Mornings

I am the first one in the office every morning. At 7.30 am I am getting the coffee machine going, switching everything on, blah blah blah. This is not in my job description. At all.


This morning I changed the bottle for the water cooler. Firstly, those 19 litre bottles are heavy. But when they're empty they're very light. And the plastic is really hard. And when they're empty and stuck on the cooler, they are dangerous.

I tugged at the bloody thing to get it off. Finally it did release its grip, and fly straight in to my forehead.

I now have a swollen cheek and a bruise on my face, and it's not even 8.30.