There’s a young lass who’s been helping out at the gym down the road.  She doesn’t look very old and it turns out she’s the daughter of a client and the gym was using her to cover when the 2 owners were too busy elsewhere.  This set alarm bells as…

There have been some grumblings going on at my local gym.  I’m no surprised because the owners do seem a bit lax in their treatment of the premises, their livlihood and more worrying, how they treat their younger staff members.  I like to go down there in the afternoons after…

I have been a member of a small gym ear my home for some weeks now.  Nothing flash and certainly not smart enough to attract the really serious body building type.  Most of the time one of the two owners is in situ and gives personal training advice when asked. …

When I was at school there were not many options for the youngster who was just paddling along.  The brightest pupils were encouraged towards passing the 11+, the rest of us did our best!  It didn’t worry me at the time.  I was already lined up for a job after…

I have been friends with a chum for quit a few years now and although we don’t catch up with each other very often, maybe three or four times a year, we cover much ground when we do.  Lots of chat about what our families have been up to since…

When you have  youngsters in the house, especially a close mix of ages, the mid teens can bring a whole new range of challenges and problems.  They have their emotional side to deal with, all that anxiety over school exams for what seems like years of their life.  They are…

Whilst I was looking up the website of a local country house, my eye lit upon Vacancies.  After a small number of catering and seasonal posts listed for this year’s summer openings, there were a couple of more serious, meaty roles.   I was particularly interested in the Event Leader and…

When I was meeting a relative in London recently, having not seen each other for years, we decided to meet under the clock at Waterloo station.  I was amazed to find any trains were running – bearing in mind it was Easter Sunday and the much publicised train union strike…

Not that many years ago, I was interested in taking up an adult teaching career – having spent many a happy evening at college with other like minded adults, brushing up on what was the new fixation – getting myself an ms driving licence – basically as it turned out,…

When you at school thinking at future careers, you often overlook something because of lack of knowledge.  For my generation the choices that flooded the mind when asked “what are you going to be when you grow up” generally wavered between typist, secretary, nurse, nanny.  I would never have thought…