Records Management

I'm home bright and early today because I attended a 'Records Management Workshop' which took place in our records store based in Croydon. In many ways Croydon would be an ideal place to live - it's served by a huge array of trains, is located in zone 5 and best of all, one of the opening sequences of the fabulous TV comedy 'Terry and June' was filmed at the Whitgift Centre!

Anyway, I digress. I take my job as records manager very seriously indeed and love deleting incorrectly or inapropriately named files. Someone once unkindly called me a 'jobsworth' and a 'filing nut' but when I do a job, I like to do it right! Therefore it's always pleasant to meet up with fellow RMs and find out their 'tricks of the trade' so to speak. The highlights of the day were the trip around the 'marked for burning files' and the sandwich lunch, which is always pleasant.

Whilst on the train home I switched on my mobile. Many people would take the mickey out of my telephone because it dates back to 2002 but my mantra is 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' and I can confirm that the the Nokia 3210's a wonderful handset. I keep it spick and span by carrying it around in a sandwich bag and refusing to switch it on until absolutely necessary. I adhere to a strict 'pay as you go' system and don't have voicemail. Some may get annoyed by this but I don't see why I have to pay to pick up other's messages.

My handset beeped and lo and behold, there was a text from Mr A. He apologised for not being around this week but he's stuck in a series of meetings in Brussels. Last week on our date he tried to explain the history behind the European Union but I must confess that I found it rather tedious and started to drift off. He assured me that he'll steal a showercap from the hotel for me (I said that Mother likes to keep her seedlings warm with them!) and that we'll definately meet up next week.