Bah

The careers guide is doing its usual job of putting me off all the careers it contains. Just been reading the profile of management consultancy - and I'm sure it's not distasteful just because it's written by an Oxford grad... She seems to take great delight in the constant air travel - pretty much the worst environmental crime an individual is likely to commit - in particular. What real justification can there be for working Monday to Thursday on the Continent and then returning to the London office for Fridays?! She's particularly pleased with the weekend when the 'whole team' flew to Barcelona instead of London. Ooh, I can just hear the braying of the Tarquins and Lizzies cooking up that he-larious ruse...

You see, I think a lot of the trouble is not necessarily the job itself but the people and means by which they promote it. Oh and please, the verb 'to be staffed', as in 'when I was staffed in Berlin'. What on earth is wrong with 'working', or even 'stationed' (bit military, perhaps?). Incidentally, someone (Toby) help me out - is 'to be staffed' transitive or intransitive?