Work was kinda fun today. Toblerone and Malteasers were passed rapidly around the office (obviously unwanted Christmas surplus) and the mentality was of a regular day at work... but with only 11 people instead of 27. Phones rang, invoices were paid, just the usual 'same old'. We chatted about what we did over Christmas and how some idiot is selling Christmas cracker toys on eBay for a total (so far) of 16p.
Obviously the talk did focus a great deal on the tsunami that hit Thailand. The oceanic plates should only move a couple of inches a year but on Sunday, slipped a staggering 10 metres, causing walls of water to hit all the surrounding coastlines at 500mph. The Earth actually wobbled from the force! People are scared mindless over global warming yet our own planet is taking violent measures of its own without our intervention.
A colleague's son was supposed to fly out to Thailand on Saturday evening, but the plane remained grounded after it was discovered that the door between the pilots and the passengers wasn't bulletproof, so he was put up for the night in a Hilton. Apparently he was pretty miffed. I'm telling you, if my flight was cancelled, inadvertedly saving my life, and I spent Christmas in a Hilton, I'd be freaking estatic!
Unfortunately, some jokes did circulate the office. Something about several thousand flip flops for freebies, water-based hotels, and amenities being a stone's throw from the sea...
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