Just thought I’d share a little email exchange with you from a few minutes ago…
Subject: Overpayment fortnight ending 28.03.08
Good afternoon James
It has recently come to our attention that there was an error made when processing your re-appointment paperwork for the placement 01.01.08 – 30.06.08.
Your placement was incorrectly incremented to HEW503, however your annual increment date […]
If you had’ve asked me on sunday what my working life (up to the age of 20) had amounted to, I would’ve looked at you blankly and said “you know, heaps and stuff…”. But today I stand here a different man, a man fully aware of his previous worth, a man who has gone […]
As if to highlight the inefficiencies of the public service, I received in the mail a single photo developed by the NSW police department photo labs. What did it cost me? $77!! For a single photo…
It’s not even a very good one; you can barely make out my face let alone a smile […]
In my brief life I have found many ways to receive a hard earned dollar. Although I had done some cotton chipping, blueberry picking, and fruit selling, my first ‘real’ job came at age 14 years and 3 months. It is with reticent pride that I mention that this first place of occupation […]