http://nathanmnelson.com/2006/05/25/eleanor-rigby/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eleanor-rigby ...work in progress Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://nathanmnelson.com/2006/05/25/eleanor-rigby/#comment-188 Margaret Thu, 25 May 2006 15:23:28 +0000 http://www.spikydog.com/blog/2006/05/25/eleanor-rigby/#comment-188 Years ago, when I had a boring job in a bank, my boss suggested that I should make up stories about the customers to keep myself amused - especially when I was told to sit and watch the decorators painting the inside of the strongroom. It was a good idea but I got a bit carried away. Some of the fake identities were so colourful I couldn't look the customers in the eye. Hooker, gangster, sweatshop owner, drag queen - they all came through the branch, except that none of them knew it. After a couple of weeks I got bored with it, and they all reverted to boring ordinaryness - or did they? Years ago, when I had a boring job in a bank, my boss suggested that I should make up stories about the customers to keep myself amused – especially when I was told to sit and watch the decorators painting the inside of the strongroom. It was a good idea but I got a bit carried away. Some of the fake identities were so colourful I couldn’t look the customers in the eye. Hooker, gangster, sweatshop owner, drag queen – they all came through the branch, except that none of them knew it. After a couple of weeks I got bored with it, and they all reverted to boring ordinaryness – or did they?

]]> http://nathanmnelson.com/2006/05/25/eleanor-rigby/#comment-187 nick Thu, 25 May 2006 12:17:16 +0000 http://www.spikydog.com/blog/2006/05/25/eleanor-rigby/#comment-187 they're probably stressing about the cost of their bathroom renovations... they’re probably stressing about the cost of their bathroom renovations…

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