New Job - First Day; Hard-Fi Gig

I was going to talk about my first day, but I’ll leave it till the end of the week so I have a proper and good first impression (I remember anaj blogging very early on in a new job, saying she’s loving it, only to quit a few weeks later ).

Just after the induction with my new boss I got a phone call from stv (Scottish TV), telling me I’d won tickets to a Hard-Fi gig that same evening. Brilliant. For myself and one person. I sent a few texts round, but it was too short notice so I went by myself. The gig was part of Rock against Racism, though this was unfortunately not contextualised or talked about much. I would have liked to see the bands or announcers talk a little bit about racism in Scotland today (e.g. against Polish people) or at least give out some more information.

Instead, it was just a free gig, and the people in the audience looked all like regular Scottish white people. So, the opportunity of having Hard-Fi playing and the kind of publicity and interest this attracts should have been utilised more to educate about racism. Probably a wasted opportunity there.