Dads & daughters
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My father worked for Commercial Union in their London office and had a lot of dealings with a chap called Doug who worked in the Birmingham office. When I started work for Marks & Spencer in their Baker Street Head Office my Dad told me that Doug’s daughter also worked there. ‘It’s a big place Dad, over 3000 members of staff’ I said, going on to moan about the woman I sat opposite who was driving me nuts. You’ve guessed it, out of all those 3000 people, Doug’s daughter was the woman sitting across the desk!
Date submitted:Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:53:05 +0000Coincidence ID:5535
