Helicopter ParentsBack when young ScaryDuck worked in the Dole office rather than simply queuing in it, he had to deal with a claimant brought in by his mum. She did all the talking. He was 40 years old.
Have you had to deal with over-protective parents? Get your Dad to tell us all about it.
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chthonic, Thu 10 Sep 2009, 15:13)
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At universityIn my college there was a big noticeboard where the porters posgted phone messages (this was the era before mobiles). Usually it was a folded piece of paper with the person's name on it.
The mother of one of my friends phoned up the college and left a message like 'Marks & Spencers have got half price on underwear - don't forget to buy some'.
This was written out in letters an inch high together with the receiver's name and posted on the noticeboard, just to make sure everyone saw it.
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College porters love revengeI remember working as a college cleaner over the summer when I was an undergrad. One of the full-time cleaners took great delight in sticking a student's dirty pants up in the kitchen window. Can't quite remember why, but there was a definite revenge motive based on his being a preened and primped git
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Olembe Refuses to write in this space, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 10:00,
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