- Adam will just have to apply
- Vicky’s fluttering
- Harry’s bisexual; bad news for Mike
- Brian’s hardly magnanimous …
- Polish night at Ian and Adam’s … with Pavel
Adam will just have to apply
Not sure why it took 2 days for Adam to get from his hot tub to Home Farm, but he does, and starts shouting at Brian advertising his job:
[Adam] “Will somebody tell me what the hell’s going on, I see my own job advertised in the paper … there are ways and ways”
Brian’s not remotely perturbed. He thinks he has a right to advertise for a Farm Manager. Adam wouldn’t do it, and he couldn’t expect a new Farm Manager to just coming knocking. He doesn’t even agree with Adam that he should have been told about the advert, even just out of politeness:
[Brian] “Polite? Adam, you had your chance. Your chose to go your own way, well fair enough, why should you expect to be consulted?”
[Adam, sounding a tad humble] “Did it ever cross your mind that I, um, might be having second thoughts?”
It was painful listening – Adam, having to admit to Brian that he wants to stay. That he and Ian don’t want to move. And:
[Adam] “My future’s here with you at Home Farm, whatever it takes.”
[Brian] “Whoa, hold on here, after all that’s happened, you’ve changed your mind, just like that … I'm sorry, you’re too late, the ads gone out … I've noted your interest in the position and we’ll let you know.”
Adam storms off.
Jennifer’s appalled at Brian. He still couldn’t care less what anyone else thinks:
[Brian] “After the way he’s behaved, all that song and dance, he can’t just expect to stroll back in!”
[Jennifer] “You’re not going to let him go! Oh Brian!”
When Adam tells Ian:
[Ian] “He’s lacking a few people skills, but he’s not stupid.”
Ian reckons Adam is too good at his job for Brian to be serious about choosing someone else over him.
Adam reckons not. He might have pushed Brian to the point where Brian would be glad to get rid of him.
[Ian] “Given the history here, he wasn’t going to welcome you back with open arms.”
Adam’s only hope now is Debbie. Though a tough lady, she's seemingly not into Brian’s power games.
Vicky’s fluttering
As Mike gets coffee in bed from Vicky (and a promise of breakfast in bed to follow), Vicky tells him that she might have felt a kick last night:
[Vicky] “Just a little flutter you know … well, they do say after 18, 19 weeks.”
I do hope that baby will be born okay …
Harry’s bisexual; bad news for Mike
As Mike gets his rare morning in bed, he’s looking forward to getting his workers back at dinner time.
[Mike] “Get their shifts sorted. I don’t want to have to do extra anymore.”
(Those of us who eavesdrop in on Ambridge Extra knew what was coming next …)
Mile and Vicky hear the sound of the letterbox. When Mike goes to see what’s happening, he finds a letter, and sees Fallon driving off in her van.
She’s posted a letter from Harry (then legged it).
[Mike] “You know what Harry’s done … he’s not coming back, ever, and do you know why?”
Actually. Yes. Vicky does know. She’s a modern kinda gal, you see:
[Vicky] “Mike look, it’s here on his Facebook see … and who’s that with him?”
[Mike, reading Harry’s Facebook page] “Grant?”
[Vicky] “His old boyfriend from when he was at uni …”
[Mike] “Boyfriend!”
[Vicky] “They met up again on holiday, now they’re back together.”
[Mike] “I don’t get it …”
[Vicky] “Isn’t it just so romantic, after all those years, oh it’s so sweet, you can see how much in love they are.”
[Mike] “So all this time, Harry’s been …”
[Vicky] “Oh come on, you’re not so surprised are you, he’s such a sweet and sensitive boy, I always wondered … oh Mike, you’re so old fashioned, that girl was never right for him that’s all. But now he’s back with his true love, and all because the van broke down in Cumbria … if that’s not fate … such a happening, like a fairy tale.”
[Mike] “What about me? Where am I going to find another milkman!”
Goodness, I do like Vicky (sometimes!).
Doesn’t bat an eyelid about Harry coming out. She’s just delighted he’s found his love.
And bless Mike as well.
All he’s really interested in is work …
Brian’s hardly magnanimous …
On the phone to Debbie:
[Brian] “No, I’m not being petty, yes of course I’ll do what’s best for the farm. As long as Adam understands …”
When he gets off the phone, he tells Jennifer:
[Brian] “She agrees with me, she’s also pretty fed up with him acting the prima donna …”
BUT Debbie also concurs that they’d be mad to let Adam go.
[Brian] “Apart from the whole family thing, we’d be hard pushed to find anyone as good … I’ll go down and find him later and say we’ll have him back … I was going to do it anyway, I just wanted to make him sweat a bit.”
[Jennifer] “And you will be, um, diplomatic about it, won’t you?”
[Brian] “Diplomatic? When am I ever anything else?”
(ha!)
[Brian to Adam] “So I’m willing to stop the ad, and tear up any replies I get … well, apart from anything else, it’ll save me and Debbie a lot of paperwork …your sudden change of heart, it caught me on the hop. You can see why I had to have time to adjust,”
Here’s the ‘but’ …
[Brian] “There is one important caveat, if this is going to work, I’ll expect you to be 100% full committed to the job … so I want to see some enthusiasm, a nice happy positive attitude, no more moaning and dragging your feet …”
In other words – shut up, get your work done, and say nothing else negative about the Super Dairy.
Of course, that makes Adam say that he needs more time to think. Though he manages not to shout to Brian, he can’t quite stomach having to grovel. Not yet.
[Adam to Ian] “He wants me to get down and lick his boots.”
[Ian] “Okay, well that’s some sort of progress … you’ve still got a job to go tomorrow morning …”
Ian wants to celebrate with some fizz, but Adam’s not as yet ready to party.
Which is fair enough. I wouldn’t want to celebrate is grovelling to Adam was on my ‘to do’ list.
Polish night at Ian and Adam’s … with Pavel
Oh dear.
Ian’s insisting that they have their champagne tomorrow. And that they invite Pavel round to help celebrate. Seems Ian’s been trying some of Pavel’s grandmother’s recipes, so wants to have a proper Polish night.
[Ian] “Come on, no arguments, it’ll be more fun with the three of us. I’ll text him now.”
Oh dear.
Oh dear. Oh dear. Oh dear.
Odds shorten on Ian kicking Adam out, Adam leaving Ambridge, Ian staying put.
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