Panto is awesome!

A couple of years ago I went to an IT helpdesk/support exhibition at London Olympia. That's a big centre, or Messe (as the Germans call it). I went to see if I could talk to anyone likely to be recruiting. Another waste of makeup.

There's a tube station straight outside. As I left the show I bumped into a chap who'd also been to the show and was in a similar situation, i.e. no job and taking every chance to network.

He specialised in IT security and had an interest in British Computer Society activities. We exchanged details.

About two years later or, to put it precisely, yesterday I received an email from him.

It was a group email and seems to have been sent to every email address he had.

The subject line was "Panto is awesome! Come Saturday night!"

The body text went on about the pantomime he's producing.

I looked around but I don't have any children.

But apparently this show is for grown-ups. There's a disco afterwards and a late bar.

Er.

Look, I'm a hard-hitting IT manager. I don't have the time, or inclination to go to pantomimes, grown-up or otherwise. And if I did have the inclination I'd ... well, I don't know what I'd do. It certainly wouldn't be go to a pantomime.

Anyway, it seems the chap has done a complete career change, from IT security work to pantomime production.