February 12th
Miss Smith,
I haven't had much cause for direct interaction with the Ministry before, but I have to agree. They seem to be getting worse as the days go on, at least from my perspective. I've already given official statements on the whole situation twice and I've just been told them want me to come in and give another one before they send someone to look at the ship. Totally backwards.
We've furloughed our crew, and that's the state of things for the moment — though I do expect to lose the contract if this keeps up too long, and a good portion of the crew, besides. And of course the Ministry isn't offering anything in the way of compensation. Stupid desk-workers get so smug about this sort of thing; it's like they think every time we set off it's some sort of pleasure cruise. They don't seem to understand that this is my livelihood.
But I'm sorry; I'm complaining too much. For now things are fine and hopefully the Ministry gets things sorted quickly and we can all go back to normal.
It's a shame to hear your afternoons are so occupied, since mine are almost entirely free. Do you ever have days off? I've plenty of time to listen to long stories if you're willing to share.
Captain J. Alfred Darrow
I haven't had much cause for direct interaction with the Ministry before, but I have to agree. They seem to be getting worse as the days go on, at least from my perspective. I've already given official statements on the whole situation twice and I've just been told them want me to come in and give another one before they send someone to look at the ship. Totally backwards.
We've furloughed our crew, and that's the state of things for the moment — though I do expect to lose the contract if this keeps up too long, and a good portion of the crew, besides. And of course the Ministry isn't offering anything in the way of compensation. Stupid desk-workers get so smug about this sort of thing; it's like they think every time we set off it's some sort of pleasure cruise. They don't seem to understand that this is my livelihood.
But I'm sorry; I'm complaining too much. For now things are fine and hopefully the Ministry gets things sorted quickly and we can all go back to normal.
It's a shame to hear your afternoons are so occupied, since mine are almost entirely free. Do you ever have days off? I've plenty of time to listen to long stories if you're willing to share.
MJ made the most Alfredy of sets and then two years later she made it EVEN BETTER