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THE TOP 10 MOST ANNOYING PEOPLE I WORK WITH
While I’m giving out about freelance journalism (above), it’s worth remembering just how much I loved life as a PAYE worker. From Mongrel Magazine in 2005, here are the Top 10 Most Annoying People I Work With…
October 7th, 2009.
October 8th, 2009 at 2:22 am
Couldn’t agree more with you about the misuse of “literally”. “It was literally raining cats and dogs” is one I heard recently. Was it? Was it really?
Keep posting the stuff on the website by the way, I know this could be turning into Eoin Butler Appreciation Week (strangers having dreams about you and whatnot) but you just can’t find good journalism anywhere these days.
October 8th, 2009 at 9:16 am
Hey Eoin, I was thumbing through an old Mongrel (Nov ’07 I think, Ron Paul on the oover) and there was an article of yours called ‘Mongrel’s How to be a bad ass’. It was really good, if it’s not up already you should stick it up. Cheers.
October 8th, 2009 at 10:43 am
@ Rob – God, my memory of that is that it was pretty sloppy and pointless, no?
Larry Ryan wanted to go for lunch in some new taco place, but Michael Freeman said we weren’t going anywhere until I finished the bad ass piece. So the very last line in the piece actually says, “Now fuck it, let’s get tacos!”
@ Lisa – ah stop
October 8th, 2009 at 10:56 am
The thought of Michael cracking the whip is pretty funny. Yeah, I see what you’re saying, it wasn’t really a guide to be being a bad ass, it was more like a few interviews with people who weren’t actually bad asses, but it was enjoyable nonetheless. And I liked the last line.
October 8th, 2009 at 10:59 am
Tell ya what Rob, I’ll have a look for it and if it’s any better than utterly mortifying, I’ll consider putting it up.
October 8th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
RE: Michael. He didn’t crack the whip per se. As a boss I’d have described him as “polite but fair”.
October 8th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
Yes Lisa, do stop! As I said, my dream wasn’t “about” Eoin. He was just there. I am currently drafting a “mortifying blog posts I regret writing” story. It’s going to be, LITERALLY, mind-blowing.
October 8th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
[…] per Rob’s request, this was a hastily conceived feature, written it in such a hurry that the last line, “Now […]