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July 25, 2005
Email and the like
Checking email from afar, I am touched to find that Embassy wants to know if I am still alive. I helpfully let them know that as of yet I have had the good graces to not get blown up on their watch and was not doing vac in Egypt, although suffering from the attentions of a European airport staff is almost as bad.
Also Central has suddenly sent around a note to overseas staff requesting emergency contact information in case "of need." I suppose they're counting the days until one of us gets blown to bits. Wonder if it would be entirely tactless to raise the concept of danger bonuses. Not that I need one, but why not extract a concession or two?
Finally, a note from a colleague asked me to transfer to his office as he needs people "with well developed character" around.
This last item puzzled me - "well developed character."
Hard to read that.
Posted by The Lounsbury at July 25, 2005 03:31 PM
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