Tales of an Apprentice

June '10 posts

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A little present

Maddie Hollis | 08th Jun 2010 at 14:31 | 269 views |  1 comments(s)

A little Present You know you hear of people chewing their bottom lip; well I have never seen or thought of anybody doing that before…  Until I started just a second ago. Honestly I have never thought about it, and then I find myself staring at a blank Word document trying to start my blog, and I’m actually doing it myself. It’s quite unusual.  Bit Random, but at least the screen is no longer blank….  I have now been with The Swan Company for approximately 12 weeks, and I do feel as though I have always worked here and fit in really well.  For example, the other week we went to meet a prospective client in Yeovil.  Margaret and I were sitting with her in this gorgeous little Italian Café  (which also has free WiFi and yummy smoothies. It’s fantastic!), talking and have a general natter about what needs to be done …blah…blah…..   Now normally what has happened before at tho... more

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What Lies Beneath

Maddie Hollis | 02nd Jun 2010 at 13:35 | 262 views |  0 comments(s)

What Lies Beneath.. I had a brilliant time last week at Business Exchange!! I really appreciated all the loverlee, loverlee things everybody said about my blog….But obviously all good things must come to an end. If every day was like that then: • I would be, (as Margaret puts it), the size of a small African country after eating all the breakfasts. • I think that I would eventually bore you all to death with my constant nattering. • I would get very, very cranky as I am not a great lover of early mornings… Now I must say that since our mushroom pinging adventures last week, not a lot of the exciting stuff has been going on… Of course, I have still been very ‘Busy and Important’ doing general officey things, and I do understand that the life of a Business Administration and Sales Apprentice cannot be filled with glitz and excitement every minute of the day. As Victoria is on holiday (and when the cat’s away&hel... more

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