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Jenny Ley-Meek “So where’s the
strangest place you’ve done it then?”
my friend asked. “Well, I’ve definitely
done it in bed,” I replied sheepishly
Q
uizzing me on the phone last
weekend, my friend asked: But who am I kidding? As I gear up for
“So where’s the strangest place three weeks away from the office to travel
you’ve done it then?” to the other side of the world, it has
I replied, quite sheepishly: dawned on me why I’m not buzzing
“Well, I’ve definitely done it in bed. . . ” with excitement to be escaping the
“I’m sure we all have; where else?” UK’s chilly climes for the Aussie
she continued. sun and sand: I simply
With that I started to spill the cannot bear to think of
beans. “Let’s see: on a train, in a three weeks away
bar, in the cinema before the without my regular
film started, once during the fix.
film. I’ve even done it in The thing is, I don’t
church!” I giggled. want to be a slave to the
She laughed: “You have a seri- inbox, obsessively check-
ous problem, my friend!” ing for new mail as if the
Yes, I do have a problem but I am very next one is going to be
not alone. In fact I’m sure many of you life or death. Maybe this en-
will empathise with me and are perhaps forced break from the constant
even guilty of the same yourselves. lookout for unopened mail will do me
Yes, I admit it: my name is Jenny and I good, as it will enable me to recharge the
am an email addict. batteries so that I am fresh for when I re-
I sleep with my iPhone next to my turn to the office.
pillow so I can hear the ping of an enquiry Until then, if anyone can help me with
dropping into my inbox. my addiction, please e-mail!
While out with my husband I confess
that I will take a sneaky peep when he
Hwyl / Bye!
disappears to the bar.
And anyone who knows me will vouch
for the fact that very often they receive
emails from me showing the time sent as
3.00am.
I often justify this constant urge as just
keeping myself “in the loop”, or as “hav-
ing my finger on the pulse”. I have even
tried telling myself I am simply doing
my job properly by purposefully Jenny Ley-Meek works for homeworking
reviewing my inbox regularly. company Superior Travel
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