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leedyFrantic cycle to work this morning, absolutely convinced that I was going to miss a phone meeting with my manager, because she's in London, right? But the mail she sent me with the time was in US time! And it definitely said 5, so that's 9 am here, yes? It was only when I was half-way down the canal that it occurred to me that the west coast of the US is in fact eight hours behind us, not eight hours ahead, and a more rational interpretation of the mail would be 1 in the afternoon. Duh.
On the other hand, if I hadn't been racing in at such speed, I mightn't have arrived at Leeson St. at the same time as a man who had a score out on his handlebars and was sightsinging while waiting for the lights to change. Now that's dedication.
On the other hand, if I hadn't been racing in at such speed, I mightn't have arrived at Leeson St. at the same time as a man who had a score out on his handlebars and was sightsinging while waiting for the lights to change. Now that's dedication.
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Date: 2006-10-11 10:35 am (UTC)Tell more about the age and appearance of the score-singing cyclist? I have a feeling I might know him... although maybe there's just a lot of that kind of activity going round in Dublin these days.
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Date: 2006-10-11 10:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-11 11:09 am (UTC)And hee, that'd be funny if you knew him. He had shortish straight mid-brown hair, probably in his early 30s. Sounded like a tenor. :)
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Date: 2006-10-11 11:13 am (UTC)Yeah, I deal with it a fair bit because my boss and most of the rest of my department are in the US - I usually have at least one late meeting a week, though they're usually pretty good about having them earlyish their time so I'm not stuck in past 7 or 7.30.
It was my boss scheduling this meeting in PST while actually being in GMT that caused the problem, I think. That and my UTTER STUPIDITY.