So, I had a little mishap with a power tool today. Cut the top of two fingers. Enough to go to A&E in Abingdon for a checkout.
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The new procedure is: ring the bell, describe your injury to the intercom, give your details, hold on and go back and wait in your car until they call you in. Inhuman as hell, but fine.
As I am doing this the intercom says, "Please go over to the table and put on a mask."
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"No. Sorry but I don't wear those."
"But you have to. It's our rules in this institution."
"Well, I am exempt and I don't have to."
"Yes you do. These are our guidelines."
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* British Gas profits of £1.3bn between January & June
* BP profits of £6.95 billion April to June
* Shell £9.4bn
* John Pettigrew, boss of National Grid £6.5m bonus
* Chris O’Shea, CEO of British Gas owner Centrica paid almost £2m last year
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* Centrica's non-exec directors paid almost £1m
* Scottish Power's CEO Keith Anderson is on £1.15m.
* E.On boss Michael Lewis is on £1m
* EDF's Simone Rossi is also on £1m
* And their top execs enjoyed a share of £4.65m
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* Peter Simpson of Anglian Water earned £1.3m
* Welsh Water bosses awarded themselves bonuses of over £930k
* Severn Trent bosses awarded themselves bonuses of £5.56m
* Thames Water's Sarah Bentley, received a £727,000 bonus on top of her £2m annual salary
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