tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910737876389410763.post6388539143985130836..comments2023-05-03T14:31:11.785+01:00Comments on DEMOCRACY STREET: Handsworth and Democracy Streetsibaddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02385376572555781755noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910737876389410763.post-90866145622932995392009-04-05T22:54:00.000+01:002009-04-05T22:54:00.000+01:00Simon,I was able to talk about my friend in front ...Simon,<BR/><BR/>I was able to talk about my friend in front of assembled colleagues on his last day. Decision makers nowhere to be seen.<BR/><BR/>I explained amongst other things that the term 'Redundant' was too final and wrong. My friend after all has so much more to give.<BR/><BR/>And instead of the usual impersonal drivel about this and that project that the departee has delivered as, if this somehow defines them. I tried to say something of the man.<BR/><BR/>I felt the most fitting tribute was that 'no one ever spoke badly of my friend and perhaps more to his credit I never heard him speak badly of anyone else'<BR/><BR/>'The worst things always seem to happen to the nicest people'<BR/><BR/>GrahamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com