's a great guy and we always have a giggle; so I ask him about the games and apparently they've been disabled on our systems and you have to have an administrator password to enable them - which he does of course....

So guess what I have now