Who would have thought when I got up this morning, early, to avoid the rush hour traffic on the M6, M42, M5, M4 and M32, eager to test out my fancy satnav in my equally fancy new car, that I would cross paths with Noel Edmunds in his even more fancy car.
Well I certainly did. That’s the great thing about unpredictability, it makes today different to yesterday. Or perhaps that’s just my view of things, perhaps a glass half full kind of thing.
And this reminds me of the other day, I was interviewing for a position and this guy came in who had all of the qualifications and experience that I was looking for. He didn’t get the job because I just didn’t like him. Now, sure, lots of the things I’ve learnt in the last few years have probably made me more sensitive to things because I can’t really put my finger on why I didn’t like him. And when I was discussing this person with my associate, I said something like “it’s really strange, I hardly ever meet someone that annoys me and I take a dislike to, so it seems incredible that he managed to do both in a few seconds.” My associate said “you’re lucky, I meet people I don’t like and who annoy me all of the time.” So I wonder whether I really am just lucky or whether it’s just my outlook on what different means. And today was different for lots of reasons, not least the fact that I got to wave at Noel Edmunds in his Aston Martin.
Another associate once asked me of a guy we hired who was subsequently carefully managed out of the business “why does everyone take an instant dislike to Barry*? Is it just to save time?” I wonder if Barry saw the boot coming when he woke up that morning. Deal or No Deal?
*Names may have been changed to protect the innocent until proven guilty as charged. My apologies, 7 hours of driving today has clearly affected my word association football.
