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Episode 19 – Return

27 January 2021Tub

  Flux Larson, Dave Starling’s boss, arrived in the office later than usual at 9:30am. Penelope Crank looked up from her desk where she had once again been saving the…Read More

Christmas Special

20 December 2018Tub

Dave Starling, IT Manager, was sitting at his desk nursing the worst hangover of his life. He had the odd flashback pop up which made him feel even sicker. Had…Read More

Episode 17 – The Bechdel Test

1 November 2018Tub

“Must feed the cattle.” Brenda de la Rue, Dave Starling’s boss’s boss was mumbling to herself in the lift. “I’m sorry?” Justina Goose thought the comment might be important and…Read More

Episode 16 – Leadership Dinner

25 October 2018Tub

Brenda de la Rue was in the office of the CIO, Rupert Onion, discussing strategy. Only, since he was trendy and didn’t have an office, they were actually sitting at…Read More

Episode 15 – Hiring a One

18 October 2018Tub

Dave Starling, IT Manager, realised that he was in a hole. Despite the presence of Barry McGuigan, moron developer, who’s only contribution to the team was to ask questions that…Read More

Episode 14 – Appraisals Part 1

11 October 2018Tub

David Starling, IT Manager and unlikely hero of this story, felt that the monthly Operations Meeting seemed to be coming around quicker and quicker, while his development as an IT…Read More

Episode 13 – The Consultants

4 October 2018Tub

David Starling, IT Manager, was at his desk working on a PowerPoint presentation. He looked enviously at Chris Tackle who was sat next to him writing code with his headphones…Read More

Episode 12 – Virtual Machines

27 September 2018Tub

Barry McGuigan, possibly the worst developer ever, was more excited than usual. “The Google Cloud team are here! They are giving stuff away, does anyone want anything?” “The fucking what?”…Read More

Episode 11 – Bring a Kid to Work Day

20 September 2018Tub

Brenda de la Rue was having her monthly meeting with Fiona Foil, Head of HR. To avoid the awkward silence of meeting alone, they had both brought a group of…Read More

Episode 10 – Start-Up Returns

13 September 2018Tub

Brenda de la Rue was sitting in a meeting room with fifteen people discussing a critical project. Apart from occasionally interrupting someone to correct their grammar, or to make statements…Read More

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