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In January, I'm summoned off for my official induction (hey, only 3 months in post) and I understand that this involves a visit from a senior manager, the same one that sent a perfectly fatuous message around on Christmas Eve with the view that it be circulated to all staff.

You always expect something designed to rally the troops, usually with a tone of 'thanks for all your hard work, now keep it up!'. This one, however, took the proverbial biscuit as it was just 'make sure you have everything arranged for when you're off', not even leavened by enough good wishes for politeness sake. Since I'm obliged to do management training too next year, I can only hope to emulate such people skills with significant application, I'm sure!

I just deleted it, rather than passing it on, so I expect that's immediately a point against my chances of ever reaching such dizzying heights...

In other news, went to see Sherlock Holmes yesterday ( Spoilers )