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way David talked about his career, anyone would think he was director general of the BBC, rather than a forty-two-year-old runner still working in the post room.
    â€˜So what’s on the list of tasks today, my man?’ David asked Rhidian.
    â€˜Printer in Factual is on the blink again,’ said Rhidian.
    â€˜Mission accepted, captain.’ David saluted and backed out of the room with a bow.
    â€˜So I’ll go and help copy those scripts, I guess,’ I said.
    â€˜If you’re sure. I mean, you could take over here and I could go and do some jobs if you’d rather?’ Rhidian offered.
    He sat back in the chair, the sleeves of his white linen shirt rolled up to reveal tanned muscular forearms. He was chewing on a Biro lid and I couldn’t help but notice how soft his lips looked as they pushed the pen lid around the edges of his mouth. Soft yet firm… manly yet…
    â€˜Poppy?’
    Huh?’ I said, slightly lost in thought for a moment.
    â€˜I said, you can take over here and I could go and do some jobs if you’d rather?’
    Ha, right! I pinched myself back to reality. Like I was going to admit that I wanted to be sitting at the computer rather than running around doing jobs; that was exactly what he wanted me to admit.
    â€˜No, no, it’s fine. I don’t mind. It’s all the same to me.’

STEP 8 – BECOME COMPUTER LITERATE ASAP
    TO : < [email protected] >
    FROM : < [email protected] >
    SUBJECT : Welcome
    Dear Poppy
    Welcome to the RealiTV Outlook service. Please give the IT department a call on 001 if you have any queries about your set-up.
    Yours
    Sam Carter
    IT Department
    RealiTV
    Because a real workforce makes real TV!

    TO : < [email protected] >
    FROM : < [email protected] >
    SUBJECT : Serious Work Email
    Nat,
    Check out my new email address! How pro am I? They’ve set us up with our own email addresses now as we’restarting on productions next week. I think I should start writing to big-shot famous Hollywood directors pitching ideas for screenplays. I mean, Tarantino isn’t going to reply to [email protected] , but to [email protected] , well, I bet all the emails from TV companies get fast-tracked or something? Right?
    This place is so ridiculous – everyone has this RealiTV Because a real workforce makes real TV! sign-off automatically attached to the bottom of their emails. What’s that about? They could at least come up with a decent slogan if they’re going to send it on the bottom of absolutely everything. I might suggest a few new ones to the CEO.
    RealiTV – Because TV is Reali Important…
    RealiTV – Because reality is our mentality…
    Hmmm. Needs more thought.
    So, You Know Who is still being superirritating. I made it to the computer first today (hence my ability to email you) and he’s acting like he’s not even bothered. He’s spent all morning loitering around the reception desk, chatting to stuck-up Mel, who keeps giggling at everything he says. God she’s annoying. Literally, she hasn’t said one word to me, but finds everything R says hil-fucking-arious! Grrr…
    X
    Poppy Penfold
    RealiTV
    Because we really don’t give a shit about making quality drama
    (Oooh, look, I managed to change my sign-off. Am IT genius!)

    TO : < [email protected] >
    FROM : < [email protected] >
    SUBJECT : IT
    Poppy,
    Your email account has been flagged to me by IT. Apparently you sent an email with ‘hazardous content’ enclosed? The Outlook server filters emails for bad language/suspicious content and automatically flags it to IT. So I’m giving you a heads up – basically, don’t swear in anything you’re sending from your RealiTV address. Comprende?
    Yours
    Dominic Green
    Office Manager
    RealiTV
    Because a real workforce makes real TV!

    TO : < [email protected] >
    FROM : < [email protected]