Light on life in London and the UK
Bunny finally had the chance to check out the latest addition to Bridges Wharf; Helix Bar. Great cocktails, especially the Helix Blazer, but such a shame that some boring neighbours have complained about noise, so we cannot take them outside…
Another week of random travelling…starting out in Gargrave as usual, then 24 hours in the south of France…or, that was the plan…luckily managed to escape the main strike, however train cancellations and flight delays didn’t surprise anyone. And Marseilles wasn’t exactly at its cleanest. Also amusing, seems bumming people for cigarettes is a national past-time in France…I did enjoy the sunshine though 
The bar in Bunny’s building has finally opened…
The Vertilon has a lot of charm for a hotel bar, so Bunny and neighbours had a pleasant evening checking out the terrace overlooking the Thames, however at £10 per glass of Pinot Grigio (and they included service charge even if you get the drink yourself at the bar) it will probably not become a regular hang-out spot for anyone but hotel residents…
How gross are these smoking chambers at Frankfurt Airport…
…to see the news ads from HM, then seeing the actual clothes in store… Bunny is actually a fan of HM, however the autumn line is made of so poor quality fabrics that it is slightly unbelievable… Oh well, at least they had some decent basic pieces, which was what I was actually looking for.
And what’s this trend of models with a gap between their front teeth about…a retro Brigitte Bardot look?
Bunny has just finished reading Bret Easton Ellis‘ latest; Imperial Bedrooms, and is just happy that it was fairly short. Easton Ellis is still going down the route of meaningless indulgences and violence, it has however lost the shock effect from his previous work, like American Psycho and Glamorama. Even the autobiographic reference to Less than Zero and his wink to Elvis Costello seem a tad desperate. Maybe it’s on purpose…
Except from recognising some of our hang out spots during my latest visit to LA I found it less than thrilling. Maybe I am getting jaded too. I do however still snigger slightly thinking about an ex-boyfriend who dutifully called me from a party in Easton Ellis’ showroom flat in NYC…he had been instructed to check out the bathroom for any incriminating evidence. And found a wrench under the sink. Hardly very exciting
Bunny has had the mixed pleasure of spending a lot of time in North Yorkshire lately…mixed because of the weather, which has made travel to and from Skipton quite tricky…and because of the hotels. One to avoid: The Rendezvous. Talk of back to the 80s..and not in a good way!
Then there’s the Boutique 25…Bunny stayed in room 4; apparently “a contemporary French boudoir” Yes, the jacuzzi was nice and staff was very helpful….but the shower didn’t work and it felt sort of….moldy….
Anyway, Bunny will be back in Skipton and will keep reviewing the accommodation, plan is to test yet another hotel this time. And the restaurants have been brilliant so far 
Having just started in what still seems to be my dream role (fingers crossed), I just though I would share some tips with recruiters, as the points below have annoyed me a lot over the past year or so:
1. Please read through my CV/profile/the brief I have given you properly before getting in touch; it makes me doubt how professional you are when you keep contacting me about irrelevant roles or don’t know about my past experience/current role/salary level.
2.It’s fine to ask me about candidate tips for roles that are not relevant for me, but why not send me an email instead – seeing as most of the contact details you are asking for will be saved on the mobile you are calling me on, so I cannot look them up while talking to you
3.Please don’t call from an undisclosed number – the chance of me answering the call is a lot higher if I know who’s calling, and it is a lot easier to return the phonecall if I have already got the number on my mobile
4.Please do not leave me along and warbled answer phone message
No, I don’t enjoy having to replay the message several time to try and suss out your name and phone number
Top tip: Get yourself an email SMS system, where you can easily send me a message with all the relevant information and a telephone number…increases the chance of me getting back to you promptly.
5.As much as I would like to meet up with everyone to increase my chances of finding the perfect role; please do realise that I am NOT just working with you…and the chances of me meeting you at daytime while in a job are pretty slim unless you have a relevant role right now…
I would also like to add that I have had the opportunity to work with some really good, enthusiastic and professional recruiters – and they mostly never display any of the above behaviours…I take my hat off to all of you!
Bye bye Orange!
Just an update on a previous story…
So, Bunny had been an Orange customer for more than 5 years, and had used their mobile broadband service for almost a year. It has been fast and with good coverage, when all of a sudden I for some mysterious reason had either no or very patchy connection to my mobile broadband account from my home – but it worked well elsewhere.
So, calling up customer services I experienced a strong lack of interest (“tough luck”) – except from one technical advisor in the Bristol call centre who was very helpful, but unfortunately unable to solve my problem. The only advise I had was to check if I’d fare better with a different network provider!
So, the weekend I decided to do so and cancelled my Orange account to say the least I was very disappointed with the response from customer services:
Bunny is so happy that she decided to move all her mobile services to another provider indeed…
Bunny is still puzzled as to why anyone would think this was a good idea…