(Apologies if the following story appears under-researched).
It was a Federal Holiday, or a Bank Holiday, or a National Holiday, or a call-it-what-you-will, but Nigella still had to work because the client lived in another part of the world and that part of the world wasn’t celebrating a Federal Holiday, or a Bank Holiday, or a National Holiday, or a call-it-what-you-will. There was always a client somewhere not celebrating a holiday and that meant that Nigella never got a day off.
Of course Nigella couldn’t charge extra for having to work on a holiday because the client was operating on a work day as per usual – so it all added up to a great frustration to Nigella. She wouldn’t mind finding another job but this current “partly-self-employment” paid well enough. However, there were times when Nigella felt worn to a frazzle.
Couple all this with the fact that most of her clients operated under a different time zone so she was up all hours trying to fill customers’ “always urgent” requests.
To be fair, Nigella got the occasional hour off during work time but not much; just enough to go and make herself a cup of coffee and relax watching a bit of television or something. The hour off was never regular. It was only when the owner of the porn website said “Nigella, why don’t you take some time out while I organize the next client.”
A fascinating insight into a relatively unknown career. Thank you for what ever research you were able to do.
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Kind of curious as to what sort of research he did. Then again, maybe not.
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The main research went into finding a tasteful picture to accompany the posting.
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😆
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Research can take one only so far – there’s only so much one can learn from a book.
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Oh, the life of a working girl.
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Don’t I know it.
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Just snorted my coffee through my nose. That hurts!
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That’ll learn ya.
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It’s my form of research.
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There’s little nicer than a coffee while researching.
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No more snorting!
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I hope Nigella has a time out chair she can relax in…
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Now that I did not expect.
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Lisa, you are an example to us all!
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The introductory note assumes enormous significance in the wake of the closing lines. One wonders if the crux of the story lies no further than the apology.
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The apology (I thought) required some explanation!
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That was a good curve Bruce…. Nigella probably has some good curves also.
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Ha! Now Max I have a photo for you to see. You won’t believe it (and nor can I) – I had to stake my parsley. Give me time – it’s stuck somewhere on my camera.
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That I want to see! That was a proud moment for me…of course I was as surprised as you were.
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Unfortunately the photo is not that clear – I put it at the bottom of today’s story. The light blue stake is about 2 1/2 feet high with the parsley slightly to the right of it.
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I see the stake! Thank you Bruce…that made my night!
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She is apparently in great demand. Perhaps her taxing working hours and rewarded with good pay, if not overtime or holiday pay. I think this is good inferential research.
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Thank you. I like to thoroughly research things but frequently get side-tracked.
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I doubt very much that Nigella’s job pays well enough.
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Oh – here’s me thinking I always got a discount.
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Stories like these need to be told especially in the media digital-age we live in. If it means ‘ganandose la papa’ (winning the potato) or more aptly translated in our cultures ‘bringing home the bacon’ then I wish Nigella all the success in the world.
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Winning the potato is an excellent expression. I shall use it!
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People do it tough especially if there are mouths to feed. This was a great article Bruce and very timely given what’s going on.
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