Seems my new job has me travelling to Brussels once a week. This suits me just fine since Brussels is only 2 hours away on the Eurostar and I live within spitting distance of the new eurostar terminal.
The Aussie colleagues I travel with enjoy the ride back to London by dipping (quite heavily) into the complimentary wine in business class. Hence the cute little nickname they have: Bordeaux express. Actually the Aussies love nicknames like the British like their tea (sigh, I miss tea time at work…). Everyone has a ridiculous nick name. My one colleauge is nick named “mammal” which at some point became “mam” , which combined with an Aussie accent sounds far too much like Cartman from South Park saying: “but, mo…om!” in any case, after i’m doing giggling to myself, all those nicknames make for a brutal first few weeks on the job. How the hell am I supposed to remember people if they’re introduced to me as: Aaron, james, Richard and Michael, but called: az, mam, tricks, mos…. Bloody hell people!
I’ll be curious to see what they come up for me. With a last name like slaughter, they’ve got lots to work with.
And no doubt it will be thought up on this lovely Bordeaux express!
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