The writing of Nachtmusik episode 2 rumbles steadily on, now introducing new characters to hide the plot vacuity at its core. We now have the feeding scene with all-new Dracula joke, an anecdote about Lenin and a scene involving a packet of biscuits. Plus, the exciting new character Mad Dave or Crazy Wayne or whatever the hell I'm going to call him.
Incidentally, one of the librarians here at SOAS bears a striking resemblance to David Cronenberg.
Librarian or Canadian body-horror director?
Aaanyway, despite having work at a restaurant, I'm still looking for a job, because I'd need forty hours a week to be comfortable and there's no way I'm going to get that many shifts.
The last shift there demonstrated that our teachers were right in at least one thing, though. Andrea and I were sent off to Tescos to buy Coke and milk. Five one-litre bottles each of Coke and Diet Coke were required. They were only available in 1.25 litre bottles, but demonstrating the mustard-keen intellect that netted me enough A-levels to scrape into university, I suggested we get four of each.
As for the milk, the manager had written only "6" and circled it. Did he want six pints? Six four-pint bottles? We tried to phone to check, but there was no answer. I mumbled something about using our initiative. Yet more agonising indecision followed.
"I'm all for this initiative thing," said Andrea, "But maybe another time." She tried phoning, again unsuccessfully. Eventually we decided that seeing as he's a Canadian, he must be thinking in metric. (It made sense at the time.)
We were wrong, but the point is that, as GCSE Maths repeatedly drummed into our heads, it's vital to always write down what units you're using. Otherwise, something as trivial as a Coke-and-milk run to the supermarket can turn into a debacle, even if you send a Serb and a Chinese-speaking ex-pirate.
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