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Thu 5 February 2004 - A few Key Performance Indicators

Bills arrived so far this week: 2
Awaiting payment: 3

Letters for other people that have arrived in the postbox this week: 2

Telemarketer cold calls since I changed phone numbers and got a silent line: 0

Number of e-mails in my inbox at home: 238
At work: 165

Smoke alarms at home: 2
Requiring a new battery: 1
Requiring acrobatic act to get them back into position on high hallway ceilings: 2

Buskers I have given money to in the past week: 1
Buskers I haven’t given money to: 1 (I was enjoying the music, but had no change, dammit)
Beggars I haven’t given money to: 2
Charities I pay monthly via direct debit: 2

Days the Man Of Mystery who shares my cubicle has actually shown his face at work this week: 2
Minutes he was at his desk for: About 30 (pretty much on the phone or sending e-mails for the whole time; nothing he couldn’t do remotely. Amazing how messy his desk is, for someone who is rarely at it. I wonder if he’s a bit like Pete Gibbons in Office Space)
Oh… number of different brands of deodorant he has on his desk: 3

Number of 1 litre cartons of milk in the fridge at home: 3
At work: 21 (for the tea and coffee of about 40 people on this floor?!)

Packets of Arnott’s Tim Tam Tia Maria the checkout chick reckoned she’d sold since her shift started: 50
Packets left on the shelf: 3

5 Responses to “A few Key Performance Indicators”

  1. Josh Parris Says:

    That other arnotts biscuit is even better

  2. Daniel Says:

    I couldn’t see any of the Kahlua Slice ones on the shelves.

  3. P Says:

    They were giving out samples at our local s/market last week.

    Nice but hardly a new taste sensation.

  4. Rae Says:

    All of a sudden we have 3 bottles of 1 litre milk. I don’t know where they’ve come from either…

    Milk aliens?

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