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Delivering parcels to customers

ordered for my niece's birthday. And you know, I was worried it wasn't going to come in time and and they're very nice customers. They always, do you want a drink or do you want...

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parcel that I

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ordered for my niece's birthday. And you

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know, I was worried it wasn't going to

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come in time and and they're very nice

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customers. They always, do you want a

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drink or do you want a cup of tea?

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Things like that. So yeah, the best

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thing is the customers, I'd have to say.

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Yeah.

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>> Oh, that's lovely.

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>> It's mainly you. They probably won't do

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that.

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And so go on. What's What's the worst

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thing then? If there is a worst thing.

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>> Um the rain. Yeah. Yeah.

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>> Yeah. It can be as cold as it likes, but

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when it rains, we're not happy as post

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people. No. No. I can imagine

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>> the letters just turn into sort of paper

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mâe and you're just there like why?

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>> And then if you can, what is the kind

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the worst thing? Worst thing you don't

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like?

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>> The worst I think the worst thing is the

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egos in you get a lot of um big egos in

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the academic world. So, lots of

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academics that are kind of very focused

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on their agenda or their piece of work

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and yeah, it's sometimes a struggle to

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cut through some of that

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>> and and actually make some progress

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>> cuz you're shaking things up a little

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bit, I guess. And that's

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>> people don't like change.

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>> People like to keep the traditional

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things in place. Yeah. We're trying to

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come and say

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>> you could do things a bit differently

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here.

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>> Wow. How interesting.

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>> It is interesting.

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>> And now you say that you've just

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retired. Yep.

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>> And how is I mean only just I suppose

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did you

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>> The thing is it's still the school

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holiday so I don't think it's hit me

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yet. Everyone's like

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