The Scooby Doo Ending
It must be something about having an 'alpha personality.' I don't know what it is fully but I've heard them say it on Big Brother. I think its got something to do with being either dominant or submissive.
So where was I. Neale had said to me '2 weeks' then i'll proabably have a job for you here in the Control Room to start in April. Now, I could either:
a)Go back to the control room and live happily ever after
or
b)Spend the last of my dwindling money on a flight out to Alicante with Scott and see what turns up.
Hmmm... Tough Choice. Not.
Come on, you didn't really think I'd settle down, get a flat and marry Sharon Tracy-Smith from Harold Hill did you?
I'd go into the coffee shop and Scott and I would both drink a couple of double espresso cafe machiato's and shoot the breeze for half an hour. Then the caffeine would kick in. The good thing i've discovered about me and Scott is that we're on exactly the same wavelength. He can start a sentence and I'll know how to finish it. His brain works on everything at once and is connected diectly to his mouth. My brain works on everything at once but I'm more practical and methodical. Between the two of us, he can keep the momentum and enthusiasm up whereas I can see the overall plan, filter out the bad stuff and build on the good. Individually, I get bogged down with details and he's too all over the place to make sense.
Together, we move forward at a blistering pace!
Two weeks passed and we'd booked flights and had big plans for Alicante. I called Neale and told him what I was going to do. He hadn't finalised any job stuff yet but he said he'd call back in early April with a definite job to which he'd offer me 'First Refusal.'
This means that in the next little while, Neale will call me up and offer me a pretty highly paid position in the Control Room of the BBC World Service, with good future prospects, good people and high kudos. He'll ask me if I want it, and i'll say
'No Thankyou.'
Even thinking about saying that makes my skin crawl thinking 'What the Hell are you saying that for?!?' But then, I get calm again. The reason?
You won't believe what happened in Alicante...