Gerard Philey's Euro-Diary: Quest for a Life by Brendan James

Author:Brendan James [James, Brendan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-01-09T22:00:00+00:00

Tuesday 3rd September

Felt much better so far this week. Soreness much improved, face starting to heal as well. Great having Frank around in Sexmarkt. He’s been dead busy on computer. I’ve had a look at what he’s done and it’s incredible. Basically, the whole shop is on the computer. There are various pages with information that you can get by clicking on certain words. Everything we stock has been put under categories, like magazines, DVDs, CD Roms, accessories, etc. If you click on a category, you get a list of everything we have under that heading, with prices, etc. People all over the world can place an order with us by filling in their details and credit card number on screen and then sending it to us by e-mail - amazing. It’ll take Frank a few days before he’s input all our stock, but he’s finished the mags and DVDs. He’s also managed to scan in pictures of each item, and there’s even a page which tells people about the Sexmarkt, with pictures of me, Frank and Mariska. Under my picture, which is not one I’d have chosen, it says: “Gerard assures you discrete delivery” in four languages. Frank’ll really have his work cut out when the orders start coming through. More work for me as well, as I’ll have to make sure the wholesalers get the stuff to us more regularly. Difficult to know how to gauge it over the next few weeks.

Sandra over tonight. She was in her “Oh Gerard, I could never live without you” mood until she’d had her way with me. Then she switched to gripe mode - starting by going round the flat hunting for chocolate, accusing me of secret nibbling, as she’s convinced I’m not losing my stomach. Fortunately I’d decided to hide the chocolate among Frank’s CD collection, so I scuppered her. Then she started on about Joop’s birthday party, how vulgar everybody was, how we need to get out of Amsterdam, and how I should start to move away from the likes of Joop and Bertus.

Eventually, she switched back to loving mode, and got upset when she told me she was going to Antwerp for a week on some sort of course from work. Think she thought I was going to be annoyed, but I was actually relieved, and wished her an enjoyable week. When she finally went, she said she’d be thinking about me every day and would miss me terribly. I said I would as well (lying). Closed the door behind her and felt a weight lifting off my shoulders. Had two Mars bars in glorious defiance, but then felt the weight descend again.

Thursday 5th September

Good news! Back in June there was a competition on the back of my low-fat Brekko-Bites - give five reasons why you like Brekko-bites. I’d put: they’re low in fat, they’re tasty, they’re value for money, they’re nice with yoghurt and they keep me regular! I’d put the last point in English, as I don’t know how to say it in Dutch.

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