I'VE BEEN SUSPENDED FROM WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

as of 7 am today i am suspended on full pay by royal mail, pending a meeting tomorrow. this came about as a result of my refusal to do overtime as the little boy in charge of the office is throwing his toys out of the pram and refusing to pay people when they work over their time. i followed procedure exactly, by informing the management that i wasn't prepared to work over my time, before i commenced my delivery. several people have already put in grievances against this guy including some of the most ardent non strikers. i will be putting a formal grievance in for intimidation harrassment and victimisation. add on to that this morning when he attempted call me in to the office for "an informal chat" he attempted to deny me my right to have a recognised union rep present, and by law he has to give me 48 hours notice for any disciplinary meeting again something he attempted to deny me. when i refused to go in to the meeting, as i was instructed to do by the union, he suspended me on full pay. having spoken to the union i have been assured that if i am sacked the office will be walking out in sympathy, as the point at issue is that this guy thinks he can do what he likes to who he likes when he likes. a member of the office who shall remain unnamed has now started a petition to get the guy out of the job because he just treats people like dirt. the fact that i called him a fucking wanker after i got suspended may work against me

on the running front i have decided i would like a go at multi sports and i'm also going to have a go on the concept 2 rower tonight at the gym to see how i get on with that. i was swimming last night in (no tuesday sorry) the pool and my front crawl stroke although it is a bit laboured towards the end of the session it started to feel a bit more natural and at some very brief points i actually felt quite fluent with it. maybe its some thing i could be quite good at. i'd never thought of it that way until now but i'm starting to reconsider now...a little pause for thought methinks...