Quidnunc (kneeshooter) wrote,
Quidnunc
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  • Mood: silly

Funding

My current job runs until next March. If I can swing it I hope to get an extension so that I can continue wasting taxpayers money on new toys.

So I need to carefully craft a strategy to ensure that the people that pay my salary are subtly encouraged to, when the formal proposal goes in, giving an enthusiastic "YES!!!".

Last night, I made a start with some of the "right people" happened to be at the conference I'm currently sitting in... by drinking a bottle of white wine and asking quite loudly whether they had their cheque books...

Subtlty? What's that? Doh!
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