Money, and other ramblings.

I seem to be spending an awful lot of money for very little return at the moment.

Clearly, things would be easier if the geographical location of the Dream Job was swapped with the Isle of Man.

Actually, I think that my real Dream Job would be running some dusty little second hand book store, and whiling away my days reading old cricket books in a leather armchair, drinking a fine wine and glaring at customers. So no difference from what I currently do. Heh heh.

Watchmen is being filmed. The released photos look very very good. I haven't been this excited about a film since the Lord of the Rings came out.

http://watchmencomicmovie.com/watchmen-movie-photos.php


All that aside, however, I need a break. In pharmacy school you are not informed that the only thing, the only thing that matters is how quickly you can whack a sticker on a box. Prescription volumes are ever rising, partially down to the fuckwits at the Welsh Assembly ("Free scripts for all!", they cried, little realising that by the time the pharmacist has seen the 500th script for olive oil ear drops and 32 paracetamol, he will want to go and

a) Drink himself into oblivion
b) Buy a shotgun, and learn how to use it
c) Go home and carry out a Reflective Learning cycle on the days event

[Clue: it's not c])

In the average retail environment, the dispensers/counter staff are underpaid, overworked, and there's never enough of them. This means that I have to plug holes in the dispensing process, try and get all yesterday's work done, answer the phone, put away three days worth of delivery because of the Great Unichem Balls-Up of 2007, answer the phone, answer the phone, and look at an invisible skin complaint. In this kind of environment, is it any wonder that mistakes are made?

Also, is anyone else find themselves more pissed off with the type of people who whinge about immigrants coming over here, taking our jobs, etc, than actually with immigrants themselves.

Also, why the hell does pharmacy seem to attract so many damn little Englanders of the above type. Boils my piss it does.