Diary Wednesday 22nd June 2016

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A hot sticky uncomfortable night followed by an early appointment with my welfare advisor which I always look forward to with dread. I was reminded of forthcoming jobs fairs I am obliged to attend, with one new one added to the mix. I was also told to apply for a warehousing role with a firm who already rejected me once and which is a long distance away for reaching by public transport given the business shift patterns. The company was also recently severely criticised in the media for ill-treating and under-paying its staff. A missing cat sought by of our neighbours actually turned up in our garden this afternoon. I went to the neighbour’s house but she was out. Unfortunately, the cat carries some kind of infection (her owner wants to get her treated) so I wasn’t prepared to risk letting it into our house as the infection could affect my old cat too. The cat went away hours before its owner came home. I got a Freephone number for a housing advisory service and rang it to get the longest automated message I ever heard before it invited me to press one to listen to automated advice or press zero to talk to someone. I hit zero and got told ‘this service is currently unavailable. Please try again soon.’ Someone rated my Haiku book on Amazon, awarding it five stars – the maximum. Yay! Thanks whoever you are. Arthur Chappell