THIS IS A SHOUTING THREAD! →[More:]WHY IS IT THAT PEOPLE WALKING ALONG WEARING iPODS AND TEXTING ON THEIR PHONES ARE SURPRISED WHEN THEY BUMP INTO YOU? AND IF YOU BUMP INTO ME WHEN I'M WEARING A BACKPACK FULL OF FILES THAT WEIGHT ABOUT 30LBS, WITH MY LOW CENTRE OF GRAVITY, YOU ARE GOING TO FUCKING BOUNCE! I AM THE IMMOVEABLE FORCE!! AND DON'T THEN GIVE ME A LOOK, NOT AFTER THE DAY I'VE HAD, OH NO, YOU DO NOT WANT TO START WITH ME TODAY.

I HAD TO SPEAK TO THE COMPLAINANT FROM HELL TODAY, BUT MANAGED AT THE END OF THE CALL TO WISH HIM A MERRY CHRISTMAS, MUCH TO THE ASTONISHMENT OF MY TEAM BUT WHEN I HUNG UP THE PHONE I DID THE 'FUCK OFF' V-SIGN AT THE PHONE WITH BOTH HANDS!

MY SISTER IS MORE SETTLED BUT SHE TOLD HER FRIEND VAL TODAY THAT THE ONLY TWO PEOPLE IN THE WORLD WHO MEAN ANYTHING TO HER ARE COMO AND MARTIN. COMO IS SOMEONE SHE KNEW 30 YEARS AGO AND RECENTLY MET UP WITH AGAIN, JUST A WEEK OR SO AGO, AND MARTIN IS THE LOSER ARSEHOLE SHE WAS INVOLVED WITH EARLIER THIS YEAR.

I AM WORRIED THAT IF SHE IS SOUNDING LUCID, HOSPITAL STAFF WHO DON'T KNOW HER WILL THINK SHE IS GETTING BETTER AND WANT TO SEND HER HOME EVEN IF WHAT SHE SAYS MAKES NO SENSE TO THOSE OF US WHO KNOW HER. I AM GOING TO UP TO SEE HER ON 28TH DECEMBER SO WILL MAKE SURE I AM ABE TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE ABOUT IT, AND WILL ALSO LEAVE SOME NOTES TO BE PUT IN HER FILE.

AND IT TOOK ME TWO HOURS TO GET HOME THANKS TO LONDON BLOODY TRANSPORT AND BEING STUCK ON A TRAIN FOR AGES, NO SEAT OF COURSE, CRAMMED IN LIKE SARDINES AND THE MAN BREATHING OVER ME HAD STINKY BREATH.

AND TOMORROW IS OUR CHRISTMAS LUNCH AND NONE OF US IS FEELING FESTIVE BECAUSE OF THE DEATH OF OUR TEAM-MATE LAST FRIDAY. HER FUNERAL IS THIS FRIDAY, I WILL GO TO IT.