First week

I started a new job this week, working from home for an online newsfeed publisher.

No, I'm not going to name them, because that way I can say what I like and you guys won't know who I'm talking about.

My immediate impression is that I like the people I'm working with, but that most press release writers need to be taken outside, tied down naked over an ants' nest and covered in honey, and left there until they learn how to tell the truth.

I have never before been seriously exposed to these people (after all, most of the advertising we see has been 'sanitised' and tuned for public consumption, but this last week I've been forced to deal with the raw output from the minds of these PR copywriters, and believe me, its evil. Even politicians don't have a chance to compete, these guys can make you believe anything, all the while without actually telling a lie.

How long I can put up with it? God knows, but I'm broke at the moment, so I can't think about dumping the job - the actual work is easy, my editor is great, and the other writers and editors are OK too.

We'll just have to see.