Third day of work
After a conversation with a work colleague about what I’m allowed to reveal and what I’m not, it transpires that as long as I don’t mention any specific names of people, I’m pretty much fine.
Much as I’d love to claim to be making tea for spies, I am in fact working for the Property department of Thames Valley Police. Items of evidence from police raids, scene of crime (SOC) etc. go past me (in transparent evidence bags) to be recorded manually in a book (and then copied into Excel at a later date) before being stored somewhere in the office or storeroom, depending on how big the item is. This office also deals with lost property and things like that, so today I had to deal with two guns found in an attic belonging to the late husband of the lady bringing them in, for example. So far it’s been mainly repetitive, and would have been much more interesting if I were allowed music, but it’s not that bad really and is very well paid for a temporary job.
Given that I’m allowed to recount stories from work as long as I don’t mention specific names, I leave you with news that someone recently tried to hang themselves off an Oxford bridge. Luckily, the noose broke; unluckily, they drowned.
Matthew @ 13:02, August 3, 2005 to Diary | Comments (10)
Comments:
Cat
Well that should have taught them the importance of planning for a successful suicide attempt. Its a sad fact that many of the suicide attempts labelled as ‘a cry for help’ are just hopelessly botched.
So the moral of the story is, just piss someone off until they do it for you.
I hate rude customers.
Comment added at 00:19, August 4, 2005
Rory
At least his failure succeeded. Kinda. But that’s a bad thing, I suppose…
Why aren’t you allowed music?
Comment added at 13:19, August 4, 2005
Mr E
They probably reckon it’s a distraction.
Comment added at 18:33, August 4, 2005
Matthew
Actually, I asked a more superior person than previously and he thought it was fine, as long as I could still hear the phone go and was able to switch it off as soon as anyone wanted to talk to me. Which is easy – only wear one earphone and hope the music is mainly mono.
Comment added at 19:27, August 4, 2005
Rory
Or you could even convert the music to mono. It’s not as if a whole song is going to be played through one channel, so you’ll be fine.
How much does it pay, if you don’t mind me asking?
Comment added at 00:49, August 5, 2005
Matthew
I don’t mind you asking, but I do mind posting it here… :)
Comment added at 13:26, August 5, 2005
Mr E
Post it in some code that only we’ll understand.
Comment added at 11:40, August 6, 2005
Sheepie
There is such thing as email.
Comment added at 12:12, August 6, 2005
Becca
Mmm sounds like a v.interesting job, better than mine anyway. How did you get it??
Comment added at 12:38, August 6, 2005
Matthew
I signed up with a recruitment agency. Technically I’m employed by the agency and then contracted out to the police. My wages are paid by the agency.
Comment added at 18:40, August 6, 2005
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