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Embarrassment

I always think it’s good to start the day with an embarrassing incident. It wakes me up, a bit like a strong espresso. This morning, on the way to work, I had to drop off a van I’d hired to move house with. I’d managed to drive it without killing myself or anybody else, which I was quite proud of. I’d even managed to fill it up with the correct sort of fuel. I pulled into the van rental place, carefully maneuvered into the most appropriate-looking parking space, switched off the engine and got out.

I thought I’d better check I hadn’t left anything in the back, so I opened the back door and jumped inside. As I walked to the front of the back of the van (if you see what I mean), I heard the door swinging shut behind me. It was suddenly very dark.

Fuck.

The nice man from the rental company opened the door a minute or so later, and found me frantically trying to access the torch function* on my mobile so I could find the bloody handle to open the bloody door.

Him: “You alright mate?”
Me: “Yeah, fine, except I just sort of locked myself in your van”
Him: “That was a bit silly, wasn’t it?”
Me: “Yes, yes I suppose it was.”

I haven’t felt that much of a prat for quite some time.

*Note to Sony Ericsson, having a torch built into a mobile can be very handy, but not if you have to scroll through 17 sub-menus to activate it.

Lunch

Well.

I tried to go to the new pizza/pasta place in Hammersmith. They do a big paper cup filled with your choice of pasta and sauce, plus a can of drink, for £2.99. But after having stood at the counter for nearly 10 minutes and being completely ignored, I gave up and walked out…into the posh deli round the corner. This place is full of so much tasty looking food I don’t ever let myself go in there. Their range of salamis and parma hams has to be seen to be believed. They made me a baguette filled with French ham, cheese, tomatoes, olive oil and black pepper. They sliced the ham and cheese fresh, which is *much* nicer than that dried out pre-sliced stuff most places have.

It’s pretty yummy actually. The bread is gorgeous. My only complaint would be that my face and hands get covered in flour every time I take a bite. Small price to pay though.