"He said there had been a problem in the “processing and distribution” of the crimes to forces, and the computer systems were “not talking to each other”. The crime reports had “gone to a central hub for processing and gone no further”, he added."
#TFW After reading this you just know that this is because they were emailing the reports, and SpamAssassin was blocking them
1. Both seem to spend a lot of time trying to give newspapers to each other.
2. Both have meetings with rhetorical questions.
Q. Can capitalism be reformed? A. No, it can only be stopped by raising the workers class consciousness through building a revolutionary proletarian vanguard
Q. Will suffering cease? A. Only by prayer and faith, repent for your sins, join our church to pray for redemption
Anyway.. it seemed to be ok. Because he then asked if I had a boyfriend because he has never seen me with anyone. So I said "no I don't have a bf right now".. to which he invited me back to his flat.
I declined his offer because.. well I didn't really want to deal with things.. and that can become a life and death issue..
Well .. I bumped into a guy late on Friday night, and had a little chat.. things people always complain about here.. noise.. homeless people breaking in..
Then he says.. "can I ask u a question?".. and I'm like getting that sinking feeling and yes.. it was that question..."the guys are asking .. are you a man or a woman?"..
Well I said i'm a woman.. but I didn't really fancy explaining about trans things.. however he said they were confused because my voice is deep?
So.. I've lived here about 5 years now.. When I moved in I decided that I would say hello to everyone I met.. if I met in the lift.. in the laundry.. in corridor.. on the stairs, I always say hello to everyone and make light conversation.
I did this because because I like people.. but also because it was a survival technique I learned as a squatter.
It is much easier to be awful to someone if you don't think of them as a person. By talking to people and having a commonality they stop thinking about you as "other" or "weird" and you become just the person who lives in flat 19.