Work? What's that?!!
OK, OK! I AM retired, and have been for eight years (such bliss!). I was with my last employer for 34 years - initially as Retail Manager at our London West End shop in Jermyn Street and latterly as Company General Manager with special responsibilities for Exports. Being 'Senior Management' there was no way I could have worn a kilt to work (it was pinstripe/chalkstripe three-piece suits for all of those 34 years!).
However, after I took early retirement, our Managing Director asked me if I'd like to help the company out over the very busy Christmas trading period - in the telephone/mail order department!! (Knowing the Company's products intimately, I was a greater asset to them than a temporary agency worker could have been!) Did I baulk at being offered such menial work? Certainly not - it gave me additional pocket money, and did so for the following two Christmases. On a par with the additional cash, being technically self-employed for those short periods, I was able to wear my kilts every day to the office!!
(PS: What was the business? Floris Perfumes - the UK's oldest perfumery house; founded in 1730 and still run by the same family. Perfumers by Royal Appointment to HM The Queen and HRH The Prince of Wales. Our only other shop was on New York's Madison Avenue ........ I wonder if it is still there?)
Last edited by Hamish; 7th April 06 at 05:49 PM.
[B][I][U]No. of Kilts[/U][/I][/B][I]:[/I] 102.[I] [B]"[U][B]Title[/B]"[/U][/B][/I]: Lord Hamish Bicknell, Laird of Lochaber / [B][U][I]Life Member:[/I][/U][/B] The Scottish Tartans Authority / [B][U][I]Life Member:[/I][/U][/B] The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society / [U][I][B]Member:[/B][/I][/U] The Ardbeg Committee / [I][B][U]My NEW Photo Album[/U]: [/B][/I][COLOR=purple]Sadly, and with great regret, it seems my extensive and comprehensive album may now have been lost forever![/COLOR]/
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