25-04-2019, 08:57 PM
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Re: New Series; confessions of a retired SHOPKEEPER
Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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Good on Leo.......Respect!........
26-04-2019, 06:28 PM
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Re: New Series; confessions of a retired SHOPKEEPER
Confessions of a young shopkeeper;Stop me if I've posted this before.
JUST A TIC
Nothing much to report and so I am looking back to my youth for early signs of being a little bit odd.
As a trainee manager I had to work in every department for a minimum of a week. Some were crushingly boring and I admit to periods of being umm, idle . As my career path edged onward and upward I occasionally relapsed.
For example When I was a manager I regularly had to visit London on the train. Heads Office. Always First Class.
I am ashamed to admit that to ensure I had a carriage compartment all to myself I would pretend to have a pronounced TIK. Anyone coming into MY compartment took one look at my twitching face and scampered.
Fate took a hand one day and someone with a real TIK came in and sat down. I had to keep up the TIK all the way, but I couldn't help noticing his tic became less and less frequent as the miles passed by, and had stopped altogether at our destination.
On my return I noticed him again heading for the same carriage. He gave me an ear to ear grin and headed for another part of the train
(c) RJ
26-04-2019, 06:33 PM
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Re: New Series; confessions of a retired SHOPKEEPER
Originally Posted by Robert Junior
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Confessions of a young shopkeeper;Stop me if I've posted this before.
JUST A TIC
Nothing much to report and so I am looking back to my youth for early signs of being a little bit odd.
As a trainee manager I had to work in every department for a minimum of a week. Some were crushingly boring and I admit to periods of being umm, idle . As my career path edged onward and upward I occasionally relapsed.
For example When I was a manager I regularly had to visit London on the train. Heads Office. Always First Class.
I am ashamed to admit that to ensure I had a carriage compartment all to myself I would pretend to have a pronounced TIK. Anyone coming into MY compartment took one look at my twitching face and scampered.
Fate took a hand one day and someone with a real TIK came in and sat down. I had to keep up the TIK all the way, but I couldn't help noticing his tic became less and less frequent as the miles passed by, and had stopped altogether at our destination.
On my return I noticed him again heading for the same carriage. He gave me an ear to ear grin and headed for another part of the train
(c) RJ
good one Robert, you and the other gentleman could have called yourselves The TIK-ets 
26-04-2019, 10:24 PM
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Re: New Series; confessions of a retired SHOPKEEPER
Originally Posted by Mags
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good one Robert, you and the other gentleman could have called yourselves The TIK-ets
I was so norty in my youth.
Totally random thought just came back to me.
My parents had a book
KONTIKI
Thor Heyerdal??
26-04-2019, 10:28 PM
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Re: New Series; confessions of a retired SHOPKEEPER
Originally Posted by solo
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Robert your tale reminded me of that Jimmy Jones song Good timingOh you need timing, a tic a tic a timing ,
I can't get that tune out of my head now lol
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