Pilchards and no pay?

Then it's good enough for me.

I've had a funny old day at work! I've had a king size bollocking for not being prepared to work for nothing on a Saturday! We've been asked to attend a training day, where we will be trained to observe teachers and give feedback........ on a Saturday! I assumed that we would be paid but we're expected to come into work for the day for no pay; so I refused. I'm not contractually obliged. I've been told that I will not be able to observe staff if I don't attend the course and if I can't do that then I won't be fulfilling my obligation as head of department. I asked my union rep to ask for us to be paid and was told that the staff couldn't be made to come in and the training relied on goodwill of the managers to come in. As you can imagine I told them to stick it in their Ofsted report and file it. I was called a maverick and that no one else had complained...................can you hear the workplace intimidation taking place yet??? So; I'm still wrangling for pay! If they think I'm dragging myself away from DB on one of the two days I get to spend with him a week then they're sorely mistaken! Any way back to Hugh Fearnley Wittingstall. Of all things he made sardines and posh stuff on toast. Here is my frugal alternative. Buy a tin of pilchards.....they are are the same fish!

Mash in a bowl, add some salt and pepper and a dash of vinegar....lemon if you have any. Spread onto toast and eat. It nearly choked me after today, but I managed because it's delicious.