So Not Funny

My Dear Princess & Dear Fellows,

Okay, so first, I need to clear up where this picture was taken. It was freezing effing cold and I couldn't be @rsed going anywhere and so this is a tiled pillar inside the cable car terminal. No really, it is. I was looking at it just now and I thought, "Woah," I thought, "what if people think these tiles are inside a public convenience and I was peeing when I took this that would upset me."

So, seriously. No peeing. I was not peeing, and did not have ANYTHING in my hand when I took this, except the camera, no pee. I need you to understand this. Definitely not peeing. 

And it really is cold here. I thought it was warming up but we seem to have brought in some cold air from the South Pole. The wind is whipping around the house right now and I have two bars on the heater going and I'm under a duvet and I'm wearing a hoodie.  

Despite the cold it has been a pretty reasonable day today. Once again it went fast and in fact this whole week just barreled by. I love that. I had stuff to do but it wasn't too arduous. I am working with a woman called Junaya in Auckland who is doing some development for us. 

And because I am who I am and I've kind of just by osmosis absorbed my dad's chat I can't help but be a bit cheeky with her. I mean, not sleazy or gross, it's never like that. I just can't be bothered being professional sometimes.

So I asked to Junaya to make a change to the code and she wrote back saying that this was impossible because Salesforce won't let you do that. 

And you know, I knew this was bollocks but I didn't want to be a nob about it so I wrote back saying, "Junaya! Just when I thought we had achieved synergy you go and LIE to me! I won't say I'm not hurt. No, no, don't try to explain, you'll just make it worse."

Which I thought was funny.

I told Lemon about it and said that I'm kind of liking the freedom that being in NZ gives me to play up the part of being the eccentric Englishman. And people have to tolerate it because it's part of my charm. 

And Lemon said, "Uh-huh. Sure. In Auckland right now I promise you that Junaya is saying, 'Oh, it's that middle-aged white man again, he thinks he's funny'."

HARSH.

But actually Lemon smiled as she said it. And later on I told her that while pressure is okay, I think if you feel like you're under pressure you're doing it wrong. "Work should be fun and groovy and laid-back," I told her.

"Well, it is when you do it," she told me. 

So she can protest if she likes. I'm sure I'm winning her over too. Yes. Yes I am. Shut up.

S.