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Evening shift today. Half an hour before the start I went to get my usual cup of coffee from the machine. One of the white coffee buttons used to have a handwritten sticker reading 'With Sugar!' stuck next to it, but that sticker is no longer there, so I guessed the anomaly had been fixed and pressed that button expecting a no-sugar coffee. One sip of decidedly sweet coffee later I wished someone would hurry up and write a new sticker.

Reporting a refusal during the early part, I again stood waiting by a non-responsive printer - and again got my sheet printed once I gave the machine a little thump on the side. It really is true what they say.

In the later part of the shift I noticed the leather clasp on my watch strap was a bit too near the end of the strap, so pushed it down a touch - and the side of the clasp promptly split. Worse, my watch's strap is welded into the body so there was no possibility of getting a new strap put on. Fortunately it's pay day tomorrow and I've found an OK-looking radio-controlled digital on Amazon for £19.99 (plus £8.99 for Express p&p) so that one should keep me going for a few months - I'm reconciled now to knowing the straps on cheap watches won't last more than that, but I don't have the available funds to invest in a quality one. That's my trip to the away game at Hampton & Richmond up the spout.

Got to go watch Ashes To Ashes on BBC iPlayer.