Do others occasionally get, mid conversation, a sudden feeling that they've blundered into, or at best narrowly missed social quicksand?
Out on Friday night to mark a good friend form former work's last birthday in her forties. Quite a few old colleagues there, some of whom I'd not seen for a bit.
Got chatting to a bloke we'll call John. I first knew him as a very youthful techie - the guy who'd come over when our workstations, then on a mainframe, played up. John's job was contracted 15 or so yrs ago and he's since been TUPE'd from pillar to post but has done reasonably well out of it and now manages quite big projects.
Anyway we got to talking about redundancy and pensions and in particular his wife, who I'll call Susy. Just about to ask what she did when I realised that way lay quicksand.
Susy was previously married to another former colleague. After their split there were rumours of issues with drink and she was eventually dismissed the service for what was siad to be an offence involving a season ticket loan (no season bought). A LOT of gossip at time - dismissal from the CS then was pretty rare. Dawned on me just in time that birthday girl had mentioned the John/Susy thing 'en passant' on a previous night out....
Stopped myself but I doubt that I managed to remain remotely inscrutable and I'm pretty sure he knew why......
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Social Amnesia new
Social Amnesia new
